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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 31, 2013

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, July 31, 2013. 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Term of address from a hat-tipper
5
Changes channels rapidly
10
Bumps off
14
Periodic table fig.
15
Staircase sound
16
Learn by ___
17
Roe source
18
Delhi language
19
Madeline who played Lili Von Shtupp
20
Southern town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the left]
23
Words on either side of "what"
24
Satisfied sigh
25
Muhammad's resting place
26
Pats down
28
Request to a barber
30
"___ to mention ..."
31
Like yesterday's bagels
32
Stockyard bellows
33
Get an eyeful
34
Midwest town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the right]
37
Disney World conveyance
40
Leaf support
41
Warming periods
45
"Death Becomes ___"
46
Oaf
47
Female TV dog whose portrayers were all male
48
Where Yeltsin ruled
50
Be indisposed
51
Pod item
52
See 20- and 34-Across
56
Alaska ZIP code starter
57
Courageous one
58
Department
59
List-ending abbr.
60
Become one on the run
61
Fresh-mouthed
62
"___-starter" (résumé cliché)
63
Some score marks
64
Derry derrière

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

across

1. Upholstery materials: DAMASKS
8. Caddy alternative: JAG
11. Great Leap Forward leader: MAO
14. Pale eye shade: ICEBLUE
15. Candidates for rehab: ABUSERS
17. Who you appear to be: PERSONA
18. Honor ... and #5 on a list by 40-/46-Across of the 500 greatest songs of all time: RESPECT
19. Frozen product with blueberry and chocolate chip flavors: EGGO
21. Give a dime on the dollar: TITHE
22. Fulfillment ... and #2 on the list: SATISFACTION
28. Gem of a girl?: OPAL
29. Belly ache?: ULCER
30. Lessens: EBBS
34. With 40- and 46-Across, mossless? ... and #1 on the list: LIKEA
36. River to the Caspian Sea: URAL
38. Prohibition, for one: ERA
39. Center of gravity?: VEE
40. See 34-Across: ROLLING
43. Subdivision part: LOT
44. Old French coin: ECU
45. One who says "loo" instead of "john": BRIT
46. See 34-Across: STONE
48. University div.: DEPT
50. Advertisers' awards: CLIOS
53. Almost never: ONCE
54. Casual greeting ... and #4 on the list: WHATSGOINGON
57. Kind of knife: BOWIE
60. Excursion: TRIP
61. Pretend ... and #3 on the list: IMAGINE
64. Things felt in a classroom?: ERASERS
69. Goes full tilt: LETSRIP
70. Site of the Missouri State Fair: SEDALIA
71. Dr. for the neck up: ENT
72. Place to get off: Abbr.: STA
73. Time spent with a psychiatrist: SESSION

down

1. Quick swim: DIP
2. Best pitcher on the team: ACE
3. Debussy's "La ___": MER
4. Torso muscles, for short: ABS
5. Gin berries: SLOES
6. Martial art: KUNGFU
7. Martial arts actor Steven: SEAGAL
8. Honey container: JAR
9. Actor Vigoda: ABE
10. Vigor: GUSTO
11. Part of it might consist of dashes: MEET
12. Go up, as eyebrows: ARCH
13. Bone: Prefix: OSTE
16. Chiropractor's target: SPINE
20. Witch, e.g.: OCCULTIST
22. Puzzling no more: SOLVED
23. For one: APIECE
24. Start, as a hobby: TAKEUP
25. Grosse ___, Mich.: ILE
26. Hatcher of Hollywood: TERI
27. Land on the Persian Gulf: IRAN
31. Hold membership: BELONG
32. One going for the big bucks?: BRONCO
33. Glossy cloth: SATEEN
35. Wall St. trader: ARB
37. Some N.F.L. blockers: Abbr.: LGS
41. SeaWorld sight: ORCA
42. Pleasant accent: LILT
47. Heap: TON
49. Sticks in a nest: TWIGS
51. Fiona in "Shrek," e.g.: OGRESS
52. Evening bash: SOIREE
55. Successors: HEIRS
56. 2010 releases from Apple: IPADS
57. Ill temper: BILE
58. Sign: OMEN
59. Word after 60-, 75- or 100-: WATT
62. Point to pick: NIT
63. Org. with air and water standards: EPA
65. Carrier to Oslo: SAS
66. New Haven scholar: ELI
67. Vegas casino: RIO
68. ___ Pedro: SAN

Hints and full breakdown for Jul 30

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Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
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