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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 7, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, June 7, 2012. 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
- 35
- 40
- 52
- 61
Down clues & answers
- 9
- 10
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
across
- 1. With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has?: FLIP
- 5. Actress Knightley: KEIRA
- 10. "___, vidi, vici": VENI
- 14. Prefix with sphere: IONO
- 15. Get all A's: EXCEL
- 16. Big name in paperback publishing: AVON
- 17. Puerto Rico, affectionately, with "the": ENCHANTEDISLAND
- 20. Last Whig president: FILLMORE
- 21. Mixologist's unit: OUNCE
- 22. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Hank: IBA
- 23. What the Mars symbol symbolizes: MALESEX
- 25. Malady named after a Connecticut town: LYMEDISEASE
- 30. Does a pre-laundry chore: SORTS
- 31. Rapa ___ (locale of many monoliths): NUI
- 32. Stereo parts: AMPS
- 36. London's West End, e.g.: THEATREDISTRICT
- 40. Repairs, as a golf green: SODS
- 41. What makes Shrek shriek?: ANI
- 42. ___-Loompa (chocolate factory dwarf): OOMPA
- 43. Record collector's curio: PICTUREDISC
- 46. City with a U.F.O. museum: ROSWELL
- 50. Jet ___: SET
- 51. Stop, as a launch: ABORT
- 52. State with just three counties: DELAWARE
- 57. Lucasfilm aircraft: JEDISTARFIGHTER
- 60. "Ah, 'twas not to be": ALAS
- 61. Big name in coffeemakers: BRAUN
- 62. Righty Hershiser: OREL
- 63. Arts and Sciences dept.: HIST
- 64. Sumptuous fur: SABLE
- 65. See 1-Across: SIDE
down
- 1. Feudal estate: FIEF
- 2. Actress Anderson: LONI
- 3. With: Abbr.: INCL
- 4. Science fiction writer Frederik: POHL
- 5. Obi-Wan ___: KENOBI
- 6. Over 300,000 of these appear in "Gandhi": EXTRAS
- 7. Frozen beverage brand: ICEE
- 8. Like a matador's cape: RED
- 9. Successor of Muhammad, to Shiites: ALI
- 10. Appraiser's figure: VALUE
- 11. Maiden name of Harry Potter's mother: EVANS
- 12. Present occasion: NONCE
- 13. Rear of many a book: INDEX
- 18. In the heart of: AMIDST
- 19. Only: SOLE
- 23. Wailuku is its county seat: MAUI
- 24. Sale tag condition: ASIS
- 25. W.W. II naval vessels: Abbr.: LSTS
- 26. Disney tune subtitled "A Pirate's Life for Me": YOHO
- 27. TV star who homered off Koufax in a 1963 episode: MRED
- 28. Airport postings, for short: ETAS
- 29. Bring a relationship to a close: ENDIT
- 32. Yankees' #13, to fans: AROD
- 33. "La Bohème" role: MIMI
- 34. Psychedelic drugs, for short: PCPS
- 35. Quick and detached, in mus.: STAC
- 37. Train travel: RAIL
- 38. Abbr. on the bottom of a business letter: ENCL
- 39. Morgue ID: TOETAG
- 43. Animals with collars, often: PETS
- 44. Of service: USEFUL
- 45. Winterize, as a coat: RELINE
- 46. Indian ruler: RAJAH
- 47. Printing daggers: OBELI
- 48. Cokes and such: SODAS
- 49. Pulse-taking spot: WRIST
- 52. Dull: DRAB
- 53. "___ calling?": WHOS
- 54. Longfellow bell town: ATRI
- 55. Clarinetist's need: REED
- 56. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner: ERLE
- 58. Conan O'Brien's network: TBS
- 59. Celestial altar: ARA
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- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- 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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What is a rebus square?
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