Crossword Answers For: Thursday, April 22, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Snakes on the Nile => ASPS
5 Across: ___ Polo (pool game) => MARCO
10 Across: Song for two => DUET
11 Across: Buy gear for => EQUIP
12 Across: That's a great ___! => IDEA
13 Across: Global tourism and transportation hub on the Persian Gulf => DUBAI
14 Across: Environmental event that turns 51 today => EARTHDAY
16 Across: Open, as private records => UNSEAL
17 Across: Fall fallers => LEAVES
22 Across: One of these off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969, which killed large numbers of sea lions, seals, and dolphins, motivated environmentalists to create the first 14-Across the following year => OILSPILL
24 Across: Category => GENRE
26 Across: Laos's landmass => ASIA
27 Across: The real ___ (the genuine article) => MCCOY
28 Across: Like some cheeks => ROSY
29 Across: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs directing duo => COENS
30 Across: Very, in Vichy => TRES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Dramatic goodbye => ADIEU
2 Down: South ___ (African nation since 2011) => SUDAN
3 Down: Jury members => PEERS
4 Down: Tamil Nadu, Tasmania, or Texas => STATE
5 Down: Fails to mind one's own business => MEDDLES
6 Down: The color of the Caribbean Sea => AQUA
7 Down: Dee or Bridges => RUBY
8 Down: Jason Bourne's employer => CIA
9 Down: Maker of Movie Buff nail lacquer => OPI
15 Down: ___ Comet (it visits us every 76 years) => HALLEYS
18 Down: Things Fall ___ (Chinua Achebe novel) => APART
19 Down: Part of a golf cap => VISOR
20 Down: Tennis star Mertens => ELISE
21 Down: Kills, as a dragon => SLAYS
22 Down: ___ in a blue moon => ONCE
23 Down: Get the wrinkles out of => IRON
24 Down: Maker of Sierra and Canyon pickup trucks => GMC
25 Down: Fitting prefix for 14-Across => ECO

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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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