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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 24, 2015

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Friday, April 24, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, April 24, 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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Thursday, April 23, 2015

across

1. Many Manolo Blahniks: PUMPS
6. Huger than huge: EPIC
10. Way-out challenge?: MAZE
14. Slow pacesetter: SNAIL
15. Hospital worker: AIDE
16. "Sorry to say ...": ALAS
17. Start of a quip about wordplay: YOUCANTTELLPUNS
20. Celebs: NAMES
21. Product of a zymurgist: ALE
22. Grand Central org.: MTA
23. Big factor in the Cy Young Award: ERA
25. Title with an apostrophe in the middle: MAAM
27. Sauce made with roux, milk and cheese: MORNAY
29. Part 2 of the quip: TOKLEPTOMANIACS
32. E.M.T.'s cry: CLEAR
33. Some like them hot: DATES
34. Jalopy: HEAP
35. "Die Lorelei" poet: HEINE
37. Marine growth rich in iodine: KELP
41. "Posses": CREWS
43. New York's Mount ___ Hospital: SINAI
44. Part 3 of the quip: BECAUSETHEYTAKE
49. Currently: ASITIS
50. Rake in: EARN
51. ___ school: MED
52. Setting for many old films: TCM
53. Bean: NOB
55. Genghis Khan tactic: SIEGE
57. End of the quip: THINGSLITERALLY
62. Former late-night luminary: LENO
63. "___, boy!": HERE
64. Simpletons: GEESE
65. "The Garden of ___," Oscar Wilde poem: EROS
66. Banknote featuring Mao: YUAN
67. Down measurements: YARDS

down

1. Singer recognized as the "King of YouTube" in 2012: PSY
2. Discarding card game: UNO
3. Highest Hawaiian peak: MAUNAKEA
4. 12-point type: PICA
5. Pen: SLAMMER
6. Really rankles: EATSAT
7. Commodity-trading card game: PIT
8. Something talked about in a TED talk: IDEA
9. 5-Down cohabitant: CELLMATE
10. X setting, maybe: MAP
11. Graduate of Mount Holyoke, e.g.: ALUMNA
12. Tagamet competitor: ZANTAC
13. Optional ACT components: ESSAYS
18. ___ tide: NEAP
19. Sierra ___: LEONE
23. Chisel, maybe: ETCH
24. Part: ROLE
26. Couturier: MODISTE
28. Take a chance: RISKIT
30. Pet that likes to be petted: LAPCAT
31. "That's incredible!": MAN
35. 1980 hit with the lyric "That sweet little boy who caught my eye": HESSOSHY
36. Female that sounds like you?: EWE
38. Cloisonné artisan: ENAMELER
39. With 48-Down, setting for Toledo: LAKE
40. Like a calico: PIED
42. Sorry about: RUING
43. Hoped-for collaboration result: SYNERGY
44. Clash: BATTLE
45. Tessellating artist: ESCHER
46. Michael who directed "The Deer Hunter": CIMINO
47. Accelerate: HASTEN
48. See 39-Down: ERIE
54. French flag hue: BLEU
56. Earth, to the ancient Greeks: GAEA
58. Thumbs-down responses: NOS
59. 401(k) alternative: IRA
60. Trip cause: LSD
61. Thumbs-up response: YES

Hints and full breakdown for Apr 23

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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.