Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Octopus octet => ARMS
5 Across: Read electronically => SCAN
9 Across: Stand in for => ACTAS
14 Across: Painful joint inflammation => GOUT
15 Across: What'll ya __? => HAVE
16 Across: Legendary crooner Mel => TORME
17 Across: Prefix meaning all => OMNI
18 Across: From the start => ANEW
19 Across: Utter nonsense => TRIPE
20 Across: Seeking an Olympic victory => GOINGFORTHEGOLD
23 Across: Beach toy for a windy day => KITE
24 Across: Information technology giant => UNISYS
25 Across: Norwegian Dances composer => GRIEG
28 Across: Road curves => BENDS
30 Across: More than a few => MANY
31 Across: Come into view => EMERGE
33 Across: Hosp. diagnostic procedure => MRI
36 Across: Hardly ever => ONCEINABLUEMOON
39 Across: Jamaican music => SKA
40 Across: Big Little Lies actress Meryl => STREEP
41 Across: Frenzied way to run => AMOK
42 Across: Smelting waste => DROSS
43 Across: Like good pie crusts => FLAKY
44 Across: Field & __ Magazine => STREAM
47 Across: Beach toy => PAIL
49 Across: Zwieback, e.g. => TWICEBAKEDBREAD
55 Across: Celebrate boisterously => REVEL
56 Across: Urge on => GOAD
57 Across: 220-by-198-foot plot of land, e.g. => ACRE
58 Across: Farsi speaker => IRANI
59 Across: To be, in Tours => ETRE
60 Across: Not that => THIS
61 Across: Animal skins => PELTS
62 Across: Auctioneer's cry after the starts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across => SOLD
63 Across: Enjoy some tub time => SOAK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Visibly awed => AGOG
2 Down: CBS Sports NFL analyst Tony => ROMO
3 Down: Tax-free govt. bond => MUNI
4 Down: Disapproving look => STINKEYE
5 Down: Elevator passage => SHAFT
6 Down: Kayak-like boat => CANOE
7 Down: State unequivocally => AVER
8 Down: Former House leader Gingrich => NEWT
9 Down: Conference-goer => ATTENDEE
10 Down: Welsh herding dogs => CORGIS
11 Down: Small music ensembles => TRIOS
12 Down: In a plentiful way => AMPLY
13 Down: Plants-to-be => SEEDS
21 Down: Booking on a band's tour => GIG
22 Down: Stuck (on) => HUNGUP
25 Down: Scientifically engineered crops, e.g., briefly => GMOS
26 Down: __ and file => RANK
27 Down: Ancient Cuzco dweller => INCA
28 Down: Spanish newborns => BEBES
29 Down: Author __ Stanley Gardner => ERLE
31 Down: Bury => ENTOMB
32 Down: Veronica __: teen drama starring Kristen Bell => MARS
33 Down: NYC cultural center => MOMA
34 Down: Chess piece involved in castling => ROOK
35 Down: Like many a stained shirt pocket => INKY
37 Down: Tel Aviv residents => ISRAELIS
38 Down: Ones habitually hanging out in retail complexes => MALLRATS
42 Down: A step above meh => DECENT
43 Down: White lie => FIB
44 Down: Remove paint from => STRIP
45 Down: Shakespearean contraction => TWERE
46 Down: Primary competitor => RIVAL
47 Down: Oyster gem => PEARL
48 Down: Tacked on => ADDED
50 Down: Brings to maturity => AGES
51 Down: Zither-like Japanese instrument => KOTO
52 Down: Canyon feedback => ECHO
53 Down: Opera song for one => ARIA
54 Down: Newsroom station => DESK

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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