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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 12, 2015

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Friday, June 12, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, June 12, 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.

72 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
Going all at once
2
Beach
3
A tie-up increases it
4
Certain fisher
5
Japanese P.M. executed in 1948
6
Over
7
Pliers feature
8
Cary Grant's "Penny Serenade" co-star
9
Infant rocketed to Earth from Krypton
10
"Let's roll!"
11
Invasive plant
12
They're sometimes picked up at bars
13
Twitter-filled
14
Queue word?
20
New tablet of 2011
24
Charity affair
25
Motion carriers, at times
28
"Well, lookee there!"
29
Subject of a 1999 Ricky Martin hit
31
Real lowlife
32
Toyota Highlander alternative
33
Hill position
38
Bar mitzvah, e.g.
40
Coat, in old slang
43
Studio with a horse logo
45
Emulate an esne
51
Medicare option
53
Monk in "The Da Vinci Code"
54
Executor's concern
55
Literally, "elbow"
56
"The Sound" of music
58
You might call it an early night
59
An item no more
61
John who played Sulu in "Star Trek" films
62
French body of water

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

across

1. "___ pass": ITLL
5. Turn over: CEDE
9. Wound application: ALOE
13. Spring's counterpart: NEAP
14. Harsh: ACERB
16. One with special quarters: Abbr.: CAPT
17. Standard work shifts: DAYS
18. *Kind of bass: LARGEMOUTH
20. Last: Abbr.: ULT
21. Man-eater: OGRE
22. "Bewitched" husband: DARRIN
23. One of 13 popes: LEO
24. *Model of the Blues Brothers' Bluesmobile: DODGEMONACO
26. ___ City, Long Island: GARDEN
28. Ones catching some waves: EARS
29. Ties: EVENS
30. Series starter: PARTI
32. "Harrumph!": BAH
35. Southwest hikers' destination: MESA
36. Cartoonist Bushmiller who created "Nancy": ERNIE
37. "The Burning Giraffe," e.g.: DALI
38. Maximum ending?: EST
39. Comment starting "By the way ...": ASIDE
40. Sphere: WORLD
41. Myrmecophobe's fear: ANTS
42. Sullied: MARRED
43. *Opportunity for revenge: GRUDGEMATCH
48. "___ been had!": IVE
49. Consignment shop deal: RESALE
50. Dips: SAGS
51. Ungodliness: SIN
52. *Publicist, e.g.: IMAGEMAKER
54. Out of date?: STAG
55. One getting the message?: PAGE
56. Old Testament kingdom: SHEBA
57. Celebrate: FETE
58. Union busters?: EXES
59. Without interruption, after "in": AROW
60. U.S. city that's an anagram of a world capital: OREM

down

1. *"If I may ...": INDULGEME
2. Reading material for the future?: TEALEAVES
3. Bury: LAYTOREST
4. Audiophile's collection: LPS
5. Brand of bath beads: CALGON
6. Gift with a GIF, maybe: ECARD
7. Libertarian's aim, for short: DEREG
8. Physics unit: ERG
9. Squirrel's cache: ACORNS
10. Classic 1944 Otto Preminger film noir: LAURA
11. Vision-related: OPTIC
12. Prefix with biology: ETHNO
15. Spouse or lover: BEDMATE
19. Official New Zealand language besides English: MAORI
21. They may have kings as subjects: ODES
25. Unsettling, say: EERIE
27. Cold case solver, maybe: DNA
30. Light splitter: PRISM
31. Plus: AND
32. Wig wearer: BARRISTER
33. Ease: ALLEVIATE
34. Well-kept secret ... or a hint to the answer to each starred clue: HIDDENGEM
36. Treasures: ESTEEMS
37. Palme ___ (top prize at Cannes): DOR
39. Take: ANGLE
40. Muted trumpet sounds: WAHS
41. Bits of wisdom: ADAGES
42. Hill's partner in publishing: MCGRAW
43. Beef: GRIPE
44. Big name in real estate: REMAX
45. Consumption: USAGE
46. Poser: ASKER
47. Exercise with a portmanteau name: TAEBO
53. Sudden understanding: AHA
54. Calif. air hub: SFO

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 11

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