Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Publisher Alfred => KNOPF
6 Across: Spur to action => PROD
10 Across: Mus. key with three sharps => AMAJ
14 Across: Lost cause => GONER
15 Across: Overconfident racer of fable => HARE
16 Across: Hawaiian island => OAHU
17 Across: Hawaii or Alaska => STATE
18 Across: Oil gp. that includes 57-Down => OPEC
19 Across: Take a load off => REST
20 Across: Horse sense => STREETSMARTS
23 Across: Pool tool => CUE
24 Across: Try to win => WOO
25 Across: Colonel Sanders facial feature => GOATEE
28 Across: Main attraction => DRAWINGCARD
32 Across: Lab maze navigator => RAT
33 Across: Letter flourish => SERIF
34 Across: ... good witch, __ bad witch? => ORA
35 Across: Angry or achy => SORE
36 Across: Test proctor's reminder => TIMELIMIT
40 Across: Soap units => BARS
43 Across: Gold in Granada => ORO
44 Across: Semiaquatic salamanders => NEWTS
48 Across: The A in IPA => ALE
49 Across: Hard-boiled genre => NOIRFICTION
52 Across: Like Easter eggs before the hunt => HIDDEN
54 Across: Duct opening? => OVI
55 Across: Debate side => PRO
56 Across: Its measurements include liters and grams => METRICSYSTEM
60 Across: Squared up => EVEN
62 Across: Tax-sheltered plans: Abbr. => IRAS
63 Across: More than suggest => ORDER
65 Across: Partial view? => BIAS
66 Across: Scandinavian language => SAMI
67 Across: Circular => ROUND
68 Across: Decrease => BATE
69 Across: Organic compound => ENOL
70 Across: Sch. district VIPs => SUPTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 56-Across wts. => KGS
2 Down: On the fence => NOTSURE
3 Down: Winning like crazy => ONATEAR
4 Down: Korda of '80s-'90s tennis => PETR
5 Down: Library amenity => FREEWIFI
6 Down: Camera buff, for short => PHOTOG
7 Down: Shoots the breeze => RAPS
8 Down: Utah city near Provo => OREM
9 Down: 10-point star polygon => DECAGRAM
10 Down: Main blood vessel => AORTA
11 Down: Orchestra leader => MAESTRO
12 Down: Contented sighs => AHS
13 Down: Stick (out) => JUT
21 Down: Years and years => EON
22 Down: Word after fuel or fly => ROD
23 Down: LP successors => CDS
26 Down: Cup handle => EAR
27 Down: Season after printemps => ETE
29 Down: Erma Bombeck's At __ End => WITS
30 Down: Décor choice => COLOR
31 Down: MLB's D-backs => ARI
35 Down: Editorial let it stand => STET
37 Down: Event often visible in the evening sky => MOONRISE
38 Down: __ tu: Verdi aria => ERI
39 Down: Cutting teeth => INCISORS
40 Down: Derisive interjection => BAH
41 Down: Rope-a-dope boxer => ALI
42 Down: Paleo diet protein source => REDMEAT
45 Down: Took care of, as a spill => WIPEDUP
46 Down: Annoy persistently => TORMENT
47 Down: __-cone: summer treat => SNO
49 Down: Safety feature at a trapeze school => NET
50 Down: La Brea discovery => FOSSIL
51 Down: Wall-climbing plant => IVY
53 Down: Slow on the uptake => DENSE
57 Down: Pakistan neighbor => IRAN
58 Down: Duck Dynasty attire, for short => CAMO
59 Down: Pants, briefly => TROU
60 Down: Flow back, as a tide => EBB
61 Down: By way of => VIA
64 Down: Ave. and st. => RDS

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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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