crossword!! KEEPS UPDATING!

[zimu]

Hey everyone!
so if you're bored wherever you are, please help me fill out todays NY times crossword! i can't get quite a few of the hints:

- "affect strangely" BE-O-
- "Friend of fidel" ---
- Voluminous ref. set" -ED
- "Churchill called it soul-destroying" ------
- "plan of action" --E-
- "unsubstantial" --R-
- "sported" ----
- "text" ----
- angler's accessory" -R--L
- "overstarched collar problem" --A--
- "plotting" ----
- "Flip response?" -A--S

Thats it for now... MORE TO COME! :-D

 

[Shermanator]

hmm

 

[zimu]

hmmmm?

 

[Rallispec]

discontinue.. maybe "deny"?

 

[Rallispec]

Churchill called it soul-destroying" ------ Tyranny

edit** d'oh-only 6 letters... my next guess would be "hatred"

 

[zimu]

got that one now, it was "drop"

 

[zimu]

<< Churchill alled it soul-destroying" ------ Tyranny >>



tyranny doesn't fit- its 6 characters long

 

[raz]

copycat = aper

 

[zimu]

<< copycat = aper >>



NICE!

 

[Rallispec]

unsubstantial = rare thats the best i can come up with that for that one.

 

[Rallispec]

scout rank = eagle

 

[BigSmooth]

1961 record had an asterisk is MARIS

 

[raz]

court entertainer = fool (?)

 

[Shermanator]

another neff

 

[BigSmooth]

I bet Russian for Peace is "MIR"

 

[Rallispec]

Hist 1961 record had an asterisk = Maris (roger maris, homerun record)

edit* bigsmooth beat me to it

 

[StevenYoo]

<< court entertainer = fool (?) >>



court entertainer is fool
"text" is perhaps font?

 

[Vadatajs]

river embankment = LEVEE
sported = WORE(?)

 

[raz]

sported = wore (?)

 

[FrustratedUser]

text = neff

 

[Rallispec]

iroquois confederacy tribe - are you sure about that "o"? the only tribes with 7 letters were the Seneca and mohawk,

 

[zimu]

new list

"fizzles out" ----
"what ____?" ----
"handle some hills" --I
"sip" -----
"union member" -----

 

[zimu]

<< iroquois confederacy tribe - are you sure about that "o"? the only tribes with 7 letters were the Seneca and mohawk, >>



yeah , i may be wrong... the question was "old french coin" for which i had put sol.

 

[Rallispec]

did some carpentry" ----- = jesus?
union member" ----- = rebel

 

[zimu]

<< did some carpentry" ----- = jesus? >>



i think this may be moses.... thanks for the idea though!