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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 7, 2002
Sunday, July 7, 2002
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, July 7, 2002. 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
- 20
- 28
- 49
- 97
- 100
- 106
- 111
- 119
- 121
- 124
- 125
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 40
- 46
- 60
- 75
- 96
- 101
- 103
- 109
- 110
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Previous The Crossword answer
Saturday, July 6, 2002
across
- 1. Slip source: BANANAPEEL
- 11. Computer nuisance: SPAM
- 15. Site of a blast from the past: ALAMOGORDO
- 16. Film director ___ C. Kenton: ERLE
- 17. They have notched collars and patch pockets: CAMPSHIRTS
- 18. Baryshnikov, by birth: LETT
- 19. City on the Skunk River: AMES
- 20. Comparison words: ASA
- 21. Opening on stage: SCENEI
- 23. Part of some mil. titles: RET
- 24. Pen: ENCLOSURE
- 26. Top of royalty: DIADEM
- 30. No couch potato: DOER
- 31. Minute or hour preceder: PER
- 32. Classic role for an actress: INGENUE
- 34. Like some answers: PAT
- 35. Old sit-in stagers: Abbr.: SDS
- 36. Become unlocked?: BALD
- 37. Polish language: EDIT
- 39. Moo ___ shrimp: SHU
- 42. Part after a decimal: Abbr.: CTS
- 43. Five Nations members: SENECAS
- 47. City SSW of Tehran: QUM
- 48. Lashes: TIES
- 50. Inn choice: RAMADA
- 51. They go up when it comes down: UMBRELLAS
- 54. "For shame!": TUT
- 55. Wear down: ABRADE
- 56. Like some rights: Abbr.: CIV
- 58. "Tuna Fishing" artist: DALI
- 59. Print shop purchase: REAM
- 60. Street language: VERNACULAR
- 63. Proof word: ERGO
- 64. Political decision-makers: ELECTORATE
- 65. W.W. II weapon: STEN
- 66. They have a strong attraction: LODESTONES
down
- 1. Kind of cocktail: BACARDI
- 2. Where Montgomery turned back Rommel: ALAMEIN
- 3. Convention handout: NAMETAG
- 4. Concert array: AMPS
- 5. Forbiddances: NOS
- 6. Near Eastern honorific: AGHA
- 7. Cool: POISE
- 8. Minor mission: ERRAND
- 9. Seasonal schedule abbr.: EDT
- 10. Customer draw: LOSSLEADER
- 11. Three-time French Open winner: SELES
- 12. Marriage arrangements?: PRENUPS
- 13. Not the same: ALTERED
- 14. Occupations: METIERS
- 22. 1956 Winter Olympics site: CORTINA
- 25. Hacks it: COPES
- 27. Jackie in 1947, briefly: DEB
- 28. Played: ENACTED
- 29. Biplane?: MULTILEVEL
- 33. Henry's son: EDSEL
- 38. Pro ___: TEM
- 39. Hardly cool cats: SQUARES
- 40. Literary character with the same first and last name: HUMBERT
- 41. Offense: UMBRAGE
- 44. 58-Across, by birth: CATALAN
- 45. Fawn over: ADULATE
- 46. Swift output: SATIRES
- 49. Like some texts: SACRED
- 52. San ___, Calif.: RAMON
- 53. Subsequently: SINCE
- 57. Winery equipment: VATS
- 58. Hard, in Havana: DURO
- 61. "Evil Woman" group, for short: ELO
- 62. Blanket site: COT
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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.
- Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.
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