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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 18, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, January 18, 2015. 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
- 21
- 33
- 53
- 56
- 82
- 84
- 89
- 99
- 110
- 111
- 112
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 55
- 61
- 62
- 70
- 75
- 84
- 86
- 94
- 100
- 104
- 109
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
across
- 1. Polishes: BUFFSUP
- 8. Hearing at a hearing?: SIDEBAR
- 15. Deductive: APRIORI
- 16. A little reading at the supermarket checkout?: UPCCODE
- 17. Literally, "military commanders": SHOGUNS
- 18. Seconds: BACKSUP
- 19. Book of ___: KELLS
- 20. Grilled, on a menu: ASADA
- 22. Grp. involved in much diplomacy: PLO
- 23. War of 1812 battle site: ERIE
- 24. Huff: SNIT
- 25. Ousts: BOOTS
- 27. Leave suddenly: DECAMP
- 29. "M*A*S*H" extra: ROK
- 31. Michaels of rock and reality TV: BRET
- 32. Act of God, e.g., in a contract: FORCEMAJEURE
- 35. Stingers, of a sort: BBS
- 38. Really build up: LIONIZE
- 39. Hip-hop's ___ tha Kyd: SYD
- 40. Provider of shock value?: RICHTERSCALE
- 43. Prefix with chemical: AGRO
- 44. Animated film franchise starting in 2011: RIO
- 45. Gossipy affair: KLATCH
- 49. Talk ___: SMACK
- 51. Figure also called the crux ansata: ANKH
- 53. Something not to be believed: TALE
- 54. ___ story: SOB
- 55. ___ Jerry, band with the 1970 hit "In the Summertime": MUNGO
- 57. "Into Thin Air" setting: NEPAL
- 58. Mother who had a bone to pick?: HUBBARD
- 60. Faith that preaches nonviolence to all living beings: JAINISM
- 62. Not confined: ATLARGE
- 63. Bedamn: ACCURSE
- 64. "The only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years," per John Steinbeck: THEATER
- 65. Doesn't stop: KEEPSAT
down
- 1. Reveled (in): BASKED
- 2. Call from on high: UPHERE
- 3. Gambol: FROLIC
- 4. Cover of the Bible?: FIGLEAF
- 5. Under: Fr.: SOUS
- 6. It might have decorative feet: URN
- 7. Fibonacci, e.g.: PISAN
- 8. Smaller than small: SUBATOMIC
- 9. ___ Air: IPAD
- 10. 1983 Joel Schumacher film: DCCAB
- 11. Johann ___, opponent of Martin Luther: ECK
- 12. Istanbul is on it: BOSPORUS
- 13. Ten Commandments subject: ADULTERY
- 14. Like Internet memes: REPOSTED
- 21. Lure: SIRENSONG
- 24. Less stiff: SPRIER
- 26. It's an honour: Abbr.: OBE
- 28. Come out of one's shell, maybe: MOLT
- 30. Like one side of the Aral Sea: KAZAKH
- 33. Cilantro source: CORIANDER
- 34. Come together: JELL
- 35. Service higher-up: BRASSHAT
- 36. Blabber: BIGMOUTH
- 37. Focus of over 4,000 clubs around the world: SCRABBLE
- 41. Ad ___: HOC
- 42. Really bothered (by): EATENUP
- 46. Jungle herbivores: TAPIRS
- 47. Top-level: CLASSA
- 48. Team logo spot: HELMET
- 50. The first one opened in Garden City, Mich., in 1962: KMART
- 52. Noted Greek officer: KOJAK
- 56. Itch: URGE
- 57. Terse compliment: NICE
- 59. Bellwether's call: BAA
- 61. Top gun: ACE
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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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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