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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 11, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, November 11, 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
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 58
- 83
- 95
- 106
- 116
- 118
- 120
- 121
- 132
Down clues & answers
- 16
- 105
- 110
- 113
- 114
- 119
- 122
- 125
- 126
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
across
- 1. Vegetable oil, e.g.: ESTER
- 6. College major, briefly: ECON
- 10. Fog: DAZE
- 14. Up: AHEAD
- 15. "Got it": AHSO
- 16. It's often marked with a number: EXIT
- 17. Knee problem: GRASSSTAIN
- 19. Very small serving: BITE
- 20. "... ___ faith turn to despair": Romeo: LEST
- 21. Capital, usually: METROPOLIS
- 23. Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963: EDEL
- 24. Smith, e.g.: ARTISAN
- 25. Symbols of freshness: DAISIES
- 27. Rogers Hornsby's nickname, with "the": RAJAH
- 31. Senior ctr.?: SCH
- 33. Garage alternative: SHED
- 34. Before analysis, after "a": PRIORI
- 35. Hangers-on: TOADIES
- 37. Select groups: QUORUMS
- 38. Other drivers (never you, of course): IDIOTS
- 39. Following group: CULT
- 40. Character lineup: RST
- 41. It's been put on before: RERUN
- 42. Ammunition carrier on wheels: CAISSON
- 44. Windfall: BONANZA
- 46. Target of a rabbit punch: NAPE
- 49. Like Y, e.g.: NEXTTOLAST
- 52. ___ francese: ALLA
- 53. Crown: ACME
- 54. Soft, high-fiber dish: MASHEDPEAS
- 56. Red-bellied trout: CHAR
- 57. Topic lead-in: ASTO
- 58. Beehive division: CASTE
- 59. Firm fear: LOSS
- 60. "Saint Joan" playwright: SHAW
- 61. Fisherman's basket: CREEL
down
- 1. Maker of a historic touchdown: EAGLE
- 2. Iota: SHRED
- 3. Feature of many a big do: TEASEDHAIR
- 4. Neighbor of Monterey Park, briefly: EASTLA
- 5. Atlas info: Abbr.: RDS
- 6. Filling stations?: EATERIES
- 7. Had a causerie: CHATTED
- 8. The sacred bull Apis was his embodiment: OSIRIS
- 9. They're proscribed: NONOS
- 10. Jaunty: DEBONAIR
- 11. Botanist's angle: AXIL
- 12. Fusilli alternative: ZITI
- 13. Form of the French "to be": ETES
- 18. #1 best sellers: SMASHES
- 22. Apes: PARROTS
- 26. "Right?": ISITNOT
- 28. Some clichéd writing: JOURNALESE
- 29. Some matériel: ARMS
- 30. H.S. subject: HIST
- 31. Do something emotionally to: STIR
- 32. Word preceding various colors: CODE
- 34. Beat: PULSATE
- 36. They have nagging questions: DOUBTERS
- 37. It has valuable questions: QUIZSHOW
- 39. Game derived from 500 rummy: CANASTA
- 42. Light carriage with a folding top: CALASH
- 43. Even: ONAPAR
- 45. Mexican uncle?: NOMAS
- 47. Part of the earth's outer layer: PLATE
- 48. Oil holder: EASEL
- 49. Halite, chemically: NACL
- 50. Be reminiscent of: ECHO
- 51. Present occasion, informally: XMAS
- 55. Multiple of LXX: DCC
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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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What is a rebus square?
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Which day is the hardest?
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