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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for September 14, 2016

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, September 14, 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.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

across

1. End of "Macbeth" or "Othello": ACTV
5. Airer of F.C.C. hearings: CSPAN
10. Something caught in a filter: SPAM
14. "Downton Abbey" countess: CORA
15. "Macbeth" or "Otello": OPERA
16. Davenport's home: IOWA
17. Person between 50 and 59: QUINQUAGENARIAN
20. Supermarket checkout lines?: UPC
21. RCA introduction of 1977: VCR
22. Surfacing for a golf course: SOD
23. Pie pan material: TIN
24. Sort: ILK
25. The Goddess of Pop: CHER
27. Vindictiveness: SPITE
29. Rebuke, with "off": TELL
31. Rights, informally: DIBS
34. Oblique look: LEER
35. Brews, as tea: STEEPS
38. Orators' aids: CUECARDS
40. O'Neal's memoir of his N.B.A. rookie year: SHAQATTAQ
42. ___ Brewster, Cary Grant's role in "Arsenic and Old Lace": MORTIMER
45. Gushes, as from a water fountain: SPURTS
49. Domain: AREA
50. Water swirl: EDDY
52. Workplace fairness agcy.: EEOC
53. Acknowledge as true: COPTO
55. Things sometimes seen in banks: OARS
58. ___ Lanka: SRI
59. The Braves of the N.L. East: ATL
60. Chicken drumstick: LEG
63. Mythical bird: ROC
64. Black ___ (secret missions): OPS
65. N.H.L. team that became the Colorado Avalanche: QUEBECNORDIQUES
69. Frequent follower of "said" in the Bible: UNTO
70. Vietnam's capital: HANOI
71. Mistyping remedy: UNDO
72. 1950s British P.M. Anthony ___: EDEN
73. Central Florida metropolis, informally: OTOWN
74. Perfume: ODOR

down

1. Emulates the O. J. Simpson jury: ACQUITS
2. "Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses," e.g.: COUPLET
3. Sparse flow: TRICKLE
4. Moving day vehicle: VAN
5. Davenport, e.g.: COUCH
6. Let off from punishment: SPARED
7. Violin's string tightener: PEG
8. Mars, to the Greeks: ARES
9. iPod Mini successor: NANO
10. Title bestowed on 72-Across: SIR
11. Sidney of "Lilies of the Field": POITIER
12. Was in store for: AWAITED
13. Miss ___, etiquette columnist: MANNERS
18. Channel for TV shoppers: QVC
19. 15+ minutes of a typical TV hour: ADS
26. Lucy or Ricky on "I Love Lucy": RICARDO
28. Award on a wall: PLAQUE
30. Vampire in "The Vampire Chronicles": LESTAT
32. Waffle introducer?: BUT
33. Gels: SETS
36. ___ Beta Kappa: PHI
37. Unchanged: SAME
39. Beanie, e.g.: CAP
41. Logician's "There you have it": QED
42. Cousin of a baboon: MACAQUE
43. Deep and sonorous, as a voice: OROTUND
44. Filled (with): REPLETE
46. Reverberate: RESOUND
47. Sink, as one's chances: TORPEDO
48. ___ kick (swimming technique): SCISSOR
51. Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary: YARROW
54. Corrida cheer: OLE
56. "The Thinker" sculptor: RODIN
57. Many an ology: Abbr.: SCI
61. Reverberate: ECHO
62. Metaphor for insignificance: GNAT
66. "___ courage!" (French cry): BON
67. Donator of Lennon's home to the National Trust: ONO
68. Quid pro ___: QUO

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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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