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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 19, 1997
Sunday, January 19, 1997
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, January 19, 1997. 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.
Across clues & answers
- 47
- 50
- 65
- 75
- 76
- 86
- 106
- 109
- 110
- 113
- 118
- 121
- 122
Down clues & answers
- 24
- 38
- 88
- 92
- 100
- 111
- 114
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Saturday, January 18, 1997
across
- 1. City west of Guantanamo: SANTIAGO
- 9. Phenomenon of paramnesia: DEJAVU
- 15. Fragrant, poisonous shrub: OLEANDER
- 16. Passes over: ELIDES
- 17. Squarely: SMACKDAB
- 18. Pistil-packing: FEMALE
- 19. Kind of grass: OAT
- 20. Inferior: WORSE
- 22. What a tabaquero makes: CIGAR
- 23. What's cooking: MENU
- 24. Subject of a Cezanne series: BATHERS
- 26. Jazz pianist Ahmad: JAMAL
- 29. United States' second-smallest state capital: PIERRE
- 31. Magic 8 Ball: ORACLE
- 33. Curtain fabric: Var.: ORGANDIE
- 37. Do like Durer: ETCH
- 38. Swahili and related tongues: BANTU
- 40. "Shoot!": DANG
- 41. Chicken dish: YAKITORI
- 43. Pincered insect: EARWIG
- 45. Yellow-flowered herb: ARNICA
- 47. Not clean, as a garment: LINTY
- 48. Escorts: CONVOYS
- 51. Fine fiber: FLAX
- 53. "___ Pretty" ("West Side Story" song): IFEEL
- 54. Roger's co-star on "77 Sunset Strip": EFREM
- 56. Buddy: MAC
- 59. Title character in a Peter Hoeg best seller: SMILLA
- 61. Go-getter: LIVEWIRE
- 63. Talk radio need: CALLER
- 64. Theoretical: ACADEMIC
- 65. Within the legal area of play: ONSIDE
- 66. Milton topic: PARADISE
down
- 1. Fair: SOSO
- 2. Michigan town or its college: ALMA
- 3. Pinlike: NEAT
- 4. Tic-toe tie: TAC
- 5. Aid to John Hancock: INKWELL
- 6. Enhancement: ADDON
- 7. Get prepared: GEARUP
- 8. Planetarium sights: ORBS
- 9. Awesome, in teen slang: DEF
- 10. Former Buick model: ELECTRA
- 11. Seattle-born 60's rock star: JIMIHENDRIX
- 12. Saw: ADAGE
- 13. Of the soft palate: VELAR
- 14. Gold diggers, in a way: USERS
- 21. 1975 Pulitzer-winning critic: EBERT
- 23. "The Prince" writer: MACHIAVELLI
- 25. Speak in court: ARGUE
- 26. Young kangaroo: JOEY
- 27. Greek city known to the ancients as Ambracia: ARTA
- 28. Hollywood mogul Sennett: MACK
- 30. Like some columns: IONIC
- 32. Black: EBONY
- 34. It breaks every day: DAWN
- 35. Name part: Abbr.: INIT
- 36. Rich, as food: EGGY
- 39. Hit the deck, so to speak: ARISE
- 42. Sang merrily: TROLLED
- 44. Walk in the shade: ALAMEDA
- 46. Kilimanjaro is there: AFRICA
- 48. Kid's name: CISCO
- 49. "The Rights ___": OFMAN
- 50. Simon and others: NEILS
- 52. Burton of "Star Trek": LEVAR
- 55. Brouhaha: FLAP
- 56. Maurice Chevalier's theme song: MIMI
- 57. Diminutive Greek names: ARIS
- 58. Gospel singer Winans: CECE
- 60. "___ we having fun yet?": ARE
- 62. Combine: WED
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- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
How the week is built
- Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
- 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.
- Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
- Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Crossword-solving habits worth building
- Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
- 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.
- Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
- Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.
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