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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 4, 1995

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Wednesday, January 4, 1995

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, January 4, 1995. 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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Tuesday, January 3, 1995

across

1. Vacuum tube filler: ARGON
6. Wanders: ROAMS
11. Underwear initials: BVD
14. March composer: SOUSA
15. Key above G: AFLAT
16. Majors or Myles: LEE
17. Happenchance: TWISTOFFATE
19. Once _____ while: INA
20. Barber of baseball: RED
21. Sprite: ELF
22. Made: EARNED
24. City near Utah Lake: OREM
26. "Desire Under the _____": ELMS
29. Head of a familia: MADRE
30. Peeved: ANGERED
33. When Operation Overlord took place: DDAY
34. Bygone coif: AFRO
36. Mmes., across the Pyrenees: SRAS
38. Dined: ATE
39. Jodie Foster's directorial debut, 1991: LITTLEMANTATE
43. Douglas or alpine, e.g.: FIR
44. Choir members: ALTI
45. Pub quaffs: ALES
46. Seventh day activity: REST
48. Improves: BETTERS
51. Monkeyshine: ANTIC
53. Carriage, in the country: SHAY
54. Cousin of the English horn: OBOE
58. Bushy-tailed animal: MARMOT
60. Princess's sleep disturber: PEA
62. Dishcloth: RAG
63. Greek vowel: ETA
64. Child's means of propulsion: ROLLERSKATE
68. Soak flax: RET
69. More cheerful: GAYER
70. Takes to the trails: HIKES
71. Opposite NNW: SSE
72. Brainstorms: IDEAS
73. Apply: EXERT

down

1. Houston player: ASTRO
2. Oarsman: ROWER
3. Tour leader: GUIDE
4. W.W. II intelligence org.: OSS
5. N.B.A.'s Archibald: NATE
6. Club fund-raiser: RAFFLE
7. Light switch position: OFF
8. Miss. neighbor: ALA
9. Chess finale: MATE
10. Robert Fulton's power: STEAM
11. Notoriously risky social event: BLINDDATE
12. Respects: VENERATES
13. Sharpshooter: DEADEYE
18. Fashion's Cassini: OLEG
23. "Far out": RAD
25. Shopping place: MART
27. 1939 James Stewart title role: MRSMITH
28. Que follower, in song: SERA
31. _____ bene: NOTA
32. Mr. Quayle: DAN
34. Drives away: ALIENATES
35. A number 1: FIRSTRATE
37. Christmas tree topper: STAR
40. Atty.'s degree: LLB
41. Parisian summers: ETES
42. What's more: ALSO
43. Constitution creators: FRAMERS
47. Actor Matheson: TIM
49. Narrows: TAPERS
50. Watchful one: EYER
52. Welsh dog: CORGI
55. Accelerator's counterpart: BRAKE
56. Western: OATER
57. Cast out: EGEST
59. Little hopper: TOAD
61. North Carolina county: ASHE
65. Drain cleaner: LYE
66. Pasture: LEA
67. General Mills cereal: KIX

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 3

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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.
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