Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bay ___: world class diving site 43 miles west of Cienfuegos and 93 miles SE of Havana => OFPIGS
7 Across: Org. that has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award since 1973, the last three recipients being Clooney, Washington and Andrews => AFI
10 Across: Norton S. Parker exploitation film and second highest grossing movie of 1928 => ROADTORUIN
12 Across: Character that was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2003 and made the Smithsonian's list of 101 Objects that Made America => ARTOODETOO
13 Across: Something both Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski tore up, for short => ACL
14 Across: Phrase coined by UK linguist Alan Ross in '54 that means only apt for the hoi polloi and decidedly inapt for one's superiors => NONU
15 Across: The Crime Control Act of 1990 made distribution and use of this performance enhancer without a legitimate medical reason a felony (abbr.) => HGH
16 Across: Tyson who holds the American record for the 100 m. dash => GAY
17 Across: According to Apollonius of Rhodes, this was the main city of Colchis, a land on the east coast of what is now the Black Sea => AEA
18 Across: Term for the bias in youth sport of favoring players born early in the selection year (abbr.) => RAE
19 Across: Mid-ranking USN officer, for short => LCDR
21 Across: Substance from the Chilean wine palm that you can make miel de palma from => SAP
22 Across: Musician biologists Bosmans and Bosselaers named an African spider after because its abdomen resembles the artist's legendary moustache => FRANKZAPPA
26 Across: S. Dakota Senator (1987-2005) who was elected floor leader in 1994 => TOMDASCHLE
27 Across: US component of USAID from '62 to '74 that trained Uruguayan police in explosives, assassination, and riot control (abbr.) => OPS
28 Across: Egyptian leader who nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956 => NASSER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: On-demand digital TV network launched in 2012 by Larry King and funded by Carlos Slim => ORA
2 Down: Maize or sorghum, which can either be harvested as a whole or grazed by livestock => FORAGECROP
3 Down: Doctor who said of Robin Williams, he was the only actor I wanted to play me, and I think he did a fabulous job. => PATCHADAMS
4 Down: Something you used to able to bid for on the Survivor auction, at least until season 30 => IDOL
5 Down: The 1966 gold colored Pontiac that appeared in 2016's The Nice Guys => GTO
6 Down: DEA subunit that forwards wiretap, intercept and database info to federal agents and local law enforcement (abbr.) => SOD
7 Down: Something that Will Ferrell never gives => AUTOGRAPHS
8 Down: Eight-time, New York-born Grammy Award nominee who won for Criminal in 1998 => FIONAAPPLE
9 Down: Daniel, who was reelected to the US Senate eight times => INOUYE
11 Down: Compton, California's Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, better known as the rapper MC ___ => REN
15 Down: ___ Death, original title of the 2017 black comedy slasher film, Happy Death Day => HALFTO
20 Down: Campaign of Comic Relief US that took place digitally on Thursday, May 21, 2020 (abbr.) => RND
21 Down: Important structures in the defensive systems of octopi => SACS
23 Down: State where the The Dalton Defenders Museum is located, for short => KAN
24 Down: One component of the baby pet name of Sari Gabor => ZSA
25 Down: Name of the 31 story building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, completed in 2010 partly with the assistance of robots => AER

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 17 down clues. In total 33 clues are solved in the section above.
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