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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 8, 2019

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Monday, July 8, 2019

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 8, 2019. 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, July 7, 2019

across

1. Cleaning product in a dangerous 2010s viral internet challenge: TIDEPOD
8. "Home" in a classic song: THERANGE
16. Jack of children's rhyme: SPRAT
21. "Agreed": ICONCUR
22. Escapes, as molasses: OOZESOUT
23. Irregularly notched, as a leaf: EROSE
24. Protein found in hair and hooves: KERATIN
25. See instructions: KNIGHTTOBEIGHT
27. Watson's creator: IBM
28. Pain for a tiler, maybe: SOREKNEES
30. Yearbook: ANNUAL
31. Side represented by triangles: BLACK
34. Adams and Elgort: ANSELS
35. Doctor's order: MEDICINE
37. Dorothy's caretaker in "The Wizard of Oz": AUNTIEEM
40. Irritate: VEX
41. Irritable: TESTY
42. Verify the addition of: RETOTAL
43. Nabisco product with an exclamation point in its name: CHIPSAHOY
49. That guy's: HIS
50. Ill repute, to a Brit: DISHONOUR
52. Santa ___ winds: ANA
55. Some ovations: BRAVOS
60. Become attentive: PERKUP
61. Succeeds: MAKESIT
65. Cowboy flick: OATER
66. Eve's counterpart: MORN
67. What a plant may exude: RESIN
69. Freak out: PANIC
71. Treasure: ADORE
72. When doubled, a Thor Heyerdahl book: AKU
73. Mother ___: TERESA
74. [Grumble, grumble]: HUMPH
75. Pith holders: RINDS
76. Set aside for now: TABLED
78. Score elements: Abbr.: PTS
79. Digital message: ENOTE
80. Old gold coin: DUCAT
81. Map of Hawaii or Alaska, often: INSET
82. 1974 Gould/Sutherland C.I.A. spoof: SPYS
83. Lushes: WINOS
84. Deteriorate with age: SENESCE
86. Cut into bits: CHOPUP
88. Prevents, legally: ESTOPS
89. Letters near an X-ray machine: TSA
90. People native to Tennessee and the Carolinas: CHEROKEES
92. "While I have you ...," in a text: BTW
95. Classic 1922 film subtitled "A Symphony of Horror": NOSFERATU
98. Brown-headed nest appropriator: COWBIRD
104. "Fighting" college team: IRISH
107. Maker of pens and lighters: BIC
108. Sheer fabric: GOSSAMER
109. First commercial film shown in stereophonic sound: FANTASIA
111. Key of Bizet's first symphony: CMAJOR
116. Side represented by circles: WHITE
117. 87 is a common one: OCTANE
118. Conspicuous: PROMINENT
121. Yuletide contraction: TIS
122. See instructions: CHECKMATEINONE
125. Arrests: COLLARS
128. Outpost for an osprey: AERIE
129. No longer needed for questioning: FREETOGO
130. Senator Tammy Duckworth or former senator Max Cleland: AMPUTEE
131. Symbol of directness: LASER
132. Arrived at, as an answer: LANDEDON
133. Swollen area: ABSCESS

down

1. Hangout often near a pool: TIKIBAR
2. Glacial hue: ICEBLUE
3. Like Mount Kilimanjaro: DORMANT
4. Doe in Bambi: ENA
5. Polling fig.: PCT
6. French acceptances: OUIS
7. Title 1962 film villain: DRNO
8. Valentine heart, e.g.: TOKEN
9. Urban cacophony: HONKS
10. Slate, e.g.: EZINE
11. Touch up, as styled hair: REGEL
12. Some airborne particulates: ASHES
13. What dashes may represent in internet searches: NOTS
14. Kind of reaction: GUT
15. Ike's W.W. II command: ETO
16. Veto on movie night: SEENIT
17. Figure in many a fairy tale: PRINCE
18. Mischievous: ROGUISH
19. One-named singer with the 2002 #1 hit "Foolish": ASHANTI
20. Some cuppas: TETLEYS
26. No longer edible: BAD
29. Computing acronym: RAM
32. Silicon Valley start-up V.I.P.: CTO
33. Baby fox: KIT
35. Unexceptional: MEH
36. Prefix with planet: EXO
38. St. Louis's ___ Bridge, the oldest span over the Mississippi: EADS
39. Biblical high priest: ELI
40. The "u" spelling of 50-Across, e.g.: Abbr.: VAR
43. Figures in the Sistine Chapel: CHERUBS
44. Part of Africa or an orchestra: HORN
45. Your signature might be in this: INK
46. Came down hard: POURED
47. Terrific: SUPER
48. Chatter: YAK
51. City that hosted the 1974 World's Fair: SPOKANE
53. Rare beneficiaries of royal succession: NEPHEWS
54. Together: ASAUNIT
55. See instructions: BOARD
56. Dating app distance metric: RADIUS
57. Stat: ATONCE
58. Lush: VERDANT
59. Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon: ORESTES
61. Enter incorrectly: MISTYPE
62. Jawbone of ___ (biblical weapon): ANASS
63. How early Beatles songs were recorded: INMONO
64. Best: TIPTOP
66. Suffix on many an infomercial product's name: MATIC
68. Self-inflicted ritual death of a samurai: SEPPUKU
70. See instructions: CHESS
73. Leash: TETHER
77. Dulce de ___ (confection): LECHE
82. Notice: SPOT
85. ___ Luis Obispo: SAN
87. One of 24 in un giorno: ORA
88. Those: Sp.: ESOS
90. Banned aerosol propellant, for short: CFC
91. Green: Prefix: ECO
92. Like some lenses: BIFOCAL
93. Wrong pipe, so to speak: TRACHEA
94. Spends December through March (in): WINTERS
96. Bit of judo attire: OBI
97. One-named singer with the 2014 hit "Chandelier": SIA
99. Indianapolis-to-St. Louis dir.: WSW
100. "Phooey!": BAH
101. Ape: IMITATE
102. Calls it quits: RETIRES
103. Boutique stock: DRESSES
105. Barbie's younger sister: STACIE
106. Long (for): HANKER
108. Part of an M.A. program application: GRE
110. Religious sch.: SEM
111. Called out: CRIED
112. Any of the Apennines: MONTE
113. In ___ (grumpy): AMOOD
114. War hawk: JINGO
115. Situation after a leadoff single: ONEON
118. Ball ___: PEEN
119. Big org. in Saturday afternoon TV: NCAA
120. "Indiana Jones" setting: TOMB
123. Half of a 1955 union merger: AFL
124. Singer's syllable: TRA
126. They'll sound sped up at 45 r.p.m.: LPS
127. French director Besson: LUC

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