Crossword Answers For: Monday, September 2, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Grazing area => LEA
4 Across: Islamic mystic => SUFI
8 Across: Would rather have => PREFER
14 Across: Rock concert gear => AMP
15 Across: Mellowed in a cask => AGED
16 Across: Novelist __ de Balzac => HONORE
17 Across: *New Year's Eve headwear => PARTYHAT
19 Across: Offshore driller => OILRIG
20 Across: Loses speed => SLOWS
21 Across: Absorbed => RAPT
23 Across: Treats with a cold pack => ICES
24 Across: Weather-affecting current => ELNINO
26 Across: Vinyl record feature => GROOVE
28 Across: Building sites => LOTS
30 Across: Comprehensive => INDEPTH
33 Across: France, under Caesar => GAUL
36 Across: And __ what happened? => THEN
38 Across: Relative via marriage => INLAW
39 Across: Sprint => RUN
40 Across: *Billiards stick => POOLCUE
42 Across: SNL alum Poehler => AMY
43 Across: City near Syracuse => UTICA
45 Across: Trees, for one => POEM
46 Across: Parting words => BYES
47 Across: Compound cry of dissatisfaction => BOOHISS
49 Across: Agile => SPRY
51 Across: Common workday starting hr. => NINEAM
53 Across: OSHA's S => SAFETY
57 Across: Indian royal => RAJA
59 Across: Powerful engine => VTEN
61 Across: Patty Hearst's SLA alias => TANIA
62 Across: Florida fruit => ORANGE
64 Across: September 2, 2019 ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues commemorate => LABORDAY
66 Across: Hannibal villain => LECTER
67 Across: Jacob's twin => ESAU
68 Across: Outfielder's asset => ARM
69 Across: Muslim ascetics => FAKIRS
70 Across: Sunrise direction => EAST
71 Across: ___ Bo: fitness system => TAE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Moment of forgetfulness => LAPSE
2 Down: Online shopping mecca => EMALL
3 Down: Cook's protection => APRON
4 Down: Refuses => SAYSNO
5 Down: That stinks! => UGH
6 Down: Fright => FEAR
7 Down: Suitcase tie-on => IDTAG
8 Down: Kind of Star Trek torpedo => PHOTON
9 Down: King, in France => ROI
10 Down: Give some pep to => ENLIVEN
11 Down: *Ground out on which the fielder needn't tag the runner => FORCEPLAY
12 Down: Canal across New York => ERIE
13 Down: Rules, briefly => REGS
18 Down: Woven fabric => TWILL
22 Down: Harry and William of England => PRINCES
25 Down: Enzo's eight => OTTO
27 Down: Slobbery comics pooch => ODIE
29 Down: Frequents, as a store => SHOPSAT
31 Down: Get under control => TAME
32 Down: Interstate rds. => HWYS
33 Down: Vittles on the trail => GRUB
34 Down: Prefix with correct => AUTO
35 Down: *Great Britain's flag => UNIONJACK
37 Down: Symphonic rock gp. => ELO
40 Down: Ache => PAIN
41 Down: Infield quartet => UMPS
44 Down: Italian wine favored by 66-Across => CHIANTI
46 Down: Substantially => BYFAR
48 Down: Cuts off, as diplomatic ties => SEVERS
50 Down: Inform on => RATOUT
52 Down: Big fight => MELEE
54 Down: Continue until => ENDAT
55 Down: Jewel-studded topper => TIARA
56 Down: I did good! => YAYME
57 Down: Massage deeply => ROLF
58 Down: Rectangle measure => AREA
60 Down: Mission Control org. => NASA
63 Down: Olympic country code alphabetically just before GHA => GER
65 Down: Music majors' degs. => BAS

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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