Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Vice president after Hubert => SPIRO
6 Across: Harry Potter's lightning bolt, e.g. => SCAR
10 Across: Cauldron stirrer => HAG
13 Across: Intense passion => ARDOR
14 Across: Big strings => CELLI
15 Across: We're on __ way => OUR
16 Across: Vice squad operations => POLICERAIDS
18 Across: Prefix with angle or athlete => TRI
19 Across: Make very happy => ELATE
20 Across: __ Go: cellphone game => POKEMON
22 Across: Mess up => ERR
24 Across: PC core => CPU
26 Across: Sorvino of Mimic => MIRA
27 Across: Hawaiian garland => LEI
28 Across: Fictional feline that could disappear at will => CHESHIRECAT
32 Across: Ultra-masculine => MACHO
34 Across: Underwater detector => SONAR
35 Across: Sister of Laertes => OPHELIA
38 Across: Major turf battle => GANGWAR
42 Across: They may be pumped or bumped => FISTS
44 Across: Neutral shade => BEIGE
45 Across: Talladega Nights actor => JOHNCREILLY
50 Across: Meadow => LEA
51 Across: Sheriff Andy Taylor's boy => OPIE
52 Across: Ewe call => BAA
53 Across: ISP option => DSL
54 Across: Oh, puh-leeze! => SPAREME
58 Across: African country whose name begins another African country => NIGER
61 Across: Wee one => TOT
62 Across: It eases tension in some serious tales => COMICRELIEF
66 Across: Baton Rouge sch. => LSU
67 Across: Occupied, as a restroom => INUSE
68 Across: Award for Moonlight or Spotlight => OSCAR
69 Across: Some Caltech grads => EES
70 Across: Gee whiz! => GOSH
71 Across: Cautious (of) => LEERY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Liquid from a trunk => SAP
2 Down: Golf instructor => PRO
3 Down: Social class prominent in The Great Gatsby => IDLERICH
4 Down: Churn up => ROIL
5 Down: White-bellied ocean predator => ORCA
6 Down: __ salt => SEA
7 Down: Movie excerpt => CLIP
8 Down: Big name in footwear => ALDO
9 Down: Put in peril => RISK
10 Down: One may pick up an embarrassing remark => HOTMIC
11 Down: Goddess of the dawn => AURORA
12 Down: Be amused by => GRINAT
14 Down: Dessert pancake => CREPE
17 Down: Draw with acid => ETCH
21 Down: Come into view => EMERGE
22 Down: Sailor's patron => ELMO
23 Down: Use a scythe => REAP
25 Down: Navy vessel letters => USS
28 Down: Infant's ailment => COLIC
29 Down: Gluttonous sort => HOG
30 Down: Once __ while => INA
31 Down: Asked for an opinion on, as an idea => RANBY
33 Down: Playboy founder => HEFNER
36 Down: Mideast nation: Abbr. => ISR
37 Down: Had breakfast => ATE
39 Down: Whole-grain food, and a description of each set of circles => WILDRICE
40 Down: Quite a while => AGES
41 Down: Bona fide => REAL
43 Down: Family vacay participant => SIB
45 Down: Push rudely => JOSTLE
46 Down: Vote against => OPPOSE
47 Down: Continuity break => HIATUS
48 Down: Renaissance Faire weapon => LANCE
49 Down: Dragon's den => LAIR
55 Down: Vaper's smoke, briefly => ECIG
56 Down: Stereo preceder => MONO
57 Down: Fast Aussie birds => EMUS
59 Down: Earth sci. => GEOL
60 Down: What __ can I do? => ELSE
63 Down: Kinda suffix => ISH
64 Down: Piece of corn => EAR
65 Down: Cook, as spring rolls => FRY

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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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