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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 29, 2007

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Monday, January 29, 2007

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, January 29, 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.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

across

1. Shoots: SPEWS
6. Wicker willow: OSIER
11. Bee Gees brother: GIBB
15. Cry from a butterfingers: OOPS
19. Words sung "with love" in a 1967 hit: TOSIR
20. Band of fighters: CADRE
21. ___ vez (again, in Spanish): OTRA
22. "Fudge!": DRAT
23. They may be pulled: ALLNIGHTERS
25. It may be pulled: GUARDDUTY
27. Visibly showed displeasure with: GLAREDAT
28. "Falstaff" and others: OPERAS
29. Contest of wills?: PROBATE
32. Member of the familia: TIA
34. Lady from Ipanema: SENHORA
38. Neutral shade: LINEN
39. Half of a 1970's TV duo: STARSKY
43. Traveled (along): TOOLED
44. Cookout staple: STEAK
45. ___-mo: SLO
46. Goethe play: FAUST
48. Cusp: EDGE
49. One may be pulled: STARTINGPITCHER
54. Scripture topic: SIN
55. Mil. mail drop: APO
57. Appeared: CAMEOUT
58. Roasted snacks: CASHEWS
60. Lincoln, maybe: TOWNCAR
63. Hibernation site: DEN
64. Water holder: DAM
65. Select group: ELITE
67. Bank holdings: MONEYS
68. They may be pulled: MUSCLES
70. Place for a beer and a bite: BISTRO
71. Stu of early TV: ERWIN
72. Dandy: FOP
73. She-demon: HAG
74. Like some Roman tragedies: SENECAN
75. Feature of many a hospital rooftop: HELIPAD
77. Saw-edged: SERRATE
79. Day divs.: HRS
80. "___ see": SOI
81. It may be pulled: CLIENTSCASEFILE
85. Blockheads: LUGS
87. Half of a 1980's TV duo: ALLIE
88. Sot's affliction: DTS
89. Lyndon Johnson, by birth: VIRGO
92. Fireplace receptacle: ASHPAN
94. Brandy glass: SNIFTER
97. Some jackets: ETONS
98. Women's apparel department: PETITES
100. "Count me out": NAH
101. Convertibles: RAGTOPS
103. Fundamental figure in geometry: EUCLID
106. Tiger Beat topic: TEENIDOL
109. It may be pulled: HANDBRAKE
112. They may be pulled: WISDOMTEETH
116. Pizazz: BRIO
117. Always: EVER
118. Syrian leader: ASSAD
119. Grasshopper stage: IMAGO
120. Arab League member: OMAN
121. Break off: WEAN
122. Content of some rings: SMOKE
123. Far from enthusiastic: TEPID

down

1. Place to sell tkts.: STA
2. Campaign pro: POL
3. Immigrant's class: Abbr.: ESL
4. A hummingbird has a fast one: WINGBEAT
5. Country that styles itself a "democratic socialist republic": SRILANKA
6. Yellowish shade: OCHRE
7. Fill: SATE
8. Fingered, briefly: IDED
9. Text miscues: ERRATA
10. Not let settle: RESTIR
11. Kind of dancer: GOGO
12. "Live ___!": ITUP
13. Highland hillsides: BRAES
14. Hair clasps: BARRETTES
15. Worthless loafer?: ODDSHOE
16. Sch. in Tulsa: ORU
17. Stroke: PAT
18. Dump: STY
24. Hood's rod: GAT
26. Linda of soaps: DANO
29. Abbr. of politeness: PLS
30. Gradually slower, in mus.: RIT
31. It may be pulled: ONESOWNWEIGHT
33. ___ as a fiddle: ASFIT
35. It may be pulled: OLDSWITCHEROO
36. University official: REGISTRAR
37. Gulf of ___, off the Horn of Africa: ADEN
39. Diet: SLIM
40. Worked out: TONEDUP
41. "Krazy ___": KAT
42. Desert bloomers: YUCCAS
45. Chinese checkers board shape: STAR
47. Counterfeit: SHAM
50. Some VCR's: RCAS
51. Pushes off: GOES
52. They may be pulled: PUNCHES
53. Köln's river: RHEIN
55. "Look ___!": ATME
56. Oliver Twist's birthplace: POORHOUSE
59. Besides that: ELSE
61. Pulitzer-winning writer Sheehan: NEIL
62. Diogenes, for one: CYNIC
64. Put down: DEGRADE
66. Major stretches: EONS
68. Posers: MODELS
69. Prix de ___ de Triomphe (annual Paris horse race): LARC
70. Kick: BEEF
72. Strike out: FAIL
74. Marie and others: Abbr.: STES
76. Pilot, flight attendants, etc.: PLANECREW
77. Lager holder: STEIN
78. Observatory observer: Abbr.: ASTR
80. Sharp rebuke: SLAP
82. Diarist Anaïs: NIN
83. "Aha!": IVEGOTIT
84. 1962 musical co-directed by Bob Fosse: LITTLEME
86. Secretly watched: SPIEDON
90. Econ. measure: GNP
91. C.I.A. ancestor: OSS
93. Swift's "A Tale of ___": ATUB
95. Mullahs' calls: FATWAS
96. Basic belief: THEISM
99. Freedman, once: SLAVE
101. ___ Janeiro: RIODE
102. Naval V.I.P.: ADM
104. Furniture retailer since 1943: IKEA
105. Laura of "I Am Sam": DERN
107. Petrol brand: ESSO
108. Sask. neighbor: NDAK
109. "Deadwood" carrier: HBO
110. Tentacle: ARM
111. Actress Long: NIA
113. Literary monogram: EAP
114. ___ Friday's: TGI
115. Brick holder: HOD

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