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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 19, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, June 19, 2008. 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.
Across clues & answers
- 11
- 15
- 26
- 53
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 27
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
across
- 1. "Ishtar" or "Heaven's Gate," famously: BOMB
- 5. Etna product: LAVA
- 9. 1/60 of a fluid dram: MINIM
- 14. Sequel to Melville's "Typee": OMOO
- 15. Workers in the field: OXEN
- 16. Sheepish: OVINE
- 17. Paint none too delicately: DAUB
- 18. Lawrence of the North Dakota Hall of Fame: WELK
- 19. Don'ts: NONOS
- 20. Bring to a boil: ENRAGE
- 22. Dance craze of the mid-'90s: MACARENA
- 24. Appetizer, entree or dessert?: DINNERPARTLY
- 26. Reuben server: DELI
- 27. "Just ___ thought!": ASI
- 28. Boot part: TOE
- 31. Role in "Young Frankenstein": IGOR
- 34. Poorly: ILL
- 36. Disdain: SCORN
- 38. Bonbon and how it should be divvied up?: SUGARPLUMFAIRLY
- 42. "Horsefeathers!": MYEYE
- 43. Top figure on a clock: XII
- 44. Painter of "The Naked 56-Down": GOYA
- 45. Edinburgh-to-London dir.: SSE
- 46. La-la lead-in: TRA
- 49. Riding the waves: ASEA
- 51. Doubting apostle? Not by a long shot!: THOMASHARDLY
- 56. Horseless carriage: MOTORCAR
- 59. Two-track: STEREO
- 60. Without a chaperon: ALONE
- 61. A round number ends in it: ZERO
- 63. "West Side Story" fellow: TONY
- 64. Popular block game requiring nimble fingers: JENGA
- 65. Caesar's almost-last words: ETTU
- 66. ___ list: TODO
- 67. Syrian president Bashar al-___: ASSAD
- 68. Profound: DEEP
- 69. Building additions: ELLS
down
- 1. Portended: BODED
- 2. Muscat resident: OMANI
- 3. Wear black, perhaps: MOURN
- 4. Old spoofing duo: BOBANDRAY
- 5. Pouter's protuberance: LOWERLIP
- 6. Pink-slip: AXE
- 7. The nerdier of the "Scooby-Doo" girls: VELMA
- 8. Capital south of the Black Sea: ANKARA
- 9. La Gioconda, familiarly: MONALISA
- 10. White key, informally: IVORY
- 11. Fine diving score: NINE
- 12. Home ___: INON
- 13. Flat-topped land feature: MESA
- 21. Word of wonder: GEE
- 23. Price abbr.: CTS
- 25. Wet blanket: PILL
- 28. Picador's opponent: TORO
- 29. Traveler's alternative to De Gaulle: ORLY
- 30. 2001 Oscar nominee for Best Original Song, "May It Be": ENYA
- 31. Faiths, say: ISMS
- 32. Fellas: GUYS
- 33. S-curve: OGEE
- 35. Fiat ___ (common university motto): LUX
- 37. Winston or Salem: CIGARETTE
- 39. Fix, as film on a reel: RETHREAD
- 40. War stat: MIAS
- 41. Bouillabaisse: FISHSOUP
- 47. Big bird of myth: ROC
- 48. Gobsmacked: AMAZED
- 50. Absorb, as a cost: EAT
- 51. Archipelago known as the Friendly Islands: TONGA
- 52. Craggy ridge: ARETE
- 53. What hungry wolves do: DROOL
- 54. Tennis's Ivan: LENDL
- 55. Toys that have their ups and downs: YOYOS
- 56. See 44-Across: MAJA
- 57. Cheers for picadores: OLES
- 58. Oodles and oodles: TONS
- 62. Hwy.: RTE
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
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- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
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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What is a rebus square?
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Which day is the hardest?
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Can I see past crossword answers?
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