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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 17, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, September 17, 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
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- 58
Down clues & answers
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
across
- 1. Grand Ole Opry sight: BANJO
- 6. "Huh?": WHAT
- 10. Style of Japanese writing: KANJI
- 15. N.H.L. great from the Czech Republic: JAGR
- 19. Buddy on TV: EBSEN
- 20. James Joyce's home: EIRE
- 21. Be gaga (over): DROOL
- 22. Jai ___: ALAI
- 23. Annual "Movie Yearbook" author since the 1990s: EBERT
- 24. Bit of news at the aviary?: ASTARLINGISBORN
- 27. Nag: RACEHORSE
- 29. Settle (into): EASE
- 30. Servings from a grill: KABOBS
- 31. "Love ___": MEDO
- 32. Cry from a selfish child: MINE
- 33. Chant at a basketball game: DEFENSE
- 34. Notion of an underwater creature?: SQUIDINKLING
- 39. Load bearer?: DRYER
- 40. Least populous U.N. member: TUVALU
- 41. Fluoride, for one: ION
- 42. Pet in old cartoons: DINO
- 43. TripTik provider: Abbr.: AAA
- 46. Tombstone word: DIED
- 47. Fraternization on an army base?: MILITARYCOUPLING
- 53. East German secret police: STASI
- 55. Range part: Abbr.: MTN
- 56. Accumulate, with "up": PILE
- 57. Speed: HASTE
- 58. 1980 N.F.L. M.V.P. Brian: SIPE
- 60. Org. that established the Legends Tour in 2001: LPGA
- 61. 1992 Oscar-nominated title role for Robert Downey Jr.: CHAPLIN
- 63. How courteous swordsmen fight?: WITHALLDUELINGRESPECT
- 69. With geniality: AMIABLY
- 70. Wagered: LAID
- 71. Elegance: LUXE
- 72. Particular purpose: NONCE
- 73. Regarding: INRE
- 74. Saturn, for one: GOD
- 75. Gwen ___, Spider-Man's first love: STACY
- 80. Farm young 'un with a blanket?: DUCKLINGANDCOVER
- 85. Inflammation reducer: ALOE
- 86. Esq., usually: ATT
- 87. Jordanian queen: NOOR
- 88. Veneration: AWE
- 89. Fishing with traps, maybe: EELING
- 91. Early ___: RISER
- 93. Local cutie pie?: TOWNDUMPLING
- 96. Calf feature: SILENTL
- 99. Charges (up): REVS
- 100. Je ne ___ quoi: SAIS
- 101. Start of an itinerary: POINTA
- 102. Superior: AONE
- 103. Junked: DEEPSIXED
- 108. Capture of a Mafia runner, e.g.?: UNDERLINGARREST
- 111. Ultraviolet filter: OZONE
- 112. Midway attraction: RIDE
- 113. Go from dawn to dusk: LATEN
- 114. Early version: BETA
- 115. Tied, in a way: DEUCE
- 116. They may prevent passage: NAYS
- 117. "Hägar the Horrible" dog: SNERT
- 118. "Think big" company: IMAX
- 119. Ethyl cinnamate, for one: ESTER
down
- 1. It should have a head and a good body: BEER
- 2. "Voulez-Vous" pop group: ABBA
- 3. Small interval of time: Abbr.: NSEC
- 4. Prolonged complaints: JEREMIADS
- 5. Injured, in baseball lingo: ONTHEDL
- 6. Bother: WEARON
- 7. Cat's warning: HISS
- 8. Work of Michelangelo, e.g.: ARTE
- 9. Leaves after dinner?: TEA
- 10. Singer who spells her name in all lowercase letters: KDLANG
- 11. Emanate (from): ARISE
- 12. Survey choice: NONE
- 13. Stir: JOG
- 14. Comment to a new friend: ILIKEYOU
- 15. Go on and on: JABBER
- 16. Crazy as ___: ALOON
- 17. Get-ups: GARBS
- 18. Instruction before "repeat": RINSE
- 25. Coachman's line: REIN
- 26. Sound's partner: SAFE
- 28. Dishonor: ODIUM
- 32. Mouthwash flavor: MINT
- 33. Literary preceder of "Goldfinger": DRNO
- 34. Benchmarks: Abbr.: STDS
- 35. Renounce: QUIT
- 36. Anatomical part whose name comes from the Latin for "grape": UVEA
- 37. Like many Scots: KILTED
- 38. Cut above the flank: LOIN
- 39. "No ___!": DICE
- 42. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" songwriter: DYLAN
- 43. What a train goes down: AISLE
- 44. Bit of tomfoolery: ANTIC
- 45. One may be double or free: AGENT
- 48. Hint at: IMPLY
- 49. Stuck on: APPLIED
- 50. Unforgiving: RIGID
- 51. Kids go through them: PHASES
- 52. Scandinavian native: LAPP
- 54. Sanford of "The Jeffersons": ISABEL
- 59. Feeling much less than 100%: ILL
- 60. Master: LEARN
- 61. Primitive: CRUDE
- 62. Something bad that may be put on you: HEX
- 63. Comic actress Sykes: WANDA
- 64. Poker declaration: IMOUT
- 65. Coloring: TINCT
- 66. Succeed, with "it": HACK
- 67. ___ artery (blood vessel of the arm): ULNAR
- 68. Protected, as a surgeon's hands: GLOVED
- 73. Russian conductor/composer Markevitch: IGOR
- 74. Order for Oscar night: GOWN
- 76. What a specialist men's store may offer: TALLSIZES
- 77. Et ___: ALII
- 78. Fifth state to ratify the Constitution: Abbr.: CONN
- 79. One trying to find the right combination?: YEGG
- 81. Gives the oath of office, e.g.: INSTALLS
- 82. "Away in a Manger," for one: NOEL
- 83. Field calls: CAWS
- 84. Plot again: REMAP
- 90. Part of a season: EPISODE
- 91. Zellweger and Adorée: RENEES
- 92. Like some verbs: Abbr.: INTR
- 93. Lodger: TENANT
- 94. Supervising: OVER
- 95. Amount paid on some out-of-state purchases: USETAX
- 96. Reject: SPURN
- 97. Land bordering ancient Lydia: IONIA
- 98. Radio talker G. Gordon ___: LIDDY
- 99. "Copy that": ROGER
- 102. It might get your kitty going: ANTE
- 103. Judge: DEEM
- 104. "Dónde ___ ...?": ESTA
- 105. Delete: XOUT
- 106. Suffix with insist: ENCE
- 107. Bucks, e.g.: DEER
- 109. Singer Janis: IAN
- 110. Diamond stat.: RBI
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