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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 10, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, July 10, 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
- 23
- 39
- 45
Down clues & answers
- 32
- 53
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Monday, July 9, 2012
across
- 1. Birthstone that was the name of a Hitchcock film: TOPAZ
- 6. "___ in there!": HANG
- 10. Writer James: AGEE
- 14. Relative of a giraffe: OKAPI
- 15. ___ vera: ALOE
- 16. ___ beetle: DUNG
- 17. Attorney-to-be: LAWSTUDENT
- 19. Refute: DENY
- 20. Unit of force: DYNE
- 21. "Arabian Nights" bird: ROC
- 22. Erects: SETSUP
- 24. Transaction at Chase or Wells Fargo: BANKDEPOSIT
- 26. "Is that so?!": DOTELL
- 30. Lab eggs: OVA
- 31. Speed skater ___ Anton Ohno: APOLO
- 32. Identical: SAME
- 34. Field cover during a rain delay: TARP
- 38. Rachel Maddow or Rush Limbaugh: NEWSCOMMENTATOR
- 41. Queen with a "lace": ANNE
- 42. Often-illegal turns, in slang: UEYS
- 43. Scent: AROMA
- 44. Letters on a Cardinal's cap: STL
- 45. Kind of disk: FLOPPY
- 46. Def Jam or EMI: RECORDLABEL
- 52. 2009 film that grossed over two billion dollars: AVATAR
- 53. Shack: HUT
- 54. Beans or wheat: CROP
- 58. Let off steam: VENT
- 59. You might carry a bucket to one at a hotel: ICEMACHINE
- 62. Art Deco artist: ERTE
- 63. Kind of tide: NEAP
- 64. Western, in old slang: OATER
- 65. What to do after adding cream or sugar: STIR
- 66. Sneakers brand: KEDS
- 67. Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across: BREAK
down
- 1. Let the cat out of the bag: TOLD
- 2. "Fine with me!": OKAY
- 3. Lowly chess piece: PAWN
- 4. Cathedral area: APSE
- 5. Acne spot: ZIT
- 6. Wore: HADON
- 7. Smart ___ (wise guy): ALECK
- 8. Oui's opposite: NON
- 9. Settles the score: GETSEVEN
- 10. Build on: ADDTO
- 11. Jeans brand with a question mark in its logo: GUESS
- 12. Ho-hum feeling: ENNUI
- 13. Sphinx site: EGYPT
- 18. Russia's ___ Mountains: URAL
- 23. Green org.: EPA
- 24. Political coalition: BLOC
- 25. Tops of some stadiums: DOMES
- 26. Comic Carvey: DANA
- 27. Unfurl: OPEN
- 28. Village: TOWN
- 29. "Anything ___?": ELSE
- 32. Scent: SMELL
- 33. Poehler of "Parks and Recreation": AMY
- 34. Poi source: TARO
- 35. Resting on: ATOP
- 36. Frolic: ROMP
- 37. Recite the rosary, e.g.: PRAY
- 39. Hold one's liquor better than: OUTDRINK
- 40. Like basketball centers: TALL
- 44. Madrid Mrs.: SRA
- 45. Cheese in a Greek salad: FETA
- 46. All-night parties: RAVES
- 47. Chris who won six U.S. Opens: EVERT
- 48. "Is that a dare?": CANTI
- 49. Playful swimmer: OTTER
- 50. Leading: AHEAD
- 51. Hits in dodgem cars: BUMPS
- 54. Blacken on the grill: CHAR
- 55. Bar mitzvah or communion: RITE
- 56. Prime draft classification: ONEA
- 57. Company car or key to the executive bathroom: PERK
- 60. So-so grade: CEE
- 61. Inner part of a corn ear: COB
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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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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?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
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