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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 28, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 28, 2014. 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
- 14
- 22
- 41
- 47
- 51
Down clues & answers
- 18
- 37
- 39
- 40
- 48
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
across
- 1. Sandwiches with toothpicks: BLTS
- 5. Corner key: CTRL
- 9. Refuse: CHAFF
- 14. Alternative to texted: IMED
- 18. European capital, to natives: PRAHA
- 19. Discipline: AREA
- 20. Jimmy ___, "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoonist: HATLO
- 21. "Le Roi d'Ys" composer: LALO
- 22. Telephone line: SORRYWRONGNUMBER
- 25. "___ Eyes" (1975 Eagles hit): LYIN
- 26. "Let ___": ITGO
- 27. Dash: RACE
- 28. Union gain?: INLAW
- 29. Gut feeling?: AGITA
- 30. Cruise line: SHOWMETHEMONEY
- 33. Like one's favorite radio stations, typically: PRESET
- 34. Perfect, e.g.: TENSE
- 35. Sarcastic retort: IBET
- 36. Played out: TRITE
- 37. San ___, Calif.: RAMON
- 40. "Double" or "triple" feat: AXEL
- 41. Special somethings: DOOZIES
- 43. Late actor Wallach: ELI
- 44. Vinyl-roofed car: LANDAU
- 48. Butler's quarters?: TARA
- 49. Tickle Me Elmo maker: TYCO
- 51. Like: DIG
- 52. Story line: ONCEUPONATIME
- 56. First two words of "Dixie," often: OHI
- 57. Longtime baseball union exec Donald: FEHR
- 59. Loudmouth's talk: YAP
- 60. Romance novelist Roberts: NORA
- 61. ___ de Champlain, founder of Quebec: SAMUEL
- 63. Like the Marx Brothers: ANTIC
- 65. Pinched: RIPPEDOFF
- 69. Interprets: READS
- 70. Car featured in the "Transformers" movies: CAMARO
- 72. Country with the most all-time medals in Olympic baseball: CUBA
- 73. Pathet ___ (old revolutionary group): LAO
- 75. Fit of fever: AGUE
- 76. Capt.'s prediction: ETA
- 77. Finish line: THATSALLFOLKS
- 82. Draft pick: ALE
- 83. Astronaut Slayton: DEKE
- 85. Email virus, power outage, etc.: WOES
- 86. Formal confession: ITWASI
- 87. Iraq War danger, for short: IED
- 88. Maze feature: DEADEND
- 90. Shake off: SHED
- 92. Names hidden in Al Hirschfeld drawings: NINAS
- 94. Gown accessory: STOLE
- 95. Politician's goal: SEAT
- 96. Hunt in "Mission: Impossible": ETHAN
- 99. Small pellets of noodle dough in Jewish cuisine: FARFEL
- 101. Fault line: ITSNOTYOUITSME
- 106. Foreign princes: EMIRS
- 107. Hogan contemporary: SNEAD
- 108. Road shoulder: BERM
- 109. Stove cover: HOOD
- 110. Old Venetian V.I.P.: DOGE
- 111. Laugh line: TAKEMYWIFEPLEASE
- 114. "I Ain't Marching Anymore" singer/songwriter: OCHS
- 115. Bayer brand: ALEVE
- 116. Picture problem: BLUR
- 117. Some spinners, informally: PRMEN
- 118. Chris who played Mr. Big on "Sex and the City": NOTH
- 119. Lets go of: CEDES
- 120. Gallic greeting: ALLO
- 121. Spanish 3 + 3: SEIS
down
- 1. Stock: BROTH
- 2. Slow: LARGO
- 3. Target, as a football receiver: THROWTO
- 4. Approximately: SAY
- 5. Cartier units: CARATS
- 6. Throat soother: TROCHE
- 7. Name meaning "born again": RENEE
- 8. Trail: LAG
- 9. French connection?: CHUNNEL
- 10. Exemplar of indecision: HAMLET
- 11. How an angry dog should be kept: ATBAY
- 12. Zipped: FLEW
- 13. Endorsing: FOR
- 14. Help line: ILLGETIT
- 15. Date line: MAYISEEYOUAGAIN
- 16. A-list: ELITE
- 17. Robert who played filmdom's Mr. Chips: DONAT
- 18. Trident-shaped letters: PSIS
- 23. House ___: WREN
- 24. Weeper of myth: NIOBE
- 29. Only non-Southern state won by the G.O.P. in '64: ARIZ
- 31. College in Atherton, Calif.: MENLO
- 32. Confusion: MIXUP
- 33. Some charity events: PROAMS
- 36. Famous Amos: TORI
- 37. Embarrassed: REDFACED
- 38. Put off: ALIENATED
- 39. Power line: MIGHTMAKESRIGHT
- 40. Org. with the Sullivan Award for character, leadership and sportsmanship: AAU
- 41. Baud measurement: DATAFLOW
- 42. I.R.S. form with a line for "Casualty and Theft Losses": SCHEDULEA
- 45. "___ calls?": ANY
- 46. Birthplace of Pres. Polk: NCAR
- 47. Drew: DEPICTED
- 48. Starch source: TARO
- 50. Canola, soybean and peanut: OILSEEDS
- 53. Former center of Los Angeles: ONEAL
- 54. Affirmative action: NOD
- 55. Listen here: EAR
- 58. Coastline feature: RIA
- 62. Start of an apology: MEA
- 64. PC component: CRT
- 66. Mug: PUSS
- 67. Alley org.: PBA
- 68. F.D.R.'s Scottie: FALA
- 71. "There's always next time!": OHWELL
- 74. Initials, in a way: OKS
- 78. Bang-up: AONE
- 79. Almost stop with the head facing the wind, as a ship: LIETO
- 80. Blooming business?: FTD
- 81. 1967 war locale: SINAI
- 84. Subway line: EATFRESH
- 89. Executes: DOES
- 90. Bagel toppers: SESAMES
- 91. Good to have around: HANDY
- 93. Pitched right over the plate: INTHERE
- 95. Work on the docks: STEEVE
- 96. Hottie: EYEFUL
- 97. Ring leader?: TORERO
- 98. Something to get over: HUMP
- 99. Had for a meal: FEDON
- 100. Discontinued gas brand: AMOCO
- 101. Signed: INKED
- 102. Govt. security: TBILL
- 103. "Me, too!": SOAMI
- 104. Law man: MOSES
- 105. Fall setting: EDEN
- 107. Closing act?: SALE
- 111. Part of a winning combination: TAC
- 112. Ring org.: WBA
- 113. Discophile's collection: LPS
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- Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
- Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Crossword-solving habits worth building
- Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
- Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
- Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
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