Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 8, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Top that turns => SCREWCAP
9 Across: Fictional brother with a green hat => LUIGI
14 Across: Like some snowsuits => ONEPIECE
15 Across: Lacks the wherewithal to => CANNOT
16 Across: Vacant, as positions => UNFILLED
17 Across: Sets free => LOOSES
18 Across: General who's the subject of the 2012 biography All In => PETRAEUS
20 Across: Org. whose employees may have to lift 70-lb. bags => TSA
21 Across: Country star at age 13 => RIMES
24 Across: State secrets => BLAB
25 Across: Va-va-__! => VOOM
26 Across: You got that right! => AMEN
27 Across: Puck, say => DISC
28 Across: Bouquet __ => GARNI
29 Across: Resting place => BED
30 Across: Raymond James Stadium pro => BUC
31 Across: Some stingers => HORNETS
33 Across: Took off, slangily => BAILED
35 Across: Nice, for one => RESORT
36 Across: Holy smoke => INCENSE
38 Across: Lines of thought?: Abbr. => EEG
39 Across: Long on-screen => NIA
40 Across: Feature => TRAIT
41 Across: Hits hard => RAMS
43 Across: Bad thing to catch => FLAK
44 Across: Mirror image => SELF
45 Across: Have trouble with chess? => LISP
46 Across: There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact author => DOYLE
47 Across: Gain competitor => FAB
48 Across: Frequent Robert De Niro co-star => JOEPESCI
50 Across: Bar supply => OLIVES
52 Across: Portrayer of Nero in Star Trek (2009) => ERICBANA
56 Across: Skateboard moves => OLLIES
57 Across: Bright lipstick color => CORALRED
58 Across: President who had 15 children => TYLER
59 Across: Subarus named for a NYC area => TRIBECAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Measly amount => SOU
2 Down: Jake Tapper's channel => CNN
3 Down: Court official => REF
4 Down: Camp nurse's item => EPIPEN
5 Down: Cunning => WILES
6 Down: Gael or Breton => CELT
7 Down: Tart => ACERBIC
8 Down: Piano trio => PEDALS
9 Down: The elephant is its national animal => LAOS
10 Down: Game with a colorful deck => UNO
11 Down: Marketing limitation => INSTOREONLY
12 Down: Faces a jury => GOESONTRIAL
13 Down: Alleged perp's denial => ITSAMISTAKE
15 Down: Driver, e.g. => CLUB
19 Down: Pricing word => EACH
21 Down: Furry talisman => RABBITSFOOT
22 Down: Seriously?! => IMEANREALLY
23 Down: Insurance may cover one => MEDICALBILL
25 Down: Handymen's transports => VANS
27 Down: Lemons => DUDS
28 Down: Maddux in Cooperstown => GREG
30 Down: Like paper clips => BENT
32 Down: Valuable rocks => ORES
34 Down: First name in early exploring => LEIF
37 Down: Lake in four states and Canada => ERIE
38 Down: Chinese ruler until 1912 => EMPEROR
42 Down: Facet => ASPECT
43 Down: Minor flaw => FOIBLE
45 Down: Perfect season spoiler => LOSS
46 Down: 1983 Mr. T comedy => DCCAB
48 Down: Raspberry => JEER
49 Down: Multilingual assistant => SIRI
51 Down: Compete => VIE
53 Down: Parabolic path => ARC
54 Down: Read Across America org. => NEA
55 Down: Showstoppers? => ADS

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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