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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 28, 2014

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, June 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.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

across

1. Hoping to get home?: ONBASE
7. Borrows without intending to repay: BUMS
11. Therapy developers: Abbr.: DRS
14. In a slip: MOORED
15. Government groups: AGENCIES
17. Like many garments at the cleaner's: IRONED
18. Hit the road: RANALONG
19. "I wouldn't lie": TAKEMYWORDFORIT
21. Some linemen: Abbr.: RTS
22. Get in on the deal: ANTEUP
23. Cross: MEET
25. Dreidel letter: GIMEL
26. It has a 30-min. writing skills section: PSAT
30. Mtn. statistic: ALT
31. Surprising words from Shakespeare?: ETTU
32. Ruined "rose-red city" of Jordan: PETRA
33. Much of Mae West's wit: DOUBLEENTENDRES
37. Line up: ARRAY
38. Mangrove menace, informally: CROC
39. It's often compounded: Abbr.: INT
40. Lots: TONS
41. "___ to be!": ITHAS
43. Approved: OKAY
44. Language in which "talofa" means "hello": SAMOAN
46. What I can be: ONE
47. Sizzling: HOTASBLUEBLAZES
53. Celebrates wordlessly: APPLAUDS
54. Ferrari or Lamborghini: IMPORT
55. It may not be able to pick up something tiny: NAKEDEYE
56. Bit of "Archie" attire: BEANIE
57. Elle's English-language counterpart: SHE
58. Bald-eagle link: ASAN
59. One getting the picture: SCREEN

down

1. Drop: OMIT
2. ___ Barnacle, James Joyce's wife and muse: NORA
3. Drop in library use?: BOOKRETURN
4. Will of "30 Rock": ARNETT
5. Looks: SEEMS
6. Cause of some turbulence: EDDY
7. Storied storyteller: BARONMUNCHAUSEN
8. "Casablanca" crook: UGARTE
9. Pea-brained researcher?: MENDEL
10. Real mess: SNAFU
11. Gucci contemporary: DIOR
12. "Crucifixion of St. Peter" painter: RENI
13. Army E-6: Abbr.: SSGT
16. Hoofed it?: CLOPPED
20. Singer John with the 1984 #1 hit "Missing You": WAITE
23. Ready to dress down, say: MADAT
24. Ecuadorean province named for its gold production: ELORO
25. Bygone telecom: GTE
27. What half of a battery is next to: STRIKEZONE
28. Concert itinerary listing: ARENA
29. Easily taken in?: TASTY
31. City on the Ouse: ELY
32. ___ Park (Pirates' stadium): PNC
34. Its bottles feature red triangles: BASSALE
35. Big name in heating and air-conditioning: TRANE
36. Hyperion's daughter: EOS
41. Suffuses: IMBUES
42. Cry when rubbing it in: TOLDYA
43. Comparable (with): ONAPAR
45. Carne ___: ASADA
46. Like some ancient Mexicans: OLMEC
47. Weapons inspector Blix: HANS
48. Hawaiian menu fish: OPAH
49. No place for a free ride: Abbr.: TPKE
50. Restaurant attachments?: BIBS
51. It's at one end of I-79: ERIE
52. Suez Crisis weapon: STEN

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 27

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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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What is a rebus square?

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Can I see past crossword answers?

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