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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 31, 2014

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Friday, January 31, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, January 31, 2014. 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
"No more wasting time!"
16
Pixar, e.g.
17
Was just getting started
18
Some foreign friends
19
Union ___: Abbr.
20
Breathers
21
"Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der ___
22
It's a state
24
Unduplicated
25
___ Toy Barn ("Toy Story 2" setting)
26
Parked cars
28
A Kennedy
29
Fix
31
Makes a fuss over, with "on"
33
What Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue has a lot of
35
Marker's mark maker
39
Bottom line?
41
Cruise
42
Professional org. with a "healthy" balance sheet
45
Musical instrument for a geisha
47
MASH unit
48
Pioneering map publisher William
50
1998 film in which Donny Osmond has a singing role
51
One on the staff?
52
Thin as ___
54
Romanian capital
55
Albert's sitcom co-star
56
Numbats
59
Washington report starter
60
Charm

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

across

1. ___ Beach, city near San Luis Obispo: PISMO
6. Hide: BURY
10. "It follows that ...": ERGO
14. Totally stoked: AMPED
15. Metro ___: AREA
16. Naughty look, maybe: PEEK
17. With 27-Across, an old riddle: WHATSBLACKWHITE
20. U.S. city known to some locals as Siqnazuaq: NOME
21. Girl's name that sounds like French for "she has it": ELLA
22. Microscopic, informally: EENSY
23. Starting words at many a sporting event?: OSAY
25. Rich soil: LOAM
27. See 17-Across: ANDREADALLOVER
32. "To Kill a Mockingbird" author: LEE
33. One on probation, maybe: TYRO
34. In this matter: HERETO
37. Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Abbr.: AMAJ
39. Flop: DUD
41. What lemon adds to a dish, in food lingo: ACID
42. "I won't miss it": NOLOSS
45. Take off: SOAR
48. Kerfuffle: ADO
49. Answer to one spelling of the riddle: THISNEWSPAPER
52. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit: ADIA
53. Similar: AKIN
54. Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!": VERNE
57. All the ___: RAGE
59. Capital in 2004-05's Orange Revolution: KIEV
63. Answer to another spelling of the riddle: ASUNBURNEDPANDA
66. Locks in the stable?: MANE
67. Dark genre: NOIR
68. Where Rosalind becomes Ganymede, in Shakespeare: ARDEN
69. Plunks (down): PUTS
70. Head-turning night fliers: OWLS
71. Detroit's county: WAYNE

down

1. Hostage: PAWN
2. Modern "methinks": IMHO
3. Filter target: SPAM
4. Luminary in a late-night show?: METEOR
5. Has more than enough, briefly: ODS
6. Home is one corner in it: BALLYARD
7. Russian river: URAL
8. Special election: RECALL
9. Gab: YAK
10. Time-sensitive items: EPHEMERA
11. Santa's deer leader?: REIN
12. Savvies: GETS
13. ___-dokey: OKEY
18. Like a rat's eyes: BEADY
19. Drive drunkenly, say: WEAVE
24. Box ___: SEAT
26. "Wow!": OOH
27. One of the men on "Two and a Half Men": ALAN
28. Fictional character who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!": NEMO
29. Handled, with "with": DEALT
30. No-goodnik: LOUSE
31. Sports segment that often includes highlights: RECAP
35. 'Bama, with "the": TIDE
36. Cleaner's target: ODOR
38. Artist Vermeer: JOHANNES
40. Violet Crawley of "Downton Abbey," and others: DOWAGERS
43. Elvis's "Viva Las Vegas," recordwise: SIDEB
44. Fed. stipend: SSI
46. Established the price of: ASKED
47. Sch. near Albany, N.Y.: RPI
50. Constrained: NARROW
51. Site of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations: ANKARA
54. Seductress: VAMP
55. Genesis man: ESAU
56. Little sucker?: RUNT
58. Blue dye source: ANIL
60. May race, informally: INDY
61. Genesis place: EDEN
62. Weather indicator: VANE
64. Start for a Spanish count: UNO
65. Manhandle: PAW

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 30

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