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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 27, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, January 27, 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
- 16
Down clues & answers
- 33
- 58
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Monday, January 26, 2015
across
- 1. Attendees: GOERS
- 6. Genre for Jay Z or J. Cole: RAP
- 9. Hop, ___ and a jump: SKIP
- 13. What subjects and verbs should do: AGREE
- 14. Right-hand man or woman: AIDE
- 15. Furry red monster on "Sesame Street": ELMO
- 16. 1970s comedian whom Time magazine dubbed "TV's First Black Superstar": FLIPWILSON
- 18. Puppy bites: NIPS
- 19. Bank charges: FEES
- 20. Drink in a stein: ALE
- 21. Aches (for): PINES
- 22. Upper-left computer key: Abbr.: ESC
- 23. Clever person: SMARTCOOKIE
- 26. Copycatting: APISH
- 28. One with misgivings: RUER
- 29. Tiny nation surrounded by France and the Mediterranean: MONACO
- 31. Shampoo in a green bottle: PERTPLUS
- 35. Washerful: LOAD
- 36. Verbal thumbs-up: AOK
- 37. Relaxation: REST
- 38. Type meant to stand out: BOLDTEXT
- 41. Sounded like a cannon: BOOMED
- 43. Days of ___ (past times): YORE
- 44. Cocktail with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice: COSMO
- 45. Counterpart to a lateral: FORWARDPASS
- 49. "Weekend Edition" airer: NPR
- 52. Achilles epic: ILIAD
- 53. Jean-___ Picard (U.S.S. Enterprise captain): LUC
- 54. Eye affliction: STYE
- 55. Smelting waste: SLAG
- 56. New beginning ... or what 16-, 23-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across each have?: FRESHSTART
- 59. Longtime Yugoslav leader: TITO
- 60. Attire for one lounging at a 58-Down: ROBE
- 61. Peeling gadget: PARER
- 62. Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Ireland: SEAN
- 63. Poem of praise: ODE
- 64. Fidgeting: ANTSY
down
- 1. Mistake that people laugh about: GAFFE
- 2. Stares rudely at: OGLES
- 3. Albany-to-Buffalo waterway: ERIECANAL
- 4. Bench press count: REPS
- 5. Use needle and thread: SEW
- 6. Chorus stand: RISER
- 7. "Much ___ About Nothing": ADO
- 8. Pig's digs: PEN
- 9. Tuxedo rental occasion: SENIORPROM
- 10. "Hogan's Heroes" colonel: KLINK
- 11. Chinese-born American architect: IMPEI
- 12. Group helping a sheriff: POSSE
- 14. To whom Muslims pray: ALLAH
- 17. Retort to "You are not!": IAMSO
- 21. Browning or Kipling: POET
- 23. "___ 'em!" ("Attack!"): SIC
- 24. Wearying journey: TREK
- 25. Junkyard dog: CUR
- 27. Police van: PADDYWAGON
- 29. Org. for the A's and O's: MLB
- 30. Winning "Hollywood Squares" line: OOO
- 31. Container at the end of a rainbow: POT
- 32. Tangy teatime offering: LEMONTART
- 33. "___ the Force, Luke": USE
- 34. The "S" in E.S.T.: Abbr.: STD
- 36. Pink-slipped: AXED
- 39. Warty creature: TOAD
- 40. Go wrong: ERR
- 41. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" artist: BOSCH
- 42. W.W. II spy org.: OSS
- 44. "Rebel Without a ___": CAUSE
- 45. What boxing gloves cover: FISTS
- 46. Kukla, Fran and ___: OLLIE
- 47. Looped calf-catcher: RIATA
- 48. West Point newcomer: PLEBE
- 50. Combustible funeral piles: PYRES
- 51. Hear again, as a court case: RETRY
- 54. Musial of Cardinals fame: STAN
- 56. Jimi Hendrix's do, informally: FRO
- 57. Curtain hanger: ROD
- 58. Where one might get a facial: SPA
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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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