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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 30, 2009

Friday, January 30, 2009

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, January 30, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

  1. 1

    Woolly bear, eventually

  2. 5

    City at the foot of Mount Entoto

  3. 15

    Cross letters

  4. 16

    Sludge buildup sites

  5. 17

    Like falling off ___

  6. 18

    Brownish orange

  7. 19

    Early 20th-century New York City mayor

  8. 21

    Many a defender: Abbr.

  9. 22

    Rule that ended in 1947

  10. 23

    Journalist with a widely read "Report"

  11. 25

    Newbie: Var.

  12. 26

    Maintains

  13. 27

    Not overseas

  14. 28

    ___ moment

  15. 29

    Not at all wet

  16. 30

    Be visibly disconsolate

  17. 31

    Steakhouse order

  18. 32

    Foundation maker

  19. 34

    It may be mined

  20. 35

    Warnings, to Juan

  21. 38

    Peter Pan rival

  22. 39

    "The Emperor's Snuff-Box" novelist John Dickson ___

  23. 43

    1980s Big Apple nightclub with a chemical name

  24. 44

    Mattress problem

  25. 45

    Cliffside detritus

  26. 46

    ___ outing

  27. 47

    Cry when you don't think you'll make it

  28. 49

    Some linemen: Abbr.

  29. 50

    ESPN analyst Pasquarelli

  30. 51

    Hits a line drive

  31. 52

    Gardener or landscaper

  32. 55

    "Women and Love" writer

  33. 56

    Some forms are filled out in it

  34. 57

    City south of West Jordan on I-15

  35. 58

    1993 Emmy winner for "Seinfeld"

  36. 59

    Asian lang.

Down clues & answers

  1. 1

    Noxious vapors

  2. 2

    Ashore, maybe

  3. 3

    Horse in harness

  4. 4

    It has made many people lose their heads

  5. 5

    Person in an apron

  6. 6

    Tapped

  7. 7

    ___ el Beida (Casablanca, to its natives)

  8. 8

    Destitute-looking

  9. 9

    Work on one's figure, say

  10. 10

    A.T.M. receipt abbr.

  11. 11

    ___ Dai (last emperor of Vietnam)

  12. 12

    One way to sit on a chair

  13. 13

    Tritium output

  14. 14

    Facetiously

  15. 20

    Denom. with elders

  16. 24

    Touch

  17. 25

    Briar locale

  18. 28

    Young fox

  19. 30

    911 call, e.g.

  20. 31

    Org. involved in the gulf war

  21. 33

    From, in some names

  22. 34

    Computer-savvy crowd

  23. 35

    Salamander variety

  24. 36

    Classic Pontiac

  25. 37

    Excited

  26. 38

    Big bump

  27. 40

    Dresser alternative

  28. 41

    Verify, as a password

  29. 42

    Saves

  30. 44

    "Phoenissae" playwright

  31. 45

    Offering of appeasement

  32. 47

    "___ it!" (cry of accomplishment)

  33. 48

    Had a 31-Across, e.g.

  34. 50

    Asparagus's family

  35. 53

    May days?: Abbr.

  36. 54

    Big D cager

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

across

  • 1. Suffix with social: IZE
  • 4. Best in mental combat: OUTWIT
  • 10. Some rain gear: MACS
  • 14. Hold one's ___: OWN
  • 15. Time magazine's 2007 Invention of the Year: IPHONE
  • 16. Jacques Cousteau's middle name: YVES
  • 17. See 66-Across: LEGALPROFESSION
  • 20. Cockpit datum: AIRSPEED
  • 21. Bridge declaration: IPASS
  • 22. They're inserted in locks: OARS
  • 23. City on the Nile: GIZA
  • 25. See 66-Across: BANISHBYDECREE
  • 31. Influential Greek physician: GALEN
  • 32. 1/100 of a krone: ORE
  • 33. Roof projection: EAVE
  • 34. Sch. with a Providence campus: URI
  • 35. See 66-Across: TAPROOM
  • 39. Ringo's drummer son: ZAK
  • 40. Plunders: ROBS
  • 42. Some eggs: ROE
  • 43. Products once pitched by U2 and Eminem: IPODS
  • 45. See 66-Across: UNITOFPRESSURE
  • 49. Basilica part: APSE
  • 50. Riga resident: LETT
  • 51. Start of Caesar's boast: ICAME
  • 54. Texas panhandle city: AMARILLO
  • 58. See 66-Across: MUSICALNOTATION
  • 61. Related: AKIN
  • 62. Soldiers may be on it: PATROL
  • 63. Abbr. in French mail: MME
  • 64. TV heroine who wielded a chakram as a weapon: XENA
  • 65. Sixth graders, e.g.: TWEENS
  • 66. Word defined by 17-, 25-, 35-, 45- and 58-Across: BAR

down

  • 1. Seat of Allen County, Kan.: IOLA
  • 2. Deux : France :: ___ : Germany: ZWEI
  • 3. Technician: Abbr.: ENGR
  • 4. Artist's application: OILPAINT
  • 5. Amphetamines, e.g.: UPPERS
  • 6. Separate the wheat from the chaff: THRESH
  • 7. Golf club: WOOD
  • 8. Like Beethoven's Sixth Symphony: INF
  • 9. Place to start a hole: TEE
  • 10. News Corporation acquisition of 2005: MYSPACE
  • 11. New Balance competitor: AVIA
  • 12. Business honchos: CEOS
  • 13. I.R.S. data: Abbr.: SSNS
  • 18. In harmony: ASONE
  • 19. Tag info: SIZE
  • 23. Greek restaurant offering: GYRO
  • 24. Logical introduction?: IDEO
  • 25. Captain of industry: BARON
  • 26. Out: ALIBI
  • 27. Hole-making tool: BORER
  • 28. Shadow remover: RAZOR
  • 29. Duck: EVADE
  • 30. Mice might elicit them: EEKS
  • 31. Wise guy: GURU
  • 36. Pet sounds: ARFS
  • 37. The Swiss Guards guard him: POPE
  • 38. Cold northerly winds of southern France: MISTRALS
  • 41. Endurance: STAMINA
  • 44. "___ down!" ("Drop the gun!"): PUTIT
  • 46. Crude letters?: OPEC
  • 47. "Get Shorty" novelist ___ Leonard: ELMORE
  • 48. George who directed "Miracle on 34th Street": SEATON
  • 51. Big film shower: IMAX
  • 52. Salad veggie: CUKE
  • 53. Q ___ queen: ASIN
  • 54. Chip without dip?: ANTE
  • 55. An arm or a leg: LIMB
  • 56. ___ Linda, Calif.: LOMA
  • 57. Humdinger: ONER
  • 59. Fitting: APT
  • 60. 66-Across topic: LAW
Hints and full breakdown for Jan 29

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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.

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  • 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.
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