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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 18, 2005
Monday, April 18, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, April 18, 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
- 23
- 29
- 32
- 51
- 57
- 64
Down clues & answers
- 18
- 28
- 34
- 35
- 59
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
across
- 1. With 6-Across, extended: PROLO
- 6. See 1-Across: NGED
- 10. "Hey!": PSST
- 14. Leave first or second, say: SHIFT
- 19. Slot machine symbol: LEMON
- 20. "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy" speaker: IAGO
- 21. ___ unto himself: ALAW
- 22. Big brass: TUBAS
- 23. Couple: UNITE
- 24. F.B.I. guy: GMAN
- 25. Dry riverbed: WADI
- 26. Ship board: PLANK
- 27. With 29-Across, aging: GETTINGALO
- 29. See 27-Across: NGINYEARS
- 31. Sushi selection: ROLL
- 32. Genuine article?: THE
- 34. Cross words: SPAT
- 35. Almost kaput: FARGONE
- 39. Peel off: SHED
- 40. Gifted: TALENTED
- 45. Experienced syncope: SWOONED
- 46. Allen Dulles headed it for eight years under D.D.E.: CIA
- 47. Second: VICE
- 48. "What, again?!": OHNO
- 49. Spanish hors d'oeuvre: TAPA
- 50. Return: HANDBACK
- 52. Sharpen: STROP
- 53. Turgenev museum site: OREL
- 54. Cowboy: WRANGLER
- 56. x: DELETE
- 57. Coin with a $ sign: PESO
- 58. Part of H.M.S.: HER
- 59. Xerox material: Abbr.: ORIG
- 61. Not needing payment, as a bill: UNOWED
- 62. With 65-Across, doctor's advice, perhaps: GOODLO
- 65. See 62-Across: NGREST
- 67. Spectacles: SCENES
- 71. McCarthy-era attorney Roy: COHN
- 73. Nest builder: ANT
- 74. Sports org. since 1906: NCAA
- 78. Finagle: WANGLE
- 79. Patriarch in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof": BIGDADDY
- 82. Senator Jake in space: GARN
- 83. Declares: AVOWS
- 84. Hands: LABORERS
- 86. Mark Twain's Dan'l was one: FROG
- 87. "___ 18" (Uris book): MILA
- 88. Moist: DEWY
- 89. Historic city on the Danube: ULM
- 90. Welcome words from a dinner companion: ITSONME
- 93. Recreation center: PLAYAREA
- 95. West Point abbr.: USMA
- 96. Ersatz: NOTREAL
- 97. Charge: TASK
- 98. "E'en ___ …": THO
- 99. Old one: Ger.: ALTE
- 100. With 104-Across, be philosophical about something: TAKETHELO
- 104. See 100-Across: NGVIEWOFIT
- 110. Its flag has two green stars: SYRIA
- 111. And higher, in cost: ONUP
- 112. Part of Popeye's credo: IYAM
- 113. In on something: PRIVY
- 114. Moonstones: OPALS
- 115. Italian artist Guido: RENI
- 116. Site for a mobile: CRIB
- 117. Valhalla V.I.P.'s: AESIR
- 118. Well-bred: NOBLE
- 119. Icelandic epic: EDDA
- 120. With 121-Across, part of an afternoon repast: OOLO
- 121. See 120-Across: NGTEA
down
- 1. Ballyhoo: PLUG
- 2. Artist Magritte: RENE
- 3. Drop: OMIT
- 4. Ronnie of Fox Sports: LOTT
- 5. Alternative to a driver: ONEIRON
- 6. Was too fussy: NIGGLED
- 7. Egypt's Nasser: GAMAL
- 8. Alike: Fr.: EGAL
- 9. Idler: DONOTHING
- 10. In hock: PAWNED
- 11. Waste: SLAG
- 12. Vicious: SADISTIC
- 13. Common battery presentation: TWINPACK
- 14. Florida beach locale, for short: STPETE
- 15. Luau treat: HULA
- 16. Skyscraper support: IBAR
- 17. Completely misses the ball: FANS
- 18. Terse reproof: TSK
- 28. What one of the little pigs had in "This Little Pig": NONE
- 30. Its motto is "Lux et veritas": YALE
- 33. With 72-Down, hasty hurry: HEADLO
- 35. Lens setting: FSTOP
- 36. Up to date: AWARE
- 37. Boxing ring sights: ROPES
- 38. With 70-Down, do much (for): GOALO
- 39. Go over, as with radar: SCAN
- 41. With 74-Down, leaving shortly: NOTLO
- 42. Cast: THREW
- 43. Short Internet message: ENOTE
- 44. Oversedated, maybe: DOPED
- 47. Brazilian airline: VARIG
- 50. Leader of Congress?: HARDC
- 51. Home of the landmark Zeitglockenturm clock tower: BERN
- 52. Thrilled: SENT
- 54. A question of ownership: WHOSE
- 55. Royale of old autodom: REO
- 56. Cowpoke's moniker: DUSTY
- 60. Bachelors, e.g.: GRADS
- 62. Sets: GELS
- 63. Seek to influence: LOBBY
- 64. So-called Birthplace of Aviation: OHIO
- 66. Goal: END
- 67. Home for a round-tailed muskrat: SWAMP
- 68. Carp: CAVIL
- 69. Name on a B-29, once: ENOLA
- 70. See 38-Down: NGWAY
- 72. See 33-Down: NGRUSH
- 74. See 41-Down: NGFOR
- 75. Meat in chili: CARNE
- 76. Something in the air: AROMA
- 77. Sweetie: ANGEL
- 80. Club steak: DELMONICO
- 81. First word of the "Aeneid": ARMA
- 84. Direction toward which the wind blows: LEESHORE
- 85. Dreamed no more: AWAKENED
- 88. "Dagnabit!": DRAT
- 90. Neither here nor there: INLIMBO
- 91. Bag: TOTE
- 92. Slow cooker: STEWPAN
- 94. Lolling: ATEASE
- 95. Promised land: UTOPIA
- 99. Help: AVAIL
- 100. Result of a bad stroke: TYPO
- 101. Pan-___: ARAB
- 102. Hunter's pride: KILL
- 103. Bergman in "Casablanca": LUND
- 105. Spinner: GYRO
- 106. It touches the Pacific O.: OREG
- 107. One of two dukes: FIST
- 108. Jazz singer Anderson: IVIE
- 109. Cover girl Banks: TYRA
- 110. "My ___, the doctor": SON
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