Crossword Definitions and Answers

Advertisement Constructed by: Dave Taber & Laura Moll Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Theme (according to Bill): Crossed Lines Themed answers reinterpret common “LINES” as “LINES” one might speak: 12A Hot line? : I’M ON FIRE! 19A Dead line? : ET TU, BRUTE? 39A Clothes line? : KEEP YOUR PANTS ON! 57A With 69-Across, Life line? : HE LIKES IT! … 69A See 57-Across : … HEY, MIKEY! Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 9m 25s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 15 Only state that shares a time zone with Alaska : HAWAII The Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone covers the state of Hawaii, and the most westerly of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HAST) is observed in both states, but only the Aleutian portion observes Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (HADT). 16 Bag : CUP OF TEA Something one doesn’t like doing isn’t one’s “bag”, is

Constructed by: Samuel A. Donaldson & Doug Peterson Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Cover Your Eyes Four rows in the grid use three clues collectively. Also, those rows contain answers that span the whole grid, with the letter I being covered by black squares. Clever … 40A Warning before a gory movie scene … or a phonetic hint to answering four rows in this puzzle : COVER YOUR EYES 17A Mechanical : 18A Snack : 19A Dispensers : VENDING MACHINES 24A French : 27A Cake : 30A Advocate? : MARIE ANTOINETTE 53A Atlantic : 55A Division : 57A Skaters : DETROIT RED WINGS 62A Home : 63A Office : 66A Convenience : ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 33m 41s! Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 It may be mined or crunched : DATA Our word

Constructed by: Jared Goudsmit Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Ab Crunches We have a rebus puzzle today, with the letters “AB” CRUNCHED together in several squares: 61A Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle : AB CRUNCHES 17A Ate and ran, say : GR AB BED A B ITE 21A Fit to live in : INH AB IT AB LE 37A Legendary Himalayan humanoid : AB OMIN AB LE SNOWMAN 52A The magic word? : AB RACAD AB RA 3D Certain horses : AR AB S 6D “Not right this second” : IN A B IT 9D Finish gift-wrapping, say : TIE A B OW 11D Muslim headscarf : HIJ AB 24D Fix up again, as a house : REH AB 32D Hummus brand : S AB RA 52D Dislike with a passion : AB HOR 55D Friar’s home : AB BEY Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 9m 01s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Carda

Constructed by: Scott Graham Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Theme (according to Bill): Teetotal Themed answers each comprise two words starting with the letter T. And, every clue in the puzzle starts with a T: 13A “ T ry and do better!” : T OP T HIS! 15A T raditional medicine uses its oil : T EA T REE 29A T antalizing film preview : T EASER T RAILER 35A T hieves’ stash, maybe : T REASURE T ROVE 56A T able the rehearsal for a bit, say : T AKE T EN 57A T iger’s slot on the schedule, e.g. : T EE T IME Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 7m 39s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 15 Traditional medicine uses its oil : TEA TREE Tea tree oil is an essential oil that is extracted from the leaves of several species known as “tea tree”, all of which are in the myrtle family. The oil is

Advertisement Constructed by: Will Pfadenhauer Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Holy Trinity The TRINITY of (three) themed answers each start with a word that often follows “HOLY”: 59A Christian doctrine of divinity, and the starts of the answers to 18-, 29-, and 45-Across? : HOLY TRINITY 18A Age-old method of long-distance communication : SMOKE SIGNAL (giving “Holy smoke !”) 29A Triple-A baseball team based in Ohio : TOLEDO MUD HENS (giving “Holy Toledo !”) 45A Atmospheric patterns that resemble fish scales : MACKEREL SKIES (giving “Holy mackerel !”) Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 6m 11s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Sandwich made with Peter Pan and Welch’s, for short : PBJ Peanut butter and jelly (PB&J or PBJ) The Peter Pan brand of peanut butter is named after the character in the J. M. Barrie play. What

Constructed by: Drew Schmenner Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Setting Sun Shaded letters in today’s grid show us a SUN that is at its height in the “east” of the grid, and setting as we move to the “west”: 11D Predominant religion of Indonesia and Pakistan : SUN NI ISLAM 9D Pageant whose hosts have included Bob Barker, Dick Clark and Steve Harvey : MIS S UN IVERSE 26D Dashboard-mounted navigator : GP S UN IT 21D Animal “relative” an astonished person may claim to be : MONKEY’ S UN CLE 31D What glows in the west at day’s end … or a hint to this puzzle’s sequence of shaded squares : SETTING SUN Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 6m 15s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Ritzy : POSH No one really knows the etymology of the word “posh”. The popular myth that “pos