Crossword Answers For: Monday, July 20, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Idris who will read bedtime stories with Nicole Kidman on the forthcoming HBO Max series A World of Calm => ELBA
5 Across: Had aspirations => HOPED
10 Across: Honey-based adult beverage => MEAD
11 Across: Lessen in intensity, as a rainstorm => ABATE
12 Across: ___ Mann (school bus driver on The Simpsons) => OTTO
13 Across: You've gotta be kidding! => NOWAY
14 Across: Politician whose Twitter account was hacked by Bitcoin scammers last week => JOEBIDEN
16 Across: Small maps => INSETS
17 Across: Long-term military tactics => SIEGES
22 Across: Billionaire whose Twitter account suffered the same fate last week as 14-Across's => ELONMUSK
24 Across: Block, as a river => DAMUP
26 Across: Start of a play => ACTI
27 Across: Similar => ALIKE
28 Across: Like many lattes ordered in summer => ICED
29 Across: I'd like to speak to the manager type => KAREN
30 Across: Sex and ___ (Leila Slimani book) => LIES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Face blowing a heart kiss, e.g. => EMOJI
2 Down: Come close to admitting, as a misdeed => LETON
3 Down: Kathy of Misery and Disjointed => BATES
4 Down: Building material that's also a software company => ADOBE
5 Down: Submits, as an assignment for class => HANDSIN
6 Down: Woodwind instrument => OBOE
7 Down: One of sixteen on a chessboard => PAWN
8 Down: Greek H => ETA
9 Down: Susan of L.A. Law => DEY
15 Down: Come on in => ITSOPEN
18 Down: It may be a Bcc => EMAIL
19 Down: ___ Mane Presents: So Icy Summer (compilation album released on July 3rd) => GUCCI
20 Down: Lauder of scents => ESTEE
21 Down: Slams on the brakes => SKIDS
22 Down: Middle East ruler => EMIR
23 Down: Evans in The Alienist => LUKE
24 Down: Cowboys quarterback Prescott => DAK
25 Down: In the style of => ALA

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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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