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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 25, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Thursday, October 25, 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
- 53
Down clues & answers
- 25
- 27
- 28
- 37
- 47
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
across
- 1. Discuss, as an issue: ADDRESS
- 8. Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle: POPUPAD
- 15. Birthstone for most Leos: PERIDOT
- 16. Noted piranha habitat: ORINOCO
- 17. Shade of green: AVOCADO
- 18. Rambles: WANDERS
- 19. Classic strategy in the boxing ring: ROPE
- 20. -: OPE
- 22. What inmates do until they're released: TIME
- 23. Your: Fr.: TES
- 24. It's off the beaten path: SIDEROAD
- 27. "How cool!": OOH
- 28. Hedonistic: DEC
- 29. -: ENT
- 32. Ankle-related: TARSAL
- 35. Burgundy or claret: DARKRED
- 38. Secret DC headquarters: BATCAVE
- 39. Crateful from Florida: ORANGES
- 40. Like many chicken cutlets: BREADED
- 41. Most welcoming: NICEST
- 42. Like seven teams in the N.H.L.: CAN
- 43. -: IAN
- 45. French word on some wedding announcements: NEE
- 46. Better than expected: NOTSOBAD
- 49. Unruly head of hair: MOP
- 52. Labor: TOIL
- 54. Where you may be going nowhere fast: TRE
- 55. -: MILL
- 56. More bananas: LOONIER
- 58. Fictional African kingdom in "Coming to America": ZAMUNDA
- 61. Bubble gum brand: BAZOOKA
- 62. Stretchy: ELASTIC
- 63. Epic quest: ODYSSEY
- 64. Gander: LOOKSEE
down
- 1. Not together: APART
- 2. R&B trio Bell Biv ___: DEVOE
- 3. Releases, as new music: DROPS
- 4. Crop in a paddy: RICE
- 5. Author LeShan: EDA
- 6. Lawn order: SOD
- 7. Got ready to sing the national anthem: STOOD
- 8. Launched a tech start-up?: POWEREDON
- 9. ___ pro nobis: ORA
- 10. One of a famous seafaring trio: PINTA
- 11. Loosened, as laces: UNDID
- 12. "The Star-Spangled Banner," basically: POEM
- 13. Zoning unit: ACRE
- 14. Fashion mag suggestions, in two senses: DOS
- 21. ___ Xing: PED
- 24. "How tragic": SOSAD
- 25. "Eureka!": IHAVEIT
- 26. Ancient relative of a flute: OCARINA
- 27. It's black and white and wet all over: ORCA
- 29. Tiny bits of work: ERGS
- 30. Bygone Nair rival: NEET
- 31. Some N.F.L. highlights: TDS
- 32. Reid of "American Pie": TARA
- 33. "Do you have two fives for ___?": ATEN
- 34. Misguided: LEDASTRAY
- 36. Sped: RACED
- 37. Perch for a bouncing baby: KNEE
- 38. Original airer of "The Office": BBC
- 44. It may be found between "here" and "there": NOR
- 46. Mujer's boys: NINOS
- 47. Jambalayas: OLIOS
- 48. Ring around a watch face: BEZEL
- 49. Bowlful next to a restaurant cash register: MINTS
- 50. "Golden" song: OLDIE
- 51. Finish second at the track: PLACE
- 52. Warty creature: TOAD
- 53. Like mud: OOZY
- 55. Pioneer in commercial spaceflight: MUSK
- 56. Bit of news in the W.S.J.: LBO
- 57. Squeeze (out): EKE
- 59. Teléfono greeting: ALO
- 60. China's ___ Zedong: MAO
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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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What is a rebus square?
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