Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 7, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hardly rah-rah => APATHETIC
10 Across: Peeved cries => DRATS
15 Across: Period that ended with the death of Marcus Aurelius => PAXROMANA
16 Across: See 20-Down => EIGHT
17 Across: Regimen => TREATMENT
18 Across: Former TBS comedy __ Tribeca => ANGIE
19 Across: Longtime E Street Band member => NILSLOFGREN
21 Across: Storage areas => CLOSETS
25 Across: Gives the cold shoulder, in slang => ICESOUT
26 Across: Like the weakest excuse => LAMEST
27 Across: Jones of jazz => ETTA
28 Across: Certain tournaments => OPENS
29 Across: When body temperature is typically highest => AFTERNOON
34 Across: Org. that runs some 28-Across => USGA
35 Across: Bight, e.g. => INLET
36 Across: Words before many words => INSO
37 Across: Sci-fi superweapon => DEATHSTAR
39 Across: The Lady of the Lake author => SCOTT
40 Across: Touched down => ALIT
41 Across: Rival of Kaspersky => MCAFEE
42 Across: Employment hot topic => WAGEGAP
46 Across: With nothing owing => PAIDFOR
47 Across: Public relations specialists => IMAGEMAKERS
49 Across: One who can't pass the bar? => TOPER
50 Across: Savory North African poached-egg dish => SHAKSHUKA
55 Across: Get ready to break => CREST
56 Across: Dissuade from doing => TALKOUTOF
57 Across: Last-minute => HASTY
58 Across: Unjokingly => INEARNEST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Well put => APT
2 Down: Standard course number => PAR
3 Down: Splitting tool => AXE
4 Down: Singing syllable => TRA
5 Down: Sex appeal => HOTNESS
6 Down: NFL great Smith who won Dancing With the Stars in 2006 => EMMITT
7 Down: Asian weight units => TAELS
8 Down: Fawlty Towers et al. => INNS
9 Down: Useful remedy for getting stuck in snow => CATLITTER
10 Down: Unkind thing to turn => DEAFEAR
11 Down: Championship awards => RINGS
12 Down: Combative, slangily => AGGRO
13 Down: '60s-'70s South Vietnamese president => THIEU
14 Down: Medical tube => STENT
20 Down: Group of 16-Across => OCTET
21 Down: Storage area => CLOUD
22 Down: Slip => LAPSE
23 Down: Onassis' first => OMEGA
24 Down: French upper house => SENAT
27 Down: Key of Beethoven's Eroica => EFLAT
29 Down: Ristorante courses => ANTIPASTI
30 Down: Battery acronym => NICAD
31 Down: Binary, in a way => ONOFF
32 Down: Bony prefix => OSTEO
33 Down: One who pays attention => NOTER
35 Down: Faith with five pillars => ISLAM
38 Down: Julie of Airplane! => HAGERTY
39 Down: Cut out => SCISSOR
41 Down: Pre-euro Finnish currency => MARKKA
42 Down: First speaker in Macbeth => WITCH
43 Down: Marvel Comics' original Enchantress => AMORA
44 Down: Reacts in wonder => GAPES
45 Down: Discharge => EGEST
46 Down: A Guide to Confident Living author => PEALE
48 Down: Star Trek villain => KHAN
51 Down: Catalaunian Plains combatant, 451 AD => HUN
52 Down: Adaptable vehicle, for short => UTE
53 Down: Ali had 37 => KOS
54 Down: Blackbeard's backward => AFT

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This crossword has 29 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 69 clues are solved in the section above.
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