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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 22, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, October 22, 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
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Down clues & answers
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Sunday, October 21, 2018
across
- 1. Pinocchio, e.g.: FIBBER
- 7. Aphrodisiacs boost it: LIBIDO
- 13. Backpack feature: STRAP
- 18. Where cuneiform was discovered: AMARNA
- 19. Superhero outfits, typically: UNITARDS
- 22. Irritate: CHAFE
- 23. Give unsolicited advice: KIBITZ
- 24. Weapon for William Tell: CROSSBOW
- 25. Coming back in: RETRO
- 26. Popular singer born in County Donegal: ENYA
- 27. Like many wine casks: OAKEN
- 29. Lie low: HIDE
- 30. What starts with a spark of an idea?: ARSON
- 31. Snide and sassy: SNARKY
- 33. Portrayer of TV's Det. Fin Tutuola: ICET
- 35. Jefferson Memorial topper: DOME
- 37. Non-fish aquarium attraction: OTTER
- 39. Precalculator calculator: ABACUS
- 41. Where one might be well-suited: MENSSHOP
- 45. Clue weapon: WRENCH
- 47. "Give it a ___": REST
- 48. Street crossing Hollywood in Hollywood: VINE
- 49. Conservative: TORY
- 50. Job for a plastic surgeon, for short: LIPO
- 51. Modern name in transportation: UBER
- 53. "Heavens!": EGAD
- 55. Squared building stone: ASHLAR
- 57. Three short, three long, three short: SOS
- 58. Gnocchi ___ Romana: ALLA
- 59. Rapper with the 2017 #1 hit "Bodak Yellow": CARDIB
- 61. Brought about: LEDTO
- 62. Kindle download: EBOOK
- 63. Chant at a political rally: USAUSA
- 64. First sign: ARIES
- 65. Manhattan neighborhood next to the Lower East Side: NOLITA
- 67. Popular line of dolls with "Kidz" and "Babyz" spinoffs: BRATZ
- 68. Hole foods?: DONUTS
- 70. Bundled, as hay: BALED
- 71. 1960s-'70s police drama: THEFBI
- 73. Medicare provision for nonhospital expenses: PARTB
- 74. Perch for pigeons: LEDGE
- 75. Plea to a superhero, maybe: SAVEUS
- 76. Employs: USES
- 77. Peter Pan rival: JIF
- 80. Trespass upon: INVADE
- 82. Seventh-year exam in Harry Potter: NEWT
- 83. Lhasa ___: APSO
- 84. "Toodles!": TATA
- 85. Positive market move: GAIN
- 86. Son of Adam: ABEL
- 88. Trigger, as an alarm: TRIP
- 90. Repossessed: SEIZED
- 92. Farm measures: HECTARES
- 94. Kind of humor: TOILET
- 96. "Cuz I told you to!": SEZME
- 97. Like rain forests: LUSH
- 98. Fourth-down play: PUNT
- 99. Spasm: TWITCH
- 101. Fast-food chain with a hat in its logo: ARBYS
- 104. Jennifer who wrote "Manhattan Beach": EGAN
- 106. Printer brand: EPSON
- 108. Spelunker's helmet attachment: LAMP
- 111. Springs: LEAPS
- 112. Five-time Emmy nominee for "Grey's Anatomy": SANDRAOH
- 114. Key of Dvorák's "New World" Symphony: EMINOR
- 116. World-weariness: ENNUI
- 117. "Silly me, rambling again!": THEREIGO
- 118. The Chainsmokers or Eurythmics: POPDUO
- 119. Declare: STATE
- 120. TV colleague of Hayes and O'Donnell: MADDOW
- 121. Didn't sleep well: TOSSED
down
- 1. Embarrassment for an art curator: FAKE
- 2. "Sign me up!": IMIN
- 3. Headline after a toddler C.E.O. resigns, literally?: BABYSTEPS
- 4. Coiner of the term "generative music": BRIANENO
- 5. Certain med. specialist: ENT
- 6. It may be cutting things close: RAZOR
- 7. Car failure only a block from the mechanic, literally?: LUCKYBREAK
- 8. About, on memos: INRE
- 9. Mixture of nature and technology: BIONICS
- 10. "___ official": ITS
- 11. Takes off in a hurry: DASHES
- 12. Eye socket: ORBIT
- 13. Takes off in a hurry: SCRAMS
- 14. "For a massage, go that way!," literally?: THERESTHERUB
- 15. "Darn it all!": RATS
- 16. Do for Jon Batiste: AFRO
- 17. Drudge: PEON
- 20. Its HQ is the Pentagon: DOD
- 21. First country to legalize changing one's gender identity (1972): SWEDEN
- 28. First African-American sorority: AKA
- 32. Part of a circle: ARC
- 34. Like the dress shirt that's just adorable, literally?: CUTEASABUTTON
- 36. Draftable: ONEA
- 37. "Wise" ones: OWLS
- 38. Chamber music group, often: TRIO
- 40. ___ Lingus: AER
- 41. Calf-length dresses: MIDIS
- 42. "Not so fast!": HOLDIT
- 43. Addresses a crowd: ORATES
- 44. Firebugs: PYROS
- 46. Signature Jacques Tati role: HULOT
- 48. Capital of Liechtenstein: VADUZ
- 52. Puffs up: BLOATS
- 54. For nothing: GRATIS
- 56. Perspectives: SLANTS
- 58. Bore: ABIDED
- 59. Midnight, maybe: CURFEW
- 60. Total baller: BADASS
- 62. Dissed with flowery language, literally?: ELEGANTLYPUT
- 65. Hip-hop dance move: NAENAE
- 66. Classic London theater: OLDVIC
- 67. Angled edge: BEVEL
- 69. Snacks often paired with milk: OREOS
- 70. "Mutiny on the Bounty" captain: BLIGH
- 72. Underwear brand: HANES
- 73. Punch vs. Judy, literally?: PUPPETSHOW
- 77. One answer to the question "What's your favorite music genre," literally?: JAZZHANDS
- 78. Agenda entry: ITEM
- 79. Music outro effect: FADE
- 81. Prominent parts of goblins: EARS
- 83. Not do so well: AIL
- 84. Haberdashery buys: TIECLIPS
- 87. Directive: BEHEST
- 89. CVS rival: RITEAID
- 91. "Alea iacta ___": Caesar: EST
- 93. Barbie attendee: AUSSIE
- 94. About 10% of Russia: TUNDRA
- 95. Afternoon hour: TWO
- 98. Land in "The Hunger Games": PANEM
- 100. Bumbling: INEPT
- 101. Orders at the Rose & Crown: ALES
- 102. Quote from a letter: RENT
- 103. Actor Eric: BANA
- 105. Frustrated cry: GAH
- 107. ___ stick: POGO
- 109. Pouty face: MOUE
- 110. Urge on: PROD
- 113. Bloody, say: RED
- 115. Barn greeting: MOO
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