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

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Tuesday, November 21, 2000

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 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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Monday, November 20, 2000

across

1. Fraud: SHAM
5. "Citizen ___": KANE
9. Fourth Estate: PRESS
14. ___ sapiens: HOMO
15. Utopia: EDEN
16. Camel's stopping place: OASIS
17. Condo, to a real estate agent: UNIT
18. D.E.A. agent: NARC
19. ___ Remus: UNCLE
20. "Forget about it!": NOTHINGDOING
23. Give it a whirl: TRY
24. Miss-named?: NEE
25. Experience: UNDERGO
29. 100%: ALL
30. Greek god of war: ARES
31. Parabola: ARC
32. Terrible twos, for one: PHASE
35. Polaroid: SNAP
36. Free throw avg., e.g.: STAT
37. What a sneaky person might have: SOMETHINGTOHIDE
40. Where Indians live: ASIA
41. Female friend, in France: AMIE
42. Rule the ___: ROOST
43. Guitarist Paul: LES
44. Sherlock Holmes item: PIPE
45. El ___ (Spanish hero): CID
46. The eyes have it: MASCARA
48. Newsman Rather: DAN
49. Tire meas.: PSI
52. Extreme laissez-faire: ANYTHINGGOES
55. Japanese fighter: NINJA
58. New Rochelle college: IONA
59. Jungle swingers: APES
60. Hatred: ODIUM
61. What Vassar became in 1968: COED
62. Expert: GURU
63. Designer Karan: DONNA
64. Gumbo ingredient: OKRA
65. Church recess: APSE

down

1. Railroad switch: SHUNT
2. Kind of society: HONOR
3. Friendly relations: AMITY
4. Cocoon contents: MOTH
5. Place to retrieve a retriever?: KENNEL
6. "Don't cry over spilt milk," e.g.: ADAGE
7. Dweeb: NERD
8. Spur on: ENCOURAGE
9. British coins: POUNDS
10. Where the deer and the antelope play: RANGE
11. PC key: ESC
12. The "S" in R.S.V.P.: SIL
13. U-turn from NNW: SSE
21. Estuary: INLET
22. Bungling: INEPT
26. 2:1 or 3:2: RATIO
27. Alumni: GRADS
28. Merger of two barbershop groups: OCTET
29. Out of port: ASEA
30. Photographer Leibovitz: ANNIE
32. It might begin "O Lord": PSALM
33. Old Testament book: HOSEA
34. Out of order: AMISS
35. Like-minded: SIMPATICO
36. Like horse's feet: SHOD
38. Gorillalike: HAIRY
39. Rocket gasket: ORING
44. Kind of hat: PANAMA
45. Where the Yukon is: CANADA
47. Spicy cuisine: CAJUN
48. 24-hour eatery, maybe: DINER
49. Easy-to-catch hit: POPUP
50. Prognosticators: SEERS
51. One of Us?: ISSUE
53. Golf goof: HOOK
54. Crazy: GAGA
55. "Yes" signal: NOD
56. "Yes," at a wedding: IDO
57. Diarist Anaïs: NIN

Hints and full breakdown for Nov 20

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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.
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.
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