Crossword Answers For: Monday, December 9, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Georgia on My Mind singer Charles => RAY
4 Across: Party music mix, briefly => DJSET
9 Across: Keep from having kittens, say => SPAY
13 Across: Big Band and Jazz periods => ERAS
15 Across: Easily fooled => NAIVE
16 Across: __-in-one: golfer's ace => HOLE
17 Across: Career-boosting political spending on local projects => PORKBARRELBILLS
20 Across: Speaker sound => AUDIO
21 Across: Smitten => INLOVE
22 Across: Dancer Duncan => ISADORA
25 Across: Thurman who played The Bride in Kill Bill films => UMA
26 Across: Chill in the air => NIP
29 Across: Pos. opposite => NEG
30 Across: Amateur radio hobbyist => HAMOPERATOR
33 Across: Cats poet's monogram => TSE
34 Across: Chief Norse god => ODIN
35 Across: Great dog => DANE
36 Across: Zeros => GOOSEEGGS
40 Across: Polite address to a woman => MAAM
43 Across: Creme-filled cookie => OREO
44 Across: Rx => MED
47 Across: Paltry sum => CHICKENFEED
51 Across: Madison in NYC, e.g. => AVE
52 Across: Polite way to address a man => SIR
53 Across: Positive vote => AYE
54 Across: Aspen getaway => SKITRIP
56 Across: To a greater extent => MORESO
59 Across: There you have it! => VOILA
60 Across: Issue's most important element ... and a hint to 17-, 30-, 36- and 47-Across => MEATOFTHEMATTER
64 Across: Leave out => OMIT
65 Across: Prefix with sonic => ULTRA
66 Across: Sunrise direction => EAST
67 Across: Sport played on horseback => POLO
68 Across: Africa's Sierra __ => LEONE
69 Across: Sgts.' superiors => LTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Change the wall color => REPAINT
2 Down: Excites => AROUSES
3 Down: Football play measure => YARDAGE
4 Down: Forensic evidence => DNA
5 Down: Glass container => JAR
6 Down: iPhone assistant => SIRI
7 Down: Tie, as a score => EVENUP
8 Down: I have to know! => TELLME
9 Down: Prison knife => SHIV
10 Down: Cornmeal dish => POLENTA
11 Down: __ the President's Men => ALL
12 Down: I agree => YES
14 Down: Slide on the road => SKID
18 Down: Word of mock sadness => BOOHOO
19 Down: Wild hog => BOAR
23 Down: Swiss watch brand => RADO
24 Down: Friends in Lyon => AMIS
27 Down: + or - particle => ION
28 Down: Opposite of post- => PRE
31 Down: __ a kind => ONEOF
32 Down: Commercials => ADS
36 Down: Yukon automaker => GMC
37 Down: __ to you, matey! => ERES
38 Down: Many a techie => GEEK
39 Down: Bare-naked Lady => GODIVA
40 Down: Variety show hosts, briefly => MCS
41 Down: Sushi tuna => AHI
42 Down: Postal service => AIRMAIL
44 Down: Word before vows or status => MARITAL
45 Down: Most wicked => EVILEST
46 Down: Leaves => DEPARTS
48 Down: Syrup brand since 1902 => KARO
49 Down: Impressive sight => EYEFUL
50 Down: Quik maker => NESTLE
55 Down: Convenient bag => TOTE
57 Down: Director Preminger => OTTO
58 Down: __ be in England ... : Browning => OHTO
60 Down: Floor cleaner => MOP
61 Down: Broody music genre => EMO
62 Down: Geographical direction suffix => ERN
63 Down: Daisy __: Li'l Abner's wife => MAE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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