In the news: Sunday, November 1

Across

1. Mixed ____ forecast weighs heavy ahead of midterms (8)
5. ‘I Voted’ ____ creator talks about how it started (7)
9. Month of Jonesborough's annual National Storytelling Festival (7)
10. Ken ___, who coached Carson-Newman football from 1980 to 2016 (6)
13. Thousands ____ in Paris as protests spread across Europe (11)
15. Scotty ___, who missed the second of two free throws in the 2010 Elite Eight loss to Michigan State (6)
16. Sweet shop goes up in flames at ____ East TN pumpkin patch (7)
17. Kentucky city near where the Tennessee River drains into the Ohio (7)
18. Spain train ____ clouds Sánchez chances of re-election (8)

Down

2. For many, striped bass fishing is a way of life. But the iconic species could face ____ (8)
3. Analysis: More than 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged ____ not on California's voter rolls (11)
4. The county's own name, shared by a high school, a middle school and an elementary school in its district (9)
6. Exclusive: ____ Mortgage demands payment from former LOs, invokes 2-year non-solicitation (12)
7. Virginia and D.C. sue to block ____ of Trump arch (12)
8. G20 foreign ____ end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues (9)
11. They strangled us, says founder of Russian newspaper shut under pressure from ____ (11)
12. ____ PM puts ministers through military training (9)
14. Nickname of the narrow gauge railroad headquartered in Johnson City (8)

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