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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 29, 2014

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Saturday, November 29, 2014

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, November 29, 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, November 28, 2014

across

1. Gaping opening: MAW
4. Tees off: STEAMS
10. Salon service: SET
13. Hoo-has: ADOS
15. "Easy Rider" ride: HARLEY
16. Beginning to mature?: PRE
17. Christian symbol used during the Crusades: JERUSALEMCROSS
19. Coastal feature: RIA
20. Expert: OLDPRO
21. Bit of electric guitar play: HOTLICK
23. Epoxy, e.g.: RESIN
24. Trading insider Boesky: IVAN
26. Ages ago: ONCE
27. Results of refrigerator raids: NOSHES
29. Fathered: BEGAT
30. Prime or crime follower: RATE
33. Small amount of liquor: TOT
34. Many an informative tweet: NEWSALERT
35. Wordsworth's "___: Intimations of Immortality": ODE
36. New England architectural style: CAPECOD
38. Best effort: ALL
39. Early Stephen King thriller: SALEMSLOT
41. Charles, for one: ROI
42. Ball opener?: SKEE
43. Gulf of Aqaba resort city: EILAT
44. "... And God Created Woman" actress: BARDOT
46. Its highest possible score is 240, for short: PSAT
47. Jam: BIND
48. Space blanket material: MYLAR
52. St. Francis of Assisi, for one: ASCETIC
54. Chain owned by Wyndham Worldwide: RAMADA
55. Hit animated film of 2011: RIO
56. Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle: BLACKFRIDAY
59. Colorful carp: KOI
60. One way to study: ABROAD
61. Falsetto-voiced Muppet: ELMO
62. It has many famous alums: SNL
63. Some NASA designs: ROBOTS
64. Big Sur institute: ESALEN

down

1. Epic: MAJOR
2. Singer who was awarded an M.B.E. in 2013: ADELE
3. An argument: WORDS
4. Ordinary guy: Var.: SHMO
5. XXX part: TAC
6. Misidentify, e.g.: ERR
7. Warm greetings?: ALOHAS
8. Unstable physics particle: MESON
9. Alphabetizing, e.g.: Abbr.: SYST
10. Cracks, as piping: SPRINGSALEAK
11. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author: ERICCARLE
12. It whistles while it works: TEAKETTLE
14. Flat on one's back: SUPINE
18. Italian port on the Tyrrhenian Sea: SALERNO
22. Theater magnate Marcus: LOEW
24. "Come hungry. Leave happy" sloganeer: IHOP
25. Expert: VETERAN
28. Assists, e.g.: STAT
29. Sack: BED
30. Mother of the Freedom Movement, to friends: ROSALEEPARKS
31. What a ticket is good for: ADMISSION
32. Electrical transformer: TESLACOIL
34. Reason to be barred from a bar: NOID
36. Simple 29-Down: COT
37. Part of a tennis net: CORD
40. One way to be running or working: LATE
42. Stonewall, say: STYMIE
44. Tummy soother: BICARB
45. Baseball All-Star Infante: OMAR
47. Tolkien protagonist: BILBO
49. Big dipper: LADLE
50. Water: ADAMSALE
51. So-called "laboratory's first gift to the loom": RAYON
53. Way up?: TBAR
54. Country addresses, for short: RFDS
57. Baby's sound: COO
58. "2 Broke Girls" actress Dennings: KAT

Hints and full breakdown for Nov 28

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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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