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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 14, 2017

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Saturday, October 14, 2017

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, October 14, 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.

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Friday, October 13, 2017

across

1. Reversible fabric: DAMASK
7. Egyptian charm: SCARAB
13. "It's just me": IMALONE
15. Marching ___ (Midwest college band): ILLINI
16. Flower with five petals: GERANIUM
18. "Such a pity": TOOBAD
19. Bugs: IRKS
20. Remains of a wreck: FLOTSAM
22. Evening result?: TIE
23. They're seen going south in the fall: GEESE
24. [Wham!]: KAPOW
28. Person in a trailer, in two senses: ACTOR
30. Heads up: RUNS
32. Ready (for): RIPE
33. Either Bill or Hillary Clinton, once: LAWYER
35. Worst of times: LOWS
37. ___ Lesser, player of Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld": LEN
38. Sites associated with the Innocence Project: DNALABS
40. Good connection: RAPPORT
42. Big name in home security systems: ADT
43. Things worth waiting for?: TIPS
45. A screwdriver might be added to it: BARTAB
46. Dash part: TACH
48. Opposite of downs: SIPS
50. Six-Day War leader Dayan: MOSHE
51. Not standing, in a way: ADHOC
53. Pork cuts: LOINS
55. Heart: Lat.: COR
56. Ice cream treat: TORTONI
58. French vineyards: CRUS
59. 1997 film whose poster shows a woman wearing dog tags: GIJANE
62. Exercise often done while lying down: LEGRAISE
64. Brand in the frozen food section: OREIDA
65. What a laryngitis sufferer may do: WHISPER
66. Pound a beat: PATROL
67. Double-click sound?: TSKTSK

down

1. Bits of information?: DIGITALDATA
2. Long-running Fox sitcom: AMERICANDAD
3. Big news site for investors: MARKETWATCH
4. "Such a pity": ALAS
5. Grand duke vis-à-vis a czar: SON
6. Big no-no at a T.S.A. checkpoint: KNIFE
7. Protests peacefully, in a way: SITS
8. Part of a wizard costume: CLOAK
9. Roberto ___, only Baseball Hall-of-Famer inducted as a Blue Jays player: ALOMAR
10. Tease: RIB
11. CNN anchor Cabrera: ANA
12. Offer: BID
14. 18th-century pioneer in graph theory: EULER
17. Major city on the Tigris: MOSUL
21. Wagner's Siegfried, for one: TENOR
23. Awesome: GREAT
25. Initial challenge for certain screenwriters: PILOTSCRIPT
26. Places to see Wagner: OPERAHOUSES
27. Totally lost it: WENTBERSERK
29. Castor ___ of old comics: OYL
31. Lowly navy person: SWAB
34. Pete Rose's 1,314, for short: RBIS
36. Bombards with fake offers: SPAMS
39. Like milk you shouldn't cry over: SPILT
41. Advocating: PRO
44. Obsolescent film holder: SPOOL
47. Blather: HOTAIR
49. Source of strength: SINEW
52. Airbnb listing: CONDO
54. "Sweet dreams": NIGHT
57. Honest-to-goodness: REAL
58. Port vessel: CASK
59. Letters leaning to the right?: GOP
60. Certain investment, for short: IRA
61. Jacuzzi part: JET
63. "___ for Ricochet" (2004 best seller): RIS

Hints and full breakdown for Oct 13

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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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What is a rebus square?

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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.