Crossword Answers For: Thursday, January 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: This sometimes gets poached => EGG
4 Across: Global chief communications officer Robert of McDonald's who was also White House Press Secretary (2009-11) => GIBBS
9 Across: One who's always on the lookout for a deal => NARC
11 Across: ___ Delano, stage name of Daniel Noriega who released the album Whatever in 2017 => ADORE
12 Across: The Palm Pre smartphone superseded this smartphone introduced in 2002 => TREO
13 Across: Say you don't know but do it with a wink, wink, nudge, nudge, maybe => LETON
14 Across: Impractical dreamer with noble goals => IDEALIST
16 Across: Car supplied by Avis or Hertz => RENTAL
17 Across: River joining the Volga at Nizhny Novgorod => OKA
20 Across: Donald and Melania have a couple between them => ENS
21 Across: Franz, Austrian physician whose work laid the foundation for hypnosis => MESMER
23 Across: Bernie Sanders was captain of the track team at James Madison H. S. in this NY borough => BROOKLYN
25 Across: Something to get rid of those annoying gravy stains => SHOUT
27 Across: Sharp cry of surprise that, surprisingly, is in the Scrabble dictionary => YIPE
28 Across: Tennessee type of geology that's riddled with sinkholes and underground rivers => KARST
29 Across: One time Spanish queen consort and her namesakes => ENAS
30 Across: Petroleum company awarded the exclusive Dunkin' Donuts franchise for Hawaii => ALOHA
31 Across: Actors O'Neill and Harris => EDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Not in shards => ENTIRE
2 Down: The most densely populated state: The ___ State => GARDEN
3 Down: Birthplace of Pres. Obama's Attorney General Loretta Lynch => GREENSBORO
4 Down: First spacecraft orbit around Jupiter => GALILEO
5 Down: 13th day of a hollow month, to the Romans => IDES
6 Down: Do-or-die business concern => BOTTOMLINE
7 Down: The ___ Code, Barney Stinson's 2008 book about TV's How I Met Your Mother => BRO
8 Down: Tiny portion of a ringgit => SEN
10 Down: Layer of paint => COAT
15 Down: Jake, the Raging Bull => LAMOTTA
18 Down: Item on the waiting room snack machine, maybe => KEYPAD
19 Down: 6 ft 7 in James, star of Gunsmoke which ran for 20 years (1955-75) on CBS => ARNESS
22 Down: Endangered breed of small Scottish terriers => SKYE
24 Down: Something growing around the pond, maybe => RUSH
25 Down: Colorado's craft brewing company that's the home of Brewstomper Golden Ale => SKA
26 Down: Sparks who played Davenport on XD's Lab Rats => HAL

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 17 down clues. In total 35 clues are solved in the section above.
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