Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

---

1 Across: Brian ___, who composed the 6 second start-up music for Windows 95 => ENO
4 Across: Abu Dhabi island that was artificially expanded in 2016 to cater to about 6,000 oil and gas industry personnel => DAS
7 Across: What pangolins will do when they're no longer afraid => UNCURL
10 Across: Justice Fortas, nominated Lyndon Johnson, who only lasted 44 months on the US Supreme Court => ABE
11 Across: Frank Costanza's neurotic son who Elaine described as a short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man => GEORGE
12 Across: This is often a moving sight => VAN
13 Across: One who wears fireproof clothes, carries up to 95 pounds and is a crucial part of the pit crew => GASMAN
14 Across: ___ Fried, chief tech. correspondent at Axios, author of the daily Axios Login newsletter and in Rocky III as Rocky Jr. => INA
15 Across: What some anglers are expert at when producing flies => TYING
16 Across: Substance blamed for the decline in bald eagles in the '40s and '50s, briefly => DDT
17 Across: Possessive pronoun to Parisians => SES
18 Across: Person who may be able to help you with a big crash, informally => ITPRO
20 Across: 1 1/2 shots of tequila, 1/4 shot lemon juice, tonic water; stir => TNT
21 Across: Actor and comedian Topp of YouTube's Smosh => SHAYNE
23 Across: What to do only as directed => USE
24 Across: Looked after the bar => TENDED
25 Across: Last word spoken by the giant before he stated he could smell the blood of an Englishman => FUM
26 Across: Golfer Ed who lost the very first Masters sudden-death playoff and author Christine who wrote The Virginity of Famous Men => SNEEDS
27 Across: Measure of image frequency in those old Keystone Cops movies (abbr.) => FPS
28 Across: Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, up to '91 => SSR

Down Clues and Answers:

---

1 Down: Caves, coral reefs and mangroves, for example => ECOSYSTEMS
2 Down: Famed runner Paavo from Turku, known as the Flying Finn => NURMI
3 Down: Bach, Liszt and Purcell => ORGANISTS
4 Down: Current director the of US Mint since April 2018 => DAVIDRYDER
5 Down: Like some buildings in the squalid part of town => ABANDONED
6 Down: Parliamentary house in Gabon, Romania, or France => SENAT
7 Down: Sheepskin boot brand originating in Australia that sounds absolutely awful => UGG
8 Down: Puts everything exactly back in place => NEATENSUP
9 Down: What some mascara will appear to do to your lashes => LENGTHENS
17 Down: Teenager's common response when asked What'd you do on the weekend? => STUFF
19 Down: You can usually see right through them => PANES
22 Down: Both the acting Begleys => EDS

---

This crossword has 20 across clues and 13 down clues. In total 33 clues are solved in the section above.
You can find more crosswords on VOX website.

---