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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 13, 1995

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Friday, October 13, 1995

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, October 13, 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, October 12, 1995

across

1. Cartel since 1960: OPEC
5. ____ cry: AFAR
9. Smooth, in a way: PAVED
14. Cult film "____ Man": REPO
15. At-home cover-up: ROBE
16. In a separate place: ASIDE
17. ____ Rabbit: BRER
18. Source of 24-Down: THEODYSSEY
20. Young teacher of 24 Down: STEPHEN
22. Draws nigh: ANEARS
23. Onetime Egyptian inits.: UAR
24. Out of shape: UNFIT
26. She has the last word in 24-Down: MOLLYBLOOM
29. ____ session: RAP
32. Novel subtitled "A Peep at Polynesian Life": TYPEE
33. Rochester's Jane: EYRE
34. Alien prefix: XENO
35. ____ case: INANY
36. Chi-town clock setting: Abbr.: CST
37. Acrylic fiber: ORLON
38. Drink with a straw: MALT
39. Payment means: CASH
40. Trips to the fridge: RAIDS
41. Unenthusiastic responses: EHS
42. Author of 24-Down: JAMESJOYCE
44. Makes a fillet: BONES
45. 1 point Scrabble tiles: ENS
46. Fuel in a can: STERNO
49. Husband and protagonist of 24-Down: LEOPOLD
53. Dreamy denizen of 18-Across: LOTUSEATER
56. "Do I ____!": EVER
57. Hersey's bell town: ADANO
58. The grape: WINE
59. Punish severely: CANE
60. Physics particle: BOSON
61. Alan of "The Glass Key": LADD
62. Obtuse: SLOW

down

1. Eyes: ORBS
2. Vivacious: PERT
3. Olympic event: EPEE
4. Plump: CORPULENT
5. Thoroughfare: ARTERY
6. Warm, dry Alpine wind: FOHN
7. Humorist Burrows: ABE
8. ____ Speedwagon: REO
9. Heathen, once: PAYNIM
10. Money in the bank: ASSET
11. Embassy paper: VISA
12. River to the Fulda: EDER
13. Old Algerian titles: DEYS
19. Willem of "Platoon": DAFOE
21. Malcolm X biographer: HALEY
24. Chronicle of Dublin on June 16, 1904: ULYSSES
25. Ollie and kin: NORTHS
26. Speech mimicker: MYNAH
27. Crown jewels: OPALS
28. Flattered: BECAME
29. Thing of the past: RELIC
30. Rayovac terminal: ANODE
31. Soprano Lily: PONS
32. Fourth dimension: TIME
34. Offering in a comic book ad: XRAYSPECS
37. Penobscot River town: ORONO
39. Camp craft: CANOE
42. "The Alchemist" dramatist: JONSON
43. Razzed: JEERED
44. Cinderella's dog, in Disney: BRUNO
46. Thick slice: SLAB
47. Row: TODO
48. Greek vowels: ETAS
49. Help a borrower: LEND
50. Flattened circle: OVAL
51. Late-night host: LENO
52. Pulled: DREW
54. Hole punch: AWL
55. Aunt, in Avila: TIA

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