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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 6, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 6, 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
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- 68
Down clues & answers
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
across
- 1. Cover-up: COAT
- 5. ___ machine (restaurant fixture): LATTE
- 10. Crossroads of the West: UTAH
- 14. Green eyes, e.g.: TRAIT
- 19. "Alice in Wonderland" character: DODO
- 20. Like a land baron: ACRED
- 21. O.K.: SOSO
- 22. Yields: EARNS
- 23. Disappointing "Who's with me?" response?: SHOWOFHAND
- 25. Work to maintain a C average?: HITTHEBOOK
- 27. Certain Ivy Leaguer: ELI
- 28. Bit of a TV reviewer's review: CLIP
- 30. Film credits list: LOCATIONS
- 31. Mention that you know a secret?: SPILLTHEBEAN
- 36. It's cast and landed: ROLE
- 37. Digs: PAD
- 38. Downed subs, e.g.: ATE
- 39. Mauna ___: LOA
- 41. Rarely photographed half of the moon: FARSIDE
- 46. Thought better of: RUED
- 48. Grunt no more: EXGI
- 51. One who's read an encyclopedia's first volume?: MANOFLETTER
- 53. Give ___ (let off): APASS
- 55. Again: ONCEMORE
- 57. Old gold coin: DUCAT
- 58. Podunk's directory?: YELLOWPAGE
- 61. Think about it: IDEA
- 63. It might be surrounded by a sash: PANE
- 64. Grandfathers of III's: Abbr.: SRS
- 65. Pay one's dues again, say: REUP
- 66. James of "Las Vegas": CAAN
- 69. Some French wines: RHONES
- 71. Having finished just one month of a job?: WETBEHINDTHEEAR
- 75. Trendy: MODISH
- 78. Star of the most-watched TV episode ever: ALDA
- 79. Formic acid sources: ANTS
- 80. Overalls part: BIB
- 83. Wasted no time: SPED
- 84. Abbr. before a year: ESTD
- 87. What one with a small nest egg enjoys?: GOLDENYEAR
- 90. Islander, e.g.: NHLER
- 92. Least refined: CRASSEST
- 95. South American invention: TANGO
- 96. Despot's concession?: BILLOFRIGHT
- 98. Milked: USED
- 101. Sulu's superior: KIRK
- 102. It no longer sells maize or mulberry: CRAYOLA
- 103. Throughout, in poetry: OER
- 104. Gun, as an engine: REV
- 106. It came between Kennedy and Bouvier: NEE
- 107. Composition of only four different notes: TAPS
- 109. Occasional klutz?: BUTTERFINGER
- 114. Rail supports: CROSSTIES
- 119. Actor Jay: MOHR
- 120. What's that, in Tijuana?: ESA
- 121. Beginning magician's arsenal?: BAGOFTRICK
- 123. Go on a brief youthful binge?: SOWONESOAT
- 128. Low-cost prefix: ECONO
- 129. "The Grapes of Wrath" figure: OKIE
- 130. Test cheats: CRIBS
- 131. Pisa's river: ARNO
- 132. Truck rental name: RYDER
- 133. Prying: NOSY
- 134. "Little" comics girl: ANNIE
- 135. Flaw in logic: LEAP
down
- 1. They're shiny even after being burned: CDS
- 2. "Could be a problem": OOH
- 3. Hustle or bustle: ADO
- 4. Beach item: TOWEL
- 5. Privateer Jean: LAFITTE
- 6. Hamburg grr?: ACH
- 7. Draw over: TRACE
- 8. Dumbbell weight abbr.: TENLB
- 9. Money or Murphy: EDDIE
- 10. Seat, informally: USH
- 11. Labor: TOIL
- 12. Nancy ___, first female member of the British Parliament: ASTOR
- 13. Sign on a sidewalk food cart: HOTCOFFEE
- 14. Went back and forth on a decision: TEETERED
- 15. 1944 Nobel physicist Isidor: RABI
- 16. Suffix with buck: AROO
- 17. Informed of: INON
- 18. Sounds that may accompany head-shaking: TSKS
- 24. Stewpot: OLLA
- 26. Jew : kosher :: Muslim : ___: HALAL
- 29. ___ d'Or (Cannes award): PALME
- 31. Decorative flower arrangements: SPRAYS
- 32. Have-not: PAUPER
- 33. High standards: IDEALS
- 34. Curse: HEX
- 35. Linguist Chomsky: NOAM
- 40. Prepare for sacrifice, in a way: ANOINT
- 42. Daze: STUPOR
- 43. "Happens sometimes": ITCAN
- 44. Silas of the Continental Congress: DEANE
- 45. Some collectible Deco drawings: ERTES
- 47. Internet hookup letters: DSL
- 49. Blow a fuse: GOAPE
- 50. Participle suffix: ING
- 52. California's historic Fort ___: ORD
- 54. Tender spots: SORES
- 56. Seasick sea serpent of cartoons: CECIL
- 59. "___ people ...": WETHE
- 60. Locale for tapping, toping and tipping: PUB
- 62. Mountain ridge: ARETE
- 67. "___ how!": AND
- 68. "Time is money," e.g.: ADAGE
- 70. Is without: HASNT
- 71. All over: WIDELY
- 72. Tried: HADAGO
- 73. Suspends: HALTS
- 74. Suspend: END
- 75. Fox News competitor: MSNBC
- 76. Biblical land of wealth: OPHIR
- 77. Reese of "Touched by an Angel": DELLA
- 80. Actress Annette: BENING
- 81. "No argument here": IAGREE
- 82. Deal maker: BROKER
- 85. Heavy recyclables: SCRAPIRON
- 86. Prefix with athlete: TRI
- 88. Buckeyes' sch.: OSU
- 89. Shaggy animal: YAK
- 91. Cheers on: ROOTSFOR
- 93. "The Purple People Eater" singer ___ Wooley: SHEB
- 94. Fiddle with a lute, say: STRUM
- 97. Scruggs's bluegrass partner: FLATT
- 99. Muff: ERR
- 100. One side in court: DEFENSE
- 105. Jaws on a table: VISE
- 108. Bulova competitor: SEIKO
- 110. Puccini's Floria ___: TOSCA
- 111. Runic letter for "th": THORN
- 112. General Rommel: ERWIN
- 113. Kind of cavity: NASAL
- 114. "Good buddy": CBER
- 115. Somewhat blue: RACY
- 116. Hymn starter: OGOD
- 117. Loudness unit: SONE
- 118. Biol. and others: SCIS
- 122. Set of answers: KEY
- 124. Eastern sash: OBI
- 125. Danish coins: ORE
- 126. Carrier to Tokyo: ANA
- 127. Outdo: TOP
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