Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 24, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: No thanks => PASS
5 Across: Vacations => TRIPS
10 Across: First Lady of Song Fitzgerald => ELLA
11 Across: Make counterarguments against => REBUT
12 Across: Donor to a university, usually => ALUM
13 Across: Kwanzaa principle that's Umoja in Swahili => UNITY
14 Across: Caribbean island that elected Sandra Mason as its first president on Thursday; when assuming office, she will replace Queen Elizabeth II as head of state => BARBADOS
16 Across: Marked down => ONSALE
17 Across: ______, baby. => LATERS
22 Across: 14-Across will become this kind of state and officially leaves the British Commonwealth when Mason takes off on November 30 => REPUBLIC
24 Across: Sound of a ceiling fan => WHIRR
26 Across: Old-school dog food => ALPO
27 Across: Knickknack => CURIO
28 Across: California congressman Ted who's also an Air Force veteran => LIEU
29 Across: ___ away from (is reluctant to) => SHIES
30 Across: It starts the day after Mardi Gras => LENT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bryson who sang Tonight, I Celebrate My Love with Roberta Flack and Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion => PEABO
2 Down: Edgar ___ Poe (The Oval Portrait writer) => ALLAN
3 Down: Unfounded insults => SLURS
4 Down: Brazilian music genre => SAMBA
5 Down: Justin who won re-election in September => TRUDEAU
6 Down: City near Carson City => RENO
7 Down: Sacred bird of ancient Egypt => IBIS
8 Down: To ___ it mildly => PUT
9 Down: Hog's home => STY
15 Down: Top NFL players => ALLPROS
18 Down: Sport where tykes swing bats => TBALL
19 Down: Kemper who played Kimmy => ELLIE
20 Down: Become ready to eat, like fruit => RIPEN
21 Down: Girl ___ cookies => SCOUT
22 Down: Superstar who was named an ambassador of education, tourism and investment for 14-Across in 2018, informally => RIRI
23 Down: Pennsylvania city between Cleveland and Buffalo => ERIE
24 Down: Bathrooms, to Brits => WCS
25 Down: Whadja say? => HUH

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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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