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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 18, 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, March 18, 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
- 14
- 23
- 46
- 80
- 84
- 110
- 113
- 126
- 129
- 133
Down clues & answers
- 15
- 56
- 100
- 101
- 102
- 125
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
across
- 1. Official on a Segway, maybe: MALLCOP
- 8. Rotating part of a tape recorder: CAPSTAN
- 15. Merchant with tiny shopping carts: ETAILER
- 16. Another name for an ear shell: ABALONE
- 17. Epitome of completeness: DOTTEDI
- 18. Edits, as text: REWORDS
- 19. When el Día de los Reyes is celebrated: ENERO
- 20. It's an honor: ODE
- 22. Playground declaration: NOTIT
- 23. Edward Fairfax ___, "Billy Budd" captain: VERE
- 24. Exclaimed: CRIED
- 26. Little sweater?: PORE
- 27. Back: AGO
- 28. Changed course quickly, at sea: SHEERED
- 30. Christmas bowlful: NOG
- 31. 1992 hit for k. d. lang: CONSTANTCRAVING
- 34. Reddish orange: TANGERINE
- 35. Radio format for Radiohead: ALTERNATIVEROCK
- 41. Chit in a pot: IOU
- 42. Heavy-handed administrations: REGIMES
- 43. De : French :: ___ : German: VON
- 44. Big Caribbean exports: RUMS
- 46. Massenet opera: LECID
- 47. ___ Belbenoît, noted escapee from Devil's Island: RENE
- 48. Jazz genre: BEBOP
- 50. Web portal with a Bing search bar: MSN
- 51. Sickos: PERVS
- 52. Court order: ALLRISE
- 54. Conforms (to): ADHERES
- 56. Ignore the alarm, say: SLEEPIN
- 57. Downtime: LEISURE
- 58. Heartfelt: EARNEST
- 59. Depot's terminus?: SILENTT
down
- 1. One role for a helicopter: MEDEVAC
- 2. Simultaneously: ATONEGO
- 3. In a bit: LATERON
- 4. Petrol measure: LITRE
- 5. Role for Liz in '63: CLEO
- 6. Subj. of the 2003 book "The Meaning of Everything": OED
- 7. Reason to refuse an invitation: PRIORENGAGEMENT
- 8. Those prone to recidivism: CAREERCRIMINALS
- 9. White House nickname: ABE
- 10. Puppet: PAWN
- 11. Single-masted boat: SLOOP
- 12. Trattoria dessert: TORTONI
- 13. Keeper of logs?: ANDIRON
- 14. Savings: NESTEGG
- 21. Nutrition science: DIETETICS
- 24. Band selection: CHANNEL
- 25. Obtained (from): DERIVED
- 28. Edwin with the 1970 #1 hit "War": STARR
- 29. Dwellers on the North Sea: DANES
- 32. Abbr. in an office address: STE
- 33. See, in Tijuana: VER
- 35. Where drones return: AIRBASE
- 36. Parsons of old Hollywood gossip: LOUELLA
- 37. Lock component: TUMBLER
- 38. Inundate: OVERRUN
- 39. Persuaded one: CONVERT
- 40. Mideast diet: KNESSET
- 45. Philosopher Kierkegaard: SOREN
- 47. Dodgers Hall-of-Famer whose #1 has been retired: REESE
- 49. Word with organ or cleaner: PIPE
- 51. Man's nickname in a metropolitan orchestra?: PHIL
- 53. Member of the family, for short: SIS
- 55. "Ad majorem ___ gloriam" (motto of the Jesuits): DEI
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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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