Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Lieutenant Nyota ___ (TV role for 14-Across, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 89) => UHURA
6 Across: Prefix meaning one => MONO
10 Across: Acknowledge wordlessly => NODAT
11 Across: Port on the Arabian Peninsula => ADEN
12 Across: Pleasant scent, as of croissants baking => AROMA
13 Across: Inflatable swimming pool issue => LEAK
14 Across: ___ Nichols (actress who played 1-Across) => NICHELLE
16 Across: Sunglasses brand => OAKLEY
17 Across: Fried food often made with pork or chicken => PUPUSA
21 Across: Show where 14-Across played 1-Across => STARTREK
24 Across: Palindromic kind of flour => ATTA
25 Across: Never ___ glove on (barely touched, in boxing) => LAIDA
28 Across: Underside of a boat => KEEL
29 Across: Dropping an easy fly ball, e.g. => ERROR
30 Across: Irritates => IRKS
31 Across: Iconic leader whom 14-Across met at a 1967 NAACP banquet, where he talked her out of leaving the show after its first season by informing her that it was the only TV show he would let his kids stay up late to watch => MLKJR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: ___ Noche en Nápoles (Santana song) => UNA
2 Down: Not vertical (abbr.) => HOR
3 Down: Noodles thicker than ramen => UDON
4 Down: With 6-Down, Best Actor winner between Gary Oldman and Joaquin Phoenix => RAMI
5 Down: Comes ___ (isn't free) => ATACOST
6 Down: See 4-Down => MALEK
7 Down: Beckham Jr. with amazing catches => ODELL
8 Down: Jonah's Gourd Vine novelist Zora ___ Hurston => NEALE
9 Down: Good way to sing => ONKEY
15 Down: Dutch city for which a section of Manhattan is named (with one a removed) => HAARLEM
17 Down: Jen who preceded Karine Jean-Pierre => PSAKI
18 Down: Word before chaos or nonsense => UTTER
19 Down: ___ Philippe (expensive watch brand) => PATEK
20 Down: Mountains that divide Europe and Asia => URALS
22 Down: My Name Is ___ (2000s sitcom) => EARL
23 Down: Colleague of 1-Across => KIRK
26 Down: Merrick Garland's org. => DOJ
27 Down: Pirate's syllable => ARR

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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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