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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 29, 2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, August 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
- 23
- 34
- 40
- 60
Down clues & answers
- 4
- 26
- 39
- 47
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
across
- 1. Richie and Ralph's pal on "Happy Days": POTSIE
- 7. Shakespearean title: BARD
- 11. Misbehaving: BAD
- 14. "Knocked Up" director Judd: APATOW
- 15. Tribe at Council Bluff: OTOE
- 16. First word of the Lord's Prayer: OUR
- 17. Teaching catchphrase popularized by "The Karate Kid": WAXONWAXOFF
- 19. Sports ___: BRA
- 20. Spot for a yacht: SLIP
- 21. Resealable container for chips or cheese: ZIPLOCBAG
- 23. Place to get a perm: SALON
- 26. Jean who wrote "Wide Sargasso Sea": RHYS
- 27. Spot for a yacht: MARINA
- 30. Rhinoceros's skin, essentially: ARMOR
- 32. Portrayer of Cruella de Vil in 1996's "101 Dalmatians": GLENNCLOSE
- 35. Portia de Rossi, to Ellen DeGeneres: WIFE
- 38. Customize, as a video game: MOD
- 39. She reads the signs: SEERESS
- 41. Animated movie villain with Minions: GRU
- 42. Lions, Tigers or Bears: TEAM
- 44. Connection point for a smartphone cable: USBCHARGER
- 46. Trades: SWAPS
- 48. Should pay: OWESTO
- 49. Indian flatbread: NAAN
- 50. Biblical verb with "thou": DOEST
- 52. One using Monster.com: JOBHUNTER
- 55. Alpo alternative: IAMS
- 59. "We Like ___" (old campaign slogan): IKE
- 60. Covert means of communication ... or what's hiding in the circled letters?: BACKCHANNEL
- 63. Compete: VIE
- 64. The Beatles' "Let ___": ITBE
- 65. "Couldn't tell ya!": IDUNNO
- 66. Gobble up: EAT
- 67. Edamame beans: SOYS
- 68. Show the door: SEEOUT
down
- 1. What dogs "shake" with: PAWS
- 2. Australia's national gem: OPAL
- 3. Prepare to go on the runway: TAXI
- 4. Comes calling: STOPSIN
- 5. B+, e.g.: ION
- 6. "Gross!": EWW
- 7. Trap, as a car: BOXIN
- 8. On: ATOP
- 9. "Hilarious!," briefly: ROFL
- 10. Twist out of shape: DEFORM
- 11. Loser of tennis's Battle of the Sexes: BOBBYRIGGS
- 12. Mysterious vibes: AURAS
- 13. What a Pride Day parader might dress in: DRAG
- 18. ___ dye: AZO
- 22. Vittles: CHOW
- 24. Raggedy ___ (dolls): ANNS
- 25. Prepare for a hockey game: LACEUP
- 27. Powers that be: Abbr.: MGMT
- 28. Sunburn soother: ALOE
- 29. Really sunburned: REDASABEET
- 30. "Gimme just ___": ASEC
- 31. Do some farrier's work on: RESHOE
- 33. What frugal people make do with: LESS
- 34. Ball in the sky: ORB
- 36. Be in a dither: FRET
- 37. Currency of Italy or France: EURO
- 40. Makes the cut?: SAWS
- 43. [Blown kiss]: MWAH
- 45. Royal attendants: RETINUE
- 47. Wolf-headed Egyptian god: ANUBIS
- 49. Finnish-based consumer electronics giant: NOKIA
- 50. Hockey feints: DEKES
- 51. Tolkien beast: ORC
- 52. Nonsense talk: JIVE
- 53. ___ alphabet: NATO
- 54. Soft-serve chain: TCBY
- 56. ___ Domini: ANNO
- 57. It might start with "For Starters": MENU
- 58. Part of a TV schedule: SLOT
- 61. That dude's: HIS
- 62. Ending with many fruit names: ADE
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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