Wow ok I looked this up and I wish I could say I was surprised. Alright here's your clue. Take, like, the opposite of closed, and then like, poeticify it. Alright have fun
9A
EST - 3
10A
There's a gazillion organizations with this acronym, so here's a riddle instead. When my first is moved to the back, I am used to cook. If instead you moved my middle to the back, you get a short rest.
11A
Factory mover
15A
Short ___
16A
Come (from)
17A
Sum of the eigenvalues of A --- ok my editor just gave me a call and informed me that linear algebra is not knowledge that I should be assuming of crossword solvers? Sorry please hold while I think of another clue that isn't the one that everyone uses. Ok I thought about it and didn't get anywhere sorry
18A
Defeated in battle, briefly
19A
Oh my gosh this answer is so boring there's only like one clue for it and every crossworder knows it. Can I cryptic clue this one instead. Pleeeeaaasssseee. Ok. Endless Acela frame (3)
20A
Dr. specializing in three parts of the body, whose first letters spell out the answer to 20A
21A
___ may refer to: Businesses edit _itachi _ata _ystems, an American software company _achette _istribution _ervices, a Canadian distributor Technology edit _TTP _ynamic _treaming _ardware-_ependent _oftware _ydro_e_ulfurization _ydro_ynamic _eparator _olographic _ata _torage
22A
Francis Collins's org.
Verticales
1D
It typically involves 10 squares
2D
Bond instruction?
3D
___ Science and Engineering
4D
No offence response?
5D
You'd probably be very upset if the answer to this clue was not a fruity cocktail. Fortunately it is indeed a fruity cocktail and it's exactly what it sounds like.
6D
Physicists believe it will happen in 17 quattuortrigintillion years
12D
It's the exact same thing as an EKG, apparently. The K of the popular "EKG" comes from German.
13D
Apparently this is a French pronoun. Look I don't know any French ok, I spent exactly one day in a French class and I was so traumatized that they moved me to Spanish
14D
.___ files are commonly found in program folders but you probably can't read them