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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 24, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, January 24, 2007. 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
- 16
- 24
- 27
- 63
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 35
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
across
- 1. Hindu master: SWAMI
- 6. "All That Jazz" director Bob: FOSSE
- 11. Scoreboard fig.: PTS
- 14. Apartment sign: TOLET
- 15. Crayola choice: COLOR
- 16. Sound of relief: AAH
- 17. Supply weapons to a committee head?: ARMTHECHAIR
- 19. Org. for Bulls and Bucks: NBA
- 20. Check payee, maybe: BEARER
- 21. Deere product: TRACTOR
- 23. Conger catchers: EELERS
- 26. Western resort lake: TAHOE
- 27. Playboy publisher, to friends: HEF
- 30. Wimpy: WEAK
- 31. Purchase for a beer blast: CASE
- 32. Carroll's tea party visitor: ALICE
- 34. Take to the sky: SOAR
- 36. Scored 100% on: ACED
- 39. Sophisticated: WORLDLY
- 41. Be delayed: RUNLATE
- 43. Banjo site in "Oh! Susanna": KNEE
- 44. Magi's origin, with "the": EAST
- 46. Heroic Schindler: OSKAR
- 47. Many a sitcom rating: TVPG
- 49. Isn't misused?: AINT
- 51. Colonnade tree: ELM
- 52. Bengay user: ACHER
- 54. The "magic word": PLEASE
- 56. Calls to help lines: QUERIES
- 58. California wine valley: SONOMA
- 62. 20's dispenser: ATM
- 63. Donate to Eve?: SPARETHERIB
- 66. "Don't ___ fool!": BEA
- 67. Fruit served in balls: MELON
- 68. Toothbrush brand: ORALB
- 69. Author Rand: AYN
- 70. Huge haulers: SEMIS
- 71. Big name in little trucks: TONKA
down
- 1. Wild guess: STAB
- 2. Sported: WORE
- 3. ___ mater: ALMA
- 4. Downing Street distance: METRE
- 5. Nuptials words: ITHEEWED
- 6. Media watchdog agcy.: FCC
- 7. "___ la la!": OOH
- 8. Blind parts: SLATS
- 9. Evening, to Yves: SOIR
- 10. Printing after a printing: ERRATA
- 11. Criticize a bakery dessert?: PANTHECAKE
- 12. Just not done: TABOO
- 13. Don't hog: SHARE
- 18. ___ Stanley Gardner of mysteries: ERLE
- 22. Cellist Pablo: CASALS
- 24. Expected grade in a gut course: EASYA
- 25. Original "King Kong" studio: RKO
- 27. Pro-war sort: HAWK
- 28. North Carolina university: ELON
- 29. Send law enforcement packing?: FIRETHEMAN
- 31. Grand ___ (wine designation): CRU
- 33. Nimble-minded: CLEVER
- 35. Howard Stern sidekick Lange: ARTIE
- 37. Series ender: ETAL
- 38. Skin: Suffix: DERM
- 40. Piece of dark meat: LEG
- 42. Just O.K.: NOTSOHOT
- 45. Erie Canal mule: SAL
- 48. Beam splitters: PRISMS
- 50. Tweed twitter Thomas: NAST
- 52. Jordanian port: AQABA
- 53. Good-looker: CUTEY
- 54. Song of David: PSALM
- 55. Start of the año nuevo: ENERO
- 57. Olympics blade: EPEE
- 59. Algerian city: ORAN
- 60. Half of half-and-half: MILK
- 61. "Mamma Mia" pop group: ABBA
- 64. Louis XVI, e.g.: ROI
- 65. Nav. rank: ENS
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- 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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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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What is a rebus square?
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Which day is the hardest?
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