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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 25, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, August 25, 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
- 24
- 25
- 62
Down clues & answers
- 21
- 23
- 28
- 33
- 46
- 57
- 60
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Monday, August 24, 2015
across
- 1. Home to Iowa State: AMES
- 5. Drain stopper: PLUG
- 9. Reprimand: CHIDE
- 14. Dress style that covers the leg: MAXI
- 15. Seepage: OOZE
- 16. Wears: HASON
- 17. Suffer from overexercise, maybe: ACHE
- 18. Activity with a mask and flippers: SKINDIVING
- 20. Wrinkly-faced Chinese dog: SHARPEI
- 22. Stereo system component: TWEETER
- 23. Turned bad, as milk: SOURED
- 24. Starting point for a hang-glider: CLIFF
- 25. Exam with a perfect score of 2400: SAT
- 26. Kentucky Derby month: MAY
- 27. Apple product: JUICE
- 31. Little issue to "pick": NIT
- 33. Off-white: ECRU
- 35. Catch some rays: SUNTAN
- 36. "What a good boy ___!": Little Jack Horner: AMI
- 37. Good potatoes for French fries: RUSSETS
- 39. Devious: SLY
- 40. Accumulate a nest egg: SAVEUP
- 42. Stretched tight: TAUT
- 43. "Pulp Fiction" actress Thurman: UMA
- 44. Figure skating leaps: AXELS
- 45. Whole ___ and caboodle: KIT
- 46. Rapscallion: IMP
- 48. System of moral values: ETHIC
- 50. Chivas Regal product: SCOTCH
- 53. Slow compositions: ADAGIOS
- 56. Government assistance: THEDOLE
- 57. Architectural style of medieval Europe: ROMANESQUE
- 59. Gave the once-over: EYED
- 60. ___ acid: AMINO
- 61. Silent: MUTE
- 62. Amount a washing machine holds: LOAD
- 63. Samsung or LG product, briefly: LEDTV
- 64. Atlantic Coast states, with "the": EAST
- 65. Halo effect: AURA
down
- 1. Pile up: AMASS
- 2. Like a manly man: MACHO
- 3. Leaving no stone unturned: EXHAUSTIVE
- 4. ___ Nevadas: SIERRA
- 5. Got ready for the camera: POSED
- 6. Shape-shifting Norse trickster: LOKI
- 7. Israeli gun: UZI
- 8. How to handle something fragile: GENTLY
- 9. John Roberts, for one: CHIEFJUSTICE
- 10. "Enjoy yourself!": HAVEFUN
- 11. "___ soup yet?": ISIT
- 12. Sufficiently cooked: DONE
- 13. One who pulls a train whistle: Abbr.: ENGR
- 19. Result of a failed Breathalyzer test, for short: DWI
- 21. Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi": PETERUSTINOV
- 24. Acid, as criticism: CAUSTIC
- 26. Preceder of "Brown" and "Robinson" in 1960s #1 hits: MRS
- 28. "I'll defer on this one" ... or a hint for what's found in 3-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down?: ITSUPTOYOU
- 29. Unruffled: CALM
- 30. One-named singer with multiple Grammys: ENYA
- 31. Cape Canaveral org.: NASA
- 32. Big-screen movie format: IMAX
- 34. Trophy shape: CUP
- 35. Nickname that's an alphabet trio: STU
- 38. "Let's ___!" (words after saying grace): EAT
- 41. Tastefully sophisticated: ELEGANT
- 45. Directive to Kate in a Cole Porter musical: KISSME
- 47. Detroit debut of 1903: MODELA
- 49. Tilling tool: HOE
- 50. Purchase for a king or queen: SHEET
- 51. Cloudless: CLEAR
- 52. Ibsen's "___ Gabler": HEDDA
- 53. ___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water: ARAL
- 54. Rotunda feature: DOME
- 55. Surrounded by: AMID
- 56. King ___ tomb: TUTS
- 58. Sine ___ non: QUA
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
- ConnectionsSort 16 words into four hidden groupsGuide & tips
- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
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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