Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 22, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Task => JOB
4 Across: Suddenly paid attention => SATUP
9 Across: Take __: snooze => ANAP
13 Across: Wows => AWES
15 Across: One may drift in from the kitchen => AROMA
16 Across: Scarlett's plantation => TARA
17 Across: *Found middle ground => METHALFWAY
19 Across: Caesar's stunned words => ETTU
20 Across: Dirt road depressions => RUTS
21 Across: Tots' three-wheelers => TRIKES
23 Across: __ Wall Street: 2011 protest => OCCUPY
26 Across: Kind of delinquent => JUVENILE
28 Across: Resort island near Venezuela => ARUBA
29 Across: Chart with roads => MAP
30 Across: Rainier or Rushmore: Abbr. => MTN
31 Across: Sad sound => SOB
32 Across: It's my call => ISAYSO
35 Across: Eye provocatively => OGLE
38 Across: Corn serving => EAR
39 Across: *Hockey rink divider => REDLINE
41 Across: 102, to Caesar => CII
42 Across: 69-Across list of games, briefly => SKED
44 Across: Garden-tidying gadget => WEEDER
45 Across: Texter's Holy cow! => OMG
46 Across: In favor of => PRO
48 Across: Suffix with chlor- => INE
49 Across: __ Waldo Emerson => RALPH
51 Across: Reach a total of => AMOUNTTO
54 Across: Self-effacing => MODEST
55 Across: Friendliness => WARMTH
56 Across: Temporary calm => LULL
57 Across: FBI employees => AGTS
58 Across: *Shaft from the sun => RAYOFLIGHT
64 Across: Fictional pirate often addressed as Mr. => SMEE
65 Across: Like basic wall switches => ONOFF
66 Across: Boyfriend => BEAU
67 Across: B.C. cartoonist Johnny => HART
68 Across: Would like => WANTS
69 Across: Sports org. for the players that begin the answers to starred clues => MLB

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Rush hour tie-up => JAM
2 Down: Have to pay => OWE
3 Down: Racetrack risk => BET
4 Down: Like many pretzels => SALTY
5 Down: Cousins of woofs => ARFS
6 Down: Stranded motorist's need => TOW
7 Down: Actress Thurman => UMA
8 Down: Fee-based home entertainment => PAYTV
9 Down: Eroded, as savings => ATEINTO
10 Down: *Unforgettable crooner => NATKINGCOLE
11 Down: Soviet cooperative => ARTEL
12 Down: Temporary stop => PAUSE
14 Down: Foundation plant => SHRUB
18 Down: Live-in household helper => AUPAIR
22 Down: Sleep stage => REM
23 Down: Desert respites => OASES
24 Down: Sound from a lily pad => CROAK
25 Down: *Jimmy Olsen, notably => CUBREPORTER
26 Down: *The Tonight Show host after Johnny Carson => JAYLENO
27 Down: Opportunity for growth => UPSIDE
29 Down: Finally arrived => MADEIT
33 Down: Stitch => SEW
34 Down: Winner's number => ONE
36 Down: Uneven gaits => LIMPS
37 Down: Quarterfinal contestants count => EIGHT
40 Down: Jazzman Garner => ERROLL
43 Down: Percussionist's kit => DRUMSET
47 Down: Toronto's prov. => ONT
50 Down: Actor's unwritten line => ADLIB
51 Down: Flooded => AWASH
52 Down: Igneous rock, once => MAGMA
53 Down: Fielder's assist, e.g. => THROW
54 Down: Bobbles => MUFFS
56 Down: Hit high into the air => LOFT
59 Down: Santa __ winds => ANA
60 Down: Partner of hither => YON
61 Down: Precious stone => GEM
62 Down: Uncooperative 2001 computer => HAL
63 Down: Spot for a bath => TUB

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