Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 29, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Corrosive compounds => ACIDS
6 Across: Dog in The Thin Man mysteries => ASTA
10 Across: Pork serving => CHOP
14 Across: Heath-covered wastelands => MOORS
15 Across: Fish tempter => BAIT
16 Across: What the little hand shows => HOUR
17 Across: Corporate world meal => POWERLUNCH
19 Across: Otherwise => ELSE
20 Across: Guys-only gathering => STAG
21 Across: Lawyer: Abbr. => ATT
22 Across: Artificial => ERSATZ
24 Across: Took a load off => SAT
26 Across: Helps with the holdup => ABETS
28 Across: Manning of the NFL's Giants => ELI
31 Across: Instruction on a Steinway => PIANOLESSON
36 Across: Four times a day, in an Rx => QID
37 Across: Early Peruvians => INCAS
38 Across: Continental cash => EURO
39 Across: Turn loose => UNLEASH
41 Across: Fry cook's woe => SPATTER
44 Across: Light bulb, in comics => IDEA
45 Across: Motionless => INERT
47 Across: CD-__ => ROM
48 Across: Political head => PARTYLEADER
51 Across: Obstinate beast => ASS
52 Across: Back of the boat => STERN
53 Across: Sky safety org. => FAA
55 Across: Historic Spanish fleet => ARMADA
58 Across: Eden dweller => EVE
60 Across: Rope source => HEMP
64 Across: Aretha's genre => SOUL
65 Across: The Maltese Falcon actor => PETERLORRE
68 Across: Voice below soprano => ALTO
69 Across: Defib specialists => EMTS
70 Across: Disney mermaid => ARIEL
71 Across: Burns or Byron => POET
72 Across: Pair of performers => DUET
73 Across: CFO's monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers => PANDL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bandstand boosters => AMPS
2 Down: Small water bird => COOT
3 Down: Nebraska neighbor => IOWA
4 Down: Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff => DREGS
5 Down: Ukr. or Lith., once => SSR
6 Down: Touch the edge of => ABUT
7 Down: Oye Como Va group => SANTANA
8 Down: __-Tac-Dough: TV game show => TIC
9 Down: Walking obediently, as a dog => ATHEEL
10 Down: 32 pieces and a game board => CHESSSET
11 Down: Havana Hi! => HOLA
12 Down: Force out => OUST
13 Down: Chief exec => PREZ
18 Down: Ancient Romans => LATINS
23 Down: FedEx assignment: Abbr. => RTE
25 Down: Capital of Samoa => APIA
27 Down: Ordered (around) => BOSSED
28 Down: Provide with gear => EQUIP
29 Down: Singer Ronstadt => LINDA
30 Down: Thumb twiddler => IDLER
32 Down: More in need of a rubdown => ACHIER
33 Down: Kama __: Hindu love guide => SUTRA
34 Down: Tiered cookies => OREOS
35 Down: Societal expectations => NORMS
40 Down: Reacts to being ravenous => EATSALOT
42 Down: Like better => PREFER
43 Down: Big name in razors => ATRA
46 Down: No, No Broadway gal => NANETTE
49 Down: Since Jan. 1, on pay stubs => YTD
50 Down: Jumped => LEAPED
54 Down: Now, in Nogales => AHORA
55 Down: Rush job letters => ASAP
56 Down: Caramel candy brand => ROLO
57 Down: Volume-off button => MUTE
59 Down: Flak jacket, e.g. => VEST
61 Down: Whistle-blowing Brockovich => ERIN
62 Down: Talking TV palomino => MRED
63 Down: __-mell: disorderly => PELL
66 Down: Outback avian => EMU
67 Down: Once around the track => LAP

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This crossword has 38 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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