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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 18, 1995

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Wednesday, January 18, 1995

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, January 18, 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.

78 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Ready to swing
2
"Charlie's Angels" co-star
3
"Skittle Players" painter
4
_____-fi
5
Actress Wright of "Mrs. Miniver"
6
Soprano Frances
7
Move like a butterfly
8
Opposing sides
9
Hypnotism pioneer
10
Partner of Porthos
11
Singular Christmas toy?
12
Stampeding group
13
Ring cheers
18
DDT ingredient
24
Gershwin's "_____ It a Pity?"
25
Five-and-a-half yards
27
Love of money
28
It helps circulation
29
Münchhausen, e.g.
31
Played for a sucker
32
Cots and cradles
33
"So be it"
34
Mislay
35
Singular slug?
37
Smoothie
40
Cartoonist Silverstein
42
"Das Lied _____ der Erde"
45
"Land o' _____!"
46
"Death Comes for the Archbishop" author
48
Rembrandt, the painter
50
Senator Hatch
51
Hisser
52
Played (with)
53
Last breath
54
Neighbor of B.C.
55
"Huh?"
56
The old sod
57
Roasting device
61
Olympics chant

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Tuesday, January 17, 1995

across

1. Snitch: SWIPE
6. 1986 World Series champs: METS
10. "You said it!": AMEN
14. More washed out: PALER
15. Over: ATOP
16. Pop singer Laura: NYRO
17. Senator Specter: ARLEN
18. Pro _____: RATA
19. Bushy hairstyle: AFRO
20. 1970 George Harrison hit: MYSWEETLORD
23. Astronaut's "fine": AOK
24. Catch sight of: ESPY
25. Tropical animals: TAPIRS
27. Bill Haley's band: COMETS
30. Tackle box gizmo: SCALER
32. Jazz's Kid _____: ORY
33. Stendahl hero Julien: SOREL
35. Wedding guest: INLAW
38. Take à la magicians: PALM
40. Sinatra standard: MYWAY
42. Wise: SAGE
43. February forecast: SLEET
45. Katmandu's land: NEPAL
47. Narcs' grp.: DEA
48. "So Big" author: FERBER
50. Robert Shapiro, e.g.: LAWYER
52. Singer West: DOTTIE
54. Pocket bread: PITA
55. Shoemaker's helper, in story: ELF
56. 60's sitcom: MYTHREESONS
62. Composer Janacek: LEOS
64. Nabisco brand: OREO
65. Walkie-talkie: RADIO
66. Landlocked Asian country: LAOS
67. Void's partner: NULL
68. In _____ (stuck): ABIND
69. Scurriers: ANTS
70. Strike out, as copy: DELE
71. Post offices have them: LINES

down

1. W.W. II meat: SPAM
2. On one's guard: WARY
3. Woes: ILLS
4. Shortstop Reese: PEEWEE
5. Hemingway and others: ERNESTS
6. "Back to the Future" role: MARTY
7. List shortener: ETAL
8. Baum dog: TOTO
9. "In the Heat of the Night" locale: SPARTA
10. Literary olio: ANA
11. Lerner-Loewe musical: MYFAIRLADY
12. Inaccuracy: ERROR
13. Crannies: NOOKS
21. British college: EPSOM
22. "Tuna-Fishing" painter: DALI
26. Bic products: PENS
27. Flatfoots: COPS
28. Ph.D. exam: ORAL
29. 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis film: MYLEFTFOOT
30. Underground way: SEWER
31. Applaud: CLAP
34. Sandberg of the Cubs: RYNE
36. "The African Queen" screenwriter: AGEE
37. Abrade: WEAR
39. Track contest: MEET
41. Ivy Leaguer: YALIE
44. Barbershop request: TRIM
46. Football fling: LATERAL
49. _____ question (certainly): BEYOND
51. Japanese mustard: WASABI
52. Perry's secretary: DELLA
53. City SSE of Buffalo: OLEAN
54. Capitalist tool: PROLE
57. Quiz choice: TRUE
58. Terrible rigor: HELL
59. Norse chief: ODIN
60. Supreme Court complement: NINE
61. Lays down the lawn: SODS
63. Draft letters: SSS

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