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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 26, 2002

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Tuesday, November 26, 2002

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 26, 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.

76 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Emmy winner Neuwirth
2
Elvis's middle name
3
Tear apart
4
Pitch-and-putt club
5
Musical arranger's work
6
Partner of means
7
Belfast grp.
8
Droop
9
Rowboat's rear
10
Italian brandy
11
One getting same-day medical service, maybe
12
1960's Interior Secretary Stewart
13
"For ___ sake!"
18
Low-lying land
22
Like krypton or xenon
24
Bulletin board fastener
25
Regard highly
26
Weaponry
27
Become threadbare
28
Wipe out
29
Director Robert
32
Prefix with cycle
33
Ballpark fig.
35
Art ___
36
Suffix with hip or quip
38
"___ My Heart in San Francisco"
39
Summarized, as a ball game
44
Fled and wed
46
Westernmost Aleutian
47
Take a nibble at
48
Set to rest
49
Japanese immigrant
50
Singing cowboy
52
Ready for business
53
Seine tributary
54
Lose it
55
Bolt holder
58
Kids' card game
59
Tripper's problem?

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Monday, November 25, 2002

across

1. Mouthfuls of gum: WADS
5. "Fear of Flying" author Jong: ERICA
10. Flying mammals: BATS
14. Side squared, for a square: AREA
15. Outdoor employee at a restaurant: VALET
16. Salt Lake City's home: UTAH
17. Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel: RUMBLEFISH
19. "___ my day!": MAKE
20. Like some kisses and unlocked bikes: STOLEN
21. Summer in France: ETE
22. Ran, as colors: BLED
23. Pennies: CENTS
25. Deer hunter's trophy: ANTLERS
27. Airport info: Abbr.: ARR
29. Song for two: DUET
31. Word before "I told you so!": SEE
32. Ark builder: NOAH
34. Infinitesimal bit: ATOM
36. Disconcert: ABASH
40. "Swan Lake" garb: TUTU
41. ___ lazuli: LAPIS
43. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay: EDNA
44. Response to "Who's there?": ITSME
46. After-bath powder: TALC
47. Give off: EMIT
48. Diner sandwich: BLT
50. Kind of tolerance: ZERO
52. Resident: Suffix: ITE
53. Pertains: APPLIES
57. Relish: SAVOR
59. Bog: MIRE
60. Essence: NUB
62. Fruit with a peel: BANANA
65. Tiny bump on a graph: BLIP
66. Doofus: STUMBLEBUM
68. Actress Anderson: LONI
69. Swashbuckling Flynn: ERROL
70. Choir member: ALTO
71. Suffix with luncheon: ETTE
72. "Inferno" author: DANTE
73. More or ___: LESS

down

1. The "W" in V.F.W.: WARS
2. Stuck in ___: ARUT
3. Political descendants of Thomas Jefferson: DEMOCRATS
4. Expensive fur: SABLE
5. Ultimate: EVENTUAL
6. Brit. fliers: RAF
7. Tennis's Nastase: ILIE
8. Jai alai equipment: CESTA
9. Site of the 2004 Olympics: ATHENS
10. Colorful stinger: BUMBLEBEE
11. "___ of Two Cities": ATALE
12. Greedy one: TAKER
13. Leaves hair here and there: SHEDS
18. Give for a while: LEND
24. Assail: SETAT
26. Oolong or pekoe: TEA
27. Not pro: ANTI
28. Football score of 60-0, say: ROUT
30. Stone in a ring: TOPAZ
33. Not a good thing to have to eat: HUMBLEPIE
35. A long way: MILES
37. Praiseworthy: ADMIRABLE
38. Pique: SNIT
39. Loathe: HATE
42. Game with tiles: SCRABBLE
45. Whitney of cotton gin fame: ELI
49. Got uptight: TENSED
51. Like one White House office: OVAL
53. Walk about: AMBLE
54. Jet controller: PILOT
55. Not write cursively: PRINT
56. Kama ___: SUTRA
58. Shaq of the N.B.A.: ONEAL
61. Scorch: BURN
63. Wacky: NUTS
64. Old Testament book: AMOS
67. Bon ___ (witticism): MOT

Hints and full breakdown for Nov 25

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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.
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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.
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