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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for May 30, 2015

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, May 30, 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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Friday, May 29, 2015

across

1. Call in the evening: TAPS
5. Thunderous sound: CLAP
9. Island group near Fiji: TONGA
14. Heckelphone lookalike: OBOE
15. Good eats: HEALTHFOOD
17. For which two heads are better than one?: YOKE
18. Doing particularly well: INRAREFORM
19. Prefers charges against: SUES
20. Site of an annual British music festival: STONEHENGE
21. Take advantage of: TRADEON
23. Ben who played the Wizard in "Wicked": VEREEN
24. Grocery quantity: BAGFUL
25. Soul producer: KIA
26. Lose intensity: ABATE
27. Judas never attained it: SAINTHOOD
33. Setting for Hawthorne's "The Marble Faun": ROME
34. Really affected: GOTTO
35. Pasta option: ORZO
36. Four-hour tour features?: EYERHYMES
38. Roughly 1% of the earth's atmosphere: ARGON
39. Oaf: APE
40. Wild: INSANE
41. Offensive opportunities: ATBATS
45. Procter & Gamble product line: PANTENE
47. Without trying: BYACCIDENT
49. Bygone cracker brand: HIHO
51. Increases risk and reward: UPSTHEANTE
52. Maker of PerformX sportswear: IZOD
53. Gets very near: ZEROESINON
54. Eatery with scales: DELI
55. Steel brackets with two flanges: ZBARS
56. "You ___ Me" (1957 R&B hit): SEND
57. Fall location: EDEN

down

1. ___ & Hobbies (eBay category): TOYS
2. 1998 coming-of-age novel by Nick Hornby: ABOUTABOY
3. Oscar Madison's weekly event: POKERGAME
4. Attends to: SEESAFTER
5. Tool with a bezel: CHISEL
6. How a nocturne is often played: LENTO
7. First high priest of the Israelites: AARON
8. Leave nothing to chance: PLAN
9. 2013 Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy comedy: THEHEAT
10. Bid: OFFER
11. Very sad turnout: NOONE
12. Big ravine: GORGE
13. Commercial manufacturers: ADMEN
16. British Open winner of 1971 and 1972: TREVINO
22. Fitting: DUE
24. Unadorned: BARE
25. Baby foxes: KITS
27. Adjective-forming suffix: SOME
28. Took a course?: ATE
29. Old baseball coverage?: HORSEHIDE
30. In a union: ORGANIZED
31. Atmospheric problem: OZONEHOLE
32. All washed up: DONE
34. Broadway chorus dancers, informally: GYPSIES
37. Sub entries: HATCHES
38. Word with carpenter or weaver: ANT
40. Mean: INTEND
41. Full of excitement: ABUZZ
42. Easygoing: TYPEB
43. Arabian port that's home to Sinbad Island: BASRA
44. Part taker: ACTOR
45. Pasta option: PENNE
46. ___ Chigurh ("No Country for Old Men" villain): ANTON
48. Lectern locale: DAIS
50. Figure in the Ynglinga saga: ODIN

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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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Can I see past crossword answers?

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