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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 27, 1995

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Friday, January 27, 1995

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, January 27, 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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Thursday, January 26, 1995

across

1. Hubbub: ADO
4. Tray filler: ASH
7. "No, sirree!": HUHUH
12. 1972 Olympics star: MARKSPITZ
16. In harmony: ATONE
17. OPEC member: INDONESIA
18. Man in red: SANTA
19. "The Ferrari in the Bedroom" author: JEANSHEPHERD
21. Start off: EMBARK
24. Doll's name: ANN
25. Appeal: SUE
26. Crossing word: LOOK
27. Proven sound: TESTED
30. Whiff: FAN
31. Dream team: ALLSTARS
36. "Heaven Must Have Sent You" singer: BONNIEPOINTER
40. Unrigid: BENDABLE
41. Barker: DOG
43. Track down: LOCATE
46. Upscale singer?: DIVA
47. "Is it a boy _____ girl?": ORA
48. "Now I know why!": AHA
51. Did with a passion?: EMOTED
53. West Coast Senator: BARBARABOXER
57. Obscure: BLEAR
58. Charity: DONATIONS
62. Jimmy Dorsey hit "Maria _____": ELENA
63. Original Woodstock rocker: JOECOCKER
64. Synthetic fabric: DYNEL
65. From _____ Z: ATO
66. TV actor Jack: SOO

down

1. Bon follower: AMI
2. Baseball's Quisenberry: DAN
3. California fort: ORD
4. Grant portrayer: ASNER
5. Canine command: SPEAK
6. Belonging to Li'l Abner: HISN
7. Lid fastener: HASP
8. Bonneville Flats site: UTAH
9. Genuine: HONEST
10. Not genuine: UNTRUE
11. Chaired: HEADED
13. Lollipop cop: KOJAK
14. "_____ sad sight to see the year dying": FitzGerald: TISA
15. Newswoman Paula: ZAHN
20. Involve: ENTAIL
21. Night shift worker: ELF
22. Ancient Dead Sea kingdom: MOAB
23. Pro _____ (like some legal work): BONO
28. Atlantic flier: ERNE
29. Atl. flier: SST
31. Operating without _____: ANET
32. One-dimensional: LINEAR
33. Set the pace: LED
34. Bath bath: SPA
35. Book of the Apocrypha: Abbr.: TOB
37. Scottie Pippen's org.: NBA
38. Rephrase: EDIT
39. Wander: ROVE
42. Wander: GAD
43. Hurled, as grenades: LOBBED
44. By swallowing: ORALLY
45. List: CAREEN
46. Language of ancient Rhodes: DORIC
49. Pilgrimage: HADJ
50. Peek ending: ABOO
51. On the money: EXACT
52. Kind of ism: METOO
54. Curse: BANE
55. Sea east of the Caspian: ARAL
56. Fit to serve: ONEA
59. Accepts: OKS
60. Prefix with realism: NEO
61. Sign of popularity: SRO

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 26

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Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
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Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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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.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
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