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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 11, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, July 11, 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
- 15
- 33
- 51
- 59
- 65
Down clues & answers
- 25
- 31
- 32
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Friday, July 10, 2015
across
- 1. Tycoon with the middle name Socrates: ARIONASSIS
- 11. Advantage: PLUS
- 15. When it's acceptable to start downing brews: BEEROCLOCK
- 16. Pen sound: OINK
- 17. Vacation spot: RESORTAREA
- 18. Dog command: COME
- 19. Away from the nose: AFT
- 20. See 38-Across: MINED
- 21. Response to an unrevealing revelation: IKNEW
- 22. Point of a vampire story?: FANG
- 23. Bikini blasts, briefly: NTESTS
- 24. Not going swimmingly?: WADING
- 27. Ice cream purchases: QUARTS
- 29. Many Israelis: ARABS
- 30. Carriage driver?: BUGGYWHIP
- 33. Complexion changer: ACNE
- 34. Cousins of husks: ARILS
- 35. High Rhine feeder: AARE
- 36. Nickname for Baltimore: CHARMCITY
- 38. With 20-Across, scratched the surface for resources?: STRIP
- 39. Squeeze: COERCE
- 40. Get to: ACCESS
- 41. Become attentive: SNAPTO
- 43. David of "Rhoda": GROH
- 44. Frequency unit: HERTZ
- 45. German architect who spent 19 years in Spandau Prison: SPEER
- 47. Freon letters: CFC
- 50. Shankar at Woodstock: RAVI
- 51. 1920 birthplace of the N.F.L.: CANTONOHIO
- 53. Like some fans and fences: Abbr.: ELEC
- 54. Where Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record: ORIOLEPARK
- 55. Piano pieces: KEYS
- 56. 6 or 7 p.m., for many: DINNERTIME
down
- 1. Aron's girlfriend in "East of Eden": ABRA
- 2. Bikini feature: REEF
- 3. Superlative ending: IEST
- 4. Precious thing in Montana's motto: ORO
- 5. 11th-century conquerors: NORMANS
- 6. Histrionic skill: ACTING
- 7. It may be thrown around at a party: SLANG
- 8. Put out: SORE
- 9. Sewn up: ICED
- 10. Relative of calypso: SKA
- 11. Item often with a hinged lid: POCKETWATCH
- 12. Hog's portion: LIONSSHARE
- 13. Not yet realized: UNMET
- 14. Presents unfairly: SKEWS
- 21. Humble response to a compliment: ITRY
- 22. Laparoscopy technology: FIBEROPTICS
- 23. Rides: NAGS
- 24. Certain W.W. II enlistee: WAAC
- 25. One may be built to commemorate triumph: ARCH
- 26. Noted Ross Perot impersonator: DANACARVEY
- 27. Pretty: QUITE
- 28. Unpretty: UGLY
- 30. ___-a-brac: BRIC
- 31. What surrounds an aperture: IRIS
- 32. Energizes, with "up": PEPS
- 34. Top: Prefix: ACRO
- 37. Capital of Lorraine: METZ
- 38. One delivering raspberries: SCORNER
- 40. Round bump on a cactus: AREOLE
- 41. Film title character who says "This is the part where you run away": SHREK
- 42. Hall-of-Fame football coach Greasy: NEALE
- 43. Board: GETON
- 45. Asian wear with pleats: SARI
- 46. Nabokov novel: PNIN
- 47. Vanilla ___ (hot drink): CHAI
- 48. Unvarying: FIRM
- 49. Vanilla ___ (cold drink): COKE
- 51. Trawler's catch: COD
- 52. Elect: OPT
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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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?
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?
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