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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 28, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, January 28, 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.
Across clues & answers
- 17
- 24
- 25
- 40
Down clues & answers
- 3
- 31
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Monday, January 27, 2014
across
- 1. Attack with a knife: STAB
- 5. "Oops-a-daisy": UHOH
- 9. Hypermasculine: MACHO
- 14. See 2-Down: TRUE
- 15. Duet minus one: SOLO
- 16. Patriot Ethan of the Revolutionary War: ALLEN
- 17. *Flying: AIRTRAVEL
- 19. "Silly" birds: GEESE
- 20. Renter's document: LEASE
- 21. "No idea": IDUNNO
- 23. Mormons, in brief: LDS
- 24. *One placed between warring parties: PEACEKEEPER
- 29. Ivy League school in Philly: PENN
- 30. Encountered: MET
- 31. Doc grp.: AMA
- 32. *Contestant's help on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire": LIFELINE
- 36. Like some cereals: OATEN
- 38. Colored part of the eye: IRIS
- 39. Softly, in music: DOLCE
- 42. Born and ___: BRED
- 43. Serving on a skewer: KABOB
- 45. *King, queen or jack: FACECARD
- 47. Brian who composed "Music for Airports": ENO
- 48. The "L" of L.A.: LOS
- 51. Squabbles: ROWS
- 52. *Piece of furniture that might be under a chandelier: DINNERTABLE
- 55. "There ___ is, Miss America": SHE
- 58. Epic work by Virgil: AENEID
- 59. Quick: RAPID
- 61. Hybrid kind of battery: NICAD
- 63. Vacation lodging purchase ... or an arrangement between the two halves of the answer to each starred clue?: TIMESHARE
- 66. Desert flora: CACTI
- 67. Battery: CELL
- 68. Port of Yemen: ADEN
- 69. "America's Finest News Source," with "The": ONION
- 70. Car parts that have caps: HUBS
- 71. Hotel and hospital features: BEDS
down
- 1. Shower unit: STALL
- 2. ___ and 14-Across (reliable): TRIED
- 3. Surrounding glows: AURAS
- 4. Risks: BETS
- 5. It's between Can. and Mex.: USA
- 6. ___ lane: HOV
- 7. Kind of acid in soapmaking: OLEIC
- 8. World Series of Poker game: HOLDEM
- 9. X-Men villain: MAGNETO
- 10. Coeur d'___, Idaho: ALENE
- 11. 1963 Elizabeth Taylor role: CLEOPATRA
- 12. Guys: HES
- 13. First number dialed when calling long distance: ONE
- 18. Push back, as an attack: REPEL
- 22. Hawaiian strings, for short: UKE
- 25. "Idylls of the King" lady: ENID
- 26. ___ Domini: ANNO
- 27. Mideast bigwig: Var.: EMEER
- 28. Early stage of industrial work, for short: RANDD
- 29. Mexican money: PESO
- 32. Had a crush on: LIKED
- 33. Resident of Tehran: IRANI
- 34. Eponym of a number series that begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...: FIBONACCI
- 35. Munchkin: ELF
- 37. Kindergarten basics: ABCS
- 40. Bit of pasta, for short: CARB
- 41. Green science: Abbr.: ECOL
- 44. Not be conspicuous: BLENDIN
- 46. Pitchers: EWERS
- 49. Mined metal: ORE
- 50. Hilarious person, in slang: STITCH
- 53. "Far out!": NEATO
- 54. Fond farewell: ADIEU
- 55. Digging tool: SPADE
- 56. Put on the payroll: HIRED
- 57. Perfect places: EDENS
- 60. Ill-fated captain: AHAB
- 61. Sgt., e.g.: NCO
- 62. Suffix with Dickens: IAN
- 64. Cubs and White Sox org.: MLB
- 65. Windy City trains: ELS
More daily puzzle hints
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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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