Crossword Answers For: Friday, April 17, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Nickname of trumpeter Harry Edison who spent 13 years with the Count Basie Orchestra => SWEETS
7 Across: Hootie & the Blowfish's ___ Her Cry, from their Cracked Rear View album => LET
10 Across: Up to this point, informally => TILNOW
11 Across: Illinois-based org. that sells you the right to unofficially name a red giant, or a white dwarf or even an eclipsing binary => ISR
12 Across: She'll fix your PR problem in the ABC political thriller Scandal => OLIVIAPOPE
14 Across: First word in the title of the Billy Ray Cyrus song that popularized line dancing => ACHY
15 Across: Like the sound quality from the speakers you picked up at the thrift store => TINNY
16 Across: Alternate and much shorter name for the narrow-leafed bird lime tree, found on many Pacific islands, including Hawaii => TOU
17 Across: PBS' regulator => FCC
18 Across: Letters that Harry or Meghan no longer use => HRH
19 Across: Person who might signal to the bullpen (abbr.) => MGR
22 Across: Traditional Hitchcock appearance in one of his own films => CAMEO
25 Across: Word you can click on, seen at the bottom of many online news articles => MORE
26 Across: Nels Coxman portrayer in last year's action thriller Cold Pursuit => LIAMNEESON
28 Across: The only boat that could float at the time, apparently => ARK
29 Across: Riverside's Paytas, singer and proponent of YouTube mukbang videos => TRISHA
30 Across: Tyrean purple, used to color ceremonial robes, was one the Romans produced from snails => DYE
31 Across: Boardwalk walk, perhaps => STROLL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Beast that changes color in winter and then hides to avoid royal furriers => STOAT
2 Down: Roger's follower? => WILCO
3 Down: Politician ___ Washburne of the 19th century, who was prominent in founding the Republican Party => ELIHU
4 Down: Gore Vidal called this the central fact of American life => ENVY
5 Down: ___ Derricotte, 2020 recipient of the Frost Medal awarded by the Poetry Society of America => TOI
6 Down: Maker of Sistem51 and the Big Bold line => SWATCH
7 Down: To Rastafarians, Ethiopia's Haile Selassie I was known as The ___ of Judah => LION
8 Down: Cable network that broadcasts the X Games => ESPN
9 Down: ___ Parker, co-creator of South Park => TREY
13 Down: ___ du Midi Observatory, located at a height of 9439 feet in the French Pyrenees => PIC
17 Down: Weather phenomena that could be warm, cold or even occluded => FRONTS
18 Down: Something around a woman's knees, often => HEM
19 Down: With animation or rapidly, to Rachmaninoff => MOSSO
20 Down: Frontman Dave of the Foo Fighters => GROHL
21 Down: Of concern to nephrologists => RENAL
22 Down: Not in one's birthday suit => CLAD
23 Down: Like a room with open windows that might appeal to claustrophobics => AIRY
24 Down: When repeated, the creator of humanity in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island => MAKE
25 Down: Israeli leader during the 1973 Yom Kippur War => MEIR
27 Down: People trained to prepare for natural disasters or unexpected incidents, for short => ERT

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 39 clues are solved in the section above.
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