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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 6, 2019

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, August 6, 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, August 5, 2019

across

1. Group in a play: CAST
5. Plasterwork backing: LATH
9. Bracelet securer: CLASP
14. Arthur with a stadium named after him: ASHE
15. Feeling fluish, in a way: ACHY
16. "___ me" ("Go along with it"): HUMOR
17. ___ the Man (old baseball nickname): STAN
18. Be overrun (with): TEEM
19. "E" on a gas gauge: EMPTY
20. Pre-snap powwow: HUDDLE
22. Garden munchkin: GNOME
24. "How was ___ know?": ITO
25. 2012 Best Picture winner set in Iran: ARGO
27. Kind of toy that moves when you turn a key: WINDUP
31. Semiaquatic salamanders: NEWTS
33. Flowers on trellises: ROSES
35. Bill in a tip jar: ONE
36. Slangy "sweetheart": BAE
37. Horace, as a poet: ODIST
38. Barrister's headgear: WIG
39. Scrub vigorously: SCOUR
41. Manipulate: USE
42. Littlest ones in litters: RUNTS
44. Contagious viral infection: POX
45. Cross ___ with: PATHS
47. Side-to-side nautical movement: YAW
48. Plural "is": ARE
49. First appearance, as of symptoms: ONSET
50. Toronto N.H.L. team, for short: LEAFS
53. Common ankle injury: SPRAIN
55. Biggest bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears": PAPA
57. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen: REA
58. Grind, as teeth: GNASH
60. Withstands: ABIDES
62. Gemstone measure: CARAT
65. Chopped down: HEWN
67. 3:1 or 4:1, e.g.: ODDS
68. Superior beef grade: PRIME
69. They're mined and refined: ORES
70. Large, scholarly book: TOME
71. "For ___ waves of grain" (line in "America the Beautiful"): AMBER
72. Water swirl: EDDY
73. Elderly: AGED

down

1. Redeem, as a savings bond: CASHIN
2. Uncommonly perceptive: ASTUTE
3. Air-punching pugilist: SHADOWBOXER
4. Manage, as a bar: TEND
5. "Ciao": LATER
6. Unreturned tennis serve: ACE
7. 2006 Matt Damon spy film: THEGOODSHEPHERD
8. Song sung on Sunday: HYMN
9. Place with beakers and Bunsen burners: CHEMISTRYLAB
10. Measure of light's brightness: LUMEN
11. Electric guitar accessory: AMP
12. Drunkard: SOT
13. Jimmy (open): PRY
21. Lecturer's implement with a light at the end: LASERPOINTER
23. Is indebted to: OWES
26. Fills, as tile joints: GROUTS
28. Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down: DOWNWARDDOG
29. The "U" in I.C.U.: UNIT
30. Cribbage scorekeepers: PEGS
32. Letter after sigma: TAU
34. Nap south of the border: SIESTA
39. Pampering places: SPAS
40. Bus. concern: CORP
43. Persian Gulf country, for short: UAE
46. Actress Kendrick: ANNA
51. What "woof" or "meow" may mean: FEEDME
52. Talked back to with 'tude: SASSED
54. Best effort, informally: AGAME
56. Colorful flower with a "face": PANSY
59. Pump or oxford: SHOE
61. Smidgen: IOTA
62. Helper during taxing times, for short?: CPA
63. Triceps location: ARM
64. Poke fun at: RIB
66. Marry: WED

Hints and full breakdown for Aug 5

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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.
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