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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 24, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, April 24, 2017. 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
- 45
- 58
Down clues & answers
- 12
- 13
- 59
- 61
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Sunday, April 23, 2017
across
- 1. Italian relatives: MAMMAS
- 7. Part of the earth: CRUST
- 12. ___ Coast, scenic area near Capri: AMALFI
- 18. Brutish sort: GORILLA
- 19. "Dallas" actress ___ J. Wilson: SHEREE
- 20. Mermaids' home in Neverland: LAGOON
- 21. 1938 #1 hit for 68-/70-Across, which was inspired by a nursery rhyme: ATISKETATASKET
- 23. Listless feelings: ENNUIS
- 24. Many August births: LEOS
- 25. Popular pairing with steak au poivre: CABERNET
- 26. Charm: BEGUILE
- 27. And the following: Abbr.: ETSEQ
- 29. Longbow wood: YEW
- 30. Detached: ALOOF
- 32. One for the plus column: ASSET
- 33. Congestion site: SINUS
- 35. Wyatt of the Old West: EARP
- 37. Extremely loud, in music: FFF
- 39. Soft drink brand: DADS
- 40. Love interest for Anastasia in "Anastasia": DIMITRI
- 42. ___ Reports: CONSUMER
- 45. Suffix with sheep or hawk: ISH
- 48. Vintner's cask: TUN
- 49. Old car named for an explorer: DESOTO
- 51. Elder Lannister son on "Game of Thrones": JAIME
- 53. Stone Age relics: NEOLITHS
- 56. Piñata smasher, maybe: NINO
- 57. "___ parvis magna" ("Greatness from small beginnings": Lat.): SIC
- 58. H.S. big shots: SRS
- 60. Talk endlessly to: JAWAT
- 61. Act like: APE
- 63. Illustrator software maker: ADOBE
- 65. Kama ___: SUTRA
- 67. For grades 1-12, briefly: ELHI
- 68. With 70-Across, nickname for a celebrated performer born on April 25, 1917: LADY
- 70. See 68-Across: ELLA
- 71. Dreary: GRAY
- 72. Dog whose tail curls over the back: SPITZ
- 74. Great Lakes natives: ERIES
- 76. Sister of Helios and Selene: EOS
- 77. Polish coin: ZLOTY
- 78. Promising action on a fishing line: TUG
- 79. Picks out of a lineup, informally: IDS
- 81. Letter-shaped fastener: TNUT
- 83. Button on the bottom of a multipage form: CONTINUE
- 85. Ring: PHONE
- 87. Frank: HOTDOG
- 89. Rapa ___ (locale of many monoliths): NUI
- 90. Sports team V.I.P.s: GMS
- 91. Set piece?: TVCAMERA
- 93. Natural history museum sights: FOSSILS
- 96. Turkish title: AGHA
- 98. Road offense, for short: DUI
- 99. The hots: LUST
- 100. Bluish shades: TEALS
- 103. Green who was a four-time vocal coach on "The Voice": CEELO
- 105. Question asked while extending the hand, maybe: TRUCE
- 108. Reassuring touch: PAT
- 110. Fixture on a fishing dock: SCALE
- 112. One state symbol of Massachusetts: ELMTREE
- 114. Introduces slowly: PHASESIN
- 117. Record label that looks like the name of a radio station: KTEL
- 118. Lao-tzu follower: TAOIST
- 119. Notable quote by 68-/70-Across: ISINGLIKEIFEEL
- 121. Set oneself right, in a way: ATONED
- 122. Five Pillars of Islam, e.g.: TENETS
- 123. "Bonehead" and "numbskull," e.g.: INSULTS
- 124. Solitudinarians: LONERS
- 125. State representatives?: STARS
- 126. Ride and Field: SALLYS
down
- 1. Sacred choral works: MOTETS
- 2. Melodic passages: ARIOSI
- 3. Accidentally hit "reply all" on, say: MISSEND
- 4. Jan. inits.: MLK
- 5. "Smart" one: ALEC
- 6. Skewered Asian dish: SATAY
- 7. Arctic food fish: CHAR
- 8. Close again, as a purse: RESNAP
- 9. "Family Matters" ubernerd: URKEL
- 10. Manage: SEETO
- 11. Winter celebration abroad: TET
- 12. Sheltered at sea: ALEE
- 13. Japanese comic style: MANGA
- 14. Mass recitation: AGNUSDEI
- 15. Repeated collaborator with 68-/70-Across: LOUISARMSTRONG
- 16. Thwarted: FOILED
- 17. Maps of Alaska and Hawaii, often: INSETS
- 18. Big blow: GALE
- 19. Flight attendant: STEWARD
- 22. Red as ___: ABEET
- 26. Close buds: BFFS
- 28. "Enough already!": QUITIT
- 31. Be ___ use: OFNO
- 34. Unlikely book club recommendation: SMUT
- 36. Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette ___": RIEN
- 38. Name on a blimp: FUJI
- 41. Gets some air: INHALES
- 42. ___ Nast (magazine publisher): CONDE
- 43. Good name for an Irish carpenter?: OTOOLE
- 44. Bubs: MACS
- 45. For laughs: INJEST
- 46. Arctic young 'un: SEALPUP
- 47. Signature tune of 68-/70-Across: HOWHIGHTHEMOON
- 50. One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills": SIA
- 52. Slip in a book: ERRATUM
- 54. Café additive: LAIT
- 55. Trade jabs (with): SPAR
- 57. Flavors: SEASONS
- 59. Approve: SAYYES
- 62. Hollywood job title: EDITOR
- 64. Freedom Caucus, e.g.: BLOC
- 66. Wrinkly fruit: UGLI
- 69. Gossipmonger: YENTA
- 73. Portion of a penny: ZINC
- 75. Where Nice is en France: SUD
- 77. Tough draws in the game Bananagrams: ZTILES
- 80. No fun, as a party: DEAD
- 82. Vegan staple: TOFU
- 84. Van Gogh's "Le Café de ___": NUIT
- 86. Beverage sponsor of the old "Little Orphan Annie" radio show: OVALTINE
- 87. One in line?: HEIR
- 88. Biblical quartet: GOSPELS
- 92. Silence: MUTE
- 94. East German secret police: STASI
- 95. Quantity of toys on Santa's sleigh: SACKFUL
- 96. Perfumer's liquid: ACETAL
- 97. Summer piazza treat: GELATO
- 99. Near ringer: LEANER
- 101. Nowadays: LATELY
- 102. Occurrences in the 30s, say: SLEETS
- 104. Skating champ Brian: ORSER
- 106. Sore: UPSET
- 107. Setting for a fine meal: CHINA
- 109. Polynesian carvings: TIKIS
- 111. Bracket shapes: ELLS
- 113. Takeoff figs.: ETDS
- 115. Three-stripers: Abbr.: SGTS
- 116. Singer with the 1984 hit "99 Luftballons": NENA
- 119. Part of T.G.I.F.: ITS
- 120. Cuba or Catalina: Abbr.: ISL
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