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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 29, 2022

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Monday, August 29, 2022

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, August 29, 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 28, 2022

across

1. Gaelic garment: TARTAN
7. Creatures described as catarrhine, from the Latin for "downward-nosed": APES
11. Like Antarctica: ARID
15. Spare part?: PIN
18. Granada grandpa: ABUELO
19. Cut deeply: GASH
20. "Ugh, ___ people!": SOME
21. Go down, in a way: LOSE
22. Get a party started? [bee, hare, tick]: BREAKTHEICE
24. Morning TV host Kotb: HODA
25. "Potent Potables for $1,000, ___" (onetime TV request): ALEX
26. Crestfallen: SAD
27. Actress Seyfried of "The Dropout": AMANDA
28. Buzzkill [bat, elk, newt]: WETBLANKET
30. Bias: SLANT
31. Subjects of some promotions: PAWNS
33. Natural source of glitter: MICA
34. A little of a lot? [carp, pig, snake]: PARKINGSPACE
38. TV, newspapers, streaming services, etc.: THEMEDIA
42. How a video game might be played by beginners: ONEASY
43. Ending with orange: ADE
44. Best-selling author Hoag: TAMI
45. Strong connection: BOND
46. Pennsylvania school, for short: PITT
47. Locale of many vines [cat, elephant, worm]: WATERMELONPATCH
51. Opposite of une adversaire: AMIE
52. Fancy flower holders: URNS
53. Life preserver?: ARK
54. Al-___, family of Syrian leaders: ASSAD
55. Goes wild: RUNSAMOK
57. Glitzy, informally: GLAM
59. Prankster's offerings: GAGS
61. Nonmedical org. that uses X-rays: TSA
62. Something you might step on by the shower [cobra, moth, seal]: BATHROOMSCALE
65. Inits. in biotech: GMO
68. Legal contract phrase: INRE
69. "My bad!": OOPS
70. Make dry, as salmon: OVERCOOK
72. Pain relief pill: ALEVE
75. Placeholder inits.: TBD
76. 3 ft. x 5 ft., e.g.: SPEC
77. "So it goes": ALAS
78. Long-running soap opera that debuted in 1963 [ant, gorilla, sheep]: GENERALHOSPITAL
83. One might be accessed by a QR code, nowadays: MENU
84. Warrant: EARN
85. Guard seen around a castle: MOAT
86. 401(k) alternative, in brief: IRA
87. Lean toward: PREFER
89. Certain sports tiebreaker: SHOOTOUT
91. London landmark [beetle, hog, rat]: GLOBETHEATRE
94. Place: LIEU
95. ___ song: SIREN
97. Overnight perch: ROOST
98. Bridge that's painted International Orange [dog, eel, gnat]: GOLDENGATE
101. Devilish look?: GOATEE
103. Boardroom V.I.P.: CEO
106. Drink with a spoon-straw: ICEE
107. Floor square: TILE
108. Mixes animal species … as eight answers in this puzzle do?: CROSSBREEDS
110. Actress Perlman: RHEA
111. In good condition: TRIM
112. Wave to one's math professor?: SINE
113. Gets around: EVADES
114. Part of U.C.L.A.: LOS
115. Poetic tributes: ODES
116. Fire tablet competitor: IPAD
117. One of the Williamses: SERENA

down

1. Things seen in a window: TABS
2. Magic trick starter: ABRA
3. Felt bad about: RUED
4. Word with garden or party: TEA
5. Lime and soda, e.g.: ALKALIS
6. A handful: NOTMANY
7. Pros with negotiations: AGENTS
8. Was worthwhile, with "off": PAID
9. Bit of tomfoolery: ESCAPADE
10. With 47-Down, "That's all" follower: SHE
11. Like a vampire's face, stereotypically: ASHEN
12. Rhizome, to a botanist: ROOTSTALK
13. Site to flick through flicks: IMDB
14. Request for a hand: DEALMEIN
15. Fashionable spots: POLKADOTS
16. "Oh, gotcha": ISEE
17. Immediately following: NEXT
21. 'N Sync member who later became a gay rights activist: LANCEBASS
23. Spend time together, in slang: HANG
28. "SmackDown" org.: WWE
29. Goal: AIM
30. Pair in the Winter Olympics: SKATES
32. Maker of Chromebooks: ACER
34. Warhol's "Marilyn Diptych," e.g.: POPART
35. Antagonism: ANIMUS
36. Target of a modern scan: RETINA
37. Light touches: PATS
39. Medical plan inits.: HMO
40. Sapa ___ (ancient emperor's title): INCA
41. Common cause of some impulsive behavior, in brief: ADHD
44. Details to be negotiated: TERMS
47. See 10-Down: WROTE
48. Sacred hieroglyph: ANKH
49. Sirs' counterparts: MAAMS
50. "Beep!" source: PAGER
52. Second caliph of Sunni Islam: UMAR
56. Doubleday who is miscredited with inventing baseball: ABNER
57. Merchant's stock: GOODS
58. Cut (off): LOP
59. Auctioneer's aid: GAVEL
60. Name that's a letter off from 25-Across: ALEC
63. One might develop consciousness in a sci-fi story: ROBOT
64. Nightspot in a Manilow hit, in brief: COPA
65. What you can rarely do at a red light: GOLEFT
66. Kvetch: MOANER
67. "Yeah, whatever you say": OKSURE
68. "Beats me": IVENOIDEA
71. Tried to fight: CAMEAT
72. A long, long time: AGES
73. Genesis matriarch: LEAH
74. Matriculation group: ENROLLEES
75. "No! Not true!": THATSALIE
76. Wild guess: STAB
79. End up being: AMOUNTTO
80. ___ Malnati's, Chicago-style pizza chain: LOU
81. Rug thickness: PILE
82. Strong hold: IRONGRIP
87. Gray-brown flycatchers: PHOEBES
88. Book: RESERVE
90. Summer top: TEE
91. Test for future Ph.D.s: GRE
92. Wiped out: ERASED
93. Sippy cup users: TOTS
96. Agenda topics: ITEMS
98. Word with power, talk or band: GIRL
99. Number of planetas en el sistema solar: OCHO
100. Fasten with a belt: GIRD
102. Chaplin of "Game of Thrones": OONA
103. Surrender: CEDE
104. Summit of Mount Purgatory, in Dante's "Divine Comedy": EDEN
105. Mount in Greek myth: OSSA
108. Show with a Miami spinoff: CSI
109. Symbol for an audio device: EAR

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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.
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Can I see past crossword answers?

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