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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 7, 2022
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, June 7, 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
- 24
- 32
- 66
Down clues & answers
- 38
- 40
- 48
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Monday, June 6, 2022
across
- 1. Kudzu or ivy: VINE
- 5. Alternative to solid, liquid or gas: PLASMA
- 11. ___ Lanka: SRI
- 14. Celebrity who's adored: IDOL
- 15. Coded message: CIPHER
- 16. Nonhuman member of the family: PET
- 17. *Secretary of Perry Mason: DELLASTREET
- 19. "A" card in the deck: ACE
- 20. Science fiction writer Asimov: ISAAC
- 21. Variety: ILK
- 22. Do the hustle?: SCAM
- 23. *Alcoholics Anonymous program: TWELVESTEPS
- 27. Hosts with mics, for short: MCS
- 30. Call between ready and go: SET
- 31. Indigenous people for whom a Great Lake is named: ERIES
- 32. Trees with acorns: OAKS
- 34. Drug also known as angel dust, in brief: PCP
- 36. Measuring instrument that may have a needle: GAUGE
- 39. *Finish a gymnastics routine perfectly: STICKTHELANDING
- 43. Justice Sotomayor: SONIA
- 44. Little rascal: IMP
- 45. Doe's mate: STAG
- 46. Memos: NOTES
- 49. Nile snake: ASP
- 51. Pigs' place: STY
- 52. *Description of a wholesome, clean-cut guy: BOYNEXTDOOR
- 55. Make ___ meet: ENDS
- 56. Letter between oh and cue: PEE
- 57. Element suggested phonetically by NOPQ STUV ...: ARGON
- 62. Hawaiian necklace: LEI
- 63. Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues?: HONEYIMHOME
- 66. Sass: LIP
- 67. Similar chemical compound: ISOMER
- 68. Actor McGregor: EWAN
- 69. Chicago trains: ELS
- 70. Big name in small planes: CESSNA
- 71. Diarist Frank: ANNE
down
- 1. "Veni, ___, vici": VIDI
- 2. Midmonth date: IDES
- 3. Mardi Gras city, informally: NOLA
- 4. Jazz great Fitzgerald: ELLA
- 5. Some laptops, for short: PCS
- 6. On fire: LIT
- 7. Busy month for accountants: APRIL
- 8. Table for later: SHELVE
- 9. More timid: MEEKER
- 10. "But is it ___?": ART
- 11. Attire for astronauts: SPACESUITS
- 12. Summary: RECAP
- 13. Trinkets, tchotchkes and whatnot: ITEMS
- 18. "Macbeth" has five of these: ACTS
- 22. Places: STEADS
- 24. Cried: WEPT
- 25. Write on stone, say: ETCH
- 26. Road Work Ahead or Dead End: SIGN
- 27. Carpet on a forest floor: MOSS
- 28. Famed Roman censor: CATO
- 29. Is unsuited to go swimming, but does so anyway?: SKINNYDIPS
- 33. Descendants: SCIONS
- 35. I. M. ___, Louvre Pyramid architect: PEI
- 37. Swarming pest: GNAT
- 38. Like holiday nogs: EGGY
- 40. Fashion designer Spade: KATE
- 41. "OMG, that's so funny!": LMAO
- 42. Lhasa ___ (dog breed): APSO
- 47. Many a newspaper scoop: EXPOSE
- 48. Shorthand writers: STENOS
- 50. Baby buggy, to Brits: PRAM
- 52. "Beauty and the Beast" heroine: BELLE
- 53. Baseball great Buck: ONEIL
- 54. Considers: DEEMS
- 58. Perlman of "Cheers": RHEA
- 59. Dress worn to a ball: GOWN
- 60. Its capital is Muscat: OMAN
- 61. Hawaii's only native goose: NENE
- 63. Juice brand with a hyphenated name: HIC
- 64. Japanese currency: YEN
- 65. Savings plan, briefly: IRA
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.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
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