Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Uneducated guess => STAB
5 Across: Recreation in which players become characters, for short => RPGS
9 Across: Get rid of => SCRAP
14 Across: Word before or after brand => NAME
15 Across: Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity chain => IHOP
16 Across: Pup => POOCH
17 Across: Figure skating leap => AXEL
18 Across: Launched at great speed => CATAPULTED
20 Across: Place at the track? => FINISHSECOND
22 Across: Calf's suckling spot => UDDER
23 Across: Stuntman Knievel => EVEL
24 Across: Lioness of film => ELSA
28 Across: Hard-to-fold bed linens => FITTEDSHEETS
31 Across: Airport rental => CAR
34 Across: Have title to => OWN
35 Across: Mexican pyramid builder => AZTEC
36 Across: Herb in Italian seasoning => OREGANO
39 Across: Lively, musically => UPTEMPO
41 Across: Ready to bloom => INBUD
42 Across: No. on a grad's résumé => GPA
43 Across: Va. winter hours => EST
44 Across: Senior British military rank => FIELDMARSHAL
49 Across: Unload for cash => SELL
50 Across: Yale students => ELIS
51 Across: Better in Time singer Lewis => LEONA
55 Across: Phrase including hand gestures symbolized by the puzzle circles => ITWASTHISBIG
58 Across: Russian ballet company, familiarly => THEBOLSHOI
61 Across: Deadly shark => MAKO
62 Across: Bad-tempered => SURLY
63 Across: Mario __: Nintendo racing game series => KART
64 Across: It's my time to shine! => IMON
65 Across: Leg joints => KNEES
66 Across: Iowa State city => AMES
67 Across: Screwball => ZANY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Major mess => SNAFU
2 Down: No. on an IRS form => TAXID
3 Down: Make changes to => AMEND
4 Down: You are beyond __!: Incredible! => BELIEF
5 Down: High in calories => RICH
6 Down: Early stage of a clinical trial => PHASETWO
7 Down: Avenged a wrong => GOTEVEN
8 Down: Completely forgot, in slang => SPACED
9 Down: Created, as a web => SPUN
10 Down: Portmanteau brand for flu symptoms => COLDEEZE
11 Down: Nonsense => ROT
12 Down: Blackjack half => ACE
13 Down: Scholar's deg. => PHD
19 Down: Campaign pros => POLS
21 Down: __ Lanka => SRI
25 Down: I got this => LETME
26 Down: Dance moves => STEPS
27 Down: Fancy necktie => ASCOT
29 Down: Truck weight unit => TON
30 Down: Fedora, e.g. => HAT
31 Down: Elaborate dos => COIFS
32 Down: Golfer Palmer, to fans => ARNIE
33 Down: Billy Idol's __ Yell => REBEL
37 Down: Easily fooled => GULLIBLE
38 Down: Use an abacus => ADD
39 Down: FedEx Office alternative => UPSSTORE
40 Down: Dismissive sound => PAH
42 Down: A Time to Kill novelist John => GRISHAM
45 Down: Kitten cry => MEWL
46 Down: North to the Future state => ALASKA
47 Down: Actor Mahershala of Netflix's Luke Cage => ALI
48 Down: B'way show with the song Valjean's Confession => LESMIZ
52 Down: 44th president => OBAMA
53 Down: Canon competitor => NIKON
54 Down: Terrible pain => AGONY
56 Down: Hasbro specialty => TOYS
57 Down: Oldies, in their day => HITS
58 Down: Shame on you! => TSK
59 Down: Attila the __ => HUN
60 Down: Bard's before => ERE

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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