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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 25, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, April 25, 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
- 14
- 21
- 28
- 45
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 25
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
across
- 1. Rude sorts: BOORS
- 6. Play a kazoo: HUM
- 9. Fix, as a photocopier: UNJAM
- 14. Naval convoy menace: UBOAT
- 15. Prefix with metric: ISO
- 16. Supercool: NEATO
- 17. Pitcher of baseball's Gas House Gang: DIZZYDEAN
- 19. Speedpass-accepting gas company: EXXON
- 20. Old codger: GEEZER
- 21. Exactly: TOAT
- 23. Man of Steel's symbol: ESS
- 24. Says: UTTERS
- 27. Pass along, as an e-mail: Abbr.: FWD
- 30. Golf's 1984 U.S. Open winner: FUZZYZOELLER
- 33. Dines: HASAMEAL
- 36. Top-shelf: AONE
- 37. Signs to heed: OMENS
- 38. Sleep phase, for short: REM
- 40. Cottage cheese, essentially: CURDS
- 41. Ibuprofen target: PAIN
- 42. Lunchtimes, typically: NOONDAYS
- 44. Patriarch on an MTV reality show: OZZYOSBOURNE
- 48. Born, on the society page: NEE
- 49. Skier's lodging: CHALET
- 50. Draft org.: SSS
- 53. Like an eagle's vision: KEEN
- 54. "Same goes for me": IDOTOO
- 57. With "cum" and 32-Down, a diploma phrase: MAGNA
- 60. The Fresh Prince's partner DJ: JAZZYJEFF
- 63. How the confident solve: INPEN
- 64. Eggs, in labs: OVA
- 65. Really bother: EATAT
- 66. Really bothers, with "at": GNAWS
- 67. Equinox mo.: SEP
- 68. Girlie man: SISSY
down
- 1. Move a bit: BUDGE
- 2. Theater awards since 1956: OBIES
- 3. Moves like molasses: OOZES
- 4. Bronx cheer: RAZZ
- 5. Eyelid woe: STYE
- 6. Hotfoot it: HIE
- 7. ___ Today: USA
- 8. Exotic dancer Lola: MONTEZ
- 9. Fidgety feeling: UNEASE
- 10. Barber's call: NEXT
- 11. The Jaguars, on scoreboards: JAX
- 12. ___ Z (the gamut): ATO
- 13. Start of the work wk., for many: MON
- 18. Syrian/Lebanese religious group: DRUZE
- 22. ___ y plata: ORO
- 25. Russian autocrat: Var.: TZAR
- 26. Popular reliever of aches: TYLENOL
- 27. Fauna's partner: FLORA
- 28. "Peter Pan" heroine: WENDY
- 29. Get decked out: DRESS
- 30. Keister: FANNY
- 31. Vocal stumbles: UMS
- 32. See 57-Across: LAUDE
- 33. Motorcyclist's invitation: HOPON
- 34. Knock the socks off: AMAZE
- 35. Take forcibly: SEIZE
- 39. Pouty look: MOUE
- 40. Anderson Cooper's channel: CNN
- 43. Baseball's David, nicknamed "Big Papi": ORTIZ
- 45. Vast amounts: OCEANS
- 46. That ship: SHE
- 47. Dixieland instruments: BANJOS
- 50. "Keep it in" notations: STETS
- 51. Love seats, e.g.: SOFAS
- 52. Kindhearted sort: SOFTY
- 53. Had down pat: KNEW
- 55. Tattooist's supply: DYES
- 56. Town near Santa Barbara: OJAI
- 57. Russian fighter: MIG
- 58. Cape ___, Mass.: ANN
- 59. 4.0 is a great one: GPA
- 61. Forum greeting: AVE
- 62. Microwave: ZAP
More daily puzzle hints
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- 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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