Crossword Answers For: Monday, December 31, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Actress Vardalos => NIA
4 Across: Chapel vow => IDO
7 Across: Fine apparel => ATTIRE
13 Across: Bird that gives a hoot => OWL
14 Across: Stock horror film servant => IGOR
15 Across: Came down and spoiled the picnic => RAINED
16 Across: Open __ night => MIC
17 Across: Persistent ache => NAGGINGPAIN
19 Across: Ski resort feature => SLOPE
21 Across: Self-defense spray => MACE
22 Across: Fey of Date Night => TINA
23 Across: Window section => GLASSPANE
25 Across: D.C. pro => POL
26 Across: Yard sale caveat => ASIS
27 Across: Bar for circus swingers => TRAPEZE
31 Across: Long-faced => SULLEN
34 Across: Tire, with out => WEAR
35 Across: Controlled Substances Act org. => DEA
36 Across: Hyde Park buggy => PRAM
37 Across: Madison Ave. pro => ADMAN
39 Across: Main point => GIST
40 Across: Lincoln or Ford => CAR
41 Across: Poker variety => STUD
42 Across: Lawn service company that merged with TruGreen => SCOTTS
44 Across: Fairbanks resident => ALASKAN
46 Across: Period of prosperity => BOOM
47 Across: Windy City train org. => CTA
48 Across: Heartthrob in the band One Direction => LIAMPAYNE
53 Across: Off-kilter => AWRY
55 Across: Fuzzy green plant that grows on rocks => MOSS
56 Across: Dimwit => IDIOT
57 Across: Common Sense author => THOMASPAINE
60 Across: Down Under bird => EMU
61 Across: Make pure, as sugar => REFINE
62 Across: Maker of Aspire laptops => ACER
63 Across: Young fellow => LAD
64 Across: Show up at => ATTEND
65 Across: Winter hrs. in Minneapolis => CST
66 Across: Beats by __: audio equipment brand => DRE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Chinese menu assurance => NOMSG
2 Down: Volunteer's words => IWILL
3 Down: Reynolds Wrap maker => ALCOA
4 Down: Grocery chain letters => IGA
5 Down: Rigid beliefs => DOGMAS
6 Down: Church instrument => ORGAN
7 Down: Obama Education secretary Duncan => ARNE
8 Down: Garment label => TAG
9 Down: First-rate => TIPTOP
10 Down: Aced that test! => INAILEDIT
11 Down: Horse rider's strap => REIN
12 Down: Writer Ferber => EDNA
14 Down: Actually existing: Lat. => INESSE
18 Down: Summer pitcherful => ICETEA
20 Down: Biblical song => PSALM
24 Down: Whacked gift holder => PINATA
25 Down: Links standard => PAR
28 Down: Coerced payment => RANSOM
29 Down: Citrus peel => ZEST
30 Down: Puts away dishes? => EATS
31 Down: Animal welfare org. => SPCA
32 Down: Eurasian border river => URAL
33 Down: Tomb Raider heroine => LARACROFT
34 Down: Iraq War armament: Abbr. => WMD
38 Down: Big name in tires => DUNLOP
39 Down: Lose one's marbles => GOMAD
41 Down: Jamaican music genre => SKA
43 Down: Paper jam site => COPIER
45 Down: Thwart => STYMIE
46 Down: Nuts and bolts => BASICS
49 Down: Sir __ Newton => ISAAC
50 Down: Give ground => YIELD
51 Down: Red Sox great Garciaparra => NOMAR
52 Down: Practice piece => ETUDE
53 Down: Razor brand => ATRA
54 Down: Spark, as an appetite => WHET
55 Down: Grad. degree for teachers => MSED
58 Down: Landers of letters => ANN
59 Down: Driving range barrier => NET

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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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