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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 10, 2014

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, April 10, 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

Down clues & answers

1
Nobelist who won an Emmy
2
Made it?
3
Zapper target
4
Couple of stars, say
5
___-blog
6
Not just a side glance
7
8-Down sinker
8
See 7-Down
9
Like logs, quaintly
10
Hide seekers
11
Pebble in one's shoe, e.g.
12
Honey-do list rejection
13
"Le petit éléphant"
14
Rio maker
20
2004 Google event, briefly
22
Facet
26
___ Industries (oil giant)
27
Alberta's ___ Island National Park
28
Fictionalize?
29
Sculpture subjects
30
Find hilarious
32
They face liabilities in their work, in brief
33
CBS spinoff that was filmed mostly in California
34
More ambitious
35
Defib administrator
36
Mark in the 60s
39
Tot, affectionately
40
Word often redundantly preceded by "from"
41
2013 Best Picture nominee
42
Some September babies
43
Cause to boil
44
Fashion lines?
46
Restrained
49
Film dog
50
Playground rejoinder
51
Whack
52
"Suicide Blonde" band
53
Cartoon sound effect
57
Day-___

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

across

1. Furtive attention-getter: PSST
5. Handles roughly: PAWS
9. Like some scents for men: MUSKY
14. Arabian Peninsula land: OMAN
15. James who won a posthumous Pulitzer: AGEE
16. State one's case: OPINE
17. Knight's contest: TILT
18. Cut back: PARE
19. ___ wrench: ALLEN
20. Will Smith biopic: ALI
21. Cottonmouth, e.g.: WATERSNAKE
23. Capable of being stretched: TENSILE
25. Trivia whiz Jennings: KEN
26. Cineplex ___ Corporation: ODEON
27. Was on both sides of: STRADDLED
33. Pixel density meas.: RES
35. Muesli morsel: OAT
36. A low one is best, for short: ERA
37. Question asked by a customs officer or a kid on Christmas ... with a hint to this puzzle's circled squares: WHATSINTHEBOXES
43. "The Mikado" accessory: OBI
44. "Didn't know that!": GEE
45. Prepare for a spike, in volleyball: SET
46. Verbiage: WORDINESS
50. Abs worker: SITUP
54. Tangent of 45 degrees: ONE
55. Rock, so to speak: ICECUBE
57. Dawn: FIRSTLIGHT
61. Grass from a farm: SOD
62. Seminomadic Kenyan: MASAI
63. New York's ___ Stadium: ASHE
64. Title derived from the name "Caesar": TSAR
65. Ingredients in old-fashioneds: RINDS
66. "Little piggies": TOES
67. Mezzo's choirmate: ALTO
68. Stuck-up sort: SNOOT
69. Some linemen: ENDS
70. First lady before Mamie: BESS

down

1. Latke component: POTATO
2. Heeded the photographer, say: SMILED
3. IV solution: SALINE
4. Blasting stuff: TNT
5. ___ States: PAPAL
6. Banded gemstones: AGATES
7. "#1" may follow it: WERE
8. Futures dealer?: SEER
9. Bellyached: MOANED
10. Higher ground: UPLAND
11. Product of a domesticated insect: SILK
12. Proposer's prop?: KNEE
13. Its banknotes have denominations from 1,000 to 10,000: YEN
21. Cellar stock: WINES
22. Roller derby need: SKATES
24. Microsoft Excel command: SORT
28. Schleps: TOTES
29. When repeated, super-enthusiastic: RAH
30. N.Y.C. ave. parallel to Park and Madison: LEX
31. Bard's preposition: ERE
32. Prosecutors, for short: DAS
34. Seal engraved on a ring: SIGNET
37. "Holy cow!": WOW
38. "Game of Thrones" network: HBO
39. Bring up, as a grievance: AIR
40. Word in many a woman's bio: NEE
41. Attack from all sides: BESET
42. Ear-related: OTIC
47. El ___ (fabled city): DORADO
48. Refuse to yield: INSIST
49. Said "alas," say: SIGHED
51. Shoving match: TUSSLE
52. W.W. II threats: UBOATS
53. Three-time Cy Young winner Martinez and others: PEDROS
56. Magnus Carlsen's game: CHESS
57. "April Love" composer Sammy: FAIN
58. "There ___ 'I' in 'team'": ISNO
59. After the whistle: LATE
60. "The heat ___!": ISON
62. ___ Paul's (seafood brand): MRS
64. Bill: TAB

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