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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 27, 2004

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Monday, September 27, 2004

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, September 27, 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.

78 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
Jet decommissioned in '03
2
They may get stepped on
3
Continental "dollar"
4
1983 role reversal film
5
The Ramones' "___ Is a Punk Rocker"
6
Extreme fear
7
Jason's ship, in myth
8
Unmannered fellow
9
Bird in a cage
10
Gladden
11
Dutch embankment
12
Swear to
13
Bloodshot
21
"The Catcher in the Rye," e.g.
22
Game with a drawing
25
The "R" of N.P.R.
26
Polynesian island
27
Cat's quarry
29
Noted New York restaurateur
30
A home away from home
31
Southern breakfast dish
32
Discussion group
33
Incensed
35
Hoops grp.
37
Home loan agcy.
39
Disney's ___ Center
40
"That feels good!"
41
Carving on a pole
46
Offered for breeding, as a thoroughbred
47
Wrap up
48
Made airtight
50
Measuring tool
52
Scatterbrained
53
Ice sheet
54
Start of a counting-out rhyme
55
0 on a phone: Abbr.
56
Play part
57
Talking on a cell phone during a movie, e.g.
58
On-line auction house
59
Chemical base: Abbr.
62
Swellheadedness

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Sunday, September 26, 2004

across

1. A bit cracked: AJAR
5. Rick's love in "Casablanca": ILSA
9. Nest part: TWIG
13. Focus of Seward's Folly: ALASKA
19. Account receivable?: SAGA
20. "Don't look at me": NOTI
21. Perfect: HONE
22. Some people are grabbed by them: LAPELS
23. Certain horse race: TROT
24. Skier Picabo finishing 11 places down from the bronze?: FOURTEENTHSTREET
27. See eye to eye about: AGREEON
29. According to: PER
30. Courts: WOOS
31. Part of H.R.H.: HER
32. Travel ways: ROADS
33. Gets trounced: LOSESBIG
36. Splitting point: RENO
37. Order to nab a New York newspaper nerd now?: NEXTSTOPTIMESSQUARE
42. Rebels: RIOTS
43. "Why not?!": SURE
44. Wing: ANNEX
45. "This isn't a joke": IMEANIT
48. Memo heading: INRE
49. Use needles: KNIT
50. Critic's pan of a Jim Morrison rock concert?: STANDCLEAROFTHEDOORS
55. Ones in need of a metamorphosis: LARVAE
56. Wee wee?: LIL
57. Gray matter: BEAN
58. Dressing part: OIL
60. Unite formally: ALLY
61. Rips into: GOESOFFON
65. Bullfight figure: TORO
66. Some words on the subject?: BIO
67. Indication of previous damage: SCAR
69. College in Cedar Rapids: COE
70. Insight: ACUMEN
72. Promise from a prolific wedding dress designer?: ANOTHERTRAINISCOMING
78. Ring: PEAL
79. It details what's left: WILL
80. Plants of the water lily family: LOTUSES
81. Strong and sharp: ACRID
83. Often-dried fruit: FIGS
84. Pinkerton, in "Madama Butterfly," e.g.: TENOR
85. Cry when an Oakland player's iron-on arrived?: TRANSFERHEREFORTHEA
91. Evan of the Senate: BAYH
92. "Put your purse away": ILLTREAT
93. Bath set?: TELLY
95. Skater Midori: ITO
96. Saucy: PERT
98. Energy: VIM
99. Worth something: OFVALUE
101. Sign promoting a dance studio's nice moves?: KINDLYSTEPINSIDE
106. Darkens: DIMS
107. Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is in it: EMINOR
108. Apple piece: IMAC
109. 48-Down holder: UVEA
110. Pulse alternative: TONE
111. Two-and-a-half presidential terms: DECADE
112. 24-karat: PURE
113. Annoyance: PEST
114. R & B's ___ Day & the Knights: OTIS

down

1. Constellation's brightest point: ASTAR
2. Lingo: JARGON
3. Trading places: AGORAE
4. Dirty: RATEDX
5. Dope: INFO
6. Crackpot: LOON
7. Good name for a worrier?: STU
8. Prepares, as snack kernels: AIRPOPS
9. Why some people travel far to attend church?: THEREISNOLOCALSERVICE
10. Suffering: WOE
11. Place to stay: INN
12. Smarten up: GETWISE
13. Besides: ALSO
14. Weightlifters build them, for short: LATS
15. ___ financing: APR
16. "You listen to me": SEEHERE
17. Tissues: KLEENEX
18. N.L. Central player: ASTRO
25. Feeler: TEST
26. Greedy ones: HOGS
28. Philippine president deposed in 2001: ESTRADA
33. Lenya of song: LOTTE
34. Foe of the evil Gargamel, in children's entertainment: SMURF
35. Top of the art world?: BERET
36. Totaled: RANTO
38. Because: SINCE
39. Labor: TOIL
40. Audience participation bit: QANDA
41. Coupling: UNION
45. Siena's home: ITALIA
46. One of the Jackson 5: MARLON
47. "Men always hate most what they ___ most": Mencken: ENVY
48. See 109-Across: IRIS
49. Sharp: KEEN
50. Thick piece: SLAB
51. Sierra Nevada, e.g.: ALE
52. "It's not TV, it's ___": HBO
53. Dormmate: ROOMIE
54. Tempting ones: SIRENS
59. Suit spec: LONG
61. Iona College athlete: GAEL
62. Boston retired his number 4: ORR
63. Stooge: FOIL
64. Place for reeds: FEN
65. Bromo alternative: TUMS
67. Beck's holder: STEIN
68. Controversial danglers: CHADS
70. Stage coach user, possibly: ACTOR
71. Brief shower?: COURTTV
73. What "O" stands for in publishing: OPRAH
74. Spin: TWIRL
75. Correct: RIGHT
76. "___ My Hat in Haiti" (Fred Astaire song): ILEFT
77. Prefix with -gram: SONO
81. Simultaneously: ATATIME
82. About freezing: CRYONIC
83. Feature of a certain pen: FELTTIP
84. Bands together: TEAMSUP
86. Some December deliveries: FIRS
87. Keep in check: REIN
88. Move in the direction of: HEADTO
89. Richardson of Nixon's cabinet: ELLIOT
90. College support group: ALUMNI
91. Went by Raleigh, say: BIKED
94. Some R.S.V.P.'s: YESES
96. Trudge: PLOD
97. Orphan of literature: EYRE
99. Lyric poems: ODES
100. Exploit: FEAT
102. ___ lab: DNA
103. Lean meat source: EMU
104. Certain swingers try to make it: PAR
105. Suffix with excess: IVE

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