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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 23, 2019

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, July 23, 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.

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Monday, July 22, 2019

across

1. Mushroom part: CAP
4. ___ Xing (road sign): DEER
8. Managed to avoid: DODGED
14. South America's Carnaval city, informally: RIO
15. Not doing anything: IDLE
16. Baltimore bird: ORIOLE
17. Psychic ability, in brief: ESP
18. Yard event to clear out the attic: RUMMAGESALE
20. Manage to avoid: ELUDE
22. Big coffee holder: URN
23. Applaud: CLAP
24. Louisiana's avian nickname: PELICANSTATE
28. Giant in health insurance: AETNA
29. Mortal dangers: PERILS
33. "Phooey!": RATS
35. Commotions: ADOS
38. Provide with continuing funds: ENDOW
39. Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer": ALI
40. Strong-smelling cheese made in England: STILTON
42. Investment for the golden yrs.: IRA
43. Cook's workspace: STOVE
45. Enroll for another year of duty: REUP
46. Work by Wordsworth or Whitman: POEM
47. Coughed (up): PONIED
49. Ledger entry on the minus side: DEBIT
51. One barely in the water?: SKINNYDIPPER
56. German carmaker: AUDI
59. ___ Paulo, Brazil: SAO
60. Big name in mattresses: SERTA
61. Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across: WHATSMYNAME
65. Fast asleep: OUT
66. Mythical beauty who lent her name to a continent: EUROPA
67. Oil producers' grp.: OPEC
68. "___ to Joy": ODE
69. Singer/songwriter Crow: SHERYL
70. Shipped: SENT
71. Gave a meal to: FED

down

1. Slimeball: CREEP
2. Supermarket section: AISLE
3. China's is around 1.4 billion: POPULATION
4. Without stopping en route: DIRECT
5. Part of a campus URL: EDU
6. "Slippery" tree: ELM
7. Co-founder of Rome with Romulus: REMUS
8. Run off with a boxer, maybe?: DOGNAP
9. Gold waiting to be discovered: ORE
10. Recognize, as differences: DISCERN
11. Objective for a soccer player: GOAL
12. Fitzgerald of jazz: ELLA
13. Profound: DEEP
19. The "A" of MoMA: ART
21. Conks out: DIES
25. Med school subj.: ANAT
26. Low point: NADIR
27. Juliet Capulet or Holden Caulfield, agewise: TEEN
30. Impossible to mess up: IDIOTPROOF
31. Set of traditional beliefs: LORE
32. Got one's kicks at the pool?: SWAM
33. Hoarse voice: RASP
34. Voice above tenor: ALTO
36. Grand ___ Opry: OLE
37. Prepare for a hard test: STUDY
40. Search for: SEEK
41. Coup for a newspaper freelancer: OPED
44. Someone dropping by: VISITOR
46. Something that might spring a leak: PIPE
48. Dreary: DISMAL
50. Cut in half: BISECT
52. Vote that cancels out a yea: NAY
53. Unacceptable actions: NONOS
54. Musical practice piece: ETUDE
55. Given a PG-13, say: RATED
56. Bowls over: AWES
57. Thumbs-down response: UHUH
58. Show gumption: DARE
62. Someone not likely to show off intelligence?: SPY
63. "Great" hominid: APE
64. Word on a restroom door: MEN

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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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Can I see past crossword answers?

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