July 2018 Crossword Answer Key

Across

1. One of the Three Bears

5. Pretzels-and-cheese snacks

11. Instrument played at weddings

15. X-rated material

19. Computer since 1998

20. Last night, in Lima

21. “Got it”

22. Heinie

23. *No early riser

25. Ignacio’s “I don’t like it”

27. Washington Post reporter Rosenberg

28. Sandwich shop

29. Running back’s trick

31. Big song

32. Tirades

34. Suffix with señor

36. Culpability

37. Brings home

39. Part of a molecule

40. Winning game after game

42. “That’s unfortunate”

44. Sudden economic upswing

45. Album with “Get Back” and “The Long and Winding Road”

47. *”Yes, yes, yes, and yes”

50. Kenya’s capital

52. Wish that you hadn’t

53. Streetcar

54. Dress down

57. Part of USPS

59. 911 maker

62. “You win”

63. Bring up, as an issue

64. Walking aid

65. It’s cured at breakfast

66. ___-picking (petty)

67. *George W. Bush and John Kerry were part of it

71. “Absolument!”

72. Where a movie is shot

73. Word before any US state

74. Tests with no pencils

75. Word on pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters

77. E.T. kid

79. West Side Story Oscar winner

81. Electron tubes

82. To be, to Benoît

83. Great Expectations kid

84. Military financing, sometimes

86. *It may have fish on it

90. Orioles owner Peter

94. Jaleo dish

95. Mineo of Exodus

96. Guts

98. One of Columbus’s ships

99. That is, to Caesar

101. Angle

103. ___ card (cell-phone insertion)

104. Unable to attack

105. Pro’s counterpart

106. Using, as an anonymous tip

109. Skipjack, e.g.

111. Suffix for Maryland or New York

112. Making petty complaints

114. *Freezer item

117. Garr of Oh, God!

118. Chips for a hand

119. Cartoon series about a ninja

120. Jell-O flavor

121. Approximately

122. Aviation pioneer Sikorsky

123. Scented like soil

124. Washington team that had a great 2017–18 season—and that can follow the first word in each starred entry

Down

1. Topaz or tourmaline

2. Words from a person rushing in

3. ___ Line (French fortifications of WWII)

4. German exclamation

5. ___ St. Claire (Annapolis suburb)

6. Quick joke

7. The Karate Kid Oscar nominee

8. Programmer’s deg.

9. Eager student’s shout

10. African country whose capital is Dakar

11. Language from which we get “pundit” and “pajamas”

12. Recently

13. Second game of a double-header, say

14. Take a look

15. Political commentator Rothenberg

16. *White Sands formation

17. Best Supporting Actor winner for Topkapi and Spartacus

18. “Remember the name!”

24. Skins scores

26. “Interesting!”

30. Colorado city

33. Beginning of a countdown

35. Ready to explode, as a tense situation

38. Palestinian leader Mahmoud ___

40. Award given by the Village Voice

41. DC Council member Silverman

43. Type of organic compound

46. Goes back for seconds

48. Ending for hand or eye

49. Bringing down to the station

51. Gems usually from Australia

54. Last step of using mouthwash

55. Architect Saarinen

56. *Bartender’s items

58. Domingo, e.g.

59. Woks, for example

60. Give shelter to

61. Ways out

63. Decay, in a way

64. Pink or puce

68. Intentional writers of bad checks

69. Tempted

70. Bunch for munching

76. Chinchilla, e.g.

78. “___ the best of times . . .”

79. Russian for “peace”

80. Going (for)

81. Mob bosses

83. Arrive at, as a parking lot

85. Dis

86. Stay with

87. Hosted

88. Movie job

89. Guillotined chemist Lavoisier

91. Neighbor of Sierra Leone

92. Exiting the highway, say

93. Grants permission

97. BBQ option

100. Middle of OOO or XXX

102. Tick off

104. Chowed down on

107. Spiced tea

108. March Madness org.

110. “It’s ___!”

113. Uncle, in Uruguay

115. Do it wrong

116. Affection