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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 12, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, June 12, 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
- 10
- 23
- 59
Down clues & answers
- 37
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
across
- 1. It has a balance: Abbr.: ACCT
- 5. Reverberation: ECHO
- 9. ___ lazuli: LAPIS
- 14. Superdome locale, informally: NOLA
- 15. ___ Hubbard, Scientology founder: LRON
- 16. Party or parade: EVENT
- 17. Reason for rehab: DRUGABUSE
- 19. Hardly rambling: TERSE
- 20. Give a new title: RENAME
- 21. Cheese with red wrapping: EDAM
- 23. Six-sided randomizer: DIE
- 24. Two under par: EAGLE
- 25. Trail: LAGBEHIND
- 27. New York theater award: OBIE
- 29. Plant fungus: ERGOT
- 30. Darts and snooker: PUBGAMES
- 34. Separate into charged particles: IONIZE
- 37. Braun who married Hitler: EVA
- 38. Took to the slopes: SKIED
- 40. Ref. work that took 70 years to complete: OED
- 41. Grow fond of: WARMTO
- 44. Sinatra backers, sometimes: BIGBANDS
- 47. Judgment on a book's cover?: BLURB
- 49. "Super!": NEAT
- 50. Groundskeeper's bane: CRABGRASS
- 53. Pong purveyor: ATARI
- 57. "___ out!" (ump's cry): YER
- 58. One-billionth of a gig: BYTE
- 59. Wild-eyed sort: ZEALOT
- 60. World capital whose name means "victorious": CAIRO
- 62. Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across?: MIXEDBAGS
- 64. Forest vine: LIANA
- 65. Similar: AKIN
- 66. Cat or clock preceder: ONEO
- 67. Young's partner in accounting: ERNST
- 68. Something to avoid: NONO
- 69. Story that can't completely be believed: YARN
down
- 1. Tennis's Agassi: ANDRE
- 2. Jazz's Chick: COREA
- 3. Adhered (to): CLUNG
- 4. Philippine tongue: TAGALOG
- 5. Czech Republic river: ELBE
- 6. Grand ___ (vineyard designation): CRU
- 7. First book of the 12 Minor Prophets: HOSEA
- 8. Antsy: ONEDGE
- 9. Prisoner's plaint: LETMEGO
- 10. N.Y.C.'s Columbus ___: AVE
- 11. Hell: PERDITION
- 12. Living ___: INSIN
- 13. Fiery horse: STEED
- 18. Organism that splits: AMEBA
- 22. Condense: ABRIDGE
- 25. Onion relative used in soups: LEEK
- 26. Babydoll: HON
- 28. 1960 #1 Brenda Lee hit: IMSORRY
- 30. Place to congregate?: PEW
- 31. Thos. Jefferson founded it: UVA
- 32. Conan, for one: BARBARIAN
- 33. Close relation, informally: SIB
- 35. Final section of the 40-Across: ZED
- 36. Actors Harris and Helms: EDS
- 39. ___, zwei, drei ...: EINS
- 42. World Series org.: MLB
- 43. Maritime rescuer: TUGBOAT
- 45. Bleated: BAAED
- 46. "Good going!": ATTABOY
- 48. Repeated role for Christian Bale: BATMAN
- 50. Rinse or spin: CYCLE
- 51. Show once more: REAIR
- 52. Watch with the old slogan "Modern Masters of Time": SEIKO
- 54. Singer/songwriter Davis: ALANA
- 55. "Got it," in radio lingo: ROGER
- 56. "Challenge accepted!": ITSON
- 59. Paradoxical Greek: ZENO
- 61. Some pulse takers, for short: RNS
- 63. Mark, as a ballot: XIN
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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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