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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 2, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, June 2, 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
- 1
- 16
- 34
- 60
- 63
- 68
- 69
Down clues & answers
- 57
- 60
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
across
- 1. Screwed up big-time: BLEWIT
- 7. Early 10th-century year: CMIX
- 11. Fit to be tied: MAD
- 14. Dickinson with a modeling agency: JANICE
- 15. Leisure: EASE
- 16. Fire truck accessory: AXE
- 17. Rock's Blue ___ Cult: OYSTER
- 18. Scott in 1857 news: DRED
- 19. ___ de la Cité: ILE
- 20. Triple Crown stat: RBI
- 21. Eventually: INTIME
- 23. Orch. section: STR
- 24. Supreme Court justice who replaced Stevens: KAGAN
- 26. U.N. agcy. that promotes "decent work for all women and men": ILO
- 27. ___ Islands (autonomous part of Denmark): FAROE
- 29. G.O.P. org.: RNC
- 30. Well-wisher's wish: ALLTHEBEST
- 32. Erik of "CHiPs": ESTRADA
- 34. Gives the slip: ELUDES
- 35. Ariz.-to-Kan. direction: ENE
- 36. ___-mo replay: SLO
- 37. Odin's realm: ASGARD
- 41. Muscle builder for Popeye: SPINACH
- 45. Mark in the intersection of 19-Across and 11-Down: CIRCUMFLEX
- 47. Coffeehouse combo, often: DUO
- 48. Lightning Bolt: USAIN
- 49. "Footloose" hero ___ McCormack: REN
- 50. To a degree, informally: SORTA
- 52. Denouement: END
- 53. Awaited a tongue depressor, maybe: SAIDAH
- 55. Tempe sch.: ASU
- 56. 12 meses: ANO
- 57. "You ___?" (butler's line): RANG
- 58. French waiter: GARCON
- 60. E-guffaw: LOL
- 61. Advance slowly: INCH
- 62. Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down: UMLAUT
- 63. Part of a financial portfolio, for short: IRA
- 64. Greet's partner: MEET
- 65. "___ Fables": AESOPS
down
- 1. One-named singer from Iceland: BJORK
- 2. Expose for all to see: LAYBARE
- 3. Midshipmen, after commission: ENSIGNS
- 4. Jokester: WIT
- 5. Strand at a ski lodge, maybe: ICEIN
- 6. Migratory seabird: TERN
- 7. Mark in the intersection of 58-Across and 43-Down: CEDILLA
- 8. Rocky Mountains rodent: MARMOT
- 9. "Gotcha": ISEE
- 10. Struck (out): XED
- 11. Restaurant V.I.P.: MAITRED
- 12. Frontman of the "Welcome to the Jungle" band: AXLROSE
- 13. Poor grade: DEE
- 22. Mark in the intersection of 56-Across and 38-Down: TILDE
- 23. "Elephant Boy" boy: SABU
- 25. Don't just sit there: ACT
- 27. Arsonist, e.g.: FELON
- 28. Alf and Mork, for short: ETS
- 30. The N.C.A.A.'s Aggies, informally: AANDM
- 31. DNA strand shape: HELIX
- 33. Any airing of "Friends," now: RERUN
- 36. Pass, as time: SPEND
- 37. Prefix with pressure: ACU
- 38. Opposite of "No way, José!"?: SISENOR
- 39. What may be in a breakfast bar: GRANOLA
- 40. Pepto-Bismol target: ACID
- 41. Deceptive dexterity: SLEIGHT
- 42. Hoopla: ADO
- 43. Neighbor of Aruba: CURACAO
- 44. Steaming bowlful: HOTSOUP
- 46. Champagne's place: FRANCE
- 50. "Tsk, tsk!": SHAME
- 51. Em and Polly, in literature: AUNTS
- 53. Mentally together: SANE
- 54. Contents of un lago: AGUA
- 56. Boxing's "Louisville Lip": ALI
- 57. Backboard attachment: RIM
- 59. "Treasure Island" monogram: RLS
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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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