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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 19, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, June 19, 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
- 22
- 47
- 59
Down clues & answers
- 34
- 53
- 55
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Monday, June 18, 2012
across
- 1. Piquancy: ZEST
- 5. Feel in one's ___: GUT
- 8. Sycophants, slangily: KISSUPS
- 15. 1/12 of a ruler: INCH
- 16. Durham sch.: UNH
- 17. South Pacific region: OCEANIA
- 18. Nebraska tribe: OTOE
- 19. "___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit): ESO
- 20. 1970 song with the lyric "Whisper words of wisdom": LETITBE
- 21. 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?": NOWHEREMAN
- 24. Wealthy Brits: NOBS
- 25. Fictitious: UNREAL
- 26. Chow down: EAT
- 28. 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward": GOLDENSLUMBERS
- 33. Common people: FOLK
- 34. Lament loudly: WAIL
- 35. Sick: ILL
- 37. Singer DiFranco: ANI
- 38. 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well": MICHELLE
- 42. Low island: CAY
- 43. Election mo.: NOV
- 44. "Am ___ late?": ITOO
- 45. Heredity unit: GENE
- 46. 1965 song with the lyric "Think of what you're saying": WECANWORKITOUT
- 52. Bear: Sp.: OSO
- 53. Nebraska neighbor: KANSAS
- 54. McCarthy-era attorney Roy: COHN
- 57. 1968 song with the lyric "We all want to change the world": REVOLUTION
- 61. 1968 song with the lyric "Remember to let her into your heart": HEYJUDE
- 64. Suffix with zinc: ITE
- 65. "Amos 'n' ___": ANDY
- 66. Candid, as a photo: UNPOSED
- 67. Pecan or cashew: NUT
- 68. Some HDTV screens: LCDS
- 69. Slip-ups: BOOBOOS
- 70. Car rte. displayer: GPS
- 71. Comfort: EASE
down
- 1. Jewish homeland: ZION
- 2. Inner: Prefix: ENTO
- 3. Garbage boat: SCOW
- 4. One of filmdom's Avengers: THEHULK
- 5. "C'est la ___": GUERRE
- 6. Invisible: UNSEEN
- 7. Cartoonist Nast: THOMAS
- 8. German cathedral city: KOLN
- 9. Cold cube: ICE
- 10. Sink, as the sun: SET
- 11. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: SAINTE
- 12. "Do ___ others ...": UNTO
- 13. Mr. ___ (soft drink): PIBB
- 14. Mailing encls.: SAES
- 22. Conclusion: END
- 23. "For ___ know ...": ALLWE
- 26. Disney's "___ and the Detectives": EMIL
- 27. Up to the task: ABLE
- 28. First Moody Blues hit: GONOW
- 29. Martini garnish: OLIVE
- 30. Delta competitor: Abbr.: UAL
- 31. Houston sch.: RICEU
- 32. Bias: SLANT
- 33. Enthusiast: FAN
- 36. Soapmaking stuff: LYE
- 38. Unaccounted-for G.I.'s: MIAS
- 39. "Pay ___ mind": ITNO
- 40. Mooer: COW
- 41. Physicist with a law: HOOKE
- 45. Lose freshness: GOSTALE
- 47. Scam: CONJOB
- 48. Stark ___ mad: RAVING
- 49. Get tense and hard, as a muscle: KNOTUP
- 50. Archipelago bits: ISLETS
- 51. Letter after sigma: TAU
- 54. Common bait fish: CHUB
- 55. Wine: Prefix: OENO
- 56. Syringe, for short: HYPO
- 57. Cherry and ruby: REDS
- 58. Ancient Peruvian: INCA
- 59. Bookies give them: ODDS
- 60. Big Board inits.: NYSE
- 62. Troop-entertaining grp.: USO
- 63. "In excelsis ___": DEO
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- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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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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