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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 29, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, July 29, 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
- 76
- 81
- 82
- 106
- 107
- 108
Down clues & answers
- 15
- 35
- 39
- 41
- 46
- 63
- 93
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Previous The Crossword answer
Saturday, July 28, 2018
across
- 1. Astaire with steps: ADELE
- 6. Onetime Virginia senator Jim: WEBB
- 10. "My Two ___" (1980s sitcom): DADS
- 14. French parish priests: CURES
- 15. Piece of merchandise: WARE
- 16. "___ homo": ECCE
- 17. Camaraderie: TEAMSPIRIT
- 19. Autumn spice: MACE
- 20. Words to the disloyal: ETTU
- 21. Cheryl of "Curb Your Enthusiasm": HINES
- 22. Binge-watch, maybe: ODON
- 23. Like a Hail Mary: DOORDIE
- 25. "By the way ...": FYI
- 27. "Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers and ___" (2003 book): EMO
- 28. Channel with several spinoff channels: ESPN
- 30. Pay: REMIT
- 32. Ones who may dress down those dressing up?: FASHIONPOLICE
- 36. Some detox diets: JUICECLEANSES
- 37. Modern college major: GENDERSTUDIES
- 38. Former Giants G.M. Al: ROSEN
- 39. Big name in Art Deco: ERTE
- 40. Many a time suck: APP
- 41. Social reformer Dorothea: DIX
- 44. Comment after a bump: OHSORRY
- 49. Caustic soda, chemically: NAOH
- 51. What you might charge for a ride: TESLA
- 53. Onetime Korean statesman Syngman: RHEE
- 54. Movie villain whose first name is Julius: DRNO
- 55. Part of many an N.Y.C. subway station wall: INLAIDTILE
- 57. Lip: EDGE
- 58. Video game neophyte, informally: NOOB
- 59. Mod bottoms: MINIS
- 60. Kvass grains: RYES
- 61. Workers on the hill: ANTS
- 62. Brno-born, e.g.: CZECH
down
- 1. Made (like): ACTED
- 2. On account of: DUETO
- 3. Mythical figure often depicted holding a lyre: ERATO
- 4. Arboreal primate: LEMUR
- 5. Largest section of the dictionary: ESS
- 6. "Dunkirk" and "Pearl Harbor," for short: WWIIEPICS
- 7. Merit: EARN
- 8. Court submission: BRIEF
- 9. She convinced George to switch to five-pointed stars, in American legend: BETSY
- 10. Show: DEMO
- 11. Places of learning: ACADEMIES
- 12. Distributor of Penguin classics?: DCCOMICS
- 13. What an asterisk may mean: SEENOTE
- 18. "Nigerian prince," often: PHISHER
- 24. Sink: DESCEND
- 26. Some of life's twists and turns: IRONIES
- 29. Nick of Hollywood: NOLTE
- 31. Part of a programmer's conditional: ELSE
- 32. One who sucks the joy out of the room: FUNSPONGE
- 33. Worker on the Hill: AIDE
- 34. Places where brain waves are analyzed: NEUROLABS
- 35. Panang curry alternative: PADTHAI
- 36. Show that once had an April Fools' Day episode hosted by Pat Sajak: JEOPARDY
- 37. More sweeping: GRANDER
- 42. Book that's the basis for the movie "What's Love Got to Do With It": ITINA
- 43. Gas in arc lamps: XENON
- 45. Actress Ana of "Devious Maids": ORTIZ
- 46. River crossed in 1945's Operation Plunder: RHINE
- 47. Thing often described redundantly as "of the past": RELIC
- 48. "Gimme a break!": YEESH
- 50. Prepares a bed?: HOES
- 52. Tab's counterpart: SLOT
- 56. Hip-hop's Run-___: DMC
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?.
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What is a rebus square?
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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?
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