Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Transcript figs. => GPAS
5 Across: Letters for the princess? => HRH
8 Across: Frozen, maybe => AFRAID
14 Across: Alternatively => ELSE
15 Across: Perrier, par exemple => EAU
16 Across: Financially responsible => LIABLE
17 Across: Line on an application => LASTNAME
19 Across: Telescope parts => LENSES
20 Across: Star Wars SFX => CGI
21 Across: Dada co-founder => ARP
22 Across: Firewood measure => CORD
23 Across: Masters home => AUGUSTANATIONAL
29 Across: Cooped (up) => PENT
30 Across: Lay an egg => FLOP
31 Across: Soup with tofu and seaweed => MISO
32 Across: Vancouver-to-Calgary dir. => ENE
34 Across: Walked (on) => TROD
37 Across: 51-Down's state: Abbr. => NSW
38 Across: Southern nickname involving a brown bird => THEPELICANSTATE
43 Across: Big to-do => ROW
44 Across: Then again, on Twitter => OTOH
45 Across: Country N. of Kenya => ETH
46 Across: Creative spark => IDEA
48 Across: New Age musician John => TESH
50 Across: Tag sale caveat => ASIS
54 Across: Double Indemnity (1944) Oscar nominee => BARBARASTANWYCK
58 Across: Mani-pedi spots => SPAS
59 Across: Game with 108 cards => UNO
60 Across: Gloria in Excelsis __ => DEO
61 Across: Brusque => ABRUPT
64 Across: 2003 Billy Bob Thornton title role ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles => BADSANTA
66 Across: NutraSweet developer => SEARLE
67 Across: Modern art? => ARE
68 Across: Cocktail garnish => PEEL
69 Across: Bank, often => LENDER
70 Across: Since Jan. 1 => YTD
71 Across: Shaggy Scandinavian rugs => RYAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Easy-to-swallow dosage => GELCAP
2 Down: One of 10 in Exodus => PLAGUE
3 Down: Give, as homework => ASSIGN
4 Down: Background in theater? => SET
5 Down: Sincere => HEARTFELT
6 Down: Flutist Jean-Pierre => RAMPAL
7 Down: Paint choice => HUE
8 Down: Apportion => ALLOT
9 Down: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host => FIERI
10 Down: Like dice rolls => RANDOM
11 Down: Bodybuilder's pride => ABS
12 Down: Paris' __ de la Cité => ILE
13 Down: __ Plaines => DES
18 Down: One Mic rapper => NAS
22 Down: Meet John Doe director => CAPRA
24 Down: U.S. sch. near the Mexico border => UTEP
25 Down: Tally symbols => NOTCHES
26 Down: Ricci of fashion => NINA
27 Down: CEO aide => ASST
28 Down: Actor Rob => LOWE
33 Down: Opposite of paleo- => NEO
35 Down: Like a diving catch in baseball => ONEHANDED
36 Down: Summer hrs. => DST
38 Down: Windy City daily, familiarly => TRIB
39 Down: Today co-anchor Kotb => HODA
40 Down: Pitcher sans arms => EWER
41 Down: Specks => IOTAS
42 Down: Winter warm spell => THAW
47 Down: Inane => ABSURD
49 Down: Comic-book store owner on The Big Bang Theory => STUART
51 Down: 2000 Olympics city => SYDNEY
52 Down: Drink served with mint => ICETEA
53 Down: Danish toasts => SKOALS
55 Down: Fuji, for one => APPLE
56 Down: Yelp contributor => RATER
57 Down: Negatives => NOS
61 Down: Silent speech syst. => ASL
62 Down: Quilting party => BEE
63 Down: Legged it => RAN
64 Down: Reddish-brown horse => BAY
65 Down: Busy mo. for a CPA => APR

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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