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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 25, 2007

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Monday, June 25, 2007

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, June 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.

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
Freighters, e.g.
2
Diamond weight
3
Came up
4
Tightens, with "up"
5
Space
6
Place to get an egg salad sandwich
7
Eve's second son
8
Chew (on)
9
Old hat
10
Nile nippers
11
Shoo off
12
Mouth-burning
13
Travelers from another galaxy, for short
21
Glenn of the Eagles
22
Professional grp.
26
Comedian Martin
27
"The Taming of the ___"
29
Consumers of Purina and Iams food
30
Vidi in "Veni, vidi, vici"
31
Playful trick
33
Opposite ENE
34
They're smashed in a smasher
35
"Go fast!," to a driver
36
Back then
38
Courtroom affirmation
39
Western U.S. gas giant
41
Carrier of 13-Down
45
Berlin Mrs.
46
Take on, as employees
50
Spin
53
Pages (through)
54
Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 39
56
Outcast
57
Ruhr Valley city
58
Gem
60
One of TV's "Friends"
61
___Vista (search engine)
62
Final
63
Mule or clog
64
Revolutionary Guevara
65
Make, as a wager

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

across

1. Dogs named for a region of Japan: AKITAS
7. Wrapped up: ENDED
12. Jazz great Malone: KARL
16. Symbol for density: RHO
19. Dramatist Ibsen: HENRIK
20. Mrs. Gorbachev: RAISA
21. Start a pot going: ANTE
22. Ref. work with online subscriptions: OED
23. Wall Street worker: SECURITIESANALYST
26. Clavell's "___-Pan": TAI
27. Sort of: INASENSE
28. Select: CULL
29. Party's nominees: SLATE
31. Wasps' home: NEST
32. Catch in the West: LASSO
34. Stretch out: ELONGATE
38. Terre's counterpart: MER
39. Broadway's "The Producers," e.g.: MUSICALCOMEDY
43. Some acids: AMINOS
47. Like wicker furniture: CANED
48. "The Matrix" lead role: NEO
49. Carpet choice: PILE
50. They might come back to haunt you: FAMOUSLASTWORDS
53. Blu-ray players, e.g.: SONYS
54. Does dictation, maybe: TYPES
55. Short pans: UGHS
56. Island in the Aegean: IOS
57. Great Society agcy.: OEO
58. Game played with a 1/2- to 3/4-inch ball: ROULETTE
60. Kind of approval: FDA
61. One of the Trumps: IVANKA
64. Sotheby's domain: ART
65. Alternative title for this puzzle: THEDOCTORISIN
69. Elevs.: HTS
71. Put over high heat: SEARED
73. High degree: PHD
74. Car that won the 1939 and '40 Indy 500: MASERATI
76. Might: MAY
77. Head honcho: CEO
78. Yemen's capital: SANA
80. Polynesian carvings: TIKIS
81. More than enjoyed: ATEUP
84. Appetizers served with sauce: SHRIMPCOCKTAILS
87. Prosperousness: WEAL
88. Subj. of many conspiracy theories: CIA
89. Symbol on a 6 key: CARET
90. "You sure got that right!": ILLSAY
91. It might go in a tank: WATERSOFTENER
94. Put one by: ACE
95. Political prisoner, e.g.: DETAINEE
96. One way to be taken: ABACK
98. Speaking spot: DAIS
102. Language from which lemon and julep come: FARSI
103. In ___ rush: AMAD
106. Like beaches: ERODIBLE
108. Singer DiFranco: ANI
109. Elizabeth Dole once led it: DEPARTMENTOFLABOR
114. Word with pack or pick: ICE
115. Israir alternative: ELAL
116. Tempter: SIREN
117. Pick of the litter: FINEST
118. The, abroad: LES
119. 10-year prison sentence, in gang slang: DIME
120. ___ coil: TESLA
121. Time out?: SIESTA

down

1. Play co-authored by Mark Twain: AHSIN
2. City ENE of Brattleboro: KEENE
3. Tawantinsuyu dwellers: INCAS
4. Money you can't touch?: TRUST
5. Frigid finish?: AIRE
6. Like some hot dogs: SKINLESS
7. Indians known as the Cat People: ERIES
8. Refusal, in Renfrew: NAE
9. Coupon offerings: DISCOUNTS
10. Mess of pottage buyer: ESAU
11. Frontier name, for short: DANL
12. ___ Kan pet food: KAL
13. "___ takers?": ANY
14. Some linemen: Abbr.: RTS
15. "C'mon!": LETSGO
16. Gradually substitute: ROTATEIN
17. One way to argue: HEATEDLY
18. Comics canine: ODIE
24. Early 1900s ruler: TSAR
25. 1960s British P.M. ___ Douglas-Home: ALEC
30. Send up or put down: LAMPOON
33. Overhead: SMASH
35. Brings in: LANDS
36. Plaza de toros sounds: OLES
37. It's below grade one: Abbr.: NCO
38. Cheese place: MOUSETRAP
40. Finalize, with "up": SEW
41. 1966 Broadway hit with the song "My Cup Runneth Over": IDOIDO
42. "O.K.": YES
43. Broadcast worker's union: AFTRA
44. Coolidge, Cleveland and Andrew Johnson, once: MAYORS
45. Ascribe: IMPUTE
46. "O Sanctissima," e.g.: NOEL
47. Not free: CAGED
51. Strummed an old string instrument: LUTED
52. Engine sound: ROAR
53. Stinging jellyfish: SEANETTLE
57. Sheep's genus: OVIS
59. "___ Say," 1939 #1 Artie Shaw hit: THEY
60. Co. with a Mercury logo: FTD
61. 10-Down's father: ISAAC
62. Casual dress: KHAKIS
63. Historic role played by Jack Palance and Anthony Quinn: ATTILA
66. Phone button: OPER
67. Superior: CHOICE
68. "___ Rappaport": IMNOT
70. Playground taunt: SISSY
72. Charms: AMULETS
75. Yemen's capital: RIAL
77. Rub the wrong way: CHAFE
78. Some farm machinery: SPREADERS
79. Sharp: ACERB
81. "How cute!": AWW
82. Afternoon event: TEADANCE
83. Cafes: EATERIES
84. Priory of ___, group in "The Da Vinci Code": SION
85. "Whoo-ee!": MAN
86. Starts: KICKOFFS
88. Letters before a colon, on TV: CSI
92. Burst in on: RAIDED
93. Mar, in a way: TEAR
94. Prefix with phobia: ACRO
97. Prudential competitor: AETNA
98. Steak ___: DIANE
99. Parisian priests: ABBES
100. "___ My Heart in Monterey" (1927 hit): ILOST
101. Perfect Sleeper maker: SERTA
102. Wash out: FAIL
104. ___ Helens: MTST
105. Gaston's girlfriend: AMIE
107. Sixth-century year: DLII
110. Film director Roth: ELI
111. Actress Grier: PAM
112. Ginger ___: ALE
113. First word of Dante's "Inferno": NEL

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 24

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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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Can I see past crossword answers?

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