Crossword Answers For: Thursday, April 30, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Org. that's a Fed.-state partnership for improving life for residents near the mouth of the Mississippi => DRA
4 Across: Commander Waterford of Gilead => FRED
8 Across: Abbr. of the official name of Montevideo's country => ROU
9 Across: Bloke with a good beat from Burnley, slangily => COPPER
11 Across: Where to write Q.E.D. when you think you've proved the Beal conjecture => END
12 Across: Short commentary following the scripture reading => HOMILY
13 Across: Word said to you and you and you by Friedrich von Trapp => ADIEU
15 Across: What this puzzle only has two of; one right here in fact => GEE
16 Across: Like the heredity of human mitochondrial DNA => MATERNAL
19 Across: Place the Joads left to seek a better life in California => OKLAHOMA
22 Across: Something which, if used with effort, will give you a stroke => OAR
24 Across: Member of a Turkic group from the Volga-Ural area => TATAR
25 Across: You've likely heard it many times before => CLICHE
28 Across: This feature of the Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau, has retreated about 1.75 miles in the last 90 years => TOE
29 Across: Where the red giant Aldebaran can be seen => TAURUS
30 Across: Part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 that was named after Sen. William Roth => IRA
31 Across: Subject of an exhaustive E.P.A. study? => SMOG
32 Across: Beyonce, to Solange, or vice versa => SIS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon's nickname (with The) => DREAM
2 Down: Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo => RONDA
3 Down: The Bruno Walter at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, for example => AUDITORIUM
4 Down: Drummer Dave Grohl's ___ Fighters => FOO
5 Down: Important stat. for a DJ, back in the day => RPM
6 Down: Flap in your throat that stops you from breathing in your sushi => EPIGLOTTIS
7 Down: Take-out mark copy editors once used prior to the digital era => DELE
9 Down: Name for a surly, uncouth boor that once meant a husband => CHURL
10 Down: Something you can toast with, or maybe just toast => RYE
14 Down: Yell from a cartoonish character standing on a chair, maybe => EEK
17 Down: Actor Mooney and hoopster Archibald => NATES
18 Down: Cry of victory when you finally get the crossword answer => AHA
20 Down: Cultural group that uses the haka as a challenge or ceremonial dance => MAORI
21 Down: They can be designated for rest, work or play => AREAS
22 Down: Mnth. when live NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA games might be watched => OCT
23 Down: Bummer, man!, in more Shakespearean terminology => ALAS
26 Down: Area of the world where the original Tesla came from, for short => CRO
27 Down: Keep close to, like perimeter, the wall or the coastline => HUG

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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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