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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 22, 2012

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, November 22, 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.

77 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Indication of excitement in an e-mail
2
Pastry in "Sweeney Todd"
3
It's not promising
4
Prefix with valve
5
Québec's Mont-___-Anne
6
One having an affair
7
[That's creepy!]
8
Early explorer of the Southwest
9
"Schedule a pickup" co.
10
51-Down team
11
Civil War battle site
12
Big East team
13
Two-time president of Romania
14
Vladimir Lenin had one
19
Something thrown in anger
24
"Seinfeld" character with the catchphrase "Jerry! Hello!"
26
Nonideal roommate
27
Announced
29
Not survive
32
Don't
34
Appointed (to)
36
Matches up, as files
40
26" rubber band?
41
"Here's looking at you, kid" speaker
42
LeBron James, e.g.
43
Measure up
44
Administerer of the oath of office to Obama
47
Makes nice
48
Board, in a way
49
Price holder
51
10-Down's div.
52
Vacillate
56
Backing
59
Places to wear robes
61
Visiting the U.S. Capitol, say
65
Grind
66
Cartoonist Keane
67
Hundred Acre Wood resident

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

across

1. Atypical: ODD
4. Bit: CRUMB
9. Ballet dips: PLIES
14. Once called: NEE
15. Skater Sonja: HENIE
16. Station wagon rear door feature: LATCH
17. Fraternity letter: ETA
18. Open courts: ATRIA
19. Light on one's feet: AGILE
20. Kind of party: HEN
21. German "never": NIE
22. TV drama featuring Ted Danson as D. B. Russell: CSI
24. MS. enclosure: SAE
25. Maddens: ENRAGES
27. Submits: HANDSIN
29. "Three Men in ___" ("Our Gang" short): ATUB
30. Popular perfume: TABU
32. Golfer McIlroy who won the 2011 U.S. Open: RORY
33. Starts over, in a way: RESETS
36. Good-looker: CUTEY
38. Short rebuke: TSK
39. Items in a personnel director's in-box: RESUMES
41. ___ Jordan, real name of the Green Lantern: HAL
44. Grand ___: HYATT
45. Israeli, e.g.: SEMITE
47. Snow ___: PEAS
50. Paucity: NEED
52. ___ Candy, "Wonder Woman" character: ETTA
53. Strange things: EXOTICA
55. What circles in a Venn diagram do: OVERLAP
58. Network with more than 900 stations: NPR
59. Party person?: Abbr.: DEM
60. Straightaway: NOW
61. Distant: ICY
62. Out-and-out: TOTAL
64. Sore, and more: IRATE
66. ___-goat: SHE
67. "Hey Jude" vis-à-vis "Revolution," e.g.: ASIDE
68. Man-___: EATER
69. Leoni of "Tower Heist": TEA
70. Set designer's interest: DECOR
71. Orchestra grouping: REEDS
72. Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr.: SSR

down

1. 2003 Celine Dion album: ONEHEART
2. Periods of de-escalation, perhaps: DETENTES
3. U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office: DEANRUSK
4. Former tennis star Michael: CHANG
5. Fix, as laces: RETIE
6. Rioting: UNREST
7. Early 11th-century year: MII
8. Person likely to have a good tan: BEACHBUM
9. Bagel choice: PLAIN
10. Audio problem: LAG
11. "Yes": ITISSO
12. Patisserie treat: ECLAIR
13. Lustrous: SHEENY
23. Pan-fries: SAUTES
26. Five-spot: ABE
28. Like some wit: DRY
31. ___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle's solution: ACUTE
34. Sample: TRY
35. Hand-holding event: SEANCE
37. Indianapolis-to-Cincinnati dir.: ESE
40. More deserving of an R rating, say: STEAMIER
41. Targets appear on them: HITLISTS
42. Some cases: ATTACHES
43. 2012, for one: LEAPYEAR
44. 33rd prez: HST
46. Outlet for une rivière: MER
47. Basketball squad, e.g.: PENTAD
48. Piece of hard-hitting journalism: EXPOSE
49. ___ valve: AORTIC
51. Fund-raiser's request: DONATE
54. Thumb twiddler: IDLER
56. Made an X, maybe: VOTED
57. Servers at some restaurants: EWERS
63. Stir: ADO
65. "Norma ___": RAE

Hints and full breakdown for Nov 21

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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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Which day is the hardest?

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Can I see past crossword answers?

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