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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 8, 2011

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, January 8, 2011. 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, January 7, 2011

across

1. Rome's ___ Choir: SISTINE
8. Didn't go out: SATHOME
15. Iron-deficient?: CREASED
16. Subject of 2002 Senate authorization: IRAQWAR
17. Unstable: RICKETY
18. Going by: LAPSING
19. Glycerides, e.g.: ESTERS
20. Actress Mazar of HBO's "Entourage": DEBI
21. Prefix with biology: EXO
22. Complaint: WHINE
23. Fine-tuning: HONING
25. Gambler's opening?: SLOT
26. Person with dreads: RASTA
27. Bust: RAID
31. Privy to the gag: INONIT
33. Source of the line "Midway upon the road of our life I found myself within a dark wood ...": INFERNO
35. Brief online messages: ENOTES
36. Apply with force: SLAMON
37. Saber rattlers: MENACES
39. Place name in 1960s TV: PEYTON
40. Dom Pedro's ill-fated wife: INES
41. It's probably played first: SIDEA
43. P.M. counterpart: PRES
45. Loud horn: KLAXON
47. Stayed out?: SLEPT
48. Palindromic girl: ADA
51. Departure info?: OBIT
52. Match venues: STADIA
53. Seeks: RUNSFOR
55. Better, as cuts of meat: CHOICER
56. Bit of change in Cuba: CENTAVO
57. Source of heat: FURNACE
58. Bulk up: STOUTEN
59. Bristles: SEESRED

down

1. Pressure, metaphorically: SCREWS
2. Overseas fabric spun from flax: IRISHLINEN
3. Prime seating area at sporting events, maybe: SECTIONONE
4. Censured: TAKENTOTASK
5. French department or a river that runs through it: ISERE
6. Pulls in: NETS
7. Ice cream eponym: EDY
8. Carriage part?: SILENTI
9. Indus outlet: ARABIANSEA
10. Hard-to-miss shot: TAPIN
11. Command ctrs.: HQS
12. Boo-boo: OWIE
13. ___ cat: MANX
14. Consequently: ERGO
20. Mohawk and others: DOS
23. Lid: HAT
24. It's known as "the Prairies" in Canada: GREATPLAINS
26. Transcends: RISESABOVE
28. Robber's target: ARMOREDCAR
29. Unbroken: INONEPIECE
30. Get into: DON
32. Toshiba competitor: NEC
34. Zipper hider: FLY
35. Owner of Capitol Records and Parlophone: EMI
38. Spade mashie: SIXIRON
39. Cooler: PEN
42. Point: DOT
44. Acted rudely, in a way: STARED
46. Diet: LOFAT
47. Lay up: STORE
48. Indirect lines: ARCS
49. Puccini's "O Mimi, tu più non torni" e.g.: DUET
50. ___ mundi: ANNO
52. Actor Andrew of 1990s TV: SHUE
54. Poker legend Ungar: STU
55. Ty Cobb and Willie Mays, positionally: Abbr.: CFS

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 7

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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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