Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 13, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sister of John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin => ASIA
5 Across: Alternatives to buttons => SNAPS
10 Across: Basic remedy for a dull throbbing headache => TWOASPIRIN
12 Across: Psychoactive substance according to The Anarchist Cookbook => BANANAPEEL
13 Across: Shlomo Ben-___, chief Israeli negotiator in the 2000 Camp David Summit => AMI
14 Across: The World in Mass. was the first commercial one, in '89 => ISP
15 Across: Pitcher Luis in the Red Sox Hall of Fame => TIANT
17 Across: Heading for Vegas? => LAS
20 Across: John Wayne Airport baggage tag letters => SNA
21 Across: Metric prefix between deka- and kilo- => HECTO
23 Across: Leader repeatedly praised in the Mandarin (and doctored) edition of Bill Clinton's My Life => MAO
25 Across: Last letter of the Hebrew alphabet => TAV
26 Across: Robert Van Winkle's stage name => VANILLAICE
30 Across: Secretary of the treasury Mnuchin in a really mellow moment? => EVENSTEVEN
31 Across: Taken off the payroll => LETGO
32 Across: Hans Augusto and Margret, the husband and wife duo who wrote the Curious George books => REYS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: You don't get credit for this if you're hit by a pitch => ATBAT
2 Down: India's Vivekananda and Vishnudevanand => SWAMIS
3 Down: Sea off the west coast of Greece => IONIAN
4 Down: Minor league level that the Buffalo Bisons and Durham Bulls play => AAA
5 Down: Vichy and Bad Ems are known for these => SPAS
6 Down: Site for a ring that's quite piercing? => NIPPLE
7 Down: To be, with you? => ARE
8 Down: It could be Mississippi mud or pot => PIE
9 Down: Show that starts with a cold open sketch that ends with the phrase that includes ... from New York, it's ... => SNL
11 Down: Droopy McCool's nickname in the Max Rebo Band from Star Wars => SNIT
16 Down: What new parents are usually involved in => NAMING
18 Down: Type of lifestyle you have if you go for a walk every morning => ACTIVE
19 Down: ___ Cunningham, President of the New York Stock Exchange => STACEY
21 Down: Lester who anchors NBC Nightly News => HOLT
22 Down: Charlotte's ___ Auditorium where you can see the Nutcracker this month => OVENS
24 Down: Wait, there's more... => ALSO
26 Down: Name of the v symbol in logic => VEL
27 Down: 52 mile long Portuguese river that flows into the Atlantic at Vila do Conde => AVE
28 Down: Nik Wallenda does without it => NET
29 Down: Prominent word on white and teal-colored Irish planes => AER

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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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