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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 25, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, April 25, 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
- 10
- 18
- 28
Down clues & answers
- 22
- 29
- 36
- 40
- 45
- 51
- 52
- 57
- 61
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Sunday, April 24, 2005
across
- 1. Basket material: RAFFIA
- 7. Shots may increase it: BARTAB
- 13. "I can ___": RELATE
- 19. Furniture finials: ACORNS
- 20. Ancient cuneiform discovery site: AMARNA
- 21. Just for fun: ONALARK
- 23. Ones with a wolf at the door: THREELITTLEPIGS
- 25. Snout-nosed and grunting: PORCINE
- 26. Mobutu Sese ___, Zairian despot: SEKO
- 27. Peaceful: IRENIC
- 28. Not a peaceful feeling: IRE
- 30. Rhodes of Rhodesia: CECIL
- 31. A lot of lot: ONEACRE
- 33. Shabby: DOWNATTHEHEELS
- 36. Work of mythology: EDDA
- 37. Start of a Christmas carol: ADESTE
- 40. Mud: JOE
- 41. Prefix with therm: ISO
- 42. Morning, in Metz: MATIN
- 44. Grain splitter: SAW
- 46. Corner light: WALK
- 49. Cafe feature: AWNING
- 53. Holy person's title: SRI
- 55. Common soccer score: NIL
- 57. Care for: TENDTO
- 61. It's hard to get rid of: WHITEELEPHANT
- 64. "The Spanish Gypsy" author: GEORGEELIOT
- 66. Half a 1980's TV duo: LACEY
- 67. Optimistic types: HOPERS
- 69. With 71-Across, heavy, as a truck: TWO
- 70. Mil. advisory grp.: NSC
- 71. See 69-Across: TON
- 72. Involved: INTRICATE
- 74. From, in France: DES
- 75. N.F.C. West team: Abbr.: STL
- 76. Ramallah grp.: PLO
- 77. Harness ring: TERRET
- 78. Try to get money from: HITUP
- 80. Super Bowl XIV winners: THESTEELERS
- 84. First British Conservative P.M.: SIRROBERTPEEL
- 86. Acceptances: YESSES
- 87. See 58-Down: SET
- 89. Milne's "Mr. ___ Passes By": PIM
- 90. "Monty Python" comic: CLEESE
- 91. Park concern: Abbr.: ECOL
- 93. "___ I said so, darn it!": CUZ
- 95. Restrained: BATED
- 97. Atlas abbr.: STR
- 100. Befuddle: FOG
- 102. Largely Muslim capital city: TIRANA
- 104. Crib: TAKE
- 108. TV staple since 1/6/75: WHEELOFFORTUNE
- 112. Metal used in mirror coating: RHODIUM
- 115. "It's been ___ pleasure": AREAL
- 116. Mauna ___: KEA
- 117. Christmas sight: CRECHE
- 120. Girl's name that means "true": VERA
- 121. Pets from the tropics: GECKOES
- 123. Head to: MAKEABEELINEFOR
- 126. Stuff: SATIATE
- 127. Request sweetener: PLEASE
- 128. Latish date start: NINEPM
- 129. Relative of a blow fly: TSETSE
- 130. Not as impressive: SADDER
- 131. They're good for crowds: EXTRAS
down
- 1. Dustin Hoffman character: RATSO
- 2. Small, one-seeded fruit, botanically: ACHENE
- 3. Kind of tongue: FORKED
- 4. Sponge: FREELOAD
- 5. Magician's name ending: INI
- 6. Up: ASTIR
- 7. Bundle: BALE
- 8. Father's conclusion: AMEN
- 9. Canoeing challenge: RAPIDS
- 10. Ribbed cloths: TRICOTS
- 11. It may be right: Abbr.: ANG
- 12. Amazon ___: BASIN
- 13. Lift: ROPETOW
- 14. Rock producer Brian: ENO
- 15. Tough, durable wood: LARCH
- 16. Rep. ___ Hastings of the House intelligence committee: ALCEE
- 17. Meditation discipline: TAICHI
- 18. 2002 British Open winner: ERNIEELS
- 22. 1950's-60's thoroughbred, five-time Horse of the Year: KELSO
- 24. Popsicle, e.g.: TREAT
- 29. "The ___ Quartet" (Indian epic): RAJ
- 32. 1980's-90's Boston Bruin whose #8 jersey is retired: CAMNEELY
- 34. Withdraw gradually: WEAN
- 35. La Scala, e.g.: TEATRO
- 38. Stains: DISHONORS
- 39. Turned on: ENRAPT
- 43. Kind of group: AGE
- 45. Lose it, with "out": WIG
- 47. Trip part: LEG
- 48. Show obeisance: KNEEL
- 49. Saddler's tool: AWL
- 50. Dumbfounded expression: WHATTHE
- 51. Designer Miller and others: NICOLES
- 52. Route west of Jacksonville, Fla.: ITEN
- 54. Still: INERT
- 56. College sports stand-out: LETTERMAN
- 58. With 87-Across, nook filler: DINETTE
- 59. Hard-to-decide cases: TOSSUPS
- 60. Non-Rx: OTC
- 62. Lover: Suffix: PHILE
- 63. Pushes hard: TRIES
- 65. Must give: OWETO
- 68. Money substitute: SCRIP
- 73. Exuberant Spanish cry: ARRIBA
- 74. Awful: DIRE
- 75. Awful mess: STY
- 76. Strips: PEELSOFF
- 78. Maintained: HELDTO
- 79. "The Old Wives' Tale" playwright: PEELE
- 81. Storm heading: Abbr.: SSE
- 82. Person with a magnifying glass, for short?: TEC
- 83. No time at all: SEC
- 85. Dating letters: BCE
- 88. Dress not comfortable to sit in: TUTU
- 92. Quick glance: LOOKSEE
- 94. Coated to prevent rust: ZINCKED
- 96. Chapel Hill student: TARHEEL
- 97. Some draperies: SWAGS
- 98. Time bomb, say: THREAT
- 99. Sends back: REELECTS
- 101. Coll. senior's test: GRE
- 103. Go over just before a test, say: REREAD
- 105. Start: ADVENT
- 106. Actor Sutherland: KIEFER
- 107. Moon of Jupiter: EUROPA
- 109. Jack of "The Great Dictator": OAKIE
- 110. Drink with a straw: FLOAT
- 111. Pats down: TAMPS
- 113. "Die Lorelei" poet: HEINE
- 114. Old school figures: MARMS
- 118. Slip (into): EASE
- 119. Buddy on the road: CBER
- 122. Some "Star Trek" convention costumes: ETS
- 124. Cookbook phrase: ALA
- 125. Counterorder: NIX
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