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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 13, 1997
Thursday, March 13, 1997
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, March 13, 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
- 27
- 42
- 48
- 56
- 59
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 57
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Wednesday, March 12, 1997
across
- 1. Cookbook phrase: ALA
- 4. You can't control it: SPASM
- 9. Ramadan observance: FAST
- 13. Beaujolais, say: VIN
- 14. Rock band named for an inventor: TESLA
- 15. Mr. T group: ATEAM
- 17. Fraternity letter: ETA
- 18. Hunter of myth: ORION
- 19. A masked man: ZORRO
- 20. Looking through photo albums, perhaps?: RELIVINGTHEPAST
- 23. Baseball's Sandberg: RYNE
- 24. Reactor part: ROD
- 25. Posed: PUT
- 26. Place to lose oneself: MAZE
- 27. Emasculate: UNMAN
- 30. "Now I see!": AHSO
- 31. Supped: ATE
- 32. Like some eligibles, once: ONEA
- 33. Eponymous physicist: OHM
- 35. Party item: BIRTHDAYPRESENT
- 41. Weed: HOE
- 42. Caps Lock neighbor, on a computer: AKEY
- 43. Something to shoot for: PAR
- 44. Zeppo, for one: MARX
- 47. Where the buffalo roam: RANGE
- 49. Label info: SIZE
- 50. ___ pro nobis: ORA
- 51. Bilko's rank: Abbr.: SGT
- 52. 57-Down measurement: PICA
- 53. #1 movie of 1985: BACKTOTHEFUTURE
- 59. Singer Cara: IRENE
- 60. Composer Copland: AARON
- 61. "Interview With the Vampire" co-star: REA
- 62. Debussy work: LAMER
- 63. Post-toast sound: CLINK
- 64. "Independence Day" villains: ETS
- 65. High schooler: TEEN
- 66. Some cigarettes: KENTS
- 67. Like a wallflower: SHY
down
- 1. Declare as fact: AVER
- 2. Highbrows: LITERATI
- 3. One critically examining: ANALYZER
- 4. Hot spot: STOVE
- 5. Prefix with scope or meter: PERI
- 6. "Q ___ queen": ASIN
- 7. Work hard: SLOG
- 8. Repeated word: MANTRA
- 9. Disconcerted: FAZED
- 10. Over: ATOP
- 11. Hoverer near God's throne: SERAPH
- 12. Human ankle: TARSUS
- 16. Words on a coat of arms: MOTTO
- 21. Suffix with Alp: INE
- 22. Center of a roast: HONOREE
- 26. Queen described by Mercutio: MAB
- 27. Experience: UNDERGO
- 28. Cultural org.: NEA
- 29. Quetzalcoatl worshiper: MAYAN
- 30. Wake-up times: Abbr.: AMS
- 32. Surprised cry: OHO
- 34. "Just hold everything!": HEY
- 36. "___ 1138" (1971 sci-fi film): THX
- 37. U.P.S. cargo: Abbr.: PKG
- 38. Connoisseurs: EPICURES
- 39. Home of Mary and Joseph: NAZARETH
- 40. Italian numero: TRE
- 44. Shell competitor: MOBIL
- 45. Genesis mount: ARARAT
- 46. Flower part: RACEME
- 48. Go at: ATTACK
- 49. Wait: SIT
- 51. Unaccommodating: STERN
- 52. Street toughs: PUNKS
- 54. Baby-bouncing locale: KNEE
- 55. Vigorous: HALE
- 56. Land of poetry: ERIN
- 57. Printer's choice: FONT
- 58. Accommodating: EASY
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- 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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