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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 21, 2000

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Wednesday, June 21, 2000

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, June 21, 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.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2000

across

1. 60's do: AFRO
5. "Cool!": NEAT
9. Tie at a derby?: ASCOT
14. 1958 chiller, with "The": BLOB
15. Singer Guthrie: ARLO
16. Melodramatic: SOAPY
17. Baby bear reconnoiterers?: CUBSCOUTS
19. President before Polk: TYLER
20. Person of note?: COMPOSER
22. ___ Diavolo (seafood sauce): FRA
23. Puts on an act: FAKESIT
26. Conqueror of England, 1066: NORMAN
28. Actress Lena: OLIN
29. Resorts of sorts: SPAS
32. Give the heave-ho: OUST
33. Cowpoke competitions: RODEOS
36. Klingons and Vulcans: ALIENS
38. Coming-out party?: DEB
39. Baby fox carriers?: KITBAGS
41. Form filer, for short: CPA
44. Platforms: RISERS
46. Lords and ladies: NOBLES
48. Dundee denizen: SCOT
50. Charlie Brown expletive: RATS
52. Security concern: LEAK
53. Player who's good with a bat: HITTER
55. Bishops' subordinates: PRIESTS
58. German cry: ACH
59. B-52, e.g.: WARPLANE
62. Caterpillar competitor: DEERE
64. Baby bird vegetables?: CHICKPEAS
68. Boo-boo: ERROR
69. Computer clickers: MICE
70. Oscar winner Kazan: ELIA
71. Medicine measures: DOSES
72. Said "not guilty," e.g.: PLED
73. It's in a pickle: DILL

down

1. "N.Y.P.D. Blue" network: ABC
2. Winter woe: FLU
3. Rip off: ROB
4. Really awful: OBSCENE
5. One of the Judds: NAOMI
6. Blows one's top: ERUPTS
7. Kind of clef: ALTO
8. Not sleep peacefully: TOSS
9. Houston player: ASTRO
10. Sauce source: SOY
11. Baby moose movers?: CALFMUSCLES
12. Met productions: OPERAS
13. Tough boss to work for: TYRANT
18. Comedian Bill, informally: COS
21. Naval Academy grad: ENSIGN
23. Escort company: FORD
24. Mother Nature's burn balm: ALOE
25. Baby goat siblings?: KIDBROTHERS
27. "Apollo 13" director Howard: RON
30. Blue Ribbon maker: PABST
31. In the style of: ALA
34. Green-lights: OKS
35. Environmentalists' club name: SIERRA
37. That, to Tomás: ESO
40. Caroler's syllable: TRA
42. Marsh material: PEAT
43. Questions: ASKS
45. ___ Industries (defense contractor): ITT
47. Censored: BLEEPED
48. Protected from the sun: SHADED
49. "O tempora! O mores!" orator: CICERO
51. Piece together, as tape: SPLICE
54. Water servers: EWERS
56. Sped: RACED
57. Press coverage: INK
60. Dudley Do-Right's org.: RCMP
61. Pop singer Collins: PHIL
63. Seafood delicacy: ROE
65. Actor Wallach: ELI
66. Be laid up: AIL
67. Mule of song: SAL

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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.
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Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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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.
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