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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 19, 2016

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, November 19, 2016. 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
Inclination
2
39-Across, informally
3
Hardly a piece of cake
4
Name on a range
5
Common microwaveable dish
6
Haiti's ___-à-Vache
7
Doesn't toss back, say
8
Lead actress on TV's "Scandal"
9
___ juris (of legal age)
10
Deadlock
11
It sold for a penny at its 1851 launch
12
Shade
13
Chose
15
Program whose prospects are looking up?
18
Minus
23
Lip
26
Subject of "How the Other Half Lives"
27
Rain forest nut
29
Mrs., abroad
31
Something taken in preparation for a trip
33
Decode
35
Old Trans Am feature
37
Olympic event with singles, doubles and team relay
38
Airs
40
Loser of the Drama in Bahama
41
Food chain
46
Salmon seasoning
49
The Beijing Olympics mascot Jingjing, e.g.
50
Like some feet
52
J. M. Barrie's Mr. Smee, e.g.
54
Katey of "Sons of Anarchy"
55
Net
58
___ pearls (tapioca lookalike)
60
A vast quantity
61
North Carolina motto opener
63
Bucko
64
Pirate, e.g.

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Friday, November 18, 2016

across

1. Go over again, as one's writing?: BACKSPACE
10. Site of Dostoyevsky's exile: OMSK
14. 2002 Hugh Grant dramedy: ABOUTABOY
15. Beat soundly: CREAM
16. He played the antagonist to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic": BILLYZANE
17. Noted 1983 graduate of Columbia: OBAMA
18. Blend: ADMIX
19. Trash collector: DUMPSTER
21. Close relative of elephant garlic: LEEK
22. The "m" in the equation y = mx + b: SLOPE
24. Trending: HOT
25. Letters in front of many a state name: USS
26. Crash and burn: FAIL
27. Things commonly advertised along interstates: MOTELS
30. Material for a seasonal house: GINGERBREAD
32. Cruel: COLDHEARTED
33. 13 things?: BARMITZVAHS
34. Rapper/actor in several "Fast & Furious" movies: TYRESE
35. Aristotle called him the inventor of the dialectic: ZENO
36. Put down on canvas?: KOD
39. British rule in India: RAJ
40. Incline: GRADE
42. Senator Ernst: JONI
43. Pretty soon, say: INANHOUR
46. A lot: SCADS
47. Ball game: BOCCE
48. Half a round: NINEHOLES
51. Invite at the door: ASKIN
52. Rink site: ICEPALACE
53. Take away: LESS
54. Anchors' locales: NEWSDESKS

down

1. Ricky Ricardo's signature song: BABALU
2. Stands: ABIDES
3. Radio's "The Alan ___ Show": COLMES
4. Russian men's figure skater who won a gold medal at Nagano: KULIK
5. Something crossed in "The Divine Comedy": STYX
6. Category for un Premio Nobel: PAZ
7. Court inits.: ABA
8. One of Augusta National's first two female members: CONDOLEEZZARICE
9. Consider in a lascivious way: EYEUP
10. Royal balls: ORBS
11. Clod: MEATHEAD
12. When repeated, routine: SAMEOLD
13. Some big boxes: KMARTS
15. One involved with tickets and bookings: COP
20. Tissue part: MEMBRANE
22. City in which "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" takes place: SANDIEGO
23. Hardly serious: LIGHT
26. Some festival attractions: FILMS
28. Roundup alternative: ORTHO
29. Souvenir shop stock: TEES
30. Senator who created and introduced the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991: GORE
31. Praised something to the skies: RAVED
32. Takes a ride?: CARJACKS
33. Just barely: BYANOSE
34. Like some councils and tattoos: TRIBAL
36. Billabong Zoo attractions: KOALAS
37. Next up: ONDECK
38. Talks smack to: DISSES
41. Spat: RUNIN
42. Rapper with #1 albums in 2011, 2013 and 2014: JCOLE
44. Franchise with locations in New Orleans and L.A.: NCIS
45. Blue symbol of Delaware: HEN
46. Source of valuable eggs: SHAD
49. Having just dropped: NEW
50. Relatively cheap iTunes offerings: EPS

Hints and full breakdown for Nov 18

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