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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 22, 2015

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, August 22, 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.

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

Across clues & answers

1
Spring performances?
10
Disney World's 27,000+
15
1960s pop idol
16
Rump alternative
17
Subject for a makeup class
18
Vacation rental
19
J.F.K.'s U.N. ambassador
20
The Spanish word "nación" has two
21
"___ Gets Drafted" (Disney short)
22
Hoodoo
23
Chills, so to speak
24
Female helicopter pilot from Hasbro
27
New York Post headline writer, often
28
Like hives
29
Shooter with a spark
32
Pioneering automaker
33
End
34
"What-ev-er you say ..."
35
What bows were once examples of
37
One fixing flats?
38
Sunday talk show guest
39
Dairy giant
40
Having lost a winter coat?
42
Magician's word
43
Besmirched
44
Flames on ice, e.g.
45
Fell for a trick
48
It doesn't require a paper ballot
49
"Can you believe that?!"
51
To whom Prospero says "Thou liest, malignant thing!"
52
One playing to the balcony?
53
Hot deli orders
54
Colorful item in a jar

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Friday, August 21, 2015

across

1. Place to lead a private life?: BASE
5. Armstrong contemporary: ALDRIN
11. Daisy's husband in "The Great Gatsby": TOM
14. Call girl employer?: AVON
15. Sea menace: PIRATE
16. Letters that delight angels: SRO
17. One may be put in the corner of a classroom: LOUDSPEAKER
19. Where to find "Girls": HBO
20. Backing for some U.S. currency?: LINCOLNMEMORIAL
22. Cite as evidence: ADDUCE
23. Sea menace: ORCA
24. Upper body muscle, for short: DELT
25. New England stock: CLAMBROTH
31. Eponym in the frozen food aisle: EDY
32. Supreme leader?: DIANAROSS
33. Underground, perhaps: HIDINGOUT
34. English monarch after whom a brickwork building style is named: QUEENANNE
35. Y course: CPR
38. "Take a chill pill!": JUSTRELAX
39. Stab: GORE
40. Car radio button: SEEK
41. Ate, with "down": CHOWED
43. Paid purchaser, perhaps: PERSONALSHOPPER
49. N.L. West team, on scoreboards: ARI
50. Cell: MOBILEPHONE
51. Singer Carly ___ Jepsen: RAE
52. States in Monopoly, e.g.: AVENUE
53. Stretches, with "out": EKES
54. What boarding precedes, for short: ETD
55. Talk on and on: NATTER
56. Cabs and such: REDS

down

1. Verse with an envoi: BALLADE
2. Wanted nothing to do with: AVOIDED
3. Good way to sleep: SOUNDLY
4. Most-cooked part of a prime rib roast: ENDCUT
5. Drink sometimes served hot: APPLECIDER
6. Security measure: LIEN
7. Perfumery measure: DRAM
8. Playboy: RAKE
9. Two people in People, maybe: ITEM
10. Emperor who committed matricide: NERO
11. Some cannon projectiles: TSHIRTS
12. Jerry of "Dirty Dancing": ORBACH
13. Kale: MOOLA
18. Part of Ascap: Abbr.: SOC
21. Settle down for the night: ROOST
26. Frankie whose song "That Lucky Old Sun" topped the charts for eight weeks: LAINE
27. Record book record: ANNAL
28. Vena cerebri ___ (brain vein): MAGNA
29. Show of disrespect: BRONXCHEER
30. Playboy: ROUE
32. Not down very much?: DIET
33. Ear coverings: HUSKS
34. Asked: QUERIED
35. Range figure: COWPOKE
36. Combed, coxcomb-style: PREENED
37. Square, in a way: REDRESS
38. Show disrespect for, say: JEERAT
39. University of Minnesota mascot: GOPHER
40. Let off: SPARE
42. Triple jump jump: HOP
44. Home to Sultan Qaboos University: OMAN
45. Deli item that's 14-Across backward: NOVA
46. Assist with a job: ABET
47. Screen buildup: LINT
48. Swing around: SLUE

Hints and full breakdown for Aug 21

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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.
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Can I see past crossword answers?

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