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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for May 5, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, May 5, 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
- 10
- 35
- 37
- 42
- 64
Down clues & answers
- 29
- 33
- 38
- 47
- 53
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Monday, May 4, 2015
across
- 1. Qatar's capital: DOHA
- 5. Mexican coins: PESOS
- 10. "Sad to say ...": ALAS
- 14. State boldly: AVER
- 15. Start of a Mexican calendar: ENERO
- 16. Ascend: RISE
- 17. Traditional breakfast combo: HAMANDEGGS
- 19. Spring's shape: COIL
- 20. Long-necked pack animal: LLAMA
- 21. New York's Fiorello La Guardia, once: MAYOR
- 23. Org. for Rams and Jets: NFL
- 24. Quick, as a comeback: SNAPPY
- 26. Commercial lead-in to bank: CITI
- 28. 1969 Peace Prize grp.: ILO
- 29. Obama-supported proposal for children of undocumented immigrants: DREAMACT
- 33. Bullet with a trail: TRACER
- 36. Rowboat propeller: OAR
- 37. Poet ___ Khayyám: OMAR
- 38. "How relaxing!": AAH
- 39. Wicked relative of Cinderella ... or what each set of circled letters represents?: STEPMOM
- 42. Before, to a poet: ERE
- 43. Critical time of action: DDAY
- 45. ___-de-France: ILE
- 46. "Hear! Hear!": IAGREE
- 48. Brew with the slogan "For the love of beer": SAMADAMS
- 50. ___-Magnon man: CRO
- 51. Locale of the Città del Vaticano: ROMA
- 52. Sides of gems: FACETS
- 55. Co. that developed the ThinkPad: IBM
- 56. Very bottom: NADIR
- 60. Newton who formulated the law of universal gravitation: ISAAC
- 62. Show off, as muscles: FLEX
- 64. Hit 1951 play that inspired "Cabaret": IAMACAMERA
- 66. ___ qua non: SINE
- 67. "Game of Thrones," e.g.: DRAMA
- 68. Not much: ABIT
- 69. Chooses, with "for": OPTS
- 70. School health course, informally: SEXED
- 71. Amount of medicine to take: DOSE
down
- 1. Roald who wrote "Fantastic Mr. Fox": DAHL
- 2. Toilet seats, geometrically: OVALS
- 3. Macho guy: HEMAN
- 4. "The Passion of the Christ" language: ARAMAIC
- 5. ___ Xing (street sign): PED
- 6. Foe: ENEMY
- 7. Tokyo-based game maker: SEGA
- 8. Wild party: ORGY
- 9. Neither good nor bad: SOSO
- 10. Pigskin path: ARC
- 11. Whip-wielding circus performer: LIONTAMER
- 12. "Big deal": ASIFICARE
- 13. Buy's opposite: SELL
- 18. Italian city where pizza originated: NAPLES
- 22. Record label for Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus: RCA
- 25. Shakespeare character whose name sounds like a car: PORTIA
- 27. Blog comment qualifier: IMO
- 29. Idiots: DOPES
- 30. Dodge logo animal: RAM
- 31. Beethoven's Third: EROICA
- 32. See 40-Down: TREE
- 33. Little 'uns: TADS
- 34. Plane's appearance on an air traffic controller's screen: RADARBLIP
- 35. Epiphany: AHAMOMENT
- 40. With 32-Down, street shader: ELM
- 41. "The Brady Bunch" girl: MARCIA
- 44. Sweet potato: YAM
- 47. Loses one's sanity: GOESMAD
- 49. Brown who wrote "The Da Vinci Code": DAN
- 52. One of 10 in bowling: FRAME
- 53. Karate-based exercise system: TAEBO
- 54. Bollywood wraps: SARIS
- 55. "In that case ...": IFSO
- 57. Lends a hand: AIDS
- 58. Have the nerve: DARE
- 59. Big-screen format: IMAX
- 61. Blanchett of "Blue Jasmine": CATE
- 63. Crosses (out): XES
- 65. Two-timing sort: CAD
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
- ConnectionsSort 16 words into four hidden groupsGuide & tips
- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
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?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
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?
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