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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 1, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, April 1, 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
- 63
- 86
- 88
- 106
- 108
- 115
- 120
- 121
- 122
- 123
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 14
- 41
- 51
- 58
- 71
- 93
- 109
- 110
- 114
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Previous The Crossword answer
Saturday, March 31, 2007
across
- 1. Mistake at the hospital?: SWAP
- 5. See 25-Down: FACTO
- 10. Freddy Krueger and others: SLAS
- 14. -: HERS
- 15. Modern library offering: EBOOK
- 16. Continental locales: AIRP
- 17. -: ORTS
- 18. Dollars for quarters: RENTS
- 19. Sell short: UNDE
- 20. -: RESTIMATE
- 22. Head out on the range: STEER
- 23. ___ Valley: SIMI
- 24. Musician with the first record formally certified as a million-seller: GLENNM
- 25. -: ILLER
- 29. Not: NARY
- 31. Baby brother, often: PAIN
- 32. Gym amenity: SAUNA
- 34. Jacquerie: UPRI
- 38. -: SING
- 39. Doctor: AMEND
- 40. One who shakes in a kitchen, maybe: SEAS
- 41. -: ONER
- 42. Veins: LODES
- 43. Canada's Battle of Fort ___, 1866: ERIE
- 44. Card game with a bank: FARO
- 45. Like Oedipus' marriage: PREDE
- 46. -: STINED
- 50. A barber may shave this: NAPE
- 53. Like human skin: PORED
- 54. Hamstrings: INCAPACIT
- 59. -: ATES
- 60. Four-in-a-row U.S. Open winner: EVERT
- 61. Mulling: RUMI
- 62. -: NANT
- 63. Duties: TAXES
- 64. Crepe paper feature: CRIN
- 65. -: KLES
- 66. More than ready: ANTSY
- 67. Some lobsters: HENS
down
- 1. Famed host near Broadway: SHOR
- 2. "___ in the Money" (1933 hit): WERE
- 3. Graphic ___: ARTS
- 4. Confidential warning: PSST
- 5. Tiny distance unit: FERMI
- 6. At three or nine o'clock: ABEAM
- 7. With 27-Down, like 10-Across and others: CONTINUEDONNEXT
- 8. Pari-mutuel machine: TOTE
- 9. Lets go: OKS
- 10. Deep-fry alternative: SAUTE
- 11. Hope chest contents: LINEN
- 12. Mary ___, Shakespeare's mother: ARDEN
- 13. Kind of bank: SPERM
- 21. Land on the Med.: ISR
- 22. Scheming: SLY
- 24. '00's, now: GRADS
- 25. With 5-Across, phrase of clarification: IPSO
- 26. Been intimate (with): LAIN
- 27. See 7-Down: LINE
- 28. G.E. employee: ENGR
- 30. Tyler or Jackson: ANNE
- 32. Starter, often: SALAD
- 33. Marc Antony's love: AMOR
- 34. Junkie: USER
- 35. Senior, in French names: PERE
- 36. S.C. Johnson spray: RAID
- 37. "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm": ISEE
- 44. Put coins in: FED
- 45. Life: PEP
- 46. Severely outscore, slangily: SPANK
- 47. It's just one thing after another: TOTAL
- 48. Godfrey's woman in "My Man Godfrey": IRENE
- 49. Embeds: NESTS
- 51. "Green ___": ACRES
- 52. Object of an April Fools joke: PATSY
- 54. ___ Drago, "Rocky IV" villain: IVAN
- 55. Dict. label: ARCH
- 56. Doctor: CURE
- 57. Comment at the poker table: IMIN
- 58. Cookie holders: TINS
- 60. Fraternity letter: ETA
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
- ConnectionsSort 16 words into four hidden groupsGuide & tips
- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- 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
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- 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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What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
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