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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 14, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, August 14, 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
- 15
- 18
- 21
- 25
- 30
- 33
- 55
- 58
- 62
Down clues & answers
- 38
- 43
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
across
- 1. Eurasian plain: STEPPE
- 7. Sugary punch, slangily: BUGJUICE
- 15. Like McJobs: MENIAL
- 16. Worker's advocate, in brief: UNIONREP
- 17. Class for the hotheaded: ANGERMANAGEMENT
- 19. Deliver by wagon, say: CARTIN
- 20. Storage buildings with elevators: SILOS
- 21. H.R.H. part: HER
- 22. ___-a-brac: BRIC
- 24. Cirrus cloud formation: WISP
- 27. "... ___ can't get up!": ANDI
- 29. Covered with goose bumps: ALLATINGLE
- 33. Cardiologist's insert: STENT
- 35. One with a habit: USER
- 36. Partner of then: NOW
- 37. Result of a buzz cut: SHORTHAIR
- 41. ___ rule: MOB
- 44. Veterinary school subj.: ANAT
- 45. "I'm outta here!": SEEYA
- 49. Miller Park crew: THEBREWERS
- 53. Tended to, as a strain: ICED
- 54. They know beans: GOYA
- 55. Loser to paper: ROCK
- 57. Something to trip on: LSD
- 58. ___ year (annually): ONCEA
- 62. NBC anchor before Williams: BROKAW
- 64. Foreigner's obstacle ... or a hint to hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across: LANGUAGEBARRIER
- 68. Transpired: OCCURRED
- 69. Nutbag: WEIRDO
- 70. Diving board locales: DEEPENDS
- 71. Ropes in: LASSOS
down
- 1. Diminutive, in Dundee: SMA
- 2. Like variety stores of old: TENCENT
- 3. Fighting words, of sorts: ENGARDE
- 4. Fishing place: PIER
- 5. Medicare component: PARTB
- 6. Twain's New York burial place: ELMIRA
- 7. Brat holder: BUN
- 8. Señora's "some": UNAS
- 9. Caron title role of 1958: GIGI
- 10. Billy a.k.a. the Piano Man: JOEL
- 11. Like golf course roughs, typically: UNMOWN
- 12. Work stoppage declaration?: IRESIGN
- 13. 2000s, e.g.: Abbr.: CEN
- 14. Competent, facetiously: EPT
- 18. Indigo source: ANIL
- 21. Is down with: HAS
- 23. Desktop problem: CLUTTER
- 25. ___ Poke (classic candy): SLO
- 26. Seat for a service: PEW
- 28. Good folks to know: INS
- 30. Volcanic spew: ASH
- 31. White-glove affair: TEA
- 32. Body part used in some recognition systems: IRIS
- 34. Seafarer's adverb: THAR
- 38. Exclamation point's key-mate: ONE
- 39. Lacking polish: RAW
- 40. Big name in outdoor gear: REI
- 41. Get-together: Abbr.: MTG
- 42. "Well, well!": OHO
- 43. Music star with an accent in her name: BEYONCE
- 46. Oblong pastries: ECLAIRS
- 47. "You take credit cards?" response: YESWEDO
- 48. Interpose: ADD
- 50. Excellent, as a job: BANGUP
- 51. L.B.J. in-law: ROBB
- 52. Doctor's penmanship, stereotypically: SCRAWL
- 56. Home to Samsung: KOREA
- 59. Smoke or salt: CURE
- 60. Bring in: EARN
- 61. Kept in the cellar, maybe: AGED
- 63. Jenner of reality TV: KRIS
- 64. Israeli air hub locale: LOD
- 65. Big club?: ACE
- 66. Times V.I.P.'s: EDS
- 67. Children's author Asquith: ROS
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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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