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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 10, 1998

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Saturday, January 10, 1998

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, January 10, 1998. 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Four-time Emmy winner for "Sesame Street"
8
Geometric solids
12
Anvils, e.g.
14
What many villains come to
16
Where E is a line
17
With vitriol
18
Cambodia's ___ Nol
19
American Flyer maker
21
Raymond who wrote "Till We Meet Again"
22
It's a reel problem
24
Harry of John O'Hara's "Appointment in Samarra"
26
Messenger ___
27
Actor Davis
29
Game supplies
31
Decoration technique
33
Faux pearl
34
Rich cheese
37
Some are holy
38
He played the Thing in "The Thing"
39
Beau
40
Works by Bach
42
Sitting quarters
46
___ Hyman award for female athletes
47
"Buenas ___" (Spanish greeting)
49
Ward of Mississippi
50
Be held in high esteem
52
Deluxe hotel suite feature
54
Black bird
55
"Twelfth Night" character
57
Cheek
59
To be specific
60
Down Under line
61
Dry
62
Classic movie scorer Max

Down clues & answers

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Friday, January 9, 1998

across

1. Timeworn, as a joke: OLDASMETHUSELAH
16. Prince, perhaps: HEIRTOTHETHRONE
17. Errors: MISCALCULATIONS
18. Beast of burden: YAK
19. Resistance unit: OHM
20. Country bumpkins: HICKS
21. Flood refuge: ARK
23. Bric-a-___: BRAC
25. ___ tar pits: LABREA
28. Yum-Yum lover in "The Mikado": NANKIPOO
33. Big Ten team: ILLINI
34. Some radios: AMS
35. Concern for Claudius: NERO
36. Lodge members: MOOSE
37. It may be glossed over: LIP
38. ___ Connor of "The Terminator": SARAH
39. Drill: BORE
40. Up to, informally: TIL
41. Little one: SPRITE
42. Symbols of welcome: OPENARMS
44. Took (off): HAULED
45. Stole, perhaps: MINK
46. Amb. worker: EMT
47. Rusty on the diamond: STAUB
50. Substitute for the unlisted: ETC
52. Hoosier humorist: ADE
55. Rich desserts: CHARLOTTERUSSES
59. "Giant" and "Cimarron," e.g.: WESTERNCLASSICS
60. Head for skid row?: TAKETOTHEBOTTLE

down

1. "For goodness sake!": OHMY
2. "Star Wars" princess: LEIA
3. Magnetic ___: DISK
4. Roman candle path: ARC
5. Penn or Union: Abbr.: STA
6. Hawaiian island: MOLOKAI
7. Leave one's mark on: ETCH
8. Brief description: THUMBNAILSKETCH
9. Abode of the dead, in Norse myth: HEL
10. Many Mormons: UTAHANS
11. "No respect," for Rodney Dangerfield: SHTICK
12. With 27-Down, old English character actor: ERIC
13. Start of an explanation: LOOK
14. Wilson and Harding, e.g.: ANNS
15. The Platters' "___ Mine": HES
21. Up: ARISEN
22. Devil's Island escapee ___ Belbenoit: RENE
24. Right for the disabled: RAMP
25. It's neither here nor there: LIMBO
26. Throw for ___: ALOOP
27. See 12-Down: BLORE
29. Going nowhere: INARUT
30. Menace: PERIL
31. Be Bryanesque: ORATE
32. Was audibly impressed: OOHED
37. Portray: LIMN
38. Canned product since 1937: SPAM
40. New York's ___ Bridge: TRIBORO
41. Kind of soup, in the South: SHECRAB
43. Wear it in good health: AMULET
47. Met home: SHEA
48. Mission: TASK
49. "Vissi d'___," from "Tosca": ARTE
51. Prefix with type: TELE
52. ___ were: ASIT
53. Latin grammar task: Abbr.: DECL
54. To be, in old Rome: ESSE
55. 100 lbs.: CWT
56. You can get a charge out of it: TNT
57. Kind of show: USO
58. European streaker: SST

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 9

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