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

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, July 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

1
Out on ___
6
"Casablanca" pianist
9
1970's nightspot
14
Top part of a form
15
Iron ___
16
Take ___ at (try)
17
Vegetarian's no-no?
19
They're expected
20
Hindu royal
21
Word from the crib
23
Extra-wide
24
Some NCO's
26
100% wool garments?
30
H.S. subject
31
Early Chinese dynasty name
32
Cottonwoods
33
Put down
35
Something's brewing there
38
Scene from "Peter Pan"?
41
Just one small bite
42
Former carrier name
45
Point of writing?
48
B.M.O.C., e.g.
50
Actress Lupino
51
"What a nasty e-mail!"
54
Egg layer?
55
"Delta of Venus" writer
56
Prefix with friendly
57
MGM co-founder
59
Pretzels, basically
62
What happens in one scene in "The Wizard of Oz"?
66
Sikorsky and others
67
Pitcher's stat.
68
Of an arm bone
69
Glacial ridge
70
Match part
71
"___ say …" ("Alas …")

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

across

1. "If ___ suggest ...": IMAY
5. Bangladesh's capital, old-style: DACCA
10. Wrathful foe of Captain Kirk: KHAN
14. Wine valley: NAPA
15. "___ Like You" (1967 hit): AGIRL
16. Saturn or Mercury: AUTO
17. Treat variety #1: SHORTBREAD
19. Hammer's end: CLAW
20. Señorita's curve?: TILDE
21. Earth, to Mahler: ERDE
22. Mata ___ (spy): HARI
23. Treat variety #2: OATMEALRAISIN
26. Angle units: DEGREES
28. Nascar airer: ESPN
29. Take ___ view of: ADIM
30. Sporty Pontiac: GTO
32. Lacking good taste: TACKY
36. Tasseled topper: FEZ
37. What 17-, 23-, 50- and 60-Across are types of: COOKIES
40. New Deal program: Abbr.: REA
41. Rome's ___ Fountain: TREVI
43. Comedy/variety inits. since 1975: SNL
44. Bozo: JERK
45. Bozos: OAFS
48. Bill blockers: VETOERS
50. Treat variety #3: CHOCOLATECHIP
54. Tennis star Mandlikova: HANA
55. Others, to Ovid: ALII
56. Get together: UNITE
59. Like many J.F.K. arrivals: INTL
60. Treat variety #4: GINGERSNAP
62. Supper, e.g.: MEAL
63. Aunt's spouse, in France: ONCLE
64. "Pay ___ mind": ITNO
65. Catch sight of: ESPY
66. Cagers Archibald and Thurmond: NATES
67. Holiday quaffs: NOGS

down

1. R & D site: INST
2. Hawaiian fish, informally: MAHI
3. Simple advice on how to end an argument: APOLOGIZE
4. Sail support part: YARDARM
5. Smidgen: DAB
6. Goes along with: AGREESTO
7. Former Olds Cutlass: CIERA
8. Baby holder: CRADLE
9. Birch relatives: ALDERS
10. Hopi doll: KACHINA
11. Luau dances: HULAS
12. Big arcade name: ATARI
13. Hopeless, as situations go: NOWIN
18. French thinker?: TETE
24. "Let ___!": MEGO
25. City dwellings: Abbr.: APTS
26. Off one's trolley: DAFT
27. River of Hesse: EDER
31. Approves: OKS
33. Enter sneakily: CREEPINTO
34. Deborah of "The King and I": KERR
35. Shoots the breeze: YAKS
37. "See ya!": CIAO
38. Sweet-talk: INVEIGLE
39. A util.: ELEC
42. Out loud: VOCALLY
44. Partakes of, as merriment: JOINSIN
46. Wine vessel: FLAGON
47. Kansas city: SALINA
49. Thanksgiving day: Abbr.: THUR
50. Bell tower sound: CHIME
51. Popular maker of briefs: HANES
52. From the keg: ONTAP
53. Color lightly: TINCT
57. Zingy taste: TANG
58. Poetic saga: EPOS
61. Some M.I.T. grads: EES

Hints and full breakdown for Jul 11

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