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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 25, 2016
Monday, July 25, 2016
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 25, 2016. 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
- 18
- 45
- 65
Down clues & answers
- 1
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Sunday, July 24, 2016
across
- 1. Note in the B major scale: ASHARP
- 7. Platter letters: RPM
- 10. Boston megaproject completed in 2007, informally: BIGDIG
- 16. Semiformal jacket: BLAZER
- 17. Item of winter gear with multiple straps: SKIBOOT
- 21. Touch down, say: ARRIVE
- 22. Bro's greeting: YODUDE
- 23. Sarcastic "Wonderful!": OHGREAT
- 24. Word after smart or sugar: COOKIE
- 25. Some female athletic gear: SPORTSBRAS
- 27. Pinstriped team: THEYANKEES
- 29. Cybercrime target, for short: SSN
- 30. Newsman Brown: AARON
- 31. ___ manual: USERS
- 32. Sacramento-to-San Diego dir.: SSE
- 33. Grade to be concerned about: DPLUS
- 34. Pass, of sorts: BYE
- 37. Bothers: TODOS
- 39. Admire oneself a little too much: PRETEEN
- 42. Homer Simpson exclamation: DOETH
- 44. -: MINUETS
- 48. Healthy yogurt mix-ins: OATS
- 49. One not looking for an expensive night on the town: CHEAPDATE
- 52. Precollege: ELHI
- 53. High degree in math?: NTH
- 54. Bris official: MOHEL
- 56. Approached aggressively: RANAT
- 59. Scout group: DEN
- 60. Expired: DIETED
- 62. Occupied, as a seat: TAKETEN
- 66. "___ over" (dispiriting message): GAMETE
- 68. Latin for "of the sun": SOLARIS
- 70. They can sleep if you play with them: YOYOS
- 71. Arctic lights: AURORAS
- 72. Washington suburb: MCLEAN
- 74. Palindromic elemento: ORO
- 75. PC task-switching combo: ALTTAB
- 76. Twosome: DUETO
- 78. Stripe on a zebra, e.g.: MARKETING
- 81. The pack in a six-pack: ABETS
- 84. Legendary Bruin: ORR
- 85. A kid may exchange it for money: TOOTH
- 87. Capone rival: MORAN
- 89. P: RHO
- 90. "Silent Spring" subject: DDT
- 91. 1970s-'80s craze that's the theme of this puzzle: SPACEINVADERS
- 95. Radio format: RAP
- 96. Anise-flavored drink: OUZO
- 98. Bettering: ENHANCEMENT
- 99. Loch Ness monster, e.g.: MYTH
- 100. Lat. or Lith., once: SSR
- 102. One who's been tapped on the shoulder?: SIR
- 103. Big name in electronics: RCA
- 106. Cry from the enlightened: AHA
- 108. Defunct spy org.: OSS
- 110. Response on un questionnaire: OUI
- 112. Mission requirement: ROCKETFUEL
- 116. Place to get drunk before getting high?: AIRPORTBAR
- 121. Inspiration for "Lolita": ANNABELLEE
- 122. Alfredo, for one: CREAMSAUCE
- 123. "Never ___ Give You Up" (1988 #1 hit): GONNA
- 124. Sometimes-sung pieces: ODES
- 125. Scraped (out): EKED
- 126. Ball to keep an eye on: EIGHT
down
- 1. No miniature gulf: ABYSS
- 2. Pours poorly: SLOPS
- 3. Wore: HADON
- 4. Color of la Méditerranée: AZUR
- 5. Some complications: REDTAPE
- 6. Event for select customers: PRESALE
- 7. Ocean eyesores: RIGS
- 8. Six-pack inits.: PBR
- 9. Chandon's partner: MOET
- 10. Common Coke go-with: BACARDI
- 11. Affixes, as a patch: IRONSON
- 12. Grasp intuitively: GROK
- 13. Sights in New Orleans: DIKES
- 14. Prestigious school group: IVIES
- 15. Noisy flight crew?: GEESE
- 17. George on an annual Forbes list: SOROS
- 18. ___ Academy (means of online education): KHAN
- 19. Iolani palace locale: OAHU
- 20. Statistical tool for comparing means: TTEST
- 26. It may start at 10: BRUNCH
- 28. Buckingham Palace guards: YEOMEN
- 33. Detoxing hurdle, for short: DTS
- 34. Tree hugger?: BOA
- 35. "You betcha!": YEP
- 36. It may change because of weather, in brief: ETD
- 38. Not let bygones be bygones, say: SUE
- 39. Golf course obstacles: PONDS
- 40. 24/7, for instance: RATIO
- 41. Friend of Lucy Ricardo: ETHELMERTZ
- 42. Live broadcast feature, oxymoronically: DELAY
- 43. Symbols of speed: HARES
- 45. Fruit used in wines and syrups: ELDERBERRY
- 46. Trig angle symbol: THETA
- 47. Trig's law of ___: SINES
- 50. Agitated, with "up": HET
- 51. Beach shade: TAN
- 54. Popular reds: MERLOTS
- 55. Yellow dog of the funnies: ODIE
- 57. Bust ___ (guffaw): AGUT
- 58. Highlands designs: TARTANS
- 61. Politician's asset: TACT
- 63. Palindromic nut: KOOK
- 64. Literary governess: EYRE
- 65. Palindromic blast: TOOT
- 67. Biblical kingdom: MOAB
- 69. Language with only 14 letters: SAMOAN
- 71. Nelson ___, "The Man With the Golden Arm" novelist: ALGREN
- 73. "You betcha!": NATCH
- 75. Jumper cable connection: ANODE
- 76. Dummy: DODO
- 77. Language that gave us "punch": URDU
- 79. Sister of Cronus: RHEA
- 80. Eastern ecclesiastic: IMAM
- 82. Unnamed object: THAT
- 83. 10th: Abbr.: SOPH
- 86. Manage: OPERATE
- 88. Sketchy place?: ARTROOM
- 92. Parts of sneakers: INSOLES
- 93. Spinoff series with two spinoffs of its own: NCIS
- 94. Luxury Italian label: VERSACE
- 97. Certain Honshu resident: OSAKAN
- 99. Umbrella holder, maybe: MAITAI
- 101. Queen of ___: SHEBA
- 104. Sleeping Beauty was under one: CURSE
- 105. OB/GYN's prefix with -gram: SONO
- 107. "___ Lang Syne": AULD
- 109. Advertising buzzword: FREE
- 111. Apiece: EACH
- 112. It may collect dust: RAG
- 113. Fareed Zakaria's channel: CNN
- 114. ___-Jo ('80s track star): FLO
- 115. Specialty shoe spec: EEE
- 117. Bother: IRK
- 118. Digs: PAD
- 119. Bother: BUG
- 120. Not working anymore: Abbr.: RET
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