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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 18, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, November 18, 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
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- 24
- 29
- 40
Down clues & answers
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- 33
- 39
- 49
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
across
- 1. Repulses, with "off": FENDS
- 6. Bruise preventers: PADS
- 10. Kind of converter: ACDC
- 14. Opinionated Dr. ___: LAURA
- 15. Lie next to: ABUT
- 16. Like a pro rata division, say: FAIR
- 17. Roof detour: OUTOFORDER
- 19. Without following up, say: ONCE
- 20. Tea-grading term: PEKOE
- 21. Gas up?: AERATE
- 23. One mo: ASEC
- 26. Duplex mail: ALLMIXEDUP
- 28. Game fish in northern lakes and streams: WALLEYE
- 30. Co. follower, sometimes: INC
- 31. Girl's name meaning "loved": AMY
- 32. They're not as heavy as stones: KILOS
- 33. "___ in good health": USEIT
- 35. "Stronger title" for this puzzle: LETTERSORTING
- 40. Rarity on the other end of a help line, nowadays: HUMAN
- 41. "See ___ Play," classic Pink Floyd song: EMILY
- 43. Pick, with "for": OPT
- 46. Bee: Prefix: API
- 47. Spring opener: ROSEBUD
- 49. Rear garden: REARRANGED
- 52. D-Day refuges for the wounded, for short: LSTS
- 53. House of Tudor woman: BOLEYN
- 54. Watts of "21 Grams": NAOMI
- 56. Makes sore: IRES
- 57. Mad manager: ANAGRAMMED
- 62. Glare preventer: TINT
- 63. Figures: DATA
- 64. Lighter choice: ZIPPO
- 65. They have 225-min. 34-Downs: SATS
- 66. Part of N.E.A.: Abbr.: ASSN
- 67. A Coen brother: ETHAN
down
- 1. Rapper ___ Rida: FLO
- 2. French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet: EAU
- 3. Flake: NUT
- 4. Painter's appurtenance: DROPCLOTH
- 5. Untouchable?: SAFE
- 6. Release, in a way: PAROLE
- 7. Egypt's Gamal ___ Nasser: ABDEL
- 8. Kind of date for a woman: DUE
- 9. Item that's mostly mesh: STRAINER
- 10. Ere: AFORE
- 11. Bilingual country: CANADA
- 12. Authoritative pronouncement: DICTUM
- 13. Halloween-ish: CREEPY
- 18. "I suppose": OKAY
- 22. Gets going: EXCITES
- 23. Parrot's cry: AWK
- 24. Yachting need: SAIL
- 25. Magazine that serialized Simone de Beauvoir's 1967 "La femme rompue": ELLE
- 27. Sendai seasoning: MISO
- 29. Chesapeake Bay, e.g.: ESTUARY
- 33. Seal's grp.: USN
- 34. Certain cut-off point: TIMELIMIT
- 36. Savory turnover from south of the border: EMPANADA
- 37. Puddle source: RAIN
- 38. Penpoints: NIBS
- 39. Overfill: GLUT
- 42. Two of these make a fathom: Abbr.: YDS
- 43. Runs rings around?: ORBITS
- 44. Average Town, U.S.A.: PEORIA
- 45. On-air personalities, in the biz: TALENT
- 47. The 40th since 1789: REAGAN
- 48. Something lost in the wash?: ODOR
- 50. Recesses: RESTS
- 51. Swarms of them are called clouds: GNATS
- 55. Building plan with many doors, say: MAZE
- 58. "Illmatic" rapper: NAS
- 59. Dashboard fig.: MPH
- 60. Cleanup org.: EPA
- 61. "The Godfather" title: DON
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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?.
The Crossword FAQ
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What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
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Can I see past crossword answers?
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