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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 2, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, November 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
Down clues & answers
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across
- 1. Tailor's unit: INCH
- 5. African virus: EBOLA
- 10. Ancient Central American: MAYA
- 14. "Your majesty": SIRE
- 15. Commercial symbols in Lomé?: TOGOSLOGOS
- 17. Source of indigo: ANIL
- 18. Reptile at the top of the Jurassic food chain: ALLOSAURUS
- 19. Basis of a refreshing Mideast beverage?: YEMENSLEMONS
- 21. Court recorder: STENO
- 22. Speaking up?: PRAYING
- 26. Cries of dismay: OYS
- 27. Downton Abbey headgear: TOPHAT
- 31. Chill in the air: NIP
- 32. Metonym for Middle America: PEORIA
- 34. Leader of a group of elves: SANTA
- 36. Gavotte, minuet and cancan?: FRANCESDANCES
- 39. Where Theseus slew the Minotaur: CRETE
- 40. Tone deafness: TINEAR
- 41. What a cyclops has in common with a cyclone: EYE
- 42. River in Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home": SWANEE
- 44. Chomped down on: BIT
- 47. Country completely surrounded by South Africa: LESOTHO
- 50. Ethan Frome's wife: ZEENA
- 52. Far Eastern mimics?: CHINASMYNAHS
- 56. Cry from Juliet: ROMEOROMEO
- 59. Sondheim's "It Takes Two," e.g.: DUET
- 60. Providers of low notes for rumbas?: CUBASTUBAS
- 61. To be, in Toulouse: ETRE
- 62. "___ aside ...": ASAN
- 63. Begins to wake: STIRS
- 64. Blond now, say: DYED
down
- 1. Arbitrary non-explanation, after "because": ISAYSO
- 2. No longer an octogenarian: NINETY
- 3. Events in Bonnie and Clyde's biography: CRIMESPREES
- 4. Her face launched a thousand ships: HELEN
- 5. Greek H's: ETAS
- 6. ___ weevil: BOLL
- 7. Leer: OGLE
- 8. Lead-in to land for Willy Wonka's workers: LOOMPA
- 9. Categorize: ASSORT
- 10. Timid: MOUSY
- 11. Cabinet dept.: AGR
- 12. The "Y" of TTYL: YOU
- 13. Total jerk: ASS
- 16. Actress Turner: LANA
- 20. Emphatically zero: NOTONE
- 23. What kindness and graceful aging reveal: INNERBEAUTY
- 24. Quibbles: NITS
- 25. 4.0, e.g.: GPA
- 28. Tolkien terror: ORC
- 29. Alternative to cake: PIE
- 30. "___ mañana": HASTA
- 33. Have supper: EAT
- 34. One of the Seven Dwarfs: SNEEZY
- 35. Obama's signature health measure, for short: ACA
- 36. David ___, comic with a famous Richard Nixon impression: FRYE
- 37. When repeated, child's term for supper: DIN
- 38. "Wheel of Fortune" buy: ANE
- 39. Cartoon frame: CEL
- 42. Skins' opponent in a pickup game: SHIRTS
- 43. Prevailed: WONOUT
- 45. Cry after "Psst!": INHERE
- 46. Sampled: TASTED
- 48. Indian ___: OCEAN
- 49. Pres. Jefferson: THOS
- 51. Broke off: ENDED
- 53. Prefix with dexterity: AMBI
- 54. Burn superficially: SEAR
- 55. Rolling stones lack it: MOSS
- 56. First U.S. color TV maker: RCA
- 57. Suffix with hazard: OUS
- 58. C.E.O.'s deg.: MBA
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- 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?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.