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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for April 27, 2018

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Friday, April 27, 2018

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, April 27, 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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Thursday, April 26, 2018

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1. 5-Across, with respect to this answer's location: OVER
5. Golf score: BOGEY
10. "Eww! That's quite enough!": TMI
13. Trim: NEAT
14. Speed skater Ohno: APOLO
15. Oviform : egg :: pyriform : ___: PEAR
16. Father in "As I Lay Dying": ANSE
17. Classic catalog provider: SEARS
18. Pool growth: ALGA
19. Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000: GTE
20. ___ Park, site of experimental lighting: MENLO
21. ___ Bator, Mongolia: ULAN
22. Without stopping: ENDLESSLY
24. 22-Across, with respect to this answer's location: SEVEN
26. Father of William the Conqueror: ROBERTI
27. Airport serving greater Tokyo: NARITA
28. Rembrandt van ___: RYN
29. Large, gray rain clouds: NIMBI
32. "I shall return," say: VOW
33. Citizens of the only country that relies significantly on online voting in elections: ESTONIANS
37. Prefix with law or label: ECO
40. 41-Across, with respect to this answer's location: WINKS
41. Time out?: NAP
44. ___ Brothers (onetime investment giant): LEHMAN
46. In fairness: EQUALLY
50. 46-Across, with respect to this answer's location: FIFTY
51. Tugs of war: STRUGGLES
53. San ___ Obispo, Calif.: LUIS
54. Bond portrayer after Brosnan: CRAIG
55. "In your dreams!": HAH
56. Pirate captain whose treasure was thought to be buried on Oak Island: KIDD
57. Close-knit group: TRIBE
58. Canyonlands National Park sight: MESA
59. Swenson of "Benson": INGA
60. Decked out?: DEALT
61. Prestigious school, for short: PREP
62. Ever-rising number: AGE
63. Monica on the court: SELES
64. "Pretty Woman" co-star: GERE

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1. Asiatic animal with a mane: ONAGER
2. Yellow Monopoly avenue: VENTNOR
3. Carefully got around: EASEDBY
4. A.A.A. suggestion: Abbr.: RTE
5. Least honorable: BASEST
6. Leads to, as one room to another: OPENSINON
7. ___ out (try one's best): GOALL
8. Jetson boy: ELROY
9. Casual greetings: YOS
10. Mideast city with a stock exchange: TELAVIV
11. Villain in the "X-Men" movies: MAGNETO
12. Good name for a banker: IRA
15. Less tanned: PALER
20. Debussy's "La ___": MER
21. Bolt of lightning speed: USAIN
23. ___ Hau, pioneering physicist from Denmark: LENE
25. Backwoods turndown: NAW
27. Jordan joined it in 1984, for short: NBA
30. Tats: INK
31. Woeful: MISERABLE
34. Changes the opinion of: SWAYS
35. ___ ear: TIN
36. Stumbling block: SNAG
37. Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g.: ELF
38. Maximum amount: CEILING
39. "Dagnabbit!": OHFUDGE
42. "Everyone's arrived now": ALLHERE
43. One who does what people want them to do: PLEASER
45. Greek peak on which Zeus was hidden as an infant: MTIDA
47. Calms down: QUIETS
48. Australian boot brand: UGG
49. Wishbone feature: YSHAPE
51. Patch of loose rocks at the base of a cliff: SCREE
52. What might follow suit?: TRIAL
56. Rio producer: KIA
57. QB stat: TDS
58. Dismal fig. for a gas guzzler: MPG

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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.
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Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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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.
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