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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 22, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, April 22, 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
- 38
- 84
- 86
- 95
- 101
- 102
- 122
- 124
- 125
Down clues & answers
- 17
- 30
- 53
- 55
- 57
- 65
- 66
- 76
- 79
- 101
- 105
- 108
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Saturday, April 21, 2018
across
- 1. "Fifty Shades of Grey," e.g.: EROTICNOVEL
- 12. Wite-Out manufacturer: BIC
- 15. Procedure that targets mutations: GENETHERAPY
- 16. Card game cry: UNO
- 17. Events of interest to antiquers: ESTATESALES
- 18. Bud drinker?: BEE
- 19. Child's request: STORY
- 20. What people rarely do with shoes on: LIEINBED
- 22. Qtys. for chefs: TSPS
- 23. Spinoff of TV's "JAG": NCIS
- 25. Convinced: SOLD
- 26. Aid for achieving a flat stomach?: CORSET
- 28. ___ Corporation, predecessor of RC Cola's Royal Crown Company: NEHI
- 30. "You flatter me": OHSTOPIT
- 34. Like some blankets and arguments: HEATED
- 36. Familiar work force add-ons, maybe: REHIRES
- 37. "Zoolander" co-star, 2001: FERRELL
- 38. Purplish-red hue: CLARET
- 39. Rock sample?: DEMOTAPE
- 40. Second hand: AIDE
- 41. Revolving barriers: STILES
- 43. Have-nots, with "the": POOR
- 45. No-no for an offensive lineman: HOLD
- 46. Attire that's often checkered: KILT
- 50. Like many easy-to-digest foods: LOWFIBER
- 52. Juvenile put-down: LOSER
- 53. Baseball or basketball: ORB
- 54. Passage between life and death: GREATDIVIDE
- 57. Motor Trend's 1968 Car of the Year: GTO
- 58. Subject of the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges: GAYMARRIAGE
- 59. Windows alternative: OSX
- 60. Common two-word email: SEEATTACHED
down
- 1. Purge: EGEST
- 2. Pauses: RESTS
- 3. #1 in the standings: ONTOP
- 4. Show of emotion: TEARS
- 5. Minute, in baby talk: ITTY
- 6. Marxist from Argentina: CHE
- 7. Super Mario Bros. platform: NES
- 8. Teacher of lip-reading to the deaf: ORALIST
- 9. Bag: VALISE
- 10. Competition whose opponents try to touch each other: EPEE
- 11. Ending with electro-: LYSIS
- 12. Fruity Asian drink: BUBBLETEA
- 13. Words accompanying a raised hand, maybe: INEEDHELP
- 14. Mixed, in a way: COED
- 21. Dada, to its critics: NONART
- 23. Hotel room restriction: NOPETS
- 24. N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Carter: CRIS
- 26. Heart: CORE
- 27. Topical: THEMED
- 29. Not doing too much: IDLE
- 30. Predator of penguins: ORCA
- 31. Sites for some touchdowns: HELIPORTS
- 32. Punch the air: SHADOWBOX
- 33. Get bored with: TIREOF
- 35. Fourth god to exist, in Greek myth: EROS
- 37. Dropped: FELL
- 39. Science fair display: DIORAMA
- 42. A dirty look: THEEYE
- 44. One of the detectives in "Lethal Weapon": RIGGS
- 46. Ron who wrote "Born on the Fourth of July": KOVIC
- 47. Pistons great Thomas: ISIAH
- 48. Starting point for rappelling: LEDGE
- 49. Stuck, in a way: TREED
- 50. Expense for a business start-up: LOGO
- 51. Landform near a loch: BRAE
- 52. Currency unit equal to 100 kurus: LIRA
- 55. Body image, for short: TAT
- 56. Gynecologist of cinema: DRT
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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