Crossword Answers For: Monday, September 17, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Potato chips source => SPUD
5 Across: __ bean => LIMA
9 Across: Rick's Casablanca love => ILSA
13 Across: Aww! => CUTE
14 Across: Spring bloom => IRIS
15 Across: Les __-Unis => ETATS
16 Across: Neighbor of Yemen => OMAN
17 Across: Large-scale departure => MASSEXODUS
19 Across: Island setting for Melville's Omoo => TAHITI
21 Across: Court order to testify => SUBPOENA
22 Across: Mindless memorization => ROTE
24 Across: Farm sound => MOO
25 Across: Blue expanse, on a clear day => SKY
26 Across: Cost of a car, in most family budgets => MAJOREXPENSE
31 Across: 1860s White House nickname => ABE
32 Across: Thought => IDEA
33 Across: Traffic light color => YELLOW
37 Across: Gardener's bane => WEED
39 Across: Quick taste => SIP
41 Across: Produced => MADE
42 Across: American flag feature => STRIPE
45 Across: At hand => NEAR
48 Across: Buddhist school => ZEN
49 Across: Edmund Hillary's conquest => MOUNTEVEREST
52 Across: Fermented quaff => ALE
55 Across: Slugger's stat => RBI
56 Across: Get up => RISE
57 Across: Removing from the text => DELETING
60 Across: 1971 New York prison riot site => ATTICA
64 Across: Region including Egypt, Israel, etc. => MIDDLEEAST
66 Across: __ be fine: No prob => ITLL
67 Across: Sad verse => ELEGY
68 Across: Spell-checker discovery => TYPO
69 Across: Not virtual => REAL
70 Across: __ a one => NARY
71 Across: The Y in YTD => YEAR
72 Across: TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers => EMMY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Loch Ness local => SCOT
2 Down: Adidas rival => PUMA
3 Down: Home of the NBA's Jazz => UTAH
4 Down: Robert of Dirty Grandpa => DENIRO
5 Down: Restricted in number, as an edition => LIMITED
6 Down: Nest egg acronym => IRA
7 Down: Hit's opposite => MISS
8 Down: Take for granted => ASSUME
9 Down: Was __ hard on you? => ITOO
10 Down: Stows cargo => LADES
11 Down: Caused some nose-pinching => STUNK
12 Down: Evaluate, as metal => ASSAY
15 Down: Bring to light => EXPOSE
18 Down: Traditional black piano key wood => EBONY
20 Down: Singer Amos => TORI
23 Down: Old flames => EXES
26 Down: Big mouths => MAWS
27 Down: Help rob the bank => ABET
28 Down: Taunt from the bleachers => JEER
29 Down: Emulate Degas => PAINT
30 Down: Slippery tree => ELM
34 Down: Do nothing => LAZE
35 Down: Wordsworth works => ODES
36 Down: Attended, with to => WENT
38 Down: Reduce in brightness => DIM
40 Down: __ pressure => PEER
43 Down: Rotund => PORTLY
44 Down: Jazzman Blake => EUBIE
46 Down: Pilot => AVIATOR
47 Down: Take ten => REST
50 Down: Distance between bases, in feet => NINETY
51 Down: Go to bed => RETIRE
52 Down: Commercial writers => ADMEN
53 Down: Bizet opera priestess => LEILA
54 Down: Tribal leader => ELDER
58 Down: Avant-garde => EDGY
59 Down: Motown's Marvin => GAYE
61 Down: Receipt detail => ITEM
62 Down: Linguine seafood sauce morsel => CLAM
63 Down: One on your side => ALLY
65 Down: Daycation destination => SPA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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