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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 18, 2007

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, April 18, 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.

78 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
L-___ (treatment for parkinsonism)
2
Apple variety
3
Desperate
4
Wok preparation
5
Bygone covert org.
6
Whales, elephants, etc.
7
Dominican-American major-league slugger, to fans
8
Tie up tightly
9
Cock and bull
10
Sprigs from the garden
11
Sculpted form
12
"___ disturb!" (and a hint for 17-, 40- and 65-Across, and 10- and 30-Down)
15
American rival
18
___ de combat
23
Tel. message taker, maybe
25
1953 Loren title role
27
Mrs. Einstein
28
"Why should ___ you?"
29
D-back, for one
30
Deli selections
31
Classic sodas
35
Go into business
37
Court plea, for short
38
They're game
41
Mideast capital
42
Cobble, for example
45
"Amscray!"
48
"The Night of the Hunter" star, 1955
50
To-the-max prefix
52
Hendryx of the group Labelle
53
"Norwegian Wood" instrument
54
Franklin's on it
55
Dreadlocked one
59
Keep an appointment
61
Bird in "The Lion King"
62
Literary olios
63
Croupier's tool
66
Suffix with direct
67
Little, to a lass

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

across

1. Language of Libya: ARABIC
7. Food flavor enhancer, for short: MSG
10. Amo, ___, amat ...: AMAS
14. Number of feet between baseball bases: NINETY
15. Mock, in a way: APE
16. Streamlet: RILL
17. *Chicken: SCAREDYCAT
19. Sedgwick of Warhol films: EDIE
20. Latin "behold": ECCE
21. Just about forever: EON
22. Scout's quest: BADGE
23. *Very good child: LITTLEANGEL
27. Tiny hill dweller: ANT
28. Tiebreakers, briefly: OTS
29. Not so sure: LEERY
31. Guard: DEFEND
35. It lets things go: RELEASER
38. You might R.S.V.P. online to this: EVITE
39. Contributed to: FED
40. Celtic priest: DRUID
41. Snugglers: NESTLERS
43. Reddish-brown: SIENNA
44. "Die Lorelei" poet: HEINE
45. Vietnam Memorial designer: LIN
46. World Series mo.: OCT
48. *Venus: EVENINGSTAR
54. Drastic sentence, with "the": CHAIR
56. Judge pro ___: TEM
57. Cart puller: MULE
58. Parking meter filler: COIN
59. *Purple sandwich filler: GRAPEJELLY
62. Addresses starting http://: URLS
63. Peach center: PIT
64. ___ Mae (college money provider): SALLIE
65. Pause: REST
66. Part of a milit. address: APO
67. Ethan and Woody: ALLENS

down

1. Photographer Adams: ANSEL
2. Designer Nina: RICCI
3. Put on ___ (fake it): ANACT
4. Special Forces headwear: BERET
5. Suffix with meteor: ITE
6. Charisse of "Singin' in the Rain": CYD
7. City nicknamed "Heart of Georgia": MACON
8. Sparkly: SPANGLED
9. Play a good joke on: GET
10. Region: AREA
11. *Short shadow caster: MIDDAYSUN
12. Make parallel: ALIGN
13. Street slickener: SLEET
18. First half of a Senate vote: YEAS
22. Obviously injured: BLEEDING
24. More isolated: LONELIER
25. Airport info: Abbr.: ETD
26. Wriggler: EEL
30. Like an ivory-billed woodpecker: RARE
31. Hibernation spot: DEN
32. Noted apple eater: EVE
33. Has the rear end move side to side ... or a hint to the five asterisked clues: FISHTAILS
34. Suffix with kitchen: ETTE
35. ___ judicata: RES
36. Germanic one: EIN
37. Cereal box fig.: RDA
39. Frequent flier's reward: FREETRIP
42. Ltr. holder: ENV
43. Sloth, e.g.: SIN
45. Unfirm: LIMP
46. Take place: OCCUR
47. Ironing, for one: CHORE
49. "Keen!": NEATO
50. Stink: SMELL
51. Veil material: TULLE
52. Tuckered out: ALLIN
53. Spanish kings: REYES
55. Mass. ___ of Tech.: INST
59. No. on a transcript: GPA
60. That one, in Tijuana: ESA
61. Major Asian carrier, for short: JAL

Hints and full breakdown for Apr 17

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