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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for December 3, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, December 3, 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
Down clues & answers
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
across
- 1. Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto": ENGELS
- 7. It's beyond repair: TOTALLOSS
- 16. Abbr. on a food package: NTWT
- 20. Await: LOOKTO
- 21. So that one might: INORDERTO
- 22. Fort ___, captured by U.S. forces in 1814: ERIE
- 23. Ford purchased online?: INTERNETEXPLORER
- 25. It's measured in degrees: BURN
- 26. Generic comic strip diner: JOES
- 27. Word with night or right: ALL
- 28. Quick outing on the links: NINE
- 29. Consumes: USES
- 30. Carrier to Tokyo: ANA
- 31. French spread: PATE
- 33. It's needed to find the right key: EAR
- 36. Like some diets: NOSALT
- 38. Honda owned by one of the Simpsons?: HOMERSODYSSEY
- 42. Errs: STRAYS
- 44. ___ Bien Phu, Vietnam: DIEN
- 45. Group of the same race or culture: ETHNOS
- 47. Parts of the lunar landscape: MESAS
- 49. Wool source: ALPACA
- 52. Bump: JAR
- 53. Major oil source: ARABIA
- 56. Michelin Guide listing: INN
- 57. "Avast!": CEASE
- 58. City dweller's Acura?: URBANLEGEND
- 60. Fast www hookup: DSL
- 61. Bring in: EARN
- 62. Kind of kick: ONSIDE
- 63. Lolling: ATEASE
- 65. Old Jewish villages: SHTETLS
- 67. Standard: GAUGE
- 70. Home pregnancy checker, e.g.: TESTKIT
- 73. Camera components: IRISES
- 75. Bet: RISKED
- 77. It's set partly at the Temple of Vulcan: AIDA
- 78. When doubled, a much-married celebrity: ZSA
- 80. Genuine Isuzu?: REALTROOPER
- 83. Like a pop fly: ARCED
- 84. Not feel oneself: AIL
- 85. Uncut: ENTIRE
- 86. Made (off): RAN
- 87. Tots' wheels: TRIKES
- 88. ___-Roman: GRECO
- 90. Traduce: MALIGN
- 92. Not safe to skate on, say: THIN
- 93. Go downhill fast: SCHUSS
- 96. Tiny Volkswagen?: MINIATUREGOLF
- 101. Hanukkah treats: LATKES
- 103. Board honcho: CEO
- 104. Wall St. debuts: IPOS
- 105. Ore. neighbor: CAL
- 106. Sleep ___: ONIT
- 108. O.T. book: EZEK
- 110. Broadway's Hagen: UTA
- 111. S. Amer. land: ECUA
- 112. All ears: RAPT
- 113. One of the first Buicks to roll off the line?: TWENTIETHCENTURY
- 119. Religious statue locale: APSE
- 120. 1983 Stephen King thriller: CHRISTINE
- 121. Bad way to be caught: INALIE
- 122. What a rake may do: LEER
- 123. Party throwers: HOSTESSES
- 124. Took home: NETTED
down
- 1. He ascended to heaven in a whirlwind, in II Kings: ELIJAH
- 2. Emphatic refusal: NONONO
- 3. Stadium cheer: GOTEAM
- 4. Makes (out): EKES
- 5. Photocopier tray size: Abbr.: LTR
- 6. ___ of God: SON
- 7. Like nobles: TITLED
- 8. Scott Turow's first book: ONEL
- 9. Study of poisons: Abbr.: TOX
- 10. Dadaist Jean: ARP
- 11. "Bad" cholesterol, initially: LDL
- 12. Nuevo ___, Mexican state bordering Texas: LEON
- 13. Sen. Hatch: ORRIN
- 14. They listen to dictators: STENOS
- 15. Most upset: SOREST
- 16. Space clouds: NEBULAE
- 17. Reliable Suzuki?: TRUSTYSIDEKICK
- 18. Booby trap component: WIRE
- 19. Second place from the right: TENS
- 24. Big name in stationery: EATON
- 31. Compare the costs of: PRICE
- 32. Steaming along, maybe: ASEA
- 33. Paved road: Sp.: ESTRADA
- 34. Burning issue?: ASH
- 35. Kidney-related: RENAL
- 37. Admirals' commands: ARMADAS
- 39. Emmy winner for "Roots": EDASNER
- 40. Size approximation: YEABIG
- 41. Time long past: YORE
- 43. Without: SANS
- 46. Overdrawn account?: SAGA
- 48. Weekly 90-min. show: SNL
- 49. Nails: ACES
- 50. Rachel's older sister: LEAH
- 51. Half-assembled Mitsubishi?: PARTIALECLIPSE
- 52. III preceders: Abbr.: JRS
- 54. Improve: BETTER
- 55. "___ to Wake Up," 2006 Oscar-winning song by Melissa Etheridge: INEED
- 58. Oust: UNSEAT
- 59. Prefix with science: NEURO
- 62. Either sister starring in 2004's "New York Minute": OLSEN
- 64. Kind of contest: STARING
- 66. Exhaust: TIREOUT
- 68. Genoa's Palazzo San ___: GIORGIO
- 69. Sevilla's home: ESPANA
- 71. What Descartes thought of?: IDEE
- 72. Squirts: TADS
- 74. Meager: SLIM
- 76. Understanding: KEN
- 78. Turn back: ZAG
- 79. Dear ___: SIRS
- 81. Cable carrier?: TRAM
- 82. Thing of the past: RELIC
- 83. Old Dodge: ARIES
- 87. Poetic preposition: THRO
- 89. Teeth do it: CHATTER
- 91. Suffix with serpent: INE
- 92. Rapper ___ Shakur: TUPAC
- 94. Rendering, say: SKETCH
- 95. Question following "Oh, yeah?!": SEZWHO
- 97. Service charges?: TITHES
- 98. Cabalistic: OCCULT
- 99. Performance artist Anderson: LAURIE
- 100. Skinned: FLAYED
- 102. They may have a ball: SEERS
- 106. Voiced: ORAL
- 107. Pick-up spot?: NAPE
- 109. Furrow: KNIT
- 110. ___ Reader: UTNE
- 111. Ministre d'___: ETAT
- 114. Lao-___: TSE
- 115. "___ magic!": ITS
- 116. Winter autobahn hazard: EIS
- 117. Hamburger's one: EIN
- 118. Wichita-to-Omaha dir.: NNE
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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- 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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