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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 28, 2004
Sunday, March 28, 2004
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, March 28, 2004. 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
- 20
- 29
- 47
- 63
- 65
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 120
- 121
Down clues & answers
- 4
- 40
- 60
- 79
- 97
- 112
- 116
- 117
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Saturday, March 27, 2004
across
- 1. Not merely deep: CHASMAL
- 8. Without stopping: ATACLIP
- 15. Moon of Neptune named for a Greek nymph: DESPINA
- 16. Kind of ray: CATHODE
- 17. One waiting for an accident to happen: AMBULANCECHASER
- 19. Animal that spits: LLAMA
- 20. Sees people: DATES
- 21. Part of retribution: TAT
- 22. Remain: BIDE
- 23. Chopin's fifth étude is in it: GFLAT
- 24. No big thing: MOTE
- 25. ___ voce (without dissent): UNA
- 26. One may be fired up: GRILL
- 27. Physics units: DYNES
- 28. Base place: MESSHALL
- 30. Take in: ARREST
- 31. Jazz Age figures: BOOTLEGGERS
- 33. Thin: SPARSE
- 35. Liner: TRASHBAG
- 38. Space ___: CADET
- 39. Isn't doing support work: STARS
- 40. Dr.'s order?: AMA
- 41. Wrestler Flair and others: RICS
- 42. Antique weapons: STENS
- 43. Shouts in a ring: OLES
- 44. ___ Mae (Whoopi's role in 26-Down): ODA
- 45. Wear: SPORT
- 46. Twist: GNARL
- 47. Eliciting a "So what?": OFNOCONSEQUENCE
- 50. Bust: GOBROKE
- 51. One of the Kennedys, and namesakes: EUNICES
- 52. Set up: ERECTED
- 53. Like no human, according to the Bible: SINLESS
down
- 1. Modern record: CDALBUM
- 2. It can be taken down: HEMLINE
- 3. Absolutely awful: ASBADASBADCANBE
- 4. Bubble up: SPUME
- 5. Leon Uris's "___ 18": MILA
- 6. Bibliophilic suffix: ANA
- 7. Wasted area?: LANDFILL
- 8. Perfume ingredient: ACETAL
- 9. Be silent, in music: TACET
- 10. Jocks: Abbr.: ATHS
- 11. Dance bit?: CHA
- 12. Reeled: LOSTONESBALANCE
- 13. Comes up with something: IDEATES
- 14. Most cheeky: PERTEST
- 18. Station identification: CALLLETTERS
- 23. Recipe directive: GRATE
- 24. Perfume ingredient: MYRRH
- 26. See 44-Across: GHOST
- 27. Concern of some codes: DRESS
- 29. Healing sites: SORES
- 30. Food stabilizers: AGARS
- 32. Endowed individuals: GRANTEES
- 33. One visited by 26-Downs: SCROOGE
- 34. Treated: PAIDFOR
- 36. Punishes arbitrarily: AMERCES
- 37. Electric, say: GASLESS
- 39. High: STONED
- 42. Piped up: SPOKE
- 43. Newsman Roger: ONEIL
- 45. Caber caster: SCOT
- 46. Detective who frequented the jazz club Mother's: GUNN
- 48. Tolkien terror: ORC
- 49. ___ Transtulit Sustinet (motto of Connecticut): QUI
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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?.
The Crossword FAQ
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What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
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