Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Dip made with cilantro => SALSA
6 Across: Defeat => LOSS
10 Across: On the ___ (hunting prey, like an animal) => PROWL
11 Across: Hold ___ Me (2013 Placebo song) => ONTO
12 Across: ___ position (curled-up stance) => FETAL
13 Across: New Mexico town famous for its arts scene => TAOS
14 Across: Country whose 1986 World Cup championship was spearheaded by Diego Maradona, who died last week at age 60 => ARGENTINA
16 Across: ___ up (prepared oneself, as for an excursion) => GEARED
17 Across: Result of squeezing a lemon => SQUIRT
21 Across: With The, scorer of a controversial Maradona goal in the 1986 World Cup, according to Maradona himself => HANDOFGOD
25 Across: The Simpsons bus driver => OTTO
26 Across: Track legend Carl => LEWIS
28 Across: Part of a train track => RAIL
29 Across: Cara who sings Flashdance...What a Feeling => IRENE
30 Across: Very, at Versailles => TRES
31 Across: Chemical element used in arc lamps => XENON

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Letters on bottles of sunscreen => SPF
2 Down: In the ___ (nearby) => AREA
3 Down: Film series based on a J.R.R. Tolkien novel, for short => LOTR
4 Down: Party favors => SWAG
5 Down: At a brisk tempo, to a pianist => ALLEGRO
6 Down: Whole ___ Love (Led Zeppelin song) => LOTTA
7 Down: Lighted sign in a radio station => ONAIR
8 Down: Sharon in Casino => STONE
9 Down: Taunting words after Too bad! => SOSAD
15 Down: The Queen's Gambit airer => NETFLIX
17 Down: ___ story (literary form) => SHORT
18 Down: 2022 World Cup host nation => QATAR
19 Down: Prepare to remove, as a sneaker => UNTIE
20 Down: Winners of a certain singing show => IDOLS
22 Down: Richard of Pretty Woman and Arbitrage => GERE
23 Down: One of Luke Wilson's brothers => OWEN
24 Down: Tyrannosaurus rex or brachiosaurus, for short => DINO
27 Down: Tammy Duckworth or Tim Scott, for example (abbr.) => SEN

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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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