NYT Crossword · The New York Times
The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 30, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, August 30, 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
- 35
- 46
- 60
- 91
- 102
- 103
- 119
- 120
- 122
Down clues & answers
- 8
- 28
- 46
- 66
- 76
- 98
- 104
- 105
- 110
- 113
Know someone stuck on this one? The link opens on the hints, not the answer.
Previous The Crossword answer
Saturday, August 29, 2015
across
- 1. Dump: AXE
- 4. Minuteman III, e.g.: ICBM
- 8. Page formatting aid: TABSET
- 14. Group of shooting stars, for short?: NBA
- 15. Do some drills?: BORE
- 16. Piece heard in "Immortal Beloved": EROICA
- 17. "Not marble, ___ the gilded monuments / Of princes ...": Shak.: NOR
- 18. Stereotypical pennant waver, colloquially: ALUM
- 19. Aid in target shooting: REDDOT
- 20. Much-debated grammar subject: OXFORDCOMMA
- 23. Battle of Isengard participant: ENT
- 24. One getting a beating in the kitchen?: YOLK
- 25. Perianth component: SEPAL
- 26. Recurring Shakespearean figure: FOOL
- 27. Pass: ENACT
- 29. "I'm listening": LAYITONME
- 31. Forced out at home?: DEPORTED
- 33. First name in 2000s pop music: MILEY
- 34. * * * * *, say: RAVE
- 35. Part of ;-): WINK
- 36. Gets toasty: WARMS
- 38. Where a bowler might go on a date: HATCHECK
- 42. It: SEXAPPEAL
- 44. President #36, #41 or #43: TEXAN
- 45. Eminem's "___ I Collapse": TILL
- 46. Necessary things, perhaps: EVILS
- 48. "La Dolce Vita" setting: ROME
- 49. Count six E's in this puzzle clue, for example: ERR
- 50. Marks of derision: SCAREQUOTES
- 52. God, in Hebrew literature: ADONAI
- 54. Savanna sights: GNUS
- 55. Govt. org. with roots going back to the Civil War: IRS
- 56. Spice mixture in an Indian restaurant: MASALA
- 57. One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives": EDIE
- 58. Longtime Washington Post theater critic Richard: COE
- 59. Surveying device with letter-shaped rests: YLEVEL
- 60. Where to find solutions: LABS
- 61. Member of a small work force?: ANT
down
- 1. Got to: ANNOYED
- 2. Microsoft release of 2013: XBOXONE
- 3. Feature of a bomber hat: EARFLAP
- 4. Skyscraper piece: IBAR
- 5. Unpleasant things to pass around: COLDS
- 6. He died while filming "Game of Death": BRUCELEE
- 7. Place for minutes: MEMOPAD
- 8. Restriction for some offices: TERMLIMIT
- 9. Integration calculation: AREA
- 10. Hottie's hot thing: BOD
- 11. Start of a record: SIDEONE
- 12. High class?: ECONOMY
- 13. Tell: TATTLE
- 21. "My Darling Clementine" locale: OKCORRAL
- 22. "___ I?": MAY
- 26. Romanticized figure: FOLKHERO
- 28. Lady love?: TRAMP
- 30. Color: TINCT
- 32. The Oscars, e.g.: TVSPECIAL
- 35. "Flying" one: WALLENDA
- 36. Big producer of novelty records, informally: WEIRDAL
- 37. "Sweet Child O' Mine" rocker: AXLROSE
- 38. Do stuff: HAIRGEL
- 39. Things rarely seen: EXOTICA
- 40. Brown's follower: CAMERON
- 41. Mideast diet: KNESSET
- 42. Blue, say: STEAMY
- 43. "Little" girl of fiction: EVA
- 47. News filler: SQUIB
- 50. Good time to get the goods: SALE
- 51. Milks: USES
- 53. ___ system (car's built-in GPS): NAV
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?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
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?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.