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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for March 26, 2018

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Monday, March 26, 2018

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, March 26, 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.

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

across

1. Government policy chief: CZAR
5. Assented: SAIDYES
12. Not empirical: APRIORI
19. Not natural-looking: POSED
21. Sometimes hard-to-find shirt opening: ARMHOLE
22. Drunkard: ROUNDER
23. Onetime co-host of "The View," informally: ROSIE
24. Contest once hosted by Bob Barker: MISSUSA
25. Makes reference (to): ALLUDES
26. Catastrophic event that can be caused by a gigantic earthquake: MEGATS
28. "Fer sher": DEF
29. Folds, as a business: GOES
30. Headed for: ENROUTETO
34. Abbr. on mil. mail: APO
36. French painter of ballerinas: DEGAS
40. Injunction: BAN
42. How Hercule Poirot likes to address Hastings: MONAMI
43. Money in Malmö: KRONA
45. Headstone inits.: RIP
46. Stag: ALONE
48. Ones in rocking chairs, stereotypically: GRANNIES
50. Smartphone feature: CAMERA
53. Cherry variety: BING
54. Start to many bumper stickers: IHEART
55. Response to pointing out a resemblance between two people: ISEEIT
56. Hollywood labor groups: ACTORS
59. See 71-Down: PLAYS
60. Plant stalk: PEDUNCLE
62. Crank (up): REV
63. Chipotle choice: BURRITO
65. Nitwit: DOLT
66. 180s: UEYS
67. 2015 hit spinoff of "Despicable Me": MINIONS
68. How someone in awe might describe himself: MONKEYS
70. Pretty cool, in slang: DOPE
73. One of the Big Four accounting firms: KPMG
74. Deft touch: FINESSE
75. Placeholder letters: TBA
78. Better now: ENHANCED
80. Trivia fodder: FACTS
81. All ___: THUMBS
83. Rough shelter: LEANTO
84. Hannah who coined the phrase "the banality of evil": ARENDT
86. Largest city in the Baltics: RIGA
87. Planets like ours, in sci-fi: EARTHS
88. Hue lighter than lime: TEAGREEN
91. Per ___ (yearly): ANNUM
92. Vintage film channel: TCM
93. Goody: TREAT
95. Like St. Augustine, among all U.S. cities: OLDEST
97. College, to a Brit: UNI
98. Amérique: ETATS
101. Immigrants' class, for short: ESL
102. Only words on the front of the Great Seal of the United States: EPLURIBUS
104. Really fresh: RUDE
106. Its hub at J.F.K. was designed by Eero Saarinen: TWA
108. Hubbub: FRENZY
110. Artistic, chatty sorts, it's said: GEMINIS
113. Draft: AIRFLOW
117. Testify: SWEAR
119. "I got the check": ITSONME
120. Ancient, undeciphered writing system: LINEARA
121. Towel fabric: TERRY
122. Relatives of asters: TANSIES
123. Tony who won a Tony for "Angels in America": KUSHNER
124. "It's a deal!": DONE

down

1. E.M.T.'s training: CPR
2. Speed along: ZOOM
3. Print ad come-on: ASSEENONTV
4. Sit on the throne: REIGN
5. International conglomerate whose name means "three stars": SAMSUNG
6. Cable news host Melber: ARI
7. Gchats, e.g.: IMS
8. Some A.L. players: DHS
9. Response to a surprising claim: YOUDO
10. "That's something ___!": ELSE
11. Voyager: SEAFARER
12. Medieval Spanish kingdom: ARAGON
13. Sport last played in the Olympics in 1936: POLO
14. Was awesome: RULED
15. Occupied: INUSE
16. Funny: ODD
17. Riddle-me-___: REE
18. Qtrly. check recipient, maybe: IRS
20. "Stars above!": DEARME
27. "___ soon?": TOO
31. Smear: TAR
32. Writing in a window?: EMAILING
33. Paranoid sorts, in slang: TINHATS
35. Pushes back: POSTPONES
37. "Mamma Mia!" setting: GREECE
38. In a light manner: AIRILY
39. Outbreaks: SPATES
40. Anthropomorphic king of Celesteville: BABAR
41. "Still ___" (Julianne Moore film): ALICE
43. Rios, e.g.: KIAS
44. Decisive assessment: ACIDTEST
47. Intl. Rescue Committee, e.g.: NGO
49. R&B singer with the hits "So Sick" and "Mad": NEYO
51. Tempe sch.: ASU
52. Things in restaurant windows: MENUS
57. Sac fly result: RBI
58. Outlay that cannot be recovered: SUNKCOST
59. Some corsage wearers: PROMDATES
61. Grand Lodge group: ELKS
64. Ready ... or red, maybe: RIPE
65. "Let's keep this between us": DONTTELL
67. Wasn't kidding about: MEANT
68. Stunt at the end of a powerful performance: MICDROP
69. Informal assent: YEH
70. Go back on one's word?: DELETE
71. With 59-Across, some works of Tennessee Williams: ONEACT
72. Big ___ (the drug industry): PHARMA
74. Biter: FANG
75. Moment of liftoff: TMINUSZERO
76. Dangerous toy: BBGUN
77. "Same here": ASAMI
79. Legal vowelless Scrabble play: NTH
80. Herculean act: FEAT
82. Bit of art pottery: URN
85. Preface to a heart-to-heart conversation: REALTALK
89. End of a George Washington address?: EDU
90. Safer alternative to paintball: NERFWAR
91. If you're lucky: ATBEST
94. Candy brand owned by Hershey: REESES
96. Word before and after "no": SIR
99. Salt-N-Pepa and Ben Folds Five: TRIOS
100. Branch of Islam: SUNNI
102. Rakes in: EARNS
103. Not taken seriously?: UNWED
105. Tiniest change: DIME
107. Popular gaming console that sounds like two pronouns: WIIU
109. It's a long story: YARN
110. "Keep movin'!": GIT
111. Info for a chauffeur, perhaps: ETA
112. Yahoo alternative: MSN
114. "Yuck!": FEH
115. Grp. of connected computers: LAN
116. 1/100 of a 43-Across: ORE
118. Manhattan part ... or a suburb near Manhattan: RYE

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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.

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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.
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Can I see past crossword answers?

Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.