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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 1, 2002
Thursday, August 1, 2002
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, August 1, 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
- 18
- 33
- 44
- 68
Down clues & answers
- 7
- 12
- 27
- 40
- 60
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Wednesday, July 31, 2002
across
- 1. ___ Lilly & Co.: ELI
- 4. Had creditors: OWED
- 8. Copier: SCRIBE
- 14. Meld of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds: PINOCHLE
- 16. Some sorority women: THETAS
- 17. Peruse?: EACHTIME
- 18. Gets even with: REPAYS
- 19. Timeline segments: ERAS
- 20. Chemin de ___: FER
- 21. Lotion ingredient: ALOE
- 22. Lith., formerly: SSR
- 23. Foreign exchange?: FRENCHSOUS
- 27. Takes a siesta: NAPS
- 30. Touched down: ALIT
- 31. Swimming (in): AWASH
- 33. "Believe it ___ ...": ORNOT
- 35. A founder of Dadaism: ARP
- 38. Beaten?: GETPERFECTMARKS
- 41. Oxford-to-London dir.: ESE
- 42. Simpleton: NODDY
- 43. Job-specific vocabulary: ARGOT
- 44. Nut used to flavor Coke: KOLA
- 45. Chip in: ANTE
- 46. Atrophy?: STANLEYCUP
- 51. Mathematician's degree?: NTH
- 54. In myth she was turned into a spring: AURA
- 55. Suffix with real: IST
- 56. Ancient colonnade: STOA
- 57. Mere 1%, say: SLIVER
- 60. Shortstop?: TEESHIRT
- 62. Protective cover: SLEEVE
- 63. Fix firmly in place: ENSCONCE
- 64. Plays the toady, perhaps: YESSES
- 65. "The lady ___ protest ...": DOTH
- 66. Sounds during doctor's exams: AHS
down
- 1. They might touch one's heart: EPEES
- 2. Yarn makers: LIARS
- 3. Personified: INCARNATE
- 4. Columbus Day mo.: OCT
- 5. Quick smells: WHIFFS
- 6. Bull in advertising: ELMER
- 7. "Nothing runs like a ___": DEERE
- 8. Narrow sailing rte.: STR
- 9. Compadre of Fidel: CHE
- 10. Buffet, e.g.: REPAST
- 11. Author Calvino: ITALO
- 12. Marshy inlet: BAYOU
- 13. Winding paths: ESSES
- 15. Circus cries: OHS
- 24. Capital of ancient Lorraine: NANCY
- 25. Flow stopper: CLOT
- 26. His job is murder: HITMAN
- 28. Agent of Cleopatra's demise: ASP
- 29. Carbolic acid: PHENOL
- 31. Ripen: AGE
- 32. Horror maven Craven: WES
- 33. At the break ___: OFDAY
- 34. Blushing: RED
- 35. "Evita" setting: ARGENTINA
- 36. "Citizen Kane" studio: RKO
- 37. Winter hrs. in L.A.: PST
- 39. Lady Macbeth, e.g.: ROLE
- 40. Busts inside a museum: ART
- 44. Rascally sorts: KNAVES
- 45. Best suited: APTEST
- 46. Impertinent: SASSY
- 47. Veil fabric: TULLE
- 48. Natural athlete, supposedly: ARIES
- 49. Named: CITED
- 50. "___ hooks" (box caution): USENO
- 52. Spelunker's aid: TORCH
- 53. Detests: HATES
- 56. HBO rival: SHO
- 58. Forbidden fruit partaker: EVE
- 59. In medias ___: RES
- 61. Educ. institution: SCH
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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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