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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 22, 2005
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 22, 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
- 30
- 34
- 36
- 43
- 61
Down clues & answers
- 31
- 55
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Monday, November 21, 2005
across
- 1. Hunger twinge: PANG
- 5. Unpaid group of 7-Down: DEBT
- 9. Sound heard hourly from Big Ben: CHIME
- 14. Bassoon's little cousin: OBOE
- 15. Nobelist Wiesel: ELIE
- 16. Passenger: RIDER
- 17. Bagpiper's wear: KILT
- 18. "___ Well That Ends Well": ALLS
- 19. Warn: ALERT
- 20. Dutch cheese: EDAM
- 21. Union: first stage: FALLINLOVE
- 23. Label again, as a computer file: RENAME
- 25. Put away for a rainy day: SAVE
- 26. Money in South Africa: RAND
- 28. St. Francis' city: ASSISI
- 33. React like a threatened dog: SNARL
- 36. Land on the Arabian Peninsula: OMAN
- 39. Home for Adam and Eve: EDEN
- 40. Put a cap on: LIMIT
- 41. One in a union with 37-Down: POP
- 42. Lieu: STEAD
- 43. "It's a sin to tell ___": ALIE
- 44. G.O.P. foes: DEMS
- 45. Birthplace of the Renaissance: ITALY
- 46. Interfere (with): MEDDLE
- 48. ___ of Sandwich: EARL
- 50. Voting no on: ANTI
- 53. More profound: DEEPER
- 57. Union: second stage: GETENGAGED
- 62. 100-meter race, e.g.: DASH
- 63. Precursor of the "Odyssey": ILIAD
- 64. Reside (in): LIVE
- 65. Director Preminger: OTTO
- 66. Washer cycle: RINSE
- 67. Pizzeria fixture: OVEN
- 68. City of waltzes, to natives: WIEN
- 69. "Ciao!": LATER
- 70. Overly bookish sort: NERD
- 71. Scent receiver: NOSE
down
- 1. Doc Holliday's game: POKER
- 2. Reside (in): ABIDE
- 3. Actor Lloyd ___: NOLAN
- 4. Union: third stage: GETMARRIED
- 5. Overwhelm with sound: DEAFEN
- 6. Jazzy Fitzgerald: ELLA
- 7. See 5-Across: BILLS
- 8. Physicist who pioneered alternating current electricity: TESLA
- 9. Whooping birds: CRANES
- 10. Site of Jack and Jill's spill: HILL
- 11. Prefix with -logue: IDEO
- 12. Griffin who created "Jeopardy!": MERV
- 13. Art Deco designer: ERTE
- 22. "Terrible" czar: IVAN
- 24. Brewer's ingredient: MALT
- 27. Damfool: DOPE
- 29. Union: last stage: SETTLEDOWN
- 30. Genesis of an invention: IDEA
- 31. Flippered mammal: SEAL
- 32. ___ 500: INDY
- 33. Not shut quietly: SLAM
- 34. Pharaoh's river: NILE
- 35. Surrounded by: AMID
- 37. One in a union with 41-Across: MOM
- 38. Cathedral recess: APSE
- 42. Beget: SIRE
- 44. Post-Mao Chinese leader: DENG
- 47. NASA vehicle: LANDER
- 49. The 3 or 5 in 3 + 5 = 8: ADDEND
- 51. Claw: TALON
- 52. "Uncle!": IGIVE
- 54. Sunbather's spot: PATIO
- 55. ___ Park, Colo.: ESTES
- 56. Beaujolais's department: RHONE
- 57. Lass: GIRL
- 58. Kazan who directed "On the Waterfront": ELIA
- 59. Hue: TINT
- 60. Comfort: EASE
- 61. "… happily ___ after": EVER
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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?.
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