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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 22, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, August 22, 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
- 34
- 47
- 57
Down clues & answers
- 22
- 26
- 35
- 49
- 50
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
across
- 1. Testimony spot: STAND
- 6. Nursing school subj.: ANAT
- 10. Defeats regularly, in slang: OWNS
- 14. Muscular strength: SINEW
- 15. 30 Rock's architectural style: DECO
- 16. Female mil. unit created 5/15/42: WAAC
- 17. Like a patient person's attitude: WAITANDSEE
- 19. Analogy words: ISTO
- 20. Flying Cloud of old autodom: REO
- 21. Take the top off of, in a way: UNHAT
- 22. Stray from the subject: GOOFFONATANGENT
- 29. Rooney ___, star of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": MARA
- 30. Browses, in a way: SURFS
- 31. Place to wallow in mud: STY
- 32. Quick ballroom dance: CHACHA
- 35. Relating to the calf: SURAL
- 37. Mideast monarchy: SULTANATEOFOMAN
- 42. Passion: ARDOR
- 43. Term of address for a 2-Down: SENORA
- 44. Model Carangi: GIA
- 47. One of almost 20 French kings: LOUIS
- 49. Fishing rod, flies, lures, etc.: GEAR
- 50. Without delay: INSTANTANEOUSLY
- 54. Where some ex-major-leaguers play: JAPAN
- 55. ___ Taylor (clothing retailer): ANN
- 56. Company that once owned the trademark "Escalator": OTIS
- 57. Not corroborated: UNATTESTED
- 64. Cork's locale: EIRE
- 65. Component of brass: ZINC
- 66. Words of compassion: ICARE
- 67. Progeny: SEED
- 68. Rash feeling?: ITCH
- 69. See 61-Down: LINES
down
- 1. Vane dir.: SSW
- 2. Member of la familia: TIA
- 3. Purchase from Pat Sajak: ANI
- 4. Last figure on an invoice: NET
- 5. Tower over: DWARF
- 6. Scanners, webcams, etc.: ADDONS
- 7. Super ___ (old game console): NES
- 8. Do superbly on: ACE
- 9. Shoe part: TOE
- 10. Short, in a way: OWING
- 11. Laps against: WASHES
- 12. Floating: NATANT
- 13. "Star Trek" character who says "Aye" a lot: SCOTTY
- 18. Modernist's prefix: NEO
- 21. Failing inspection, say: UNSAFE
- 22. Some pickups: GMCS
- 23. Island with Yokohama Bay: OAHU
- 24. Like many presentations: ORAL
- 25. Statements in a legal case: FACTA
- 26. Alpine land: AUSTRIA
- 27. Irrefutable: TRUE
- 28. Some "Hair" hairdos: AFROS
- 33. Sci-fi author Ellison: HARLAN
- 34. "___ the seventh day ...": ANDON
- 36. "Cute" sound: LONGU
- 38. Month in l'été: AOUT
- 39. Where Duff Beer is poured: MOES
- 40. ___ Sea (now-divided waters): ARAL
- 41. ___ a one: NARY
- 44. Toys known as Action Men in the U.K.: GIJOES
- 45. Headed for sudden death, perhaps: INATIE
- 46. Aim high: ASPIRE
- 48. Swipe, as a purse: SNATCH
- 51. Shocked, in a way: TASED
- 52. Tolkien creature: ENT
- 53. Negro leagues star Buck ___: ONEIL
- 57. Assault weapon named for its designer: UZI
- 58. Minor complaint: NIT
- 59. Post-apartheid ruling org.: ANC
- 60. Chem. or biol.: SCI
- 61. With 69-Across, beach markings ... 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in this puzzle: TAN
- 62. 'Fore: ERE
- 63. ___ Plaines, Ill.: DES
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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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