Crossword Answers For: Monday, August 27, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Apple remnant => CORE
5 Across: Picket line crosser => SCAB
9 Across: Proverbial waste maker => HASTE
14 Across: Like die-hard fans => AVID
15 Across: Furry red Muppet => ELMO
16 Across: Snake River state => IDAHO
17 Across: Sam Houston served twice as its president => REPUBLICOFTEXAS
20 Across: Rapper Dr. __ => DRE
21 Across: Shade tree subject to blight => ELM
22 Across: Lubricated => OILED
23 Across: Black __ : covert missions => OPS
25 Across: Cost for an online pop-up => ADRATE
28 Across: General guideline => RULEOFTHUMB
31 Across: Safari automaker => GMC
34 Across: Wraps up => ENDS
35 Across: Fish trapped in pots => EELS
36 Across: Word is ... => IHEAR
38 Across: Geronimo's tribe => APACHE
40 Across: Board meeting outline => AGENDA
41 Across: Motherless calf => DOGIE
42 Across: Tear canal => DUCT
45 Across: Actresses Long and Vardalos => NIAS
46 Across: Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. => STE
47 Across: Credible quality => RINGOFTRUTH
50 Across: Intermittent, as fog => PATCHY
51 Across: To each __ own => HIS
52 Across: Bill Belichick, e.g. => COACH
54 Across: Boathouse item => OAR
56 Across: One __ million => INA
59 Across: Hint that a storm is approaching => RUMBLEOFTHUNDER
63 Across: Quite heavy => OBESE
64 Across: Cookie in dirt pudding => OREO
65 Across: Extremely tired => BEAT
66 Across: Desires => WANTS
67 Across: Florist's arrangement => POSY
68 Across: Indy 500 racers => CARS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Birthday __ => CARD
2 Down: Finished => OVER
3 Down: One's golden years => RIPEOLDAGE
4 Down: Academic URL ender => EDU
5 Down: Pitch successfully => SELL
6 Down: Long-term weather conditions => CLIMATE
7 Down: The Walking Dead channel => AMC
8 Down: Unhappy fan's shout => BOO
9 Down: Win the jackpot => HITITBIG
10 Down: One-named Skyfall singer => ADELE
11 Down: __-Coburg, Bavaria => SAXE
12 Down: Former Mississippi senator Cochran => THAD
13 Down: Dawn goddess => EOS
18 Down: Kiss, in Cancún => BESO
19 Down: Shaving lather => FOAM
24 Down: Joe of My Cousin Vinny => PESCI
26 Down: FedEx rival => DHL
27 Down: Country with 11 time zones: Abbr. => RUS
28 Down: Curls up with a Kindle => READS
29 Down: Take out of its container, as a houseplant => UNPOT
30 Down: Service charge => FEE
31 Down: That's super-creative thinking! => GENIUSIDEA
32 Down: Angry with => MADAT
33 Down: Wall Street disaster => CRASH
37 Down: Painter Matisse => HENRI
39 Down: Performer of the 12 labors, to the Greeks => HERACLES
40 Down: Justice dept. division => ATF
42 Down: Party gp. chaired by Tom Perez => DNC
43 Down: That's gross! => UGH
44 Down: Prairie canines => COYOTES
48 Down: Am __ only one? => ITHE
49 Down: Drive-__ window => THRU
50 Down: Blue Ribbon beer => PABST
52 Down: 1962 Missile Crisis country => CUBA
53 Down: Dark clouds, to some => OMEN
55 Down: Sailor's hail => AHOY
57 Down: Close by => NEAR
58 Down: Creative pursuits => ARTS
59 Down: Movie theater division => ROW
60 Down: Comics' Alley __ => OOP
61 Down: To's partner => FRO
62 Down: Peacock logo network => NBC

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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