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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 4, 2004

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Monday, October 4, 2004

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, October 4, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Used a broom
6
Opened just a crack
10
Doesn't guzzle
14
Place for a barbecue
15
"Uh-uh"
16
Threaded fastener
17
Proverb
18
Managed, with "out"
19
___ avis (unusual one)
20
Bathroom fixture sales representative?
23
Way to the top of a mountain
26
Stave off
27
Hanging sculpture in Alabama?
32
Alleviated
33
Words said on the way out the door
34
E.M.T.'s skill
37
Pub drinks
38
Gasps for air
39
"Scram!"
40
Dashed
41
Sunday newspaper color feature
42
Continue downhill without pedaling
43
Warsaw refinement?
45
G-rated
48
Accustoms
49
Majestic summer time?
54
Solar emissions
55
Really big show
56
Lubricated
60
Victim of a prank
61
Choir voice
62
State fund-raiser
63
Retired fliers, for short
64
Spinks or Trotsky
65
Company in a 2001-02 scandal

Down clues & answers

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Sunday, October 3, 2004

across

1. Pilotless plane: DRONE
6. Shows disapproval: TSKS
10. Pre-1989 Eurasian political divs.: SSRS
14. Think things over and over: STEW
18. Less typical: RARER
19. Bullet accompanier: ITEM
20. Boarding announcement: TOLET
21. "Nope": UHUH
22. Book about Rosa Parks?: RIDEANDPREJUDICE
25. Subject of a giant statue at Rome's ancient Colosseum: NERO
26. Was: USEDTOBE
27. Fate: LOT
28. College quarters: DORMROOM
30. Austin of "Knots Landing": TERI
31. Book that gives a brief glimpse of the future?: LITTLEOMEN
34. Popular fast food chain, informally: ROYS
35. Dr.'s posting: HRS
36. San ___, Calif.: MATEO
37. Milne marsupial: ROO
38. Peek-___: ABOO
39. Oysters ___ season: RIN
40. Head of England?: LOO
43. Heads for: RUNSOFFTO
47. In the vicinity: ABOUT
50. Book about Ararat or Vesuvius?: OLDMOUNTAIN
53. New Test. book: COR
54. Ethel Mertz, e.g.: LANDLADY
56. Start for starter: NON
57. In utero: PREBORN
59. Book that's a paean to a painter?: THEDAVINCIODE
62. River of Lyon: SAONE
63. Shock's partner: AWE
64. Year in Italy: ANNO
65. Bandleader Fleck: BELA
69. Ref's call: TKO
70. Dubai dignitaries: EMIRS
72. Diet and exercise book for the upper legs?: GOODBYEMRHIPS
78. Is content with not taking any action: SITSPAT
81. ___ Appia: VIA
82. Carefully distributed: RATIONED
83. Cry of contentment: AAH
84. Book about the National Hockey League?: OFICEANDMEN
88. Lets the fingers do the talking?: SIGNS
89. Shredded: INTATTERS
91. Chiang ___-shek: KAI
92. Monthly bill: Abbr.: TEL
93. Best sellers: HITS
94. Exciting periods in the N.B.A.: OTS
96. Leaves a mark on: SCARS
99. Org. that does studies: EPA
102. "Take one!": HERE
103. Book about a female that a married gander fooled around with?: OTHERGOOSE
106. Members of a span: OXEN
107. Sudden descent of water: DOWNRUSH
109. Miracle-___: GRO
110. Some stockings: FISHNETS
112. Jim Davis dog: ODIE
113. Book about a mutiny?: THETURNOFTHECREW
116. Van Eyck and Vermeer: JANS
117. Home with a view: AERIE
118. What's needed for a Teutonic tango: ZWEI
119. Raison ___: DETRE
120. Long ones are risky: ODDS
121. Locker: HASP
122. Small change?: ONES
123. Arafat of the P.L.O.: YASIR

down

1. Big name in 1980's TV talk: DRRUTH
2. One who doesn't just stay: RAISER
3. They're followed: ORDERS
4. "___ say more?": NEEDI
5. It was in old Rome: ERAT
6. Morsel: TIDBIT
7. Tropicana Field locale, informally: STPETE
8. Prefix with flop or plop: KER
9. Appear corrupt: SMELL
10. Green squares: SOD
11. Remove along a track: SLIDEOUT
12. A little advance work: RECON
13. Suffix with trick: STER
14. Auto extra: SUNROOF
15. Book of recipes people kvetch about?: THEOYOFCOOKING
16. They're found in the banks along the Seine: EUROS
17. Pronoun following a preposition: WHOM
20. Help with homework: TUTOR
23. Irish author/director Christopher ___: NOLAN
24. Ordinary guy: JOE
29. Minstrel show character: MRBONES
32. Related: TOLD
33. Eve's opposite: MORN
36. Uris's "___ Pass": MITLA
38. Province of Saudi Arabia: ASIR
39. Course correctors: RUDDERS
41. Magazine founded by Bob Guccione: OMNI
42. Reset number: OOOO
44. Day break?: NAP
45. Ripped, as a box: TORNOPEN
46. French river or department: ORNE
47. PC key: ALT
48. Resident of New Providence island: BAHAMIAN
49. Book about hang-gliding?: ONEWITHTHEWIND
50. "The ruler of the universe": ODIN
51. City between Boston and Salem: LYNN
52. Frankfurter link: UND
55. Ex of Artie and Mickey: AVA
58. Tubside bottle: BATHOIL
60. Part of the works: COG
61. Go back: EBB
66. Brontë heroine: EYRE
67. Be biased: LEAN
68. Tsp. or tbsp.: AMT
70. Actor Morales: ESAI
71. Gymnast's assistant: SPOTTER
73. Fertilization targets: OVA
74. Barnyard noise: OINK
75. Baby's early word: DADA
76. Gets a promotion: RISES
77. Vietnam War-era org.: SDS
79. When some game shows air: Abbr.: AFTS
80. Connect: TIE
85. Actor known as "Scatman": CROTHERS
86. Baltic resident: ESTH
87. Soup before sushi: MISO
90. Nickname for Michael Jordan, with "His": AIRNESS
92. Tom ___, 1962 A.L. Rookie of the Year: TRESH
95. Transition: SEGUE
97. Ice cream flavor: COFFEE
98. Currently: ASITIS
99. Puts out: EXERTS
100. "Great" czar: PETERI
101. "Jeopardy!" offering: ANSWER
102. Wannabe surfer: HODAD
103. Milo of "The Verdict," 1982: OSHEA
104. Basics of education: RRR
105. Bananas: GONZO
106. First words of "Waltzing Matilda": ONCEA
107. School of martial arts: DOJO
108. Six-sided state: UTAH
111. Lamarr of film: HEDY
114. Inside info: TIP
115. Be entitled: OWN

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