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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 22, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 22, 2011. 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.
Across clues & answers
- 14
- 22
- 56
- 58
- 67
Down clues & answers
- 33
- 57
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
across
- 1. One going into an outlet: PRONG
- 6. Sonata movement: RONDO
- 11. Org. for Lt. Columbo: LAPD
- 15. 33 1/3 and others: RPMS
- 19. Buzz: RUMOR
- 20. Huge quantity: OCEAN
- 21. Cross letters: INRI
- 22. "___ la Douce": IRMA
- 23. Again: ONEMORETIME
- 25. "I before E except after C" and others: MNEMONICS
- 27. Tampa-to-Orlando dir.: ENE
- 28. Swelling of the head: EGOMANIA
- 30. Carry illicitly: SMUGGLE
- 31. Modern: Ger.: NEU
- 33. Old Turkish V.I.P.'s: AGAS
- 34. "Now you ___ ...": SEEIT
- 35. Skippy alternative: JIF
- 38. Attachment points under the hood: ENGINEMOUNTS
- 42. Finnish city near the Arctic Circle: OULU
- 46. Oodles: AMILLION
- 48. Street on old TV: DELLA
- 49. Racketeer's activity?: TENNIS
- 51. "Ideas for life" sloganeer: PANASONIC
- 53. Skips on water: DAPS
- 55. "The Canterbury Tales" pilgrim: REEVE
- 56. Sight near a drain: EDDY
- 57. Also: NOTTOMENTION
- 61. Dues payer: Abbr.: MEM
- 62. Mark Twain, e.g., religiously speaking: DEIST
- 64. Sp. miss: SRTA
- 65. Human, e.g., foodwise: OMNIVORE
- 67. Salad orderer's request: NOOIL
- 70. Mercedes competitor: LEXUS
- 73. Bothered: ATEAT
- 74. Attractive: MAGNETIC
- 77. Mother of Horus, in Egyptian myth: ISIS
- 79. "Mona Lisa" feature: SMILE
- 82. Prince Valiant's son: ARN
- 83. Part of the Hindu Godhead: DIVINEMOTHER
- 88. Summer hangout: POOL
- 89. Italian 10: DIECI
- 91. Organic compound: ENOL
- 92. Rights of passage: EASEMENTS
- 94. 1936 Loretta Young title role: RAMONA
- 96. Pioneering computer: ENIAC
- 99. Back end of a time estimate: LATEDATE
- 100. Carolina university: ELON
- 101. Terminology: NOMENCLATURE
- 104. ___ Banos, Calif.: LOS
- 105. Skipping syllables: TRALA
- 107. Edible Andean tubers: OCAS
- 108. Cousin on "The Addams Family": ITT
- 110. Prepared for YouTube, say: VIDEOED
- 113. Tyson nickname: IRONMIKE
- 116. Suffix with planet: OID
- 119. "Just a sec": ONEMOMENT
- 121. Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi: STATESWOMEN
- 124. "Fargo" director: COEN
- 125. "This ___!": ISIT
- 126. Inner tube-shaped: TORIC
- 127. Perplexed: ATSEA
- 128. Objectives: ENDS
- 129. Firm part: Abbr.: ATTY
- 130. Bag of chips, maybe: SNACK
- 131. Unlocked?: SHORN
down
- 1. Maven: PRO
- 2. Bit of Viking writing: RUNE
- 3. Sign: OMEN
- 4. Ladies' club restriction: NOMEN
- 5. Miracle-___: GRO
- 6. Nicolas who directed "The Man Who Fell to Earth": ROEG
- 7. Twice tetra-: OCTO
- 8. Big name in upscale retail: NEIMAN
- 9. Cracked or torn: DAMAGED
- 10. What Rihanna or Prince uses: ONENAME
- 11. City of the Kings: LIMA
- 12. Former Texas governor Richards: ANN
- 13. Like the alarm on many alarm clocks: PRESET
- 14. Least hopeful: DIMMEST
- 15. Notes to pick up on?: RINGTONE
- 16. Self-righteous sort: PRIG
- 17. Mid 22nd-century year: MMCL
- 18. Ed.'s convenience: SASE
- 24. French island WSW of Mauritius: REUNION
- 26. Non's opposite: OUI
- 29. Tryster with Tristan: ISOLDE
- 32. Slippery ones: EELS
- 34. Awake suddenly: SNAPTO
- 35. Teased: JAPED
- 36. "Have ___ myself clear?": IMADE
- 37. 2003 Pixar film: FINDINGNEMO
- 39. "___ further ...": GONO
- 40. U.S.A. or U.K.: INITS
- 41. ___ Bator, Mongolia: ULAN
- 43. Stoic: UNEMOTIONAL
- 44. Occasional ingredient in turkey dressing: LIVER
- 45. 1972 Bill Withers hit: USEME
- 47. Applies, as paint: LAYSON
- 50. Banks and Pyle: ERNIES
- 52. PC key: CTRL
- 54. Lower layer of the earth's crust: SIMA
- 58. Suffix with Capri: OTE
- 59. Magazine with an annual Hot 100: MAXIM
- 60. Neighbor of Que.: ONT
- 63. Stood like a pigeon: TOEDIN
- 66. Improvised musically: VAMPED
- 68. "Lord, is ___?": ITI
- 69. In concert: LIVE
- 71. Hope grp.: USO
- 72. Spot: SITE
- 74. One concerned with el niño: MADRE
- 75. Sans-serif typeface: ARIAL
- 76. Field of stars?: CINEMA
- 78. Will of the Bible: SHALT
- 80. Pick 6, e.g.: LOTTO
- 81. Someone ___: ELSES
- 84. Zero: NONE
- 85. "Sense and Sensibility" sister: ELINOR
- 86. "___ Wood sawed wood" (old tongue-twister): ESAU
- 87. Hears again, as a case: RETRIES
- 90. Treats with scorn: CONTEMNS
- 93. It often has dashes: MEET
- 95. Fatigue may be a symptom of it: Var.: ANAEMIA
- 97. Approaches boldly: ACCOSTS
- 98. O.K. Corral gunfighter: CLANTON
- 102. Senior: OLDEST
- 103. Capital of Eritrea: ASMARA
- 106. Little hopper?: ROO
- 109. Crown holder: TOOTH
- 110. Viva ___: VOCE
- 111. Home ___: INON
- 112. One may be good or dirty: DEED
- 113. Wee, informally: ITTY
- 114. Suffix with arthr-: ITIC
- 115. Sergeant in "The Thin Red Line": KECK
- 117. "___ sorry!": IMSO
- 118. One of them does?: DEER
- 120. Annual b-ball event: NIT
- 122. Has been: WAS
- 123. Palindromic girl's name: NAN
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