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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 26, 2015

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, March 26, 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.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

across

1. Reception cry: ATOAST
7. With 31-Across, Cape May's locale: DELAWARE
15. Elbowed: NUDGED
16. Smitten: ENAMORED
17. "Orlando" and "Otello": OPERAS
18. Put on a pedestal: ESTEEMED
19. Eight days after the nones, in ancient Rome: IDES
20. Wreck: RUIN
21. Female cells: OVA
22. Modern prefix with design: ECO
24. Still, poetically: EEN
25. Univ. bigwig: PRES
26. "The plot thickens!": AHA
29. Close down: END
31. See 7-Across: BAY
32. Navigator, e.g.: SUV
33. 2015 Oscars host ___ Patrick Harris: NEIL
35. Wee: EENSY
37. Like: ALA
38. Members of an island kingdom: TONGANS
40. Prepare for planting, say: HOE
42. Set free: UNPEN
44. "___ sure you know ...": ASIM
45. "Thou ___ aloft full-dazzling!": Whitman: ORB
46. Generic Guy of "Dilbert": TED
47. ___ chi: TAI
48. Where some streams come from, with "the": WEB
49. Family history, e.g.: SAGA
51. Polling fig.: PCT
54. Opposite of debits: Abbr.: CRS
56. New Deal corp.: TVA
57. Maul, in a way: CLAW
58. Playbill listing: CAST
61. Film whose sequel is subtitled "The Sequel": AIRPLANE
63. Separate the seeds from: THRESH
65. Hot spot: RADIATOR
66. Food additive banned in 1976: REDNOTWO
67. Completely engaged (in): KNEEDEEP
68. Emphatic confirmation: IDIDSO

down

1. "Feliz ___ Nuevo!": ANO
2. Brazilian people: TUPI
3. Had way too much, briefly: ODED
4. What subjects and verbs must do: AGREE
5. Like candles that might remind one of the beach: SEASCENTED
6. Scores by RBs and WRs: TDS
7. Company with a harrowing history?: DEERE
8. Come next: ENSUE
9. Many prayers are said in it: LATIN
10. Many prayers end with it: AMEN
11. Agony: WOE
12. Event at which the work spelled out by the circled letters was first exhibited in America: ARMORYSHOW
13. "The Canterbury Tales" pilgrim: REEVE
14. Norse literary works: EDDAS
23. Result of a leadoff single: ONEON
25. Slam: PAN
26. ___ result: ASA
27. Amazon Prime competitor: HULU
28. Like the work spelled out by the circled letters: AVANTGARDE
30. Uproar: DIN
31. Sullied: BESMIRCHED
34. JFK alternative: LGA
35. So-called "Giant Brain" unveiled in 1946: ENIAC
36. Long ago: YORE
39. Winter setting for P.E.I.: AST
41. Go down: EBB
43. Shade of green: PEA
49. Utterly: STARK
50. Like fine feathered friends: AVIAN
51. Part of the earth's crust: PLATE
52. Item that may be portaged: CANOE
53. Little nothing: TWERP
55. New York restaurateur of old: SARDI
57. Wearing, with "in": CLAD
59. Thrill: SEND
60. General ___ chicken: TSOS
62. Amount to be divided up: PIE
63. Part of TNT: TRI
64. Water: HTWOO

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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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What is a rebus square?

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Which day is the hardest?

Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.

Can I see past crossword answers?

Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.