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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 25, 2000

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Monday, September 25, 2000

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, September 25, 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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Sunday, September 24, 2000

across

1. Airline info: ROUTES
7. It may be caught in winter: THEBUG
13. Ice cream shop employee: SCOOPER
20. Ron of CNBC: INSANA
21. Rocker Dee Dee, Tommy, Joey or Johnny: RAMONE
22. With a creamy cheese sauce: ALFREDO
23. Redbook (1848): THECOMMUNISTMANIFESTO
26. Home (in on): ZERO
27. Princess tester: PEA
28. Final bit: TAILEND
29. They may be B.C. or A.D.: YRS
30. Owl hangouts: BARNS
32. Present prefix: OMNI
33. Runner Devers and others: GAILS
37. Yearbook (1949): NINETEENEIGHTYFOUR
41. 1953 Emmy-winning actress: ARDEN
44. Wrong: SIN
45. Prefix with cortical: NEO
46. Brown of Talk magazine: TINA
47. Beetles may be found in them: GARAGES
50. Never gone: NOTBEEN
54. Tap idly with the fingers: THRUM
55. Guidebook (1994): AMAPOFTHEWORLD
57. Nest noises: CHEEPS
58. Rice and Robbins: TIMS
59. Org. with inspectors: FAA
60. Singer Zadora: PIA
61. Place for splints: SHIN
62. Meandering curve: ESS
63. Bible book (1977): SONGOFSOLOMON
67. Area between center and right, say: GAP
70. Bean ___: CURD
71. French collagist: ARP
72. CD-___: ROM
73. Ex-Cosmos great: PELE
74. Souvenir stand item: TSHIRT
77. Comic book (1997): BRAINDROPPINGS
81. When some people eat lunch: ATONE
82. Erich ___, author of "Emil and the Detectives": KASTNER
83. "Mr. Apollinax" writer: TSELIOT
84. "The West Wing" actor: LOWE
85. Not a thing: NIL
86. Fathers and sons: HES
88. Songs sung by candlelight: NOELS
89. Law book (1866): CRIMEANDPUNISHMENT
96. Thirst (for): YEARN
97. Bibliophile's suffix: IANA
98. Bach composition: SUITE
99. Setting for many jokes: BAR
102. Visibly peeved: INASNIT
104. Eyesore: STY
105. New money: EURO
106. Review book (1982): 5OO1NIGHTSATTHEMOVIES
113. Curtainlike fish snarer: GILLNET
114. Charge, British-style: IONISE
115. Chilling words: ORELSE
116. Marine food fish: SEABASS
117. Fills in: ENTERS
118. Big name in antivirus software: NORTON

down

1. Posh: RITZY
2. "___ Majesty's Secret Service": ONHER
3. False friends: USERS
4. ___ Bell: TACO
5. Rock producer Brian: ENO
6. Hong Kong harbor sight: SAMPAN
7. Cutters: TRUANTS
8. ___ Solo of "Star Wars": HAN
9. London label: EMI
10. Setting for "The Practice": BOSTON
11. Feral: UNTAME
12. Program until 1966: GEMINI
13. Commonsensical: SANE
14. Don't let go of: CLINGTO
15. 0-for-5 performance for Mark McGwire, e.g.: OFFDAY
16. You can dig it: ORE
17. Foot, to Fabius: PES
18. What N.Y./Phila. baseball games are usually played in: EDT
19. Children's character in the Hundred Acre Wood: ROO
24. ___ mortals: MERE
25. Straight: ALIGNED
30. Cry in a crowded hall: BINGO
31. Angler's gear: SEINE
34. Kind of proposition, in logic: IFTHEN
35. Noted wine valley: LOIRE
36. Early time: SUNUP
37. Some tides: NEAPS
38. Sufficient, old-style: ENOW
39. Lady lobster: HEN
40. Super Bowl XXXIV champs: RAMS
41. 5 1/2-point: AGATE
42. "Ghostbusters" co-star: RAMIS
43. Small amounts: DRAMS
48. Struggle: EFFORT
49. Politician's declaration: STAND
51. Ball bearing?: TOPSPIN
52. Vigor: BRIO
53. It lands at Lod: ELAL
54. Slicing request: THIN
56. Sorceress: HAG
57. Chews on: CHOMPS
61. ___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930: SMOOT
63. "O.K.": SURE
64. They may be arranged in banks: OARS
65. Greek group, for short: FRAT
66. #4 on ice: ORR
67. Wish granter: GENIE
68. Star in Perseus: ALGOL
69. Pains, so to speak: PESTS
70. Field of stars?: CINEMA
73. Kitchen light: PILOT
74. Locker room supply: TALC
75. Child's bedtime treat: STORY
76. Actor Mandel: HOWIE
77. Barely covered: BALDISH
78. Classic drink: NEHI
79. Code subject: DRESS
80. Tubular food: PENNE
82. Cousins: KIN
85. Child watchers: NANNIES
87. Quiets: SHUSHES
90. Sappho's poet friend: ERINNA
91. Undergarment: PANTIE
92. Something to sing in: UNISON
93. Swimming: NATANT
94. Small thing: MITE
95. Word source: ETYMON
99. Well-muscled: BUILT
100. Response to "Am not": ARESO
101. 1953 A.L. M.V.P.: ROSEN
103. F.B.I. workers: Abbr.: AGTS
105. Word prefixed by who, what or when: EVER
106. 1,000 fins: 5GS
107. French goose: OIE
108. Suffix with pay: OLA
109. 16 oz.: 1LB
110. Indecisive end: TIE
111. Dungeons & Dragons game co.: TSR
112. Acapulco gold: ORO

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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.

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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.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
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