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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 22, 2005

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Monday, August 22, 2005

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 22, 2005. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

78 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

1
Frank ___, leader of the Mothers of Invention
6
High Ottoman official
11
Boeing 747, e.g.
14
Hawke of Hollywood
15
Speck in the sea
16
Lode deposit
17
Keep cool
19
Break a Commandment
20
Fraternity hopeful
21
Twisted in pain
23
Gorillas and such
24
"The most trusted name in electronics" sloganeer, once
27
Three: Prefix
28
Conclude negotiations
33
Large feather
37
Knights
38
Unadorned
39
Second chance for viewers
40
Scheduling abbr.
41
Ambulance sound
42
Egg-shaped
43
Smelting waste
44
Rand McNally product
45
Be just what's needed
48
"So there!"
49
11-pointer, in blackjack
50
Slugger Willie
54
Woolen blankets
58
"In" group
60
(The) bug
61
Be a lulu
64
B-ball official
65
Amazed
66
Shady retreat
67
Bumbler
68
Overfull
69
Horses of a certain color

Down clues & answers

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

across

1. It's the top: ACME
5. Medieval chest: ARCA
9. Energy ___: CZAR
13. Ideally: ATBEST
19. Puts in one's place: SLAPSDOWN
21. Rwandan people: HUTU
22. Place to store food: LARDER
23. Hardly snug attire: PARACHUTEPANTS
25. Take offense: BRIDLE
26. 1967 war participant: Abbr.: ISR
27. Harley, slangily: HOG
28. Walruses and whales: MARINEMAMMALS
30. Marker: CHIT
32. Alternatives to lattes: CHAIS
34. Messenger ___: RNA
35. Hawaiian bigeye: AHI
37. Dove, for one: PASTPARTICIPLE
46. Some are hidden: AGENDAS
49. "If ___ you …": IWERE
50. Light into: ASSAIL
51. The City of Churches: ADELAIDE
52. Basketball commentator Dick: VITALE
54. Face trouble: ACNE
55. Lustrous fabrics: DAMASKS
56. What major retailers do: MASSMARKETING
59. Discomfit: ABASH
60. Ram: BUTT
61. Suffix with cine: PLEX
62. Effeminate: FEY
63. Dramatic medium: THESTAGE
66. Car that won the 1939 and 1940 Indianapolis 500: MASERATI
69. Journal ending: ESE
71. National symbol of Wales: LEEK
72. Whittle: PARE
73. Brown shade: MOCHA
76. Works on a car's alignment?: PARALLELPARKS
80. Arc producer: TOPSPIN
82. Impertinent one: SNIP
83. Friend of Peppermint Patty: MARCIE
84. Slip out of class: HALLPASS
85. Striped African animals: OKAPIS
88. Like the mumps: VIRAL
89. Trials: ORDEALS
90. Store overseers: MALLMANAGEMENT
93. Title of respect: SRI
94. Actress Meyers: ARI
95. "Mighty stream so deep and wide," in song: VOLGA
98. To be, to Brutus: ESSE
101. Sleepovers: PAJAMAPARTIES
109. Morgue, for one: RUE
111. Bill producer, for short: ATM
112. Literary critic Trilling: LIONEL
113. Tabloid nickname for Sydney Biddle Barrows: MAYFLOWERMADAM
116. Largest city on the island Fyn: ODENSE
117. AOL and others: ISPS
118. Remote power source?: AABATTERY
119. "The Kingdom and the Power" author: TALESE
120. "Out!": SHOO
121. Article II subj.: PRES
122. Requires: ASKS

down

1. Glaze for fish dishes: ASPIC
2. Go at it: CLASH
3. Mr. Right, say: MARRIAGEMATERIAL
4. Grp. setting standards: EPA
5. Not standing: ADHOC
6. Approximate: ROUGH
7. 100 lbs.: CWT
8. Shortage of punch: ANEMIA
9. Blacken: CHAR
10. Tribe noted for its silver and turquoise jewelry: ZUNI
11. Env. directive: ATTN
12. Stratagem: RUSE
13. Neighbor of Macedonia: ALBANIA
14. Places for taking off: TARMACS
15. Cup part: BRIM
16. Source for Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung": EDDA
17. Leave the shelves: SELL
18. "___ intéressant": TRES
20. P.T.A. concern: SCH
24. Coat, as metal, to reduce its chemical reactivity: PASSIVATE
29. Actor who played Santa with Nancy Reagan in his lap: MRT
31. Flogging: THELASH
33. Abbey area: APSE
36. Emotionally withdrawn: INASHELL
38. See 101-Down: TWIST
39. Subject heading in a hotel brochure: PETS
40. Composer Khachaturian: ARAM
41. Disappointing return: RELAPSE
42. "The hour ___ hand": ISAT
43. Community abutting Santa Monica: PACIFICPALISADES
44. Swedish taxonomist Carl von ___: LINNE
45. Gray lines?: ELEGY
46. Very little: ADAB
47. Cartoonist Browne: DIK
48. Pitches: ADS
51. Computer pioneer Lovelace: ADA
53. Film director ___ C. Kenton: ERLE
56. Schnoz site: MUG
57. Plop preceder: KER
58. Case studies, e.g.: EXAMPLES
60. Treat with honey: BAKLAVA
64. Poivre's partner: SEL
65. Crawl (with): TEEM
66. Even out: MAKELEVEL
67. Boston-accented Harvard dropouts?: ARS
68. Left over: TOSPARE
69. Derby locale: EPSOM
70. Name with instant brand recognition?: SANKA
72. Peter O'Toole's role in "Troy": PRIAM
74. Cat sound: HISS
75. The difference between what he said and what she said: ANS
77. G.E. product: Abbr.: APPL
78. Bluenose: PRIG
79. Spread unit: ACRE
80. Camel hazard?: TAR
81. Fossilized: OLD
84. Lanford Wilson's "The ___ Baltimore": HOTL
86. Declaration before washing up: IMAMESS
87. Hillshire Farm's parent company: SARALEE
91. Just beat: NIP
92. "Sorry, Charlie": NOSOAP
96. Loonlike bird: GREBE
97. Superstars walk around with them: AURAS
99. Grim: STARK
100. Tube top honors: EMMYS
101. With 38-Down, common device on "The Twilight Zone": PLOT
102. "O patria mia" source: AIDA
103. Follower of Hosea: JOEL
104. Poet Sexton: ANNE
105. "Yellow Dog" author Martin: AMIS
106. Itch cause: RASH
107. Toys for Tots, for example: TYPO
108. In case it's true: IFSO
110. 911 responder: Abbr.: EMT
114. Kind of cabinet: WAR
115. ___ clip: ATA

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