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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 4, 2022

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Saturday, June 4, 2022

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, June 4, 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.

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Friday, June 3, 2022

across

1. Puzzle genre: LOGIC
6. Company with the motto "When you rise, we shine": OTIS
10. Arcade game ender: TILT
14. Jimi Hendrix vis-à-vis the Monkees, in 1967: OPENINGACT
16. Eastern leader: EMIR
17. Supplied with dough, as a bakery: BANKROLLED
18. Giving chocolate to the dog, e.g.: NONO
19. "Woo-hoo!," in Oaxaca: OLE
20. Proceed during rush hour, say: CREEP
21. It's down in France: DUVET
22. Totals: SUMS
23. Graham of "Gilmore Girls": LAUREN
25. Plant with oily seeds: CANOLA
28. Give and take: BARTER
29. African river with a notorious name: EBOLA
30. "Well, who'da thunk it!": FANCYTHAT
33. Actor Burton: LEVAR
34. Hot flash?: IRE
35. One of three brothers in a Puzo best seller: FREDO
36. Employer of Kirk and Spock: STARFLEET
38. Like O negative vis-à-vis O positive: RARER
39. Hucksters have them: SPIELS
40. Dressed, so to speak: DECENT
41. Went up: SCALED
42. Magazine with the slogan "All you need to know about everything that matters," with "The": WEEK
43. The average American spends over four hours a day on it: PHONE
44. All 12 Disney princesses, e.g.: TEENS
46. Small-business partner, perhaps: MOM
49. Clip: RATE
50. Period before a big deadline: CRUNCHTIME
52. It's not good: EVIL
53. Buildings with many wings: BIRDHOUSES
54. Ingredients in mattar paneer: PEAS
55. Place to park: SPOT
56. Hoi polloi: PEONS

down

1. Endangered Western wolf: LOBO
2. Olympic Australis is a noted one: OPAL
3. Tiny inheritance: GENE
4. It commonly comes in black and blue: INK
5. Trash can, jocularly: CIRCULARFILE
6. Looks like a jerk: OGLES
7. Chronicle: TALE
8. Hoth, in "The Empire Strikes Back": ICEPLANET
9. Regular: Abbr.: STD
10. Path at a university: TENURETRACK
11. Comment made while waving in a crowd: IMOVERHERE
12. Wrinkle-prone fabric: LINEN
13. Parade, with "out": TROT
15. Designer Kamali who made Farrah Fawcett's iconic red swimsuit: NORMA
21. Non-taxing part of airline travel?: DUTYFREESHOP
22. They work using photovoltaic cells: SOLARPANELS
24. Bow: ARC
25. Images of Pluto, perhaps: CELS
26. Assist on the job: ABET
27. Part of Canada named for part of Europe: NOVASCOTIA
28. Shows: BARES
30. Reason some kids won't go to class: FIELDTRIP
31. Yemeni seaport: ADEN
32. It may be part of a suit: TORT
37. Abstract artist Krasner: LEE
40. Actress who played Queens Elizabeth and Victoria in film: DENCH
41. Take a plane to: SHAVE
42. "Cheers" actor George: WENDT
43. Gear up: PREP
45. Dollar alternative: EURO
46. Paste in soup: MISO
47. Dark clouds, e.g.: OMEN
48. Private dining room: MESS
50. "The Carol Burnett Show" network: CBS
51. Day associated with Mars, in astrology: Abbr.: TUE

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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?

Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.