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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 7, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, November 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
- 64
Down clues & answers
- 25
- 59
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across
- 1. With 74-Across, voting system that affords anonymity ... or the theme of this puzzle?: SECRET
- 7. Game in which the orange ghost is named Sue, not Clyde: MSPACMAN
- 15. "Seinfeld" woman: ELAINE
- 16. Heated disputes: RHUBARBS
- 17. Song sung by a patriotic politician: GODBLESSAMERICA
- 19. Jungle swinger: APE
- 20. F.D.R. or L.B.J.: Abbr.: DEM
- 21. Vice president Gore and others: ALS
- 22. And others, for short: ETAL
- 25. Stridex target, informally: ZIT
- 27. Blue stone: LAPIS
- 31. Singer Damone: VIC
- 33. ___ Party: TEA
- 35. Old Italian coin: LIRA
- 36. How a director of campaign advertising works: BEHINDTHESCENES
- 41. Sought-after rock: ORE
- 42. Rap's Dr. ___: DRE
- 43. However, briefly: THO
- 44. Turn-___: ONS
- 45. Exactly ... like a conservative's plan to lower taxes?: RIGHTONTHEMONEY
- 49. Possible cause of brain freeze: ICEE
- 50. It's seen off la côte de la France: MER
- 51. Subject of many a political scandal: SEX
- 52. Rooms in una casa: SALAS
- 54. ___ Mahal: TAJ
- 56. College org. with a Color Guard: ROTC
- 59. The Cowboys, on scoreboards: DAL
- 61. React with extreme disgust: GAG
- 63. Louis XIV, e.g.: ROI
- 65. Religious belief of eight U.S. presidents: PRESBYTERIANISM
- 71. Like no stone, for the meticulous: UNTURNED
- 72. Grand ___ Island: BAHAMA
- 73. Nuisance that keeps returning, in metaphor: BADPENNY
- 74. See 1-Across: BALLOT
down
- 1. Genesis maker: SEGA
- 2. Alter altar plans, maybe: ELOPE
- 3. Space ___: CADET
- 4. Tease: RIB
- 5. Blowup: Abbr.: ENL
- 6. Cheesed (off): TEED
- 7. James Stewart title character who goes to Washington: MRSMITH
- 8. ___ Na Na: SHA
- 9. Mountain cat: PUMA
- 10. "Does that ring ___?": ABELL
- 11. Event in which you may drive a hard bargain?: CARSALE
- 12. Hosp. test: MRI
- 13. "This Week" airer: ABC
- 14. Intelligence org.: NSA
- 18. "___ who?!": SEZ
- 23. Bird: Prefix: AVI
- 24. Fancy chocolatier: LINDT
- 26. Choppers: TEETH
- 28. Assign, as blame: PINON
- 29. Memorable 2011 hurricane: IRENE
- 30. Mouthing off: SASSY
- 32. PC insert: CDROM
- 34. Hearth residue: ASHES
- 36. London mayor Johnson: BORIS
- 37. Writer Jong: ERICA
- 38. German philosopher who wrote "The true is the whole": HEGEL
- 39. Fundamental belief: TENET
- 40. One on the way up: COMER
- 46. "Fore!": HEADSUP
- 47. "Julius Caesar," for one: TRAGEDY
- 48. Kitchen brand: OXO
- 53. Buffalo player: SABRE
- 55. Pickle holder: JAR
- 57. What a plea bargain obviates: TRIAL
- 58. Vogue competitor, for short: COSMO
- 60. Loretta who sang "Coal Miner's Daughter": LYNN
- 62. Pop's Brothers ___: GIBB
- 64. "___ my wit's end": IMAT
- 65. Darts venue: PUB
- 66. Biol. class topic: RNA
- 67. Tarmac fig.: ETD
- 68. Number of years between censuses: TEN
- 69. Like some baseball teams: AAA
- 70. Senators' org.: NHL
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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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