Crossword Answers For: Friday, October 5, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Take to the cleaners => HOSE
5 Across: Lay low => HID
8 Across: Pretty companion? => PLEASE
14 Across: Windows alternative => UNIX
15 Across: Drop the ball => ERR
16 Across: Dragster's wheels => HOTROD
17 Across: Wedding ring? => HORA
18 Across: Class-conscious org.? => NEA
19 Across: Charge => ACCUSE
20 Across: Wow! (2) => MAN
22 Across: Actress Kate (2) => MARA
24 Across: Cal. column (2) => MON
25 Across: Univ. aides (1) => TAS
28 Across: Damage (1) => MAR
30 Across: Helpless? (1) => SOLO
32 Across: Infamous Amin => IDI
33 Across: Constriction of the eye's pupil => MIOSIS
35 Across: Apple's apple, e.g. => LOGO
39 Across: Hail, to Hadrian => AVE
40 Across: All over again => ANEW
41 Across: I'll second that => AMEN
42 Across: Result of polar ice melt graphically shown by the second part of six two-part puzzle answers => RISINGSEALEVELS
47 Across: Isn't idle => ACTS
48 Across: Deep blue => ANIL
49 Across: Track meet segment => LAP
50 Across: Authenticity emblem => SEAL
51 Across: Parlor furniture item => SETTEE
53 Across: Hot time in Haiti => ETE
54 Across: Sinusitis docs (2) => ENTS
56 Across: Author Fleming (2) => IAN
57 Across: Sign of nerves, maybe (2) => TIC
58 Across: Happy hour spot (1) => BAR
61 Across: Many an Omani (1) => ARAB
63 Across: Remaining loan amt. (1) => BAL
65 Across: Individually => APIECE
67 Across: Dug, with up => ATE
69 Across: Big times => ERAS
73 Across: A through E, at times => WIDTHS
74 Across: Sprout => LAD
75 Across: Courteous => NICE
76 Across: Snares with a loop => LASSOS
77 Across: Med. show locales => ERS
78 Across: Serve sparingly, with out => DOLE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Say what? => HUH
2 Down: Dedicatee of Lennon's Woman => ONO
3 Down: McCartney's title => SIR
4 Down: Checkup => EXAM
5 Down: Applying a temporary tattoo => HENNAING
6 Down: Boiling state => IRE
7 Down: Scotch serving => DRAM
8 Down: Seven Wonders lighthouse => PHAROS
9 Down: One from town => LOCAL
10 Down: Yada yada yada letters => ETC
11 Down: Jack-in-the-pulpit family => ARUM
12 Down: Fair => SOSO
13 Down: First place? => EDEN
21 Down: Mideast capital => AMMAN
23 Down: Faulkner's __ Lay Dying => ASI
25 Down: Pageant toppers => TIARAS
26 Down: It may be unsolicited => ADVICE
27 Down: Daybreak? => SIESTA
29 Down: Agile deer => ROES
31 Down: Norse patron => OLAV
34 Down: Hard work => SWEAT
36 Down: Fare filled and folded => OMELET
37 Down: Trattoria desserts => GELATI
38 Down: With no guarantee of payment => ONSPEC
43 Down: Cartography dot => ISLE
44 Down: Against => ANTI
45 Down: Reluctant risers => LIEABEDS
46 Down: Barack's 2010 High Court appointee => ELENA
51 Down: Emphasize => STRESS
52 Down: That, in Tijuana => ESA
55 Down: Snack chip => NACHO
58 Down: Much more than a sniffle => BAWL
59 Down: Samoa's capital => APIA
60 Down: Purges (of) => RIDS
62 Down: One may be stored in a barn => BALE
64 Down: Advance => LEND
66 Down: Sci-fi staples => ETS
68 Down: Blacken, in a way => TAR
70 Down: Copacabana city => RIO
71 Down: Commonly torn ligament, briefly => ACL
72 Down: Note => SEE

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This crossword has 43 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 85 clues are solved in the section above.
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