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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 5, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, April 5, 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
- 17
- 21
- 29
- 42
- 61
Down clues & answers
- 25
- 29
- 48
- 49
- 58
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Monday, April 4, 2011
across
- 1. U.S. labor leader Eugene: DEBS
- 5. Hamlet and Ophelia, by nationality: DANES
- 10. Bank no.: ACCT
- 14. Lobbying org. for seniors: AARP
- 15. Pep: VERVE
- 16. Like unripe apples: SOUR
- 17. Mass exodus of expertise: BRAINDRAIN
- 19. Opposed: ANTI
- 20. "In just this way": LIKESO
- 21. Lipton drink: TEA
- 23. Part of a shark seen above the water: FIN
- 24. Golf's ___ Cup: RYDER
- 25. Hiker's carryall: BACKPACK
- 27. Sock part: TOE
- 28. Gumbo vegetable: OKRA
- 31. Good for farming: ARABLE
- 32. Discontinues: ENDS
- 34. Charged particles: IONS
- 36. Beginning: ONSET
- 37. Upside-down maneuver: HANDSTAND
- 40. Fireplace residue: ASHES
- 43. Avoid: SHUN
- 44. Feels lousy: AILS
- 48. Wins every game in a series: SWEEPS
- 50. One-named Irish Grammy winner: ENYA
- 52. ___ v. Wade: ROE
- 53. Salon work: HAIRCARE
- 55. Biological duplicate: CLONE
- 57. Sighing sounds: AHS
- 58. Top-notch: ACE
- 59. Pleasant excursion: OUTING
- 61. Performer who doesn't say a word: MIME
- 63. Recommended by cardiologists: HEARTSMART
- 66. Distinctive style: ELAN
- 67. Cosmetician Lauder: ESTEE
- 68. Water, in Juárez: AGUA
- 69. Tiny bell sound: DING
- 70. Swarms (with): TEEMS
- 71. Transmit: SEND
down
- 1. Smidgen: DAB
- 2. Toward the beginning: EARLYON
- 3. In cornrows: BRAIDED
- 4. Really high heel: SPIKE
- 5. VHS tape displacers: DVDS
- 6. Aviation-related prefix: AERO
- 7. Org. that sticks to its guns?: NRA
- 8. Argentina-based musical: EVITA
- 9. Iroquois tribe for which one of the Finger Lakes is named: SENECA
- 10. Quick ___ flash: ASA
- 11. Chatty discussions: CONFABS
- 12. Manicurist's target: CUTICLE
- 13. Doodad: TRINKET
- 18. Tyrannical Roman emperor: NERO
- 22. Ohio tire city: AKRON
- 24. Road no.: RTE
- 25. Gaelic spirit whose wailing portends death: BANSHEE
- 26. "Bear" that's not really a bear: PANDA
- 29. Relatives: KIN
- 30. Curtain hangers: RODS
- 33. See-through: SHEER
- 35. Stupefy: STUN
- 38. Org. that runs shelters for dogs and cats: ASPCA
- 39. Unspecified number: ANY
- 40. Conscience-stricken: ASHAMED
- 41. Language of Kenya: SWAHILI
- 42. Trophy for a great college gridder: HEISMAN
- 45. When bronze was supplanted in toolmaking: IRONAGE
- 46. Period extending well into the future: LONGRUN
- 47. Visualize: SEE
- 49. Scented bag in a dresser drawer: SACHET
- 51. Is in a play: ACTS
- 54. Pee Wee who befriended Jackie Robinson: REESE
- 56. Some beans, informally: LIMAS
- 59. City near Provo: OREM
- 60. Tribe once in the Provo area: UTES
- 62. Language of Kenya: Abbr.: ENG
- 64. Gobbled down: ATE
- 65. Small amount: TAD
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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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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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