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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 10, 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, April 10, 2016. 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
- 52
- 61
- 67
- 77
- 90
- 113
- 116
Down clues & answers
- 2
- 7
- 14
- 18
- 27
- 40
- 64
- 82
- 88
- 101
- 106
- 112
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Saturday, April 9, 2016
across
- 1. Steven who co-created TV's "Sherlock": MOFFAT
- 7. Remote possibilities: CHANNELS
- 15. Fat fingers?: ECLAIRS
- 17. Get the word out, maybe?: COPYEDIT
- 18. Big name in fast food: RAYKROC
- 19. Better than, with "a": CUTABOVE
- 20. School group working in harmony?: GLEECLUB
- 22. Unspecified power: NTH
- 23. Something to shuck: PEA
- 24. Something to shuck: EAR
- 25. Kind of sauce: ALFREDO
- 27. Thought starter: GERM
- 28. Three-piece: TRIFOLD
- 29. It's no surprise: NORM
- 30. "The Paper Chase" novelist: OSBORN
- 33. Stock report?: MOO
- 34. It has layers upon layers: ONION
- 36. Sitcom on which Stephen Hawking and Buzz Aldrin have appeared: THEBIGBANGTHEORY
- 39. "The Color Purple" role: CELIE
- 40. Lee making a scene: ANG
- 41. Wilber who founded a fast-food chain: HARDEE
- 42. Whopper server?: LIAR
- 43. "Monsters, Inc." employees: SCARERS
- 45. Alternatives to clubs: BLTS
- 46. Old Lutheran movement: PIETISM
- 47. Range of sizes, briefly: SML
- 50. Member of comicdom's S.H.I.E.L.D.: Abbr.: AGT
- 51. Disturber of the peace: DIN
- 52. Exhibit, e.g.: EVIDENCE
- 54. Some brewskis: TALLONES
- 57. "The Naked Maja" and such: EROTICA
- 58. IHOP option: OMELETTE
- 59. Whitehouse in D.C., e.g.: SENATOR
- 60. It may be out for blood: REDCROSS
- 61. Hold with both arms, say: NELSON
down
- 1. Command in Excel: MERGE
- 2. Fort town in the Second Seminole War: OCALA
- 3. Circular: FLYER
- 4. Clifford Irving's "Autobiography of Howard Hughes," e.g.: FAKE
- 5. Sky line: AIRCARRIER
- 6. Unwelcome Internet activity: TROLLING
- 7. Six L's: CCC
- 8. One who wasn't high-class, per a 1956 hit: HOUNDDOG
- 9. Probably gonna, more formally: APTTO
- 10. When doubled, a taunt: NYAH
- 11. Home to Bellevue U.: NEB
- 12. 250-year span in Japan's history: EDOPERIOD
- 13. California city for which element #116 was named: LIVERMORE
- 14. Tick off: STEAM
- 16. Slight blemish: SCUFF
- 21. It may grow between buds: BROMANCE
- 26. Draw out: ELONGATE
- 27. They can't be saved: GONERS
- 28. ___ Ragg, Sweeney Todd's assistant: TOBIAS
- 29. "That's O.K., everything's fine": NOHARMDONE
- 30. Like Advil or Motrin, for short: OTC
- 31. It's a hard act to follow: SHELLGAME
- 32. Took down a peg: BELITTLED
- 35. Dec. 31: NYE
- 37. Medieval steel helmets with visors: BASINETS
- 38. Alter ego of "Batman" villainess Lorelei Circe: THESIREN
- 44. Tears apart: RIVES
- 45. Mongolian for "hero": BATOR
- 46. Focus of some high-profile 1970s lawsuits: PINTO
- 47. Dithers: SNITS
- 48. Marilyn of the 5th Dimension: MCCOO
- 49. Watch's partner: LEARN
- 51. Ending for evil or wrong: DOER
- 53. Stand-in for the unnamed: ETAL
- 55. Inc. cousin: LLC
- 56. French possessive: SES
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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Which day is the hardest?
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Can I see past crossword answers?
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