Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Vote to accept => ADOPT
6 Across: Sincerely asks for => BEGS
10 Across: Vicki Lawrence sitcom role => MAMA
14 Across: Harley owner => BIKER
15 Across: This is __ a test => ONLY
16 Across: Flower painted by van Gogh => IRIS
17 Across: Roadblocks => BARRICADES
19 Across: Friendly => NICE
20 Across: Win the affections of => ENAMOR
21 Across: __ lost! => GET
22 Across: Mental flash => IDEA
23 Across: Be rude to => SASS
24 Across: Doc's org. => AMA
26 Across: Good name for many a tree-lined street => ELM
28 Across: Energy => VIM
29 Across: Barely sufficient => MEAGER
33 Across: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt co-creator Fey => TINA
37 Across: Crossed (out) => EXED
39 Across: Prepare, as Romano => GRATE
40 Across: Womb-related => UTERINE
42 Across: Crowd control weapon => RIOTGUN
44 Across: Part of TNT => NITRO
45 Across: Trace amount => DRIB
47 Across: Not tacit => SAID
48 Across: Ledger column => ASSETS
50 Across: Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. => ENE
51 Across: Did nothing => SAT
52 Across: Calypso-influenced genre => SKA
53 Across: __ of March => IDES
57 Across: Minor argument => SPAT
60 Across: Baseball bat wood => ASH
62 Across: In the center => MEDIAL
64 Across: Airport idler => TAXI
65 Across: Gambles in a church basement, maybe => PLAYSBINGO
67 Across: Golfer's selection => IRON
68 Across: Easy gait => LOPE
69 Across: Winemaker with 1900 acres of vineyards in California => BOGLE
70 Across: __ a bell: sounded familiar => RANG
71 Across: Short-horned bighorns => EWES
72 Across: Lid inflammations => STYES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Clerics in un monastère => ABBES
2 Down: Outlander novelist Gabaldon => DIANA
3 Down: Gumbo pods => OKRAS
4 Down: Salon jobs => PERMS
5 Down: Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. => TRIO
6 Down: Fancy neckwear => BOA
7 Down: Final stage of a chess match => ENDGAME
8 Down: TV series with choreographed numbers => GLEE
9 Down: Word with metric or merit => SYSTEM
10 Down: Wawa and 7-Eleven => MINIMARTS
11 Down: Bone-dry => ARID
12 Down: Attic pests => MICE
13 Down: Topside, perhaps => ASEA
18 Down: Cowardly => CRAVEN
25 Down: With 38-Down, bar offering found in each set of circles => MIXED
27 Down: Big name in small construction => LEGO
30 Down: Poker Face Lady => GAGA
31 Down: Needle case => ETUI
32 Down: Tear to bits => REND
33 Down: Sushi option => TUNA
34 Down: For real? => ITIS
35 Down: Brooklyn NBA team => NETS
36 Down: Captivating => ARRESTING
38 Down: See 25-Down => DRINK
41 Down: Greek letter => IOTA
43 Down: Support group? => IBEAMS
46 Down: Mold into a new form => RESHAPE
49 Down: Paper clip alternative => STAPLE
53 Down: Senseless sort => IDIOT
54 Down: Shabby => DINGY
55 Down: Sharp-eyed hunter => EAGLE
56 Down: Astringent plumlike fruits => SLOES
57 Down: Prepare, as a 25-/38-Down => STIR
58 Down: Prefix with graph => PARA
59 Down: Neural transmitter => AXON
61 Down: Hoping for more customers => SLOW
63 Down: Drops off => EBBS
66 Down: Amen! => YES

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This crossword has 40 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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