Crossword Answers For: Saturday, September 21, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Prepared for a shot => TOOKAIM
8 Across: It dropped Western from its name in 1997 => SAMOA
13 Across: By design => ONPURPOSE
16 Across: Basic => PLAIN
17 Across: Come to one's senses => SEEREASON
18 Across: Not level => ATILT
19 Across: Department store section => CARDS
20 Across: Pacific resort, popularly => CABO
22 Across: Some years ago => ONCE
23 Across: Like => ALA
24 Across: Westernmost African capital => DAKAR
25 Across: Hardly Mr. Cool => NERD
26 Across: Commonly crumbled fare => SALTINES
29 Across: Word on Italian street signs => VIA
30 Across: Competition involving pictures => CAPTIONCONTEST
33 Across: Hometown folks => LOCALS
34 Across: Portmanteau coin => TOONIE
35 Across: Longtime Warner Bros. output => ANIMATEDSHORTS
39 Across: __ player => DVD
40 Across: Calm => SERENITY
41 Across: Legendary Asian => YETI
43 Across: War on Peace author __ Farrow => RONAN
44 Across: Network for cinema lovers => TMC
47 Across: Homecoming figure => GRAD
48 Across: Headline => STAR
49 Across: Pinky __ => SWEAR
51 Across: Completely lost => ATSEA
53 Across: Waiting line => ILLBEHERE
55 Across: Imply => GETAT
56 Across: Some of Nixon's Plumbers, formerly => CIAAGENTS
57 Across: Simpson of fashion => ADELE
58 Across: Aha! => THATSIT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Puccini 3-Down => TOSCA
2 Down: Magic star of the '90s => ONEAL
3 Down: See 1-Down => OPERA
4 Down: Member of an Iraqi minority => KURD
5 Down: Wonder Woman (2017) villain => ARES
6 Down: Microbrew option => IPA
7 Down: Asti wine grape => MOSCATO
8 Down: Pampering place => SPA
9 Down: Brown on the Food Network => ALTON
10 Down: Ring centerpiece => MAINEVENT
11 Down: Cause of many '70s lines => OILCRISIS
12 Down: Come before => ANTEDATE
14 Down: Really absorb => SOAKIN
15 Down: With all judges present, as at a Circuit Court => ENBANC
21 Down: Lower-calorie cookie since 2015 => OREOTHIN
24 Down: Hardly Hollywood's most wanted => DLISTERS
26 Down: Filter target => SPAM
27 Down: World record? => ATLAS
28 Down: High-and-mighty sort => SNOOT
30 Down: Exchanged for an equivalent => CONVERTED
31 Down: Pucker inducer => ACIDTASTE
32 Down: Revolutionary-era loyalist => TORY
33 Down: Super Bowl LI performer => LADYGAGA
36 Down: Hot => EROTIC
37 Down: View from Anchorage => DENALI
38 Down: Warn, watchdog-style => SNARLAT
42 Down: Utopian => IDEAL
44 Down: Many Beliebers => TEENS
45 Down: Cuban hero José => MARTI
46 Down: Peak => CREST
49 Down: Dreamcast maker => SEGA
50 Down: Sharpen => WHET
52 Down: Had => ATE
54 Down: What a terrible idea! => BAH

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This crossword has 32 across clues and 35 down clues. In total 67 clues are solved in the section above.
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