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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 24, 2007

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Friday, August 24, 2007

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, August 24, 2007. 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.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

across

1. Obstruction at the entrance to a cave, maybe: BOULDER
8. Like jail cells: BARRED
14. Having hit a double: ONSECOND
16. For one: APIECE
17. Party of the first part and party of the second part, e.g.: LEGALESE
18. Gets going: REVSUP
19. Weapon in old hand-to-hand fighting: DIRK
20. Does some yard work: SODS
22. Carcinogenic substance: TAR
23. Victorian ___: ERA
24. Headquartered: BASED
27. Point to: BODE
28. Wood of the Rolling Stones: RON
29. ___ Nikolaevich, last czarevitch of Russia: ALEXEI
31. Rich Spanish decorations: OROS
32. Big blasts, informally: NTESTS
34. Tailors: SEWERS
36. Residents: Suffix: ITES
37. Seat at a hootenanny: BALE
38. Place for a guard: BORDER
41. Tolerates: ABIDES
44. Letter before Peter in old radio lingo: OBOE
45. Bygone council: SOVIET
48. "___ for nest": NIS
50. NASA subj.: ASTR
51. French town: VILLE
52. Contents of some shells: TNT
53. Audio equipment pioneer: RCA
54. Wiped out: BEAT
56. Campsite visitor: BEAR
57. Job specifications: DUTIES
59. Individually: ALACARTE
63. Wears down: ERODES
64. Work force: LABORERS
65. Grade again: RERATE
66. Pretended to be: POSEDAS

down

1. -: BOLDER
2. Rarely used golf club: ONEIRON
3. Picture on a $50 bill: USGRANT
4. Drip, say: LEAK
5. Seventh-century year: DCL
6. Want ad abbr.: EOE
7. Some needle holders, for short: RNS
8. -: BARD
9. Makes like: APES
10. Connecticut or Colorado: Abbr.: RIV
11. Touch up, as a painting: RESTORE
12. Country named for its location on the globe: ECUADOR
13. Bring down: DEPRESS
15. Neuter: DESEX
21. One famously begins "O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being": ODE
24. -: BASTE
25. Lowers the cuffs on, maybe: ALTERS
26. Legis. period: SESS
27. -: BOWED
30. Queen of France in Shakespeare's "Henry V": ISABEL
33. Duck down: EIDER
35. Social register listees: ELITE
37. -: BAIL
38. -: BOARDER
39. Recondite: OBSCURE
40. Shoulder muscle: ROTATOR
42. Logged: ENTERED
43. Singer who founded Reprise Records: SINATRA
46. Donations at some clinics: OVA
47. Essential: VITAL
49. Accent: STRESS
54. -: BEET
55. Verb of which "sum" is a form: ESSE
56. -: BARE
58. ___ B. Wells, early civil rights advocate: IDA
60. Race unit: LAP
61. Blood type letters: ABO
62. Calculator button: COS

Hints and full breakdown for Aug 23

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.

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Can I see past crossword answers?

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