Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 15, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hey -- over here! => PSST
5 Across: Overwhelm => SWAMP
10 Across: Much-quoted Persian poet of the 13th century => RUMI
11 Across: Martinez who tweeted his condolences to the family of baseball great Joe Morgan on Monday after hearing the news of Morgan's passing => PEDRO
12 Across: Unsigned (abbr.) => ANON
13 Across: Weaken, as a rainstorm => ABATE
14 Across: Daft Punk or Tegan and Sara, e.g. => DUO
15 Across: ___ loss for words (tongue-tied) => ATA
16 Across: Fires have ravaged the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro this week; no fatalities have been reported, but authorities are concerned about a rare group of this animal that inhabits the area => ANTELOPES
20 Across: Mount Kilimanjaro's summit is called this, from the Swahili word for freedom => UHURUPEAK
22 Across: Become maggot-infested => ROT
23 Across: Yang's counterpart => YIN
24 Across: ___ Walcott (Nobel Prize-winning playwright from St. Lucia) => DEREK
27 Across: Drake's acronym => YOLO
28 Across: Stopped sleeping => AWOKE
29 Across: In ___ (consecutively) => AROW
30 Across: Solemn promise => SWEAR
31 Across: Ol' Man River composer Jerome => KERN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: The devil's favorite fashion house, per a book/movie title => PRADA
2 Down: New Hampshire governor Chris => SUNUNU
3 Down: Like Sade's title operator => SMOOTH
4 Down: Only three-letter chemical element => TIN
5 Down: Decided not to finish chewing => SPATOUT
6 Down: Google Earth, e.g. => WEBAPP
7 Down: Computing pioneer Lovelace => ADA
8 Down: 1980s star who competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2017 => MRT
9 Down: The Masque of the Red Death author, 1850 => POE
15 Down: Weatherman who cooked a steak on a segment of Monday's Today show => ALROKER
17 Down: California's motto => EUREKA
18 Down: Pal of Winnie-the-Pooh => EEYORE
19 Down: Popeye, for one => SAILOR
21 Down: Part of a.k.a. => KNOWN
24 Down: Prosecuting types (abbr.) => DAS
25 Down: That's so gross! => EWW
26 Down: Wade's opponent => ROE
27 Down: Mongolians make butter from its milk => YAK

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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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