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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for November 11, 2018
Sunday, November 11, 2018
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, November 11, 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
- 52
- 84
- 102
- 110
- 121
Down clues & answers
- 2
- 36
- 57
- 64
- 82
- 100
- 103
- 104
- 111
- 113
- 117
- 119
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Previous The Crossword answer
Saturday, November 10, 2018
across
- 1. Pole stars?: STRIPPERS
- 10. Shop contents: WARES
- 15. Smetana composition inspired by a river: THEMOLDAU
- 16. Too good for: ABOVE
- 17. Flexible attire: YOGAPANTS
- 18. Chicken: TIMID
- 19. ___ Lovegood, friend of Harry Potter: LUNA
- 20. Chemistry test?: HOTDATE
- 22. One-eighth of a data set: OCTILE
- 25. 777, e.g.: AIRLINER
- 26. Target of some shots: FLUVIRUS
- 28. Creature that can walk on lava: NENE
- 29. Shoots: FIRES
- 30. Opposite of pobre: RICO
- 32. Sierra and others: GMCS
- 35. Leslie's friend on "Parks and Recreation": ANN
- 36. Mutant villain of Marvel Comics: MAGNETO
- 39. Gambler's spot: PIP
- 40. Bottom of the barrel: LEES
- 42. Former Senate majority leader who was once an amateur boxer: REID
- 43. Single cut: BSIDE
- 45. Wheels: RIDE
- 47. Group with a satellite truck: NEWSCREW
- 49. 10-12 on a Little League team, maybe: AGERANGE
- 52. Romeos: WOOERS
- 53. Activity at a comic con: COSPLAY
- 54. Reminder of a hit: WELT
- 55. Fancy restaurant topping?: TOQUE
- 56. "The Mikado" and "The Merry Widow": OPERETTAS
- 61. What sharks take interest in: USURY
- 62. Rebel fighter during the Mexican Revolution: ZAPATISTA
- 63. Pressure group?: PEERS
- 64. Edgy newspaper type, informally: ALTWEEKLY
down
- 1. Dump: STY
- 2. E'en if: THO
- 3. Neither long nor short: Abbr.: REG
- 4. Survivor's cry: IMALIVE
- 5. Mass appeal: POPULISM
- 6. Thickness-adjusting tool: PLANER
- 7. Woman's name meaning "pleasure": EDNA
- 8. One might be paid to talk: RAT
- 9. Certain bar order: SUSHI
- 10. Dangling part of a turkey: WATTLE
- 11. Persistent: ABIDING
- 12. Subject of a classic six-volume work by Edward Gibbon: ROMANEMPIRE
- 13. One might have clickable "Yes" and "No" buttons: EVITE
- 14. Event in which the Four Questions are read: SEDER
- 21. "... never mind, then": ORNOT
- 22. Butcher's scraps: OFFAL
- 23. "I Fall to Pieces" singer: CLINE
- 24. Like landscape paintings that focus more on color and lighting than fine detail: TURNERESQUE
- 25. Harebrained: ASININE
- 27. It's a feeling: URGE
- 31. Turn over: CEDE
- 33. Hard ___: CIDER
- 34. Shoots out: SPEWS
- 37. Place for matches: ARENA
- 38. Abandoned: OBSOLETE
- 41. Carolina Panthers mascot with a rhyming name: SIRPURR
- 44. Dog depicted by Monopoly's dog token: SCOTTIE
- 46. Chicago political dynasty: DALEYS
- 48. TV show created by Vince McMahon: WWERAW
- 49. Go haywire: ACTUP
- 50. 28-Across, e.g.: GOOSE
- 51. Dumplings at a Japanese restaurant: GYOZA
- 54. Was lachrymose: WEPT
- 57. Bucko: PAL
- 58. [Oh, no you didn't!]: TSK
- 59. Loser to New England in Super Bowl LI: Abbr.: ATL
- 60. "Come to think of it ...": SAY
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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Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
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