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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 1, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, June 1, 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
- 18
- 24
- 25
- 50
Down clues & answers
- 23
- 33
- 57
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across
- 1. "You doubt me?": AMIWRONG
- 9. "Titus" director Taymor: JULIE
- 14. Disappointing screen message: GAMEOVER
- 15. Series of movements: SONATA
- 16. Start of a court display: EXHIBITA
- 17. Commensurate (with): ONAPAR
- 18. What we may be overseas?: NOUS
- 19. Relative of a bathysphere: DIVINGBELL
- 21. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred: DURST
- 23. Ingredient in some pastitsio: ZITI
- 24. Sacha Baron Cohen character: ALIG
- 25. Football stat.: ATT
- 26. 21, in blackjack: ACETEN
- 28. Have words (with): SPAR
- 29. Earl of Sandwich, e.g.: EPONYM
- 30. What was once yours?: THINE
- 31. Some charge cards, informally: AMEXES
- 34. Wee: TEENSY
- 35. Florentine tourist attraction: DAVID
- 36. Certainly didn't roar: MEOWED
- 39. Bellicose figure: ARES
- 40. Feature of a daredevil circus act: CANNON
- 41. Dirt collector: MAT
- 44. Guinness measurement: PINT
- 45. Kool & the Gang's "Get Down ___": ONIT
- 46. Unsolicited manuscripts, informally: SLUSH
- 48. Get off the ground: TAKEFLIGHT
- 51. Instruction for a violinist: ARCO
- 52. It follows a curtain opening: SCENEI
- 53. Hood's support: MERRYMEN
- 55. Stir: THECAN
- 56. Breather?: AQUALUNG
- 57. Gretzky, for most of the 1980s: OILER
- 58. Manages: STEWARDS
down
- 1. Big to-do, maybe?: AGENDA
- 2. Push to the limit: MAXOUT
- 3. "That cuts me to the quick": IMHURT
- 4. Houdini's real name: WEISS
- 5. Take the money and run?: ROB
- 6. J. M. W. Turner's "___ Banished From Rome": OVID
- 7. YouTuber, e.g.: NETIZEN
- 8. It keeps people grounded: GRAVITY
- 9. "Fear of Flying" author: JONG
- 10. Brazen: UNABASHED
- 11. Accessory to a suit: LAPELPIN
- 12. Many early 20th-century U.S. immigrants: ITALIANS
- 13. Blend with bergamot: EARLGREY
- 15. ___-law: SONIN
- 20. Gossip column subject: ITEM
- 22. Not live: TAPED
- 27. Function of mathematics: Abbr.: COS
- 29. It's a living thing: EXISTENCE
- 30. Much of the Disney Channel's demographic: TEENS
- 31. Gets comfortable with: ADAPTSTO
- 32. Style played on a guitarrón: MARIACHI
- 33. State of stability: EVENKEEL
- 34. Shout repeated at a basketball game: TWO
- 36. ___-pedi: MANI
- 37. Causes of head-scratching: ENIGMAS
- 38. Hush-hush: ONTHEQT
- 40. Farrell of "In Bruges": COLIN
- 41. Hushed sound: MURMUR
- 42. Get high: ASCEND
- 43. Strings along a beach?: THONGS
- 47. 1972 hit that begins "What'll you do when you get lonely ...?": LAYLA
- 49. "___ leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering": Yoda: FEAR
- 50. "You have a point": TRUE
- 54. Naked: RAW
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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- 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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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?
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Can I see past crossword answers?
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