Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 8, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Wm. H. Taft was the only U.S. president born in this month => SEP
4 Across: Missile used in the first Gulf War => SCUD
8 Across: 2018 collaborative multiplayer game from Strange Loop Games => ECO
9 Across: Verizon Media, to AOL => PARENT
12 Across: Sen. McCain was one, notably => POW
13 Across: Something you need when engaging in Second Life => AVATAR
14 Across: Lands in la Seine => ILES
16 Across: What death is, according to Beric Dondarrion => ENEMY
17 Across: Missile like the AIM-9 Sidewinder, e.g. => AIRTOAIR
19 Across: Iconic Virginia building designed by George Bergstrom with construction starting in September 1941 => PENTAGON
22 Across: Listens to the bears => SELLS
24 Across: Devil hunter who hunted Urizen in Capcom's Devil May Cry 5 => NERO
25 Across: Nation bordering Svizzera => ITALIA
27 Across: Writing tip => NIB
28 Across: Bill Gates' Washington estate, ___ 2.0 => XANADU
29 Across: Top level internet domain intended to provide internet communications services => TEL
30 Across: Journey that Spock and Kirk were on => TREK
31 Across: Liable to pull a fast one => SLY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pigment named after the common cuttlefish's genus => SEPIA
2 Down: This bacterium sometimes causes food recalls => ECOLI
3 Down: The one in Juliette, GA, uses coal to generate 3,520 MW => POWERPLANT
4 Down: Hercule Poirot's Belgian birthplace => SPA
5 Down: ___ emptor => CAVEAT
6 Down: Like satellites Miranda and Oberon => URANIAN
7 Down: Discourage some fine fellows? => DETERGENTS
10 Down: Gp. Pres. Trump addressed in Washington on Sep. 29 2017 => NAM
11 Down: Rugby score => TRY
15 Down: Like an Oscar-winning performance => STELLAR
18 Down: Behind the line of scrimmage => ONSIDE
20 Down: Oxford University's fifth oldest college dating from 1326 => ORIEL
21 Down: How a prince is born => NOBLY
22 Down: Number of different types of quarks => SIX
23 Down: Gp. whose aim was independence for the Basque Country that finally disbanded on 2 May 2018 => ETA
26 Down: Great North Atlantic bird that became extinct in the 1850's according the IUCN => AUK

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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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