Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Arabian Peninsula flora that can be chewed similar to South American coca leaves => KHAT
5 Across: Data-sharing framework of property-selling pros, in brief => RETS
9 Across: Give a commencement address, say => ORATE
10 Across: Actress Sommer who co-starred with Newman and Robinson in The Prize => ELKE
11 Across: Fragrant, tropical tree with its oil widely used in the Indian cosmetics industry => SANDALWOOD
13 Across: One tenth of an old Vietnamese dong => HAO
14 Across: Ionian Sea discoveries of 2019 believed to be 2,500 years old => URNS
15 Across: Jack Ma and friends started this corporate ecommerce behemoth in 1999 => ALIBABA
18 Across: Item used in the murder of Johnny Boz that detective Nick Curran was investigating => ICEPICK
22 Across: Indonesian isle known for black-sand beaches and yoga retreats => BALI
24 Across: Some feminists eschew this and yet it can be quite uplifting => BRA
25 Across: Twitter VIP who is Elliott Management's latest target => JACKDORSEY
28 Across: Monty Python song Eric the Half-___ about poor Eric who was bisected accidentally => ABEE
29 Across: Works on a bag of caramels => CHEWS
30 Across: Org. started by Candy Lightner => MADD
31 Across: Heavy weights that are usually short in the US, but long in the UK => TONS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Zulu homestead for both people and livestock => KRAAL
2 Down: City that has a low-rise building policy around Hoan Kiem Lake due to public outcry => HANOI
3 Down: Silent vehicle passengers, often involved in crashes, that may be worth more than $400,000 => ATD
4 Down: Drink with its own character in the Chinese alphabet => TEA
5 Down: Prepare to give what you received? => REWRAP
6 Down: The Musk who founded The Boring Company => ELON
7 Down: Consequences of too many blows, perhaps => TKOS
8 Down: Non sibi ___ patriae: phrase inscribed over the chapel doors of the United States Naval Academy => SED
9 Down: Org. with a No Fear Act Data link on its website => OSHA
12 Down: Use a grease gun on a Zerk fitting => LUBE
16 Down: Victimized in a Ponzi scheme => BILKED
17 Down: One kind of rock covered by Cream => ACID
19 Down: His last play was When We Dead Awaken, appropriately => IBSEN
20 Down: Space stations and galleons both have them => CREWS
21 Down: Bailey Hutchinson, US Permanent Representative to NATO and Michael, host of Center Stage on YES => KAYS
22 Down: Eggplant and tahini concoction, ___ ghanoush => BABA
23 Down: Counterpart to failed miserably => ACED
25 Down: Flashy two point dunk => JAM
26 Down: Mth. the World Series always starts in => OCT
27 Down: Letter repeated three times in one of the Revenge of the Nerds fraternities => RHO

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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