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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 27, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 27, 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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- 64
Down clues & answers
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- 23
- 38
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
across
- 1. Common exclamation after "Well": ILLBE
- 6. Some G.I.'s: PFCS
- 10. Like the Beatles: FAB
- 13. Norah Jones or Cher: ALTO
- 17. Land in South America: TIERRA
- 19. Big employer in Moline, Ill.: DEERE
- 20. Bitterness: ACRIMONY
- 22. It's salty: SEAAIR
- 23. Storied C.S.A. commander: RELEE
- 24. Onetime Ethiopia colonizers: ITALIANS
- 25. Banned book of 1928: LADYCHATTERLEYSLOVER
- 28. "___ Baby" (song from "Hair"): ABIE
- 29. Group that's got your no.?: SSA
- 30. Hawaiian priest: KAHUNA
- 31. Gender abbr.: FEM
- 34. Leans: TENDS
- 36. Bad way to run: AMOK
- 39. It's madness: IRE
- 40. Put up with: ABIDE
- 42. Mag. wheels: EDS
- 43. Source material for Broadway's "Seussical": HORTONHATCHESTHEEGG
- 48. "___ dreaming?": AMI
- 49. Oscar-winning role for Cotillard: PIAF
- 50. "Anne of Green Gables" town: AVONLEA
- 51. End of the line?: ETC
- 54. Paradoxical one: ZENO
- 56. Seaman's swig: GROG
- 58. Like some communities: GATED
- 59. Time's 1930 Man of the Year: MAHATMAGANDHI
- 62. Slap-happy sort?: MOE
- 64. Razor handle?: ATRA
- 67. Japanese model: ALTIMA
- 68. Bad service result?: LET
- 69. Away's partner: FAR
- 70. Kind of heart valve: MITRAL
- 72. English author Elinor: GLYN
- 73. Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end: AYE
- 74. 1955 Grant/Kelly thriller: TOCATCHATHIEF
- 76. References: CITES
- 79. Western climax: DUEL
- 81. Spike: LACE
- 82. Smokey the Bear spot, e.g., in brief: PSA
- 83. With repercussions: ATACOST
- 85. Sorority letters: PSIS
- 87. Like one saying "Who, little old me?": COY
- 88. World's first certified gold record, 1942: CHATTANOOGACHOOCHOO
- 92. A couple of: TWO
- 95. Adobe shade: OCHRE
- 96. Reactor safety org.: NRC
- 97. Judge's issuance: STAY
- 98. Bolt from Jamaica: USAIN
- 100. Kid's repeated rejoinder: WHY
- 101. Ecologists' study: BIOMES
- 104. Kanga's offspring: ROO
- 106. Fort Sill's home: Abbr.: OKLA
- 107. Source of the line "They say miracles are past": ALLSWELLTHATENDSWELL
- 112. "Sing a Song of Watergate" comic: MORTSAHL
- 115. Former General Motors vehicles: SAABS
- 116. Toddler's wear: ONESIE
- 117. Where to park a parka?: COATTREE
- 118. Others: Sp.: OTROS
- 119. No-goodnik: ROTTER
- 120. Planted: SOWN
- 121. Announcer Hall: EDD
- 122. Former Mercury: LYNX
- 123. Up: BOOST
down
- 1. "I really should be going": ITSLATE
- 2. Lazybones, maybe: LIEABED
- 3. Preambles: LEADINS
- 4. Sounded like an ass: BRAYED
- 5. "South Park" boy: ERIC
- 6. Look through some blinds, say: PEER
- 7. Take an ax to: FELL
- 8. Place to find a crawdad: CREEK
- 9. "Bye": SEEYA
- 10. Bomb: FAILURE
- 11. Behave: ACTONESAGE
- 12. Shout to a diva: BRAVA
- 13. "The Kite Runner" protagonist: AMIR
- 14. Mauna ___: LOA
- 15. Spike, once: TNN
- 16. Verbal groans: OYS
- 18. Nirvana achievers: ARHATS
- 19. Cooked (up): DREAMT
- 21. Any of the French Antilles: ILE
- 26. Russian royal: TSARINA
- 27. ___ Tzu (dog): SHIH
- 31. Class action?: FIELDTRIP
- 32. Nose out: EDGE
- 33. The "M" of MB: MEGA
- 35. It may be said with the wave of a hand: SHAZAM
- 37. Alley ___: OOP
- 38. One of the Canterbury pilgrims: KNIGHT
- 40. "Cat on ___ Tin Roof": AHOT
- 41. Not worthy of: BENEATH
- 44. Swiss watch brand: OMEGA
- 45. 1962 John Wayne film: HATARI
- 46. Main $$$ overseer: CFO
- 47. F.D.R. program: TVA
- 51. Some online reading: EMAG
- 52. Starbucks size: TALL
- 53. Talking doll that debuted in 1960: CHATTYCATHY
- 55. "___ You" (1955 Platters hit): ONLY
- 57. Org. for vehicle financing, once: GMAC
- 60. It's relatively easy to find a parking spot for: MINICAR
- 61. Title: DEED
- 63. Spoken: ORAL
- 65. Charlotte and others: RAES
- 66. ___ Romeo: ALFA
- 69. Leaves: FOLIOS
- 70. "Solid Gold" host Marilyn: MCCOO
- 71. Mock response to a friend who pulls a practical joke: IHATEYOU
- 73. Blown away: ASTONISHED
- 74. Radio host John: TESH
- 75. Speedy subatomic particle: TACHYON
- 77. Voice quality: TONE
- 78. Paul Anka's "___ Beso": ESO
- 80. Series of bars, for short: UPC
- 83. "Don't have ___, man!": ACOW
- 84. Hut cover: THATCH
- 86. Lush: SOT
- 89. Warned someone off, in a way: GROWLED
- 90. This above all?: ACME
- 91. Loving feeling?: CARESS
- 92. Starts liking: TAKESTO
- 93. Acute uneasiness, with "the": WILLIES
- 94. Watchful: ONALERT
- 99. Johannesburg area: SOWETO
- 101. Be on high?: BLARE
- 102. La estrella mas brillante: ELSOL
- 103. Bluish-gray: SLATY
- 105. What the nose knows: ODOR
- 107. Start of a memo heading: ATTN
- 108. D-Day transport: Abbr.: LST
- 109. Mountain lake: TARN
- 110. Storage item ... or one of six in this puzzle?: HATBOX
- 111. Uppity sort: SNOB
- 112. Mike holders: MCS
- 113. Hugs, in a love letter: OOO
- 114. Unedited: RAW
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