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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 3, 1997
Tuesday, June 3, 1997
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, June 3, 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
- 45
- 59
- 60
- 61
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 39
- 46
- 52
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Monday, June 2, 1997
across
- 1. Civil disorder: RIOT
- 5. Urban haze: SMOG
- 9. Diners: CAFES
- 14. Workers' protection org.: OSHA
- 15. Variety of fine cotton: PIMA
- 16. Hold dear: ADORE
- 17. Tizzy: SNIT
- 18. The New Yorker cartoonist Peter: ARNO
- 19. Chateau-Thierry's river: MARNE
- 20. "Petticoat Junction" setting: HOOTERVILLE
- 23. Lyricist Rice: TIM
- 24. Granola grain: OAT
- 25. Copyists: SCRIBES
- 27. Trim, as a tree: DECORATE
- 32. Arp's art: DADA
- 33. Military address: Abbr.: APO
- 34. Fishing line: SNELL
- 36. The "S" in WASP: SAXON
- 39. State north of Ind.: MICH
- 41. Adventures: SAGAS
- 43. Battle of Normandy objective: STLO
- 44. Big news exclusive: SCOOP
- 46. Reading lights: LAMPS
- 48. Ames and Asner: EDS
- 49. Pub orders: ALES
- 51. Practice: REHEARSE
- 53. Edmonton's province: ALBERTA
- 56. Everything: ALL
- 57. Random number generator: DIE
- 58. "Father Knows Best" setting: SPRINGFIELD
- 64. Texas site to remember: ALAMO
- 66. Have ___ good authority: ITON
- 67. Sewing case: ETUI
- 68. Georgia city, home of Mercer University: MACON
- 69. Color of linen: ECRU
- 70. Final Four inits.: NCAA
- 71. Pronunciation symbol: SCHWA
- 72. Make-believe: SHAM
- 73. Eschew: SHUN
down
- 1. ___ ha-Shanah: ROSH
- 2. "Money ___ object!": ISNO
- 3. Louisville's river: OHIO
- 4. Dragon, perhaps: TATTOO
- 5. Big Ten team from East Lansing: SPARTANS
- 6. Nuclear missile, briefly: MIRV
- 7. Prefix meaning 56-Across: OMNI
- 8. London lockups: GAOLS
- 9. Kodaks, e.g.: CAMERAS
- 10. Nabokov novel: ADA
- 11. "The Phil Silvers Show" setting: FORTBAXTER
- 12. Sgt. Bilko: ERNIE
- 13. Looks like: SEEMS
- 21. Prominent rabbit features: EARS
- 22. Digital readout, for short: LCD
- 26. Mrs. McKinley and others: IDAS
- 27. Beavers' constructions: DAMS
- 28. Kind of proportions: EPIC
- 29. "I Dream of Jeannie" setting: COCOABEACH
- 30. Marsh duck: TEAL
- 31. "Pomp and Circumstance" composer: ELGAR
- 35. Shiny fabric: LAME
- 37. Auto pioneer Ransom: OLDS
- 38. Victory margin, at times: NOSE
- 40. Tunnel: HOLE
- 42. Moss for potting plants: SPHAGNUM
- 45. ___ non grata: PERSONA
- 47. Prefix with starter: SELF
- 50. Nascar sponsor: STP
- 52. Little green men: ALIENS
- 53. Revolutionary leader Samuel: ADAMS
- 54. Light purple: LILAC
- 55. Pisces's follower: ARIES
- 59. Scratch it!: ITCH
- 60. Nick and ___ Charles: NORA
- 61. Make an aquatint: ETCH
- 62. Hilo feast: LUAU
- 63. Primatologist Fossey: DIAN
- 65. Cut the grass: MOW
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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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