Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 23, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Irrigation need => PIPE
5 Across: '90s trade pact => NAFTA
10 Across: Go no further! => HALT
14 Across: Heart => CRUX
15 Across: ... __ player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage: Macbeth => APOOR
16 Across: Lake near Carson City => TAHOE
17 Across: Gratitude for a well-played role? => PARTAPPRECIATION
20 Across: Papal messenger => LEGATE
21 Across: On the other side of: Abbr. => ACR
22 Across: Enzyme suffix => ASE
23 Across: Unscrupulous => AMORAL
25 Across: Youthful maiden of myth => NYMPHET
27 Across: Crackin', peelin' and fadin'? => PAINTMISBEHAVIN
31 Across: Clean, as greens => RINSE
32 Across: Newton honorific => SIR
33 Across: LGBT History Mo. => OCT
34 Across: '60s campus gp. => SDS
35 Across: Start growing => SPROUT
37 Across: Hem partner => HAW
40 Across: Asian language => LAO
42 Across: Hammer site => EAR
43 Across: Kofi Annan's birthplace => GHANA
45 Across: Couples therapist? => PAIRCONDITIONER
49 Across: Like Macbeth in Macbeth => TITULAR
50 Across: Jumpy => ONEDGE
51 Across: Jeff Lynne rock gp. => ELO
52 Across: HP product => INK
53 Across: Hit => STRUCK
55 Across: Extreme example of layering for cold weather? => PANTSINONESPANTS
60 Across: Discrete things => ITEMS
61 Across: Poetry Muse => ERATO
62 Across: Fruit with fuzz => KIWI
63 Across: First name in Latin bands => DESI
64 Across: Holy cow! => YIPES
65 Across: Venerable college that owns a river island => ETON

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Angel dust, briefly => PCP
2 Down: Investment option, briefly => IRA
3 Down: Misappropriates => PURLOINS
4 Down: Nonresident doctors => EXTERNS
5 Down: Controversial combat material => NAPALM
6 Down: Cal. entry => APPT
7 Down: Golf alert => FORE
8 Down: Golf club part => TOE
9 Down: Understood by few => ARCANE
10 Down: Seuss title top => HAT
11 Down: Aloha __: Hawaiian Good evening that sounds like a repeated fish => AHIAHI
12 Down: Ease => LOOSEN
13 Down: Principle => TENET
16 Down: Lighting area? => TARMAC
18 Down: Patterned mineral => AGATE
19 Down: Lidocaine brand endorsed by Shaq => ICYHOT
23 Down: Car loan nos. => APRS
24 Down: Hotel employee => MAID
26 Down: Mil. rank => PVT
28 Down: Comcast, e.g.: Abbr. => ISP
29 Down: Warning sound => SIREN
30 Down: Wide-ranging => BROAD
35 Down: You're not the only one! => SOCANI
36 Down: Ocean State sch. => URI
37 Down: Like some homemade sweaters => HANDKNIT
38 Down: Rare blood type, briefly => ANEG
39 Down: Word with hard or soft => WARE
40 Down: Lucy of Elementary => LIU
41 Down: Bygone HBO series about a sports agent => ARLISS
43 Down: Generate => GINUP
44 Down: Southern cornmeal fare => HOECAKE
45 Down: Ecce homo speaker => PILATE
46 Down: Makes up (for) => ATONES
47 Down: Scottish archipelago => ORKNEY
48 Down: Ancient statuary fragments => TORSOS
49 Down: Unenthusiastic => TEPID
53 Down: Cinch => SNAP
54 Down: Parisian bean? => TETE
56 Down: That's quite enough => TMI
57 Down: Do it, __ will! => ORI
58 Down: What a V-sign probably means in a restaurant => TWO
59 Down: Envy, say => SIN

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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