Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 22, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Loud music genre => METAL
6 Across: ___ Marquez (Rosario Dawson's role in 16-Across) => MIMI
10 Across: Pepsi Center or Wells Fargo Center, e.g. => ARENA
11 Across: Litmus test result, sometimes => ACID
12 Across: Slap a levy on a 2020 World Series team? => TAXDODGERS
14 Across: ___ Today (its poll gave Biden a 9.8% national lead on Monday) => USA
15 Across: Any of the seven in Se7en => SIN
16 Across: Musical set in the East Village => RENT
18 Across: Italian scooter => VESPA
22 Across: Northern New Jersey county => ESSEX
24 Across: Chance to go, in a game => TURN
25 Across: Spare part? => RIB
27 Across: In the ___ (guaranteed) => BAG
28 Across: 2020 World Series team that's in touch with the universe? => COSMICRAYS
32 Across: Like California and Connecticut, in elections => BLUE
33 Across: Punctuation mark that looks like ^ => CARET
34 Across: Person with a crystal ball => SEER
35 Across: One of the rooms in the board game Clue => STUDY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Age => MATURE
2 Down: Clears off, as a whiteboard => ERASES
3 Down: Congresswoman Veronica Escobar's constituents, e.g. => TEXANS
4 Down: So what? => AND
5 Down: Country whose entire electrical grid will soon be owned by state-owned China Southern Power Grid, per a recently inked deal between the two countries => LAOS
6 Down: Refrigerator door item => MAGNET
7 Down: Cubes in a mojito => ICE
8 Down: Russian space station => MIR
9 Down: Bouncers check them => IDS
13 Down: The NL West or the AL East, e.g. (abbr.) => DIV
17 Down: One-___ (what Democrats hope to make Trump) => TERMER
19 Down: Outback automaker => SUBARU
20 Down: Talked up? => PRAYED
21 Down: Like many Twilight characters => ANGSTY
23 Down: Topmost number on a grandfather clock => XII
26 Down: Hidden emails => BCCS
28 Down: Elaine Quijano's employer => CBS
29 Down: Cheer on a pitch => OLE
30 Down: Journalist Halpern or mystery novelist Grafton => SUE
31 Down: The Year of the ___ (2020) => RAT

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 39 clues are solved in the section above.
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