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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 10, 2015

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, June 10, 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.

76 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

Down clues & answers

1
Ant horde
2
Lack of musical ability
3
Rio ___ (Amazon feeder)
4
Angry outbursts
5
Île surrounder
6
Martinez of the 1996-2001 Yankees
7
Builds a wing, say
8
Revitalizing snooze
9
___ rug
10
Waters off the Korean Peninsula
11
Onesie wearer
12
Covert W.W. II org.
14
Word processing command
18
Bipedal Aussies, informally
22
Skirt embellishment
24
One of the Jackson 5
27
Dish in many a cook-off
28
Footwear sometimes carried to work
30
Faddish 1960s jacket style
31
Encircle with a belt
32
Oil from rose petals
33
Campus newbies
34
Dish-drying cloths
35
Rogen of "The Interview"
39
Like some rye
41
McCartney and Jagger, for two
44
Washstand vessel
46
Scientific calculator function
49
Promoted a new CD, say
50
Bollywood garment
54
Dunham of "Girls"
55
Unease, Woody Allen-style
56
"Beau ___"
58
Aid in a scam, e.g.
59
Not that great
61
Regatta foe of Radley
62
A lot of Top 40 music
63
Queens airport inits.
65
Sch. whose sports fans shout "Geaux Tigers!"

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

across

1. Marsupial that looks like a small bear: WOMBAT
7. Mrs. en français: MME
10. Price: COST
14. Much-discussed program of the 1960s-'70s: APOLLO
15. Smallish batteries: AAS
16. ___ Empire: INCA
17. Cash in: REDEEM
18. [1948]: CITATION
20. St. Louis landmark: ARCH
22. Home of the Belmont Stakes: NEWYORK
23. [1977]: SEATTLESLEW
27. Formerly: NEE
28. W.W. II foe: AXIS
29. See 30-Across: ALLY
30. One 29-Across of the U.S. in W.W. II: USSR
31. Flit (about): GAD
32. "Picnic" playwright: INGE
33. Place to be pampered: SPA
35. [2015]: AMERICANPHAROAH
41. Money-saving way to make repairs, for short: DIY
42. Inevitable ruin: DOOM
43. Hosp. diagnostic: MRI
44. Tousle, as the hair: MUSS
47. Commercial prefix with postale: AERO
48. 1 1 1: ONES
49. Sch. in Terre Haute, Ames or Pocatello: ISU
50. [1973]: SECRETARIAT
53. "On the Road" novelist: KEROUAC
55. Descriptive of some undesirable consequences: DIRE
56. [1978]: AFFIRMED
58. Nullify: NEGATE
62. Contest with lightsabers: DUEL
63. End of a university's domain: EDU
64. Garden figures: GNOMES
65. 88 or 98 of autodom: OLDS
66. "Get my point?": SEE
67. December shopping mall figures: SANTAS

down

1. Man-o'-___ (old battleship): WAR
2. Uncover, poetically: OPE
3. Cool in the mid-1960s: MOD
4. Meadow sounds: BLEATS
5. A serious one might be red: ALERT
6. "Patriot Games" novelist: TOMCLANCY
7. Bub: MAC
8. For the most part: MAINLY
9. First name at the cosmetics counter: ESTEE
10. Louisville or Baltimore: CITY
11. They might make you cry: ONIONS
12. Numbers on the board: SCORES
13. Petroleum ship: TANKER
19. "Isn't she cute?!": AWW
21. Hägar's wife, in the comics: HELGA
23. Many a Viking tale: SAGA
24. Final, for one: EXAM
25. Congressional staffer: AIDE
26. Thin: SLENDER
30. Onetime Mideast grp.: UAR
32. Roman trio: III
33. Events for the police blotter: SHOOTINGS
34. Spray in the kitchen: PAM
36. Hwys.: RDS
37. Studied, with "over": PORED
38. Upscale chain hotel: OMNI
39. Infield, for one: AREA
40. Pulitzer Prize category: Abbr.: HIST
44. Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, with "The": MIKADO
45. Worth having: USEFUL
46. Browsed, as the Internet: SURFED
47. Consent, as to a request: ACCEDE
48. ___ Trail: OREGON
50. California's Big ___: SUR
51. Eponymous chair designer: EAMES
52. Sports venue: ARENA
54. De-squeaks: OILS
57. Like many payments on the first of the month: DUE
59. Qty.: AMT
60. Word with black or blended: TEA
61. Curve of a sort: ESS

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