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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 22, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, October 22, 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
- 16
- 40
Down clues & answers
- 57
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
across
- 1. Many fund-raisers: GALAS
- 6. Electrical coil inventor: TESLA
- 11. Seattle-to-Las Vegas dir.: SSE
- 14. Oversleeper's need: ALARM
- 15. Parolee, e.g.: EXCON
- 16. All ___ day's work: INA
- 17. P: SIXTEENTHLETTER
- 20. "___ With a View": AROOM
- 21. Warren of the Supreme Court: EARL
- 22. PO: RIVEROFLOMBARDY
- 28. Future J.D.'s: ONELS
- 29. It may be cupped or cuffed: EAR
- 30. Jazz singer Laine: CLEO
- 31. Kind of tea: HERBAL
- 35. Topeka hrs.: CST
- 38. POL: CAPITOLHILLTYPE
- 41. Cries of pain: OWS
- 42. They may make you cry: ONIONS
- 43. "___ hardly believe it!": ICAN
- 44. ___, amas, amat ...: AMO
- 45. Contradict: BELIE
- 46. POLK: FORMERPRESIDENT
- 53. Myanmar neighbor: LAOS
- 54. Relatives of nieces: AUNTS
- 55. POLKA: OKTOBERFESTTUNE
- 62. Sugar Loaf Mountain site, briefly: RIO
- 63. Poppy product: OPIUM
- 64. Five o'clock shadow remover: RAZOR
- 65. ___ Lingus: AER
- 66. Impertinent: SASSY
- 67. Space shuttle gasket: ORING
down
- 1. It's dispensed from a hose: GAS
- 2. Remodeled Clay?: ALI
- 3. Lenient: LAX
- 4. Public hangings?: ART
- 5. Dirty tricks on the campaign trail: SMEARS
- 6. :50: TENOF
- 7. Shower with praise: EXTOL
- 8. Dolt: SCHMO
- 9. Online chuckle: LOL
- 10. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase: ANE
- 11. Instrument played by George Harrison: SITAR
- 12. Bergen dummy: SNERD
- 13. Jumping the gun: EARLY
- 18. Suffix with ranch: ERO
- 19. Eye drop: TEAR
- 22. Boxer Graziano, formally: ROCCO
- 23. Holiday visitor, maybe: INLAW
- 24. #2's: VEEPS
- 25. "The Time Machine" race: ELOI
- 26. The squares of "three squares": MEALS
- 27. Event for Cinderella: BALL
- 31. Making the dean's list, e.g.: HONOR
- 32. QB Manning: ELI
- 33. Sigma preceder: RHO
- 34. Big box: BIN
- 35. The four seasons, e.g.: CYCLE
- 36. Where Rioja wine comes from: SPAIN
- 37. Doctrine: TENET
- 39. Heavy volume: TOME
- 40. Like a game heading into extra innings: TIED
- 44. Reply to "Are not!": AMSO
- 45. Champs-Élysées sight: BISTRO
- 46. Plant life: FLORA
- 47. Jack of "The Great Dictator": OAKIE
- 48. Helicopter part: ROTOR
- 49. City of Light: PARIS
- 50. ___ T. Firefly, Groucho's role in "Duck Soup": RUFUS
- 51. Any Hatfield, to a McCoy: ENEMY
- 52. MapQuest quests?: Abbr.: STS
- 56. Jackson and Derek: BOS
- 57. Air quality org.: EPA
- 58. Driveway topper: TAR
- 59. Submachine gun: UZI
- 60. Dijon denial: NON
- 61. Work unit: ERG
More daily puzzle hints
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- 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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