Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 20, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: UK Prime Minister Johnson, born in New York => BORIS
6 Across: Something always part of your gimlet => GIN
9 Across: Isn't, for a lot of people? => ARENT
10 Across: Twisty-horned African antelope that weighs up to 600 pounds => KUDU
11 Across: Muhammad Ali was the final torch bearer in this '96 Olympic non-competitive event => RELAY
12 Across: Something a fencer will hang on to => HILT
13 Across: Very common biopolymer containing a ribose sugar, in brief => RNA
14 Across: The upcoming Aerion AS2 and the old Tiger Moth, for two => PLANES
16 Across: On the line => ATSTAKE
18 Across: The I of FBI, e.g. => INITIAL
20 Across: Contraption => DEVICE
22 Across: One of Gladys Knight's backup singers, maybe => PIP
24 Across: Like many President Trump supporters, apparently => AVID
25 Across: Indian equivalent of Greece's tzatziki => RAITA
27 Across: Acarologist's study subject => MITE
28 Across: ___ Filch, caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter film series => ARGUS
29 Across: Like most Ponzi scheme operators => SLY
30 Across: Has difficulty saying Yes, perhaps => LISPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bill, who's in his second stint as Attorney General => BARR
2 Down: Fans' affectionate name for the NBA Magic's one-time home, imploded in 2012 => ORENA
3 Down: Einstein's field => RELATIVITY
4 Down: ___ Garten, host of the Food Network's Barefoot Contessa => INA
5 Down: Pencil used by bad shavers => STYPTIC
6 Down: Pseudo porkers that are actually rodents => GUINEAPIGS
7 Down: What truckers often let their diesel engine rigs do => IDLE
8 Down: Bananas (oddly) => NUTS
10 Down: Military color whose name comes from the Persian word for dust => KHAKI
15 Down: The December 9, 2018 Miracle in Miami had the Dolphins making this type of pass => LATERAL
17 Down: Nasty and insinuating => SNIDE
19 Down: Like Times Square at night => LITUP
20 Down: California's New Bullards Bar and Oroville => DAMS
21 Down: New CBS supernatural drama that premiered at the end of September => EVIL
23 Down: Something Tom Brady can do quite well => PASS
26 Down: Luxe Brands fragrance introduced in 2015, launched by singer Ariana Grande => ARI

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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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