Crossword Answers For: Thursday, March 14, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Grammy category word => ALBUM
6 Across: And here it is! => VOILA
11 Across: Pickup spot, perhaps => BAR
14 Across: Take a break => PAUSE
15 Across: Return of the Jedi forest moon => ENDOR
16 Across: Fashion or sense preceder => INA
17 Across: *Like power lines => HIGHTENSION
19 Across: Band booking => GIG
20 Across: Conspiring (with) => INLEAGUE
21 Across: Cake invitation Alice accepted => EATME
23 Across: Does, say => DEER
24 Across: *End an engagement? => GETHITCHED
27 Across: Alternative rock genre => EMO
29 Across: Come on in! => ENTER
30 Across: Any member of ABBA => SWEDE
33 Across: What a birdie beats => PAR
34 Across: Aromatic herb => DILL
37 Across: '90s game disc => POG
38 Across: *Teddy kin => NIGHTIE
42 Across: One of the fire signs => LEO
43 Across: Pull a fast one on => FOOL
45 Across: Served, as time => DID
46 Across: Brilliance => ECLAT
48 Across: One-footer, e.g. => TAPIN
50 Across: Gray shade => ASH
51 Across: *Feature items in some annual sales => WHITEGOODS
55 Across: World-weary words => AHME
59 Across: Up => RISEN
60 Across: Babe __, only woman in ESPN's Top 10 North American Athletes of the 20th Century => ZAHARIAS
62 Across: Life-saving pro => EMT
63 Across: Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues => CRAZYEIGHTS
66 Across: __-disant: self-styled => SOI
67 Across: Ancient Aegean region => IONIA
68 Across: The Wreck of the Mary __ => DEARE
69 Across: Channel that airs many RKO films => TMC
70 Across: __ closet => LINEN
71 Across: John of The Addams Family => ASTIN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Agricultural pest => APHID
2 Down: Rawhide singer => LAINE
3 Down: Taps player => BUGLE
4 Down: Brought (in) => USHERED
5 Down: Like a footnote that explains footnotes => META
6 Down: Locale => VENUE
7 Down: Early stage => ONSET
8 Down: Dictator played by Forest => IDI
9 Down: Leicester toilet => LOO
10 Down: Journalist Peter => ARNETT
11 Down: Time of one's life => BIGTHRILL
12 Down: Cartoon genre => ANIME
13 Down: Continued unabated => RAGED
18 Down: The one who makes it, takes it breakfast brand => EGGO
22 Down: Breezed through => ACED
25 Down: Recipe verb => HEAT
26 Down: Crucifix letters => INRI
28 Down: Fellows => MEN
30 Down: Beach letters => SPF
31 Down: Try to attract => WOO
32 Down: Lacking humility => EGOTISTIC
33 Down: Third deg.? => PHD
35 Down: Verdant patch => LEA
36 Down: Auction unit => LOT
39 Down: Gotcha! => IDIG
40 Down: Singer Vannelli => GINO
41 Down: Some RIT grads => EES
44 Down: After-hours => LATE
47 Down: Supplies power to => CHARGES
49 Down: #2, for one => PENCIL
50 Down: '60s-'70s tennis great Arthur => ASHE
51 Down: Extract forcibly => WREST
52 Down: Bleachers sign => HIMOM
53 Down: David and Ricky's dad => OZZIE
54 Down: Israeli hero Moshe => DAYAN
56 Down: Drum kit part => HIHAT
57 Down: Motherly introduction? => MATRI
58 Down: German steel center => ESSEN
61 Down: Operatic princess => AIDA
64 Down: Versailles monarch => ROI
65 Down: Taylor of fashion => ANN

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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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