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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 8, 2022

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Monday, August 8, 2022

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 8, 2022. 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, August 7, 2022

across

1. Homes that may have butlers: MANORS
7. Singer Dylan of the Wallflowers: JAKOB
12. Supporting beams: JOISTS
18. Bear or boar: ANIMAL
19. Bees, e.g.: SOCIALS
21. Gleaming: AGLARE
22. The "C" of AMC Theatres: CINEMA
23. The whole package, colloquially: ALLTHAT
24. Sevastopol is its largest city: CRIMEA
25. Not true?: ATANANGLE
27. Visitor to a website, in analytics lingo: UNIQUEUSER
29. "Time ___ …": WAS
30. Concedes: GRANTS
33. Santa ___, Calif.: CRUZ
34. m, to Einstein: MASS
35. B.C. neighbor: Abbr.: IDA
38. Think creatively: IDEATE
40. XL or 11C: SIZE
42. Beer named for a founding father: SAMADAMS
45. W-2, for one: FORM
47. W.W. I helmet, informally: TINHAT
51. 2004 Will Smith sci-fi film: IROBOT
52. D.S.T. starting time ... or a hint to 42-Across: TWOAM
54. Weightlessness ... or a hint to 118-Across: ZEROG
56. ___ Compton, first woman to cover the White House for a TV network: ANN
57. Rating unit: STAR
60. Libya's Gulf of ___: SIDRA
61. Reporter's credit: BYLINE
62. TV tavern: MOES
64. Mimic: APER
66. "Royal" bird: TERN
67. In: AMIDST
68. Top credit rating ... or a hint to 25-Across: TRIPLEA
71. 23rd in a series ... or a hint to 27-Across: DOUBLEU
73. Trust in: RELYON
76. Fails to be: ISNT
78. Keen: WAIL
79. Google ___: MAPS
83. Holds in high regard: EXALTS
84. Old lab burners: ETNAS
86. Water bird with a haunting call: LOON
88. Bit of HI gear?: LEI
89. Cops ... or a hint to 115-Across: FIVEO
90. Club for farm kids ... or a hint to 97-Across: FOURH
91. Pouch on a string: TEABAG
93. Game with L- and T-shaped pieces: TETRIS
96. Locale for a West Coast wine tour: NAPA
97. Secretive: HUSHHUSH
99. R&R settings: SPAS
101. Crystal-clear: LIMPID
103. "O, ___ fortune's fool!": Romeo: IAM
104. Singer King with the 2014 hit "Ex's & Oh's": ELLE
108. Body feature of a mammoth: HUMP
110. Holy ___: TERROR
112. It might be taken to the airport: CAB
115. Spelling aid?: VOODOODOLL
118. Baseball announcer's call on a home run: OINOINONE
121. Nigerian city of 3.5+ million: IBADAN
122. Set on the ground: LAYDOWN
125. "Jeopardy!" fodder: TRIVIA
126. This evenin': TONITE
127. Video call glitch: TIMELAG
128. "I kid you not!": HONEST
129. Rate: ASSESS
130. Like the Xbox One X vis-à-vis the Xbox One: NEWER
131. Makes some Z's: SNORES

down

1. Colorful parrot: MACAW
2. Santa ___: ANITA
3. Jazz singer born Eunice Kathleen Waymon: NINASIMONE
4. Warning sign: OMEN
5. Commercial follower of "-o-": RAMA
6. A-game or b-ball, e.g.: SLANG
7. The "you" of the song lyric "I'm begging of you, please don't take my man": JOLENE
8. Part of the knee, for short: ACL
9. D.I.Y. buy: KIT
10. "Magnum, P.I." setting: OAHU
11. Sauvignon ___: BLANC
12. Where one might turn on the jets: JACUZZI
13. D&D monster: OGRE
14. Pelvis bone: ILIUM
15. Gregor ___, Kafka protagonist: SAMSA
16. Some genealogical work: TREES
17. Pioneering mail-order company: SEARS
19. Introductory courses: SALADS
20. Mixes together: STIRS
26. Not looking good: GRIM
28. Ctrl+Q: QUIT
31. First couple of the early 1910s: TAFTS
32. "Shut your trap!": STOWIT
36. Apply with a Q-tip, say: DAB
37. Kerfuffles: ADOS
39. Wore down: ERODED
41. RNA polymerase, e.g.: ENZYME
42. Thailand, once: SIAM
43. River through Tuscany: ARNO
44. Reaches: ATTAINS
46. Bone filler: MARROW
48. #2 on a table: HELIUM
49. Bone-dry: ARID
50. A great deal: TONS
53. How-to go-to: MANUAL
55. Obtain: GET
58. YouTube or Gmail: APP
59. "Phew!" feeling: RELIEF
61. They're filled with X's: BALLOTS
63. Engraving instrument: STYLET
65. Lean against: RESTON
69. Whirlybird whirlers: ROTORS
70. Like some plants and physicals: ANNUAL
72. Personal story, informally: BIO
73. One calling a "T": REF
74. Turnoff: EXIT
75. Wash up: LAVE
77. Certain fossil preserve: TARPIT
80. The art of music?: ALBUMCOVER
81. Vegetables that make a fitting addition to alphabet soup?: PEAS
82. [Oh, well]: SIGH
85. "Tsk, tsk!": SHAME
87. Classic soda brand: NEHI
92. "Oh, I see!": AHA
94. Small-screen entertainers?: IPHONES
95. Ibn ___ (former Mideast king): SAUD
97. Responsibility of a personnel director: HIRING
98. Japanese noodle: UDON
100. Young salmon: SMOLT
102. Like hawks: PROWAR
104. Hit 1979 musical in which a character's mistress is one of the main roles: EVITA
105. University of New Mexico team: LOBOS
106. Bank deals: LOANS
107. ___ Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam: EDDIE
109. Garden-variety: PLAIN
111. Some I.R.A.s: ROTHS
113. Licoricelike flavor: ANISE
114. Rap producers make them: BEATS
116. The "O's" of Cheerios: OATS
117. Old ___, Conn.: LYME
119. Spinach is rich in it: IRON
120. El ___: NINO
123. Drop o' the mornin': DEW
124. Cheer to a matador: OLE

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
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.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
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.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.

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