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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 29, 2018

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Monday, October 29, 2018

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, October 29, 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, October 28, 2018

across

1. Chunks of land: TRACTS
7. "Be on the lookout" messages, for short: APBS
11. Person to take complaints to, informally: DOC
14. Polo of "The Fosters": TERI
18. Popular Dominican dance: BACHATA
20. Leave quickly: BOLT
21. Musical Yoko: ONO
22. Get a ___ on someone: READ
23. Sou'wester: SWEETANDSOUR
25. Abbr. in many blood type names: NEG
26. "Logic dictates ...": ERGO
27. It's usually put in the middle of a table: ANTE
28. Late hours: HEARTANDSOUL
31. Messes up: ERRS
35. Downfall in pinball: TILT
37. Music export from Tokyo, for short: JPOP
38. Sciences' counterpart: ARTS
39. "Jeez!": SHEESH
41. Princess who says "I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board": LEIA
43. Campy 1972 vampire film: BLACULA
45. Peace marches: PEACHESANDCREAM
48. Grub: EATS
51. Part of a preschool day: NAPTIME
52. Opinion: TAKE
53. Nirvana seeker: YOGI
56. Sorority letter: RHO
57. Forbiddance: BAN
58. Masthead list, for short: EDS
60. More lit, perhaps: SUNNIER
62. "After Earth": TARANDFEATHER
69. Pothead: STONER
70. ___ Lama: DALAI
71. Do the wave?: SURF
72. What un desierto lacks: AGUA
74. Lyrical lament: ELEGY
75. Not able to catch something: IMMUNE
77. Growth ring: RIGHTANDWRONG
80. Farthest point in an orbit around the moon: APOLUNE
82. This woman: SHE
83. Closure opening?: DIS
84. Vote in France: NON
85. Blue swaths on maps: SEAS
87. They follow oohs: AAHS
90. Like the simplest instructions: ONESTEP
95. Talk show host Cohen: ANDY
97. Trade punches: STANDUPANDCHEER
100. Hills with gentle slopes on one side and steep slopes on the other: CUESTAS
103. Fake: SHAM
104. Verdi tragedy: OTELLO
105. "Grand Ole" venue: OPRY
106. Say whether or not you'll attend: RSVP
108. Blow out: SPEW
110. Imbroglio: MESS
111. Prostates: STOPANDSTARE
115. French 101 verb: ETRE
117. Collaborative site: WIKI
118. Snatch: COP
119. Game suggested by this puzzle's theme: MIXEDDOUBLES
125. Racer Luyendyk: ARIE
126. Half of dos: UNO
127. Taking care of things: ONIT
128. Nickel-and-diming sort: SCROOGE
129. They might break out in hives: BEES
130. Cockapoo or cockatoo, maybe: PET
131. Cpls.' superiors: SGTS
132. Act obsequiously: KOWTOW

down

1. Atlanta-based cable inits.: TBS
2. Cold and wet: RAW
3. Term in tennis, golf and baseball, all with different meanings: ACE
4. Hero interred in Santa Clara, Cuba: CHE
5. "Later, luv": TATA
6. Rhyming nickname in Cardinals history: STANTHEMAN
7. Midriff muscles, for short: ABS
8. "Oh, quit being silly!": POOH
9. Sailor in the Navy: BLUEJACKET
10. Seatbelt, e.g.: STRAP
11. "C'mon, be serious": DONTPLAY
12. ___ Day vitamins: ONEA
13. Rémy Martin product: COGNAC
14. Bridge-supporting frame: TRESTLE
15. Dulles designer: EEROSAARINEN
16. Pasta sauce brand: RAGU
17. Longtime singing talent show, familiarly: IDOL
19. ___-vaxxers: ANTI
24. Singer Reese: DELLA
29. Garment worn by John Roberts that's hidden in his name: ROBE
30. R&B's ___ Hill: DRU
31. Bristol, Conn.-based cable inits.: ESPN
32. Sister and wife of Cronus, in myth: RHEA
33. Collect from the soil: REAP
34. Result of a religious schism: SECT
36. Camping need: TENT
40. Japanese dogs with turned-up tails: SHIBAINUS
42. Neighbor of Wyo.: IDA
44. Commercial rhyme for "Famous": AMOS
46. Transmits: SENDS
47. Part of a Mario costume: REDHAT
49. Part of a "Which came first?" dilemma: THEEGG
50. Comment before "I missed that": SORRY
54. Director Van Sant: GUS
55. Cross: INTERSECT
59. Maker of the game Zaxxon: SEGA
61. ___ contendere: NOLO
62. Pad alternative: TAMPON
63. Chinese New Year treat: ALMONDCOOKIE
64. One of the Castros: RAUL
65. Shed material: FUR
66. Dwarf planet with more mass than Pluto: ERIS
67. Good throw?: AFGHAN
68. "Get outta here!": RUN
70. ___ Taurasi, all-time W.N.B.A. scoring leader: DIANA
73. Supplementary item: ADDON
76. Suffix with methyl: ENE
78. Gymnastics flip: HEADSPRING
79. Arizona capital of the Navajo Nation: WINDOWROCK
81. ___ Germany: EAST
86. Relatively cool stellar phenomenon: STARSPOT
88. "Come again?": HUH
89. Some bathroom installations: SPAS
91. Brother of Ham: SHEM
92. Play starter?: TELE
93. Sand-burrowing marine creatures: EELS
94. Reasons to do something: PROS
96. Quaint demographic grouping: YUPPIES
98. Number two: Abbr.: ASST
99. Revved up: AMPED
101. Timeline part: ERA
102. Align: SYNCUP
107. "¡Let's go!": VAMOS
109. Some flight board info: ETDS
111. Mop: SWAB
112. Poop out: TIRE
113. Over: DONE
114. ___ interview: EXIT
116. Coin in Köln: EURO
120. Sci-fi C.G.I. creations: ETS
121. Debut, metaphorically: BOW
122. Dealership expanse: LOT
123. I problem?: EGO
124. Hem but not haw?: SEW

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Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
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Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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