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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 15, 2007

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, September 15, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Interest of Miss Marple
5
Blow-drying problem
15
Liner's locale
16
Slipping frequencies
17
Spot
18
Steering system components
19
"___ the glad waters of the dark blue sea": Byron
20
James Bond was kicked out of it
21
Eric of "Lucky You"
22
Contortionist's inspiration?
24
Aquavit flavorer
27
Risible
28
Paris fashion house since 1956
29
Seed's exterior
30
Off by a mile
34
1990s Indian P.M.
35
Where some addresses come from
36
Massenet's "Le ___ de Lahore"
37
Setting of Camus's "The Fall"
40
One yawning
42
Sign at some booths
43
Marina accommodations
44
Notoriety
47
Hansom cab accessory
48
Massive star
49
Half of doce
50
Something often smelled
51
Factor in a home's market value
55
Do groundbreaking work?
56
Carried by currents, in a way
57
Winetaster's concern
58
Serenity
59
Forum infinitive

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Friday, September 14, 2007

across

1. What you might do at the beach: GOFORADIP
10. Lethargy: SOPOR
15. Early inhabitant: ABORIGINE
16. Light smoke: CLARO
17. Choked up: VERKLEMPT
18. This is a test: ASSAY
19. Shaw who led the Gramercy Five: ARTIE
20. Muscleman with a 1980s cartoon series: MRT
21. Old-time actress Crabtree: LOTTA
22. Subject of interest in the question "Who are you wearing?": GOWN
23. Modern-day monarch, for short: QEII
24. Register: ENROL
25. Brian known for 33-Across music: ENO
26. John who succeeded Pierre Trudeau as Canadian P.M.: TURNER
28. Uris hero: ARI
29. Comment after getting something: AHA
30. Waves with long wavelengths?: TSUNAMIS
33. See 25-Across: AMBIENT
37. "Ash Wednesday" writer: TSELIOT
38. Starry-eyed: QUIXOTIC
40. Movie villain voiced by Douglas Rain: HAL
41. Miss ___: USA
42. Spell checker?: AMULET
44. Indian viceroy's authority: RAJ
47. Damascus V.I.P.: ASSAD
50. Eventful times: ERAS
51. "Take ___ the River" (Talking Heads hit): METO
52. Geometric prefix: TETRA
53. Kip spender: LAO
54. Spanish kitties: GATOS
55. Jerk: IDIOT
56. Doesn't support a conspiracy theory?: ACTSALONE
58. Deleted part: CURSE
59. Oslo Accords concern: GAZASTRIP
60. Gear: SPEED
61. Frank Zappa or Dizzy Gillespie feature: SOULPATCH

down

1. Forced feeding, as with a tube: GAVAGE
2. Moon of Uranus named for a Shakespearean character: OBERON
3. Like a romantic dinner: FORTWO
4. Big name in pest control: ORKIN
5. Get to: RILE
6. Jazz ___: AGE
7. Certain switch: DIMMER
8. Available: INPRINT
9. Small in the biggest way?: PETTIEST
10. 100 to 1, e.g.: SCALE
11. Actress Nancy of "Sunset Boulevard": OLSON
12. Sandwich filler: PASTRAMI
13. Church piece: ORATORIO
14. Old Tory: ROYALIST
23. Fundamental energy units: QUANTA
26. "Vincent & ___" (1990 Robert Altman film): THEO
27. Dailies, in the movie biz: RUSHES
29. ___-en-Provence, France: AIX
31. Groomed: NEAT
32. Word before and after "in": ALL
33. Swimming, surfboarding, etc.: AQUATICS
34. Uncombed: MUSSEDUP
35. Whitewall, maybe: BIASTIRE
36. Delays: TIMELAGS
39. Largest of the ABC islands: CURACAO
43. "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao" philosopher: LAOTZU
44. "Touché!" elicitor: RETORT
45. Not accented: ATONIC
46. Important figure in the Gospels: JOSEPH
48. Faulkner's "___ for Emily": AROSE
49. Out: DATED
51. 1945 conference site for Roosevelt and Churchill: MALTA
54. One might fight to the last one: GASP
57. Sonny's partner in "Dog Day Afternoon": SAL

Hints and full breakdown for Sep 14

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