Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Deg. that will help if you're hoping to be a high school principal => MED
4 Across: Ron Wasserman, composer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, also known as The Mighty ___ => RAW
7 Across: Bagpipe once played in central Europe, now most likely to be heard in the Czech Republic's Strakonice and Domazlice areas => BOCK
8 Across: One of two arteries formed when the aorta splits at about the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra => ILIAC
11 Across: Best throw you could get on a die in an early English game of Hazard => SICE
12 Across: White, who in May 2013 was presented with a Guinness World Record certificate for being the world's most frequent clapper => VANNA
13 Across: What the Desert Storm desert likely often had for lunch, for short => MRE
14 Across: Tommy, lead guitarist in The Jacksons' Unity Tour of 2012 and 2013, who would seem to be playing the wrong instrument, judging by his name => ORGAN
15 Across: Zeus' son who killed his own son and was eternally punished by fruit hanging just out of reach and water that receded when he tried to drink => TANTALUS
18 Across: Co. that's launched a self-driving freight network, starting in Texas and Arizona with plans to be national by 2024 => TUSIMPLE
21 Across: Sounds like my cat, when she's occupying 80% of the bed at 3 in the morning => PURRS
23 Across: Monogram of the writer of Starship Troopers who was known as the dean of science fiction writers => RAH
24 Across: Gold-silver alloy coin, used in the time of King Alyattes of Lydia (c. 610-600 BC) that seems somehow commonplace? => TRITE
25 Across: Chalkboard scribbling in many a bistro => MENU
26 Across: What SASEs usually are => ENCLS
27 Across: African electric catfish which can grow to 4 ft. and weight up to 44 lb. => RAAD
28 Across: Parisian's palindromic possessive pronoun => SES
29 Across: New R&D program announce by President Reagan on March 23, 1983, for short => SDI

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Offred's best friend from The Handmaid's Tale => MOIRA
2 Down: Frank Chu or Vermin Supreme, for two => ECCENTRICS
3 Down: Fraternity founded at Yale in 1844 that had both President Bush's as members (abbr.) => DKE
4 Down: Parisian street, named after a Napoleonic victory, where a gilded statue of Joan of Arc sits outside the Place des Pyramides => RIVOLI
5 Down: Australian progressive metal band that have just released their fourth album, Circle’s End => ALARUM
6 Down: The wandering albatross has the greatest of any living bird => WINGSPREAD
7 Down: Where your OO gauge, super-detailed model railroad may be situated, for short => BSMT
9 Down: Official NHL abbreviation for Ryan Getzlaf's team => ANA
10 Down: Slangy name for the inorganic fertilizer also known as nitro-limestone or nitrochalk => CAN
16 Down: Something you might see crawling on the beaches of Gabon, if you're lucky => TURTLE
17 Down: Determine the value of, so the city can send out your tax bill, maybe => ASSESS
19 Down: Isle where sugar was first produced in Hawaii, by a farmer named Wong Tse Chun in 1802 => LANAI
20 Down: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert who was previously mayor of Jerusalem for ten years => EHUD
21 Down: Lowest military rank for a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces, for short => PTE
22 Down: The elaborate Derveni Krater, discovered in a tomb in 1962, is basically one these => URN
25 Down: Type of agar designed to encourage the growth of Lactobacilli in the lab => MRS

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 17 down clues. In total 35 clues are solved in the section above.
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