Crossword Answers For: Thursday, August 13, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sch. where Secretary of Defense Mark Esper got his PhD (abbr.) => GWU
4 Across: Big name in household cleaners, founded by Manny Gutterman and advertised on '80s TV as a hard water stain remover => CLR
7 Across: Creation of Pres. Bush in Oct. 2001 headed up by Tom Ridge, that was made into a full dept. on November 25, 2002 (abbr.) => OHS
8 Across: First name of Danes Jerne and Finsen, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 81 years apart => NIELS
11 Across: Quantum mechanics pioneer Werner, who came up with his uncertainty principle in 1927 => HEISENBERG
13 Across: Second word in Kansas' Latin motto (To the stars through difficulties in English) => ASTRA
14 Across: Sandwiches that Martha Stewart recommends putting basil leaves on => BLTS
15 Across: Co. that Bell Atlantic acquired in June 2000 and renamed Verizon => GTE
16 Across: Bothersome complaint usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus whose name comes from the old English stigend, meaning riser => STYE
18 Across: Saint whose relics were accidentally discovered in 1900 at the Church of the Holy Cross and St. Candida in Dorset, UK => WITE
20 Across: Unique 14-digit designation, mandated by the European Union, for your Dutch houseboat that you hide out in all summer (abbr.) => CIN
23 Across: Jerry Mathers famous TV role of the '50s and '60s, in brief (with The) => BEAV
25 Across: Like many old wharves or like that T-shirt from college that you can never seem to part with => RATTY
27 Across: Anakin Skywalker's role when Sith, compared to Anakin Skywalker's role when Jedi => ANTAGONIST
29 Across: Young who played Daniel Holden in SundanceTV's Rectify and Adde, first president of Somalia ('60-67) => ADENS
30 Across: Where to go to see Lions and Bears => ZOO
31 Across: School in Henrietta that publishes the Reporter Magazine each month during the school year and daily on-line (abbr.) => RIT
32 Across: Richards, last Democratic governor of Texas (1991-95) => ANN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fragrance house in Los Angeles that offers the scents Dauphine and Smokers' Perfume => GOEST
2 Down: You'll probably be looking at a lot of this if you attempt the Tunnel Rapids on the Colorado => WHITEWATER
3 Down: December 26, 1991 was the date that this officially voted itself out of existence => USSR
4 Down: TV broadcaster where Tucker Carlson once told Jon Stewart I think you're more fun on your show => CNN
5 Down: Wife of former New York Governor George Pataki => LIBBY
6 Down: What Vladimir Putin achieved in March 2018 => REELECTION
9 Down: Org. responsible for public bus and rail systems in the UK capital in the '90s (abbr.) => LRT
10 Down: NBA's Harden, Wade and Bryant, for three (abbr.) => SGS
11 Down: ___fish: jawless, marine animals that are the only known living animals with a skull, but no spinal column => HAG
12 Down: Direction that Rio's Christ the Redeemer faces => EAST
17 Down: What Mr. T. used to call himself before he legally changed his last name to T. => TERO
19 Down: Person who built the first stone Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow and was also the first person to be buried there => IVANI
21 Down: Song release on May 20, 2010 by the cast of Disney Channels' Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam => ITSON
22 Down: Where Will Shortz works as crossword creator and editor (abbr.) => NYT
23 Down: Org. HQed in Chicago from 1941-46 that positioned itself as the governing body for cue sports => BAA
24 Down: Part of the 256th M*A*S*H episode where Hawkeye lifts off by chopper and sees a word spelled with rocks on the landing pad => END
26 Down: California location of Red Skelton's 600 acre horse ranch, for sale in 2018 for $6 million, but I passed up on the opportunity => ANZA
28 Down: Facility for studies of the Sun with a 1.7 meter mirror, that's located on the north shore of California's Big Near Lake (abbr.) => GST

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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