Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 1, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Early Greek lyric poet => SAPPHO
7 Across: Roll by => ELAPSE
13 Across: Strong desire => CRAVING
15 Across: Respectful bow => SALAAM
16 Across: Friendly greeting => HEYTHERE
18 Across: Eastern religion => SHINTO
19 Across: Novak Djokovic's org. => ATP
20 Across: Place to gas up for free? => OPENBAR
22 Across: Beer __ => NUT
23 Across: Memorable Gregory Peck role => AHAB
25 Across: How work may be done near a deadline => MADLY
26 Across: Drain => TIRE
27 Across: California's __ Verdes Peninsula => PALOS
29 Across: '70s radical gp. => SLA
30 Across: Singer Stefani et al. => GWENS
31 Across: Reception for champions => THREECHEERS
34 Across: Scrooge types => CHEAPSKATES
35 Across: Fruity treat => BANANASPLIT
36 Across: Jazz guitarist Herb => ELLIS
37 Across: Terre dans la mer => ILE
38 Across: Wetland birds => TERNS
42 Across: Caffeine-rich seed => KOLA
43 Across: 1960 Random House acquisition => KNOPF
45 Across: Wild way to run => RIOT
46 Across: Web crawler, e.g. => BOT
47 Across: Hit the skids => GOTOPOT
49 Across: Pressure meas. => PSI
50 Across: Designer Pucci => EMILIO
52 Across: Traditional Dixie dessert => PECANPIE
54 Across: Comment => REMARK
55 Across: Reptile named for the warning sound it makes => RATTLER
56 Across: Stars => GREATS
57 Across: Death Star super weapons => LASERS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Award-winning ESPN writer/reporter Jeremy => SCHAAP
2 Down: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's first female inductee => ARETHA
3 Down: Check alternative => PAYPAL
4 Down: Many a GI => PVT
5 Down: Old Ritz rival => HIHO
6 Down: Afternoon hr. => ONEPM
7 Down: Lamb product => ESSAY
8 Down: Memorable lion suit wearer => LAHR
9 Down: 2001 biopic => ALI
10 Down: Burro's baskets => PANNIERS
11 Down: Former GM cars => SATURNS
12 Down: Doesn't act well => EMOTES
14 Down: Stage makeup staple => GREASEPAINT
17 Down: Programmer's problem => ENDLESSLOOP
21 Down: McCormick offering => BLACKPEPPER
24 Down: Gulf of __: Baltic Sea arm => BOTHNIA
26 Down: Modern poster => TWEETER
28 Down: Trees whose fruit yields a moisturizing butter => SHEAS
30 Down: Catch on => GETIT
32 Down: Bolted => RAN
33 Down: Bryan's Malcolm in the Middle role => HAL
34 Down: Use a certain two-handed signal => CALLTIME
35 Down: 19th-century women's rights advocate Amelia => BLOOMER
36 Down: La Dolce Vita actress => EKBERG
39 Down: Flow in small waves => RIPPLE
40 Down: More inclined to pry => NOSIER
41 Down: M*A*S*H actor David Ogden __ => STIERS
43 Down: Screwballs => KOOKS
44 Down: Kind of point => FOCAL
47 Down: Prepared (oneself) for action => GIRT
48 Down: Catch ya later => TATA
51 Down: A.L. West team, in crawl lines => LAA
53 Down: Some Windows systems => NTS

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 34 down clues. In total 67 clues are solved in the section above.
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