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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 10, 2005

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Monday, October 10, 2005

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, October 10, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Swimming units
5
Not tight
10
Possess
14
Geometry calculation
15
City on the Missouri
16
Asia's ___ Sea
17
Laurel or Musial
18
VCR button
19
Pastrami purveyor
20
Actor Quaid transgressed
23
Giant Hall-of-Famer
26
Not as much
27
Condoleezza Rice's department
28
Bongos
30
Two-striper in the Army: Abbr.
32
Draft org.
33
Frontiersman Boone did some carpentry
38
Bridge
39
St. Nick
40
Capital on a fjord
44
Actor Hickman showed boredom
47
Fuel economy stat.
50
Non-earthlings, for short
51
Asinine
52
Move on all fours
54
Hydrofluoric ___
57
Exxon product
58
President Ford stared fiercely
62
As a czar, he was terrible
63
Home of the University of Maine
64
___ Romeo (sports car)
68
Olympic sled
69
Assign to, as blame
70
Potting material
71
Popular jeans
72
Fencing weapons
73
Very large

Down clues & answers

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Sunday, October 9, 2005

across

1. Was in a blue state: MOPED
6. "Hold on!": ONESEC
12. "You go, ___!": GIRL
16. Dr.'s order: MRI
19. Eyes?: OCULI
20. Infrequent political event: RECALL
21. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit: ADIA
22. Asian capital: YEN
23. Spanish dancers' residence?: BALLETBARRIO
25. Hit the links: PLAYGOLF
27. Shore sights: INLETS
28. Jerk: TUG
29. Honey: SWEETIEPIE
31. Chin-ups and pull-ups develop them: LATS
32. Charlemagne's domain: Abbr.: HRE
34. ___ time: TEE
35. Monkey business: ANTICS
36. Author LeShan: EDA
37. Israeli leaders?: ZIONMASTERS
42. Words to a bride and groom: TOAST
43. Take in: ABSORB
45. Lodge fellows: ELKS
46. Removed: ALOOF
48. Shopper's aid: TOTEBAG
50. Captain of literature: AHAB
51. To-do: FLAP
55. Not close gently: SLAM
57. Big name in antacids: ROLAIDS
60. Island settled by shipwrecked colonists in 1609: BERMUDA
62. Run-in: SPAT
63. Classic sports car: GTO
64. Old-fashioned education: ROTE
66. Zapper: RAYGUN
67. Sniffler's keepsake?: CURIOFORTHECOMMONCOLD
72. Melodious: ARIOSO
73. Astin of "Lord of the Rings": SEAN
74. Keep out: BAN
75. Aid in solving the disappearance of the Thin Man: ASTA
76. Car dealers' offerings: LOANERS
78. Member of a blended family: STEPDAD
81. Trident-shaped letters: PSIS
82. One side of a debate: ANTI
83. Some tax advisers, for short: CPAS
85. Danger for sailors: LORELEI
87. Symbol of strength: STEEL
89. Movie roll: REEL
91. Go in all directions: FANOUT
94. ___-American: ANGLO
97. Photogenic cats?: CAMERALIONS
100. Lush: SOT
102. Snaky swimmers: MORAYS
104. Lines of praise: ODE
105. Suffix with tank: ARD
106. Bygone royal: SHAH
107. Square: EVENSTEVEN
110. Danger for sailors: FOG
112. Blue, perhaps: RATEDR
114. Romeo or Juliet: LEADROLE
115. Aging Nintendo icon?: OLDGRAYMARIO
118. Football stat.: INT
119. Newton, e.g.: UNIT
120. Went smoothly: SAILED
121. ___ being: ALIEN
122. Some batteries: AAS
123. Domain of the goddess Tethys: SEAS
124. Go above and beyond: EXCEED
125. Perfect, e.g.: TENSE

down

1. City in 84-Down: MOBILE
2. Whence the line "The True North strong and free": OCANADA
3. Can opener: PULLTAB
4. Women of Paris: ELLES
5. Purposely try to lose: DIET
6. Mercury or Saturn: ORB
7. Put in order: NEATEN
8. Brown family member: ECRU
9. Puppeteer Tony: SARG
10. Collegiate Bulldog: ELI
11. Where some think monsters live: CLOSETS
12. Rubberneck: GAPE
13. Waiting: IDLE
14. It can be thrown from a horse: RIATA
15. Let have it: LAYINTO
16. Optometrist's concern: MYOPIA
17. Some museum displays: RELICS
18. Overrun: INFEST
24. Souvenir buy: TSHIRT
26. "You're crushing the watch!"?: GETOFFMYCASIO
30. Itsy-bitsy: WEE
33. Oscar winner Benigni: ROBERTO
34. "That was bad": TSK
37. Camera attachment, informally: ZOOM
38. Happy ___: MEAL
39. Pond plant: ALGA
40. Pompon waver's cry: RAH
41. Crypt cover: SLAB
44. Gas pump's place?: STATIONISLAND
47. Moon of Uranus: OBERON
49. Gentlemen they're not: BOORS
50. Regarding: ASTO
52. Star of "Scared to Death," 1947: LUGOSI
53. Men and women: ADULTS
54. One that "eats shoots and leaves": PANDA
55. Encourage: SPURON
56. Animal catcher: LARIAT
58. 2000 Renée Zellweger title role: IRENE
59. Dwarf with glasses: DOC
61. Displayed fear: RAN
62. Milan's La ___: SCALA
63. It weighs on astronauts: GFORCE
65. Put in prison: EMBAR
68. Sugar suffix: OSE
69. Hardy character: TESS
70. ___ trick: HAT
71. Headed toward: MADEFOR
77. Blueprint detail: SPEC
79. "Give me another chance," e.g.: PLEA
80. Toots: DOLL
81. Sharpies, e.g.: PENS
84. 1-Down's state: Abbr.: ALA
86. Hall of Fame football coach Tom: LANDRY
88. It has a giraffe mascot: TOYSRUS
89. Rudolph's feature: REDNOSE
90. 'Fore: ERE
92. Herald: USHERIN
93. Bootlickers: TOADIES
94. First name in aviation history: AMELIA
95. Roman Catholic period of prayer: NOVENA
96. Hall-of-Famers: GREATS
98. "The Simpsons" bartender: MOE
99. "Amen to that!": IAGREE
101. Symbol of sovereignty: THRONE
103. Keith Richards, e.g.: STONE
106. Past its prime: STALE
108. Director Kazan: ELIA
109. Fact-checks: VETS
110. Bank letters: FDIC
111. Make eyes at: OGLE
113. Latin 101 word: AMAT
116. Hardly thorough: LAX
117. Tag on: ADD

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