Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 9, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Politician who is #2 on Forbes's new list World's Most Powerful Women 2021 (with 35-Across) => KAMALA
7 Across: Wok, for example => PAN
10 Across: Acting with inside information => ONATIP
11 Across: Historical period => ERA
12 Across: CEO of drugstore chain CVS, who is #11 on the list => KARENLYNCH
14 Across: Bring Me the Horizon lead singer Sykes => OLI
15 Across: Mauna ___ (volcano north of Mauna Loa) => KEA
16 Across: ___ & Chandon (champagne brand) => MOET
18 Across: Fast-food chain that serves the Smokehouse Brisket Sandwich => ARBYS
22 Across: Stares like a creep => OGLES
24 Across: The Sopranos Emmy-winner de Matteo => DREA
25 Across: Letter between pi and sigma => RHO
27 Across: Flightless bird of Australia => EMU
28 Across: Taiwan's president, who is #9 on the list => TSAIINGWEN
32 Across: Gives approval to => OKS
33 Across: Athlete Williams who is #85 on the list => SERENA
34 Across: Dot on dice or dominoes => PIP
35 Across: See 1-Across => HARRIS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Indiana city, or a #1 hit for the Beach Boys in 1988 => KOKOMO
2 Down: Not digital, as a clock or watch => ANALOG
3 Down: Actress Hemingway => MARIEL
4 Down: Gobbled up => ATE
5 Down: Clickable URL => LINK
6 Down: Make ___ for mercy (beg for forgiveness) => APLEA
7 Down: Bic or Erasermate product => PEN
8 Down: Curved shape => ARC
9 Down: I don't think so => NAH
13 Down: Football unit => YARD
17 Down: Hatcher of Desperate Housewives => TERI
19 Down: Maker of ales and stouts => BREWER
20 Down: Neighbor of a Saudi or Omani => YEMENI
21 Down: Steam baths => SAUNAS
23 Down: ___ kebab => SHISH
26 Down: ___-day vitamins => ONEA
28 Down: Dreidel, for example => TOP
29 Down: Go down the slopes => SKI
30 Down: Egyptian snake => ASP
31 Down: This crossword is so frustrating! => GRR

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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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