Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 7, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Female that a crook may help you to get => EWE
4 Across: One of the main ingredients of South African bolo polana => CASHEW
10 Across: The first of these was declared on October 9, 1960 and the latest - Medgar Evers House - was on February 16, 2017 (abbr.) => NHL
11 Across: In the Ivory Coast, the greater cane rat, a farm pest, is known by this name, a name used in South America for another farm pest => AGOUTI
12 Across: Poet Derricotte, recipient of 2020's Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement from the Poetry Society of America => TOI
13 Across: Like the Bills' Star Lotulelei and the Titans' Deuce Lutui, originally => TONGAN
14 Across: Max Grodénchik's Ferengi character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine => ROM
15 Across: Victorian building that someone, according to A Day in the Life, knew how many holes it took to fill (abbr.) => RAH
16 Across: Workers of this govt. org. accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste water into the Animas River in 2015 (abbr.) => EPA
17 Across: Tiffany's mom => MARLA
19 Across: Emmy winner Laura ___, who played Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER => INNES
21 Across: Usual destiny for a joss stick => ASH
23 Across: ___ sine numine, motto of Jared Polis' state => NIL
24 Across: Pass west of Colorado Springs, that reaches its summit near Divide at 9,165 ft => UTE
25 Across: ___ Alexander who played the mysterious, tattooed lead in Blindspot => JAIMIE
28 Across: Ex-shooting guard Chapman of the Suns, now a Twitter personality => REX
29 Across: Genus that the custard apple belongs to => ANNONA
30 Across: Game company, started in 1997, that released the MUD Starmourn in 2018 (abbr.) => IRE
31 Across: Person born in Pecs, for example => MAGYAR
32 Across: 10% of a game in the World Curling Championship => END

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: ___ guillemets: French expression for between quotes, appropriately enough => ENTRE
2 Down: First name of the actress made an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1990 => WHOOPI
3 Down: QB great who announced his retirement on January 22 of this year => ELIMANNING
4 Down: In 1963, William Oldendorf got a patent that led to commercial availability of this type of scanner in 1972 => CAT
5 Down: Marketplaces that many old Greeks used to shop at => AGORAS
6 Down: Old way to detect wolfpacks, eighty years ago => SONAR
7 Down: Actor who played Dr. Gregory House in House => HUGHLAURIE
8 Down: Greek vowel that I have 1443 definitions for in my crossword database => ETA
9 Down: ___ Rockefeller who served as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (1996-2006) => WIN
17 Down: Widely known Greek singer Mercouri, who, in 1981, became Greece's first female Minister for Culture and Sciences => MELINA
18 Down: Where you soon end up if you fall off the 16th deck of the Symphony of the Seas => ASTERN
20 Down: Actor astronaut Aldrin said was a fellow space traveler because he helped make the journey into the final frontier accessible to us all => NIMOY
22 Down: Second novel in Kevin Hearne's urban fantasy series, published after Hounded, on June 7, 2011 => HEXED
25 Down: In Russia and Georgia, pine cones are made into this which is believed to ease asthma, bronchitis => JAM
26 Down: Movie released on January 3 this year with Andy García and Dafne Keen in the title role => ANA
27 Down: Item that's always found close to a temple => EAR

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This crossword has 20 across clues and 17 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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