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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 11, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, January 11, 2009. 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
- 8
- 100
- 101
- 127
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 29
- 39
- 42
- 49
- 71
- 84
- 95
- 106
- 107
- 108
- 109
- 113
- 116
- 117
- 119
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
across
- 1. Deserter: APOSTATE
- 9. Main engagement?: SEAWAR
- 15. Kind of fin on a fish: PECTORAL
- 16. Person at home: UMPIRE
- 17. Safecrackers, slangily: PETERMEN
- 18. Corrupting influence: MIASMA
- 19. Oft-repeated words: ADAGE
- 20. Foot-long stretchers: BOOTTREES
- 22. Dyslexic TV host with a college degree in speech therapy: LENO
- 23. Cotton Club standout of the '30s: HORNE
- 24. 252-gallon measures: TUNS
- 25. Doesn't bother: LETSBE
- 27. Computer prefix meaning 2 to the 40th power: TERA
- 29. "___ che penso" (Handel aria): PIU
- 30. Dress cuts: ALINES
- 32. Rigel, for one: BSTAR
- 34. "The Good German" actor, 2006: MAGUIRE
- 37. Area between forest and prairie, e.g.: ECOTONE
- 39. Bushy-tailed?: ALERT
- 40. Nero's homeland: PATRIA
- 42. River to the Yangtze: HAN
- 43. Fire: ZEAL
- 45. Best in one's position: ALLPRO
- 49. "Ha!": IBET
- 51. Remain close: CLING
- 53. Cant: LEAN
- 54. Oil-rich South American basin: MARACAIBO
- 56. Kites, e.g.: BIRDS
- 57. C relative: AMINOR
- 58. Food carried by doves: AMBROSIA
- 60. Manage: HACKIT
- 61. Style of envelope for greeting cards: BARONIAL
- 62. Irreparably cracked: INSANE
- 63. Water: ADAMSALE
down
- 1. Scandalize, e.g.: APPALL
- 2. River with an alphabetical-sounding name: PEEDEE
- 3. Piece of pie, often: OCTANT
- 4. Literally, "roof lizard": STEGOSAUR
- 5. Flew: TORE
- 6. Magazine article: ARM
- 7. Regimen with "cardio bursts": TAEBO
- 8. The United States, to some prospective immigrants: ELNORTE
- 9. Early South Carolina senator Thomas: SUMTER
- 10. Let off: EMIT
- 11. Cut off: APART
- 12. See through at last: WISEUPTO
- 13. Member of the first state to adopt Christianity as its religion: ARMENIAN
- 14. Calm, say: REASSURE
- 21. Quick round of tennis: ONESET
- 23. Scion: HEIR
- 26. Defeat quickly and overwhelmingly: BLITZ
- 28. Furious: ABOIL
- 31. Asian language with 14+ million speakers: NEPALI
- 33. Studs: STALLIONS
- 34. Brilliantly colored food fish that changes hues when removed from the water: MAHIMAHI
- 35. Hank Williams or Nat King Cole: ALABAMAN
- 36. No-names: GENERICS
- 38. Bit of a bluff: CRAG
- 41. Morgiana's storied master: ALIBABA
- 44. Game played with a piquet deck: ECARTE
- 46. One side in the Battle of Marathon: PERSIA
- 47. Like sunbeams: RADIAL
- 48. Ready to move: ONSALE
- 50. Poem of 31 syllables in five lines: TANKA
- 52. Land rover: NOMAD
- 55. Eagle, e.g.: COIN
- 56. ___ Bones of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow": BROM
- 59. It's under a top: BRA
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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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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?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.