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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 9, 2017
Friday, June 9, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, June 9, 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
- 34
- 52
Down clues & answers
- 28
- 37
- 43
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Thursday, June 8, 2017
across
- 1. Ultracool person: BADASS
- 7. Moneybags: FATCAT
- 13. Queen of rap: LATIFAH
- 14. Penguin species: ADELIE
- 15. Diffuse through: PERMEATE
- 16. They make waves in the ocean: SONARS
- 17. Hollywood V.I.P.s: Abbr.: AGTS
- 18. Roomba, for one: ROBOT
- 20. Bar at a roast: SPIT
- 21. Called for: WAR
- 22. Sounded off: RAN
- 23. Bear in a 2012 film and its 2015 sequel: TED
- 24. Not much: ATAD
- 26. With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do?: MINCE
- 28. Parks who stood up for the right to sit down: ROSA
- 29. Sequoia, e.g.: TOYOTA
- 31. Financial promise: GUARANTY
- 33. Certain lighters: BICS
- 35. Actor Peters of "American Horror Story": EVAN
- 36. MapQuest feature: CAPITALQ
- 40. Impressionist artist?: ETCHER
- 44. Letter before Peter in the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet: OBOE
- 45. See 26-Across: WORDS
- 47. Scam: HOSE
- 48. Just fine: COP
- 49. ___ acid: ACE
- 50. Little jerk: TIC
- 51. Alien such as Jabba: HUTT
- 53. Methuselah's father: ENOCH
- 55. Best Picture partly adapted from a C.I.A. operative's book: ARGO
- 56. Breakout consoles: ATARIS
- 58. "Grease" actress whose first name consists of the same two letters twice: DIDICONN
- 60. "Let's call it a day!": IMBEAT
- 61. Eight-time Gold Glove winner Jim: EDMONDS
- 62. Forward: RESEND
- 63. Nets with weights: SEINES
down
- 1. It might hold your glasses: BARTRAY
- 2. Security cam sites: ATMS
- 3. Certain nutritionist: DIE
- 4. "Our deeds still travel with us from ___, / And what we have been makes us what we are": George Eliot: AFAR
- 5. Zen enlightenment: SATORI
- 6. "Whole" amount: SHEBANG
- 7. Word before food, paradoxically?: FAST
- 8. Extreme fandom: ADO
- 9. Treasury bills?: TENS
- 10. #2 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists": CLAPTON
- 11. Most open: AIRIEST
- 12. Stressful time for a student: TESTDAY
- 13. Played smoothly: LEGATO
- 15. Handle roughly: PAWAT
- 19. Well-timed: ONCUE
- 25. "The Many Loves of ___ Gillis": DOBIE
- 26. Relative of a cockatoo: MACAW
- 27. Provider of protection from the rain: EAVES
- 28. Dressing choice: RANCH
- 30. Red hair tint: TIT
- 32. Allowance: RAT
- 34. Penn : Wharton :: M.I.T. : ___: SLOAN
- 36. Jointly run: COCHAIR
- 37. Personal website section: ABOUTME
- 38. Soda can features: POPTABS
- 39. Scannable black-and-white boxes: QRCODES
- 41. They have souped-up engines: HOTRODS
- 42. Endorses digitally: ESIGNS
- 43. Drone's job, maybe: RECON
- 46. Stop waffling: DECIDE
- 52. Sequoia, e.g.: TREE
- 53. Abbr. before a year: ESTD
- 54. ___ cable (computer/TV connector): HDMI
- 55. Embarrassing spots?: ACNE
- 57. John, in Scotland: IAN
- 59. Na+ or Cl-: ION
More daily puzzle hints
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- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- 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.