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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 24, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, October 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
- 22
- 33
- 43
- 51
- 69
Down clues & answers
- 12
- 24
- 42
- 47
- 54
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Monday, October 23, 2017
across
- 1. Online source of film trivia: IMDB
- 5. When doubled, a Hawaiian fish: MAHI
- 9. A lot: SCADS
- 14. Sour expression: MOUE
- 15. "Yeah, right!": ASIF
- 16. Give permission: ALLOW
- 17. Period dominated by the likes of Dan Rather and Peter Jennings?: ANCHORAGE
- 19. Stop competing as an amateur: GOPRO
- 20. Like dry, clumpy mud: CAKED
- 21. Cool, in '90s slang: PHAT
- 23. Blacken, as by fire: CHAR
- 24. Joan who sang at Woodstock: BAEZ
- 26. Period when every car was a junker?: WRECKAGE
- 28. Hairless: BALD
- 30. Boise's state: Abbr.: IDA
- 32. Dawn goddess: EOS
- 33. Painful boo-boo: OWIE
- 34. English-speaking neighbor of Venezuela: GUYANA
- 36. Maple syrup source: SAP
- 39. Period known for its 007 movies?: BONDAGE
- 41. Period of fuzzy sweaters?: PILLAGE
- 43. So last year: OLD
- 44. Swallowed quickly: GULPED
- 46. Classic Diana Ross hairdo: AFRO
- 47. Strategy-free card game: WAR
- 48. Wedding vow: IDO
- 49. Gradually remove, as from a mother's milk: WEAN
- 50. Period when tribute bands thrived?: COVERAGE
- 54. Flees: LAMS
- 56. Go wild in the streets: RIOT
- 57. Reason to pull an all-nighter: TEST
- 59. Backs of necks: NAPES
- 62. "I was with my mistress at the time," maybe: ALIBI
- 64. Period when psychiatrists ruled?: SHRINKAGE
- 66. Cross-dressing Disney heroine of 1998: MULAN
- 67. Chimney buildup: SOOT
- 68. Supply-and-demand subj.: ECON
- 69. Fire starter: SPARK
- 70. Chooses: OPTS
- 71. The first "R" of R&R: REST
down
- 1. Apple introduction of 1998: IMAC
- 2. "___ Lisa": MONA
- 3. Hunter's hiding spot in a marsh: DUCKBLIND
- 4. Guillotined: BEHEADED
- 5. Tarnish or deface: MAR
- 6. "Right away!": ASAP
- 7. Turnpike, e.g.: HIGHWAY
- 8. Lead-in to bad news: IFEAR
- 9. Droop: SAG
- 10. Things seen in most public buildings, but almost never in casinos: CLOCKS
- 11. A, as in Aristotle: ALPHA
- 12. Kerchief worn as headgear: DORAG
- 13. Used foul language: SWORE
- 18. Keats poem: ODE
- 22. Elvis in the 1950s or Justin Bieber in the 2010s: TEENIDOL
- 25. Stepped tower of ancient Sumer: ZIGGURAT
- 27. Anthracite, e.g.: COAL
- 28. Classic clown with a repetitive name: BOBO
- 29. Missing, as a G.I.: AWOL
- 31. Climax of "Hamilton": DUEL
- 35. Mimicked: APED
- 36. Campus sanctuary, in modern parlance: SAFESPACE
- 37. Taj Mahal locale: AGRA
- 38. Lowly worker: PEON
- 40. Food-thickening agent: AGAR
- 42. Legislator: LAWMAKER
- 45. Specialty bakery: PIESHOP
- 47. Home mixology station: WETBAR
- 50. Pulls an all-nighter, say: CRAMS
- 51. Prepare for a bodybuilding contest: OILUP
- 52. "And there it is!": VOILA
- 53. Painting surface: GESSO
- 55. ___ Arbor, Mich.: ANN
- 58. Gait between a walk and a canter: TROT
- 60. Causes of bigheadedness: EGOS
- 61. Mailed: SENT
- 63. What quills are dipped in: INK
- 65. "___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia": ITS
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- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
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- 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?.
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