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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 28, 2023

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, June 28, 2023. 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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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

across

1. "Oh yeah, love your stuff": IMAFAN
7. Sharp prod: JAB
10. Instruction for cooking corn on the cob: BOIL
14. Tame: DOCILE
15. Not well: ILL
16. ___ Mae Bullock (Tina Turner's birth name): ANNA
17. One-act Strauss opera adapted from an Oscar Wilde play: SALOME
18. Ziggy Stardust's music genre: GLAMROCK
20. Fish that's often canned: TUNA
21. Japanese vehicle manufacturer: ISUZU
22. Beret-wearing rebel, familiarly: CHE
23. Painfully particular: ANAL
25. Change priorities, say: REFOCUS
27. One form of savings, for short: IRA
30. Walker who wrote "The Color Purple": ALICE
32. Part of a book jacket: FLAP
33. Famed 1990s TV psychic: MISSCLEO
35. Shows for soldiers, informally: USOS
36. Year before jr.: SOPH
37. Shiftless sort: IDLER
39. 18-wheelers: RIGS
42. Horse coloring: ROAN
44. Horror film monster who has become an L.G.B.T.Q. icon, with "the": BABADOOK
46. Combine, as resources: POOL
47. "Bro!": MYMAN
48. Org. in which Wizards battle Kings: NBA
49. Baby shower guest of honor: MOMTOBE
51. Disbands, say: ENDS
53. Nail polish brand: OPI
54. Pat Sajak and Vanna White, for "Wheel of Fortune": HOSTS
56. Heartburn relief brand: TUMS
59. What each set of circled letters in this grid represents: MUSTACHE
61. Certain Muslim: SHIITE
63. Fútbol cheers: OLES
64. Looney Tunes frame: CEL
65. A No. 2 one is more widely popular than a No. 1: PENCIL
66. Verdi opera: AIDA
67. Subj. for some refugees: ESL
68. Infuriates: ANGERS

down

1. Selects out of a lineup, informally: IDS
2. What a drawbridge may cross: MOAT
3. Org. that denounced Japanese internment during W.W. II: ACLU
4. Grammy-winning Apple: FIONA
5. Annual reference work: ALMANAC
6. Formerly known as: NEE
7. Celebratory dances: JIGS
8. Enticing quality: ALLURE
9. Reason to call the fire department: BLAZE
10. Classic joke locale: BAR
11. Every so often: ONOCCASION
12. Creep forward: INCHUP
13. Minnesota has more than 10,000 of them: LAKES
19. Botches: MUFFS
21. Phrase of fessing up: ILIED
24. Bold poker bet: ALLIN
26. Prayer starter: OLORD
27. Some online communications, in brief: IMS
28. Home of Christ the Redeemer, informally: RIO
29. "Just like I said I would …": ASPROMISED
31. Maine college whose name is also a variety of cheese: COLBY
34. Photography session: SHOOT
35. Counterpart of rural: URBAN
38. Chair designer Charles or Ray: EAMES
40. Small lump or big bunch: GOB
41. Reggae relative: SKA
43. Hawaii hello: ALOHA
45. Segue in a story: ANDTHEN
46. Vox ___: POPULI
47. Fits well (with): MESHES
49. "Justice League" actor Jason: MOMOA
50. Italian lawn game: BOCCE
52. Taking to court: SUING
55. Betray a secret: TELL
57. Mickey and Minnie, for two: MICE
58. Mix, as batter: STIR
60. Grp. checking carry-ons: TSA
61. Place for a Swedish massage: SPA
62. Features of lollipops but not suckers?: ELS

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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.

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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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