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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 22, 2023

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Saturday, July 22, 2023

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, July 22, 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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Friday, July 21, 2023

across

1. "Don't be ___": SILLY
6. "Aren't I somethin'?!": TADA
10. Account: TALE
14. Class some people are dying to get into?: ANATOMYLAB
16. Billboard number, maybe: EXIT
17. Features of some cheesy dinner parties?: FONDUEPOTS
18. Name that means "no one" in Latin: NEMO
19. What follows both the living and dead?: END
20. Oscar-nominated director Gerwig: GRETA
21. Traffic director: PYLON
22. Big part of California?: SUR
23. Woman's name that becomes a country when its vowels are swapped: MILA
25. Kitchen variety: GALLEY
28. Towers from which muezzins announce calls to prayer: MINARETS
32. Xeriscape garden plants: ALOES
33. Heroine of novels set at Lilac Inn, Shadow Ranch and Red Gate Farm: NANCYDREW
34. UNESCO World Heritage listings: SITES
35. Example of exemplary service: ACE
36. Opening gambit of sorts: PLANA
37. Little buggers: PETPEEVES
39. Suddenly think of: HITON
40. Possible result of a major fall: SNOWDAYS
41. Some names on buildings: DONORS
42. Runs: AIRS
43. What I might be: ONE
44. Get metal from, in a way: SMELT
47. How theremin music sounds: EERIE
50. W.W. II hero who retired from the mil. to run for president: DDE
53. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" character: PUCK
54. Group cultivated by a recruiter: TALENTPOOL
56. More than a twinge: ACHE
57. Creatures that can regrow a lost tooth up to 50 times: ALLIGATORS
58. Defeater of Jörmungandr: THOR
59. Canceled, to a philatelist: USED
60. Like electromagnetic radiation with the shortest wavelength: GAMMA

down

1. Call upon arriving home, maybe: SAFE
2. Privy to: INON
3. Meaning of the Persian suffix "-stan": LAND
4. Business abbr.: LTD
5. "Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!": YOUGUESSEDIT
6. Dating preference: TYPE
7. Buckets: ALOT
8. Pulls and analyzes online information, e.g.: DATAMINES
9. Core group: ABS
10. Boundary for "first and goal" plays: TENYARDLINE
11. Quad ___ (2022 record jump achieved by Ilia Malinin): AXEL
12. Fancy wheels: LIMO
13. Thames town: ETON
15. Preceder of Christmas: MERRY
21. Exchange rings?: PLAYPHONETAG
22. One who's out and about?: SLEEPWALKER
24. First national magazine to feature Steve Jobs on the cover: INC
25. Amazed reactions: GASPS
26. Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," for one: ALIEN
27. Kind of drawing: LOTTO
28. Knight clubs: MACES
29. Muse of lyric poetry: ERATO
30. Barbershop fixture?: TENOR
31. Cobs, e.g.: SWANS
33. Highly trained body: NAVYSEALS
38. Place to find a hammer and anvil: EAR
41. "Nothing ___": DOING
44. Row: SPAT
45. A good deal: MUCH
46. Say again: ECHO
48. Magazine that debuted in France in 1945 and the U.S. in 1985: ELLE
49. Joy of MSNBC: REID
50. Calamity: DOOM
51. Temple building: DORM
52. Actress Lanchester: ELSA
54. Cross shape: TAU
55. Grp. that might get a talking-to by the principal: PTA

Hints and full breakdown for Jul 21

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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.