Crossword Answers For: Thursday, January 2, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Words that might follow Hail, perhaps => ACAB
5 Across: 100 bani, in Bucharest => LEU
8 Across: Like Rubik's puzzle, or like zirconias => CUBIC
10 Across: They're like pickles, once you're in them => JAMS
11 Across: Messing who played Detective Diamond on The Mysteries of Laura => DEBRA
12 Across: The Uncompahgre peoples who traditionally live near Pikes Peak => UTES
13 Across: Sue, cheerleading coach in Glee => SYLVESTER
15 Across: Computer key usually hit with the right pinkie => ENTER
16 Across: Year China's Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, which is still standing, is constructed => DCLII
19 Across: Tanzanian tourist draw much like the land shown in The Lion King => SERENGETI
23 Across: Big name in home furnishings started by Ingvar Kamprad, then aged 17, in 1943 => IKEA
24 Across: The Big Lebowski's daughter in The Big Lebowski => MAUDE
26 Across: Paleolithic cave painting creature => DEER
27 Across: Ann ___, location of the world's largest US football stadium => ARBOR
28 Across: Night school subj. for many first generation Americans => ESL
29 Across: Something encl. with the request for your political donation, perhaps => SASE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Monogram of Sherlock Holmes' creator => ACD
2 Down: Willie Mosconi used a few of them => CUES
3 Down: Journalist and TV presenter Martin of The Empire Files: Gaza Fights for Freedom => ABBY
4 Down: Participate in a logrolling competition => BIRL
5 Down: Some people actually order a venti half-caff skinny peppermint mocha ___ => LATTE
6 Down: Title which, in Arabic, derives from the word for immortal (var.) => EMEER
7 Down: Where Vladimir Putin was born => USSR
9 Down: Cause of South Africa's massive Coalbrook mine disaster in 1960 => CAVEIN
10 Down: Completely even-handed => JUST
14 Down: The mysterious and still unsolved Internet problem posted by Publius in alt.music.pink-floyd on June 11, 1994 => ENIGMA
16 Down: Fakes out with fancy footwork => DEKES
17 Down: Artist Walton ___ from Birmingham, Alabama who created the series Deweaponizing the Gun => CREEL
18 Down: Noted drama king? => LEAR
19 Down: Not the best place for a thorn => SIDE
20 Down: Things that might be muffed in the cold => EARS
21 Down: Pretty big piece of brass? => TUBA
22 Down: Words exchanged at the end of an engagement => IDOS
25 Down: ___ fancy you consult, consult your purse: Ben Franklin => ERE

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 35 clues are solved in the section above.
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