Crossword Answers For: Thursday, May 9, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Award named for a goddess => CLIO
5 Across: Put down => ABASE
10 Across: First choice => FAVE
14 Across: You're __ luck => OUTA
15 Across: __ shorts => BOXER
16 Across: Truth stretcher => LIAR
17 Across: *Finds flaws (in) => PICKSHOLES
19 Across: Star Wars sentence inverter => YODA
20 Across: Baseball bat wood => ASH
21 Across: *Casino fixtures where blinds might be used => POKERTABLES
23 Across: Sign-off word => YOURS
25 Across: River through Tours => LOIRE
26 Across: Shot water? => RAPIDS
28 Across: Rash => HASTY
31 Across: Citation ender, briefly => ETAL
32 Across: Usually multilayered dessert => TORTE
33 Across: Place to unwind => SPA
36 Across: *They make nuts healthy => POLYUNSATURATES
40 Across: __ card: common phone component => SIM
41 Across: Closes in on => NEARS
42 Across: Half of sechs => DREI
43 Across: Alaskan cruise sight => FJORD
44 Across: Iris ring => AREOLA
46 Across: Milan's La __ => SCALA
49 Across: The Huskies of the NCAA's Big East => UCONN
50 Across: *Skilled debaters => POLEMICISTS
54 Across: Tank contents => GAS
57 Across: Tip => APEX
58 Across: In complete opposition ... and a feature of the four other longest answers => POLESAPART
60 Across: Wild, all-night party => RAVE
61 Across: Tiny swimmer => AMEBA
62 Across: Marine threat => ORCA
63 Across: Kept in one's sights => EYED
64 Across: Fixes => SPAYS
65 Across: Urban bane => SMOG

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Historic NYC club, with The => COPA
2 Down: '60s-'70s All-Star pitcher Tiant => LUIS
3 Down: Sensory omen regarding money => ITCHYPALM
4 Down: Wine barrel wood => OAK
5 Down: Can't stand => ABHORS
6 Down: Financial records => BOOKS
7 Down: Roadster rod => AXLE
8 Down: Oracle => SEER
9 Down: Formerly, formerly => ERST
10 Down: Airman, slangily => FLYBOY
11 Down: Pungent mayo => AIOLI
12 Down: Star Wars heavy breather => VADER
13 Down: Wipe out => ERASE
18 Down: Source of fries => SPUD
22 Down: Let out, e.g. => ALTER
24 Down: Like some fried food => OILY
26 Down: Gym iterations => REPS
27 Down: French possessive => ATOI
28 Down: Squirrel away => HOARD
29 Down: Fine __ => ARTS
30 Down: The Simpsons disco guy => STU
32 Down: Old Russian ruler => TSAR
33 Down: Coerce => STRONGARM
34 Down: Thurman's role in The Avengers (1998) => PEEL
35 Down: Home to K2 => ASIA
37 Down: Clear, as a copier => UNJAM
38 Down: Prefix with natal => NEO
39 Down: Yemeni port => ADEN
43 Down: Showed off a muscle => FLEXED
44 Down: Fills in for => ACTSAS
45 Down: Soprano Ponselle who debuted at the Met opposite Caruso => ROSA
46 Down: Slash on a score sheet => SPARE
47 Down: Insured patient's obligation => COPAY
48 Down: Advil alternative => ALEVE
49 Down: Best before cousin => USEBY
51 Down: Hoppy brews => IPAS
52 Down: Freebie => COMP
53 Down: Intestinal sections => ILEA
55 Down: Violin music instruction => ARCO
56 Down: Unaccompanied => STAG
59 Down: Bldgs. with many boxes => POS

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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