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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for February 11, 2018
Sunday, February 11, 2018
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, February 11, 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
- 28
- 63
- 80
- 85
- 112
- 113
- 117
Down clues & answers
- 16
- 29
- 35
- 39
- 47
- 59
- 60
- 69
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Saturday, February 10, 2018
across
- 1. Player in a baseball stadium: ORGAN
- 6. Kind of system in which 64 is 100: OCTAL
- 11. "Hold on ___!": AMO
- 14. "Serial" podcast host Sarah: KOENIG
- 16. "Far out!": WHATATRIP
- 18. ___ Panza, sidekick of Don Quixote: SANCHO
- 19. Not go out to dinner: EATATHOME
- 20. ← ÷ 40: ONEHALF
- 22. Jesus, with "the": REDEEMER
- 23. Went to bat (for): STOODUP
- 25. Adjective on Tex-Mex menus: ASADA
- 26. "Seriez" is a form of it: ETRE
- 28. Things with microgrooves: LPS
- 29. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama: LINMANUELMIRANDA
- 38. Almost certainly: INALLPROBABILITY
- 39. Backdrop to AMC's "The Walking Dead": ZOMBIEAPOCALYPSE
- 40. Remote area?: DEN
- 41. Letters on some bulletproof vests: SWAT
- 42. Mass-produce, with "out": CHURN
- 45. Big name in mops: SWIFFER
- 50. One of a kind: RARAAVIS
- 54. Beer pong receptacle: SOLOCUP
- 56. Seemingly expressing: ASIFTOSAY
- 58. Wife in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night": NICOLE
- 59. Fugitive's destination, maybe: STATELINE
- 60. Painter's undercoat: SEALER
- 61. Sly chuckle: HEH
- 62. Newspaper divisions: DESKS
- 63. Group of near nobodies: DLIST
down
- 1. "Your point being ...?": OKSO
- 2. Mounts with a little white on top?: ROANS
- 3. French novelist/dramatist associated with the Theater of the Absurd: GENET
- 4. Dried chili pepper on Tex-Mex menus: ANCHO
- 5. Greeting in Guangzhou: NIHAO
- 6. Fall behind: OWE
- 7. Scorch: CHAR
- 8. Home to Rodin's "The Kiss," with "the": TATE
- 9. Slightly: ATAD
- 10. When Taurus begins: LATEAPRIL
- 11. Oenophile's criterion: AROMA
- 12. Copied: MIMED
- 13. Word with space or rock: OPERA
- 15. British writing award: GOLDENPEN
- 17. Region near Mount Olympus: THESSALY
- 21. Bauhaus-influenced typeface: FUTURA
- 24. Hospital sections, for short: PREOPS
- 27. Nudges: ELBOWS
- 28. Celebratory round: LIBATIONS
- 29. Tracy and Jenna's boss on "30 Rock": LIZ
- 30. Odysseus' rescuer: INO
- 31. Marvel series depicting the Tet Offensive, with "The": NAM
- 32. Annual June sports event, informally: MLBDRAFT
- 33. Cut off: ALIENATED
- 34. Colorful birds: MACAWS
- 35. Bite: NIP
- 36. Letters that come before AA?: DTS
- 37. House call?: AYE
- 42. Not stay awake any longer: CRASH
- 43. "Manners require time, as nothing is more vulgar than ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson: HASTE
- 44. ___ the Hittite, soldier in King David's army: URIAH
- 46. Popped (out): FLIED
- 47. Main: FOCAL
- 48. C.D.C. concern: ECOLI
- 49. Game sheet: RULES
- 51. Burrowing animal: VOLE
- 52. Pompeii's Temple of ___: ISIS
- 53. Made, as a putt: SANK
- 55. Fresh: PERT
- 57. Shortest Magic 8 Ball response: YES
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
- ConnectionsSort 16 words into four hidden groupsGuide & tips
- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- 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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What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
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