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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 19, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, January 19, 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
- 18
- 19
- 23
- 38
- 42
- 56
Down clues & answers
- 35
- 38
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
across
- 1. Rebound: CAROM
- 6. Lady ___ Ashley, Jake Barnes's love in "The Sun Also Rises": BRETT
- 11. Interregnum: GAP
- 14. Chilling: ONICE
- 15. Like the planets beyond the asteroid belt: OUTER
- 16. Chemical suffix: ENE
- 17. Rooftop heist?: HIGHROBBERY
- 19. Travel org. with an eTix app: MTA
- 20. "If you ask me," to texters: IMHO
- 21. Org. that discourages traveling: NBA
- 22. Flowerless plants: MOSSES
- 24. Diamond club: BAT
- 25. Some roles in the Jack Benny film "College Holiday": COEDS
- 27. Marathon leader?: ULTRA
- 28. Dateless, say: ALONE
- 30. Handle engineer duties?: RUNATRAIN
- 32. Bird that has one long talon on each foot for fighting: EMU
- 34. Pear variety: BOSC
- 35. Preschooler: TOT
- 36. Last at Daytona, say: SLOWEST
- 40. N.H.L. team that became the Hurricanes in 1997: WHALERS
- 42. "Mazel ___!": TOV
- 43. "No ___" ("I'm fine"): NEED
- 45. My Chemical Romance genre: EMO
- 46. Della or Picabo?: ONESTREET
- 49. Openings at a day spa?: PORES
- 53. Jewel case insert: CDROM
- 54. Bright lights: NEONS
- 56. Response to "Madam, I'm Adam" that is itself a palindrome: EVE
- 57. Alaskan bear: KODIAK
- 59. ___ favor: POR
- 60. Reindeer in "Frozen": SVEN
- 61. "Wheel of Fortune" buy: ANO
- 62. Sandwich shops?: SUBSTATIONS
- 65. Study: DEN
- 66. Orchestra tuners: OBOES
- 67. Pull some strings?: UNTIE
- 68. "Listen ___!" (Cockney cry): ERE
- 69. "Forget it!" ... or a hint to 17-, 30-, 46- and 62-Across: NOWAY
- 70. Gripes: BEEFS
down
- 1. Premium Cuban cigar: COHIBA
- 2. Category in a guessing game: ANIMAL
- 3. "You betcha!": RIGHTO
- 4. Number above "Operador" on un teléfono: OCHO
- 5. La Méditerranée, e.g.: MER
- 6. Tackle box item: BOBBER
- 7. Start of a children's rhyme: RUBADUB
- 8. It lasts trois mois: ETE
- 9. Contract period: TERM
- 10. Events for prospective pro athletes: TRYOUTCAMPS
- 11. Idaho, with "the": GEMSTATE
- 12. Toward the front, anatomically: ANTERIOR
- 13. Group rallied by Mao Zedong: PEASANTS
- 18. Fish at a Hawaiian barbecue: ONO
- 23. Nikon product, for short: SLR
- 25. One who has concrete plans for the day?: CEMENTMASON
- 26. ___ globe: SNOW
- 29. Fresh out of the box: NEW
- 31. Queens stadium name: ASHE
- 33. ___ interface: USER
- 36. Defense fence: STOCKADE
- 37. Cockney, e.g.: LONDONER
- 38. Trite: OVERDONE
- 39. Typical college freshman: TEEN
- 41. John: LOO
- 44. Home of lanternfish and giant squids: DEEPSEA
- 47. "___ gather": SOI
- 48. Foot, baby-style: TOOTSY
- 50. Election do-over: REVOTE
- 51. No matter whether: EVENIF
- 52. Has an inkling: SENSES
- 55. Major group HQ'd in Fairfax, Va.: NRA
- 58. 2016 animated film "___ and the Two Strings": KUBO
- 60. Wave to a math teacher?: SINE
- 63. Opposite of stern: BOW
- 64. Moonshiner's vessel: TUB
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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