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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 10, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, June 10, 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
- 19
- 20
- 27
- 28
- 64
- 77
- 107
- 108
- 111
- 114
- 121
- 124
- 127
Down clues & answers
- 36
- 102
- 111
- 115
- 120
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
across
- 1. Extracurricular activity traditionally for men: GLEECLUB
- 9. Measure of reflected light: ALBEDO
- 15. Digitalis source: FOXGLOVE
- 16. Manage adversity: BEARUP
- 17. Fresh: ORIGINAL
- 18. Kind of case: DATIVE
- 19. Fix at a farrier's: RESHOE
- 20. Confident affirmation: ISURECAN
- 22. "Princess Caraboo" star, 1994: CATES
- 23. Set: JELL
- 24. Is peaked: AILS
- 25. Opera heroine with the aria "Einsam in trüben Tagen": ELSA
- 26. Singer Stubbs of the Four Tops: LEVI
- 27. Murphy of "To Hell and Back": AUDIE
- 28. Valium, generically: DIAZEPAM
- 31. Place for buttercups: LEA
- 32. Overdo it at the gym: GETSORE
- 35. Withstands: SUFFERS
- 37. Tognazzi of "La Cage aux Folles": UGO
- 38. Opera that opens on Christmas Eve: LABOHEME
- 40. Best Actor nominee for "Affliction," 1998: NOLTE
- 42. Life sci.: ECOL
- 43. Captain of Stubb and Flask: AHAB
- 47. Old World duck: SMEW
- 48. Split: FLED
- 49. Ready: PRIME
- 50. County holding part of Yosemite National Park: MARIPOSA
- 52. Old-fashioned letter opener: Abbr.: MESSRS
- 53. Less likely to fly?: INANER
- 54. Complex component: NEUROSIS
- 56. Having a hint: TINGED
- 57. Paramount: ULTIMATE
- 58. Bigots: HATERS
- 59. Not fleshed out: SKELETAL
down
- 1. Jet pilot's concern: GFORCE
- 2. Owner of Maybelline: LOREAL
- 3. Has substance: EXISTS
- 4. Einsteins: EGGHEADS
- 5. Awards for some campaigns: CLIOS
- 6. Set apart: LONE
- 7. A.C.C. member: UVA
- 8. Hold: BELIEVE
- 9. Arabic name that means "servant of God": ABDUL
- 10. He wrote "There was an old man of Thermopylae / Who never did anything properly ...": LEAR
- 11. River craft: BATEAU
- 12. Author of "The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America": ERICIDLE
- 13. President who claimed to be a voodoo priest: DUVALIER
- 14. Pirates' domain: OPENSEAS
- 21. Loose: SLIPSHOD
- 23. Shameless hussies: JEZEBELS
- 26. Newswoman Logan: LARA
- 27. Band switch: AMFM
- 29. Princess loved by Heracles: IOLE
- 30. "Earth's Children" series author Jean: AUEL
- 32. Colt handler: GUNSMITH
- 33. Extreme bovarism: EGOMANIA
- 34. Accepting: TOLERANT
- 36. Ogrelike: FEARSOME
- 39. Brother and husband of Tethys: OCEANUS
- 41. Qualm: TWINGE
- 44. Greet cattily: HISSAT
- 45. Hindu drink of immortality: AMRITA
- 46. German astronomer who was the first to measure the distance to a star: BESSEL
- 48. Wades through: FORDS
- 49. Precipice, say: PERIL
- 51. ___ review: PEER
- 52. Remote option: MUTE
- 55. Puma prey: ELK
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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
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- 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?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
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?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.