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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 10, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, March 10, 2017. 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
- 57
Down clues & answers
- 22
- 31
- 33
- 58
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
across
- 1. "Don't text and drive" spots, e.g., for short: PSAS
- 5. Dallas pro, informally: MAV
- 8. Extemporizes, in a way: JAMS
- 12. R&B artist with the 2004 hit "1, 2 Step": CIARA
- 13. Manhattan's Park, e.g.: Abbr.: AVE
- 14. Shimmery stones: OPALS
- 16. Substantial: HEFTY
- 17. Band's booking: GIG
- 18. "Make sense?": GETIT
- 19. First-class, in slang: ACES
- 20. Gilt-y party?: MIDAS
- 22. Retro skyscraper style: DECO
- 23. Sports monitor, for short: REF
- 24. Actor Cage, to friends: NIC
- 25. Org. that penalizes icing: NHL
- 27. Like the yin side: Abbr.: FEM
- 28. Uncomfortably close to home: TOOREAL
- 30. Flashy event?: PHOTOOP
- 32. Brood: FRET
- 33. He said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize": ALI
- 35. "Star Trek: T.N.G." Klingon: WORF
- 36. One half of a 55-Across: WORKWORKWORKWORK
- 37. "Les ___": MIZ
- 38. The other half of a 55-Across: LIFELIFELIFELIFE
- 39. Candy sold in stacked bricks: PEZ
- 40. Airer of many public affairs programmes: BBCNEWS
- 46. Naturally, in Britspeak: ASYOUDO
- 53. Spark: AROUSE
- 54. Gave a damn?: CURSED
- 55. Challenge in a demanding job ... or a feature of this puzzle?: WORKLIFEBALANCE
- 59. Single: LONE
- 60. "Dead Souls" author Nikolai: GOGOL
- 61. Neighbor of Myanmar: LAOS
- 62. Narrowly made, with "out": EKED
- 63. Message on a candy heart: HUGME
- 64. Some briefs: BVDS
- 65. Government org. featured on "Narcos": DEA
- 66. Grubby group: SLOBS
- 67. Positive feedback: YEA
down
- 1. Unpleasant sort: PIECEOFWORK
- 2. Office-friendly, to YouTubers: SAFEFORWORK
- 3. Music and theater, e.g.: ARTS
- 4. "Here's a thought ...": SAY
- 5. Things from which genii are summoned: MAGICLAMPS
- 6. Passionate: AVID
- 7. Pie made with dairy-free cheese, maybe: VEGANPIZZA
- 8. Brief, abrupt change in direction: JOG
- 9. Made an impression?: APED
- 10. Have an unchanging, monogamous relationship: MATEFORLIFE
- 11. Peek into the everyday: SLICEOFLIFE
- 12. Put on the map: CHART
- 15. Tread not so lightly: STOMP
- 20. Unaccounted for, for short: MIA
- 21. "Put a cork in it!": SHH
- 24. Exchange business cards, maybe: NETWORK
- 26. Good-for-nothing: LOWLIFE
- 29. Overhaul: REWORK
- 31. "L'chaim!": TOLIFE
- 34. Bit of fake news: LIE
- 40. Broke down, in a way: BAWLED
- 41. Edward ___, first popularly elected African-American U.S. senator (Massachusetts, 1967-79): BROOKE
- 42. You can see right through it: CORNEA
- 43. Reheated, in a way: NUKED
- 44. Immigrant's class: Abbr.: ESL
- 45. Puts on the 47-Down: WEIGHS
- 47. What some black squares in this grid represent: SCALES
- 48. Brynner of "The Magnificent Seven": YUL
- 49. Dental care brand: ORALB
- 50. Org. for Carter and Bush Sr. before they became presidents: USNAVY
- 51. Puzzle out: DECODE
- 52. Texas oil city: ODESSA
- 56. Cry ___: FOUL
- 57. Frozen food brand with French Toaster Sticks: EGGO
- 58. Fail ignominiously: BOMB
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- 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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