Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Renovator's protective cover => TARP
5 Across: Not so exciting => HOHUM
10 Across: Soak up the sun => BASK
14 Across: Dies __: Latin hymn => IRAE
15 Across: Yoga pose => ASANA
16 Across: Hatchet man __ Brasi of The Godfather => LUCA
17 Across: *Speak carefully to avoid offense => MINCEWORDS
19 Across: Spoken => ORAL
20 Across: 2019 award for author Walter Mosley => EDGAR
21 Across: *Yahtzee, for one => DICEGAME
23 Across: Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure => NAILEDIT
26 Across: Ad-__: improvise => LIB
29 Across: __ won't do => THIS
30 Across: Pinch pennies => SCRIMP
35 Across: Post-op sites => ICUS
37 Across: Not fooled by => ONTO
39 Across: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum city => HANOI
40 Across: *Homemade song assortment => MIXTAPE
42 Across: *Vocally imitate a drum machine => BEATBOX
44 Across: Spoken => ALOUD
45 Across: Poetry event => SLAM
47 Across: Hatcher or Polo => TERI
48 Across: Status __ => SYMBOL
50 Across: Forget to mention => OMIT
52 Across: Report card bummer => DEE
53 Across: Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 Thor film => RAGNAROK
56 Across: *Lunch from home => BROWNBAG
60 Across: Repairs => MENDS
64 Across: Marshmallow blackener => FIRE
65 Across: Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues => RECIPEBOOK
68 Across: Discomfit => FAZE
69 Across: Save a ton on the wedding reception? => ELOPE
70 Across: Not pro => ANTI
71 Across: Sty feed => SLOP
72 Across: Often __: half the time => ASNOT
73 Across: Check signer => BOSS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Life partner => TIME
2 Down: Dry as a desert => ARID
3 Down: Tolled, as a bell => RANG
4 Down: Pie nut => PECAN
5 Down: Word after hee or yee => HAW
6 Down: Spanish bear => OSO
7 Down: Most challenging => HARDEST
8 Down: Reversed => UNDID
9 Down: Dinosaur Jr. frontman J __ => MASCIS
10 Down: Online journal => BLOG
11 Down: General vibe => AURA
12 Down: Take in => SCAM
13 Down: Leafy vegetable => KALE
18 Down: Middle of Q.E.D. => ERAT
22 Down: __ Sketch => ETCHA
24 Down: Blue-roofed eatery => IHOP
25 Down: Fishing gear => LINES
26 Down: Succotash beans => LIMAS
27 Down: Without warmth => ICILY
28 Down: Full-bosomed => BUXOM
31 Down: Out of the Cellar metal band => RATT
32 Down: Under the covers => INBED
33 Down: Boxing legend Archie => MOORE
34 Down: Impish fairy => PIXIE
36 Down: Incomplete Wikipedia entry => STUB
38 Down: Becoming memoirist Michelle => OBAMA
41 Down: Add beauty to => ADORN
43 Down: Mideast noble => EMIR
46 Down: Scam that takes a while to pay off => LONGCON
49 Down: __ Tar Pits => LABREA
51 Down: Thick book => TOME
54 Down: Irish speakers => GAELS
55 Down: Meaty fare from a falafel stand => KEBAB
56 Down: Closest pals, initially => BFFS
57 Down: Tehran money => RIAL
58 Down: Rice-shaped pasta => ORZO
59 Down: Shed tears => WEEP
61 Down: Pitching gem, in baseball slang => NONO
62 Down: i pieces => DOTS
63 Down: Hits the slopes => SKIS
66 Down: Wall St. debut => IPO
67 Down: Darling => PET

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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