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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 15, 2018
Monday, January 15, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, January 15, 2018. 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
- 35
- 45
- 58
Down clues & answers
- 49
- 51
- 62
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Sunday, January 14, 2018
across
- 1. Mike who was the 2017 N.B.A. Coach of the Year: DANTONI
- 8. Presidential advisory grp.: NSC
- 11. Covers: ALIASES
- 18. Worked on some screenwriting?: EMAILED
- 19. Major work: OPUS
- 21. Like the French directors Eric Rohmer and Jean-Luc Godard: NEWWAVE
- 22. Poseur: WANNABE
- 23. Kid's creation out of pillows: FORT
- 24. Kind of elephant: ASIATIC
- 25. Last monarch of the House of Stuart: ANNE
- 26. Destructive sort: SABOTEUR
- 29. Photographer Adams: ANSEL
- 30. Lines in geometry: RAYS
- 31. Android's counterpart: IOS
- 32. ___ Xtra (soda): PIBB
- 34. Scoundrel: HEEL
- 36. Worked from home?: UMPED
- 39. Cease communication: GODARK
- 41. Bug-studying org.: NSA
- 42. Steinbeck novella set in La Paz: THEPEARL
- 46. Topic for Sun Tzu: WAR
- 47. Has as a tenant: RENTSTO
- 49. Shakespearean king: HENRYVI
- 50. Retired chat service: AIM
- 51. Military term of address: SIR
- 52. Perry of fashion: ELLIS
- 53. "I knew that would happen!": CALLEDIT
- 58. "Twelfth Night" twin: VIOLA
- 62. Thin pancake: BLIN
- 63. Spa treatment: PEEL
- 64. Flowery: ORNATE
- 66. ___ Nation (record label for Jay-Z and J. Cole): ROC
- 67. Illegal interference ... or what can be found in this puzzle's 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows?: OBSTRUCTIONOFJUSTICE
- 71. Stewbum: SOT
- 72. Noted brand of guitars: IBANEZ
- 73. Use an ice pack on: NUMB
- 74. What a conductor might conduct: HEAT
- 75. Online admin: SYSOP
- 77. Where a big bowl is found: PASADENA
- 79. Indication to bow slowly, say: LENTO
- 80. Creator of the "Planet Money" podcast: NPR
- 82. Like a boiled lobster: RED
- 83. Buoy: HEARTEN
- 85. Poe ode: TOHELEN
- 89. Nicknamed: AKA
- 90. Largest moon in the solar system: GANYMEDE
- 91. Got down: ATE
- 92. Discharges: EGESTS
- 94. Reasons for sneezin': COLDS
- 95. They might be backless: BRAS
- 97. Fan favorite: IDOL
- 98. Frequent Twitter poster: BOT
- 99. Thick hairstyle: SHAG
- 103. For the case at hand: ADHOC
- 105. Hooded cloak: CAPUCHIN
- 109. Home to the historic Moana Hotel: OAHU
- 110. Connecticut city near New Haven: ANSONIA
- 112. ___ speak: SOTO
- 113. Kind of race: MAYORAL
- 115. Dum-dums: STUPIDS
- 116. In ___ (entirely): TOTO
- 117. Bit of advice before taking off?: DIETTIP
- 118. Evasive basketball move: HOPSTEP
- 119. Brooding sort: HEN
- 120. Häagen-Dazs alternative: BREYERS
down
- 1. Big name in Scotch: DEWAR
- 2. Appliance brand: AMANA
- 3. Word before goat or state: NANNY
- 4. Sporks have small ones: TINES
- 5. Suffix with crap: OLA
- 6. Bird bills: NEBS
- 7. Now there's a thought!: IDEA
- 8. Sign by a pool: NOFOOD
- 9. Features of monarch butterfly wings: SPOTS
- 10. Add salt to, maybe: CURE
- 11. Santa ___: ANA
- 12. Former Buick sedans: LESABRES
- 13. "Victory is mine!": IWIN
- 14. Covered with water: AWASH
- 15. Sleek fabrics: SATEENS
- 16. Closest to base?: EVILEST
- 17. Dry, as wine: SEC
- 20. Daze: STUPOR
- 27. Jessica of "The Illusionist": BIEL
- 28. Empty: RID
- 33. Chocolate purchase: BAR
- 35. Language with six tones: LAO
- 36. 180s: UEYS
- 37. Dallas pro: MAV
- 38. Limit on what can be charged: PRICECAP
- 39. "All right, let's play!": GAMEON
- 40. Butcher's stock: KNIVES
- 42. Nickname for Springsteen: THEBOSS
- 43. Comics superhero with filed-off horns: HELLBOY
- 44. Joins forces?: ENLISTS
- 45. Run off: PRINT
- 46. Actor Wheaton: WIL
- 48. Prefix with -nomial: TRI
- 50. Joins forces: ALLIES
- 54. Insurance giant whose name begins with a silent letter: AETNA
- 55. Spoke tediously, with "on": DRONED
- 56. Just for laughs: INFUN
- 57. Marble marvel: TAJMAHAL
- 59. Cuban province where the Castros were born: ORIENTE
- 60. Found (in): LOCATED
- 61. Nail polish remover: ACETONE
- 63. Trivia venue: PUB
- 65. Margarine container: TUB
- 68. Sign of wind on water: RIPPLE
- 69. Range that's home to the Mark Twain National Forest: OZARKS
- 70. Unit of 74-Across: THERM
- 76. It stands for January: ONE
- 78. Raiders' org.: DEA
- 79. Big name in chips: LAYS
- 81. Hamlet's plot in "Hamlet": REGICIDE
- 84. "To what ___?": END
- 85. Bill: TAB
- 86. Italian castle town: OTRANTO
- 87. Advance warning: HEADSUP
- 88. Nancy Drew's boyfriend: NED
- 89. "Finally!": ATLAST
- 90. Roman Empire invader: GOTH
- 93. Part of S.S.N.: Abbr.: SOC
- 94. Wrap tightly: COCOON
- 96. Looks for purchases: SHOPS
- 98. Crested ___ (Colorado ski resort): BUTTE
- 99. Like Santa's suit on December 26: SOOTY
- 100. Short-story writer Bret: HARTE
- 101. The slightest margin: AHAIR
- 102. Shows nervousness, in a way: GULPS
- 104. Taking action: ONIT
- 106. Kids' character who says "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day": POOH
- 107. What has casts of thousands?: IMDB
- 108. Hair removal brand: NAIR
- 110. Grate stuff: ASH
- 111. Potent venom source: ASP
- 114. "___-haw!": YEE
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