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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 23, 2011

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, April 23, 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, April 22, 2011

across

1. Setting for many legends: HALLOFFAME
11. The Bee Gees' "___ Liar": HESA
15. "Seriously!": IKIDYOUNOT
16. Social workers: ANTS
17. Big entertainment center: TINSELTOWN
18. Pig: SLOB
19. M.'s counterpart: MME
20. The Promised Land: ZION
21. Like slaloms: ALPINE
23. Basic verse option: ABAB
25. Black: ONYX
27. Dipsticks: ASSES
28. Jazzy Jones: NORAH
30. 1930 tariff act co-sponsor: SMOOT
32. Bit of ink: TAT
33. Man doing light work?: Abbr.: TAE
35. Id checker: SUPEREGO
37. Violent concert activity: MOSHING
41. Nail-spitting sessions: TIRADES
42. John McCain, e.g., for over five years: INTERNEE
44. Caesar's following?: EAN
45. Site of many departures: Abbr.: STA
46. Begonia, Geranium or Magnolia: GENUS
48. "THX 1138" director, 1971: LUCAS
52. Plant once considered a source of courage: THYME
54. 45-Across info: ETAS
56. Imitate a hot dog: PANT
57. Defect effect: RECALL
59. Jazzy Jones: ETTA
61. Elvis's heart?: VEE
62. Singer/songwriter MacColl: EWAN
63. Like instant messaging: INREALTIME
66. Event for which percentages may be specified: SALE
67. What a criminal doesn't want to leave: PAPERTRAIL
68. "I Could Have Danced All Night" singer, 1956: SYMS
69. Like some software: OPENSOURCE

down

1. One erasing marks: HITMAN
2. Like Superman's arms, often: AKIMBO
3. Sequential: LINEAR
4. Its HQ are in Temple Square: LDS
5. Bringer of order in the court: OYEZ
6. Page number: FOLIO
7. Versatile furniture: FUTONS
8. Unidentified people: ANONYMS
9. Obliterate, with "down": MOW
10. Blower of giant smoke rings: ETNA
11. Features of some diaries: HASPS
12. Like privates: ENLISTED
13. Much simpler time: STONEAGE
14. Old construction danger: ASBESTOS
22. Certain pass: LATERAL
24. Clean up: BATHE
26. Expunge: XOUT
29. Do glue?: HAIRGEL
31. Bee's charge: OPIE
34. Gender-altering ending: ENNE
36. Incurred: RANUP
37. Many a tryst participant: MISTRESS
38. Not yet born: ONTHEWAY
39. "Nobody panic": STAYCALM
40. Family hand-me-down?: GENE
43. Sister of Clio: EUTERPE
47. Sheet material: SATEEN
49. Blini go-with: CAVIAR
50. Weak: ANEMIC
51. First African-American Republican National Committee chairman: STEELE
53. They flow along bays: MANES
55. "My ___!": STARS
58. Way to slim down, for short: LIPO
60. Opposite of bajo: ALTO
64. Be off guard: NAP
65. 1989 one-man show: TRU

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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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