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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 24, 2018

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, April 24, 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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Monday, April 23, 2018

across

1. Engaged in country-to-country combat: ATWAR
6. Dance movement: STEP
10. Story about Zeus and Hera, e.g.: MYTH
14. Be dishonest with: LIETO
15. Language of Bangkok: THAI
16. Salmon variety: COHO
17. Small floor covering: SCATTERRUG
19. Witticism: QUIP
20. Gummy gumbo vegetable: OKRA
21. "Winnie-the-Pooh" baby: ROO
22. Irene of old Hollywood: DUNNE
23. Standard breakfast order: SCRAMBLEDEGGS
27. Johnny who sang "Chances Are": MATHIS
29. Toward shelter, at sea: ALEE
30. White as a ghost: ASHEN
31. Legacy student's relative, for short: ALUM
33. Friendly: NICE
37. Nintendo game console: WII
38. Lead off ... or a hint to the circled letters: GOFIRST
41. Aye's opposite: NAY
42. Makings of a castle at the beach: SAND
44. Gyro wrap: PITA
45. Waste maker, in a saying: HASTE
47. At any time: EVER
49. Entries in the minus column: DEBITS
50. Passover no-no: LEAVENEDBREAD
55. Holder of unread emails: INBOX
56. Savings plan for old age, in short: IRA
57. Kudrow of "Friends": LISA
60. Cut and paste text, e.g.: EDIT
61. Play H-O-R-S-E, say: SHOOTHOOPS
64. Michelangelo's "David," for one: NUDE
65. German luxury carmaker: AUDI
66. Arctic people: INUIT
67. Put the pedal to the metal: SPED
68. Get over a sunburn, maybe: PEEL
69. Green pasta sauce: PESTO

down

1. Likewise: ALSO
2. Sound of a watch: TICK
3. Diminishes, as patience: WEARSTHIN
4. Embassy staffer: ATTACHE
5. "Poppycock!": ROT
6. Longtime senator Thurmond: STROM
7. Pulsate: THROB
8. French water: EAU
9. Big Bad Wolf's target: PIG
10. Steve who directed "12 Years a Slave": MCQUEEN
11. The "Y" of Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.": YOUNG
12. The "T" of Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.": THING
13. "High" feelings: HOPES
18. Timeline periods: ERAS
22. J.F.K.'s predecessor: DDE
24. Age indicator in a tree trunk: RING
25. Actress Linney in "Kinsey": LAURA
26. Trees attacked by bark beetles: ELMS
27. Cavernous openings: MAWS
28. Home to 48 countries: ASIA
31. Blazing: AFIRE
32. Blazing: LIT
34. Sneakily dangerous: INSIDIOUS
35. Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___: CATT
36. Baby blues, e.g.: EYES
39. Like most businesses from 9 to 5: OPEN
40. "Get ___ to a nunnery": Hamlet: THEE
43. Totally loyal: DEVOTED
46. Sea snail with a mother-of-pearl shell: ABALONE
48. Annoy: VEX
49. "Shucks!": DRAT
50. Creditors' claims on property: LIENS
51. Ultimately become: ENDUP
52. Bear patiently: ABIDE
53. Semiconductor device with two terminals: DIODE
54. Swelter: BROIL
58. Barbecue rod: SPIT
59. Concerning: ASTO
61. Source of maple syrup: SAP
62. Choice from a painter's palette: HUE
63. Belly dancer's gyrating body part: HIP

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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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