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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 24, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, July 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
- 45
- 57
- 75
- 92
- 105
- 114
- 126
- 127
Down clues & answers
- 16
- 43
- 54
- 60
- 68
- 84
- 94
- 102
- 103
- 115
- 116
- 118
- 122
- 123
- 124
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Saturday, July 23, 2005
across
- 1. Maximal: UTMOST
- 7. Are products of: COMEFROM
- 15. It may be lowered to hear music: NEEDLE
- 16. Dominated: OVERBORE
- 17. Openness: CANDOR
- 18. Certified: MADESURE
- 19. Day division, in Venice: ORA
- 20. ___ the Lucky Rabbit, first Disney character to generate merchandise: OSWALD
- 22. Remain unused: SIT
- 23. 18-20 in a sequence: RST
- 24. Thimblerig prop: PEA
- 25. Department store section: LINENS
- 28. Place for private lines?: DIARY
- 30. Do some lifting: THIEVE
- 33. Respecting: INRE
- 34. Froze: STOODSTILL
- 38. Bill producers: ATMS
- 39. Convenient, in commercial names: HANDI
- 40. "Can't argue with that": TRUE
- 41. Continues on a bad streak: LOSESAGAIN
- 43. Misspent: LOST
- 44. Richard's "Manhattan" collaborator: LORENZ
- 45. It's represented after a ".": CENTS
- 46. "…!!": ORELSE
- 49. Rice and Lloyd Webber's "Waltz for ___ and Che": EVA
- 51. Experiences: HAS
- 52. Shoot down: NIX
- 53. Makeup of some blocks: CINDER
- 56. "So ___ have I invoked thee for my Muse": Shak.: OFT
- 57. "No question": OFCOURSE
- 60. Leonidas's land: SPARTA
- 62. Had no co-pilot: FLEWSOLO
- 63. One breaking down in school?: PARSER
- 64. Came undone, as a robe: FELLOPEN
- 65. King of Belgium beginning 1993: ALBERT
down
- 1. Chilly: UNCORDIAL
- 2. Dresses down: TEARSINTO
- 3. Soldiers: MENATARMS
- 4. Without a match: ODD
- 5. Title girl in a 1965 #1 hit: SLOOPY
- 6. Hardly sesquipedalian: TERSE
- 7. Possible result of a shock: COMA
- 8. Place for a run: OVAL
- 9. Tampered with improperly: MEDDLEDIN
- 10. It may appear before long: ERE
- 11. Some N.F.L. ball carriers: FBS
- 12. Fire up: ROUSE
- 13. Big name in Utah politics: ORRIN
- 14. Parts of some athletic schedules: MEETS
- 21. Power: WATTAGE
- 26. They have tubes attached: IVS
- 27. Rub the wrong way: NETTLE
- 29. Turn around: RESELL
- 31. Chengchow's province: HONAN
- 32. Like some salt: IODIZED
- 34. Farm, in a way: SHARECROP
- 35. Old West whistler: IRONHORSE
- 36. Covet: LUSTAFTER
- 37. "Off we go": LETSSTART
- 42. Message that's often repeated: SOS
- 45. Kind of tunnel: CARPAL
- 46. Like a toggle switch: ONOFF
- 47. Go through: RIFLE
- 48. Shine: EXCEL
- 50. Popular Italian motor scooter: VESPA
- 54. Key: ISLE
- 55. Light up in a bar: NEON
- 58. Fly-by-nighter?: OWL
- 59. ___ show: USO
- 61. Wall St. type: ARB
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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?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
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?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.