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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 27, 2005

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, July 27, 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.

74 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

1
1952 Winter Olympics site
5
Way up?
9
Mexican gelt
14
Religious leader born Giovanni de Medici
15
Hitchhiked, e.g.
16
___ nous
17
Like morning grass
18
Start of a quip
20
Product at a gas station
21
Puts in firmly
22
Museo holdings
23
Quip, part 2
25
Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
27
More twisted
28
Romantic comedies, e.g.
31
Workplaces with openings, for short?
32
Phoenix team
33
Perils for spelunkers
35
Quip, part 3
38
Warming
39
Take ___ (doze)
42
Suddenly became attentive, with "up"
45
Helpers: Abbr.
46
Symbol of leakiness
47
Rachmaninoff, for one
49
Quip, part 4
50
Fencer's weapon
51
Obsequious sort
55
Dis's partner
56
End of the quip
58
Words of denial
59
Extract, as a chemical from a solution
60
Arab statesman
61
Loads
62
Point on a line
63
Jungle climber
64
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Down clues & answers

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

across

1. Electronic journals: BLOGS
6. Stretchy candy: TAFFY
11. The elder Geo. Bush once headed it: CIA
14. Lover boy: ROMEO
15. Trixie's best friend, on TV: ALICE
16. Some rush-hour periods: Abbr.: AMS
17. Pair of socks?: ONETWOPUNCH
19. Sch. in Troy, N.Y.: RPI
20. Comes out on top: WINS
21. Funny Conway: TIM
22. Called strikes and balls: UMPED
24. It turns the tide: MOON
26. Frog-to-be: TADPOLE
28. Spears: IMPALES
31. Architect Jones: INIGO
32. Stiller's comedy partner: MEARA
33. Stat for Ali: TKO
34. Science class feature: LAB
37. Pair of sneakers?: PARTNERSINCRIME
42. Lorne Michaels show, for short: SNL
43. Neckline shape: VEE
44. Took to the station house: RANIN
45. Confessed, with "up": OWNED
48. Caught, as with a tree limb: SNAGGED
50. "March!" opener: FORWARD
52. Time's partner, in brief: TEMP
53. Means to solving a sudoku puzzle: LOGIC
54. I love, in Mexico: AMO
55. "Tosca" number: ARIA
59. Britney Spears's "___ Slave 4 U": IMA
60. Pair of pants?: HUFFANDPUFF
64. Engine speed, for short: RPM
65. Lustful looker: OGLER
66. Dutch pottery: DELFT
67. It's definite: THE
68. Ostentatious: SHOWY
69. Low cards: TREYS

down

1. Knitted body part: BROW
2. Actress Anderson: LONI
3. Divine sign: OMEN
4. Wise up: GETSMART
5. Piglet's mother: SOW
6. Gimme putts: TAPINS
7. Homecoming guest: ALUM
8. Swimming aid: FIN
9. Obscenity watcher: Abbr.: FCC
10. Violinist Menuhin: YEHUDI
11. Fuel-saving strategy: CARPOOLING
12. Motivate: IMPEL
13. Stage mutter: ASIDE
18. Plains tribe: OTOE
23. Driver's stat.: MPG
25. Pearl Buck heroine: OLAN
26. Polynesian pendant: TIKI
27. See 38-Down: ANON
28. Bratty types: IMPS
29. Nasty: MEAN
30. Charades, e.g.: PARLORGAME
33. Philosopher Lao-___: TSE
35. French gal pal: AMIE
36. Give a bit: BEND
38. ___ and 27-Down (for all time): EVER
39. Comic Foxx: REDD
40. Burn the midnight oil, student-style: CRAM
41. Linen pulp product: RAGPAPER
46. It ended at 11:00 on 11/11: WWI
47. Crispy snacks: NACHOS
48. Beatified mother: STMARY
49. Dodge model: NEON
50. Coquette: FLIRT
51. Get-up-and-go: OOMPH
54. Not many: AFEW
56. Be a monarch: RULE
57. In doubt: IFFY
58. Backs of boats: AFTS
61. "Ick!": UGH
62. Andy Capp's wife: FLO
63. Banned insecticide: DDT

Hints and full breakdown for Jul 26

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