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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 28, 2008

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, June 28, 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.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

across

1. Luau lighting: TIKITORCH
10. Do the dishes?: CATER
15. Singer who plays herself in "D.C. Cab": IRENECARA
16. "Any fool can make ___, and every fool will mind it": Thoreau: ARULE
17. "Tone it down!": DONTSHOUT
18. Conglomerate parts: FIRMS
19. Carbon compound: ENOL
20. Gernreich who invented the monokini: RUDI
21. Conviction: TENET
22. Legendary abductee: HELEN
23. "Per Ardua ad ___" (Royal Air Force motto): ASTRA
24. Some are minor: SCALES
28. Love: HON
30. Six-time Rose Bowl winner: Abbr.: OSU
31. Future star: COMER
32. Bellies up to: NEARS
34. Schedule maker: Abbr.: MGR
35. Bankrupt: RUIN
36. With 46-Across, program pitched by Queen Latifah: JENNY
37. Activity near a 1-Across: HULA
38. Workup locales: Abbr.: ERS
39. Wasn't gentle with: PAWED
40. Crew leader: BOSUN
41. Archaic verb ending: ETH
42. Schedule maker: Abbr.: IRS
43. It may be found in one's chest: SACHET
44. Lofty: NOBLE
46. See 36-Across: CRAIG
49. Less specious: TRUER
50. Mechanical: ROTE
51. Nailed: ACED
55. Son of Gloucester in "King Lear": EDGAR
56. Norman Rockwell specialty: AMERICANA
58. Repetition mark, in music: SEGNO
59. Stops being funny, say: WEARSTHIN
60. Billet-doux suggestion: TRYST
61. San Bernardino suburb: LOMALINDA

down

1. Trend: TIDE
2. Unyielding: IRON
3. Drawing game: KENO
4. Not just at home: Abbr.: INTL
5. Your, in Tours: TES
6. Canyon tones: OCHRES
7. "The Phantom of the Opera" suitor: RAOUL
8. Neanderthal: CRUDE
9. With respectful humility: HATINHAND
10. Loungewear: CAFTANS
11. Spring arrival: ARIES
12. Get all sentimental: TURNTOMUSH
13. Big sticker?: ELMERSGLUE
14. Where to act on a gut feeling?: RESTAURANT
22. "___ Cardboard Lover" (Norma Shearer film): HER
24. What a potential player must pass: SCREENTEST
25. Summons, e.g.: COURTORDER
26. Sight in Lancaster County, Pa.: AMISHBUGGY
27. Footballer Ford: LEN
29. "Le Comte ___" (Rossini opera): ORY
32. Ticker with headlines: NEWSCRAWL
33. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.: ENE
36. Be discordant: JAR
37. Post ___: HOC
39. Pining pantomime persona: PIERROT
40. Give up on, in slang: BAG
43. Radio code word after 47-Down: SIERRA
45. Is cockeyed: LEANS
47. Radio code word before 43-Down: ROMEO
48. Squad stars: ATEAM
51. When Maggie calls herself "a cat on a hot tin roof": ACTI
52. "Let It Snow" lyricist: CAHN
53. Cherokee Strip city: ENID
54. Francis ___, signer of the Articles of Confederation: DANA
57. Montreal, e.g.: Abbr.: ISL

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 27

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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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