Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 22, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hypoallergenic wool => ALPACA
7 Across: Chinese way of life => TAOISM
13 Across: Be the victim of a slaying? => ROARAT
14 Across: Taiwanese drink originally made with milk and tapioca pearls => BOBATEA
15 Across: Sports cheaters => DOPERS
16 Across: Series of celebratory visits => PUBCRAWL
17 Across: Squeeze (out) => EKE
18 Across: Fixes, as a pump => RESOLES
20 Across: Green span => LEA
21 Across: Convention => NORM
23 Across: Because it fits => APTLY
24 Across: Cat's hangout => SILL
25 Across: Prominent parade brass => TUBAS
27 Across: The Cuban? => LAS
28 Across: Wolf in The Jungle Book => AKELA
29 Across: Kicks back => TAKESITEASY
32 Across: Place for a frozen treat => GELATOSTAND
34 Across: Response to a welcome return => WEMISSEDYOU
36 Across: Apps with errors => BETAS
39 Across: Avril follower => MAI
40 Across: Stopped lying => AROSE
42 Across: Drained of color => ASHY
43 Across: Sharp picker-upper => TALON
45 Across: Put under => DRUG
46 Across: Early Melotone Records competitor => RCA
47 Across: Produce aisle option => ORGANIC
49 Across: Turn sharply => ZAG
50 Across: Factor in exit velocity, in baseball => BATSPEED
52 Across: Wore thin => GOTOLD
54 Across: Life-saving devices, at times => EPIPENS
55 Across: In a calm manner => EVENLY
56 Across: Make drinkable, in a way => DESALT
57 Across: Two-day trip, often => REDEYE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Deeply devoted => ARDENT
2 Down: Guard => LOOKOUT
3 Down: Checkout choice => PAPERBAG
4 Down: Equal => ARE
5 Down: __ Fire: 230,000-acre Northern California conflagration of 2018 => CARR
6 Down: Bewildered => ATSEA
7 Down: Maguire of Spider-Man => TOBEY
8 Down: Early lesson => ABCS
9 Down: Boat mover => OAR
10 Down: Ballet's birthplace, to Parisians => ITALIE
11 Down: Black Beauty author => SEWELL
12 Down: __ Fund: org. supporting girls' education founded by a 2014 Nobelist => MALALA
14 Down: Informal discussion => BULLSESSION
16 Down: Side with a dog => POTATOSALAD
19 Down: Elmore Leonard novel whose title overlaps itself on some covers => SPLITIMAGES
22 Down: Step aside => MAKEWAY
24 Down: Sweet Home Alabama band, familiarly => SKYNYRD
26 Down: Four-time Australian Open champ => SELES
28 Down: Carne __ => ASADA
30 Down: Finger-pointing uncle => SAM
31 Down: Enjoyed a roll => ATE
33 Down: Hazardous area for a bicyclist passing a parked car => DOORZONE
35 Down: By and large => USUALLY
36 Down: Like fishhooks, as a rule => BARBED
37 Down: Pen pals' plan? => ESCAPE
38 Down: In other words ... => THATIS
41 Down: Dip popular at Easter => EGGDYE
43 Down: 16th-century council site => TRENT
44 Down: African country with rich uranium deposits => NIGER
47 Down: German auto => OPEL
48 Down: Dock setting => COVE
51 Down: Mother's Day destination => SPA
53 Down: Talk acronym => TED

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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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