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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for October 30, 2018
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, October 30, 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
- 18
- 33
Down clues & answers
- 22
- 35
- 37
- 52
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Monday, October 29, 2018
across
- 1. Snatch: GRAB
- 5. Mil. schools: ACADS
- 10. Irritably impatient: TESTY
- 15. Actress Dunham who wrote "Not That Kind of Girl": LENA
- 16. What a designated driver should be: SOBER
- 17. Where "I dos" are exchanged: ALTAR
- 18. Leave out: OMIT
- 19. Children's publisher whose name includes a black-and-white animal: PUFFINBOOKS
- 21. Home of Pago Pago: SAMOA
- 23. Moo goo ___ pan: GAI
- 24. Wonderland girl: ALICE
- 25. Foul-smelling swamp plant whose name includes a black-and-white animal: SKUNKCABBAGE
- 28. Sent to the canvas, in brief: KOD
- 30. What "I do" means: YES
- 31. Tavern: BAR
- 32. On, as a horse: ASTRIDE
- 34. Some small batteries: AAS
- 35. Volcanic residue: ASH
- 37. Samberg of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": ANDY
- 38. Areas for pedestrians whose name includes a black-and-white animal: ZEBRACROSSINGS
- 43. Hoedown seat: BALE
- 44. Schumer of "I Feel Pretty": AMY
- 45. Relative of dynamite: TNT
- 46. Small sugar serving: ONELUMP
- 49. Bread for a Reuben sandwich: RYE
- 50. Deg. from Wharton: MBA
- 53. Sharpshooter's asset: AIM
- 54. Restaurant chain whose name includes a black-and-white animal: PANDAEXPRESS
- 58. Opposite of o'er: NEATH
- 60. Sick: ILL
- 61. Line at an airport: TAXIS
- 62. Men's fancy duds whose name includes a black-and-white animal: PENGUINSUIT
- 65. Wait: BIDE
- 66. Brand of blenders: OSTER
- 67. High points: ACMES
- 68. High cards: ACES
- 69. German steel city: ESSEN
- 70. Sheriff's group: POSSE
- 71. Flip, as a coin: TOSS
down
- 1. Shiny photo: GLOSSY
- 2. New version of an old film: REMAKE
- 3. Strong dislike: ANIMUS
- 4. Relay race handoff: BATON
- 5. Nile biter: ASP
- 6. Mountain lion: COUGAR
- 7. Britcom of the 1990s, informally: ABFAB
- 8. E.M.T. procedure with electric paddles, for short: DEFIB
- 9. ___ Lanka: SRI
- 10. iPad, e.g.: TABLET
- 11. Elite race in "The Time Machine": ELOI
- 12. Item hung on Christmas Eve: STOCKING
- 13. Accept a bet: TAKEODDS
- 14. 100 in a century: Abbr.: YRS
- 20. Repeatedly scolds: NAGS
- 22. "Allahu ___" (Muslim cry): AKBAR
- 26. Spanish house: CASA
- 27. Sounds at spas: AAHS
- 29. Susan of "L.A. Law": DEY
- 33. Deliver a diatribe: RANT
- 34. Whom Cain slew in Genesis: ABEL
- 35. Triceps locale: ARM
- 36. Sushi sauce: SOY
- 38. Buffoonery: ZANINESS
- 39. Listings on the periodic table: ELEMENTS
- 40. ___ Crunch (cereal): CAPN
- 41. River of the underworld: STYX
- 42. Ham-handed: INEPT
- 43. Drag queen's wrap: BOA
- 47. Economic improvement: UPTURN
- 48. When doubled, a dolphinfish: MAHI
- 49. Depends (on): RELIES
- 50. Where Guadalajara is: MEXICO
- 51. Where less-played tunes can be found on old records: BSIDES
- 52. Levy, as taxes: ASSESS
- 55. Dance club that might have a rotating mirrored ball: DISCO
- 56. Homecoming attendees, for short: ALUMS
- 57. Morocco's capital: RABAT
- 59. James who wrote "A Death in the Family": AGEE
- 62. Poet who wrote "Once upon a midnight dreary ...": POE
- 63. Midday snooze: NAP
- 64. Mao ___-tung: TSE
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- 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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