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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 7, 2017

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 7, 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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Monday, November 6, 2017

across

1. Deals with a problem: COPES
6. What X equals in Roman numerals: TEN
9. Mature, as wine: AGE
12. Polite plea to a parent: COULDI
13. Yale student, informally: ELI
14. Sea, to Debussy: MER
15. *Out-of-vogue hairstyle akin to a mullet: RATTAIL
16. What "compares 2 U" in a 1990 #1 Sinead O'Connor hit: NOTHING
18. Ctrl-___-Del: ALT
19. When doubled, an African fly: TSE
20. Diatribe: TIRADE
21. Thick piece of concrete: SLAB
23. Like a G.I. cleaning up after a meal, maybe: ONKP
25. Speak grandly: ORATE
27. *Condition with feet turned inward: PIGEONTOES
30. Nobel laureate Wiesel: ELIE
31. Almost vertical, as a slope: STEEP
32. *How a tot rides on someone's shoulders: PIGGYBACK
34. Nurse, as a drink: SIP
36. Gooey road cover: TAR
37. *Two ones, in dice: SNAKEEYES
43. Monsoon events: RAINS
47. Nashville's home: Abbr.: TENN
48. Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues: PARTANIMAL
50. Washington's ___ Sound: PUGET
52. Drug cop: NARC
53. Transoceanic alliance since 1949: NATO
54. Nike competitor: REEBOK
56. Western tribe member: UTE
58. Acorn, for one: NUT
59. On the market, as a house: FORSALE
60. *Signs of a much-used book: DOGEARS
62. Suffix with nectar or elephant: INE
63. Fib: LIE
64. Have the attention of: ENGAGE
65. Psychedelic drug, briefly: LSD
66. The "L" of L.A.P.D.: LOS
67. Sierra ___ (African land): LEONE

down

1. Summer vacation lodging: COTTAGE
2. Result of three strikes: OUT
3. City planner's map: PLAT
4. Inventor dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park": EDISON
5. Feature of the word "psalm" or "pterodactyl": SILENTP
6. Camping stake: TENTPEG
7. Race of people in "The Time Machine": ELOI
8. The "N" of TNT: NITRO
9. "Star Wars" queen: AMIDALA
10. Hereditary: GENETIC
11. Unit of work: ERG
12. "Heads or tails!": CALLIT
15. Speaks with a hoarse voice: RASPS
17. *Foolish sort: HAREBRAIN
22. *Really something, with "the": BEESKNEES
24. Japanese pond swimmer: KOI
26. "There's a mouse!": EEK
28. Andy's boy on "The Andy Griffith Show": OPIE
29. Driller in R.O.T.C., maybe: Abbr.: SGT
33. Knitting material: YARN
35. Dynamism: PEP
37. Fuel additive brand: STP
38. Those getting excited when thinking?: NEURONS
39. Made irate: ANGERED
40. Team with the most World Series victories (27): YANKEES
41. Historical period: ERA
42. Layered Austrian pastry: STRUDEL
44. Humble response to "How do you do it all?": IMANAGE
45. It is "full of genius, full of the divinity," per Henry David Thoreau: NATURE
46. Vegas machines: SLOTS
49. Start of a play: ACTONE
51. Kids' batting game: TBALL
55. Miscellany: OLIO
57. Frozen waffle brand: EGGO
59. Chick-___-A: FIL
61. Suffix with Caesar: EAN

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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.
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