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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 6, 2000
Thursday, January 6, 2000
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, January 6, 2000. 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
- 10
- 31
- 43
- 47
- 49
- 59
- 64
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 12
- 22
- 30
- 39
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Wednesday, January 5, 2000
across
- 1. Sounds from pounds: YIPS
- 5. Place for a massage: SCALP
- 10. Bit of vocal fanfare: TADA
- 14. Lionel track layout, maybe: OVAL
- 15. Big house: MANOR
- 16. Pink-slipped: AXED
- 17. Madly in love: GAGA
- 18. Curly-haired comics heroine: ANNIE
- 19. TV's Warrior Princess: XENA
- 20. Egotistical George Bernard Shaw drama?: INEVERCANTELL
- 23. Hot time in Haiti: ETE
- 24. When repeated, a first name in Hollywood: ZSA
- 25. Egotistical James Bond caper?: IONLYLIVETWICE
- 33. Correctly sung: ONKEY
- 34. 1989 Literature Nobelist: CELA
- 35. Nth degree: MAX
- 36. Zoo barrier: MOAT
- 37. They're S-shaped: OGEES
- 39. Dermatologist's concern: PORE
- 40. Bit of brandy: NIP
- 41. Half of Mork's sign-off: NANU
- 42. Central opening?: SOFTC
- 43. Egotistical 1977 pop smash?: ILIGHTUPMYLIFE
- 47. "...___ quit!": ORI
- 48. "Hail, Caesar!": AVE
- 49. Egotistical 1948 Cole Porter tune?: ICANDONOWRONG
- 56. Isinglass: MICA
- 58. Biology lab stain: EOSIN
- 59. Painter's estimation: AREA
- 60. Nose wrinkler: ODOR
- 61. Emmy winner Lucci: SUSAN
- 62. Gung-ho feeling: ZEAL
- 63. Custom: WONT
- 64. #, to a typesetter: SPACE
- 65. "Nana" author: ZOLA
down
- 1. Contemplative sort: YOGI
- 2. Dr. Pavlov: IVAN
- 3. Webmaster's creation: PAGE
- 4. Bulgarian or Croat: SLAV
- 5. Person who mouths off: SMARTY
- 6. A.T.M. button: CANCEL
- 7. Magnani of "The Rose Tattoo": ANNA
- 8. Beef buy: LOIN
- 9. Bar freebies: PRETZELS
- 10. The Stamp Act, e.g.: TAXLAW
- 11. Leap for Lipinski: AXEL
- 12. Iniquity site: DEN
- 13. Critic ___ Louise Huxtable: ADA
- 21. Hard to hold: EELY
- 22. Are, in Aragón: ESTA
- 25. How sardines are packed: INOIL
- 26. Cousin of a giraffe: OKAPI
- 27. Bottom line: NET
- 28. Become slippery, in a way: ICEUP
- 29. Churchillian sign: VEE
- 30. "Toodles!": IMOFF
- 31. Garçon's list: CARTE
- 32. Pres. or treas.: EXEC
- 33. Prefix with potent: OMNI
- 37. Quality of bran muffins: OATINESS
- 38. Bearded antelope: GNU
- 39. Islands dish: POI
- 41. Dragsters' org.: NHRA
- 42. Did in: SLEW
- 44. Miniature racer: GOCART
- 45. Raving lunatic: MANIAC
- 46. DeCarlo of "The Munsters": YVONNE
- 49. Clickable symbol: ICON
- 50. Make spiffy: DOUP
- 51. Greek peak: OSSA
- 52. Give the Bronx cheer: RAZZ
- 53. Hydrox look-alike: OREO
- 54. "Hud" Oscar winner: NEAL
- 55. Big bash: GALA
- 56. Shorten, in a way: MOW
- 57. Witness stand oath: IDO
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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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