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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 17, 2014

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Friday, January 17, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, January 17, 2014. 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.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

across

1. Harley, e.g.: HOG
4. First of all: ADAM
8. Cartoonist who said "I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly": LARSON
14. Speaker's aid: ANECDOTE
16. "The Glass Menagerie" woman: AMANDA
17. Paddle pusher: CANOEIST
18. Indulge: DOTEON
19. Grasped: KNEW
20. Ball holder: TEE
21. Kitchen gizmos: DICERS
22. Bartlett's, e.g.: REF
24. Pet saying?: ARF
26. Coll. units: HRS
27. What a public scene may elicit: STARES
30. Gets ready to play, say, with "up": LACES
33. Hunt's production: CATSUP
34. What some waiters never see?: GODOT
35. Prepare to plant, perhaps: HOE
36. Lowercase letter illustrated six times in this puzzle?: DOTTEDI
38. Actor Stephen: REA
41. Shoes and socks, typically: PAIRS
42. Start to take off one's pants, say: UNBELT
44. Girl's name meaning "beautiful": BELLA
45. Constituency: PEOPLE
46. Lead: VAN
47. Slumber party togs: PJS
50. Rap's Dr. ___: DRE
51. Senility: DOTAGE
54. ___ card: ATM
56. Newswoman Paula: ZAHN
59. Not shoot for the stars, to put it mildly: AIMLOW
60. "I'm not the only one!": YOUDOTOO
62. River to the Missouri: PLATTE
63. Vitamin, e.g.: NUTRIENT
64. Some plasma TVs and digital cameras: SANYOS
65. Roman rebuke: ETTU
66. Poor grade: DEE

down

1. Break (into): HACK
2. ___ incline (tilted): ONAN
3. Produce: GENERATE
4. Suffix with orange: ADE
5. "Go ahead!": DOIT
6. Flummoxed: ATSEA
7. Thing that might have a needle: METER
8. "Charlie's Angels" actress: LADD
9. French mine?: AMOI
10. Wheel with sloped teeth: RATCHET
11. Contemptuous responses: SNEERS
12. They may be picked up in a locker room: ODORS
13. Indian breads: NANS
15. Crouches in fear: COWERS
23. Like England in the Middle Ages: FEUDAL
25. Arctic ice: FLOE
27. Tech, e.g.: Abbr.: SCH
28. Subject of meditation: TAO
29. Turn: SPOIL
31. Make sense: ADDUP
32. Made up: COINED
34. Some sports cars: GTS
37. Part of a drain: TRAP
38. Passed on, in a way: REPEATED
39. Bracket shape: ELL
40. Had: ATE
41. It's an imposition: PENALTY
43. Russian wolfhound: BORZOI
44. For whom Alfred Pennyworth is a butler: BATMAN
46. "Behold!": VOILA
48. Old-time actress Meadows: JAYNE
49. Corpulent: STOUT
51. Fist-bumps: DAPS
52. Attend: GOTO
53. Female Cotswolds: EWES
55. Kennel club reject, no doubt: MUTT
57. Sharpen: HONE
58. ___ to self: NOTE
61. "___ Hill," 1996 platinum album: DRU

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 16

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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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When is the next crossword released?

Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.

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?

Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.

Can I see past crossword answers?

Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.