Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 15, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Beach sidler => CRAB
5 Across: Heroic exploit => GEST
9 Across: Donald Duck, to his nephews => UNCA
13 Across: Prefix for an intoxicating weed => LOCO
14 Across: Republic philosopher => PLATO
15 Across: Modernists, informally => NEOS
16 Across: Part of NYSE: Abbr. => EXCH
17 Across: *Handyman's forte => REPAIRWORK
19 Across: Rich person's suffix => AIRE
20 Across: __ about: circa => ONOR
21 Across: Sty calls => OINKS
22 Across: *Sports industry mogul => TEAMOWNER
24 Across: Kitchen invader => ANT
25 Across: Youthful bar patrons are usually asked for them => IDS
26 Across: Cows' milk glands => UDDERS
29 Across: Whence chocolate => CACAO
32 Across: Has lunch, say => EATS
35 Across: Organ knob => STOP
36 Across: Gray hue => ASH
37 Across: *Frolic unrestrained => RUNFREE
40 Across: Mandela's land: Abbr. => RSA
41 Across: Old Italian coin => LIRA
43 Across: Jazz singer James => ETTA
44 Across: Arthritis detectors => XRAYS
46 Across: For the most part => MAINLY
48 Across: Soul automaker => KIA
49 Across: Phys. or entom. => SCI
50 Across: *Where the biggest headlines are => FRONTPAGE
56 Across: __ we meet again => UNTIL
58 Across: Gambling city near Tahoe => RENO
59 Across: Trampled (on) => TROD
60 Across: Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have => HOMEOPENER
62 Across: Responsibility => ONUS
63 Across: Algerian seaport => ORAN
64 Across: Bleak, in verse => DREAR
65 Across: Take the bus => RIDE
66 Across: ... why __ thou forsaken me?: Matthew => HAST
67 Across: Experience, as emotions => FEEL
68 Across: Ball-balancing circus animal => SEAL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Soccer shoe's turf grabber => CLEAT
2 Down: 51-Down's Chicago role => ROXIE
3 Down: Capital of Ghana => ACCRA
4 Down: Czech Republic region => BOHEMIA
5 Down: Mercury Seven astronaut John => GLENN
6 Down: How The Raven poet signed some of his letters => EAPOE
7 Down: Drummer Ringo => STARR
8 Down: You, in French => TOI
9 Down: Kicks back => UNWINDS
10 Down: Colorful aquarium fish => NEONTETRA
11 Down: Wine stopper => CORK
12 Down: Questions => ASKS
14 Down: Ship fronts => PROWS
18 Down: __ trip!: Let's travel! => ROAD
23 Down: Smell => ODOR
26 Down: Take advantage of => USE
27 Down: Optimistic => ROSY
28 Down: Restful resorts => SPAS
29 Down: Not windy => CALM
30 Down: Tibet's continent => ASIA
31 Down: Holiday Inn holiday => CHRISTMAS
32 Down: Tolkien tree creature => ENT
33 Down: Back at sea? => AFT
34 Down: __-la-la => TRA
38 Down: Driver's one-eighty => UEY
39 Down: Leave the stage => EXIT
42 Down: Really old => ANCIENT
45 Down: Hawks and eagles => RAPTORS
47 Down: Stitch's movie pal => LILO
48 Down: Big name in packaged soup => KNORR
50 Down: French brother => FRERE
51 Down: Chicago co-star Zellweger => RENEE
52 Down: Shaq of the NBA => ONEAL
53 Down: Golf great with an army => ARNIE
54 Down: Mild Dutch cheese => GOUDA
55 Down: Ford flop => EDSEL
56 Down: Here comes trouble! => UHOH
57 Down: Romance novelist Roberts => NORA
61 Down: Adobe file format => PDF

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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