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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 4, 2014

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, March 4, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Archenemy of the Fantastic Four
7
Tech product introduced in '81
12
Rapper with the 2002 #1 hit "Always on Time"
13
Make into cornrows
14
Like 50/50 vis-à-vis 60/40
15
Merits
16
With 23-Down, what 27-Across/32-Down is often credited with
18
Song girl who's "sweet as apple cider"
21
Chicago-to-Tampa dir.
22
Sup
23
Coup d'___
24
Yellowfin tuna, on menus
25
On vacation
26
Trumpet
27
With 32-Down, person associated with the scene depicted in this puzzle's grid
30
Silences
31
Added slyly, as a comment
32
Mink, e.g.
33
Young chap
34
What Command-P means on a Mac
35
With 44-Down, advice to 27-Across/32-Down?
38
Herringlike fish
39
Towel holders
43
Continental coin
44
"Absolutely right!"
45
"Yeah, right!"
46
Suffix with señor
47
Real stinker
48
Milan's La ___
49
Martial arts instructor
51
Veteran
53
Cope
54
Say wrongly
55
Military command
56
Precursor to talk shows for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, in short
57
River of W.W. I

Down clues & answers

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Monday, March 3, 2014

across

1. "America's Most Wanted" host John: WALSH
6. Bedwear, informally: PJS
9. Meager: SCANT
14. Prized violin: AMATI
15. Triumphant cry: HAH
16. "Yup": UHHUH
17. Operatic singer on a sofa?: DIVANDIVA
19. "I ___ for animals" (bumper sticker): BRAKE
20. Taken care of: SEENTO
21. Curved path: ARC
23. Mountain goat: IBEX
24. Kooky: ZANY
26. Ins' partner: OUTS
28. Chitchat about a dressmaking template?: PATTERNPATTER
33. "May ___ excused?": IBE
35. Former part of Portuguese India: GOA
36. Set of keys?: PIANO
37. Complimentary road service in Sierra Leone's capital?: FREETOWNFREETOW
42. Like Dylan Thomas, by birth: WELSH
43. Oozy stuff: GOO
44. 180 degrees from WNW: ESE
45. Egg-hunting time in the Orient?: EASTERNEASTER
50. "___ Man," Emilio Estevez film: REPO
51. Former capital of Italy?: LIRA
52. Pizazz: BRIO
55. Many a C.E.O.'s deg.: MBA
57. Broadway's ___ O'Neill Theater: EUGENE
61. Sheriff's star: BADGE
63. Memorize lines for a Shakespearean king?: LEARNLEAR
65. Evil character in "Snow White": QUEEN
66. Mess up: ERR
67. Superman's adoptive parents: KENTS
68. "Pasted" or "wasted," for "drunk": SLANG
69. "Balderdash!": ROT
70. Art Deco, for one: STYLE

down

1. Money rolls: WADS
2. Parisian girlfriend: AMIE
3. Wash: LAVE
4. Lyric unit: STANZA
5. Insinuate: HINTAT
6. ___ Beta Kappa: PHI
7. Software platform suitable for Starbucks?: JAVA
8. Actress Stone of "Casino": SHARON
9. Easily pranked teacher, maybe: SUB
10. New Jersey governor whose first name starts his last name: CHRISTIE
11. "Moby-Dick" captain: AHAB
12. Zap in the microwave: NUKE
13. TV's "___ Factor": THEX
18. "Please stay!": DONTGO
22. Quarter of a quart: CUP
25. "Man, that hurts!": YEOW
27. Reel-to-reel ___: TAPE
28. Banana skins: PEELS
29. Mountain chain: RANGE
30. ___ Tots: TATER
31. Son of Seth: ENOS
32. Investment firm T. ___ Price: ROWE
33. "___ Never Meet Again" (Elvis song): IFWE
34. La ___ Tar Pits: BREA
38. Hormone in the pill: ESTROGEN
39. Quaker pronoun: THEE
40. Baby horse: FOAL
41. More optimistic: ROSIER
46. 33 1/3, for a record album: Abbr.: RPM
47. More high-minded: NOBLER
48. Elephants' feelers: TRUNKS
49. "Bald" baby bird: EAGLET
52. Outdoor meals with hamburgers or hot dogs, say, in brief: BBQS
53. Fidel Castro's brother and successor: RAUL
54. Notion: IDEA
56. Commercial prefix with postale: AERO
58. "___ meeny miney mo": EENY
59. The "N" of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.: NATL
60. Scottish Gaelic: ERSE
62. Coll. major of many writers: ENG
64. Paintings, sculptures, etc.: ART

Hints and full breakdown for Mar 3

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