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

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Tuesday, November 11, 2003

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 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

1
Quirky habits
5
Ars longa, ___ brevis
9
Toward the stern
14
Wax-covered cheese
15
"You said it!"
16
"Stompin' at the ___"
17
Bug spray
19
Hollywood Walk of Fame sights
20
Hancock Tower architect
21
"... baked in ___"
23
A musical Jackson
24
"Lord of the Rings" actor
27
Windbag's output
31
"Take this!"
32
At the drop of ___
33
Stage opening
36
Speck in the ocean
40
Original "Star Trek" actress
43
Boarded
44
Arabian Peninsula land
45
Creative spark
46
Farm sounds
48
Enter the picture
50
Short or long, in phonetics
55
Plug of tobacco
56
One-named New Ager
57
Straight: Prefix
62
Jewish sectist
64
2001-2 sitcom, or an apt title for this puzzle, with "The"
66
Really steamed
67
Sounds of sorrow
68
Useful item
69
Hikers' routes
70
Piece of cake
71
Org. whose workers may be left carrying the bag

Down clues & answers

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Monday, November 10, 2003

across

1. Secy.: ASST
5. The South, in the Civil War: Abbr.: CSA
8. Nickname for Montana: BIGSKY
14. Den: LAIR
15. Possess: OWN
16. Nobody in particular: ANYONE
17. Actress Swenson of "Benson": INGA
18. 1950's-60's TV western: WAGONTRAIN
20. Noted Louisiana-born concert pianist: VANCLIBURN
22. Chooses: OPTS
23. Pennsylvania home of Lafayette College: EASTON
24. Appear: SEEM
26. "___ pig's eye!": INA
28. Wheat keeper: GRANARY
33. Garments that moths may eat: SWEATERS
38. "___ and the Pussycats" (old TV cartoon): JOSIE
39. Guest-room furniture: CONVERTIBLESOFA
42. To have, in Le Havre: AVOIR
43. Santa's bagful: PRESENTS
44. Mosaic component: TESSERA
47. Feedbag bit: OAT
48. Broccoli ___ (leafy vegetable): RABE
50. Actress Kidman: NICOLE
55. Baths: SPAS
59. Seat carried on poles: SEDANCHAIR
61. "Come here often?," e.g.: PICKUPLINE
63. On the bounding main: ASEA
64. Cut into: INCISE
65. LP successors: CDS
66. Fivers: FINS
67. Caught: NETTED
68. "___ the season ...": TIS
69. In ___ (existing): ESSE

down

1. Not dead: ALIVE
2. Yemen's capital: SANAA
3. Zodiac divisions: SIGNS
4. Piece of land: TRACT
5. Sharer of a prize: COWINNER
6. Q-tip, e.g.: SWAB
7. Black ___ (cattle breed): ANGUS
8. Headline: BANNER
9. Amt. compounded at a bank: INT
10. Toy that whirls: GYRO
11. "General Hospital," e.g.: SOAP
12. Make 33-Across, say: KNIT
13. Longings: YENS
19. Wash. neighbor: OREG
21. One who may be arrested for doing nothing: LOITERER
25. Grand: MAJESTIC
27. Paintings: ART
29. Narrow victory margin: NOSE
30. "Unto us ___ is given": ASON
31. Fissure: RIFT
32. Supporting votes: YEAS
33. "Shoo!": SCAT
34. Used a loom: WOVE
35. Baseball's Slaughter: ENOS
36. Hertz rival: AVIS
37. Drink, as hot tea: SIP
40. Sibling for sis: BRO
41. Quality of good ground beef: LEANNESS
45. Spoke scratchily: RASPED
46. First fratricide victim: ABEL
49. Government order: EDICT
51. Rub raw: CHAFE
52. Where camels stop for refreshment: OASIS
53. Mortgages, e.g.: LIENS
54. Clear the slate: ERASE
55. Whirl: SPIN
56. Ponderosa ___: PINE
57. Brokerage file: Abbr.: ACCT
58. Playlet: SKIT
60. "Me, myself ___": ANDI
62. Expend: USE

Hints and full breakdown for Nov 10

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