Crossword Answers For: Thursday, January 3, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Save for later => LAYASIDE
9 Across: Place to doodle => MARGIN
15 Across: Smooth talker => OPERATOR
16 Across: 1969 World Series competitor => ORIOLE
17 Across: Watchmakers never retire, they just __ => WINDDOWN
18 Across: Elite area of the pop charts => TOPTEN
19 Across: Passionate about => INTO
20 Across: Musicians never retire, they just __ => DECOMPOSE
22 Across: Beetle-shaped artifact => SCARAB
25 Across: Grad school grillings => ORALS
26 Across: FDA overseer => HHS
27 Across: Urban network => ROADS
30 Across: First name in architecture => EERO
33 Across: Prime letters? => USDA
34 Across: Acclimate gradually => EASEIN
36 Across: One not seen on MTV Unplugged => AMP
39 Across: Beekeepers never retire, they just __ => BUZZOFF
41 Across: Anonymous surname => DOE
42 Across: Pal => PAISAN
44 Across: Polish language => EDIT
45 Across: Actress Collette of United States of Tara => TONI
46 Across: Chasing Pavements singer => ADELE
47 Across: Some mil. hospitals => VAS
50 Across: Spew out => EGEST
53 Across: White weasel => ERMINE
55 Across: Tree surgeons never retire, they just __ => BRANCHOUT
59 Across: State categorically => AVER
60 Across: Ides of March word => BEWARE
61 Across: Teachers never retire, they just __ => MARKTIME
64 Across: Roughly three nautical miles => LEAGUE
65 Across: Often-fried tropical fruit => PLANTAIN
66 Across: Least candid => SLYEST
67 Across: It may be diagrammed => SENTENCE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: On the paltry side, as an offer => LOWISH
2 Down: Between-finger-and-thumb quantity => APINCH
3 Down: They mind your own business => YENTAS
4 Down: Fervor => ARDOR
5 Down: Glum => SAD
6 Down: What was __ do? => ITO
7 Down: Columnist Maureen => DOWD
8 Down: Marine eagle => ERNE
9 Down: Hustle => MOTOR
10 Down: Kitchen magnet? => AROMA
11 Down: Gentle waves => RIPPLES
12 Down: Farmers never retire, they just __ => GOTOSEED
13 Down: Dots in la mer => ILES
14 Down: Aloha State bird => NENE
21 Down: Prefix with play => COS
23 Down: Oranjestad's island => ARUBA
24 Down: Petty officer => BOSUN
28 Down: Woodworking tool => ADZ
29 Down: Out of it => DAZED
31 Down: __ Grande => RIO
32 Down: Only partner? => ONE
34 Down: System used for many returns => EFILE
35 Down: Word with dark or hours => AFTER
36 Down: Suitable => APT
37 Down: 1972 host to Nixon => MAO
38 Down: Lumberjacks never retire, they just __ => PINEAWAY
40 Down: Horatian creation => ODE
43 Down: Billboards and posters => SIGNAGE
46 Down: From __ Z => ATO
47 Down: Vance of I Love Lucy => VIVIAN
48 Down: Lackluster => ANEMIC
49 Down: Calm => SERENE
51 Down: Stocking shades => ECRUS
52 Down: It may be fitted => SHEET
54 Down: Finish choice => MATTE
55 Down: OPEC units => BBLS
56 Down: Lively country dance => REEL
57 Down: Decides what's fair, among other things => UMPS
58 Down: Tall __ => TALE
62 Down: Got on the ballot => RAN
63 Down: Round Table VIP => KNT

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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