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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 25, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, March 25, 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.
Across clues & answers
- 32
- 40
- 41
- 56
Down clues & answers
- 2
- 3
- 23
- 50
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
across
- 1. Tea Partiers, in Congress, e.g.: BLOC
- 5. Ryan of "Boston Public": JERI
- 9. Appreciate: GAIN
- 13. Come ___ surprise: ASNO
- 14. Something that might reduce a tip?: EMERY
- 16. Subject of a lesson for Katharina in "The Taming of the Shrew": LUTE
- 17. [See circles]: JACUZZIFEATURES
- 20. Where oils are produced: ATELIERS
- 21. Imagined: DREAMT
- 22. July 4, 1872, for Calvin Coolidge: Abbr.: DOB
- 23. Muckraker Tarbell: IDA
- 24. [See circles]: ENGINESONAPLANE
- 33. Called previously: NEE
- 34. Pitch: SLANT
- 35. Title of respect: SAHIB
- 36. Paul of "There Will Be Blood": DANO
- 38. See 28-Down: SLEEP
- 40. Art ___: DECO
- 41. ___ shirt (colorful short-sleeved attire): ALOHA
- 43. Ruth chaser in 1961: MARIS
- 45. Classic auto: REO
- 46. [See circles]: TEAMFROMNEWYORK
- 49. Suffix with buff: OON
- 50. Person's head?: PEE
- 51. Caribou's domain: TUNDRA
- 55. Prevaricate: TELLALIE
- 60. [See circles]: SHARKSRIVALGANG
- 62. Writer who popularized the saying "To err is human, to forgive divine": POPE
- 63. Position: TENET
- 64. Lingering trace: ECHO
- 65. The 1999 comedy "She's All That" is based on his work: SHAW
- 66. Unveiled: BARE
- 67. Médoc and Grenache: REDS
down
- 1. ___ 1000 (annual Mexican race): BAJA
- 2. Some coll. seniors take it for Harvard and Yale, but not for Princeton: LSAT
- 3. "The Raven" opening: ONCE
- 4. "Would they let me?": COULDI
- 5. Wicked women: JEZEBELS
- 6. Doha V.I.P.: EMIR
- 7. Zebras: REFS
- 8. Cause of shouting: IRE
- 9. Arts and crafts purchase: GLUE
- 10. Special glow: AURA
- 11. TMZ twosome: ITEM
- 12. "Cheep" accommodations: NEST
- 15. When tripled, "and so on": YADDA
- 18. ___ Camp, historic Mormon expedition led by Joseph Smith: ZIONS
- 19. Green surroundings?: TRAPS
- 23. June-August worker, perhaps: INTERN
- 24. Finish on: ENDAT
- 25. Writer Zora ___ Hurston: NEALE
- 26. Salami option: GENOA
- 27. Pink shade: SALMON
- 28. Common time for 38-Across: ONEAM
- 29. Young 'un: LAD
- 30. "Don't be ___": AHERO
- 31. More gentlemanly or ladylike: NICER
- 32. Kindle download: EBOOK
- 37. His law is represented as I = V/R: OHM
- 39. Makeshift Frisbee: PIEPLATE
- 42. Stick ___ in (test for doneness): AFORK
- 44. Keen: SWELL
- 47. Often-televised celebrity event: ROAST
- 48. Flier of the X-1: YEAGER
- 51. Recipe amts.: TSPS
- 52. "This might get ugly!": UHOH
- 53. Wine region: NAPA
- 54. Took a card: DREW
- 55. Rock bassist Weymouth: TINA
- 56. By any chance: EVER
- 57. Collar material: LACE
- 58. How many TV shows can be seen nowadays: INHD
- 59. Big heads: EGOS
- 61. Jeff Davis follower: REB
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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- 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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