Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: King canine => CUJO
5 Across: The Good Wife and The Good Fight network => CBS
8 Across: Isn't honest with => LIESTO
14 Across: Moby-Dick captain => AHAB
15 Across: 14-Across' yes => AYE
16 Across: In a fog => ADDLED
17 Across: Target of campaign finance laws => SUPERPAC
19 Across: Fast-food toy giveaways, typically => TIEINS
20 Across: Himalayan of legend => THEYETI
21 Across: Jazz dance => STOMP
22 Across: 19th-century education reformer => HORACEMANN
25 Across: Bit of election season ugliness => SMEAR
28 Across: In order (to) => SOAS
29 Across: Cry bitterly => SOB
31 Across: Travels like a shark => SWIMS
32 Across: Chocolate-and-toffee bar => SKOR
33 Across: __ vera => ALOE
34 Across: Like a momentous event => EARTHSHATTERING
37 Across: Short holiday? => XMAS
38 Across: Bad reviews => PANS
39 Across: Network connections => NODES
40 Across: Facial spasm => TIC
41 Across: Set to the same time, say => SYNC
42 Across: Hill helpers => AIDES
43 Across: Dawg and bae, e.g. => SLANGTERMS
46 Across: Gilmore Girls matriarch => EMILY
47 Across: Spirals => HELIXES
52 Across: Hampton Inn rival => RAMADA
54 Across: Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares => MIXEDBAG
55 Across: Flares up => BLAZES
56 Across: Deux divided by two => UNE
57 Across: TV drama that begins with the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 => LOST
58 Across: Philly team => SIXERS
59 Across: Deux, across the Pyrenees => DOS
60 Across: Callers' links to specific depts. => EXTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Support after a bad break? => CAST
2 Down: Nope => UHUH
3 Down: Mocking remark => JAPE
4 Down: Follow the leader => OBEY
5 Down: Hostage taker => CAPTOR
6 Down: Via plane => BYAIR
7 Down: Just a __! => SEC
8 Down: Barista's decoration => LATTEART
9 Down: They're not meant literally => IDIOMS
10 Down: Plant swelling => EDEMA
11 Down: Wham-O summer lawn toy that needs water => SLIPNSLIDE
12 Down: Base __ => TEN
13 Down: Pigs out (on), for short => ODS
18 Down: Go over once more => REHASH
21 Down: Hurries => SCOOTS
23 Down: With skepticism => ASKANCE
24 Down: It's __ fault => NOONES
25 Down: Hindu religious leaders => SWAMIS
26 Down: Medicine man in The Princess Bride => MIRACLEMAX
27 Down: CPR providers => EMTS
30 Down: Asks for a treat, dog-style => BEGS
31 Down: Risqué message => SEXT
32 Down: Lean-to relative => SHANTY
33 Down: J.Lo's fiancé => AROD
35 Down: Sailor's telescope => SPYGLASS
36 Down: Strand, as in 57-Across => ENISLE
41 Down: Twisted Sister frontman Dee => SNIDER
42 Down: Some green cards? => AMEXES
44 Down: Elicit oohs and aahs => AMAZE
45 Down: Animal whose full name is from the Greek for nose-horned => RHINO
48 Down: Not doing much => IDLE
49 Down: GameCube rival => XBOX
50 Down: Dawn direction => EAST
51 Down: LAPD ranks => SGTS
52 Down: TD scorers => RBS
53 Down: Boxer Laila => ALI
54 Down: Sludge => MUD

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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