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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 4, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, November 4, 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
- 13
- 56
Down clues & answers
- 60
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
across
- 1. Off the shelves: GONE
- 5. Boys in Baja: NINOS
- 10. Lines on a 64-Across: Abbr.: STS
- 13. Golfer Bob or his golfing son Kevin: TWAY
- 14. Pollute: BEFOUL
- 15. 1954's Battle of Dien Bien ___: PHU
- 16. Eleven en français: ONZE
- 17. Relative of euchre: ECARTE
- 18. Riddle-me-___: REE
- 19. Christmas feature?: SILENTT
- 21. Mars or Neptune: DEITY
- 23. Letter after 11-Down: IOTA
- 24. "Why, I ___ ...": OUGHTA
- 26. Actor Thomas of "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl": MANN
- 28. Gets the family back together: REUNES
- 30. Surprisingly enough: NOLESS
- 32. Author Leon: URIS
- 33. Place to get a wrap: SPA
- 36. Open a tad: AJAR
- 37. Sausage served with kraut: WURST
- 39. Gainsborough's "The Blue Boy" and others: OILS
- 40. Came out on top: WON
- 41. Tool that raises a guitar's pitch: CAPO
- 42. Name used by five popes: SIXTUS
- 44. Rain boot: GALOSH
- 46. Appear: SEEM
- 47. Newspaper puzzle suggested by this crossword's shaded squares: KENKEN
- 49. All squared up: EVEN
- 51. Chef's hat: TOQUE
- 52. It's on the house: FREEBIE
- 55. ___ de parfum: EAU
- 56. Subject of three laws of Newton: MOTION
- 59. "Yikes!": EGAD
- 61. U.S. women's soccer star Krieger: ALI
- 62. Captured, as fish: INANET
- 63. Republican strategist Karl: ROVE
- 64. Uber app feature: MAP
- 65. Horizontal lines on graphs: XAXES
- 66. Increased: GREW
down
- 1. Old Pontiac muscle car: GTO
- 2. Has: OWNS
- 3. Frequent enemy in comics set in the 1940s: NAZI
- 4. Bad thing to cry over?: EYELINER
- 5. Bee food: NECTAR
- 6. ___ all possible: IFAT
- 7. Negative conjunction: NOR
- 8. Completely asleep: OUT
- 9. Tools used to break concrete: SLEDGES
- 10. Nautical pole: SPRIT
- 11. Letter before 23-Across: THETA
- 12. Chop ___: SUEY
- 14. Crooked: BENT
- 20. Time since the Big Bang: EONS
- 22. Quizzical sounds: EHS
- 24. What we have: OURS
- 25. Syllabus divisions: UNITS
- 26. Magical power: MOJO
- 27. Singer Jackson with 26 #1 country hits: ALAN
- 29. French money: EUROS
- 30. Opposite of "Yer durn tootin'!": NAW
- 31. Geographic depression: SWALE
- 33. Listing in a browser history: SITE
- 34. Professor ___, Clue suspect: PLUM
- 35. Fool: ASS
- 38. Agreed-___: UPON
- 39. Actress Catherine of "Dynasty": OXENBERG
- 41. Betty Crocker product: CAKEMIX
- 43. "That makes sense": ISEE
- 44. Prey for a lion: GNU
- 45. Protagonists: HEROES
- 47. Australian "bear": KOALA
- 48. Outfit: EQUIP
- 50. Volcano's opening: VENT
- 51. Pick in an office pool, maybe: TEAM
- 52. Not just a slap on the wrist: FINE
- 53. Frankenstein's aide: IGOR
- 54. Gutter locale: EAVE
- 57. "___ scale from 1 to 10 ...": ONA
- 58. Subject for Grover Norquist: TAX
- 60. Morning moisture: DEW
More daily puzzle hints
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- 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.