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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 16, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 16, 2012. 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
- 16
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 28
- 30
- 36
- 49
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
across
- 1. European spa site: BADEN
- 6. Non-fiction: FACT
- 10. Clam (up): SHUT
- 14. French pronoun: LUI
- 17. Historic mission, with "the": ALAMO
- 18. Borg rival: ASHE
- 19. Words before may and might: WISHI
- 21. They're often seen in banks: OARS
- 22. Four stops on "A" trip around the world: AFRICASIARGENTINARUBA
- 26. Three more stops: ATLANTALMAATANDORRA
- 27. "___ be an honor": ITD
- 28. Flashes quickly: GLINTS
- 29. Soft: LENIENT
- 31. Three Stooges specialty: IDIOCY
- 34. John who is half of a popular singing duo: OATES
- 35. McIntosh alternatives: WINESAPS
- 36. Bert, to Ernie: PAL
- 37. Lang. from which 8- and 24-Down come: HEB
- 39. Mag mogul with a mansion: HEF
- 40. Moneymaking concern: MINT
- 41. Bikini part: TOP
- 42. Like many an out-of-towner in Times Square: AGOG
- 44. Sci-fi drug: TEK
- 46. Window-shopping purchase?: PANE
- 47. Manual contents: STEPS
- 49. ___ Observatory: NAVAL
- 51. It comes and goes: FAD
- 53. Wander: GAD
- 54. Long-running PBS documentary film series: POV
- 55. Three more stops: AMERICARIZONALBANIA
- 61. Three more stops: ALGERIALABAMARCADIA
- 63. Three more stops: ALBERTALAMEDASTORIA
- 65. "That's yucky!": EEW
- 66. Former senator Stevens: TED
- 67. Speaks, informally: SEZ
- 68. 11-time N.B.A. All-Star Iverson: ALLEN
- 69. Bake, as an egg: SHIRR
- 72. Works on: DOES
- 74. Tostitos bowl?: DIP
- 76. Channel choker: SILT
- 77. Solo in the movies: HAN
- 78. Hacks: HEWS
- 79. S.A. tin exporter: BOL
- 82. Sealing wax ingredient: LAC
- 84. Woman in Progressive Insurance commercials: FLO
- 85. "You're on!": ITSADATE
- 88. Punjabi princesses: RANIS
- 90. Camel group?: CARTON
- 92. Like a heckling crowd: ABUSIVE
- 93. Sight from Mount Olympus: AEGEAN
- 94. Field fare, for short: MRE
- 95. Three more stops: ALTOONARMENIARALSEA
- 100. Three more stops: ANTARCTICALASKANTIGUA
- 102. River through Wroclaw: ODER
- 103. Wrapped (up): SEWED
- 104. Bubbly choice: MOET
- 105. O-O-O: OZONE
- 106. Acid: LSD
- 107. Grammy winner born in Nigeria: SADE
- 108. Extrema, e.g.: ENDS
- 109. Takeoff points for many test flights: NESTS
down
- 1. Meadow sound: BAA
- 2. Introduction for Romeo?: ALFA
- 3. Flit: DART
- 4. Designer Pucci: EMILIO
- 5. Ruling against a receiver: NOCATCH
- 6. Eschew one's food?: FAST
- 7. Cheese choice: ASIAGO
- 8. Braided bread: CHALLAH
- 9. Home wrecker?: TERMITE
- 10. Gym wear: SWEATS
- 11. Traces: HINTS
- 12. Singles grp.?: USTA
- 13. Love/hate separator, they say: THINLINE
- 14. Honoree in the arts: LAUREATE
- 15. Some city sounds: URBANPOP
- 16. "Patience ___ virtue": ISA
- 20. Tab: INDENT
- 21. Root in perfumery: ORRIS
- 23. "But despite it all ...": ANDYET
- 24. Thief, slangily: GANEF
- 25. Highly rated: AONE
- 30. Six make a fl. oz.: TSPS
- 31. Classic toothpaste brand: IPANA
- 32. Early European visitor of India: DAGAMA
- 33. Satirical Randy Newman song: ILOVELA
- 35. Gain, as consent: WIN
- 38. "Don't play favorites": BEFAIR
- 40. French ladies: MADAMES
- 43. One clearing one's throat?: GARGLER
- 45. Piece of gold?: KARAT
- 46. Name formerly on New York's MetLife Building: PANAM
- 47. Handel bars?: SONATA
- 48. The Fonz and Hannah Montana: TVIDOLS
- 50. "Ach du ___!": LIEBER
- 52. Widens: DILATES
- 53. Spoil: GOBAD
- 54. Campaign coffer fillers: PACS
- 56. Staff: CREW
- 57. Kay Jewelers competitor: ZALES
- 58. Stored on board: LADED
- 59. Kind of nut: BRAZIL
- 60. European event of 1948: AIRLIFT
- 62. Danny of "Do the Right Thing": AIELLO
- 64. Olympian Apolo ___ Ohno: ANTON
- 69. Branch of Islam: SHIA
- 70. Fedora features: HATBANDS
- 71. Put down: INSULTED
- 72. Warming periods: DETENTES
- 73. "I ___ you one": OWE
- 75. Maze navigator: PACMAN
- 78. Ruinations: HAVOCS
- 79. Score of zippo: BAGEL
- 80. What Madonna and Cher are each known by: ONENAME
- 81. Go-between: LIAISON
- 83. 11-time M.L.B. All-Star Fisk: CARLTON
- 86. "___ Is Born": ASTAR
- 87. Christian in France: DIOR
- 88. Done over: REMADE
- 89. Twisted and turned: SNAKED
- 91. Blow up, maybe: RESIZE
- 93. Like pop-ups: ARCED
- 96. Electronics company bought by Sony: AIWA
- 97. "Darn!": RATS
- 98. Hollywood clashers: EGOS
- 99. P. G. Wodehouse's ___ Agatha: AUNT
- 100. E-mail inits.: AOL
- 101. Loser to D.D.E.: AES
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