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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 23, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, October 23, 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
- 30
- 62
- 63
- 102
- 103
- 104
- 105
- 107
- 119
- 121
- 124
Down clues & answers
- 8
- 13
- 35
- 39
- 42
- 66
- 76
- 81
- 95
- 99
- 101
- 109
- 118
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Saturday, October 22, 2005
across
- 1. Device used for film tracking shots: STEADICAM
- 10. Cough up: EXPEL
- 15. "Lost in America" vehicle: WINNEBAGO
- 16. Tickle: AMUSE
- 17. Key distributor: INNKEEPER
- 18. City near Dinosaur World: TAMPA
- 19. Work on a column: SCULPT
- 20. Early member of Clinton's cabinet: LESASPIN
- 22. Places to serve slop: STIES
- 23. "The 39 Steps" star: DONAT
- 24. Magritte's "The ___ of Man": SON
- 25. Putin foreign minister Igor ___: IVANOV
- 27. Banquet: DINE
- 28. Inveiglement: COAXING
- 31. Donizetti's oeuvre: OPERAS
- 33. Wholehearted: SINCERE
- 34. Prefatory parts: PROLOGS
- 35. Axes to grind: AGENDA
- 36. Straightaway: BEELINE
- 37. Pottery Barn purchases: WARE
- 38. 1930's actress Farrell: GLENDA
- 40. "… ___ I again behold my Romeo!": ERE
- 41. Sports Illustrated's first two-time Sportsman of the Year, 1996 and 2000: WOODS
- 42. Plot anew: REMAP
- 47. The two dots in "naïve": DIERESIS
- 49. Two-fisted: VIRILE
- 50. Little, bespectacled owl of the comics: OLLIE
- 51. Crossing them can affect you: TIMEZONES
- 53. Mote: FLECK
- 54. Deleted: EDITEDOUT
- 55. Grand ___: FORKS
- 56. Says not for the first time: REASSERTS
down
- 1. It's full of holes: SWISS
- 2. Add color to: TINCT
- 3. "The scourge of the fashionable world": Schopenhauer: ENNUI
- 4. Where the malleolus is: ANKLE
- 5. Tossed over the side: DEEPSIXED
- 6. "Oh yeah, uh-huh!": IBET
- 7. Part of graduation attire: CAP
- 8. Everlasting: AGELONG
- 9. ___ Valley (Riverside neighbor): MORENO
- 10. Bother: EATAT
- 11. Present time?: XMAS
- 12. Does some heavy lifting: PUMPSIRON
- 13. Plants engage in it: ESPIONAGE
- 14. Meat quality: LEANNESS
- 21. Didn't rush through: SAVORED
- 23. Kierkegaard, for one: DANE
- 26. Nags: VIRAGOS
- 27. Party platter preparer: DELI
- 28. Thin smoke: CIGARILLO
- 29. Short, of a sort: ONEREELER
- 30. Juvenile outbreak: ACNE
- 32. Sends to separate camps: POLARIZES
- 33. Like some robbers' guns: SAWEDOFF
- 34. They used to come from wells: PENS
- 36. Nurse's spot: BEDSIDE
- 39. Not leave: LOITER
- 41. Best-seller list heading: WEEKS
- 43. Show signs of weakening: ERODE
- 44. Hardly worth mentioning: MINOR
- 45. Speaker of Yupik: ALEUT
- 46. Buttinskies: PESTS
- 48. Pile of hay: RICK
- 49. Looks over: VETS
- 52. Lost, but not forgotten, in brief: MIA
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- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
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.