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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for May 13, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, May 13, 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
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- 25
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- 75
- 88
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- 99
- 106
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- 114
- 118
- 119
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Down clues & answers
- 23
- 42
- 53
- 62
- 71
- 90
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- 100
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Saturday, May 12, 2018
across
- 1. Husky relatives: AKITAS
- 7. Like a virgin: CHASTE
- 13. Title setting for Shakespeare: VERONA
- 14. Event with fiddling: HOEDOWN
- 15. Here and there: AROUND
- 16. Riffraff: LOWLIFES
- 17. With 18-Across, desires: LONGS
- 18. See 17-Across: FOR
- 19. See 54-Across: MOTEL
- 20. Response to a burn or a pun: OUCH
- 21. Jack ___: FROST
- 23. Girth: SIZE
- 24. Dismissive turndown: NAH
- 25. They may hold the solution: BEAKERS
- 27. Profit chaser?: EER
- 28. The last pair you'll ever wear?: CEMENTSHOES
- 31. Where the magician hides the rabbit: FALSEBOTTOM
- 33. Embarrassments for news agencies: RETRACTIONS
- 35. Attained: GOT
- 38. Who once described puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy": MENCKEN
- 39. Contents of une fontaine: EAU
- 41. Not just passes: ACES
- 43. Piled leaves: RAKED
- 44. Despot exiled in 1979: AMIN
- 45. Bobby who co-founded the Black Panthers: SEALE
- 47. Co-star of the "Thin Man" films: LOY
- 48. Idiots: CLODS
- 49. Something the Netherlands has but Belgium doesn't?: CAPITALN
- 51. Certain religious proselytizer, informally: MOONIE
- 52. Pattern breaker: ANOMALY
- 53. Faux gold: OROIDE
- 54. With 19-Across, spot for a tryst: NOTELL
- 55. Measure of military alertness: DEFCON
down
- 1. Place of eternal happiness: AVALON
- 2. Beat someone?: KEROUAC
- 3. Cooking title: IRONCHEF
- 4. "Too bad!": TOUGH
- 5. Jamaica's St. ___ Bay: ANNS
- 6. Bummed: SAD
- 7. Image on every carton of Ben & Jerry's ice cream: COW
- 8. Lead: HELM
- 9. "Ciao": ADIOS
- 10. Pushover: SOFTIE
- 11. Pull one's hair out?: TWEEZE
- 12. Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues": ENSLER
- 14. "Balderdash!": HORSEHOCKEY
- 16. Recalls: LOOKSBACKON
- 18. Letter closing from one brother to another: FRATERNALLY
- 21. Window: Ger.: FENSTER
- 22. Brought (out): TROTTED
- 25. Brazilian city at the mouth of the Amazon: BELEM
- 26. Take root: SETIN
- 29. Nick, e.g.: MAR
- 30. ___ Canals: SOO
- 32. "Thirty days hath September ...," e.g.: MNEMONIC
- 34. Tied the knot: SAIDIDO
- 35. Container that's almost always red: GASCAN
- 36. About 71% of la Tierra: OCEANO
- 37. What "I" am, in a kid's song: TEAPOT
- 40. Invisible: UNSEEN
- 42. Say nasty things about: SLIME
- 44. How shy people may stand: ALOOF
- 46. Bibliography abbr.: ETAL
- 48. Common ___: CORE
- 50. Word before and after "in": ALL
- 51. Reddit V.I.P., for short: MOD
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?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
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?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.