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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 12, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, June 12, 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
- 34
Down clues & answers
- 4
- 12
- 43
- 55
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across
- 1. Zip along: GOFAST
- 7. Example of 22- and of 65-Across: HOMER
- 12. Conscience-stricken: ABASHED
- 19. Opposites of alphas: OMEGAS
- 20. It may be grand: FINALE
- 21. "Hah!": SOTHERE
- 22. 7- and 112-Across: BASEBALLTERMS
- 24. Flashing lights: STROBES
- 25. What scouts gather: INTEL
- 26. Intentions: AIMS
- 27. Donkey's call: HEEHAW
- 29. Naval engineer: SEABEE
- 31. Example of 65-Across and 39-Down: FROST
- 33. Subsides slowly: EBBS
- 37. Org. for ex-G.I.s: VFW
- 40. Diddley and Derek: BOS
- 41. Farewells in Florence: CIAOS
- 42. Take temporarily: BORROW
- 44. First lady before Bess: ELEANOR
- 47. 116-Across and 96-Down: HANDTOOLS
- 49. Levin who wrote "A Kiss Before Dying": IRA
- 50. Silver, for example, in the opening to TV's "The Lone Ranger": REARER
- 51. Torah receptacles: ARKS
- 52. A professional may need one to practice: Abbr.: LIC
- 53. Work unit: DAY
- 54. Intimates: GETSAT
- 55. Wash'n ___ (towelette brand): DRI
- 56. Caribbean land whose capital is St. George's: GRENADA
- 59. It'll knock you out: ETHER
- 60. Ricochet: CAROM
- 62. Ambition for an actor: LEADROLE
- 64. In view: SEEN
- 65. 7- and 31-Across: FAMOUSPOETS
- 67. "So long," for short: TTYL
- 69. Part of a machine assembly: DRIVEROD
- 71. Like Odin or Thor: NORSE
- 72. Titter: TEHEE
- 73. Some scratchy attire: WOOLENS
- 74. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?": SIE
- 75. Lowest points: NADIRS
- 76. Car for which you "Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her whine," in a 1964 hit: GTO
- 78. Land in the Seine: ILE
- 79. "I cannot tell ___": ALIE
- 81. "Nuh-uh!": IDONOT
- 82. Film critic Christopher: ORR
- 83. 112-Across and 96-Down: CARDSUITS
- 86. Dress adornment: SPANGLE
- 87. Lathers (up): SUDSES
- 89. Not esos or estos: OTROS
- 90. Coiled killer: BOA
- 91. Nikon product, for short: SLR
- 92. "___ Rebel" (1962 #1 hit): HESA
- 93. Example of 34-Down and 108-Across: TRAIN
- 94. Dimes, essentially: TENTHS
- 97. Straight: LINEAR
- 100. "Othello" traitor: IAGO
- 101. Milky gems: OPALS
- 105. Admit: ALLOWIN
- 108. 93- and 116-Across: MEANSOFTRAVEL
- 112. Example of 83- and 22-Across: DIAMOND
- 113. "Little Women" author: ALCOTT
- 114. Ruined: UNDONE
- 115. Dead Sea Scrolls sect: ESSENES
- 116. Example of 108- and 47-Across: PLANE
- 117. "See ya!": BYENOW
down
- 1. Desert crossed by the Silk Road: GOBI
- 2. Gulf state: OMAN
- 3. Celebration: FEST
- 4. Writer/critic James and family: AGEES
- 5. Animal with luxurious fur: SABLE
- 6. Org. with a "3-1-1" rule: TSA
- 7. Twenty-one words: HITME
- 8. Give ___ all: ONES
- 9. Damage: MAR
- 10. Blight victim: ELM
- 11. Film again: RESHOOT
- 12. Money in the bank, e.g.: ASSET
- 13. This and that: BOTH
- 14. Razor brand: ATRA
- 15. Example of 39- and 34-Down: SHOWER
- 16. Lang. heard in Haifa: HEB
- 17. Before, to a bard: ERE
- 18. ___ Moines: DES
- 20. Bugs about the trash: FLIES
- 23. Toil: LABOR
- 28. Competitor of Petro-Canada: ESSO
- 30. Scrub, as a mission: ABORT
- 31. Squealer: FINK
- 32. They may be high in a fallout zone: RADS
- 34. 93-Across and 15-Down: BRIDALTHINGS
- 35. When repeated, a Polynesian getaway: BORA
- 36. What trees do in fierce storms: SWAY
- 37. Is on the brink: VERGES
- 38. Passed quickly: FLEETED
- 39. 31-Across and 15-Down: WEATHERWORDS
- 41. Len of stage and screen: CARIOU
- 42. They're often pulled at night: BLINDS
- 43. 13½" gold-plated figure: OSCAR
- 45. Hall of fame: ARSENIO
- 46. A mere stone's throw from: NEAR
- 47. Upscale London retailer: HARRODS
- 48. Fatty acid compound: OLEATE
- 55. One of a pair of best friends in Greek legend: DAMON
- 56. Heights of achievement: GLORIES
- 57. Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde": REESE
- 58. Fussed over, as a grandchild: DOTEDON
- 60. Like some diplomats: CAREER
- 61. AOL alternative: MSN
- 63. Skeptical response: EYEROLL
- 65. Dudes: FELLAS
- 66. Puts forward: POSITS
- 68. Holt of NBC News: LESTER
- 70. Part in an animated film: VOICE
- 72. "Well, look what I did!": TADA
- 75. Lightly bite: NIPAT
- 76. Word of wonder: GOSH
- 77. "Really!": TRUE
- 79. Ear: Prefix: AURI
- 80. Den denizen: LION
- 84. ___ the Explorer: DORA
- 85. Guide to studying the night sky: STARMAP
- 86. What "Mc-" means in a name: SONOF
- 88. Richard Strauss opera: SALOME
- 90. Sired, biblically: BEGOT
- 93. Is disposed: TENDS
- 94. Need for a professional designer: TASTE
- 95. ___ toad: HORNY
- 96. Example of 47- and of 83-Across: SPADE
- 98. Excited cry in a casino: IWON
- 99. Highest score in baccarat: NINE
- 100. Privy to: INON
- 102. ___ Barksdale, drug dealer on "The Wire": AVON
- 103. Jay who preceded Jimmy: LENO
- 104. Big bunch: SLEW
- 105. Juice drink: ADE
- 106. Fleur-de-___: LIS
- 107. ___ Palmas, Spain: LAS
- 109. 90° bend: ELL
- 110. Obama health law, for short: ACA
- 111. Old, clumsy ship: TUB
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