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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 10, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, October 10, 2011. 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
- 49
- 62
- 71
Down clues & answers
- 27
- 29
- 63
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
across
- 1. Dancing misstep: TRIP
- 5. Time's 1981 Man of the Year: WALESA
- 11. Churchill item: CIGAR
- 16. Chattering bird: JAY
- 19. Subject of a blurry photo, maybe: YETI
- 20. Some terminals: ANODES
- 21. Mild 11-Across: CLARO
- 22. Ice climber's tool: AXE
- 23. Ride: RAZZ
- 24. Détente as a means of self-preservation?: DEFENSIVEPAX
- 26. World Factbook publisher, in brief: CIA
- 27. Floored by: AMAZEDAT
- 29. Some extra bills, maybe: TIP
- 30. Symbols of a budding romance: SPARKS
- 32. Big name in office supplies: AVERY
- 33. "The ___ Bride" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera): TSARS
- 36. Take ___ (rest): ANAP
- 37. Like most churches: SPIRED
- 40. Make a homie's turf unfit for habitation?: POISONTHEHOOD
- 44. Adjust: ALTER
- 45. "Today" rival, for short: GMA
- 47. Veep Agnew: SPIRO
- 48. Off: AWRY
- 49. Thai money: BAHTS
- 50. Dissertation: PAPER
- 53. Where the 34th Infantry Division fought: Abbr.: ETO
- 54. Joint legislative assemblies: PLENA
- 55. Israel's Weizman: EZER
- 56. Seven, for one: NATURAL
- 58. Songs for one: SOLI
- 60. Eye part: ROD
- 61. Diminutive of a common Russian man's name: ALEXI
- 63. Antiulcer pill: ZANTAC
- 65. Juice component: PULP
- 67. Lay out some newspaper copy the old-fashioned way?: PASTEONATRUESTORY
- 71. Debating two options, say: TORN
- 72. Whine: SNIVEL
- 73. Barrel part: STAVE
- 75. Match closers, for short: KOS
- 78. Tucson sch.: UOFA
- 80. Quickly: INAWINK
- 82. "While you ___ out ... ": WERE
- 84. Go off: ERUPT
- 86. They're laid by aves: OVA
- 88. Shiny, hollow paperweight: GEODE
- 89. Prefix with venous: INTRA
- 90. Star men?: MAGI
- 91. Churchgoers: FLOCK
- 93. Electoral map shade: RED
- 94. Blender maker: OSTER
- 95. Rhombus on an award?: PLAQUEDIAMOND
- 99. Taking drugs: ONMEDS
- 100. Dead letter?: RUNE
- 101. Concert for ___ (2007 event): DIANA
- 102. Highflier's home?: AERIE
- 104. Derailleur settings: SPEEDS
- 106. Cartoon character whose last name is Höek: REN
- 107. Dressing place: SALADBAR
- 111. P: RHO
- 112. What a mysterious restaurant critic has?: SECRETPALATE
- 116. 1968 live folk record: ARLO
- 117. Company with Patch Media: AOL
- 118. Sourpusses: CRABS
- 119. Precipitation prediction: INCHES
- 120. Something special: LULU
- 121. Many a shampoo: GEL
- 122. Court nobleman in "Hamlet": OSRIC
- 123. Bottoms: NADIRS
- 124. "Mr. Roboto" band, 1983: STYX
down
- 1. Banks raking in the money?: TYRA
- 2. Criticize severely, with "out": REAM
- 3. Chichén ___ (Mayan ruins): ITZA
- 4. Getaway where Italian pies are consumed?: PIZZARETREAT
- 5. Crumpled (up): WADDED
- 6. Close to, in poetry: ANEAR
- 7. Skyscraping: LOFTY
- 8. Dutch city: EDE
- 9. Mailed: SENTTO
- 10. Setting of the castle Rocca Maggiore: ASSISI
- 11. Early third-century year: CCV
- 12. France's Belle-___-en-Mer: ILE
- 13. Vacancies: GAPS
- 14. Foe of the Pawnee: ARAPAHO
- 15. Cyrano de Bergerac wooed her: ROXANE
- 16. Strength required to lift a car?: JACKPOWER
- 17. Revolutionary line: AXIS
- 18. What a raised hand may mean: YEA
- 25. "Can't beat that contract": IPASS
- 28. Duke ___, Rocky's manager/trainer: EVERS
- 31. 1986 Indy 500 winner: RAHAL
- 34. Weapon in Clue: ROPE
- 35. Ticked-off states: SNITS
- 37. "Quién ___?" ("Who knows?"): SABE
- 38. Shopping center: PLAZA
- 39. What PC gurus provide: ITHELP
- 40. Some New Guineans: PAPUANS
- 41. Army units: TROOPS
- 42. "Yes ___?": ORNO
- 43. Couple: DYAD
- 45. Scholastic measure: Abbr.: GPA
- 46. Seder serving: MATZO
- 51. Title character in love with Elvira: ERNANI
- 52. Snitch's activity: RATTING
- 54. Light on the stove: PILOT
- 56. Drag-racing fuel: NITRO
- 57. Grubs, e.g.: LARVAE
- 59. Ukrainian city: LUTSK
- 62. Obliterates: XSOUT
- 64. Last thing a fellow actor says, maybe: CUEWORD
- 66. Awards won by shrimps?: PRAWNSMEDALS
- 68. Surround: ENFOLD
- 69. Drop a letter or two: ELIDE
- 70. Actress Mimieux: YVETTE
- 74. Dropped the ball: ERRED
- 75. Dole's running mate of 1996: KEMP
- 76. Like some contraception: ORAL
- 77. Where your opinion on "One lump or two?" counts?: SUGARPOLL
- 79. Skirt: AVOID
- 81. Nascar Hall-of-Famer Jarrett: NED
- 83. Spots for hammers and anvils: EARS
- 85. Sharp irritation: PIQUE
- 87. Berry in some energy boosters: ACAI
- 89. Slice of old Turkey?: IONIA
- 91. Bird hangouts: FEEDERS
- 92. Target competitor: KMART
- 96. Intl. humanities group: UNESCO
- 97. Bowler's target: ONEPIN
- 98. Refrain bit: NANANA
- 99. End of a pricing phrase: ORLESS
- 102. Japanese beer: ASAHI
- 103. Fire-___ (carnival performer): EATER
- 104. Home for a certain old woman: SHOE
- 105. Tattoo removal reminder: SCAR
- 108. Like some sparkling wines: BRUT
- 109. Side (with): ALLY
- 110. Sauce thickener: ROUX
- 111. Car wash need: RAG
- 113. A single may get you one, briefly: RBI
- 114. PC key: ESC
- 115. Like some flat-screen panels, for short: LCD
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