LA Times Crossword
May 24, 2020
Pam Amick Klawitter
(Title shown below)

After answering the clues below, what can you say about them in the context of this puzzle?

1. Fresno, e.g.
2. Right or left
3. The Crucible, e.g.
4. Theater group
5. June Cleaver's husband 
6. Fill a glass from a bottle
7. Any between 1st and 12th
8. Old Selective Service System
9. They can raise or lower your position
10. Continuous flow of data over a computer

Answers:

1. Town
2. Turn
3. Play
4. Cast
5. Ward
6. Pour
7. Grade
8. Draft
9. Stairs
10. Stream 

They all must be DOWN clues, because each answer word can be preceded by DOWN.

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