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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 15, 2001
Thursday, November 15, 2001
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, November 15, 2001. 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
- 21
- 22
- 31
- 39
- 43
- 44
- 60
Down clues & answers
- 13
- 19
- 36
- 41
- 45
- 51
- 52
- 54
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
across
- 1. Under lock and key: SAFE
- 5. Hits to the stands: SWATS
- 10. Outstanding: OWED
- 14. "___ cost you": ITLL
- 15. Severe spasm: THROE
- 16. Part of "S.N.L.": LIVE
- 17. Homecoming attendee: ALUM
- 18. "The Cloister and the Hearth" author Charles: READE
- 19. Created a caricature: DREW
- 20. "Bye Bye, Love" star, 1995: MATTHEWMODINE
- 23. Snare: ENTRAP
- 24. Brawl: SETTO
- 27. Work the wheel: STEER
- 28. Becky Thatcher's creator: MARKTWAIN
- 32. Dog-___: EARED
- 33. "Understood": ISEE
- 34. Hardly a brawl: SPAT
- 35. Theme of this puzzle: GOSPELS
- 38. Trunk growth: MOSS
- 42. What have-nots have: NEED
- 43. Styx site: HADES
- 48. "Beverly Hills 90210" actor: LUKEPERRY
- 50. Modern-day horse-and-buggy travelers: AMISH
- 51. One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters": IRINA
- 52. P.D.Q.: PRONTO
- 53. Notorious 1930's bank robber: JOHNDILLINGER
- 58. Urge (on): SPUR
- 60. Strange: EERIE
- 61. Gold-coated: GILT
- 62. South American capital: LIMA
- 63. South American animal: LLAMA
- 64. Market: SELL
- 65. Pounds' sounds: YAPS
- 66. Like a sleeping bag or a swimming pool: LINED
- 67. Cafeteria item: TRAY
down
- 1. Like Anna's students: SIAMESE
- 2. Peach Bowl venue: ATLANTA
- 3. What eyes and moths do: FLUTTER
- 4. Victim of a Dutch disease: ELMTREE
- 5. Bug in one's throat?: STREP
- 6. Cry after a close call: WHEW
- 7. William Saroyan's "My Name Is ___": ARAM
- 8. Hoo-ha: TODO
- 9. Plant-to-be: SEED
- 10. Hardly the latest buzz: OLDNEWS
- 11. Bug a phone: WIRETAP
- 12. First mate?: EVE
- 13. Dawn droplets: DEW
- 21. Feature of Greece but not Germany: HARDG
- 22. Suffix with panel: IST
- 25. Argentine aunt: TIA
- 26. Neighbor of Que.: ONT
- 28. No gleeful giver: MISER
- 29. In accordance with: ASPER
- 30. How saxes sound: REEDY
- 31. Nickelodeon's "Kenan & ___": KEL
- 36. "Blastoff!" preceder: ONE
- 37. Lewis with Lamb Chop: SHARI
- 38. 11th-century date: MLI
- 39. Word before Father or Lady: OUR
- 40. Winter Olympics sight: SKIJUMP
- 41. Married Madrileñas: SENORAS
- 44. Surrounded by: AMONGST
- 45. More run-down: DINGIER
- 46. Dickens girl: ESTELLA
- 47. Soon: SHORTLY
- 49. Tuba note?: PAH
- 52. Argue at the bar: PLEAD
- 54. Dickens girl: NELL
- 55. Site for slicers: DELI
- 56. Zagros Mountains locale: IRAN
- 57. Pucker producer: LIME
- 58. Devious: SLY
- 59. Zadora of "Hairspray": PIA
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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?.
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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?
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