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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 22, 2014

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, October 22, 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.

77 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

1
Actor Gerard of "Buck Rogers"
4
Bit
7
Target of trimming
10
12-Down from meditators
13
U.K. award
14
Catherine de' Medici is said to have eaten it at every meal
16
Losing line in tic-tac-toe
17
Words to a baby
20
One with a mister in Münster
21
Ballot marker
22
Another time, in "Li'l Abner"
23
Fjord explorers?
25
Robert of "The Sopranos"
27
Summon, with "for"
28
Emulated Pacino in a "Scent of a Woman" scene
30
Adages
32
With 33-Across, meeting with someone in person
33
See 32-Across
34
Straighten out
37
Reading for a king's herald
41
Body in a bed
42
Strong punch
46
Vote on Scottish independence
47
Amiss
49
Shakespearean title character
50
Copper
51
Urban blight
53
Ballot topic for decriminalization
54
Subj. with Riemann sums
55
Factors in wine competitions
57
Some carnival rides
59
007 film of 1981
63
Vegan-friendly protein source
64
"Impression, Sunrise" painter
65
Czolgosz who shot McKinley
66
Like some radios
67
Form of 10-Down
68
Uffizi display

Down clues & answers

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

across

1. Alternative version of a song: REMIX
6. Is into: DIGS
10. Karl, Richard or Harpo: MARX
14. Actress Donovan of "Clueless": ELISA
15. Something spinach has: IRON
16. Switchboard attendant: Abbr.: OPER
17. Dramatic note in Verdi's "Di quella pira": HIGHC
18. Grandma, familiarly: NANA
19. Story with many chapters: SAGA
20. TIME: MARATHONERSSTAT
23. Baseball family of note: ALOUS
24. Not optional: Abbr.: REQ
25. ___ Miss: OLE
26. Part of 31-Down: Abbr.: NATL
28. Force = ___ x acceleration: MASS
30. Single: UNWED
32. "Much ___ About Nothing": ADO
33. Egg cell: OVUM
34. Mo. that seems like it should be seventh: SEP
35. TIME: PARTNEROFWARNER
41. Mined material: ORE
42. Arduous hike: TREK
43. Palindromic woman's name: AVA
44. Rho-tau linkup: SIGMA
47. Senator Harry of Nevada: REID
48. Kristoff's reindeer in "Frozen": SVEN
49. "Much ___ About Nothing" ("The Simpsons" episode): APU
50. Speedometer letters: MPH
52. Pier: JETTY
54. TIME: WHATPRISONERSDO
59. Days of ___: YORE
60. Uptight, informally: ANAL
61. Preoccupy: TIEUP
62. Brings to a close: ENDS
63. Giant in the fruit and vegetable market: DOLE
64. Avoid: EVADE
65. Word before home and room: REST
66. ___ for it (invites trouble): ASKS
67. Two-time U.S. Open winner Monica: SELES

down

1. Talk show host Diane of 31-Down: REHM
2. "On the Waterfront" director Kazan: ELIA
3. Seasonal traveler: MIGRATOR
4. Promising beginning?: ISHALL
5. Craft knife brand: XACTO
6. Natural history museum display: DINOSAUR
7. Dry country whose name is an anagram of wet weather: IRAN
8. They're doomed ... doomed!: GONERS
9. Trap: SNARE
10. Swamp stuff: MOSS
11. Judd who wrote and directed "Knocked Up": APATOW
12. Delight: REGALE
13. Like "Midnight Cowboy," originally: XRATED
21. Gulf War vehicle: HUMVEE
22. Tiny complaint: SQUEAK
26. Few Z's: NAP
27. Org. with an oral fixation?: ADA
29. Struck, old-style: SMOTE
31. "Fresh Air" airer: NPR
33. Cloverleaf part: ONRAMP
34. Home of Pippi Longstocking: SWEDEN
36. With 44-Down, fictional prankster: TOM
37. Beans in a burrito: FRIJOLES
38. Elite fighter: NAVYSEAL
39. Palindromic woman's name: EVE
40. Vied for office: RAN
44. See 36-Down: SAWYER
45. What Apple's Project Purple became: IPHONE
46. Two of five in basketball: GUARDS
47. Big chargers in Africa: RHINOS
48. Endeavor: STRIVE
51. Luxury label: PRADA
53. French heads: TETES
55. Word repeated by a roadie into a microphone: TEST
56. Bacteriologist Jonas: SALK
57. "My man!": DUDE
58. Unlocks, in verse: OPES

Hints and full breakdown for Oct 21

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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.
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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.
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