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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 10, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, January 10, 2018. 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
- 60
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 28
- 34
- 53
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
across
- 1. Perennial campaign issue: JOBS
- 5. Airplane wing feature: SLAT
- 9. Cool, giant sun: SSTAR
- 14. Taken by mouth: ORAL
- 15. Sweat spot: PORE
- 16. Remote control button: PAUSE
- 17. Grinder: HERO
- 18. Totally focused: RAPT
- 19. Brooding worry: ANGST
- 20. Big part of the New World: NORTHAMERICA
- 23. It's pitched with a pitchfork: HAY
- 24. Present oneself falsely: LIVEALIE
- 28. Greek island in the Aegean Sea: IOS
- 31. Common supply for a party: ICE
- 33. One cause for an R rating: SEX
- 34. Wagering venue, briefly: OTB
- 35. Like some missiles: ANTITANK
- 38. Onetime Volvo competitor: SAAB
- 39. Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares: MEETINTHEMIDDLE
- 43. Bad temper: BILE
- 44. Flashy 1940s men's attire: ZOOTSUIT
- 45. Lead-in to bred or behaved: ILL
- 46. Channel for "Conan": TBS
- 49. ___-Caps (theater candy): SNO
- 50. Faux ___: PAS
- 51. Seaside cookout: CLAMBAKE
- 54. Fast-food chain with a goateed spokesman: KFC
- 56. Flashing light phenomenon: STROBEEFFECT
- 61. Ridiculous: INANE
- 64. Pink: ROSY
- 65. Humdinger: LULU
- 66. Arms and legs: LIMBS
- 67. "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare," e.g.: TOME
- 68. 10-Down resident: ARAB
- 69. On the nose: EXACT
- 70. What's happening and when, informally: SKED
- 71. Recorded message prompt: TONE
down
- 1. Donald ___ Trump: JOHN
- 2. ___ Blizzard (Dairy Queen offering): OREO
- 3. Roseanne of "Roseanne": BARR
- 4. Animal that hangs upside down in trees: SLOTH
- 5. Graffiti artist's tool: SPRAYCAN
- 6. Rich soil: LOAM
- 7. Big name in beauty products: ARPEL
- 8. Game craze of the late 1980s and '90s: TETRIS
- 9. Falcon rocket launcher: SPACEX
- 10. Yemen's capital: SANAA
- 11. Pull: TUG
- 12. Nativity scene figure: ASS
- 13. Emeritus: Abbr.: RET
- 21. Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador: HAITI
- 22. Natalie Cole's "___ Got Love on My Mind": IVE
- 25. Pack, as a car for travel: LOADUP
- 26. Napoli's nation: ITALIA
- 27. Field where Jackie Robinson played: EBBETS
- 28. Like the meter in sonnets: IAMBIC
- 29. Ed of "Modern Family": ONEILL
- 30. Popular Belgian beer, for short: STELLA
- 32. Fictional tree creature: ENT
- 36. Carmel finish?: ITE
- 37. Letters on an AM dial: KHZ
- 38. 1960s radical grp.: SDS
- 40. Canon model: EOS
- 41. Tinkered (with): MONKEYED
- 42. "Knock ___!": ITOFF
- 46. Intradermal diagnostic, for short: TBTEST
- 47. Many a lounge: BAR
- 48. Some tennis wear: SKORTS
- 52. "___ Live" (daytime news program): MSNBC
- 53. Kindle material: EBOOK
- 55. B equivalent: CFLAT
- 57. Salinger dedicatee: ESME
- 58. Tip of France?: EURO
- 59. Family: CLAN
- 60. Idiot box: TUBE
- 61. ___-de-France: ILE
- 62. Put the kibosh on: NIX
- 63. Operator's org.?: AMA
More daily puzzle hints
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- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- 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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