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Crossword Cute Clues -- 2003

Here are the New York Times Cute Clues I liked in the year 2003.  What you see below is what the answer might look like with only one or a few letters filled in, just as it might be if you were working a puzzle.

To enjoy the table below best, resist the temptation to click the answer cell till you've played with the clue for a while.  To appreciate the clues and answers from a different perspective, imagine that as the constructor you have a particular answer filled into the grid, and you need a clue for it.  If you don't understand why a particular answer makes sense, .

Mass exodus preceder?  A M _ _Date:  01-03-2003
Constructor:  Jim Page
Back biters?  M _ _ A R SDate:  01-04-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Turn blue, maybe  R E D _ _Date:  01-21-2003
Constructor:  Richard Chisolm
Top to bottom  A N _ O N Y _Date:  Sunday, 02-02-2003
Constructor:  Mark Danna
1 of 5
Wire transfer?: Abbr.  E _ E _Date:  Sunday, 02-02-2003
Constructor:  Mark Danna
2 of 5
Makes up?  _ _ A T E SDate:  Sunday, 02-02-2003
Constructor:  Mark Danna
3 of 5
They go on for miles  _ _ _ _ E T E R SDate:  Sunday, 02-02-2003
Constructor:  Mark Danna
4 of 5
They need bottle openers  G E _ I _ SDate:  Sunday, 02-02-2003
Constructor:  Mark Danna
5 of 5
What I might mean?  O _ EDate:  02-08-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Under state?  T _ A N _ _Date:  02-09-2003
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Ready to go off-line?  _ R YDate:  02-15-2003
Constructor:  Rich Norris
It's used to avoid listing  _ T _ E _ E R _Date:  02-15-2003
Constructor:  Rich Norris
General assembly?  T _ P _ R A S _Date:  02-21-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Air-conditioned people?  A _ _ A _ O R SDate:  02-22-2003
Constructor:  Dana Motley
Base tune  _ A P _Date:  02-26-2003
Constructor:  Greg Staples
Hula hoop?  L E _Date:  02-26-2003
Constructor:  Greg Staples
Drifter?  S _ O _Date:  02-28-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Unlocked area?  _ _ L D S _ O _Date:  03-14-2003
Constructor:  Kevin Hagen
Gave one's seat to, say  _ O _ N _ DDate:  03-19?-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Mouth piece  _ I PDate:  03-23-2003
Constructor:  Con Pederson
It's sweet on sweets  _ C I N _Date:  03-23-2003
Constructor:  Con Pederson
Bath water unit  L _ T _ EDate:  03-28-2003
Constructor:  Cathy Millhauser
Lovely.
Not-so-big shot  _ B SDate:  03-30-2003
Constructor:  Alan Arbesfeld
Dixieland group?  _ A L LDate:  04-05-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Hard to fathom  _ E _ PDate:  04-08-2003
Constructor:  Verna Suit
Put into gear  C _ O T _ EDate:  04-09-2003
Constructor:  Greg Staples
This and that  B _ T _Date:  04-19-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Double features?  S T _ N _ SDate:  04-20-2003
Constructor:  Bill Zais
Gives a number to  _ E A _ E N SDate:  04-26-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Merrell
Wind instrument  _ A N _Date:  05-01-2003
Constructor:  Gilbert H. Ludwig
AOL member?  A _ E _ I C _Date:  05-09-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Alternative to bringing a suit  S _ I N _ _ _ I P _ I N GDate:  05-09-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
One way to make a sinner thinner  L _ S _Date:  05-10-2003
Constructor:  Bob Klahn
One assigned to a bomb?  S _ _ RDate:  05-11-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Main course?  _ L _ EDate:  05-24-2003
Constructor:  Rich Norris
His in Hawaii  _ L _ H A _Date:  06-01-2003
Constructor:  Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Dances saucily  S _ _ S _ SDate:  06-01-2003
Constructor:  Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Trusty delivery person?  _ A I L O _Date:  06-07-2003
