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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 29, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, September 29, 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
- 32
- 61
Down clues & answers
- 2
- 38
- 41
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Monday, September 28, 2015
across
- 1. Meows : cats :: ___ : dogs: ARFS
- 5. Locale: AREA
- 9. "Me too": SOAMI
- 14. "F" on a gas gauge: FULL
- 15. Downright nasty: MEAN
- 16. Dark, as a room: UNLIT
- 17. Where ships go: ASEA
- 18. Ship's pole: MAST
- 19. Bright night lights: NEONS
- 20. Gershwin composition in United Airlines ads: RHAPSODYINBLUE
- 23. Fort Collins sch.: CSU
- 24. City south of Utah's Arches National Park: MOAB
- 25. "That's overly personal about yourself, don't you think?!": TMI
- 27. Lively, as colors: VIBRANT
- 31. Person who regularly cleans his plate?: UMP
- 34. ___ of Sandwich: EARL
- 36. Pillage: LOOT
- 37. Perfects, as one's skills: HONES
- 39. Person about town: SOCIALBUTTERFLY
- 42. "___ words were never spoken": TRUER
- 43. Fret (over): STEW
- 44. Classic clown name: BOBO
- 45. Bro's sibling: SIS
- 46. "Naked" rodent: MOLERAT
- 49. Genre of 50 Cent and André 3000: RAP
- 50. Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred ___ Wood: ACRE
- 51. Not share: HOG
- 53. Ascending in economic class: UPWARDLYMOBILE
- 60. Put in a row: ALIGN
- 61. "Mon ___!" (French cry): DIEU
- 62. Stratford-upon-___: AVON
- 63. Walked like an expectant father, say: PACED
- 64. Slippery fish: EELS
- 65. Griffin who created "Wheel of Fortune": MERV
- 66. How singers should sing: ONKEY
- 67. "Collect $200 after passing Go," e.g.: RULE
- 68. "Toy Story" boy ... or, with the circled letters, a hint to 20-, 39- and 53-Across: ANDY
down
- 1. Way off: AFAR
- 2. Surge of adrenaline: RUSH
- 3. Sideshow act that features "the smallest performers in the world": FLEACIRCUS
- 4. Three Stooges' hits?: SLAPS
- 5. Bullets, informally: AMMO
- 6. Enjoy literature: READ
- 7. Simple: EASY
- 8. "Star Trek" warp drive fuel: ANTIMATTER
- 9. Lie on the beach: SUNBATHE
- 10. 16 oz.: ONELB
- 11. Baseball's Felipe: ALOU
- 12. See 13-Down: MINE
- 13. With 12-Down, "Gimme that!": ITS
- 21. Hyundai's Santa Fe or Tucson: SUV
- 22. Sine qua ___: NON
- 25. Exams: TESTS
- 26. Like about 15% of New Zealanders: MAORI
- 28. Bedridden, say: ILL
- 29. Winter Olympian who may go 90 m.p.h.: BOBSLEDDER
- 30. Mail deliverer's assignment: ROUTE
- 31. 1992 Clint Eastwood western that won Best Picture: UNFORGIVEN
- 32. ___ toast: MELBA
- 33. Military initiative that seeks to influence the enemy's mind, informally: PSYOP
- 35. Falsehood: LIE
- 38. Planet, to Shakespeare: ORB
- 40. Attractive companion on the red carpet: ARMCANDY
- 41. Old "Up, up and away" carrier: TWA
- 47. Bobby who won three straight N.H.L. M.V.P. awards: ORR
- 48. Howe'er: THO
- 50. Words before "You shouldn't have": AWGEE
- 52. Only U.S. president whose surname is more than 50% vowels: OBAMA
- 53. ___ Bator, Mongolia: ULAN
- 54. What may help break the ice: PICK
- 55. Stead: LIEU
- 56. Raise one's voice: YELL
- 57. Ponder, with "on": MUSE
- 58. Word before "have mercy!": LORD
- 59. One of the seven deadly sins: ENVY
- 60. Abbr. in a military address: APO
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- 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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