[Python] Removing _x000D_ from Text Records in Pandas Dataframe

I have a Pandas data frame that I imported from an Excel file. One of the columns looks like the following:

Link
=========
A-324
A-76_x000D_\nA-676
A-95
A-95_x00D_n\nA-495
...


I was able to use regex to remove the \n characters, but I am unable to remove _x000D_. Does anyone know what this is? Why am I unable to use traditional remove methods?

Here is what I've done:

dat['Link'] = dat['Link'].replace("_x000D_", " ")
dat['Link'] = dat['Link'].replace(r'\s+|\\n', ' ', regex=True)

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