Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Victoria's Secret purchase => BRA
4 Across: US Open stadium named for a US Open winner => ASHE
8 Across: Calm => SEDATE
14 Across: Couple's word => OUR
15 Across: Ostrich relative => RHEA
16 Across: Swaps => TRADES
17 Across: Treats for a comedian? => SNICKERS
19 Across: Scold harshly => RAILAT
20 Across: Blacken on the outside => SEAR
21 Across: Name in the makeup aisle => ESTEE
23 Across: Mars rover org. => NASA
24 Across: Young newt => EFT
26 Across: Treats for a teacher? => SMARTIES
28 Across: Headboard pole => BEDPOST
32 Across: I'm down with that => OKAY
33 Across: More likely to cause skidding => ICIER
34 Across: Santa's reindeer, e.g. => OCTET
36 Across: Family game room => DEN
39 Across: Semicircle, e.g. => ARC
40 Across: Treats for an oil tycoon? => GUSHERS
42 Across: Wild way to go => APE
43 Across: Lawyer's advice => SUE
44 Across: Prefix with personal => INTER
45 Across: Blender maker => OSTER
47 Across: True Detective rating => TVMA
48 Across: Browned in butter => SAUTEED
50 Across: Treats for a submarine pilot? => WARHEADS
54 Across: Pontiac muscle car => GTO
55 Across: Way out there => AFAR
56 Across: Bel __: creamy cheese => PAESE
58 Across: Miranda __ of Homeland => OTTO
62 Across: Destroyed, as documents => TOREUP
64 Across: Treats for a fisher? => WHOPPERS
66 Across: Clothes line => CREASE
67 Across: Snakelike fish => EELS
68 Across: Feel crummy => AIL
69 Across: Drove on the trail => HERDED
70 Across: Some stay at home => DADS
71 Across: Pooh pal => ROO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Supervisor => BOSS
2 Down: Old character => RUNE
3 Down: Bizet's Habanera, e.g. => ARIA
4 Down: Genesis vessel => ARK
5 Down: Units in a ream => SHEETS
6 Down: His, to Bierce => HERS
7 Down: Bridge seats => EASTS
8 Down: Runner in the raw => STREAKER
9 Down: Victorian __ => ERA
10 Down: Like porcelain teacups => DAINTY
11 Down: Estes' ticket-mate => ADLAI
12 Down: Give body to, as hair => TEASE
13 Down: ¿Cómo __? => ESTAS
18 Down: __ de chine: light fabric => CREPE
22 Down: Actors, often => EMOTERS
25 Down: Let bygones be bygones => FORGIVE
27 Down: Informs on => RATSOUT
28 Down: Media critic's concern => BIAS
29 Down: Linen hue => ECRU
30 Down: They're spotted in casinos => DICE
31 Down: Taqueria order => TOSTADA
35 Down: Michael of SNL => CHE
36 Down: It's a __! => DATE
37 Down: Weapon with two accents => EPEE
38 Down: Unlikely candidate for prom king => NERD
41 Down: Not charted => UNMAPPED
46 Down: Brownstone porch => STOOP
47 Down: Fine line => THREAD
49 Down: Antediluvian => AGEOLD
50 Down: Item on a wrist => WATCH
51 Down: Earlier than, to poets => AFORE
52 Down: Not as common => RARER
53 Down: Put in stitches => SEWED
57 Down: Miracle Mets' stadium => SHEA
59 Down: Drop from an eye => TEAR
60 Down: Jazz __ => TRIO
61 Down: Sonja Henie's birthplace => OSLO
63 Down: Play for a sap => USE
65 Down: Message afterthoughts: Abbr. => PSS

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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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