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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 14, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, November 14, 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
- 19
- 25
- 54
- 63
- 66
- 67
Down clues & answers
- 26
- 45
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
across
- 1. Followers of William the Conqueror: NORMANS
- 8. ___ Pepper: SGT
- 11. African menace: ASP
- 14. Part of a sentence: Abbr.: OBJ
- 17. Tracing paper, e.g.: OVERLAY
- 18. Twosomes: DUOS
- 19. Partner of raised: BORN
- 21. Who said "Learn from the masses, and then teach them": MAO
- 22. Students err?: PUPILSSLIPUP
- 24. Bonus reel fodder: BLOOPERS
- 26. Punk offshoot: EMO
- 27. Pistil complement: STAMEN
- 28. "10" in a bikini: BEACHBABE
- 29. Oklahoma city: ADA
- 31. Medusa killer takes his agent to court?: PERSEUSSUESREP
- 33. Feel that one's had enough, say: WANTOUT
- 37. Temptation: BAIT
- 38. Singsong syllable: TRA
- 39. Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr.: ATH
- 40. Rig: EQUIP
- 41. Foreign tender?: AUPAIR
- 44. Open hearings in courts: OYERS
- 46. Reinforced ice cream container?: BUTTRESSEDDESSERTTUB
- 51. What Eng. majors pursue: BAS
- 52. Kay of "Rich Man, Poor Man": LENZ
- 53. "That's it!": AHA
- 54. Info on modern business cards: URLS
- 56. Just sort, supposedly: LIBRA
- 58. Inferior tour vehicle for Snoop Dogg?: SUBPARRAPBUS
- 63. One side in a bullfight: ELTORO
- 66. Em and Bee, e.g.: AUNTS
- 67. Up: ARISEN
- 68. Recollection from a winter tourist in Poland?: WARSAWWASRAW
- 71. Cut, in a way: LASED
- 73. It serves a duel purpose: EPEE
- 74. Flip of a flop: HIT
- 75. Bit of progress: DENT
- 76. One encountered in a close encounter: UFO
- 79. Disparaging Argentine leader badly injured?: DEROGATIVEEVITAGORED
- 87. Ads: SPOTS
- 88. Perks: EXTRAS
- 89. "Shucks!": AWGEE
- 90. Actress Thurman: UMA
- 93. With 65-Down, stuck: UPA
- 94. The old man: PAPA
- 95. "We totally should!": YESLETS
- 97. One-on-one job for a ladies' man?: GIGOLOSSOLOGIG
- 102. Spin meas.: RPS
- 103. Place to buy stage props: SCENESHOP
- 104. Stanza alternative: SENTRA
- 106. Former J.F.K. line: TWA
- 109. Rug type: ORIENTAL
- 110. "Son of Darius, please confirm my dog is male"?: XERXESSEXREX
- 113. Hip-hop's ___ Def: MOS
- 114. Rein in: TAME
- 115. Denizens: Suffix: ITES
- 116. Risk: VENTURE
- 117. Approx.: EST
- 118. Guitar great Paul: LES
- 119. Emergency broadcast: SOS
- 120. "Do it": PROCEED
down
- 1. "Don't think so!": NOPE
- 2. Ooplasm locale: OVUM
- 3. Take back: REPO
- 4. Picture of health, for short?: MRI
- 5. Best effort: ALL
- 6. Long Island county west of Suffolk: NASSAU
- 7. Part of GPS: Abbr.: SYST
- 8. 1970 #1 R&B hit for James Brown: SUPERBAD
- 9. Not be spoken aloud: GOUNSAID
- 10. Rx qty.: TSP
- 11. French clergymen: ABBES
- 12. Way passé: SOLASTYEAR
- 13. One who gets things: PROCURER
- 14. 1998 Masters champion Mark: OMEARA
- 15. It may be settled over beers: BARBET
- 16. Nativity figure: JOSEPH
- 18. Stopping point?: DIME
- 20. A lack of compassion: NOHEART
- 23. Come full circle?: LAP
- 25. "Reading Rainbow" network: PBS
- 28. "That ... can't be ...": BUT
- 29. Busy: ATIT
- 30. Send out press releases, e.g.: DOPR
- 32. The Auld Sod: EIRE
- 33. Former N.B.A. star Spud: WEBB
- 34. A pastel: AQUA
- 35. "Shoot!": NUTS
- 36. It's stunning: TASER
- 42. Pres. Carter's alma mater: USNA
- 43. Candy company whose first flavor was Pfefferminz: PEZ
- 44. Federal org. with inspectors: OSHA
- 45. Cry with a forehead slap, maybe: STUPID
- 47. Pipe fitting: ELBOW
- 48. Drains: SAPS
- 49. Cities, informally: URBS
- 50. Down in the dumps: BLUE
- 55. Dashed fig.: SSN
- 56. They may be sore after a game: LOSERS
- 57. Nest egg option, briefly: IRA
- 58. Big ___: SUR
- 59. Italian article: UNA
- 60. Start of an aside, to tweeters: BTW
- 61. Jah worshiper: RASTA
- 62. Total: ARE
- 63. Hampshire mother: EWE
- 64. SoCal squad: LAPD
- 65. See 93-Across: TREE
- 66. Italian vineyard region: ASTI
- 69. "Too bad!": WHATASHAME
- 70. River islands: AITS
- 71. Whom Han Solo calls "Your Worship": LEIA
- 72. Constantly shifting: ANTSY
- 75. TiVo, for one: DVR
- 76. Press: URGE
- 77. They may be metric ... or not: FEET
- 78. Dedicated offerings: ODES
- 80. Deluxe: OPULENT
- 81. Completely flip: GOPOSTAL
- 82. Scaloppine, usually: VEAL
- 83. Show, as something new: EXPOSETO
- 84. Curio displayers: ETAGERES
- 85. Sound dumbfounded: GASP
- 86. Their necks can turn 270 degrees: OWLS
- 90. Repulsive: UGSOME
- 91. Skirts smaller than minis: MICROS
- 92. Having a policy of reverse seniority?: AGEIST
- 94. Top 40 fare: POP
- 96. Lead's counterpart: ERASER
- 98. Wedded: ONE
- 99. Producers of scuff marks: SOLES
- 100. "New Sensation" band, 1988: INXS
- 101. Former telco giant: GTE
- 105. Get back to: RSVP
- 106. "That's a fact": TRUE
- 107. "#1" follows it: WERE
- 108. Given the heave-ho: AXED
- 110. Sorority letters: XIS
- 111. Roxy Music co-founder: ENO
- 112. A street drug, for short: XTC
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