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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 22, 2000

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Thursday, June 22, 2000

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, June 22, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Sudden start
5
Arrival of clouds, for instance
9
Use as a dining table
14
Read ___ (study)
15
Catamount
16
Towel material
17
Wampanoag war leader, 1675-76
19
"Oho!" and such
20
From the 1930's
21
Creek war leader, 1813-14
23
Mast support
25
First National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs
26
Matter of proof?
30
Seminole war leader, 1835-37
34
Electronic gate
35
Peak in Haute-Savoie
37
Opposing
38
Lenape advocate of Indian unity and resistance, ca. 1760's
42
___-Aztecan languages
43
Laguna Veneta borderer
44
Temperature taker, maybe
45
Ottawa war leader, 1763-65
48
Gloom
50
Commanded
51
Bird so-called from its call
52
Shawnee war leader, 1812-13
56
TV ad directive
61
Like some colonies
62
Sauk war leader, 1832
64
Tutor's subject, maybe
65
Italian artist Guido
66
End ___
67
"Ivanhoe" writer
68
Mediterranean port
69
Huff

Down clues & answers

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Wednesday, June 21, 2000

across

1. Verbal assault: SLAM
5. Verbal break-in: AHEM
9. Way around Paris: METRO
14. Offer as proof: CITE
15. Stuff to be crunched: DATA
16. Hatch on the Hill: ORRIN
17. Book after Joel: AMOS
18. Old Dodge: OMNI
19. Plain speaking: PROSE
20. Himalayan aviation board?: NEPALPLANEPANEL
23. Filled the bill, perhaps: ATE
24. November honoree: VET
25. Freshest stories?: LEASTSTALETALES
34. Bert's buddy: ERNIE
35. Third-smallest of nine: MARS
36. Maker or breaker lead-in: LAW
37. Tour dates: GIGS
38. Bugs Bunny and others: TOONS
40. Merlin, e.g.: MAGE
41. Whiz: ACE
42. On toast, at a diner: DOWN
43. Readied the bow: AIMED
44. Closeup of royal displeasure?: LARGEREGALGLARE
48. Sch. in Troy, N.Y.: RPI
49. "Is that so!": GEE
50. Indiana team hijinks summary?: PACERCAPERRECAP
59. Storming: IRATE
60. Beethoven's birthplace: BONN
61. RC, e.g.: COLA
62. Frasier's brother: NILES
63. Be an omen of: BODE
64. Homeboy's place: HOOD
65. Exasperates: GALLS
66. Apple color enhancer: ALAR
67. Numbered work: OPUS

down

1. Digitize, in a way: SCAN
2. Lawn application: LIME
3. Resting on: ATOP
4. ___ Verde National Park: MESA
5. Takes on: ADOPTS
6. Dogpatch, for one: HAMLET
7. Sicilian peak: ETNA
8. It may be bounding: MAIN
9. Rug rats: MOPPETS
10. Slips: ERRATA
11. Suffix in nuclear physics: TRON
12. Court order?: RISE
13. Scott Turow's first book: ONEL
21. Eleventh-hour: LATE
22. Middle of a noted Cubs trio: EVERS
25. Over 21, perhaps: LEGAL
26. Writer Jong: ERICA
27. Reason for the silent treatment: ANGER
28. Family girl: SIS
29. In with: AMONG
30. PC linkup: LAN
31. Andean wool source: LLAMA
32. Hot to trot: EAGER
33. Bjorn Borg, for one: SWEDE
38. Like inner tubes: TORIC
39. Be in the red: OWE
40. N.L. Central team, on scoreboards: MIL
42. Lower: DEPRESS
43. Golden finish?: AGER
45. Grimm heroine: GRETEL
46. Chairman's paper: AGENDA
47. "My Fair Lady" lyricist: LERNER
50. Engine sound: PING
51. Part of a score, maybe: ARIA
52. "Tails," e.g.: CALL
53. "SOS" pop group: ABBA
54. Summer hangout: POOL
55. Sonar's principle: ECHO
56. Group enterprise: COOP
57. Baseball family name: ALOU
58. Pew parts: PADS

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 21

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