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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 10, 2018
Friday, August 10, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, August 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
- 33
- 61
- 63
Down clues & answers
- 8
- 12
- 35
- 41
- 49
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
across
- 1. Sounds of surrender: SIGHS
- 6. 1922-91 initials: USSR
- 10. Extra inches: FLAB
- 14. A patriarch of the Israelites: ISAAC
- 15. S O S, basically: PLEA
- 16. Film treasure hunter Croft: LARA
- 17. Q: "Can I write both a poem and an essay?" A: "___": NORHYMEORREASON
- 20. Meet stick: BATON
- 21. Tight hold: BEARHUG
- 22. What Alabama cheerleaders often request?: ANA
- 24. Matt's replacement on "Today": HODA
- 26. Candymaker H. B. ___: REESE
- 27. Yearned (for): LONGED
- 29. Tracy Marrow's stage name: ICET
- 32. German article: DER
- 33. Author of the line "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes": PUZO
- 34. Actualities: TRUTHS
- 36. Q: "Is that snack bar known for good burgers?" A: "___": NOGREATSHAKES
- 41. Common place for a car's name, once: HUBCAP
- 42. Hunchbacked film character: IGOR
- 44. Night that "77 Sunset Strip" aired for most of its run: Abbr.: FRI
- 47. Popular game console: XBOX
- 48. Skill on display in the "Kill Bill" movies: KUNGFU
- 50. Synopsis: RECAP
- 52. Conspirator's agreement: IMIN
- 54. Part of a pickup line?: CAB
- 55. Name on both sides of the Equator: AMERICA
- 58. Pledge: SWEAR
- 60. Q: "Should you call that stopover between Liverpool and Belfast a peninsula?" A: "___": NOMANISANISLAND
- 64. Fiddler on the reef?: CRAB
- 65. Duds: GARB
- 66. Jokester: CUTUP
- 67. Lacking: SANS
- 68. Detail, in brief: SPEC
- 69. Auguries: OMENS
down
- 1. Consideration at the Pearly Gates: SIN
- 2. Prefix with -bar: ISO
- 3. Chickpea: GARBANZO
- 4. "Made you look!": HAHA
- 5. Haying tool: SCYTHE
- 6. Topple: UPEND
- 7. ___-pitch: SLO
- 8. Member of a Macedonia minority: SERB
- 9. Like signatures of William Shakespeare: RARE
- 10. Certain S O S: FLARE
- 11. Whipped: LASHED
- 12. Provoke: AROUSE
- 13. British sausage: BANGER
- 18. It might be set with candles: MOOD
- 19. Kitt who played Catwoman: EARTHA
- 22. Tour de France high point: ALP
- 23. Something drawn when landing on a yellow square in Pictionary: NOUN
- 25. On-demand flier: AIRTAXI
- 28. Van ___: GOGH
- 30. Brink: CUSP
- 31. Verb ending in old verse: ETH
- 34. Hard or soft menu item: TACO
- 35. Exterior: SKIN
- 37. Fad teddy bear name of the 1980s: RUXPIN
- 38. Retreat: EBB
- 39. Holder of dozens upon dozens: EGGCRATE
- 40. Loose change "collector": SOFA
- 43. Steak coating: RUB
- 44. Swiss money: FRANCS
- 45. Sea sucker: REMORA
- 46. Metaphor for death in a Eugene O'Neill play: ICEMAN
- 48. Small relative of an elephant bird: KIWI
- 49. World Heritage Site grp.: UNESCO
- 51. Sultans and sheiks, usually: ARABS
- 53. News inits. since 1996: MSNBC
- 56. Camels, e.g., for short: CIGS
- 57. Rush-rush: ASAP
- 59. Diploma displayer, for short: ALUM
- 61. Live: ARE
- 62. Wimple wearer: NUN
- 63. Some inning enders, in brief: DPS
More daily puzzle hints
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- 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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