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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 1, 2012

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, November 1, 2012. 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.

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

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Urban cacophony
2
___ column (construction piece)
3
Toward the back
4
Organic compound with a double-bonded oxygen
5
Isl. south of Corsica
6
"___ mio"
7
Princess known as the Defender of the Elijans
8
Declined, as stocks
9
Composer Dominick whose name means "silver" in Italian
10
Almost reaches
11
Musical syllable before and after "da"
12
Enzyme suffix
13
"___ Miz"
21
Comparatively neat
23
Racket
25
Feds
27
Model
28
Aquarium fish
29
Program presenter
31
N.F.L. record-holder for consecutive starts
32
Embarassing spelling mistake?
34
Fountain name
35
Spells
36
Sign with an arrow
38
Mangle
40
"Tales of the City" novelist
43
Make-up person?
46
Ute or Cree
51
What's put before the carte?
53
New York's ___ Island
55
"Backdraft" crime
56
Wing it
57
Bygone gas brand
58
"Take ___ breath"
59
Uncool
61
Spanish appetizer
62
Get an ___ effort
64
Get one's point across?
65
Suffix with arbor or ether
66
___ Lanka
68
"___ Beso"

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

across

1. Quick wit: ESPRIT
7. Billy of "Titanic": ZANE
11. "Eternally nameless" Chinese principle: TAO
14. In harm's way: ATRISK
15. Ruler of Asgard: ODIN
16. Tool with a curved head: ADZ
17. 64-Across ingredient: TOOTHOFWOLF
19. "From my cold, dead hands!" sloganeer: NRA
20. "Elephant Boy" boy: SABU
21. 64-Across ingredient: SLIPSOFYEW
23. Bireme or trireme tool: OAR
25. "On the other hand ...": YET
26. Andean wool source: LLAMA
27. Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues": ENSLER
30. Commotion: ADO
31. Capt. Jean-___ Picard: LUC
32. Relax: EASEUP
36. "___ Ben Adhem": ABOU
40. 64-Across ingredient: BLINDWORMSSTING
43. "Wait! There's more ...": ALSO
44. Relax: LOOSEN
45. French seasoning: SEL
46. GPS display features: Abbr.: RDS
48. Strut one's stuff, say: SASHAY
50. Illinois senator who became president: OBAMA
53. Jacuzzi sigh: AAH
56. Muscle car in a 1964 song: GTO
57. 64-Across ingredient: LIZARDSLEG
60. Some calls to smokeys: APBS
63. Cousin ___ of '60s TV: ITT
64. "Macbeth" recipe: WITCHESBREW
66. Flock formation: VEE
67. Prefix with -logical: IDEO
68. Banned book of 1955: LOLITA
69. PC key: ESC
70. "A Doll's House" wife: NORA
71. Playwright Bertolt: BRECHT

down

1. Snacks on: EATS
2. Greek colonnade: STOA
3. Notable nose: PROBOSCIS
4. Fraternity initiation, e.g.: RITUAL
5. Roughly: Suffix: ISH
6. Some referee calls, for short: TKOS
7. "Fantabulous!": ZOWIE
8. Take up, as a cause: ADOPT
9. Zeros, in soccer: NILS
10. Wrap around: ENFOLD
11. Tucker who sang "Delta Dawn": TANYA
12. Pertinent, in law: ADREM
13. Conductor Seiji: OZAWA
18. It may be embarrassing if it's open: FLY
22. Rose Parade entry: FLOAT
24. Bassoon part in two pieces: REED
27. Isle of exile: ELBA
28. Lacking value: NULL
29. Singer of 1976's "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine": RAWLS
30. Church recesses: APSES
33. The Great Lakes' ___ Locks: SOO
34. Suffix with ranch: ERO
35. Stalling-for-time syllables: UMS
37. Seat of a Catholic official: BISHOPRIC
38. Draft-ready: ONEA
39. Hard on the eyes: UGLY
41. "Goodbye, ___ Jean ...": NORMA
42. Grab onto: SNAG
47. Australian city named after a naturalist: DARWIN
49. Hospital condition: STABLE
50. Antipasto bit: OLIVE
51. What fishermen hope for: BITES
52. Member of an empire ruled by the Mexica: AZTEC
53. Cousin of a daisy: ASTER
54. Name in kitchen foil: ALCOA
55. Villain's chuckle: HEH
58. Lover of Aeneas: DIDO
59. Peter ___, general manager of the Met: GELB
61. Aleph follower: BETH
62. Police jacket letters: SWAT
65. College women's grp.: SOR

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