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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 11, 2003

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Wednesday, June 11, 2003

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, June 11, 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.

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
Mexican peninsula
2
Here, in 1-Down
3
End of the line
4
Lotus-___
5
Sacramento-to-Santa Cruz dir.
6
Top banana
7
Vacation home
8
Underground org.
9
Tie
10
"Aye aye, capitán!"
11
Wee wave
12
Sea spots
13
Wood worry
18
Possesses, old-style
23
Peppermint ___ (candy purchase)
25
"Hogan's Heroes" setting
27
Five-time Derby winner
29
Nightmarish street
30
Org. for drillers and fillers
32
Chalkboard accessory
33
Country music?
35
Walk in the park, so to speak
38
Complete collapses
40
Department store department
41
Samuel's mentor
42
Atl. crosser
44
Kind of violet
46
Fair portions for the Andrews Sisters
47
Cool dude, 50's-style
48
"Makes no difference to me"
49
Lamented
54
Analyze syntactically
56
Wirehair of film
58
Radiation units
60
Superior, e.g.
61
Badlands state: Abbr.
64
Seat holders
65
10's pride

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Tuesday, June 10, 2003

across

1. Cone maker: FIR
4. "Don't you recognize the voice?!": ITSME
9. Give up, as a habit: KICK
13. Part of a Latin conjugation: AMAT
15. Boarded: GOTON
16. Prince William's school: ETON
17. Making trouble: UPTONOGOOD
19. Shiny gold fabric: LAME
20. Gabs and gabs: NATTERSON
21. "Mercy!": ILLBE
22. Permit: ALLOW
23. Cent: PENNY
25. Glimpse: SEE
26. Away from the bow: AFT
29. Semi-colon?: DOT
30. One who walks a beat: COP
33. Going to the dogs, e.g.: IDIOM
35. It's fit for a queen: THRONE
37. "I feel great!": COULDNTBEBETTER
41. Flash point?: CAMERA
42. "What's in ___?": ANAME
43. Sophs. two years later: SRS
44. Shade tree: ELM
46. Prefix with meter: ODO
47. That lady: SHE
50. Indian state: ASSAM
52. Birth-related: NATAL
54. Ink spots: BLOTS
57. Making no sound: NOISELESS
60. Ladies' man: ROUE
61. Fancy duds: SUNDAYBEST
62. Neutral color: ECRU
63. Like some cereals: OATEN
64. Folk singer Guthrie: ARLO
65. Delicate lock of hair: WISP
66. Unpromising: BLEAK
67. D.C. bigwig: SEN

down

1. Regional groups of animal life: FAUNAS
2. Stick on a stick: IMPALE
3. Nursery noisemaker: RATTLE
4. Composer Stravinsky: IGOR
5. Duds: TOGS
6. Not stand erect: STOOP
7. Butted out?: MOONED
8. Put the kibosh on: END
9. Green shade: KELLY
10. Emphatic type: Abbr.: ITAL
11. Hair straightener: COMB
12. Lower joint: KNEE
14. Dog in Oz: TOTO
18. Forwarding info on a letter: NEWADDRESS
21. Rich, now: INTHEMONEY
24. "Pretty nice!": NOTBAD
27. Big exams: FINALS
28. Young 'un: TOT
30. Foldout bed: COT
31. Lunch hour: ONE
32. Each: PER
33. ___-de-France: ILE
34. Entrepreneur's deg.: MBA
36. Way to go: Abbr.: RTE
37. Syringe measures, for short: CCS
38. Paddle: OAR
39. Sounds of hesitation: UMS
40. Record producer Brian: ENO
45. Car owner's reference: MANUAL
47. Has the wheel: STEERS
48. Fuss: HASSLE
49. ___ Howard, 1963 A.L. M.V.P.: ELSTON
50. Consumed with gusto: ATEUP
51. Three-card ___: MONTE
53. Jessica of "Dark Angel": ALBA
54. Beer, informally: BREW
55. Venues: LOCI
56. Yours and mine: OURS
58. Bean product?: IDEA
59. Completed, as a putt: SANK
61. Weep: SOB

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