Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Recurring theme => MOTIF
6 Across: Contemporary of Dashiell => ERLE
10 Across: Apple debut of 1998 => IMAC
14 Across: Childish retort => IDOSO
15 Across: Group of two => DUAD
16 Across: Santa __: Sonoma County seat => ROSA
17 Across: 2005 reality show featuring Whitney Houston => BEINGBOBBYBROWN
20 Across: War on Poverty org. => OEO
21 Across: In that event ... => IFSO
22 Across: Kipling python => KAA
23 Across: '60s sitcom portrayer of Cathy Lane and her identical cousin => PATTYDUKE
27 Across: Spin, as a baton => TWIRL
29 Across: The Simpsons storekeeper => APU
30 Across: Leb. neighbor => SYR
31 Across: Looks up to => ESTEEMS
33 Across: Show of rural respect => YESM
35 Across: Army NCO => SGT
37 Across: Little piggy => TOE
38 Across: Ginger-ale-and-grenadine cocktail => SHIRLEYTEMPLE
43 Across: 1988 noir remake => DOA
44 Across: Ewe, say => SHE
45 Across: Website with business reviews => YELP
47 Across: Supple => LISSOME
51 Across: Many a microbrew => ALE
53 Across: One in the middle of Knoxville? => VEE
54 Across: FDR and JFK => INITS
55 Across: Chinese menu standard => FRIEDRICE
58 Across: Announcer Hall => EDD
59 Across: Protein-rich food => TOFU
61 Across: Wish undone => RUE
62 Across: Where social graces are taught, and what 17-, 23-, 38-, and 55-Across each has => FINISHINGSCHOOL
68 Across: McFlurry cookie => OREO
69 Across: Start of a hymn => OGOD
70 Across: Creeps-inducing => EERIE
71 Across: Arms of a starfish => RAYS
72 Across: Over and above: Abbr. => SYNS
73 Across: Silvery little fish => SMELT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Will Smith sci-fi series => MIB
2 Down: Laudatory piece => ODE
3 Down: French pronoun => TOI
4 Down: You're lying! in a playground => ISNOT
5 Down: Old old-fashioned sorts => FOGEYS
6 Down: Old name for Tokyo => EDO
7 Down: Cube creator => RUBIK
8 Down: Bio class cost => LABFEE
9 Down: Slow Churned ice cream brand => EDYS
10 Down: Like the vb. be => IRR
11 Down: Red Sox star Betts => MOOKIE
12 Down: Like angry bees => ASWARM
13 Down: Lock sites => CANALS
18 Down: Pro wrestling throw => BODYSLAM
19 Down: Deepest level => BOTTOM
23 Down: Shell out => PAY
24 Down: Jungle swingers => APES
25 Down: Rear => TUSH
26 Down: Impulse => URGE
28 Down: Tearful => WEEPY
32 Down: Team with the most Super Bowl victories => STEELERS
34 Down: Central spot => MIDST
36 Down: TV host Pennington and Hall of Famer Cobb => TYS
39 Down: Places to perch => ROOSTS
40 Down: Bangkok native => THAI
41 Down: Big name in denim => LEVI
42 Down: Power co. product => ELEC
46 Down: Peruvian capital? => PEE
47 Down: Commit perjury to protect => LIEFOR
48 Down: Former Indian prime minister Gandhi => INDIRA
49 Down: Dog Day Afternoon director Lumet => SIDNEY
50 Down: Crude model used for public ridicule => EFFIGY
52 Down: Elicits => EDUCES
56 Down: Long sentence => RUNON
57 Down: Turn a midi into a mini, say => REHEM
60 Down: Cries of discovery => OHOS
63 Down: Platform for Siri => IOS
64 Down: Mdse. => GDS
65 Down: Malachite, e.g. => ORE
66 Down: Many a Monet => OIL
67 Down: Permit => LET

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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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