Constructor:  Sherry O. Blackard
Ticker tape letters?  _ _ GDate:  06-08-2003
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Semi-colon?  _ O TDate:  06-10-2003
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Butted out?  M O _ _ E DDate:  06-10-2003
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Country music?  _ N T H _ _Date:  06-11-2003
Constructor:  Nancy Salomon
Pole vault units?  _ L O T _ SDate:  06-13-2003
Constructor:  Todd McClary
Which came first, the clue or the answer?  Either way, this is superb.
Leave behind . . . or not leave behind  P _ S SDate:  06-14-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
First, this is marvelous clue for such an otherwise commonplace answer.  But second, I don't understand why the ellipsis is necessary.
Apple cores?: Abbr.  C _ _ SDate:  06-15-2003
Constructor:  Cathy Millhauser
Pitt and Penn  _ _ T O R SDate:  06-20-2003
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
My first thought was of Poe's Pit and Pendulum.  My second was of William Pitt and William Penn.
Flies the united way?  E _ O _ _ SDate:  06-28-2003
Constructor:  Robert H. Wolfe
Quarter back?  _ _ G L EDate:  07-02-2003
Constructor:  Barbara Olson
Browning piece?  _ L E _ _ R _ C _ _ A S _ E RDate:  07-12-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Take the wrong way?  _ I L C _Date:  07-18-2003
Constructor:  Sherry O. Blackard
Focal point  R _ T I N _Date:  07-20-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Merrell
Time mgrs.  _ D SDate:  07-24-2003
Constructor:  Rich Norris
Match game?  S _ _ T SDate:  07-26-2003
Constructor:  Brendan Emmet Quigley
Bag lunch eater?  H _ _ S _Date:  07-30-2003
Constructor:  Alan J. Weiss
Where a whale may be found?  T _ _ RDate:  Thursday, 07-31-2003
Constructor:  Paula Gamache
H-dos-O?  A _ _ ADate:  Thursday, 07-31-2003
Constructor:  Paula Gamache
But see here for why there might be an error in the clue.
Buck passers?  _ T _ SDate:  Thursday, 07-31-2003
Constructor:  Paula Gamache
Where nothing is wrong  _ T O _ I _Date:  Thursday, 07-31-2003
Constructor:  Paula Gamache
Four cute clues in a single non-Sunday crossword is remarkable.
Northern air  _ C _ N _ D _Date:  Friday, 08-01-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Heir lines?  W _ _ LDate:  Friday, 08-01-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Flips one's lid?  _ I _ K SDate:  Friday, 08-01-2003
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Bee's charge  _ P I _Date:  Saturday, 8-02-2003
Constructor:  Dana Motley
Have an edge against  _ B U _Date:  Saturday, 8-02-2003
Constructor:  Dana Motley
Where some people want to be shot  G _ E E _ R _ _ MDate:  Saturday, 8-02-2003
Constructor:  Dana Motley
Swiped a mink?  S _ _ L EDate:  Sunday, 8-03-2003
Constructor:  Jim Page
Counterpart of a speaking fee?  H U _ _ M _ N _ YDate:  Sunday, 8-03-2003
Constructor:  Jim Page
Refuse to get rid of  S _ _ GDate:  Sunday, 8-03-2003
Constructor:  Jim Page
They're produced by hives  _ _ C H E SDate:  Sunday, 8-03-2003
Constructor:  Jim Page
Sends off letters?  E _ _ _ _ SDate:  08-07-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Knuckle-headed gestures of affection?  _ O O _ I E SDate:  08-08-2003
Constructor:  Myles Callum
They may be found beside temples  E _ E _ _ A S _ E SDate:  08-09-2003
Constructor:  William I. Johnston
Sticks in pits  _ A T O _ SDate:  08-10-2003
Constructor:  Cathy Millhauser
Letter from a teacher  _ R A _ EDate:  08-12-2003
Constructor:  Adam Cohen
Windy locale?  M _ _ EDate:  08-13?-2003
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Private dining room?  _ E S _Date:  08-14-2003
Constructor:  Greg Staples
Pan films?  _ E _ L O _Date:  08-19-2003
Constructor:  Karen M. Tracey

Crossword Cute Clues -- 2003

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