Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 25, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Smudge => BLOT
5 Across: Splinter group => SECT
9 Across: Instagram or Snapchat => APP
12 Across: Past time => YORE
13 Across: Union agreements? => IDOS
14 Across: Get outta here! => SHOO
15 Across: Trying to overcome a late start, say => PLAYINGCATCHUP
18 Across: Clemson's conf. => ACC
19 Across: Silicon Valley setting => BAYAREA
20 Across: Hoops net holder => RIM
22 Across: Deli order => SALAMI
24 Across: New York prison in 1971 headlines => ATTICA
26 Across: Wine glass feature => STEM
27 Across: Suffers from => HAS
30 Across: Prince Harry's alma mater => ETON
31 Across: Any minute now => ITWONTBELONG
36 Across: Org. with Jays and Rays => MLB
39 Across: Elastic bikini top => BANDEAU
40 Across: Org. with an annual Codebreaker Challenge => NSA
41 Across: Critical shuttle maneuver => EARTHREENTRY
44 Across: Skier's pick-me-up? => TBAR
45 Across: Summer hrs. => DST
46 Across: Archipelago part => ISLE
50 Across: Sweater pattern => ARGYLE
53 Across: Salieri, to Liszt => MENTOR
55 Across: Streaming delay => LAG
56 Across: Spiritual leader of Nizari Ismaili Muslims => AGAKHAN
60 Across: Actress Mendes => EVA
61 Across: NBC soap since 1965 => DAYSOFOURLIVES
64 Across: Mineral sources => ORES
65 Across: Poolroom powder => TALC
66 Across: Gimlet garnish => LIME
67 Across: ACLU concerns => RTS
68 Across: Cross with a top loop => ANKH
69 Across: Creepy glance => LEER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Go around => BYPASS
2 Down: Humorous feline meme => LOLCAT
3 Down: Prophecy source => ORACLE
4 Down: The Daughter of Time novelist => TEY
5 Down: Six-Day War peninsula => SINAI
6 Down: Pushing boundaries => EDGY
7 Down: Soft-drink word since 1886 => COCA
8 Down: Deposed Russian ruler => TSAR
9 Down: That feels good => AHH
10 Down: Pull out all the stops => POURITON
11 Down: Katy Perry and Mariah Carey => POPICONS
14 Down: Get outta here! => SCAT
16 Down: Watson creator => IBM
17 Down: Beverage with dim sum => TEA
21 Down: Comics read vertically => MANGA
23 Down: Montréal mate => AMI
25 Down: __ Aviv => TEL
27 Down: Perfected => HONED
28 Down: Mints brand with mountain peaks in its logo => ANDES
29 Down: Surgical tube => STENT
32 Down: Speaking frankly, in texts => TBH
33 Down: Armed conflict => WAR
34 Down: Home run hitter? => BAT
35 Down: Spain's cont. => EUR
36 Down: Like virtually all golf club heads nowadays => METAL
37 Down: __ retriever => LABRADOR
38 Down: Blowhard => BRAGGART
42 Down: Push to the limit => TRY
43 Down: Yang's opposite => YIN
47 Down: Memorable guitarist __ Ray Vaughan => STEVIE
48 Down: 2009 Justin Bieber hit => LOVEME
49 Down: Correction device => ERASER
51 Down: Highlands girl => LASS
52 Down: Big 38-Down feature => EGO
53 Down: Spring time ... or a military procession involving a word sequence hidden in 15-, 31-, 41- and 61-Across => MARCH
54 Down: Bigger photo: Abbr. => ENL
57 Down: Mennen lotion => AFTA
58 Down: Zen question => KOAN
59 Down: Incredible hero => HULK
62 Down: Of course! => YES
63 Down: Not well => ILL

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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