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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 10, 2007

Saturday, November 10, 2007

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, November 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.

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

Across clues & answers

  1. 1

    Vegetable oil, e.g.

  2. 6

    College major, briefly

  3. 10

    Fog

  4. 14

    Up

  5. 15

    "Got it"

  6. 16

    It's often marked with a number

  7. 17

    Knee problem

  8. 19

    Very small serving

  9. 20

    "... ___ faith turn to despair": Romeo

  10. 21

    Capital, usually

  11. 23

    Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963

  12. 24

    Smith, e.g.

  13. 25

    Symbols of freshness

  14. 27

    Rogers Hornsby's nickname, with "the"

  15. 31

    Senior ctr.?

  16. 33

    Garage alternative

  17. 34

    Before analysis, after "a"

  18. 35

    Hangers-on

  19. 37

    Select groups

  20. 38

    Other drivers (never you, of course)

  21. 39

    Following group

  22. 40

    Character lineup

  23. 41

    It's been put on before

  24. 42

    Ammunition carrier on wheels

  25. 44

    Windfall

  26. 46

    Target of a rabbit punch

  27. 49

    Like Y, e.g.

  28. 52

    ___ francese

  29. 53

    Crown

  30. 54

    Soft, high-fiber dish

  31. 56

    Red-bellied trout

  32. 57

    Topic lead-in

  33. 58

    Beehive division

  34. 59

    Firm fear

  35. 60

    "Saint Joan" playwright

  36. 61

    Fisherman's basket

Down clues & answers

  1. 1

    Maker of a historic touchdown

  2. 2

    Iota

  3. 3

    Feature of many a big do

  4. 4

    Neighbor of Monterey Park, briefly

  5. 5

    Atlas info: Abbr.

  6. 6

    Filling stations?

  7. 7

    Had a causerie

  8. 8

    The sacred bull Apis was his embodiment

  9. 9

    They're proscribed

  10. 10

    Jaunty

  11. 11

    Botanist's angle

  12. 12

    Fusilli alternative

  13. 13

    Form of the French "to be"

  14. 18

    #1 best sellers

  15. 22

    Apes

  16. 26

    "Right?"

  17. 28

    Some clichéd writing

  18. 29

    Some matériel

  19. 30

    H.S. subject

  20. 31

    Do something emotionally to

  21. 32

    Word preceding various colors

  22. 34

    Beat

  23. 36

    They have nagging questions

  24. 37

    It has valuable questions

  25. 39

    Game derived from 500 rummy

  26. 42

    Light carriage with a folding top

  27. 43

    Even

  28. 45

    Mexican uncle?

  29. 47

    Part of the earth's outer layer

  30. 48

    Oil holder

  31. 49

    Halite, chemically

  32. 50

    Be reminiscent of

  33. 51

    Present occasion, informally

  34. 55

    Multiple of LXX

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Friday, November 9, 2007

across

  • 1. Concerned query: YOUOK
  • 6. Without a leg to stand on?: STEMLESS
  • 14. Vermont senator Sanders: BERNIE
  • 15. It's a cinch: CORSELET
  • 16. Pretentious: LADIDA
  • 17. Without a match: UNIQUELY
  • 18. "Pardon me": AHEM
  • 19. Closing bid?: ADIEU
  • 20. Peak: MAX
  • 21. McCartney, to fans: SIRPAUL
  • 24. Horror film that starts in a filthy lavatory: SAW
  • 26. Weaken, in a way: EMBRITTLE
  • 29. Monotheistic Syrian: DRUSE
  • 33. Most in need of toning: FLESHIEST
  • 35. Top-rated, in a way: ONEA
  • 36. Slant: BIAS
  • 37. Get all histrionic: EMOTE
  • 38. About 40 degrees, for N.Y.C.: NLAT
  • 39. Hostel environments: INNS
  • 40. Wore out: RANRAGGED
  • 42. Some lap dogs: PEKES
  • 44. Result of a new TV series' renewal: SEASONTWO
  • 46. A.A. discussion topic: DTS
  • 48. Appoints as an agent: DEPUTES
  • 49. Roast pig side dish: POI
  • 52. Stands: PODIA
  • 55. Brew choice: MALT
  • 56. Afro-Caribbean religion: SANTERIA
  • 58. Toeless creature in an Edward Lear verse: POBBLE
  • 60. Engine manufacturer Briggs & ___: STRATTON
  • 61. One with a second helping: DUELER
  • 62. Super Bowl XX champs: THEBEARS
  • 63. Personnel director, at times: FIRER

down

  • 1. Hoped-for reply to 1-Across: YEAHIMFINE
  • 2. Payment is often sent with one: ORDERBLANK
  • 3. Apt to say "So?": UNIMPRESSED
  • 4. Relative of -ish: OID
  • 5. Mauna ___: KEA
  • 6. Missile with a mobile launcher: SCUD
  • 7. Product whose ads featured twins: TONI
  • 8. Iroquois' foes: ERIES
  • 9. Lee Marvin TV oldie: MSQUAD
  • 10. Moldovan money: LEU
  • 11. He or I, but not you: Abbr.: ELEM
  • 12. Ward of "Once and Again": SELA
  • 13. Deep river?: STYX
  • 14. Sighing a lot, maybe: BLASE
  • 19. Some Nissans: ALTIMAS
  • 22. "___ for Alibi": AIS
  • 23. ___ Pendragon, King Arthur's father: UTHER
  • 25. Call slip?: WRONGNUMBER
  • 27. West African currency: LEONE
  • 28. Ponch player in 1970s-'80s TV: ESTRADA
  • 30. Too awful even to fix up, as an apartment: UNLETTABLE
  • 31. Octopus, e.g.: SEADWELLER
  • 32. Take the cake?: EAT
  • 34. Twit: TEASE
  • 36. Marcel Marceau character: BIP
  • 41. Bush league?: GOP
  • 43. City connected to the 4.1-mile long Sunshine Skyway Br.: STPETE
  • 45. Kitchen appliance brand: OSTER
  • 47. In a sense: SORTA
  • 49. "Over here": PSST
  • 50. Four-letter word, aptly: OATH
  • 51. On: INRE
  • 53. Pricey gown: DIOR
  • 54. McShane and McKellen: IANS
  • 57. Bill: TAB
  • 58. Sharable computer file, for short: PDF
  • 59. Overseas agreement: OUI
Hints and full breakdown for Nov 9

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