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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 6, 2005
Thursday, January 6, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, January 6, 2005. 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
- 17
- 22
Down clues & answers
- 22
- 36
- 38
- 44
- 49
- 56
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Wednesday, January 5, 2005
across
- 1. Blast from the past?: ATEST
- 6. Artsy Manhattan area: SOHO
- 10. Pest control brand: DCON
- 14. ___-off coupon: CENTS
- 15. Pizazz: ELAN
- 16. It's west of the Isle of Man: EIRE
- 17. Ad come-on #1: SAVEAFTERREBATE
- 20. Suffix with buck: AROO
- 21. The Virgin Is., e.g.: TERR
- 22. Lace into: SLAM
- 25. Washington's ___ Stadium: RFK
- 27. Moon of Mars: DEIMOS
- 31. See 23-Down: TIMEOFFER
- 34. Left Bank locale: SEINE
- 35. Fine arbitrarily: AMERCE
- 36. Fair-hiring abbr.: EOE
- 38. Show off one's biceps: FLEX
- 39. Fallen Russian orbiter: MIR
- 40. Men's accessories: TIEPINS
- 43. Young newt: EFT
- 44. "How sweet ___!": ITIS
- 46. Cable Superstation: TBS
- 47. Arrow poison: CURARE
- 49. Israeli desert region: NEGEV
- 51. With 29-Down, ad come-on #3: BUYONEGET
- 53. Lover of Aphrodite: ADONIS
- 55. Mouse's place: PAD
- 56. 2.0 grades: CEES
- 57. Knotted, scorewise: EVEN
- 59. Grow tiresome: WEAR
- 61. Ad come-on #4: NOTSOLDINSTORES
- 68. "Hold it ___!": ASEC
- 69. Shade provider: EAVE
- 70. Nary a soul: NOONE
- 71. Carol time: YULE
- 72. Short hours of operation?: SKED
- 73. Ohm's symbol: OMEGA
down
- 1. Coolers, for short: ACS
- 2. Sri Lanka export: TEA
- 3. Ltr. container: ENV
- 4. Clambake clam: STEAMER
- 5. Mikhail Romanov, e.g.: TSAR
- 6. Detonate: SETOFF
- 7. "That ___ Devil Called Love": OLE
- 8. Doe's mate: HART
- 9. Right turn ___: ONRED
- 10. Get intelligence from: DEBRIEF
- 11. Intelligence grp.: CIA
- 12. Table scrap: ORT
- 13. Born in France: NEE
- 18. Surrender: FORFEIT
- 19. "___ Tu" (1974 hit): ERES
- 22. Endurance: STAMINA
- 23. With 31-Across, ad come-on #2: LIMITED
- 24. Explorer Vespucci: AMERIGO
- 26. Stays current: KEEPSUP
- 28. Car rental info: MILEAGE
- 29. See 51-Across: ONEFREE
- 30. Hockey teams, e.g.: SEXTETS
- 32. School mo.: OCT
- 33. Louis XIV, e.g.: ROI
- 37. Makes unreadable, in a way: ENCODES
- 41. Fall back: EBB
- 42. Catch some rays: SUN
- 45. Get older: SENESCE
- 48. Ping-Pong locale: RECROOM
- 50. In ___ (occurring naturally): VIVO
- 52. Opened wide: YAWNED
- 54. Navratilova rival: SELES
- 58. Fargo's state: Abbr.: NDAK
- 60. "___ extra cost!": ATNO
- 61. Roll-call call: NAY
- 62. Buckeyes' sch.: OSU
- 63. Rolodex no.: TEL
- 64. "___ got an idea": IVE
- 65. Underwater eggs: ROE
- 66. It's east of the Isle of Man: Abbr.: ENG
- 67. Bounding main: SEA
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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?.
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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?
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