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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 28, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, October 28, 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.
Across clues & answers
- 38
- 48
Down clues & answers
- 26
- 35
- 47
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
across
- 1. Etched computer component: PCBOARD
- 8. Away for the summer, maybe: ATCAMP
- 14. Bar food?: SALADS
- 20. Author of "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans": COULTER
- 21. Fix: NEUTER
- 22. Crown cover: ENAMEL
- 23. McMansion's storage: THREECARGARAGE
- 25. Santa ___: MONICA
- 26. It may be stroked or crushed: EGO
- 27. Difficulties: WOES
- 28. Remove the last drop from: WRINGDRY
- 30. Qualifier: PRELIM
- 33. Test ___: PREP
- 35. Have a balance: OWE
- 36. Religious office: SEE
- 37. Attack on sacred custom: LESEMAJESTE
- 39. Dotty?: PIXELATED
- 43. Brief letter sign-off: YRS
- 44. ___ Nashville Records: MCA
- 45. "___-haw!": YEE
- 47. Greek characters: XIS
- 48. "Camelot" co-writer: LOEWE
- 50. Piece of road construction equipment: CONCRETEPUMP
- 56. Grassy expanse: SWARD
- 58. Exams with analytical reasoning parts: Abbr.: LSATS
- 60. Grp. with the platinum album "Out of the Blue": ELO
- 61. Graf ___: SPEE
- 62. Look for: AWAIT
- 63. Marshmallowy treat: SMORE
- 64. Vodka with a Chocolat Razberi flavor: STOLI
- 66. Keeps: HAS
- 67. Lot: FAIRAMOUNT
- 69. Badgering: HARASSMENT
- 71. Great leveler: TNT
- 72. Lawyer Davis who served in the Clinton and Bush administrations: LANNY
- 73. Marseille morning: MATIN
- 74. Buenos ___: AIRES
- 75. Make a big stink: REEK
- 77. Went undercover: HID
- 78. New ID badge recipient: HIREE
- 79. Gaffe: BONER
- 80. What the Red Baron engaged in: AERIALCOMBAT
- 83. Sly one: SNEAK
- 85. Symbol of Horus: EYE
- 86. Tic-tac-toe winner: OOO
- 87. Big do: FRO
- 88. TV series for which Quentin Tarantino has written and directed: CSI
- 91. Generally speaking: ONAVERAGE
- 96. Famous: WIDELYKNOWN
- 101. "Sure": YES
- 102. Clear tables: BUS
- 103. Jolly Roger pirate: SMEE
- 104. Tropical vines: LIANES
- 105. Jordan feature: SPACEJAM
- 109. Barn seat: BALE
- 111. ___ Tour: PGA
- 112. "Hot" dish: TAMALE
- 113. They may keep you on your toes: BALLETSLIPPERS
- 120. Pass: ELAPSE
- 121. "You betcha!": OHYEAH
- 122. Four-star figure: ADMIRAL
- 123. Dishwasher, at times: RINSER
- 124. February forecasts: SLEETS
- 125. Comes in behind: LOSESTO
down
- 1. Election results abbr.: PCT
- 2. Primitive radio receiver: COHERER
- 3. British novelist Anthony: BURGESS
- 4. Chant after a soccer score: OLEOLE
- 5. Gobbled: ATE
- 6. ___ center: REC
- 7. Start of a Scrabble game: DRAW
- 8. Tees off: ANGERS
- 9. One may be doll-size: TEASET
- 10. Biter, maybe: CUR
- 11. ___ loss: ATA
- 12. One White of rock's White Stripes: MEG
- 13. Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reign: PREWWI
- 14. Hard-to-turn vehicle: SEMI
- 15. Before you know it: ANON
- 16. Designer Helmut: LANG
- 17. Surrounded by: AMIDST
- 18. Order: DECREE
- 19. Stood out at stand-up?: SLAYED
- 24. One thrown at a rodeo: ROPE
- 29. Ancient Roman king: REX
- 30. Wield: PLY
- 31. Any Mount Olympus dweller: IMMORTAL
- 32. Like some rioters: MACED
- 34. Provider of a trip across a desert?: PEYOTE
- 35. Well-financed grp.?: OPEC
- 38. Boxer's target: JAW
- 40. Rhapsodizes over: EXTOLS
- 41. Be flat: LIE
- 42. Sources of some lethal injections: ASPS
- 46. Second lt.'s equivalent: ENS
- 48. Thieves' place: LAIR
- 49. Major Spanish daily: ELMUNDO
- 50. Icon on Amazon: CART
- 51. Hears again, as a case: RETRIES
- 52. Big name in online financial services: ELOAN
- 53. Cry from a balcony, maybe: UPHERE
- 54. Not so nice: MEANER
- 55. Raccoons around campsites, e.g.: PESTS
- 56. River of song: SWANEE
- 57. Many an actor's second job: WAITER
- 59. Vaio manufacturer: SONY
- 62. SAG's partner: AFTRA
- 63. Kind of boom: SONIC
- 64. Make content: SATE
- 65. Golfer nicknamed "Tower": ISAOAOKI
- 68. "Das Lied von der Erde" composer: MAHLER
- 69. Antlered animal: HART
- 70. Stole material: MINK
- 73. Cat calls: MIAOWS
- 76. Eastern European capital: KIEV
- 78. "The Newsroom" channel: HBO
- 79. Emerald, e.g.: BERYL
- 81. "I agree": AYE
- 82. Springfield watering hole: MOES
- 84. Lamar Hunt Trophy org.: NFL
- 88. Some 99-Down: CONGERS
- 89. Curse: SWEARAT
- 90. Connections: INS
- 91. Bar food?: OYSTER
- 92. Indian neighbor: NEPALI
- 93. One way to dress in drag: ASAMAN
- 94. Court inits.: ABA
- 95. Cajun dishes: GUMBOS
- 97. "Whew, that wore me out!": IMBEAT
- 98. Video game losses: DEATHS
- 99. 88-Down, e.g.: EELS
- 100. Brit's diaper: NAPPIE
- 106. Pen parts: CAPS
- 107. Different: ELSE
- 108. Raspberry: JEER
- 110. Carrier that owns the airline Sun d'Or: ELAL
- 114. Rink org.: AHL
- 115. Cleaning solution: LYE
- 116. Daniels who directed "The Butler": LEE
- 117. Words said before a kiss: IDO
- 118. Afts and eves: PMS
- 119. ___-mo: SLO
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