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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 8, 2006
Saturday, July 8, 2006
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, July 8, 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.
Across clues & answers
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- 25
- 53
Down clues & answers
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- 29
- 33
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Friday, July 7, 2006
across
- 1. ___ minimum …: ATA
- 4. Thunderbird grp.: USAF
- 8. First name in country music: SHANIA
- 14. 1971 musical based on the Bible: GODSPELL
- 16. Rifle effect: RECOIL
- 17. 1984 David Lean film: APASSAGETOINDIA
- 19. Place to be picked up?: NAPE
- 20. Inaugural oath starter: IDO
- 21. Match, in a way: SEE
- 22. Zidovudine, familiarly: AZT
- 23. W has one: MBA
- 25. Responder in a van: Abbr.: EMT
- 27. Letter abbr.: PPS
- 30. ___ Jorge, part of the Azores: SAO
- 31. Language that is mostly monosyllabic: LAO
- 32. Queens, e.g., informally: BORO
- 33. 1982 Inspector Poirot movie: EVILUNDERTHESUN
- 38. 2003 trilogy completer, with "The": RETURNOFTHEKING
- 39. W.W. II action film of 2001: ENEMYATTHEGATES
- 40. Nitpick: CARP
- 41. Rtes.: RDS
- 42. Mens ___ (criminal intent): REA
- 43. Something overthrown shortly before the American Revolution: TEA
- 44. Kind of approval: FDA
- 45. Alien subject?: Abbr.: ESL
- 46. ___-bear: SHE
- 49. Davis Cup match-up: TIE
- 51. Place to relax: SPA
- 53. Wayfare: ROAM
- 54. 1980 film based on a Clive Cussler best seller: RAISETHETITANIC
- 59. Subject of a temple at Delphi: APOLLO
- 60. Guaranteed: SUREFIRE
- 61. "No lie": HONEST
- 62. Welcoming: OPEN
- 63. When doubled, a familiar cry: AYE
down
- 1. Capital of Guam, old-style: AGANA
- 2. Old Mercury: TOPAZ
- 3. Not stand still: ADAPT
- 4. Brown letters: UPS
- 5. Mermaid setting: SEA
- 6. Painful ending?: ALGIA
- 7. Cut out: FLED
- 8. Box office sign: SRO
- 9. Bad job?: HEIST
- 10. Bad spots?: ACNE
- 11. Good news on an apartment rental: NODEPOSIT
- 12. The last King Richard: III
- 13. ___ king: ALA
- 15. From Omaha to K.C.: SSE
- 18. How some meteors fall: TOEARTH
- 23. Five-time baseball All-Star ___ Wills: MAURY
- 24. French artist Pierre: BONNARD
- 26. Many Little League spectators: MOTHERS
- 28. Cut back: PRUNE
- 29. Numbers: SONGS
- 30. Dry spell: SLUMP
- 31. Some hooks: LEFTS
- 32. Lebanese valley: BEKAA
- 33. Like squirrels' ears: ERECT
- 34. ___ cavae: VENAE
- 35. Yadda, yadda, yadda, e.g.: ITERATION
- 36. A, to Samuel Morse: DOTDASH
- 37. He purportedly said "Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me": HEGEL
- 44. Bleeds (for): FEELS
- 45. Start-of-meal urging: EATUP
- 46. Poet Sanchez of the Black Arts Movement: SONIA
- 47. Like a 100-mile-an-hour taxi ride?: HAIRY
- 48. Mike holder: EMCEE
- 50. ___ Royale: ISLE
- 52. 100 centavos: PESO
- 53. Heroic W.W. II grp.: RAF
- 54. Bowl sound: RAH
- 55. How to address a sgt.?: APO
- 56. "Sesame Street" watcher: TOT
- 57. Burning sensation?: IRE
- 58. Hottie, perhaps: TEN
More daily puzzle hints
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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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