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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for May 6, 2022
Friday, May 6, 2022
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, May 6, 2022. 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
- 18
- 19
- 47
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 25
- 32
- 43
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Thursday, May 5, 2022
across
- 1. Little 19-Across: FIB
- 4. Units on Czech checks: KORUNAS
- 11. Student-led LGBTQ+ grp.: GSA
- 14. "Just as I suspected!": AHA
- 15. Common recipe step: ADDSALT
- 16. What psychotherapy can treat, in brief: OCD
- 17. Someone well versed in this puzzle's theme: MATHTEACHER
- 19. Many people do this about their height: LIE
- 20. Opining opening: IDSAY
- 21. James of "Carpool Karaoke" fame: CORDEN
- 23. Turn on the stove?: STIR
- 24. "The wait's almost over": SOON
- 28. Hammer part: PEEN
- 29. Sugar: HON
- 30. When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down: SPIRAL
- 32. First word of Poe's "The Raven": ONCE
- 34. "Cat": COOLDUDE
- 36. King of ancient Rome: REX
- 37. Pupil of a cat's eye, often: SLIT
- 38. ___ jacket (formal men's wear): ETON
- 39. Duke's grp.: ACC
- 40. Much-desired: DEAR
- 41. Uses psychedelics: TRIPS
- 42. Terence ___, noted expert on combinatorics and analytic number theory: TAO
- 43. Lid seen in a kitchen?: TOQUE
- 44. Polynesian performance: HULA
- 45. Foolish person: SIMP
- 46. Slip past: ELUDE
- 47. Prefix with glottis: EPI
- 48. Some convertible choices: TTOPS
- 49. John of "Monty Python" fame: CLEESE
- 51. Source of much early immigration to the U.S.: Abbr.: EUR
- 52. When doubled, not-so-subtle nudge: HINT
- 53. Judgment days?: TRIALDATES
- 60. They seem to believe otherwise: SECT
- 61. Classic van Gogh subject: SUNFLOWERS
- 62. "What'd I tell you?!": SEE
- 63. A bygone age: YESTERYEAR
down
- 1. Starve: FAMISH
- 2. "You gave me no choice": IHADTO
- 3. Brings home: BATSIN
- 4. Perry who used to have the world's most-followed Twitter account: KATY
- 5. Written honor: ODE
- 6. Nutritional fig.: RDA
- 7. Where second gentleman Doug Emhoff got his J.D.: USC
- 8. "Pass": NAH
- 9. "Smart" name: ALEC
- 10. Razor sharpener: STROP
- 11. Numerical constant associated with [the circled letters]: GOLDENRATIO
- 12. Summer learning opportunity for students: SCIENCECAMP
- 13. Mideast's Gulf of ___: ADEN
- 18. When doubled, sarcastic laugh: HAR
- 22. ___ Speedwagon: REO
- 24. Dilemma: SPOT
- 25. Word with snake or salad: OIL
- 26. Diner cry after a bell is rung: ORDERUP
- 27. Certain cephalopods: NAUTILI
- 30. Some shindigs: SOIREES
- 31. Parkinson's treatment: LDOPA
- 33. Many security guards: EXCOPS
- 34. ___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks: CLAUDETTE
- 35. Nav. rank: ENS
- 37. When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with 0 and 1: SEQUENCE
- 40. Warehouse store equipment: DOLLIES
- 41. An alternative?: THE
- 43. Computer pros: TECHS
- 45. Like some horse bedding: STRAWY
- 48. Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth: TUDOR
- 50. Crafts site: ETSY
- 51. Fanning of film: ELLE
- 54. Regret: RUE
- 55. They might help you get a job: INS
- 56. Sternward: AFT
- 57. Propper noun?: TEE
- 58. Bygone ___: ERA
- 59. Kazakhstan, e.g., formerly: Abbr.: SSR
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- 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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