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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 29, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, January 29, 2013. 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
- 14
- 15
- 44
- 52
- 69
Down clues & answers
- 9
- 24
- 28
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Monday, January 28, 2013
across
- 1. Little prankster: IMP
- 4. Does nothing: IDLES
- 9. Tots' fathers: DADAS
- 14. Neither's partner: NOR
- 15. TV host Gibbons: LEEZA
- 16. Go off like a volcano: ERUPT
- 17. Info on a dashboard gauge: FUELLEVEL
- 19. Countryside: Sp.: CAMPO
- 20. Within: Prefix: ENTO
- 21. "I, the Jury" detective: MIKEHAMMER
- 23. Big name in art glass: STEUBEN
- 25. Comic Caesar: SID
- 26. Thanksgiving side dish: YAM
- 27. In layers: TIERED
- 28. Read leisurely: PERUSE
- 30. French legislature: SENAT
- 31. Tiny misstep: SLIP
- 34. Newspaper opinion piece: OPED
- 35. Common put-down that hints at the ends of 17-, 21-, 53- and 58-Across: WHATATOOL
- 38. Asia's shrunken ___ Sea: ARAL
- 41. Fill-ins, informally: SUBS
- 42. British fellow: BLOKE
- 46. Divulges: LETSON
- 48. PC lookalikes, e.g.: CLONES
- 49. Pres. Lincoln: ABE
- 50. Pop singer Carly ___ Jepsen: RAE
- 52. "Aha!": IHAVEIT
- 53. Flier made from a do-it-yourself kit: MODELPLANE
- 56. Fashion magazine with a French name: ELLE
- 57. Rust, for example: OXIDE
- 58. Safety exercise prompted by an alarm: FIREDRILL
- 60. Laura and Bruce of the silver screen: DERNS
- 61. That is: Lat.: IDEST
- 62. Cambodia's Lon ___: NOL
- 63. These, to Conchita: ESTAS
- 64. When repeated, identifies people: NAMES
- 65. Before, to a bard: ERE
down
- 1. Overruns as pests might: INFESTS
- 2. Canadian police officer: MOUNTIE
- 3. In the sixth grade or earlier, typically: PRETEEN
- 4. Sick: ILL
- 5. Judged: DEEMED
- 6. "Deathtrap" playwright Ira: LEVIN
- 7. Book before Daniel: Abbr.: EZEK
- 8. Counterpart of purchases: SALES
- 9. 2010s, e.g.: DECADE
- 10. Biblical name for Syria: ARAM
- 11. Produce, as page layouts for a printer: DUMMYUP
- 12. Mollify: APPEASE
- 13. Attacked en masse: STORMED
- 18. Singer with the #1 R&B hit "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine": LOURAWLS
- 22. Zoo heavyweight, for short: HIPPO
- 24. Top 10 Kiss hit with backing by the New York Philharmonic: BETH
- 29. Dog command: ROLLOVER
- 31. Springfield resident Disco ___: STU
- 32. Experiment site: LAB
- 33. With 36-Down, "Easy!": ITS
- 36. See 33-Down: ASNAP
- 37. Lead-in to "di" or "da" in a Beatles song: OBLA
- 38. With ice cream: ALAMODE
- 39. Packs again for shipping: REBOXES
- 40. Suffered humiliation: ATEDIRT
- 43. Length of a pithy joke: ONELINE
- 44. Garrison of "A Prairie Home Companion": KEILLOR
- 45. Actress Getty of "The Golden Girls": ESTELLE
- 47. Discount price phrase: ORLESS
- 48. Edam or Brie: CHEESE
- 51. Leprechaunlike: ELFIN
- 52. Against property, to a judge: INREM
- 54. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay: EDNA
- 55. Opera with a slave girl: AIDA
- 59. Drunk's woe, informally: DTS
More daily puzzle hints
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- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
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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