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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 13, 2012

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, June 13, 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.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

across

1. "Th-that's cold!": BRR
4. Humorist Barry: DAVE
8. Exclaim using four-letter words: SWEAR
13. Richard ___ (anonymous name in court cases): ROE
14. Outfielder Tommie of the Miracle Mets: AGEE
15. Batter: HITTER
17. "Et" translated: AND
18. Ruthless figure in "The Godfather": DONCORLEONE
20. Time of little advancement: DARKAGE
22. Rain-soaked dirt: MUD
23. East Coast state: Abbr.: DEL
24. Drop-___: INS
25. First part of a 1952 best seller's title, followed by 37- and 51-Across: THEBRIDGE
28. Obsidian rock producer: LAVA
30. Rex Harrison's singer/actor son: NOEL
31. Detail on a map: INSET
32. "Fax" prefix: THERMO
34. Illegally take, old-style: REAVE
36. Ladies' patriotic org.: DAR
37. More of the book title: OVERTHE
39. Attorney's "thing": RES
42. Ray Charles hit of 1963: NOONE
43. Ingres or Renoir: ARTIST
45. Verger on adolescence, informally: TWEEN
48. Evoking a "ho-hum": DRAB
50. Riata, e.g.: ROPE
51. Rest of the book title: RIVERKWAI
53. Utter jerk, rudely: SOB
54. N.M.-to-N.J. dir.: ENE
55. Square peg ___ round hole: INA
56. Total dive, say: RATTRAP
60. Husband-and-wife milestone: ANNIVERSARY
63. Ring leader?: ALI
64. One hoping to get a pass?: TESTEE
65. Universally known symbol: ICON
66. Giant tub: VAT
67. Howls with laughter: ROARS
68. Italian "well": BENE
69. Toronto's prov.: ONT

down

1. With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme: BRAD
2. Novelist Jaffe: RONA
3. 1948 John Wayne western: REDRIVER
4. Babies' pops: DADAS
5. Wide-eyed: AGOG
6. Rome's Via ___: VENETO
7. Onetime overseas trade grp.: EEC
8. Hedge component: SHRUB
9. 1960 Elia Kazan film: WILDRIVER
10. Season under le soleil: ETE
11. Squabbling: ATODDS
12. Fail to do as promised: RENEGE
16. Sublease: RELET
19. Denver ___: OMELET
21. Wood knot: KNAR
26. Designer Carolina ___: HERRERA
27. Suffix with Benedict: INE
28. Inc., overseas: LTD
29. "I got it!": AHA
30. Porto-___ (capital of Benin): NOVO
33. It's "wider than a mile," in an old song: MOONRIVER
35. Queequeg's captain: AHAB
38. Tom Clancy's ___ (2008 video game): ENDWAR
39. 1959 John Wayne western: RIOBRAVO
40. Frequently debunked ability: ESP
41. Sault ___ Marie: STE
42. Born, in France: NEE
44. Moderate pace: TROT
45. Ice cream or candy: TREAT
46. Champion: WINNER
47. "Still ...": EVENSO
49. Shooting star?: AIRACE
52. Miniskirts reveal them: KNEES
53. Songwriter Jule: STYNE
57. Schoenberg's "Moses und ___": ARON
58. Author Paton: ALAN
59. See 1-Down: PITT
61. "Ain't ___ shame?!": ITA
62. Many a recipient of hand-me-downs, informally: SIB

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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.
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Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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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.
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