In the news: Thursday, October 29

Across

1. New polls suggest ____ Democratic gains in red-state Senate races (10)
4. Virginia governor who in 1774 called the Watauga settlers' government a "dangerous example" (7)
9. Village that Hernando de Soto visited in 1540, believed to have been on Bussell Island (5)
11. WATCH LIVE: Obama stumps for Ossoff and ____ at Georgia midterm rally (7)
12. Bloodied, dazed and angry - how ____' rail journey turned to disaster in Spain (10)

Down

1. Florida State team Tennessee beat 23-16 in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl national championship game (9)
2. John Philip ___, whose band performed at the Bijou in the 1920s (5)
3. Robert Houston ___, who with Louisa Franklin first lived in the Kingston Pike house built in 1858 (9)
5. America's long history of gerrymandering and its role in this year's ____ (8)
6. Fed holds interest rates steady even as ____ remains stubborn (9)
7. Minutes of the Board's ____ rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026 (8)
8. 14 TN downtown ____ and main streets to get upgrades (9)
10. Irish immigrant Thomas ___, who built the Lamar House Hotel (5)

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