Day 29: Down

The Solution

Ten Down clues supply incorrect numbers. Each one is too low ("down by") a certain amount.

Across

  • 1. With 6A, not doing better: WORSE
  • 6. (please see 1A): OFF
  • 9. Addis ____: ABABA
  • 10. Honorific for a baronet: SIR
  • 11. Discoverer of non-Euclidean geometry: GAUSS
  • 12. "____ Drum," an R.E.M. tune (2 words): BEAT A
  • 15. SUV maker: GMC
  • 16. Nickname of Tim Allen character: TOOLMAN
  • 18. Expression of contentment: AAH
  • 19. Fervid: ARDENT
  • 20. Digits on W-9: SSN
  • 21. Son of Nicholas II: ALEXEI
  • 25. Serbian 4WD APC: BOV
  • 28. Very, very big: IMMENSE
  • 30. Ram's dam: EWE
  • 31. Queen of Spain: REINA
  • 32. Pronounce: UTTER
  • 34. His wife was salty: LOT
  • 35. Large amounts of paper: REAMS
  • 36. Organic chemistry suffix: -YNE
  • 37. Beginning of, say, a syllable: ONSET

Down

  • 1. Repeated, a city in New South Wales: WAGGA
  • 2. 25th President: OBAMA, should be 44th, down by 19
  • 3. Screenwriter Earl Mac ____: RAUCH
  • 4. Danger 2 network: SBS, should be Danger 5, down by 3
  • 5. 1993 Olympian, née Johnson: EAST, should be 2008, down by 15
  • 6. Family of Spider-Man enemies: OSBORN
  • 7. His metal melts at 44 ºC: FIELD, should be 62 ºC, down by 18
  • 8. Set up (to take the fall) (for a crime or crimes): FRAME
  • 13. Author Amy, born 1947: TAN, should be 1952, down by 5
  • 14. Social bug: ANT
  • 17. Band that broke up in 1991: OASIS, should be 2009, down by 18
  • 20. Upper house: SENATE
  • 21. Day 16 prompt: AIR, should be day 17, down by 1
  • 22. UK futures market: LME
  • 23. A Brontë: EMILY
  • 24. Element 40: XENON, should be 54, down by 14
  • 25. Insulin-producing cells: BETAS
  • 26. "You ____" ("will pay for this later") (2 words): OWE ME
  • 27. 493 sazhen: VERST, should be 500, down by 7
  • 29. Coin that can have Pope Francis on it: EURO
  • 33. Cube root of 995: TEN, should be 1000, down by 5

The discrepancies, in clue order, converted into letters, spell the answer, SCORE RANGE.

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