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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 19, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, October 19, 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
- 17
- 29
- 34
- 36
- 65
Down clues & answers
- 13
- 27
- 48
- 53
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
across
- 1. Lady abroad: FRAU
- 5. With 50-Down, steak go-with: BAKED
- 10. With 68-Across, fish filet go-with: COLE
- 14. Wedding parties?: Abbr.: REVS
- 15. Water, for one: OXIDE
- 16. Tel ___: AVIV
- 17. Psyche components: EGOS
- 18. Fix, as a hitch: RETIE
- 19. Unnerve: FAZE
- 20. "Yep" negator: NAW
- 21. Behind closed doors: INSECRET
- 23. Drug-free: CLEAN
- 25. Well-founded: TENABLE
- 29. He-man: HERCULES
- 33. With 44-Across, hot sandwich go-with: ONION
- 34. Like waves on a shoreline: EROSIVE
- 37. It's on the St. Lawrence River: Abbr.: ONT
- 38. Hilarious ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme: SIDESPLITTING
- 42. Brown, in ads: UPS
- 43. Passed: ENACTED
- 44. See 33-Across: RINGS
- 47. Closed tight: SEALEDUP
- 51. White-knuckle: INTENSE
- 54. Make a ship stop by facing the wind: LAYTO
- 55. Newscast lead: TOPSTORY
- 59. Drift ___: NET
- 60. Airline rarity, nowadays: MEAL
- 63. "May ___ your order?": ITAKE
- 64. Bob Dylan's first wife and the title of a song about her: SARA
- 65. Makeover: REDO
- 66. Stinky: FETID
- 67. Dirty magazines and such: SMUT
- 68. See 10-Across: SLAW
- 69. See 1-Down: FRIES
- 70. Neither good nor bad: SOSO
down
- 1. With 69-Across, burger go-with: FRENCH
- 2. Treat splendidly: REGALE
- 3. One saying "I do": AVOWER
- 4. Letters before Liberty or Constitution: USS
- 5. Sprung (from): BORN
- 6. x, y and z: AXES
- 7. Toy sometimes seen on a beach: KITE
- 8. Order: EDICT
- 9. Big name in balers: DEERE
- 10. Unisex dress: CAFTAN
- 11. Female gametes: OVA
- 12. 1995 showbiz biography by C. David Heymann: LIZ
- 13. December 31, e.g.: EVE
- 21. Harden: INURE
- 22. Musician Brian: ENO
- 24. Breezed through: ACED
- 26. One of a series of joint Soviet/U.S. space satellites: BION
- 27. Dragged out: LONG
- 28. Suffix with absorb: ENT
- 30. Shake, in a way: LOSE
- 31. Cable inits. since 1979: ESPN
- 32. Albino in "The Da Vinci Code": SILAS
- 35. Police target: VICE
- 36. Jazzy James: ETTA
- 38. Something to take in a car: SPIN
- 39. Fred Astaire's "___ This a Lovely Day": ISNT
- 40. The Beeb is seen on it: TELLY
- 41. "The very ___!": IDEA
- 42. The Rams of the Atlantic 10 Conf.: URI
- 45. 2003 #2 hit for Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz: GETLOW
- 46. ___-Cat: SNO
- 48. Go-getter: DYNAMO
- 49. Womb: UTERUS
- 50. See 5-Across: POTATO
- 52. Spruce (up): SPIFF
- 53. Perfume ingredient: ESTER
- 56. 1955 Oscar nominee for "Mr. Hulot's Holiday": TATI
- 57. Tex's neighbor to the north: OKIE
- 58. Some wines: REDS
- 60. Partner, informally, with "the": MRS
- 61. Underwater cave dweller: EEL
- 62. Oral health org.: ADA
- 64. Draft org.: SSS
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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