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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 29, 2016

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Friday, April 29, 2016

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, April 29, 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.

70 clues · jump to Across or Down. Tap a tile for one letter, or Answer for the whole word.

Across clues & answers

1
Graveyard hour
7
Dark as dark can be
15
Nova Scotia, once
16
Not excessively
17
A ghostwriter isn't given one
18
Ball
19
Haggis ingredient
20
"What's hangin'?"
21
It comes to a head
22
Ursule, e.g.: Abbr.
23
Means of tracking wildlife
26
Old radio dummy
27
Squeaker in a cage
30
City on the Oka River
31
Arles article
32
Lucky strike
35
Result of holding or hooking
37
Shot-putter's activity
39
Latin word on a diploma
40
Dedicated to
41
Conclusion lead-in
42
Tropical smoothie flavor
45
Double-dipping, e.g.
48
Answering to
49
___ Balls
50
Healing helper
51
Show that's earned more than 40 Emmys, in brief
52
Lack of anxiety
54
Spreadsheet function
56
Sonnet-ending unit
58
72 of its 108 lines end in "-ore" sounds
59
"The Evangelist" of Christianity
60
Book that doesn't require much time or thought
61
"But still ..."

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

across

1. 50s president: TNARG
6. Rappeller's need: ROPE
10. Foot, to Flavius: PES
13. Goldfinger's first name: CIRUA
14. French assembly: SENAT
15. Stand buy: ADE
16. "Return of the Jedi" villain: ABBAJ
17. See 27-Across: THESAURUS
19. Big brass: SABUT
21. Online identity: AVATAR
22. Like some office furniture: CIMONOGRE
26. Writer Calvino: ITALO
27. With 17-Across, reference book for a writer: STEGOR
28. Like the heads of many hairbrushes: OVAL
30. Duke, e.g.: Abbr.: SCH
31. Morlock victims, in science fiction: IOLE
32. Spoilers?: NANAS
34. London theater district: DNETSEW
38. Inventor of roll film: EASTMAN
42. Sorts (through): STFIS
44. Very light: AIRY
45. Go out: BBE
48. Cleveland Browns great Graham: OTTO
49. Manhattan eatery since 1927: SARDIS
51. Resentment: EUQIP
53. Subway entrance: TURNSTILE
55. Teakettle parts: STUOPS
57. Peals: TOLLS
58. Annual department store event: ELASETIHW
60. Zip: OOMPH
64. Asian holiday: TET
65. Cut off: REVES
66. Ones in cocoons: PUPAE
67. Oral hesitations: SRE
68. Topiary trees: SWEY
69. Word on an old gas pump: ETHYL

down

1. Perform: TCA
2. Laundry container: NIB
3. Hidden means of support?: ARB
4. Extinct creature with armored spikes on its back: RUASOGETS
5. Bingeing: GAJANO
6. Arctic gale: REHTRON
7. Brian of ambient music: ONE
8. "Now!": PASA
9. Show real eagerness: ETAVILAS
10. Persian ruler: PARTAS
11. Artist Monet: EDUALC
12. Power measures, informally: SESROH
14. Fortitude: STUG
18. Sigma follower: UAT
20. Rip off: BOR
22. Frisbee, e.g.: CSID
23. Cry of innocence: ITON
24. He, for one: Abbr.: MELE
25. Overhang: EVAE
29. Santa ___: ANA
33. Commences: STARTSOUT
35. Plugs: STOPPERS
36. Pond young 'un: EFT
37. Katarina ___, two-time Olympic gold-medalist skater: WITT
39. Skirt style: MIDI
40. Seed covering: ARIL
41. Inits. at 11 Wall Street: NYSE
43. Contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge: SOUTHEY
45. Attacks from all sides: BESETS
46. Gable part: BUTLER
47. Think of as the same: EQUATE
49. TV home of "Weekend Update," in brief: SNL
50. Slanting: ASLOPE
52. Runner of many Apple devices: IOS
54. Spats: ROWS
56. Worry: STEW
59. "___ got it": IVE
61. Nascar stat, for short: MPH
62. Remit: PAY
63. Daughter of Loki: HEL

Hints and full breakdown for Apr 28

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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.
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