Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Setting for smooth sailing => CALMSEA
8 Across: Aptly, it rhymes with ahh => SPA
11 Across: Cease and desist order? => CUT
14 Across: Stuffed oneself => ATEATON
15 Across: Pursue romantically => WOO
16 Across: Valuable metal => ORE
17 Across: NCIS: Los Angeles actress => NIALONG
18 Across: Court order? => ALLRISE
20 Across: Remove varnish from => STRIP
21 Across: NBC weekend fixture, briefly => SNL
22 Across: Distinctive flair => ELAN
23 Across: Modern renewable fuel => BIODIESEL
27 Across: Reverse order? => ABOUTFACE
30 Across: Assures the sad fate of => DOOMS
34 Across: Easy throw => LOB
35 Across: Angie Tribeca TV network => TBS
36 Across: Help me out, will ya? => BEAPAL
37 Across: Facilitates => ENABLES
40 Across: Bergen of Murphy Brown => CANDICE
41 Across: Stay behind => REMAIN
42 Across: Drunkard => SOT
43 Across: Dubai's fed. => UAE
44 Across: Former Russian rulers => TSARS
45 Across: Money order? => STICKEMUP
48 Across: Words said with an extended fork => TASTETHIS
50 Across: Continent explored by Marco Polo => ASIA
53 Across: Talk on and on => YAP
54 Across: Scalawag => SCAMP
58 Across: Work order? => GETBUSY
60 Across: Shoe cushions => INSOLES
62 Across: Abbr. used to save space => ETC
63 Across: Not worth a __ => SOU
64 Across: Muzzle-loading gadgets => RAMRODS
65 Across: Gag order? => SHH
66 Across: Kindle download => APP
67 Across: Chart-reading exam => EYETEST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Some recyclables => CANS
2 Down: Going __: fighting => ATIT
3 Down: Shakespearean king with three daughters => LEAR
4 Down: Beach city near Hollywood => MALIBU
5 Down: Restraining order? => STOPIT
6 Down: Quite some time => EON
7 Down: Taiwan-born director Lee => ANG
8 Down: River in a Stephen Foster song => SWANEE
9 Down: Voting sites => POLLS
10 Down: Pioneering ISP => AOL
11 Down: Wind up like a snake => COIL
12 Down: Celestial bear => URSA
13 Down: High-schooler, typically => TEEN
19 Down: Put another roll of film in => RELOAD
21 Down: Incites to attack, with on => SICS
24 Down: More than occasionally => OFTEN
25 Down: Blots gently => DABS
26 Down: Biblical garden => EDEN
27 Down: Warning => ALERT
28 Down: Scraps for Fido => BONES
29 Down: President between Bush and Trump => OBAMA
31 Down: Poppy product => OPIUM
32 Down: Gambling mecca near Hong Kong => MACAU
33 Down: Catch some z's => SLEEP
36 Down: Cookie recipe yield => BATCH
38 Down: Bill for drinks => BARTAB
39 Down: Bart Simpson's sister => LISA
40 Down: San Francisco's __ Tower => COIT
42 Down: Dance move => STEP
45 Down: Postpone one's bedtime => STAYUP
46 Down: Pecking order? => KISSME
47 Down: Go along with => ESCORT
49 Down: Online admin => SYSOP
50 Down: Quite some time => AGES
51 Down: Family Guy creator MacFarlane => SETH
52 Down: Nagging desire => ITCH
55 Down: Sunburn reliever => ALOE
56 Down: Rx items => MEDS
57 Down: Sibilant summons => PSST
59 Down: NATO founding member => USA
60 Down: Fury => IRE
61 Down: Aye? Not! => NAY

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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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