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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 8, 2015

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, January 8, 2015. 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Nobel-winning novelist ___ Kertész
5
"The Wind in the Willows" squire
11
3-Down sound
14
Take off
15
Engagement party?
16
Kerfuffle
17
Place for a bed and dresser
19
Kerfuffle
20
Excellence, to ancient Greeks
21
What may have quite a stir?
22
It's no fun
24
City on the Italian Riviera
26
Not overt
27
Time past
28
Like some vin
30
Bad state to be in
33
2005 Nobel-winning playwright
38
Ski jumper's path
39
Sesame seed pastes
40
Sick
41
Got well
43
Acrobat displays?
44
A., B. and others: Abbr.
45
Parisian pronoun
47
Word in many Bugs Bunny puns
50
One outsmarted by Odysseus
54
They're marked
55
Job listing abbr.
57
Honest, informally
58
Family moniker
59
Inadequate effort ... or the contents of six squares in this puzzle?
62
Pogo, e.g.
63
Word with bar or bed
64
1997 Peter Fonda title role
65
Adams of "Big Eyes"
66
Forcibly removes
67
Nag, e.g.

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

across

1. Blubber: SOB
4. Smartphone relative, for short: PDA
7. Allergy sufferer's concern: ASTHMA
13. Maze runner?: THESEUS
15. Item used by 13-Across to navigate the 22-Across: THREAD
16. Visibly upset ... or happy: INTEARS
17. Slangy word of regret: SHOULDA
18. Pink-colored, to Pedro: ROSA
19. Org. for seniors: AARP
21. Late TV newsman Garrick: UTLEY
22. Home of the [circled letters]: LABYRINTH
25. -like: ISH
28. Registered workers?: CLERKS
29. Poli-___: SCI
32. Like some breaking news, nowadays: TWEETED
34. Goes on and on: YAMMERS
37. "Me, too": SOAMI
38. Sharon of Israel: ARIEL
39. Announcement at an airport: ARRIVAL
42. Worker with a béret, maybe: ARTISTE
44. QB's goals: TDS
45. First-timer: NEWBIE
47. Began a relationship: MET
48. Ruler of 30-Down: KINGMINOS
51. Spatter catcher: APRON
54. 5:2, e.g.: ODDS
55. "My bad!": OOPS
59. Front-___ (some washing machines): LOADERS
61. JFK-based carrier: JETBLUE
63. Avoid, as the [circled letters]: ESCAPE
64. Daughter of 48-Across who helped 13-Across: ARIADNE
65. Plan so that maybe one can: SEEKTO
66. White House advisory grp.: NSC
67. Motor oil choice: STP

down

1. Kool-Aid packet direction: STIR
2. "I'm in for it now!": OHNO
3. They're placed in Vegas: BETS
4. Soup veggie: PEA
5. Resistant to wear and tear: DURABLE
6. Analyzed: ASSAYED
7. Sports dept.: ATH
8. "Give me a ___": SHOUT
9. Tell it to the judge: TRUTH
10. Dante's "Inferno": HELL
11. Constructed: MADE
12. Old TV's "Queen for ___": ADAY
14. Circus balancer: SEAL
17. Like some punk rockers' hair: SPIKY
20. Basics of education, colloquially: RRR
23. End of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," e.g.: ACTIV
24. Intel org.: NSA
25. Where ___ (a happening place): ITSAT
26. Weapon used to slay the [circled letters]: SWORD
27. Catches word of: HEARS
29. Earthquake: SEISM
30. Home of the [circled letters]: CRETE
31. Key: ISLET
33. U.K. record label: EMI
35. San ___: MATEO
36. Hosp. scan: MRI
40. Many a girl's middle name: ANN
41. They stick together in the playroom: LEGOS
42. Third-largest French-speaking city in the world [hint: it's in Ivory Coast]: ABIDJAN
43. Some salon workers: RINSERS
46. Iraq war subj.: WMD
48. Big name in the film industry: KODAK
49. Bumbling: INEPT
50. Japanese noodles: SOBA
51. Quaffs in pints: ALES
52. Sit (for): POSE
53. Campaign: RACE
56. 88, e.g., familiarly: OLDS
57. Give up, at least for now: PUNT
58. Ooze: SEEP
60. ___ Speedwagon: REO
62. Constantly twirling a lock of hair, e.g.: TIC

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 7

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