Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: MasterChef tools => PANS
5 Across: Street shader => ELM
8 Across: Very dangerous => TOXIC
13 Across: Maker of Anew skin care products => AVON
14 Across: Have to have => NEED
16 Across: Cuban dance => RUMBA
17 Across: Fancy wheels => LIMO
18 Across: Swimmer who medaled at five Olympic Games => DARATORRES
20 Across: Apparel => GARB
22 Across: Exodus peak => SINAI
23 Across: Actor's rep. => AGT
24 Across: Subjected to harsh criticism => UNDERATTACK
26 Across: Turn a different color => DYE
27 Across: Belgian detective played by Ustinov, Welles, Finney and others => POIROT
28 Across: Knight in shining armor => SAVIOR
30 Across: Fast Company magazine competitor => INC
31 Across: Nobelist Bohr => NIELS
35 Across: Pot promise => IOU
36 Across: Soccer deadlock breaker => EXTRATIME
39 Across: Bad cholesterol, initially => LDL
41 Across: Battery-free calculators => ABACI
42 Across: Mama bear, in Chihuahua => OSA
45 Across: Home to about 740 million => EUROPE
48 Across: Christmas cupful => EGGNOG
50 Across: Fort Myers-to-Orlando dir. => NNE
51 Across: Many a Sports Illustrated cover figure => STARATHLETE
55 Across: Grazing spot => LEA
56 Across: Oohed and __ => AAHED
57 Across: Bottom => TUSH
58 Across: Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across => ISMELLARAT
61 Across: Connected (to) => TIED
63 Across: Cook, as dumplings => STEAM
64 Across: Game of Thrones, for one => SAGA
65 Across: Architect Saarinen => EERO
66 Across: Fruity desserts => TARTS
67 Across: Butterfly catcher => NET
68 Across: Got it => ISEE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Best bud => PAL
2 Down: French city on the Rhone => AVIGNON
3 Down: Inclined to wander => NOMADIC
4 Down: Noisy sleeper => SNORER
5 Down: Go pfft => END
6 Down: Bare minimum => LEAST
7 Down: __ badge => MERIT
8 Down: Three-horse vehicle => TROIKA
9 Down: __ Song: Taylor Swift hit => OUR
10 Down: Satellite service for road trips => XMRADIO
11 Down: Pretty please? => IBEGYOU
12 Down: Furniture wheel => CASTER
15 Down: Fox's X-Files partner => DANA
19 Down: Tic __: mints => TACS
21 Down: Borough bordering Yonkers => BRONX
24 Down: Wire service co. => UPI
25 Down: Butting heads => ATIT
29 Down: Go toe-to-toe => VIE
32 Down: Stretch in history books => ERA
33 Down: Research site => LAB
34 Down: Metro stop: Abbr. => STA
36 Down: Symphonic rock gp. => ELO
37 Down: Law & Order: SVU actor => ICET
38 Down: Power => MIGHT
39 Down: Ambien alternative => LUNESTA
40 Down: Starry-eyed sort => DREAMER
42 Down: Baby's bodysuits => ONESIES
43 Down: As I predicted! => SOTHERE
44 Down: What candles may signify => AGE
45 Down: Volunteer, in a way => ENLIST
46 Down: Bible book with 150 poems => PSALMS
47 Down: Footnote shorthand => ETAL
49 Down: Muscles strengthened by lunges => GLUTEI
52 Down: Cries of discovery => AHAS
53 Down: Showed once more => RERAN
54 Down: Maxim => ADAGE
59 Down: Fast no more => EAT
60 Down: Parlor art, for short => TAT
62 Down: Girl in a forest => DOE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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