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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 30, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 30, 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
- 42
- 57
- 70
Down clues & answers
- 43
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Sunday, July 29, 2018
across
- 1. Flaw, metaphorically: WART
- 5. Antismoking spots, e.g.: PSAS
- 9. Cleveland Browns' defense, informally: DAWGS
- 14. Dress: FROCK
- 19. What a line doesn't have: AREA
- 20. Lévesque of Quebec: RENE
- 21. Pelvis-related: ILIAC
- 22. ___ card (wallet item): DONOR
- 23. ___ Reza shrine (Iranian holy site): IMAM
- 24. Former supporter of seabirds?: EXTERNALLY
- 26. Where the frontiersman Bowie died: ALAMO
- 27. Burdened (with): LADEN
- 29. Snatcher's exclamation: YOINK
- 30. Yawn-inducing: DULL
- 32. Postgame shower?: ESPN
- 33. The Big Board, briefly: NYSE
- 34. Funny Fey: TINA
- 35. Jewelry worn above the elbow: ARMLET
- 37. What's brewing?: ALE
- 38. Spray the monarch to keep him cool?: MISTAKING
- 40. Prosecutor who's sympathetic to the defendants in a witch trial?: PROPAGANDA
- 42. Play with: USE
- 43. Winter coat: RIME
- 44. Sound of something rushing by: WOOSH
- 45. Singer Morissette: ALANIS
- 47. Not fixed: MUTABLE
- 49. Director Jonathan: DEMME
- 50. Agenda starter: ITEMONE
- 51. Hog's home: PIGPEN
- 52. Pontius Pilate's province: JUDEA
- 53. Liqueur akin to sambuca: ANISETTE
- 54. Place for a browser: STORE
- 55. First character in Genesis: SOFTG
- 56. T. rex, e.g.: DINO
- 57. Metro ___: DESK
- 58. Bridle strap utilized only on sidewalk surfaces?: REINFORCEMENT
- 62. When Macbeth delivers the "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy: ACTV
- 66. Potential dinner: PREY
- 67. Hitching spot: ALTAR
- 68. Rating that's on the cusp of NC-17: HARDR
- 73. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, with "the": PRAIRIES
- 75. Stuck-up person: SNOOT
- 76. Aplenty: GALORE
- 77. Ohio University team: BOBCATS
- 78. Informal expression of gratitude: THANX
- 79. Namesakes of Muhammad's daughter: FATIMAS
- 80. Brilliant debut: SPLASH
- 81. Ruffian: BRUTE
- 82. Miss: LASS
- 83. "Who ___?": AMI
- 84. What a dog groomer might charge?: PERPETRATE
- 86. Result of wearing a fedora at the beach?: MANHATTAN
- 88. Pulled off: DID
- 89. Make an effort: STRIVE
- 90. T.S.A. agent's tool: WAND
- 91. Item smashed by the original Luddites: LOOM
- 92. Having a crisp picture, say: INHD
- 94. Leave gratified: SATE
- 95. Must, informally: GOTTA
- 96. "Death of a Salesman" salesman: LOMAN
- 98. Lead-in to phobia: AGORA
- 100. Result of accidentally throwing a Frisbee into a campground?: DISCONTENT
- 103. ___ California: BAJA
- 104. Plucked instruments: LUTES
- 105. Compound imparting a fruity smell: ESTER
- 106. Hence: ERGO
- 107. Oodles: ATON
- 108. Shoots out: SPEWS
- 109. Without much confidence: SHYLY
- 110. It falls quietly: SNOW
- 111. "Swiper, no swiping!" speaker of children's TV: DORA
down
- 1. Sound from a banshee: WAIL
- 2. Italian designer menswear since the 1970s: ARMANISUIT
- 3. Running start?: READYSETGO
- 4. Like kiddie rides among all amusement park rides: TAMEST
- 5. School opening?: PRE
- 6. Amorous play, in modern lingo: SEXYTIME
- 7. ___ Lavoisier a.k.a. the Father of Modern Chemistry: ANTOINE
- 8. Romantically involved with: SEEING
- 9. Light tennis shot: DINK
- 10. Reminiscent of: ALA
- 11. Iowa's state flower: WILDROSE
- 12. Move clumsily: GALUMPH
- 13. Charybdis's counterpart, in Greek myth: SCYLLA
- 14. Pharma watchdog: FDA
- 15. Part: ROLE
- 16. "This isn't very pleasant, but ...": ONASADNOTE
- 17. Some calls to the police: COMPLAINTS
- 18. Norwegian money: KRONE
- 25. Genetics initials: RNA
- 28. Serving during Prohibition: NEARBEER
- 31. Diplomatic office below an embassy: LEGATION
- 35. Nose: AROMA
- 36. Gathering around a campfire?: TALES
- 38. One target of a childhood vaccine: MUMPS
- 39. Oven: KILN
- 40. Apple devoured by an elderly relative?: POMEGRANATE
- 41. Called: NAMED
- 44. United with: WEDTO
- 46. Look for: SEEK
- 48. Car ad no.: APR
- 49. Carol Ann ___, U.K. poet laureate starting in 2009: DUFFY
- 50. Not superficial: INNER
- 52. Crave, with "for": JONES
- 53. Try to hit: AIMAT
- 55. Stable parents: SIRES
- 56. Thoro cleansing: DETOX
- 59. "The Great" and "The Terrible": EPITHETS
- 60. Lookalike: CLONE
- 61. "There's nothing else": THATSALL
- 62. Blue alerts, in brief: APBS
- 63. Arising: CROPPINGUP
- 64. Meal with a set menu: TABLEDHOTE
- 65. Certain cleric: VICAR
- 69. Foe of Frazier: ALI
- 70. Egg-shaped item from a garden: ROMATOMATO
- 71. Performer in a campus production, often: DRAMAMAJOR
- 72. Sticky stuff: RESIN
- 74. Talks hoarsely: RASPS
- 75. "On the Beach" novelist Nevil: SHUTE
- 76. Nasty wound: GASH
- 78. Crime against good taste: TRAVESTY
- 79. Dance mentioned in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody": FANDANGO
- 81. Like people who take lifts: BRITISH
- 82. Camper's light: LANTERN
- 85. Some winds for seafarers: TRADES
- 86. Non-shiny finishes: MATTES
- 87. "Sucks to be you": TOOBAD
- 88. Speedometers, typically: DIALS
- 90. Korean money: WON
- 93. Tied: DREW
- 95. Like a lot of zombie movies: GORY
- 97. Mom's mom: NANA
- 99. Intensifying word add-on: ASS
- 101. Disney collectible: CEL
- 102. Request to Triple A: TOW
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