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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 24, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, March 24, 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
- 45
- 51
Down clues & answers
- 37
- 48
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
across
- 1. Cable channel owned by Time Warner: TBS
- 4. Lead-in to toe or top: TIP
- 7. Countdown abbr.: HRS
- 10. "Un ___" (answer to "Parlez-vous français?"): PEU
- 13. Fashionable: ALAMODE
- 15. Distinctive filmmakers: AUTEURS
- 17. One-horse carriage: CARIOLE
- 18. Alley seen on TV: KIRSTIE
- 19. One may be deep: THINKER
- 20. Passed: ENACTED
- 21. Again ... and again: THRICE
- 23. ___ Ming, 2016 Hall of Fame inductee: YAO
- 24. Thereabouts: CLOSE
- 27. Unfeeling: NUMB
- 29. Line at a barbershop: PART
- 32. Pickup line?: RAM
- 33. Broadway opening: ACTI
- 35. Perhaps not at all: IFEVER
- 37. Keats ode subject: URN
- 38. 2017 symbol in the Chinese zodiac: ROOSTER
- 40. Accented approval: OLE
- 41. Boots: EVICTS
- 43. Actress Skye: IONE
- 44. Can: TIN
- 45. Eye protector: LASH
- 46. Writing on many a chalkboard: MENU
- 48. Tape recorder button: EJECT
- 50. Certain Bordeaux, informally: CAB
- 52. Provide with oxygen: AERATE
- 54. Game day disappointment: RAINOUT
- 57. Singer of the anthem "Hatikvah" ("The Hope"): ISRAELI
- 61. Carry out: EXECUTE
- 62. Big to-do: SHINDIG
- 63. Sticky stuff: PINETAR
- 64. Some playfulness: TEASING
- 65. German direction: OST
- 66. Short: SHY
- 67. Show filmed at Rockefeller Center, for short: SNL
- 68. Play (with): TOY
down
- 1. "It is ___ that is golden, not silence": Samuel Butler: TACT
- 2. When tripled, et cetera: BLAH
- 3. Article of apparel that often leaves one arm bare: SARI
- 4. Was encouraged: TOOKHEART
- 5. Layabout: IDLER
- 6. Look at searchingly: PEERINTO
- 7. Olajuwon of the N.B.A.: HAKEEM
- 8. Wreckage: RUIN
- 9. Good candidate for adoption: STRAY
- 10. Settle by calling the question: PUTTOAVOTE
- 11. Lake connected with lake-effect snow: ERIE
- 12. Exhausted: USED
- 14. Girl Scout cookie offering: MINTS
- 16. Barely successful avoidance of calamity: ESCAPE
- 22. Brand for weight-watchers: CUISINE
- 24. Barbarous: CRUEL
- 25. Caterpillar stage: LARVA
- 26. Godlike, in a way: OMNISCIENT
- 28. French well: BIEN
- 30. Museum piece: RELIC
- 31. River through Nottingham, England: TRENT
- 34. Ending with micro-: COSM
- 36. Incentive for buying a new product, maybe: FREETRIAL
- 39. Buyers of guidebooks: TOURISTS
- 42. What a long shot has: CHANCE
- 47. Lunch spot: EATERY
- 49. Form-fitting casual wear: JEANS
- 51. Matches: BOUTS
- 53. Wan: ASHEN
- 54. Auctioned car, perhaps: REPO
- 55. x or y: AXIS
- 56. Pac-12 team: UTAH
- 58. Make some changes to: EDIT
- 59. Old typesetting machine, informally: LINO
- 60. Pop of rock: IGGY
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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?.
The Crossword FAQ
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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?
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