Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Number of years that passed before the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached African Americans in 25-Across => TWO
4 Across: NYC subway organization => MTA
7 Across: Sleekly designed, informally => AERO
9 Across: Cheeky flesh => JOWL
10 Across: Dance instruction part => STEP
11 Across: Group of textbook chapters => UNIT
12 Across: Public speaker's platform => SOAPBOX
14 Across: Necklace traditionally made of flowers => LEI
15 Across: Northern region of ancient Palestine => GALILEE
19 Across: Casual lunch spot => CAFE
20 Across: Rapper/producer ___ Sweatshirt => EARL
22 Across: Fairy tale monster => OGRE
23 Across: Put a tiger in your tank gas brand => ESSO
24 Across: Chinese Rocket retired in 2011? => YAO
25 Across: First state to make Juneteenth a state holiday: Abbr. => TEX

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Professors' aides, for short => TAS
2 Down: Sprays water on => WETS
3 Down: Double Stuf cookie => OREO
4 Down: Glandular fever, as it is better known => MONO
5 Down: Candy bar with Left and Right varieties => TWIX
6 Down: Music genre prefix => ALT
8 Down: The grandmother of Juneteenth, who recently reclaimed her childhood home 85 years after a mob attack drove her family away => OPALLEE
9 Down: ___ Day (alternate name for Juneteenth) => JUBILEE
13 Down: Canada's smallest province: Abbr. => PEI
15 Down: Very enthusiastic => GAGA
16 Down: Gil Scott-Heron hairstyle => AFRO
17 Down: It's right on the map => EAST
18 Down: Scottish or Irish Gaelic language => ERSE
19 Down: Reluctant to give details => COY
21 Down: Smoked salmon => LOX

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This crossword has 15 across clues and 16 down clues. In total 31 clues are solved in the section above.
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