Crossword Answers For: Monday, October 1, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Crispy fried chicken part => SKIN
5 Across: Foolish sort => TWIT
9 Across: Neeson of Silence => LIAM
13 Across: Cancún currency => PESO
14 Across: Nonspeaking street performer => MIME
15 Across: Cellist Casals => PABLO
16 Across: __ it first! => ISAW
17 Across: Complete quickly, as a test => ZIPTHROUGH
19 Across: Spring melts => THAWS
21 Across: Lake crossed traveling from Ohio to Ontario => ERIE
22 Across: Golf course standard => PAR
23 Across: Predecessor to Millard Fillmore => ZACHARYTAYLOR
27 Across: Later, Jacques => ADIEU
28 Across: Northern sky sight => AURORA
31 Across: Mixed-breed barker => MUTT
34 Across: Isl. of Australia => TASM
36 Across: Remove mist from, as a windshield => DEFOG
37 Across: Sushi tuna => AHI
38 Across: Grabbed a chair => SAT
39 Across: Praiseful poem => ODE
41 Across: Angsty music genre => EMO
42 Across: Lovestruck teen from Verona => ROMEO
44 Across: Houston MLBer => STRO
46 Across: Unexpected problem => SNAG
47 Across: Angelic figure => CHERUB
49 Across: Transplant to a new container => REPOT
51 Across: Strict rule-enforcement policy => ZEROTOLERANCE
56 Across: Margaret of stand-up => CHO
58 Across: Chilly => COOL
59 Across: Get the better of => ONEUP
60 Across: Buddhist meditation sites => ZENTEMPLES
64 Across: Tubular pasta ... and a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across => ZITI
65 Across: Geometry calculations => AREAS
66 Across: Brazilian soccer legend => PELE
67 Across: Actor Baldwin => ALEC
68 Across: Sore throat sign => RASP
69 Across: Part of GPS: Abbr. => SYST
70 Across: Some cameras, for short => SLRS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Dog group that includes the Akita => SPITZ
2 Down: Tik Tok singer => KESHA
3 Down: Author Asimov => ISAAC
4 Down: Yet another problem? => NOWWHAT
5 Down: Tabloid TV debut of 2007 => TMZ
6 Down: Xbox 360 competitor => WII
7 Down: Driving force => IMPETUS
8 Down: Colorful aquarium fish => TETRA
9 Down: Poet __-tzu => LAO
10 Down: Active ingredient in Advil => IBUPROFEN
11 Down: Pond growth => ALGA
12 Down: Jay of Last Comic Standing => MOHR
15 Down: Musical intro => PRELUDE
18 Down: Howdy there! => HIYA
20 Down: Pathetic => SAD
24 Down: Beatles' meter maid => RITA
25 Down: First Irish Literature Nobelist => YEATS
26 Down: Miner's strike => ORE
29 Down: Egg-shaped tomato => ROMA
30 Down: Spellbound => AGOG
31 Down: Artist Chagall => MARC
32 Down: Looks like trouble! => UHOH
33 Down: Mountain and Pacific, e.g. => TIMEZONES
35 Down: Gourmet mushroom => MOREL
38 Down: Reporter's contacts => SOURCES
40 Down: Info => DOPE
43 Down: Before, poetically => ERE
45 Down: Streetcar => TROLLEY
46 Down: Sonnet sections => STANZAS
48 Down: Market upswing => BOOM
50 Down: Gold, to José => ORO
52 Down: Big name in trading cards => TOPPS
53 Down: Sam of Jurassic Park => NEILL
54 Down: More adorable => CUTER
55 Down: Heroic sagas => EPICS
56 Down: Industry mogul => CZAR
57 Down: Zeus' jealous wife => HERA
61 Down: Touch lightly => TAP
62 Down: Lolling trio? => ELS
63 Down: Erector __ => SET

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This crossword has 38 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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