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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 15, 2003

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Tuesday, April 15, 2003

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, April 15, 2003. 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.

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Monday, April 14, 2003

across

1. Enjoy the taste of: SAVOR
6. Log home: CABIN
11. Yeshiva student: JEW
14. Baloney: TRIPE
15. Refrigerator brand: AMANA
16. Air-quality monitoring org.: EPA
17. Looks at lustfully: OGLES
18. Incursion at a sorority: PANTYRAID
20. Where San Juan is: PUERTORICO
22. Formerly: ONCE
23. Hospital fluids: SERA
24. Pipe player of myth: PAN
25. ___ King Cole: NAT
27. 6-4, e.g., in tennis: SET
29. Classic Cadillac: DEVILLE
33. ___ Na Na: SHA
36. Qaddafi's country: LIBYA
39. Diarist Nin: ANAIS
40. Media consultant's field: PUBLICRELATIONS
43. Shoelace tip: AGLET
44. Boxing venue: ARENA
45. Michigan's ___ Canals: SOO
46. Wobbles on the edge: TEETERS
48. Canine warning: GRR
50. Mao ___-tung: TSE
51. Pedal digit: TOE
53. Dashing style: ELAN
57. "Garfield" dog: ODIE
60. Colonial silversmith: PAULREVERE
63. Substantial entrees: POTROASTS
65. Cut into tiny pieces: MINCE
66. Ripen: AGE
67. Likewise: DITTO
68. Like the walls at Wrigley Field: IVIED
69. Moon vehicle, for short: LEM
70. Center of a sink: DRAIN
71. Tears apart: RENDS

down

1. Comes to an end: STOPS
2. Bicker: ARGUE
3. Nastier: VILER
4. "Falstaff" and "Fidelio": OPERAS
5. Take five: REST
6. Frank who directed "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town": CAPRA
7. With full force: AMAIN
8. Judges' seat: BANC
9. Chant: INTONE
10. "Aye" canceler: NAY
11. Artist Millet or Corot: JEAN
12. Homer's "Iliad," e.g.: EPIC
13. Ford a shallow stream, say: WADE
19. Spiral pasta: ROTINI
21. Of the eye: OPTIC
26. Personification: AVATAR
28. Groups with influence: ELITES
29. Valley: DALE
30. Neighbor of Vietnam: LAOS
31. Prefix with type: LINO
32. Old "Happy motoring!" sloganeer: ESSO
33. Petty quarrel: SPAT
34. Bigger than big: HUGE
35. Competent: ABLE
37. Maidenform products: BRAS
38. Suffix with saw or law: YER
41. Envelope's contents: LETTER
42. Make blood boil: ANGER
47. Fix: REPAIR
49. Bring back: REVIVE
51. ___-frutti: TUTTI
52. Game show announcer Johnny who cried "Come on down!": OLSON
54. Stalin's predecessor: LENIN
55. Curve-shaped: ARCED
56. Requires: NEEDS
57. Silica gem: OPAL
58. Former Venetian magistrate: DOGE
59. Couple in a gossip column: ITEM
61. "The Thin Man" pooch: ASTA
62. Ruler of Qatar: EMIR
64. Unmatched, as socks: ODD

Hints and full breakdown for Apr 14

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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.

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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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