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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 18, 2019

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, July 18, 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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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

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1. The number of letters in this clue's answer: FOUR
5. Gymnasts' supplies: MATS
9. New moon or full moon: PHASE
14. Traffic ___: CONE
15. Put out: EMIT
16. Give a casual greeting, in modern lingo: HOLLA
17. Candy that the lovers [circled letters] on Valentine's Day: CHOCOLATE
19. More deadpan, as humor: DRIER
20. Peach's center: PIT
21. Some pro cameras, for short: SLRS
23. Shepherd slain by Cain: ABEL
24. Politician that the voters [circled letters] to Congress: REPRESENTATIVE
27. Traditional time to start work: NINEAM
28. Occur, as complications: ARISE
29. Terrific, in dated slang: ACES
30. Erode: EATINTO
34. Something most people lie about?: BED
35. Quick trips that the busy person [circled letters] around town: ERRANDS
36. "Yikes!": EEK
39. Olympics squad in red, white and blue: TEAMUSA
40. "Auld Lang ___": SYNE
41. "___ thank me later": YOULL
43. Suitable for all ages: RATEDG
45. Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap: PENNYDREADFULS
49. In addition: ELSE
50. Alternatives to wagons: SUVS
51. One step down on the evolutionary scale: APE
52. Elite party attendees: ALIST
54. Luxury vehicle that the motorist [circled letters] on the highway: LANDROVER
58. Part of a multimedia ad campaign: RADIO
59. Apple's first location?: EDEN
60. Action to collect on a debt: REPO
61. Shorthand, for short: STENO
62. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting): SERA
63. Dish that may come with a spork: SLAW

down

1. Org. that regulates I.S.P.s: FCC
2. "That's intriguing!": OOH
3. Still in the box: UNOPENED
4. File box filler: RECIPES
5. Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny: MEL
6. Conglomerate: AMASS
7. Mr. or Mrs.: TITLE
8. Forbidding: STERN
9. Queen guitarist Brian May has one in astrophysics: PHD
10. Friend of Hamlet: HORATIO
11. Outs: ALIBIS
12. Place to hide a card, perhaps: SLEEVE
13. ___ Combs, Hall-of-Famer who played for the 1920s-'30s Yankees: EARLE
18. Other, in Oaxaca: OTRA
22. Benchmark: STANDARD
24. Surname of national security advisers under both Bush 43 and Obama: RICE
25. May birthstones: EMERALDS
26. Word with dark or graphic: ARTS
27. Apprehend: NAB
31. Headrest for a couch napper, say: ARM
32. T, in an honor society's name: TAU
33. Connections: INS
35. Slippery: EELY
36. Five to six feet high, roughly: EYELEVEL
37. Quashes: ENDS
38. Gunpowder holder: KEG
39. Turns the dial (to), say: TUNESIN
40. Dazed states: STUPORS
41. Chastise in no uncertain terms: YELLAT
42. Like some football kicks: ONSIDE
44. Over the horizon: AFAR
45. Products of some orchards: PEARS
46. Sped-up part of a contest commercial: RULES
47. Avoid: EVADE
48. Ed of "Elf": ASNER
53. Excessively: TOO
55. Molecule with A, C, T and G: DNA
56. Green branch, for short: EPA
57. Big quarrel: ROW

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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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Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
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