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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 8, 1998
Sunday, November 8, 1998
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, November 8, 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.
Across clues & answers
- 22
- 25
- 51
- 87
- 116
- 119
- 122
- 125
Down clues & answers
- 17
- 29
- 36
- 57
- 60
- 85
- 94
- 102
- 106
- 107
- 109
- 111
- 113
- 114
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Saturday, November 7, 1998
across
- 1. Risky venture: CRAPSHOOT
- 10. As a friend, to François: ENAMI
- 15. Kind of element: RAREEARTH
- 16. Jacob's father-in-law: LABAN
- 17. Exaggerate: OVERSTATE
- 18. It may be blessed: EVENT
- 19. Disqualification, of a sort: RECUSAL
- 20. Noted concerto composer: VIVALDI
- 22. 1900's-30's Spanish queen: ENA
- 23. Collection agcy.: IRS
- 24. Filling material: AMALGAM
- 25. Islands dish: POI
- 26. Little row: SPAT
- 27. Constellation near Scorpius: ARA
- 28. House shower: CSPAN
- 31. Lay up: STORE
- 32. Oldest U.S. hoops contest: NIT
- 33. Attention-getter: AHEM
- 34. Colette novel, 1920: CHERI
- 35. Unpopular spots: ACNE
- 36. 30-Down, informally: POP
- 37. Nutrition units: GRAMS
- 38. Braid: TRESS
- 39. How-___ (book genre): TOS
- 40. Annual horse race, with "The": OAKS
- 41. B. A. Baracus portrayer on TV: MRT
- 42. Put into play: UTILIZE
- 44. 1950 film noir: DOA
- 45. Modern collectible: CEL
- 48. Reeled off: RECITED
- 49. Quintessence: EPITOME
- 51. Shed crocodile tears: EMOTE
- 52. "Orpheus in the Underworld" composer: OFFENBACH
- 54. Makeshift punishment device: RULER
- 55. Popular lawn tool: WEEDEATER
- 56. W.W. II women reservists: SPARS
- 57. Greenhouses: NURSERIES
down
- 1. 10,000,000 rupees, in India: CRORE
- 2. Deep black: RAVEN
- 3. Betel palm: ARECA
- 4. Home of the U.N.'s Javier Pérez de Cuéllar: PERU
- 5. Sitting: SESSION
- 6. 1962 John Wayne film: HATARI
- 7. Doctorate hurdle: ORALS
- 8. He hit 511 career homers: OTT
- 9. Old cause of fainting: THEVAPORS
- 10. Improve spiritually: ELEVATE
- 11. Kind of engagement: NAVAL
- 12. "Napoleon" director, 1927: ABELGANCE
- 13. Powerful bureaucrats: MANDARINS
- 14. Bosom buddies: INTIMATES
- 21. Imported porcelain: IMARI
- 25. Grier of "Jackie Brown": PAM
- 26. Arrests: STEMS
- 28. Successful hunters: CAPTURERS
- 29. John Wayne film, e.g.: SHOOTEMUP
- 30. Product in whose ads James Dean made his first filmed appearance: PEPSICOLA
- 31. Gangster's practice: SHAKEDOWN
- 34. Many a new dance: CRAZE
- 35. Word before song or glass: ART
- 37. Neck swellings: GOITERS
- 38. New hire: TRAINEE
- 41. Lightweight road vehicles: MOPEDS
- 43. Measure of 30-Down: LITER
- 44. Pass the buck: DEFER
- 45. Ring-tailed animal: COATI
- 46. Introducer: EMCEE
- 47. Glassware ovens: LEHRS
- 50. Mountain sight: TBAR
- 53. Coup de ___ (gunshot): FEU
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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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