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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, April 13, 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
- 21
- 28
Down clues & answers
- 13
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across
- 1. Capt.'s superior: MAJ
- 4. Fritz the Cat's creator: RCRUMB
- 10. Seamen, slangily: GOBS
- 14. Org. for 41-Down: AMA
- 15. 1974 top 10 hit for Mocedades: ERESTU
- 16. Fertility clinic cell: OVUM
- 17. CD-___: ROM
- 18. Protagonist in Kerouac's "On the Road": SALPARADISE
- 20. Ukraine's capital: KIEV
- 22. Speak ill of, in slang: DIS
- 23. Big name in toy trains: LIONEL
- 24. Leaves port: SAILS
- 26. Corn Belt's locale: MIDWEST
- 27. 1956 Fats Domino hit: MYBLUEHEAVEN
- 30. Steer clear of: AVOID
- 31. Classic Jaguars: XKES
- 32. Seattle-to-L.A. dir.: SSE
- 35. Extend credit: LEND
- 36. Carries on, as a trade: PLIES
- 38. Skater's jump: LUTZ
- 39. "Dropped" drug: LSD
- 40. Dots in la mer: ILES
- 41. Exclude: DEBAR
- 42. Highest peak in the Northwest Territories: MOUNTNIRVANA
- 45. Edison's 1,000+: PATENTS
- 48. Get-go: ONSET
- 49. Iron deficiency problem: ANEMIA
- 50. Cambridge sch.: MIT
- 51. Place for a choir: LOFT
- 54. "I Dream of Jeannie" star: BARBARAEDEN
- 57. Fannie ___: MAE
- 58. Part of a horse's bloodline: SIRE
- 59. Concerned ones: CARERS
- 60. Mensa members' stats: IQS
- 61. Pre-Communist autocrat: TSAR
- 62. Hard-to-get cigar: HAVANA
- 63. Winter Chicago hrs.: CST
down
- 1. Con man's target: MARK
- 2. Mine, in Montréal: AMOI
- 3. Aston Martin-driving agent: JAMESBOND
- 4. Thing, in legalese: RES
- 5. Nursery furniture: CRADLE
- 6. Burger topper: RELISH
- 7. Inits. on a mail truck: USPS
- 8. Kingston Trio hit of 1959: MTA
- 9. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" singer: BURLIVES
- 10. Plummet: GODOWN
- 11. Like a sheep: OVINE
- 12. Greyhounds, e.g.: BUSES
- 13. Process, as ore: SMELT
- 19. Gofers: AIDES
- 21. Still in effect: VALID
- 25. Birth control option, briefly: IUD
- 26. Whip up: MAKE
- 27. Shopaholic's mecca: MALL
- 28. Saint Laurent of fashion: YVES
- 29. Live and breathe: EXIST
- 32. Like a quark: SUBATOMIC
- 33. ___ the Man (Cardinal nickname): STAN
- 34. Rock's Better Than ___: EZRA
- 36. "Parallel Lives" author: PLUTARCH
- 37. Monocle, e.g.: LENS
- 38. Like a pool table, ideally: LEVEL
- 40. Aegean Sea region: IONIA
- 41. O.R. personnel: DRS
- 42. Dues payer: MEMBER
- 43. "Beats me!": NOIDEA
- 44. Future 14-Across participant, perhaps: INTERN
- 45. Blue Ribbon brewer: PABST
- 46. Diarist Nin: ANAIS
- 47. Land at an Italian airport?: TERRA
- 50. First name in old TV talk: MERV
- 52. Online help features, briefly: FAQS
- 53. Dry run: TEST
- 55. Small battery size: AAA
- 56. Supersecret org.: NSA
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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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