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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 26, 2017
Saturday, August 26, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, August 26, 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
- 25
- 26
- 30
- 47
- 62
Down clues & answers
- 14
- 31
- 54
- 55
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Friday, August 25, 2017
across
- 1. "I like it!": GOODSTUFF
- 10. They often come back to haunt people: PASTS
- 15. Shoe-in?: ODOREATER
- 16. Wear that renders Harry Potter invisible: CLOAK
- 17. Make very thirsty: DEHYDRATE
- 18. Cheerful: PERKY
- 19. Least thought through: RASHEST
- 21. Sob story subjects: WOES
- 22. Toy that might cause injury: BBGUN
- 25. Muhammad's flight: HEGIRA
- 27. Net: EARN
- 28. One blowing up when threatened: PUFFERFISH
- 32. Newswoman Cabrera: ANA
- 33. Extremely, in slang: HELLA
- 34. John Hancock competitor: AETNA
- 35. Like much sandpaper: TAN
- 36. Drew: ENTICED
- 38. Thataway: YON
- 39. Hindu war deity: INDRA
- 41. Partners of 42-Acrosses: REELS
- 42. Angling tool: ROD
- 43. Observation deck of the future?: TAROTCARDS
- 45. Get some quick rest: DOZE
- 46. Officials outranking beys: PASHAS
- 47. Played with like a pooch: PAWED
- 48. Workout set: REPS
- 49. Raccoon in a Dumpster, e.g.: FORAGER
- 53. Focus of "Ocean's Eleven": HEIST
- 55. "When hell freezes over!": NEVEREVER
- 59. One knowledgeable on tribal lore: ELDER
- 60. "No problem at all": IDONTMIND
- 61. Test: ASSAY
- 62. TV family from the planet Remulak: CONEHEADS
down
- 1. Uranus, e.g.: GOD
- 2. Work of admiration: ODE
- 3. Sound of admiration: OOH
- 4. Test: DRYRUN
- 5. Malibu, e.g.: SEDAN
- 6. Popeye and others: TARS
- 7. Home of Weber State University: UTAH
- 8. Bash: FETE
- 9. Looking youthful: FRESHFACED
- 10. Hallucinogen nicknamed "embalming fluid": PCP
- 11. Member of the herring family: ALEWIFE
- 12. Home to many sisters: SORORITYROW
- 13. Get some quick rest: TAKEASNOOZE
- 14. "___ the Limit" (Notorious B.I.G. hit): SKYS
- 20. It gives a driver a little height: TEE
- 22. Order to go: BEATIT
- 23. Slip causes, in cartoons: BANANAPEELS
- 24. Gerald Ford's hometown: GRANDRAPIDS
- 26. Their number increases every May: GRADS
- 28. John Hancock item: PEN
- 29. Too high to catch?: ULTRASONIC
- 30. Superman, notably: FLIER
- 31. Heavy or ham follower: HANDED
- 33. Home for gorse and coarse grasses: HEATH
- 37. Golf Hall of Fame inductee of 2011: ELS
- 40. Waters near Mount Erebus: ROSSSEA
- 44. Half-___: CAF
- 45. Response to "You wouldn't do that": DAREME
- 47. State capital on the Indian Ocean: PERTH
- 48. Bird named for a Titaness: RHEA
- 50. Face-lift: REDO
- 51. Maker of Scentini fragrances: AVON
- 52. One with a feature role?: GENE
- 54. Test: TRY
- 56. Using: VIA
- 57. Destroy: END
- 58. Ways: Abbr.: RDS
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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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