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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 23, 2018
Monday, July 23, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 23, 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
- 15
- 22
- 55
Down clues & answers
- 18
- 36
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Sunday, July 22, 2018
across
- 1. Festival of Colors celebrant: HINDU
- 6. Mission to remember: ALAMO
- 11. Whip: FLOG
- 15. "Goldarn it!": DANG
- 19. Orchestra section behind the violas: OBOES
- 20. Canon competitor: NIKON
- 21. Former QB Tony: ROMO
- 22. Treat embossed with its name: OREO
- 23. "Anchorman" = ? (1976) + ? (1980): NETWORKFAME
- 25. An "A" in history?: ANNO
- 26. Hankering: URGE
- 27. The forest, as opposed to the trees: GESTALT
- 28. "Rear Window" = ? (2004) + ? (2014): SAWNEIGHBORS
- 31. Big, big, big: OBESE
- 33. E.-W. line: LAT
- 34. Best in mental competition: OUTWIT
- 35. Like three men of rhyme: INATUB
- 39. Big Ten sch. whose mascot is an anthropomorphic nut: OSU
- 41. Foresight: VISION
- 44. "Silence of the Lambs" = ? (1946) + ? (1960): NOTORIOUSPSYCHO
- 47. Rockettes motions: KICKS
- 52. One-named singer with #1 hits in 1965 and 1999: CHER
- 53. Bikini blast, briefly: NTEST
- 54. Yves's yes: OUI
- 56. Smith of Fox News: SHEP
- 57. Top dogs: HONCHOS
- 60. Brewing need: YEAST
- 63. Split base?: BANANA
- 65. Cry of desperation: HELPME
- 68. "Transformers" = ? (2000) + ? (1992): TRAFFICTOYS
- 70. Dept. of Justice heads: AGS
- 73. Lofty standards: IDEALS
- 75. "Me first" sort: EGOIST
- 76. Uncle with a top hat and tie: SAM
- 77. "Jurassic Park" = ? (1997) + ? (1975): TITANICJAWS
- 80. James who played TV's Marshal Dillon: ARNESS
- 82. Third place: BRONZE
- 83. City across the Missouri from Council Bluffs: OMAHA
- 85. Quarantine: ISOLATE
- 89. Scads: ALOT
- 90. California's Big ___: SUR
- 92. Maker of the golden calf, in Exodus: AARON
- 95. Shakespeare's stream: AVON
- 96. Keys in: TYPES
- 98. "Twister" = ? (2004) + ? (2013): SIDEWAYSGRAVITY
- 103. Cracker Jack ingredient: PEANUT
- 105. One tick, briefly: SEC
- 106. Frederick Forsyth's "The ___ File": ODESSA
- 107. Kind of code: POSTAL
- 111. "Facts First" sloganeer: CNN
- 113. "Sexy" Beatles woman: SADIE
- 115. "Dumb and Dumber" = ? (2007) + ? (1979): SUPERBADHAIR
- 119. Passes, as time: ROLLSBY
- 123. Bit of physics: ATOM
- 124. Manlike monster: OGRE
- 125. "The Poseidon Adventure" = ? (1956) + ? (1984): GIANTSPLASH
- 128. Sylvester's speech feature: LISP
- 129. Villagers victimized by the Grinch: WHOS
- 130. Florida tourist attraction: EPCOT
- 131. Dad who says "D'oh!": HOMER
- 132. Pool event: MEET
- 133. Dupes: SAPS
- 134. In position: READY
- 135. Some beams: IBARS
down
- 1. Sweets: HON
- 2. "___ to differ": IBEG
- 3. Fa or la: NOTE
- 4. Mountain ___ (some sodas): DEWS
- 5. Uniform entertainment?: USOTOUR
- 6. Target for an angry Chihuahua: ANKLE
- 7. Removes from a box, say: LIFTSOUT
- 8. Alias introducer: AKA
- 9. Choosy ones, in Jif ads: MOMS
- 10. N.B.A. great with size 22 shoes: ONEAL
- 11. Frenzied: FRANTIC
- 12. Only: LONE
- 13. All in front?: OMNI
- 14. Bit of baby talk: GOOGOO
- 15. Uncertainty: DOUBT
- 16. Shower of the way: ARROW
- 17. Silents star whose name is an anagram of 112-Down: NEGRI
- 18. Travel, as thou might: GOEST
- 24. Certain wedding officiant: RABBI
- 29. Apt radio call letters for a beach town: WAVY
- 30. Babe magnet: HUNK
- 32. Caesar's "to be": ESSE
- 35. Creep (along): INCH
- 36. Lower Manhattan area: NOHO
- 37. Rates ___ (is perfect): ATEN
- 38. Dangerous juggling prop: TORCH
- 40. "___-daisy!": UPSY
- 42. Set one's sights on: SHOTFOR
- 43. Slip in lieu of a chip: IOU
- 45. Without a contract: ONSPEC
- 46. Editorial override: STET
- 48. "... but who ___?": ISNT
- 49. Mayhem: CHAOS
- 50. Mount ___, second-highest peak in Africa: KENYA
- 51. Big jerk: SPASM
- 55. Birds with long, curved beaks: IBISES
- 58. Pittsburgh-based food company: HEINZ
- 59. Radio format: OLDIES
- 61. Equal, in math: ARE
- 62. Long tale: SAGA
- 64. "Don't ___ surprised": ACTSO
- 66. Primarily study: MAJORIN
- 67. Jack of old westerns: ELAM
- 69. Alternative to sending to jail: FINING
- 70. No longer on deck: ATBAT
- 71. Not tomboyish: GIRLY
- 72. Brownstone hangout: STOOP
- 74. Dallas-based carrier: Abbr.: SWA
- 78. Stud fee?: ANTE
- 79. Who wrote "All great truths begin as blasphemies": SHAW
- 81. Many a worker in ancient Rome: SLAVE
- 84. Some small batteries: AAAS
- 86. Sister company of Budget: AVIS
- 87. Little ones: TOTS
- 88. One-named Irish singer: ENYA
- 91. 1980 Olympics boycotter: USA
- 93. Some Crown Royal offerings: RYES
- 94. Academy nomination: OSCARNOD
- 97. Prep for the ring: SPAR
- 99. Title for Meghan Markle: DUCHESS
- 100. Sicily's Mount ___: ETNA
- 101. Churns up: ROILS
- 102. Long Island university: ADELPHI
- 104. Jabs, in a way: ELBOWS
- 107. Writing attributed to King David: PSALM
- 108. Protruding part of the body: OUTIE
- 109. Presume, informally: SPOSE
- 110. Lure: TEMPT
- 112. Niamey's land: NIGER
- 114. Daft: DOTTY
- 116. Ottoman title: AGHA
- 117. Tiniest sip: DROP
- 118. Mature: RIPE
- 120. Pig: SLOB
- 121. "Roll Tide!" school: BAMA
- 122. River flooded in W.W. I to thwart the Germans: YSER
- 126. Signature Obama legislation, for short: ACA
- 127. Store door posting: Abbr.: HRS
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