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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 8, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, June 8, 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
- 46
- 58
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 28
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
across
- 1. Brewer Coors: ADOLPH
- 7. Add liberally to: HEAPON
- 13. With 14- and 64-Across, familiar rule not always followed: IBEFORE
- 14. See 13-Across: EEXCEPT
- 15. 5-Down and others: GOLFTOURNAMENTS
- 17. Da's opposite: NYET
- 18. Bygone record label: ARISTA
- 19. Melodramatic sound: SOB
- 20. Adobes and abodes: HOMES
- 22. Touchdown stat: ETA
- 24. Twins sharing a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: OLSENS
- 27. Push to the right, say: INDENT
- 30. Part of an extended family: NIECE
- 31. Chem. assay: ANAL
- 32. China problem: CHIP
- 35. Cap: CEILING
- 37. It's good for your health: HYGIENE
- 39. Automaker Ferrari: ENZO
- 40. QB calls: HUTS
- 42. ___ Tales, magazine where many H. P. Lovecraft stories first appeared: WEIRD
- 43. Ban on strip mining, e.g.: ECOLAW
- 45. Western and foreign, to moviegoers: GENRES
- 46. Chess piece: Abbr.: KNT
- 47. "___ want to talk about it": IDONT
- 49. Be behind: OWE
- 52. Relaxes: LETSUP
- 54. Fordham athletes: RAMS
- 58. Studier of distant emissions: RADIOASTRONOMER
- 61. Major: BIGNAME
- 62. Ones giving cash for quarters: ROOMERS
- 63. Some Rijksmuseum holdings: STEENS
- 64. See 13-Across: AFTERC
down
- 1. "It's ___!": ABOY
- 2. Take out: DELE
- 3. Not paid for, as factory work: OFFTHECLOCK
- 4. One to build on: LOT
- 5. Some charitable sporting events: PROAMS
- 6. Part of un jour: HEURE
- 7. How some argue: HEATEDLY
- 8. One who's split: EXMATE
- 9. Pal: ACE
- 10. Authors: PENS
- 11. Vision: Prefix: OPTO
- 12. Investigator of many accidents, for short: NTSB
- 13. Engine part: Abbr.: IGN
- 14. Northern extremes?: ENS
- 16. Mr. Mojo ___ (anagrammatic nickname for Jim Morrison): RISIN
- 21. "That's ___ hadn't heard": ONEI
- 23. Subject of a six-volume history by Edward Gibbon: ANCIENTROME
- 24. "Going ___ ...": ONCE
- 25. Property claim: LIEN
- 26. Lay claim to: SEIZE
- 28. Informal turndowns: NAHS
- 29. Its for more than one: THEIR
- 31. It flows in un río: AGUA
- 33. Brief start: INRE
- 34. Ones hoofing it: PEDS
- 36. Stars and others: NHLTEAMS
- 38. Rocker Stefani: GWEN
- 41. Plot feature: TWIST
- 44. Temporarily out, say: ONLOAN
- 45. Disappear: GOPOOF
- 48. Sorghum variety: DURRA
- 49. Stars, e.g.: ORBS
- 50. Checkout line complaint: WAIT
- 51. Kind of piece in a jigsaw puzzle: EDGE
- 53. Literary monogram: TSE
- 55. Ascap part: Abbr.: AMER
- 56. Bobcat or Cougar, for short: MERC
- 57. Class that's soon to leave: Abbr.: SRS
- 59. Suffix with opal: INE
- 60. Sarcasm clarifier: NOT
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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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