Crossword Answers For: Thursday, March 7, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Cleared (of) => RID
4 Across: Tote bag material => CANVAS
10 Across: Down-to-earth => REAL
14 Across: Chemical suffix => IDE
15 Across: Even though => ALBEIT
16 Across: Wrinkly hybrid fruit => UGLI
17 Across: Teacher on call => SUB
18 Across: John D. Rockefeller's company => STANDARDOIL
20 Across: Cutlery collection => KNIFESET
22 Across: Moo __ gai pan => GOO
23 Across: Record => ENTER
24 Across: Umbrella part => RIB
26 Across: Grace word => BLESS
30 Across: Bilingual Sesame Street Muppet => ROSITA
32 Across: Bath sponges => LOOFAHS
34 Across: Most babbling => GASSIEST
37 Across: Bunk => ROT
38 Across: Woodland goat-man => FAUN
41 Across: Arraignment answers => PLEAS
42 Across: Kitchen pests => ANTS
43 Across: Racing Unsers => ALS
44 Across: Preparation period => LEADTIME
46 Across: German mathematician Bernhard => RIEMANN
48 Across: Softening => EASING
52 Across: Calf-length skirts => MIDIS
53 Across: 61-Across kingpin __ Fring => GUS
56 Across: Subtle shade => TINGE
57 Across: Glass lip => RIM
59 Across: Speed trap equipment => RADARGUN
61 Across: #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle => BREAKINGBAD
65 Across: Check out => EYE
66 Across: Star Trek race => BORG
67 Across: Mariner's patron => STELMO
68 Across: __ Lingus => AER
69 Across: Pineapple center => CORE
70 Across: Mercy me! => OHDEAR
71 Across: Genetic material => RNA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: One who agrees to a dare => RISKER
2 Down: Got me => IDUNNO
3 Down: Ledger entries => DEBITS
4 Down: Italian city whose Royal Palace has been used as a set in two Star Wars films => CASERTA
5 Down: Hgts. => ALTS
6 Down: Net or Knick => NBAER
7 Down: Starbucks order => VENTI
8 Down: Give a leg up => AID
9 Down: Antlered animal => STAG
10 Down: Ballet great Nureyev => RUDOLF
11 Down: Psychoanalysis subject => EGO
12 Down: Actor Mahershala __ => ALI
13 Down: Rapper __ Jon => LIL
19 Down: High-tech worker => ROBOT
21 Down: Affect => FEIGN
25 Down: Pasture cry => BLEAT
27 Down: Pull down => EARN
28 Down: Opportunity => SHOT
29 Down: Former Air France jets => SSTS
31 Down: Colorado snowboarding mecca => ASPEN
33 Down: Cotton Comes to Harlem director Davis => OSSIE
35 Down: Urban Dictionary content => SLANG
36 Down: Iraq War weapon: Abbr. => IED
38 Down: One to grow on => FARM
39 Down: Et __: and others => ALII
40 Down: Hand-me-down => USED
42 Down: Group at Asgard => AESIR
44 Down: Cornea-reshaping surgery => LASIK
45 Down: One facing charges? => MATADOR
47 Down: Desert illusion => MIRAGE
49 Down: Ready to roll => INGEAR
50 Down: Vietnamese-American poker star Scotty => NGUYEN
51 Down: Biological subdivisions => GENERA
54 Down: Implored => URGED
55 Down: Black => SABLE
58 Down: Japanese soup => MISO
60 Down: Lady of Spain => DAMA
61 Down: Eng. channel => BBC
62 Down: Pal of Piglet => ROO
63 Down: Goof up => ERR
64 Down: Extreme => NTH

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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