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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 6, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, November 6, 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
- 20
- 49
- 51
- 62
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 30
- 44
- 55
- 67
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Monday, November 5, 2018
across
- 1. Pulsate, as with pain: THROB
- 6. What a red traffic light means: STOP
- 10. Container for soup or cereal: BOWL
- 14. ___ acid (protein builder): AMINO
- 15. "Very funny!": HAHA
- 16. Eye layer: UVEA
- 17. Chocolaty candy on a stick: TOOTSIEPOP
- 19. 500 sheets of paper: REAM
- 20. Realtors' showings: HOMES
- 21. Endless, in poetry: ETERNE
- 23. Guard at an entrance: GATEMAN
- 26. Length x width, for a rectangle: AREA
- 27. Desertlike: ARID
- 28. Breakfast cereal with a naval officer on its box: CAPNCRUNCH
- 33. Put through a blast furnace, say: SMELT
- 35. Dissolute sort: ROUE
- 36. Rope-a-dope boxer: ALI
- 37. ___-relief: BAS
- 38. Two marks in "résumés": ACCENTS
- 41. Easy-to-chew food: PAP
- 42. It ends with diciembre: ANO
- 43. Danny who co-starred in "White Christmas": KAYE
- 44. Make red-faced: ABASH
- 46. Brittle, spicy cookie: GINGERSNAP
- 50. Besides: ALSO
- 51. Hilarious person: RIOT
- 52. Plan going forward, as for peace: ROADMAP
- 54. As originally placed: INSITU
- 57. Constantly rising things in gentrifying neighborhoods: RENTS
- 58. Where Hartford is: Abbr.: CONN
- 59. Broadcast news snippets ... or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across?: SOUNDBITES
- 64. Grand-scale production: EPIC
- 65. ___ Krabappel, teacher on "The Simpsons": EDNA
- 66. Love, love, love: ADORE
- 67. Meyers of late-night: SETH
- 68. Most mammals have four of them: LEGS
- 69. Core belief: TENET
down
- 1. Tit for ___: TAT
- 2. Care provider, briefly: HMO
- 3. 2016 Olympics host, informally: RIO
- 4. Hush-hush, slangily: ONTHEDL
- 5. ___ buddy: BOSOM
- 6. "For Your Eyes Only" singer Easton: SHEENA
- 7. Water spigots: TAPS
- 8. "Look what I found!": OHO
- 9. Slice from a book?: PAPERCUT
- 10. The "B" of F.B.I.: BUREAU
- 11. On top of: OVER
- 12. Withdraw gradually (from): WEAN
- 13. Unfunny, as a joke: LAME
- 18. Apple desktop: IMAC
- 22. Mother canonized in 2016: TERESA
- 23. Long-winded sort: GASBAG
- 24. Italian designer Giorgio: ARMANI
- 25. Attaches using string: TIESON
- 26. Unknown author, for short: ANON
- 29. Fuss in front of the mirror: PREEN
- 30. Incendiary weapon used in the Vietnam War: NAPALM
- 31. Category for a minor-league team: CLASSA
- 32. Rap, by another name: HIPHOP
- 34. "Grab this!": TAKEIT
- 39. Amusement park ride that goes around and around: CAROUSEL
- 40. Growth under the skin: CYST
- 45. Unflattering angle of one's face: BADSIDE
- 47. Christmas stealer in a Dr. Seuss book: GRINCH
- 48. Stadiums: ARENAS
- 49. Duck's habitat: POND
- 53. Hitter's turn to hit: ATBAT
- 54. Helps reduce the swelling of, say: ICES
- 55. Slangy refusal: NOPE
- 56. Foul mood: SNIT
- 57. Step on a ladder: RUNG
- 60. Poem of praise: ODE
- 61. 2,000 pounds: TON
- 62. Before, poetically: ERE
- 63. "On your mark, get ___ ...": SET
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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