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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 24, 2005
Sunday, April 24, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, April 24, 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
- 27
- 33
- 40
- 57
- 72
- 100
- 104
- 116
- 123
- 126
Down clues & answers
- 6
- 13
- 38
- 54
- 60
- 74
- 76
- 105
- 111
- 118
- 125
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Saturday, April 23, 2005
across
- 1. Statue of Liberty sculptor: BARTHOLDI
- 10. Annual music awards group: ASCAP
- 15. Theodore Roosevelt's first secretary of war: ELIHUROOT
- 16. New Mexico's ___ Canyon, a national historic park site: CHACO
- 17. Foundation supports: DONATIONS
- 18. Time off: RANDR
- 19. It's produced under pressure: SEDIMENTARYROCK
- 21. Something found in specs?: LENS
- 22. Athenian lawgiver who introduced trial by jury: SOLON
- 23. Cockeyed: ASLANT
- 26. Placing restraints on: CHAINING
- 29. Hardly worth mentioning: SCANT
- 30. Like much French writing paper: BLANC
- 31. Place for a vet: ZOO
- 32. Many a Monet scene: POND
- 33. Disses: SLAMS
- 34. Noun suffix: SION
- 35. Bankrupt: END
- 36. "___ in favor …": THOSE
- 37. "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love" poet: DONNE
- 38. Toy placed over a door: NERFHOOP
- 40. Gourmand: GORGER
- 41. Echo, for one: OREAD
- 42. Lap, maybe: MILE
- 43. 1984 action film originally intended to star Sylvester Stallone: BEVERLYHILLSCOP
- 49. Auto model discontinued in 2004: ALERO
- 50. Afternooner: SOAPOPERA
- 51. Flags: TIRES
- 52. Poles, e.g.: ANTIPODES
- 53. State bordering Bavaria: HESSE
- 54. It determines if help is needed: MEANSTEST
down
- 1. Garden divisions: BEDS
- 2. Fleshy-leafed plant: ALOE
- 3. Cocktail garnish: RIND
- 4. Monarchy since 1350: THAILAND
- 5. Group of rude dwellings: HUTMENT
- 6. Mysterious locale, once, with "the": ORIENT
- 7. Nuts: LOONS
- 8. Cautionary note: DONT
- 9. "Something really should be done": ITSASHAME
- 10. Fast-drying paint: ACRYLIC
- 11. P.M. elected in 2001: SHARON
- 12. Putting on a pedestal: CANONIZING
- 13. Kind of adapter: ACDC
- 14. Scrapple ingredient: PORK
- 20. Ones spotted at Ascot?: ROANS
- 23. Summer music festival site: ASPEN
- 24. Tea tray goodie: SCONE
- 25. Some imported S.U.V.'s: LANDROVERS
- 26. Catch: CLASP
- 27. Who "knows," in a 1958 Dion & the Belmonts hit: NOONE
- 28. Bad choice to bet on: GONER
- 30. Nickname for director Peckinpah: BLOODYSAM
- 33. Keel scraper: SHOAL
- 34. Touchy subject: SORESPOT
- 36. Bette Midler ballad: THEROSE
- 37. Small servings: DOLLOPS
- 39. Word in many foreign company names: FRERES
- 40. "Frasier" actress Peri: GILPIN
- 42. Toyota MR2 competitor: MIATA
- 43. Shellacking: BATH
- 44. Mario ___ of the N.B.A.: ELIE
- 45. Perfect: HONE
- 46. Grant: CEDE
- 47. Diggers' discoveries: ORES
- 48. Behind us all: PAST
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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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