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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 20, 2001
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 20, 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
Down clues & answers
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Monday, November 19, 2001
across
- 1. [Uh-oh!]: GULP
- 5. Lawn mower's path: SWATH
- 10. Subway Series team: METS
- 14. Andy Taylor's TV son: OPIE
- 15. 2008 Summer Olympics host: CHINA
- 16. Burn soother: ALOE
- 17. Shock: BOLTFROMTHEBLUE
- 20. Temporary: INTERIM
- 21. Sly looks: LEERS
- 22. Tombstone inscription: RIP
- 23. Physically weak: FRAIL
- 26. Canyon sound: ECHO
- 29. Eagle's claw: TALON
- 31. Experiment sites: LABS
- 35. Garbage: TRASH
- 37. Bronco-riding event: RODEO
- 39. Quick swim: DIP
- 40. Behave oddly: HAVEASCREWLOOSE
- 43. Eden woman: EVE
- 44. Entered, as a car: GOTIN
- 45. Funny bone's location: ELBOW
- 46. Monthly budget item: RENT
- 48. Dukes: FISTS
- 50. Cub Scout groups: DENS
- 51. Respond to a stimulus: REACT
- 53. Skirt's edge: HEM
- 55. Black key above a G: AFLAT
- 58. Popular Toyota: COROLLA
- 62. Definitely deceased: DEADASADOORNAIL
- 66. Pulitzer-winning humorist Barry: DAVE
- 67. Video game name: ATARI
- 68. Jane Austen novel: EMMA
- 69. Constellation part: STAR
- 70. Neighbor of Oman: YEMEN
- 71. Thumbs-up votes: YEAS
down
- 1. Mongolian desert: GOBI
- 2. Fairy tale's second word: UPON
- 3. Light, happy tune: LILT
- 4. Baseball player with the most lifetime hits: PETEROSE
- 5. Screenwriter's writing: SCRIPT
- 6. "For ___ the Bell Tolls": WHOM
- 7. Eye the bull's-eye: AIM
- 8. Explosive initials: TNT
- 9. "So there!": HAH
- 10. Old phone company nickname: MABELL
- 11. Model Macpherson: ELLE
- 12. ___ de France: TOUR
- 13. Views: SEES
- 18. Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr.: FRI
- 19. Inventor Whitney: ELI
- 23. Busy person on Valentine's Day: FLORIST
- 24. Chinchilla or beaver, e.g.: RODENT
- 25. From the top: ANEW
- 26. Bygone anesthetic: ETHER
- 27. Hunger for: CRAVE
- 28. Place of refuge: HAVEN
- 30. Colder than cold: ARCTIC
- 32. Pueblo brick: ADOBE
- 33. Yellowstone animal: BISON
- 34. Gushes: SPEWS
- 36. Witch: HAG
- 38. Bullring cheer: OLE
- 41. Divan: SOFA
- 42. Inherited wealth: OLDMONEY
- 47. Stock exchange worker: TRADER
- 49. One who's way ahead in the polls: SHOOIN
- 52. Greek vowel: ETA
- 54. Flub: ERR
- 55. Uses an abacus: ADDS
- 56. Achievement: FEAT
- 57. Output of Mount Etna: LAVA
- 58. Apple leftover: CORE
- 59. Weak, as an excuse: LAME
- 60. Peru's capital: LIMA
- 61. "What a pity!": ALAS
- 63. Articulate: SAY
- 64. Took in takeout?: ATE
- 65. Beaver's work: DAM
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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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