Crossword Answers For: Thursday, June 25, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Part of HHS created in 2012 that aims to maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults and people with disabilities among others (abbr.) => ACL
4 Across: ___ Bush, the ghost that supposedly haunts the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Oregon => JOE
7 Across: Institution that presented the George Polk Award for National Reporting to Lomi Kriel last year (abbr.) => LIU
8 Across: ___ Book Club 2.0 that selected My Dark Vanessa as the March publication which was then withdrawn over plagiarism claims => OPRAHS
12 Across: Show which came about because Johnny Carson decided he wanted his weekends free in 1974, in brief => SNL
13 Across: Common and widely distributed weed of the Lamium species that tastes a bit like peppered celery => HENBIT
14 Across: Author Julia whose Bridgerton series of novels is an upcoming Netflix costume drama with Julie Andrews => QUINN
16 Across: Jesse Quinn Thornton wrote the words that became this state's motto - She flies with her own wings - in 1854 (abbr.) => ORE
17 Across: Well-known logo that made its broadcast debut on October 20, 1951 => CBSEYE
19 Across: About 70 of Primo Carnera's opponents suffered the ignominy of being this => KAYOED
21 Across: Competitions to do this to the shot were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland => PUT
22 Across: Illusionist David Copperfield was cut in half using this in his 2001 TV special Tornado of Fire => LASER
25 Across: Affectionate term used by both players and fans for the members of the Red Sox in the 2004 World Series playoff push (with The) => IDIOTS
27 Across: US agcy. that established its Technical Analysis Branch in 1961 to study long-term biological and ecological effects of nuclear war => AEC
29 Across: As nutty as a fruitcake => CUCKOO
30 Across: Northern constellation whose name means giraffe, introduced in about 1612 by Petrus Plancius (abbr.) => CAM
31 Across: Ass. that provides education and resources for health care professionals involved with newborns (abbr.) => ANN
32 Across: Graduating educ. inst. (1953) for Robert J. White, who in 1970 performed several monkey head transplant experiments => HMS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Alternative medical abbreviation for MND => ALS
2 Down: French cardinal that sounds like it's gone to the bottom? => CINQ
3 Down: Name of the guide dog of Trevor Thomas, the first completely blind person to complete the Appalachian Trail solo (2008) => LULU
4 Down: Onetime National Security Advisor who seems to have quite successfully embraced the art of writing => JOHNBOLTON
5 Down: Five movie film series from Sony Pictures Animation that revolved around a 900-pound grizzly bear named Boog => OPENSEASON
6 Down: Something that can follow all directions => ERN
9 Down: What Nick Hornby wrote about => ABOY
10 Down: Astronaut Kathryn who was part of STS-90 and STS-130 => HIRE
11 Down: ___ Genevieve, founded about 1735 and believed to be the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi => STE
15 Down: Perfect conditions for a good game of ringette => ICY
18 Down: People who check these croswords for horrible mipsellings which would likey generate tons of email, for short => EDS
19 Down: Beast that's a tribal totem of the Barolong and Batlhaping people of Southern Africa and known as a tholo in Tswana => KUDU
20 Down: Suffix that can follow fan, dram or them => ATIC
21 Down: This news website - one of the most viewed by Palestinians - promotes awareness about Palestine and the Palestinian issue (abbr.) => PIC
23 Down: ___ man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong — Mark Twain => EACH
24 Down: Clean your Meerschaum, say => REAM
26 Down: Site of a 78 day, 1990 armed standoff in Quebec between the Mohawk First Nation and the Government of Quebec => OKA
28 Down: Small measurements that are used both north and south of the US borders, for short => CMS

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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