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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 8, 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, November 8, 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
- 28
- 56
- 59
Down clues & answers
- 11
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
across
- 1. Facing difficulty: INAJAM
- 7. Crow: BRAG
- 11. London's ___ Gardens: KEW
- 14. "Hasta ___": MANANA
- 15. Prime rating org.: USDA
- 16. Belief, informally: ISM
- 17. Contributing (to): ADDING
- 18. Neither raise nor fold, in poker: STAY
- 19. Homer's next-door neighbor on "The Simpsons": NED
- 20. Rollover problem? [1997]: MILLENNIUMBUG
- 23. ___ Paulo, Brazil: SAO
- 24. Something a driver may "hang": UIE
- 25. Jazz pianist Jamal: AHMAD
- 28. Spectacular disaster [2016]: DUMPSTERFIRE
- 32. H&R Block staffers: CPAS
- 34. Start of the season?: TIS
- 35. Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding": NIA
- 36. Rescue from insolvency [2008]: BAILOUT
- 39. Demoted [2006]: PLUTOED
- 42. Wife of Juan Perón: EVA
- 43. Agency issuance, in brief: REG
- 45. Get rid of: TOSS
- 46. Gender-neutral pronoun [2015]: SINGULARTHEY
- 51. John B, in a Beach Boys hit: SLOOP
- 52. Particle physics suffix: INO
- 53. When doubled, a Gabor sister: ZSA
- 56. Annual American Dialect Society award given to seven answers in this puzzle: WORDOFTHEYEAR
- 61. Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da ___ G Show": ALI
- 63. Egg: Fr.: OEUF
- 64. Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play: OTELLO
- 65. Cent or capita preceder: PER
- 66. One chain by one furlong: ACRE
- 67. "Now wait just one second!": HOLDUP
- 68. "The Fall of the House of Usher" writer: POE
- 69. Pink: ROSY
- 70. Airing after midnight, say: ONLATE
down
- 1. Muslim worship leaders: IMAMS
- 2. Foreign exchange student in "American Pie": NADIA
- 3. "___, the angel of the Lord came upon them": Luke: ANDLO
- 4. Corner square in Monopoly: JAIL
- 5. Either of two wives of Henry VIII: ANNE
- 6. ___ opus: MAGNUM
- 7. Like Tokyo's Shinjuku Station, according to Guinness: BUSIEST
- 8. Q-V connection: RSTU
- 9. Actor Driver of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens": ADAM
- 10. New York's Stonewall Inn, e.g.: GAYBAR
- 11. Cretan who had the Labyrinth built: KINGMINOS
- 12. WNW's opposite: ESE
- 13. Iraq War worry, for short [2002]: WMD
- 21. Puppy's bite: NIP
- 22. Channels 14 and up, for short: UHF
- 26. April fools' sign?: ARIES
- 27. Inoperative: DEAD
- 28. Lentil dish at an Indian restaurant: DAL
- 29. G.I. tour grp.: USO
- 30. Money left on the table?: TIP
- 31. Subj. for U.S. citizens-to-be: ESL
- 32. Petty objection: CAVIL
- 33. Part of a musical instrument made from spring steel: PIANOWIRE
- 36. Porgy's partner: BESS
- 37. https://www.whitehouse.gov, e.g.: URL
- 38. Serving from a trolley: TEA
- 40. Western native: UTE
- 41. Play (with): TOY
- 44. Baseball's Ken Jr. or Sr.: GRIFFEY
- 47. When repeated, baby's utterance: GOO
- 48. Furor: UPROAR
- 49. Explosive in a stick: TNT
- 50. Santa's laugh: HOHOHO
- 53. Video game princess: ZELDA
- 54. "Skoal!" alternative: SALUT
- 55. Soap-on-___: AROPE
- 57. Chrysler Building's style, briefly: DECO
- 58. Not just mine: OURS
- 59. Kind of collar: ETON
- 60. Holler: YELL
- 61. Snapchat or Dropbox [2010]: APP
- 62. One of 13 popes: LEO
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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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