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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for May 7, 2019
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, May 7, 2019. 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
- 40
- 41
- 46
- 63
Down clues & answers
- 29
- 34
- 56
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Monday, May 6, 2019
across
- 1. Poseidon's domain: SEA
- 4. Mortar accompanier: PESTLE
- 10. Swirl of smoke: WISP
- 14. Well-suited: APT
- 15. Noah's landing place: ARARAT
- 16. Tennis's Kournikova: ANNA
- 17. ___ for tat: TIT
- 18. Lone Star State baseball player: TEXASRANGER
- 20. State whose license plates say "Famous Potatoes": IDAHO
- 22. "That was a close one!": WHEW
- 23. "It's a mouse!": EEK
- 24. Not national, as an airline: REGIONAL
- 27. Fad: CRAZE
- 29. Gave off, as radiation: EMITTED
- 30. "Secret" person who writes a love note: ADMIRER
- 32. What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty in "Peanuts": SIR
- 33. Take unfair advantage of: TRADEON
- 35. What you might drape a dress or shirt on in a closet: CLOTHESHANGER
- 40. Got ready to be operated on: PREPPED
- 41. Loud noise: DIN
- 43. Foreign ___ (international matters): AFFAIRS
- 46. Fidgety: RESTIVE
- 49. Hands out cards: DEALS
- 50. Young gallant in "Romeo and Juliet": MERCUTIO
- 51. Noah's craft: ARK
- 52. Drifter: HOBO
- 55. Lumberjacks: AXMEN
- 56. Sandwich chain whose name is French for "ready to eat": PRETAMANGER
- 60. Time in history: ERA
- 61. Actress Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives": TERI
- 62. Sailor's affirmative: AYEAYE
- 63. Singer ___ King Cole: NAT
- 64. River of the underworld: STYX
- 65. See 59-Down: RHYMES
- 66. "What's the ___?" (pessimist's cry): USE
down
- 1. Works like "Animal Farm" and "Gulliver's Travels": SATIRES
- 2. Rapid spread of a disease: EPIDEMIC
- 3. "Way to go, sister!": ATTAGIRL
- 4. Tushie: PATOOT
- 5. Bard's "before": ERE
- 6. "Wailing" instrument: SAX
- 7. Fish by dragging a net: TRAWL
- 8. Place for mascara: LASH
- 9. Raison d'___: ETRE
- 10. Pallid: WAN
- 11. Out of neutral, as a car: INGEAR
- 12. "Gesundheit!" elicitor: SNEEZE
- 13. "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica ___: PARKER
- 19. "You've got to be kidding me!": AWCMON
- 21. Top 10 song: HIT
- 25. Lower in position: NETHER
- 26. Ones selling commercial time, informally: ADREPS
- 28. Boxing venue: RING
- 30. Cling (to): ADHERE
- 31. ___ than a doornail: DEADER
- 34. Egyptian cobra: ASP
- 36. October's birthstone: OPAL
- 37. Country singer Yearwood: TRISHA
- 38. Where to find "Cut" and "Paste": EDITMENU
- 39. Coastal resort areas: RIVIERAS
- 42. Someone who was literally born yesterday: NEONATE
- 43. Makes a screenplay out of: ADAPTS
- 44. Search (out): FERRET
- 45. Flimflam: FAKERY
- 47. Frightens: SCARES
- 48. Men's formal attire, informally: TUX
- 50. "A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it," according to Ambrose Bierce: MONEY
- 53. Minnesota representative Ilhan ___: OMAR
- 54. 1990s Indiana governor Evan: BAYH
- 57. Box office purchases, for short: TIX
- 58. Pod of whales: GAM
- 59. With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other: EYE
More daily puzzle hints
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- 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?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
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