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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for May 10, 2018
Thursday, May 10, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, May 10, 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
- 17
- 39
- 56
- 60
Down clues & answers
- 10
- 32
- 54
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
across
- 1. Talking animal in some fairy tales: FROG
- 5. It's gripping: CLASP
- 10. Summer vacation spot: BEACH
- 15. Musical Horne: LENA
- 16. Come out of one's shell: HATCH
- 17. "My luck is bound to change": IMDUE
- 18. Exclamation of surprise, in Britain: ISAY
- 19. "When the stars make you drool just like pasta fazool, that's ___": AMORE
- 20. Organ that Prometheus regenerated nightly: LIVER
- 21. ___ Xing: PED
- 22. Reality TV show, when 59-Across?: AMAZINGGRACE
- 24. Cut of beef in a Newport steak: TRITIP
- 26. Vatican V.I.P.: POPE
- 27. Famous feuder with Jay-Z: NAS
- 28. Chilled, when 59-Across?: OVERRICE
- 31. Ding, e.g.: MAR
- 32. Caterwaul: CRY
- 33. Sneaky ___ (trickster): PETE
- 34. Crew's need: OARS
- 36. Left slack-jawed: AWED
- 38. Aerate, when 59-Across?: VENTILATTE
- 42. Grand ___: PRIX
- 44. [That's so ... sad]: SIGH
- 45. Skip out (on): BAIL
- 49. Costello of Abbott and Costello: LOU
- 50. Small dog, informally: POM
- 53. "Possibly," when 59-Across?: DEEPENDS
- 55. Hole-punching tool: AWL
- 56. Sign for good or ill: OMEN
- 58. Did a blacksmith's job: FORGED
- 59. Experiencing a vision problem: SEEINGDOUBLE
- 63. Get a bite: EAT
- 64. Slowly break down: ERODE
- 65. Two of the heart's chambers: ATRIA
- 66. ___ mater: ALMA
- 67. Babble: RUNON
- 68. Shopping aids: LISTS
- 69. Utah town near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks: MOAB
- 70. Said "O-D-O-U-R," e.g.: SPELT
- 71. Apt rhyme for "cache": STASH
- 72. The salon names To Dye For and Best Little Hairhouse (both real!), e.g.: PUNS
down
- 1. Cap on many a shampoo bottle: FLIPTOP
- 2. Member of the B-team: RESERVE
- 3. Slimming down: ONADIET
- 4. Part of L.G.B.T.Q.: GAY
- 5. Advocate for: CHAMPION
- 6. Eastern priest: LAMA
- 7. The whole shebang: ATOZ
- 8. Substitute for legal tender: SCRIP
- 9. Real standout: PHENOM
- 10. Insulting designation from a pirate: BILGERAT
- 11. Mideast bigwig: EMIR
- 12. Typical part of a book deal: ADVANCE
- 13. Line holdup?: CUECARD
- 14. Nonconforming opinion: HERESY
- 22. Diver's need: AIR
- 23. College admissions fig.: GPA
- 25. Famed fountain name: TREVI
- 29. Sacred creature in ancient Egypt: CAT
- 30. She threw the apple of discord, in Greek myth: ERIS
- 35. Took a tumble, as the stock market: SLID
- 37. Big name in grills: WEBER
- 39. High number?: EXPONENT
- 40. "Just a number," according to a common saying: AGE
- 41. Superhero with super speed: THEFLASH
- 42. Give some juice: POWERUP
- 43. Prime directive: RULEONE
- 46. Poet who read at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration: ANGELOU
- 47. Creative sort: IDEAMAN
- 48. Beginnings of some trips: LSDTABS
- 49. Light sources in a light show: LASERS
- 51. "Wow!," in a text: OMG
- 52. Gold and silver: MEDALS
- 54. "The Gold-Bug" author: POE
- 57. Playground call: NOTIT
- 60. One with millions of Instagram followers, say: IDOL
- 61. ___ Major: URSA
- 62. Smithereens: BITS
- 66. Rock band's need: AMP
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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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