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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 28, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, April 28, 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
- 45
- 57
- 60
- 65
Down clues & answers
- 20
- 25
- 35
- 50
- 54
- 56
- 62
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
across
- 1. Grand Canyon, notably: CHASM
- 6. Muesli morsel: OAT
- 9. Acceded, informally: CAVED
- 14. Three-line work: HAIKU
- 15. Mid-11th century year: MLI
- 16. Still in the running: ALIVE
- 17. Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights": ELLISBELL
- 19. Tiniest bit: MINIM
- 20. Denials: NOS
- 21. Body of agua: LAGO
- 22. Rome's Via ___: VENETO
- 23. Pen name of the female author of "Out of Africa": ISAKDINESEN
- 25. Makes hazy: BEDIMS
- 29. Tiny: WEE
- 30. Not getting much rain: ARID
- 31. Bed of roses, so to speak: EASE
- 34. Has a yen (for): ACHES
- 39. Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling": ROBERTGALBRAITH
- 42. Written contest entry, say: ESSAY
- 43. Terrier of old whodunits: ASTA
- 44. Attorney general parodied by Ferrell: RENO
- 45. It's a "gift": ESP
- 47. Coarse-toothed tool: RIPSAW
- 49. Pen name of the female author of "Silas Marner": GEORGEELIOT
- 55. Having new energy: REBORN
- 56. Fashion editor Wintour: ANNA
- 57. Affirmative: YES
- 60. Inner self, to Jung: ANIMA
- 61. Pen name of the female author of True Detective stories: ANDYSTACK
- 63. Travel guide listings: SITES
- 64. Cryophobe's fear: ICE
- 65. Wispy clouds: CIRRI
- 66. Cash in Baja: PESOS
- 67. Traditional dog name: REX
- 68. 15-Across, e.g.: ANNUM
down
- 1. "Big Brother" host Julie: CHEN
- 2. Prop at a Christmas play: HALO
- 3. Has a bug: AILS
- 4. Boot attachment: SKI
- 5. Five Pillars adherent: MUSLIM
- 6. Last in a series: OMEGA
- 7. "No problem here": ALLOK
- 8. Up to, informally: TIL
- 9. Approached: CAMENEAR
- 10. Dior dress style: ALINE
- 11. Trellis climbers: VINES
- 12. Party notice that lands in your inbox: EVITE
- 13. Possessive spirit: DEMON
- 18. Hound variety: BASSET
- 22. Go head-to-head: VIE
- 24. Spoke at length about, with "on": DWELT
- 25. Unpainted, say: BARE
- 26. God with a bow: EROS
- 27. "Mine!," in a schoolyard: DIBS
- 28. What comes to mind: IDEA
- 32. Visibly awed: AGAPE
- 33. Carrier with a Copenhagen hub: SAS
- 35. Be a kvetch: CARP
- 36. Hotfoots it, old-style: HIES
- 37. Volcano in Catania: ETNA
- 38. Gallery event: SHOW
- 40. Wimbledon court surface: RYEGRASS
- 41. Noble's domain: BARONY
- 46. Hill V.I.P.: Abbr.: SEN
- 48. Lake that's the source of the Mississippi: ITASCA
- 49. Get, as a point: GRASP
- 50. Counting-off word: EENIE
- 51. Articles that are sometimes prewritten: OBITS
- 52. Womanizer: ROMEO
- 53. Tilter's tool: LANCE
- 54. Reference book feature: INDEX
- 57. Story you can hardly believe: YARN
- 58. Shade of raw linen: ECRU
- 59. Take off the top: SKIM
- 61. Word before gun or guitar: AIR
- 62. Pewter, mostly: TIN
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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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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