Crossword Answers For: Friday, November 1, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Kia sedan => OPTIMA
7 Across: Nincompoop => SAPHEAD
14 Across: Made dapper, with up => SPRUCED
15 Across: Syrupy stuff => TREACLE
16 Across: 1957 title role for Michael Landon => TEENAGEWEREWOLF
18 Across: Lays to rest => INTERS
19 Across: Recipient of unearned income, perhaps => HEIR
20 Across: Teammate of Babe => LOU
21 Across: Lash with a bullwhip => LARUE
22 Across: Like jawbreakers => HARD
23 Across: Mountain __: soft drinks => DEWS
24 Across: Wheel deal => TRIP
25 Across: November honorees => VETS
26 Across: Range rovers? => POSSE
27 Across: Sub mission site => SEA
28 Across: Law __ => FIRM
29 Across: Mekong River native => LAO
30 Across: One on many covers since 1954 => ALFREDENEUMAN
35 Across: Showed the way => LED
36 Across: Cry => WAIL
37 Across: Some govt. hospitals => VAS
39 Across: Eponymous musical revue of 1978 => EUBIE
42 Across: Downsides => CONS
43 Across: 1995 comet spotter Thomas => BOPP
44 Across: In a tussle => ATIT
45 Across: 10-year-old adventurer who was 7 when she debuted in 2000 => DORA
46 Across: Group taking power by force => JUNTA
47 Across: Sink => SAG
48 Across: Othello, for one => MOOR
49 Across: Lacking color => PALLID
50 Across: Show that has appeared in various versions for six decades => THENEWLYWEDGAME
53 Across: Pork fat rules! chef => LAGASSE
54 Across: Smokey's target => SPEEDER
55 Across: One way alternative? => ANOTHER
56 Across: Square-burgers server => WENDYS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Place to go fly a kite => OPENAREA
2 Down: Like some hearings => PRETRIAL
3 Down: Cause of purring? => TUNEUP
4 Down: Words of sympathy => ICARE
5 Down: Parts of gigs => MEGS
6 Down: Lemon finish => ADE
7 Down: Follows directions? => STEERS
8 Down: Ban competitor => ARRID
9 Down: One in a jury box => PEER
10 Down: Equivocate => HAW
11 Down: They give lessons in French => ECOLES
12 Down: Permits => ALLOWS
13 Down: Neutralize => DEFUSE
14 Down: Uplifting things => STILTS
17 Down: 30-Across catchphrase => WHATMEWORRY
22 Down: Trail mix? => HERD
23 Down: Marvel doctor => DOOM
25 Down: Competed => VIED
26 Down: Simon with songs => PAUL
28 Down: __ ride => FREE
29 Down: Waikiki neckwear => LEIS
31 Down: Move like a hummingbird => FLIT
32 Down: Pan pooch => NANA
33 Down: Peripatetic bell ringer => AVONLADY
34 Down: Breaks for sitters => NAPTIMES
38 Down: The Blacklist star => SPADER
39 Down: Calif. barrio region => EASTLA
40 Down: Jazz fan? => UTAHAN
41 Down: Problem in an ensemble => BIGEGO
42 Down: Tailgating sight => COOLER
43 Down: Stuck out => BULGED
45 Down: Seek out water => DOWSE
46 Down: Actor/rapper Smith => JADEN
48 Down: Dovetail => MESH
49 Down: First name in smelly romantics => PEPE
51 Down: __ Geo: cable channel => NAT
52 Down: Denver-to-Vegas dir. => WSW

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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