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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 1, 1995

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Wednesday, November 1, 1995

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, November 1, 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.

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

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Tuesday, October 31, 1995

across

1. Small amount: IOTA
5. Campus military grp.: ROTC
9. More unusual: ODDER
14. Tel ____: AVIV
15. Lamb pen name: ELIA
16. 54-Down's creator: VERNE
17. Trick: MAGICIANSDECEIT
20. Causes tearing: BLEARS
21. Muscle-building drugs: STEROIDS
22. Throw gently: TOSS
24. Tell (on): RAT
25. Treat: TAKEOUTTODINNER
33. Pipe joint: ELL
34. ____-do-well (good for nothing): NEER
35. Of the best quality: PRIMO
36. Domestic: MAID
38. Primitive fishing tool: SPEAR
41. A long time: AGES
42. Maine trees: PINES
44. Pub pints: ALES
46. Opposite of WSW: ENE
47. Trick: ONEROUNDOFCARDS
51. One for Juan: UNO
52. Knitter's stitch: PURL
53. Cherish as sacred: ENSHRINE
58. More than annoyed: GALLED
62. Treat: DELECTABLEGOODY
64. Love, Italian-style: AMORE
65. Last word in chess: MATE
66. Counsel positively: URGE
67. Specks: MOTES
68. Means justifier: ENDS
69. Started a hole, with "up": TEED

down

1. Poetic foot: IAMB
2. Track shape: OVAL
3. Andrews of TV's "Mod Squad": TIGE
4. Fly: AVIATE
5. Puts out again: REISSUES
6. Pay or Cray ending: OLA
7. Small containers: TINS
8. Batista's successor: CASTRO
9. Leave 25%, perhaps: OVERTIP
10. Art ____: DECO
11. Zwei follower: DREI
12. City west of Tulsa: ENID
13. Soaks flax: RETS
18. Sing like Bing: CROON
19. Exhausted: DEAD
23. Word with dance or stair: STEP
25. Pace: TEMPO
26. Actor Delon: ALAIN
27. Actor Kevin: KLINE
28. Tire feature: TREAD
29. Powerful D.C. lobby: NRA
30. Neighbor of Chad: NIGER
31. Fix, as text: EMEND
32. Romantic gift: ROSES
37. "____ Rosenkavalier": DER
39. Cockeyed: ALOP
40. Some immigrants: REFUGEES
43. They're sometimes confidential: SOURCES
45. Scrawny one: SCRAG
48. The "U" in B.T.U.: UNIT
49. Obscure: NONAME
50. Unrestrained: ALLOUT
53. Mild cheese: EDAM
54. "20,000 Leagues" captain: NEMO
55. Schedule opening: SLOT
56. Roll call answer: HERE
57. Former Israeli statesman: EBAN
59. Knowledge: LORE
60. Rim: EDGE
61. Unnaturally blonde, e.g.: DYED
63. India "Inc.": LTD

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