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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 13, 2014
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, August 13, 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
- 41
- 69
- 71
Down clues & answers
- 60
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
across
- 1. Cry after an epiphany: AHA
- 4. Butt: END
- 7. Toy in a crib: RATTLE
- 13. *"Grey's Anatomy" actor Patrick: DEMPSEY
- 15. *Actress Jane who was a "Medicine Woman": SEYMOUR
- 16. Short opera piece: ARIETTA
- 17. "No kidding!": IMEANIT
- 18. Three-card hustle: MONTE
- 19. "Where ___ go wrong?": DIDI
- 21. Wall St. initials: NYSE
- 22. Annoyed one's bedmate, perhaps: SNORED
- 24. Hawaii's state bird: NENE
- 26. With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues: IMNOTADOCTOR
- 32. Wood shaper: ADZ
- 35. Sheet music abbr.: ARR
- 36. Brown beagle?: SNOOPY
- 37. Whip ... or something that can be whipped: CREAM
- 40. See 26-Across: BUT
- 42. Said with one's hand on a stack of Bibles: SWORE
- 43. Sparkly headwear: TIARAS
- 45. Follow closely: DOG
- 47. Fleur-de-___: LYS
- 48. See 26-Across: IPLAYONEONTV
- 52. ___ close to schedule: ONOR
- 53. Attends to hair and makeup, say: PRIMPS
- 57. A long way off: AFAR
- 61. And: ALSO
- 63. Bonehead: IDIOT
- 64. Offshore race: REGATTA
- 66. Chocolaty spread since 1964: NUTELLA
- 68. *Actor Jack who was "Quincy": KLUGMAN
- 69. *"ER" actor George: CLOONEY
- 70. Equilibrium: STASIS
- 71. Lair: DEN
- 72. Publishers' hirees, for short: EDS
down
- 1. Douglas who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": ADAMS
- 2. Long-legged bird: HERON
- 3. Acid in proteins, informally: AMINO
- 4. Look up to: ESTEEM
- 5. Fishbowl accessory: NET
- 6. Set of two: DYAD
- 7. Jogs, in a way: REMINDS
- 8. Yes: AYE
- 9. Counterfeiter fighter: TMAN
- 10. U.S. equivalent to the U.K.'s Laurence Olivier Award: TONY
- 11. San ___ Obispo, Calif.: LUIS
- 12. Art Deco icon: ERTE
- 14. ___ dish: PETRI
- 15. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" through "All My Loving," on "Meet the Beatles!": SIDEA
- 20. Crashers, e.g.: INTRUDERS
- 23. ___ lab: DNA
- 25. A seeming eternity: EONS
- 27. Celestial sphere: ORB
- 28. Milk dispenser: COW
- 29. Handyman's belt item: TOOL
- 30. Nashville site, familiarly: OPRY
- 31. Bartender's stock: RYES
- 32. Prologue follower: ACTI
- 33. Reason to call a plumber: DRIP
- 34. Gusto: ZEAL
- 38. Coach Parseghian: ARA
- 39. Potato salad ingredient, informally: MAYO
- 41. And: TOO
- 44. 32 Beethoven pieces: SONATAS
- 46. Econ. indicator: GNP
- 49. Hall-of-Fame pitcher Ryan: NOLAN
- 50. King in "The Little Mermaid": TRITON
- 51. Single accompanier: VIDEO
- 54. Kanga and Roo creator: MILNE
- 55. Propelled, as a raft: POLED
- 56. Remains behind: STAYS
- 57. Temple receptacles: ARKS
- 58. Arts and crafts material: FELT
- 59. Rain, in Spain: AGUA
- 60. Cleaning cloths: RAGS
- 62. How much 1990s music was issued: ONCD
- 65. "Eww, I don't want to hear about it," in a text: TMI
- 67. Diminutive ending: ULE
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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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