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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 29, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, April 29, 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
- 22
- 26
- 36
- 47
- 61
Down clues & answers
- 14
- 20
- 50
- 51
- 55
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
across
- 1. March time?: PURIM
- 6. iPad downloads: APPS
- 10. Humbug: GUFF
- 14. Minute creature: AMEBA
- 15. Tales of the Round Table, e.g.: LORE
- 16. Home of the Gardermoen airport: OSLO
- 17. Titular jurisdiction of 30-Across: WALES
- 18. Hanna-Barbera creation: TOON
- 19. Hair-razing stuff: NAIR
- 20. Event of 4/29/11: ROYALWEDDING
- 23. Class conducted online: WEBINAR
- 26. Name of six British monarchs: GEORGE
- 27. Kind of pass: EURAIL
- 28. Lead-in to Little League: TBALL
- 30. Bridegroom of 4/29/11: PRINCEWILLIAM
- 33. Knockout count: TEN
- 34. Honor bestowed by 53-Down: OBE
- 35. Ages ___: AGO
- 38. Bride of 4/29/11: KATEMIDDLETON
- 45. "La ___" (traditional Mexican nuptials song): BAMBA
- 46. Em, for one: AUNTIE
- 47. Food brand whose name is a combination of two state abbreviations: OREIDA
- 50. Gels: HARDENS
- 51. 30- and 38-Across someday, presumably: KINGANDQUEEN
- 54. Utah winter vacation spot: ALTA
- 55. Violinist Leopold: AUER
- 56. Bounty holder?: DOWEL
- 60. Mythological sprite: PERI
- 61. Follow: TAIL
- 62. 2006 World Cup champs: ITALY
- 63. Bucolic poem: IDYL
- 64. 21-Down students: ELIS
- 65. Poindexter types: NERDS
down
- 1. Logo of the Clemson Tigers: PAW
- 2. Actress Thurman: UMA
- 3. Father's subj.: REL
- 4. ___ Peninsula: IBERIAN
- 5. Kind of temple: MASONIC
- 6. Westminster Abbey feature: ALTAR
- 7. Feature of the Buckingham Palace grounds: POOL
- 8. Ferry's front: PROW
- 9. French-speaking land of 12+ million: SENEGAL
- 10. Romantic ride for some honeymooners: GONDOLA
- 11. Eastern competitor: USAIR
- 12. Throw: FLING
- 13. Smith's workplace: FORGE
- 21. School for 64-Across: YALE
- 22. Place to take a number, maybe: DELI
- 23. Boohooed: WEPT
- 24. French river or department: EURE
- 25. Threshold: BRINK
- 28. It parallels the fibula: TIBIA
- 29. Ran past the border: BLED
- 31. Development site: WOMB
- 32. Not glossy: MATTE
- 36. Penetrate: GOIN
- 37. Tip jar bills: ONES
- 39. First name of two first ladies: ABIGAIL
- 40. "There!": TADA
- 41. Throw out: EMANATE
- 42. "The Phantom of the Opera" heroine Christine ___: DAAE
- 43. Baited: LUREDIN
- 44. Postscript: ENDNOTE
- 47. Creature with striped legs: OKAPI
- 48. Ticked off: RILED
- 49. Customs may precede it: ENTRY
- 50. Throws: HURLS
- 52. Like some citizenship: DUAL
- 53. Grandmother of 30-Across, informally: QEII
- 57. ___ of the Roses: WAR
- 58. Days gone by, in days gone by: ELD
- 59. Fleur-de-___: LYS
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- 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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