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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 6, 2000
Sunday, August 6, 2000
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, August 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
- 1
- 54
- 57
- 60
- 79
- 85
- 101
- 117
- 119
- 120
- 122
Down clues & answers
- 17
- 25
- 47
- 52
- 62
- 65
- 67
- 73
- 82
- 97
- 100
- 102
- 105
- 108
- 110
- 113
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Saturday, August 5, 2000
across
- 1. Garfield, e.g.: PETCAT
- 7. Uncommon sort: RARAAVIS
- 15. Get some air: INHALE
- 16. Dormant: INACTIVE
- 17. Justice who took Rehnquist's seat: SCALIA
- 18. Navel observer?: PONDERER
- 19. Agriculturist: TILLER
- 20. ___ II (razor brand): TRAC
- 21. Not just any: THE
- 22. Salad pepper-uppers: ONIONS
- 23. Kind of grass: OAT
- 24. 10 jiao: YUAN
- 25. Usurer: LOANSHARK
- 27. Sparkler: GEODE
- 28. West ender?: ERN
- 29. Where Salvador is: BRASIL
- 30. Pop music's 98 Degrees, e.g.: QUARTET
- 35. Orangish: CARROTY
- 36. Directed skyward: UPCAST
- 37. Certain gift: GAB
- 38. French story: ETAGE
- 39. Subject in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King": HOLYGRAIL
- 45. Connecting point: NODE
- 46. By which: Lat.: QUA
- 47. One making big bucks?: BRONCO
- 48. "El ___" (1998 documentary): CHE
- 49. Dethrone: OUST
- 50. Famous Massachusetts political family: LODGES
- 51. Iron ore: HEMATITE
- 53. Level best: UTMOST
- 54. Comic who co-starred in "Nuns on the Run": ERICIDLE
- 55. Phrase of inclusion: ETALII
- 56. Took a break: RECESSED
- 57. Making noises: SONANT
down
- 1. Symbol of hotness: PISTOL
- 2. San Fernando Valley locale: ENCINO
- 3. Classic theater name: THALIA
- 4. Visit: CALLON
- 5. Who "they" are in the movie "They Live": ALIENS
- 6. A rip-off for readers?: TEARSHEET
- 7. Actor married to Geraldine Page: RIPTORN
- 8. Ski jacket: ANORAK
- 9. Attacked: RANAT
- 10. Current status?: ACDC
- 11. Put away: ATE
- 12. Whiz: VIRTUOSO
- 13. With 31-Down, exasperated exclamation: IVEHADIT
- 14. Peacefully: SERENELY
- 24. Oenologist's interest: YEAR
- 26. Knack: ART
- 27. [If it weren't for this leash...]: GRR
- 29. They can melt hearts: BABYBLUES
- 30. Gatorade, e.g.: QUENCHER
- 31. See 13-Down: UPTOHERE
- 32. Entirely conjectural: ACADEMIC
- 33. Fires do it: RAGE
- 34. Poet's inits.: TSE
- 35. ___ Poly: CAL
- 37. Having a pointy beard: GOATEED
- 39. 1975 craze, with "the": HUSTLE
- 40. Natural hideout: GROTTO
- 41. Surveyor's assistant: RODMAN
- 42. Portuguese-speaking land: ANGOLA
- 43. Strands up north, say: ICESIN
- 44. Went gaga: LOSTIT
- 46. Portions of chewing tobacco: QUIDS
- 49. Company that owns the trade name "Escalator": OTIS
- 52. Whiz: ACE
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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?.
The Crossword FAQ
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What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
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