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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 1, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 1, 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
- 20
- 28
- 43
- 53
Down clues & answers
- 5
- 8
- 12
- 23
- 37
- 47
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
across
- 1. What an urgent message may be in: ALLCAPS
- 8. Person in handcuffs, for short: PERP
- 12. The Fonz, for one: GREASER
- 19. Dish site, maybe: ROOFTOP
- 20. Leaf: FOLIO
- 21. Stuffed, in Mexican cuisine: RELLENO
- 22. Flip-flop: SWITCHPOSITIONS
- 24. Puts on: AFFECTS
- 25. Times for many Tours tours: ETES
- 26. Holds up: ROBS
- 27. Juniors: SONS
- 29. Mentalist Geller: URI
- 30. ___ Tamid (synagogue lamp): NER
- 31. Question asked at the cash register: CREDITORDEBIT
- 35. Match: AGREE
- 37. Drink with mint or lemon: ICETEA
- 39. Ed of "Up": ASNER
- 40. See 46-Across: RECRUITER
- 42. Persistent: CHRONIC
- 44. It may require a password: WIFI
- 46. With 40-Across, visitor on high-school career day: ARMY
- 47. Spot for a shopping list: MEMOPAD
- 51. Collect: REAP
- 53. Some email attachments: PDFS
- 56. Travis who sang "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'": TRITT
- 59. Occasion to learn a secret handshake: INITIATIONRITE
- 63. Opposite of fast: EAT
- 64. Man of morals: AESOP
- 66. Blackening: TARRING
- 67. Tangle of hair: MAT
- 68. Spot for vaccinations, for short?: PSA
- 69. Chest organs: THYMUSES
- 71. Q neighbors: RST
- 72. Knock unconscious: COLDCOCK
- 74. Q neighbor: TAB
- 75. Apartment ad abbr.: RMS
- 76. Playful: JOCULAR
- 78. Q preceder, in song: SUSIE
- 79. Passing note?: OBIT
- 80. Fib: LITTLEWHITELIE
- 83. Romance writers' awards: RITAS
- 84. ___ buco: OSSO
- 86. "Amazing Grace" verse ender: ISEE
- 87. Bush campaigns?: SAFARIS
- 89. Ho-hum response: YAWN
- 91. Pet cause, in brief: SPCA
- 94. French city known for its porcelain: LIMOGES
- 98. Laugh uproariously: BUSTAGUT
- 101. Powerhouse in women's b-ball: UCONN
- 105. "... or I quit!," e.g.: THREAT
- 106. Trophies for Tiger Woods and LeBron James: ESPYS
- 107. Way to get to know a father in law?: PATERNITYSUIT
- 110. Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Cyclones: ISU
- 111. King of Portugal: REI
- 112. Regarding: ASTO
- 113. Actor Bremner of "Black Hawk Down": EWEN
- 114. One side of the Bosporus strait: ASIA
- 115. Lead-up to mating: ENDGAME
- 118. Stay cool ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme: KEEPITTOGETHER
- 123. It might land you in a trap: TEESHOT
- 124. Singer with an eponymous 1956 #1 album: ELVIS
- 125. Persona non grata: OUTCAST
- 126. Melodic passages: STRAINS
- 127. Fossey who was "in the mist": DIAN
- 128. Ones who say "We'll be right back": TVHOSTS
down
- 1. What gets As in chemistry?: ARSENIC
- 2. Hardly electronic wizardry: LOWTECH
- 3. One who's outstanding?: LOITERER
- 4. Ozone destroyers, for short: CFCS
- 5. Phys ed dept.: ATH
- 6. Carbonated drink: POP
- 7. Reproduction unit: SPORE
- 8. Cause of Romeo's death: POISON
- 9. "Xanadu" group, for short: ELO
- 10. ___ Tin Tin: RIN
- 11. Group surrounding a star: POSSE
- 12. Curling stone stone: GRANITE
- 13. Makes the calls: REFS
- 14. Keebler baker: ELF
- 15. Carbonated drink: ALE
- 16. Landlord's request: SECURITYDEPOSIT
- 17. Something with two sides?: ENTREE
- 18. More promising: ROSIER
- 20. Activity-tracking devices: FITBITS
- 23. Carbonated drink: SODA
- 28. Newswoman Soledad: OBRIEN
- 31. End of geologic time?: CENE
- 32. "The Evil Dead" director: RAIMI
- 33. "<<" button: Abbr.: REW
- 34. Wash'n ___ (towelette brand): DRI
- 35. Flight board abbr.: ARR
- 36. Oscar-winning Hanks role: GUMP
- 38. Beat it: TOMTOM
- 41. What a star may denote: CAPITAL
- 43. Doesn't accept, say: CONTESTS
- 45. Throat problem: FROG
- 48. Hummus holders: PITAS
- 49. Cause of inflation?: AIR
- 50. Lawyer who defended Leopold and Loeb: DARROW
- 52. Relating to heraldry: ARMORIAL
- 54. Tissue surrounding a muscle: FASCIA
- 55. What's at risk: STAKES
- 56. Something hard to get off your chest?: TATTOO
- 57. Places to get clean: REHABS
- 58. Climber in a children's rhyme: ITSYBITSYSPIDER
- 60. N.Y.U.'s ___ School of the Arts: TISCH
- 61. Senses: INTUITS
- 62. Terminal info, for short: ETDS
- 65. It's a stitch: PURL
- 70. Striking down: SMITING
- 72. Baby whale: CALF
- 73. Arrow on a screen: CURSOR
- 76. Private transportation?: JEEP
- 77. Shepherd's place: LEA
- 81. Anne Rice antihero: LESTAT
- 82. "It was you," à la Verdi: ERITU
- 85. Like Cheerios: OATY
- 88. Paintball cry: IMHIT
- 90. "I wish I ___ [sic] homeward bound": Paul Simon: WAS
- 92. Signal: CUE
- 93. Horizontal: Abbr.: ACR
- 95. Kimono-clad hostesses: GEISHAS
- 96. Like Monday crosswords: EASIEST
- 97. English royal family: STUARTS
- 98. Hats for artistes: BERETS
- 99. Early online forum: USENET
- 100. Overturns: UPSETS
- 102. The first to go on a strike, usually: ONEPIN
- 103. Dummies: NITWITS
- 104. Duma dissent: NYET
- 108. Took a hit: TOKED
- 109. Hoity-toity sort: SNOOT
- 112. Patron god of ancient Thebes: AMON
- 114. Record label for Cream and Sonny & Cher: ATCO
- 116. Federal management org.: GSA
- 117. Tuna type: AHI
- 119. Giant Manning: ELI
- 120. Señora Perón: EVA
- 121. Statehouse resident, informally: GUV
- 122. Archaic verb ending: ETH
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