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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 16, 2018

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Monday, April 16, 2018

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, April 16, 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.

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Sunday, April 15, 2018

across

1. Sound of a dud: PFFT
5. Personnel overhaul: SHAKEUP
12. End of the block?: ADE
15. Pitcher's feat, slangily: NONO
19. Peace activist Wiesel: ELIE
20. Rear seating compartment in old automobiles: TONNEAU
21. Replaced someone on a base: PINCHRAN
23. Wagers for a gym exercise?: PULLUPSTAKES
25. Big name in luxury S.U.V.s: ESCALADE
26. Successfully persuades: SELLS
27. At the most: TOPS
28. Sub: HOAGIE
30. Opposite of stiff: TIP
31. Figures on slots: SEVENS
33. Bad thing to see under a truck's hood?: PICKUPSTEAM
35. Small breather?: NOSTRIL
38. Customer service worker: AGENT
40. "Man and Superman" playwright: SHAW
41. Anxious feeling: UNEASE
42. Wastebasket or folder, maybe: ICON
43. Avoided trans fats and refined sugars, say: ATERIGHT
47. Part of NASA: Abbr.: NATL
48. Unrecruited athlete's bottleful?: WALKONWATER
52. ___ al-Hussein (Jordanian royal): NOOR
53. Private eye: TEC
55. Word after flight or credit: RISK
56. "Zounds!": EGAD
57. ___ dish: PETRI
58. It's not in the bag: LOOSETEA
61. Intake in many an eating contest: PIE
62. Makes drunk: BESOTS
63. Certain note passer, for short: ATM
64. Timely entrance?: DEADONARRIVAL
69. Kitty: POT
70. "Here's the thing ...": YOUSEE
72. Lawn coating: DEW
73. Grueling workplace, so to speak: SALTMINE
75. Man first mentioned in Exodus 2: MOSES
76. Something removed at a T.S.A. checkpoint: SHOE
78. Purple smoothie flavorer: ACAI
80. German "you": SIE
81. Caught in ___: ALIE
82. Understudy's delivery?: STANDINLINE
85. Nonsense singing: SCAT
88. Closet rackful: NECKTIES
90. Suffer from a lockup: SKID
91. Zeros: LOSERS
93. "Fight, fight, fight for Maryland!" singer, familiarly: TERP
94. Duke of ___, character in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona": MILAN
96. Reaches by plane: FLIESTO
97. Scam alert?: PUTONNOTICE
101. Paragons: IDEALS
103. Hoppy brew: IPA
104. Info provider: SOURCE
105. Optimist's credo: ICAN
106. What an A.P. class likely isn't: EASYA
110. Throws at: TOSSESTO
112. Fight clubs?: RUNINCIRCLES
115. Serving to quell violent protests: ANTIRIOT
116. Free, as a seat: UNTAKEN
117. Web links, briefly: URLS
118. Trickle: SEEP
119. Certain baseball positions: Abbr.: RFS
120. Lunchtime errands, e.g.: NOONERS
121. ___ Classic (cable channel): ESPN

down

1. Juices (up): PEPS
2. Something a chimney sweep sweeps: FLUE
3. Permeate: FILL
4. Gossips: TELLSTALES
5. Pennzoil competitor: STP
6. Low-cost lodging: HOSTEL
7. Playwright Chekhov: ANTON
8. Bags that might have drawstrings: KNAPSACKS
9. Startled squeals: EEKS
10. Neighbor of Oman, for short: UAE
11. Press, as a button: PUSHIN
12. Vertical, to a sailor: APEAK
13. Saying "Eww!," say: DISGUSTED
14. Make hard to read: ENCIPHER
15. Org. that's nearly one-fourth Canadian: NHL
16. Speak before Parliament, e.g.: ORATE
17. Comaneci of Olympics fame: NADIA
18. Time in Tokyo when it's midnight in New York: ONEPM
22. ___ salad: CAESAR
24. App customers: USERS
29. 10/: OCT
32. Scene: VIEW
33. Founder of Philadelphia: PENN
34. Strong strings: TWINES
35. Sister: NUN
36. Man ___ mission: ONA
37. Soundtrack for a brawl?: SETTOMUSIC
39. Proceed well enough: GOOK
42. Story featuring divine intervention: ILIAD
43. ___ premium: ATA
44. Compositions often chosen for encores?: GOTOPIECES
45. Seuss title character: HORTON
46. Sad, in San Juan: TRISTE
49. Department: AREA
50. Small dam: WEIR
51. Smoking or stress: AGER
54. Forfeits: CEDES
57. Hits with snowballs: PELTS
58. Nonexpert: LAYMAN
59. Portrayer of Mr. Chips: OTOOLE
60. Ball support: TEE
61. Something "shaken" in a trick: PAW
62. The Ravens, on scoreboards: BAL
65. Take too much of, briefly: ODON
66. Call for: NEED
67. "To repeat ...": ISAID
68. Self-absorbed: VAIN
71. Hope that one may: SEEKTO
74. Doesn't go on at the right time: MISSESACUE
76. Exit: STEPOUTOF
77. Gives birth to: HAS
78. "Eso Beso" singer: ANKA
79. Doctor treating patients: CLINICIAN
82. G.I. reply: SIRNOSIR
83. Any of the Galápagos: ISLE
84. Singer known for her 85-Across: ELLA
86. Skill: ART
87. Chinese menu name: TSO
89. More likely to escalate: TENSER
92. Member of a four-time Stanley Cup-winning team in the 1980s: OILER
94. Emcee's item: MIC
95. Spring river breakup: ICERUN
96. Certain Summer Olympian: FENCER
97. Gyro holders: PITAS
98. Barely ahead, scorewise: UPONE
99. Interior decorator's asset: TASTE
100. Brisk paces: TROTS
102. Gracias : Spanish :: ___ : German: DANKE
105. Avid about: INTO
107. Some Nikons, for short: SLRS
108. Go "Ow, ow, OW!": YELP
109. Professional grp.: ASSN
111. Apt rhyme of "nip": SIP
113. Card game cry: UNO
114. Some doorways: INS

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