Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Half-__: coffee with a little less kick => CAF
4 Across: Chocolate-making bean => CACAO
9 Across: Polynesian people => MAORI
14 Across: Darth, as a youth => ANI
15 Across: Suspect's excuse => ALIBI
16 Across: Muslim religion => ISLAM
17 Across: Single-digit temps, for most => COLDSPELL
19 Across: Exams for would-be attys. => LSATS
20 Across: Try to whack => HITAT
21 Across: Jazz great Blake => EUBIE
23 Across: Cabinet dept. concerned with nukes => ENER
24 Across: 1984 Prince hit => PURPLERAIN
29 Across: Picket line participant => STRIKER
31 Across: Fierce public protest => OUTCRY
32 Across: Jot down => NOTATE
35 Across: Napkin's place => LAP
36 Across: Body of water between Connecticut and southeastern New York => LONGISLANDSOUND
42 Across: Skater Midori => ITO
43 Across: Muscle injury => STRAIN
44 Across: Small river => STREAM
48 Across: Tribulations => ORDEALS
52 Across: At close range => POINTBLANK
55 Across: Bushels => ALOT
56 Across: Ponzi scheme, e.g. => FRAUD
57 Across: Ann __, Michigan => ARBOR
58 Across: California/Nevada resort lake => TAHOE
61 Across: Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be => CHECKMATE
64 Across: Milky gemstones => OPALS
65 Across: Breed that's Welsh for dwarf dog => CORGI
66 Across: Fresh => NEW
67 Across: George of Cheers => WENDT
68 Across: Trap during a winter storm, say => ICEIN
69 Across: Dozens of mos. => YRS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Secret supplies => CACHES
2 Down: Bless using oil => ANOINT
3 Down: Color-altering camera lens accessory => FILTER
4 Down: Actors in a show => CAST
5 Down: European mountain => ALP
6 Down: Paris corp. => CIE
7 Down: More adept => ABLER
8 Down: Prepare to shine in a bodybuilding contest? => OILUP
9 Down: Cultural setting => MILIEU
10 Down: State with conviction => ASSERT
11 Down: Suffix with pay => OLA
12 Down: Templeton in Charlotte's Web, e.g. => RAT
13 Down: Cyberchats, briefly => IMS
18 Down: Adventurous => DARING
22 Down: Rain-__ bubble gum => BLO
24 Down: Animals at home => PETS
25 Down: Eurasian border mountains => URALS
26 Down: Rights advocacy org. => ACLU
27 Down: Reading Lolita in Tehran setting => IRAN
28 Down: Big Apple law gp. => NYPD
30 Down: Japanese carp => KOI
33 Down: Skin pic => TAT
34 Down: Noted 2001 bankruptcy => ENRON
36 Down: Talk like Daffy => LISP
37 Down: Director Preminger => OTTO
38 Down: More formal Me neither! => NORI
39 Down: Lacking light => DARK
40 Down: Bully in the Toy Story films => SID
41 Down: Like challenging push-ups => ONEARM
45 Down: Surround => ENFOLD
46 Down: Taking a break => ATREST
47 Down: Management deg. => MBA
49 Down: Capital on the Hudson => ALBANY
50 Down: Thief during a riot => LOOTER
51 Down: Scatters, as seeds => STREWS
53 Down: Soap star Susan => LUCCI
54 Down: For a specific purpose, as a committee => ADHOC
57 Down: Comparable (to) => AKIN
58 Down: Aid for a disabled auto => TOW
59 Down: Big lug => APE
60 Down: Solo of Star Wars => HAN
62 Down: Before, in verse => ERE
63 Down: Cinematic FX => CGI

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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