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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 13, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, August 13, 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
- 62
- 63
- 65
Down clues & answers
- 21
- 31
- 45
- 46
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Monday, August 12, 2013
across
- 1. With 69-Across, childish taunt ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to the asterisked clues: FOUR
- 5. Monastery head: ABBOT
- 10. Angry, resentful state: HUFF
- 14. First James Bond movie: DRNO
- 15. Italian scientist after whom an electrical unit is named: VOLTA
- 16. Carbon compound: ENOL
- 17. Turkish honorific: AGHA
- 18. Kind of personality, in broadcasting: ONAIR
- 19. Hairstyle that's rarely seen on blonds and redheads: AFRO
- 20. *Elated: INHIGHSPIRITS
- 23. Egyptian boy king: TUT
- 25. Masthead figures, for short: EDS
- 26. References in a footnote: CITES
- 27. "I give!": UNCLE
- 29. One who goes a-courting: SWAIN
- 32. *Believing in nothing: NIHILISTIC
- 35. With 40-Across, tip off: GIVE
- 39. Major Fla.-to-Calif. route: ITEN
- 40. See 35-Across: AHINT
- 41. Spanish years: ANOS
- 42. Relinquish: CEDE
- 43. *Inflammation of gum tissue: GINGIVITIS
- 45. Spying aircraft: DRONE
- 47. Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns: ADELA
- 48. Houston baseballer: ASTRO
- 51. Item of sports equipment sometimes seen on top of a car: SKI
- 53. Yea's opposite: NAY
- 54. *Eensy-weensy beach garments: STRINGBIKINIS
- 59. Chicken ___ (dish): KIEV
- 60. Man of steel?: ROBOT
- 61. Told a whopper: LIED
- 64. Olympic sword: EPEE
- 65. France's Val d'___: ISERE
- 66. "In that case ...": IFSO
- 67. Joins in holy matrimony: WEDS
- 68. "lol, u r so funny" and others: TEXTS
- 69. See 1-Across: EYES
down
- 1. Pharmaceutical-approving grp.: FDA
- 2. Grp.: ORG
- 3. Separated, as a horse from its carriage: UNHITCHED
- 4. Horse with more than one color: ROAN
- 5. Steer clear of: AVOID
- 6. Water pipes: BONGS
- 7. Unexciting: BLAH
- 8. "Miss ___ Regrets": OTIS
- 9. Covering pulled out during a rain delay: TARP
- 10. Stick it in your ear: HEARINGAID
- 11. Not suitable: UNFIT
- 12. Talent: FORTE
- 13. Dental thread: FLOSS
- 21. Part of a shoe with a tap: HEEL
- 22. Here, to Henri: ICI
- 23. Old Greek garment: TUNIC
- 24. Join: UNITE
- 28. Low, hard hits: LINEDRIVES
- 29. Children's author R. L. ___: STINE
- 30. Pegasus appendage: WING
- 31. Play's opening: ACTI
- 33. "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy" speaker: IAGO
- 34. Lower part of the leg: SHIN
- 36. Make stronger and deeper: INTENSIFY
- 37. "And there you have it!": VOILA
- 38. Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice: ESSAY
- 44. Self-absorbed: VAIN
- 46. Politico Paul: RON
- 48. Off-kilter: ASKEW
- 49. Michael of R.E.M.: STIPE
- 50. Cornered, as a raccoon: TREED
- 51. Women's hybrid tennis garment: SKORT
- 52. Toys with tails: KITES
- 55. Bits of sand: GRIT
- 56. Audio equipment giant: BOSE
- 57. Alpine goat: IBEX
- 58. Tennis's Nastase: ILIE
- 62. WNW's opposite: ESE
- 63. Mexican couple: DOS
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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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