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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 3, 2004

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Friday, September 3, 2004

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, September 3, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Playfully roguish
5
One up
11
Mountain pass
14
Owner of the Y?
15
Saint said to have been martyred by Huns
16
Ex of Mickey
17
Ready to get drunk, perhaps
18
Sports film that was a 2003 Best Picture nominee
20
Like a smoker
21
Pollute, say
22
Winner of nine golf majors
23
Tough
25
Fox's relative
27
Remote choice
28
Like retirees
30
Nottingham nursery needs
32
Article written by Kant
33
Running things in a bar
35
In things
36
Oddball
38
Ward of the screen
41
Like many hearths
42
Court people, for short
45
Is faithful (to)
47
Life saver
49
Twin
50
Code word
52
Shake, to some
53
It's divided into 24 books
55
Mend
57
Berth place
58
Novel featuring the madam Dora Flood
60
A famous Amos
61
Took the cake, say
62
Richard's "On Your Toes" collaborator
63
Sister on "The Waltons"
64
Marshaled
65
Unfortunate things to have to count
66
Homes in the woods

Down clues & answers

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Thursday, September 2, 2004

across

1. Tumbler's need: MAT
4. Palme of Sweden: OLOF
8. Airport parking area: APRON
13. Got down: ATE
14. Major exporter of coconut oil: SAMOA
16. Crackers: LOONY
17. Silver on the silver screen: RON
18. With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-Across: SINGLEPLACE
20. See 18-Across: INAMERICAWHERE
22. Rig: SEMI
23. Bean products?: IDEAS
24. Bite lightly into: NIPAT
28. Wife of Osiris: ISIS
32. Place for a miss: BEAUTYCONTEST
36. Hide-hair link: NOR
38. News for the Wall St. Journal: IPO
39. "Is that ___?": ANO
40. Investigator's question: WHY
41. Team in 1969 headlines: THEAMAZINMETS
45. Ginsberg classic: HOWL
46. Pizazz: STYLE
47. Montreal university: LAVAL
51. Deli wares: RYES
55. See 18-Across: FOURSTATESMEET
60. Western tourist attraction: FOURCORNERS
61. Menu phrase: ALA
62. Knocked down: RAZED
63. Give access to: ADMIT
64. Jiffy: SEC
65. Defeatist's words: ILOSE
66. Wisconsin natives: SACS
67. Put to the test: TRY

down

1. Teammate of Mantle: MARIS
2. Observe Yom Kippur: ATONE
3. Brunch time, for some: TENAM
4. Bone: Prefix: OSSE
5. Retreat: LAIR
6. Bygone science magazine: OMNI
7. Nickname for San Francisco: FOGCITY
8. Beginning: ALPHA
9. Do a fraternity prank, maybe: POLESIT
10. Much more than a snicker: ROAR
11. For ___ (on this occasion): ONCE
12. Bill ___, the Science Guy: NYE
15. "When I was ___ ...": ALAD
19. Lamb's dam: EWE
21. Sweeper's target?: MINE
25. "___ to please": IAIM
26. Insect stage: PUPA
27. Completely: ATOZ
29. Embroiders a bit: SEWS
30. Suffix with book: ISH
31. Place for shoats: STY
32. Suds: BREW
33. Lingo: CANT
34. "___ Own" (song from "Les Miz"): ONMY
35. December air: NOEL
36. Extreme: NTH
37. "Really, now!": OHO
42. Draws: ALLURES
43. Vacation spots: ISLANDS
44. Kind of paper: TERM
48. ___ Triomphe: ARCDE
49. Letters on a brandy bottle: VSO
50. Popular shaver: ATRA
52. It helps your dough grow: YEAST
53. One on a conger line?: EELER
54. Keach who played Mike Hammer on TV: STACY
55. One in a mare's nest?: FOAL
56. Colorless liqueur: OUZO
57. Canzone melody: TEMA
58. Stoltz of "Pulp Fiction": ERIC
59. Retired fliers: SSTS
60. When many banks have extra hrs.: FRI

Hints and full breakdown for Sep 2

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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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