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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 19, 2018

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, July 19, 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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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

across

1. Big name in French perfumes: COTY
4. "Enough already!": SHEESH
10. Wolf riders in "The Lord of the Rings": ORCS
14. Movie villain with a red eye: HAL
15. Shout from a crow's-nest: LANDHO
16. Peel: PARE
17. Music-streaming giant: IHEARTRADIO
19. Work with a manuscript: EDIT
20. Sport of horse racing, with "the": TURF
21. Workout-obsessed sorts, colloquially: GYMBUNNIES
23. Given (to): PRONE
26. Egg-shaped: OVOID
27. Your dream partner: THEONE
29. Suddenly attack: FLYAT
31. What's-___-name: HER
32. Hard to please: CHOOSY
34. Flows out: EBBS
38. Fumble: ERR
39. Archaeologists' workplace: DIGSITE
42. Dog-___-dog: EAT
43. Willie who made "The Catch" in the 1954 World Series: MAYS
45. Operating system whose logo features a penguin: LINUX
46. Surrounding glow: AURA
47. Prepare to pray: KNEEL
50. Poor, as reception: SPOTTY
52. Garment with strings: APRON
54. Ostentatious: SHOWY
55. Unembellished facts: PLAINTRUTH
58. Part of a long line of Apples: IMAC
61. "___ be fun!": ITLL
62. Close by: INARMSREACH
65. Interactive website feature: POLL
66. Renowned ancient orator: CICERO
67. When said three times, good name for a crew fraternity?: RHO
68. Southend-on-Sea's county: ESSEX
69. Mushrooms in miso soup: ENOKIS
70. + and = share one: KEY

down

1. Note of indebtedness: CHIT
2. Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack: OAHU
3. Madea's portrayer in a long-running film series: TYLERPERRY
4. Camera type, for short: SLR
5. ___ tip (quick acknowledgment): HAT
6. Incense: ENRAGE
7. Water whirl: EDDY
8. Table evener: SHIM
9. "Whew!": HOOBOY
10. Not requiring memorization, as a test: OPENNOTE
11. r's, in geometry: RADII
12. Was deeply affected, maybe: CRIED
13. Groups of reps: SETS
18. Hairdo that may take a long time to grow: AFRO
22. Sch. where The Cavalier Daily appears: UVA
24. Burned, in a way: ONCD
25. Classic soda brand: NEHI
27. Gender-neutral pronoun: THEM
28. Queen on Olympus: HERA
29. What each shaded square in this puzzle represents: FOSSIL
30. "___ Eyes" (1975 hit): LYIN
33. Look at wolfishly: OGLE
35. Mole: BEAUTYMARK
36. Transportation system that stops at SFO: BART
37. Time at a hotel: STAY
40. Heinie: TUSH
41. Product showcase: EXPO
44. Grammy-winning dubstep pioneer: SKRILLEX
48. Prefix with compete: NON
49. Draw in: ENTICE
51. Baby bump?: OWIE
52. Low choir section: ALTOS
53. Becomes tiresome: PALLS
54. Princess Fiona's rescuer, in film: SHREK
55. Appurtenance for a snowman: PIPE
56. Hostile encounter: RUNIN
57. It comes in a shell: TACO
59. Feeling in the long run?: ACHE
60. Bok ___: CHOY
63. Source of inside info?: MRI
64. Cramped dwellings, for short: SROS

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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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Can I see past crossword answers?

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