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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 12, 2006

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Thursday, January 12, 2006

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, January 12, 2006. 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.

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

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Barker of TV/movie fame
2
Painting the town red
3
Avian talker
4
Does bad
5
Send a message in Morse code, e.g.
6
Diamond unit
7
Many a Britney Spears fan
8
Keep up
9
Subj. in which 2x + 3 = 9 is solved
10
Stomach
11
"Not a chance, bud!"
12
Ones blowing in the wind
15
Almost eternal
18
Reid of "American Pie"
20
Has one's moment in the sun
25
Giant of note
26
"Pow!"
30
Read between the lines
31
"The Graduate" girl
34
Take effect
35
From memory
36
Turkey's place
37
Releasing one's anger
39
Cruise accommodations
40
How sweet it is!
43
It may accompany a coll. application
45
Many a news source
46
Practice, practice, practice
47
Try to knock down
48
"Anything your little heart desires!"
49
Desk sights … or an apt title for this puzzle
50
Lavatory label
57
Poetic tributes
59
It's put in a pot
61
Tiny battery
62
Roadside stops
63
N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Marchetti

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

across

1. Dismay: APPAL
6. Like flags: SEWN
10. Rap sheet letters: AKA
13. Ragú rival: PREGO
14. Native Canadian: CREE
15. Hasty escape: LAM
16. Tchaikovsky overture: EIGHTEENTWELVE
19. Carrier to Europe: KLM
20. S ___ sugar: ASIN
21. Former Georgia senator Sam: NUNN
22. Frost-covered: RIMY
24. Boiling point of water on the Celsius scale: ONEHUNDRED
28. Noted painter of flowers: OKEEFFE
30. Opposite end of the point: ERASER
31. Composer Franck: CESAR
32. Best Picture of 1958: GIGI
33. Number of plays attributed to William Shakespeare: THIRTYSEVEN
38. "Rats!": DARN
39. Decorative pitchers: EWERS
42. "___ Mucho": BESAME
45. Can't-miss proposition: SUREBET
47. Heinz tally of flavors: FIFTYSEVEN
49. "Star Trek" helmsman: SULU
50. Fuji film competitor: AGFA
51. "What ___ can I say?": ELSE
53. Test site: LAB
54. Sum of 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across: TWOTHOUSANDSIX
59. Plane domain: AIR
60. Brewer's kiln: OAST
61. Staring intently: AGAZE
62. Growing fig.?: HGT
63. Squeaks (out): EKES
64. Flying Pan: PETER

down

1. Boorish: APELIKE
2. Most stiffly proper: PRIMMEST
3. Good baseball throw: PEG
4. Turkish title: AGHA
5. Much: LOTSOF
6. Locale: SCENE
7. Directional suffix: ERN
8. Freshly painted: WET
9. Fresh: NEW
10. Fascination: ALLURE
11. Julie known as the voice of Marge Simpson: KAVNER
12. Fix: AMEND
17. Article in Die Zeit: EINE
18. Extremes: ENDS
19. Former McDonald's head Ray: KROC
23. "Woo-hoo!": YEAH
25. "___ an Englishman" ("H.M.S. Pinafore" song): HEIS
26. Impel: URGE
27. Less worldly: NAIVER
29. Islamic Sabbath: FRIDAY
32. Ob-___: GYN
34. Butts: RAMS
35. Koala's hangout: TREE
36. Pasture parents: EWES
37. Convert to a fine spray: NEBULIZE
40. Salon treatment: RELAXER
41. One-inch pencil, for example: STUB
42. V.I.P.: BIGWIG
43. Physical exertion: EFFORT
44. Photo repro: STAT
45. Ward of "The Fugitive," 1993: SELA
46. Open with a pop: UNSNAP
47. Political party in Palestine: FATAH
48. Sleeveless garments: VESTS
52. Barely beat: EDGE
55. Make a bed?: HOE
56. Furniture wood: OAK
57. Homonym for 36-Down: USE
58. Convened: SAT

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 11

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