July 2017 Crossword Answer Key

Across

1. Perfectly fine

6. ___ Almighty (2007 Steve Carell movie)

10. Novak Djokovic, for one

14. Forest

19. Find out

20. Carson’s successor

21. Western county of New York or Pennsylvania

22. Set to simmer, as a burner

23. Deli standard

26. Bête ___ (pet peeve)

27. Narrow opening

28. Fondness

30. Bobby who hit number one with “Take Good Care of My Baby”

31. Watches secretly

35. 1970s runner Steve, for short

36. Illuminated

37. Person who often interacts with an ER doc

38. Alan with eight Oscars

39. Line between the Equator and the Antarctic Circle

44. Small map

45. Wear proper clothing to

46. New Haven’s ___ Whitney Museum and Workshop

47. Explosive stuff

48. Cobra’s shape, sometimes

49. Actor Driver

51. Harold & ___ Go to White Castle

55. Criticized with extreme harshness

60. “___ the gift to be simple . . .”

62. Star Trek role

63. Mexican mother

64. Redskins owner Snyder

65. Word before bear or shift

67. Country singer David Allan ___

68. “___ Be Sedated”

70. Annually

72. Prepares potatoes, perhaps

74. Abyss

75. Play the role of

77. Piece of equipment for the crew team

78. They aim to advance runners

79. “Situation under control”

81. Bandleader Eubanks, casually

82. Movie-theater food

86. Coffee that lets you sleep

88. Nobel Peace Prize winner Wiesel

90. Call letters for a Maryland NBC station

91. “. . . ___ quit!”

92. Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano)

94. Australian or New Zealander, e.g.

97. Sudden wave of fear

99. One of the Ivies

103. Self-centered person’s attitude

104. Ming once on the Houston Rockets

105. Sgt. superiors

106. Nervous little laugh

107. Roman and Incan, for two

108. About a quarter of HS students

109. Greek goddess associated with nightingales

113. Bike-shop purchase

114. Quarterback’s specification

116. Largest shopping mall in the Washington area

122. ___ One (vodka brand)

123. Long-term spy

124. Dulles Airport architect ___ Saarinen

125. The late Mrs. Mikhail Gorbachev

126. Eat away

127. The Dukes of Hazzard spinoff

128. Bryce Harper and teammates

129. Game that you might play at a cookout this July 4—and that you can play seven times in this puzzle

Down

1. ___ State University (historically black college in Mississippi)

2. Jeans name

3. Young fellow

4. Planet, poetically

5. Israeli parliament

6. Small and impish

7. Sleeveless garment

8. Comic actress Gasteyer

9. Amateurs

10. Stitched

11. Lindros or Clapton

12. Loaded

13. Interests

14. Refuses to testify, as a coconspirator

15. Palindromic Grammy winner

16. Musical with an exclamation point

17. Scale notes

18. Succotash component

24. Entrepreneur Musk

25. Murky parts of the sea, poetically

29. Pleasant

31. Jaclyn or Stan

32. Tubular pasta

33. Old Kodak

34. ___ out a victory

35. Hondas made from 1978 to 2001

39. Colonial-era hat

40. “As ___ angel dropp’d down from the clouds” (Shakespeare)

41. Fish-and-chips fish

42. Politician, at times

43. One of 12 popes

45. Two tablets, often

48. 1990s music holder

50. A thousand thousand, briefly

52. Far earlier

53. Soothing plant

54. Wishes one could take back

56. Wok, say

57. Novelist Ferber

58. Hole number

59. “Stuck ___” (Lionel Richie hit)

61. Brewer Adams

65. Separate from

66. Senator Paul

68. Apple Store buy

69. Spanish red, say

70. Noted dog conditioner

71. “Dig in, everyone!”

73. NASCAR sponsor

76. Peg for Jordan Spieth

78. Word in many cereal names

80. Starbucks size

82. Six-pack part

83. Website with Collectibles and Toys sections

84. Like 7 and 97

85. Architectural flourishes

87. One of two at a baseball stadium

89. The Capitals play on it

93. Collection of many authors’ works: abbr.

95. Lacking color

96. Ratings company

97. It’s ground in a small mill

98. Friend of the French

99. Dad humor, often

100. Moneymaker

101. Was defeated by

102. “Am I the one who’s out of line here?”

103. 1,083 years from now

107. Money in 110 down

110. France’s third-largest city

111. Nordic capital

112. The Simpsons bar

113. ___ Plus (shampoo brand)

115. Join in holy matrimony

117. Part of the eye

118. “I don’t think so”

119. Cancún uncle

120. Immigrant’s course, for short

121. Charlotte of The Facts of Life