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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 6, 2024

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Saturday, January 6, 2024

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, January 6, 2024. 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, January 5, 2024

across

1. ___ TV: PLASMA
7. What an alley-oop is, essentially: ASSIST
13. Business headache: REDTAPE
15. Joint: REEFER
16. Breeze for the beach, maybe: EASYREAD
18. "Never attribute to ___ that which is adequately explained by stupidity" (Hanlon's razor): MALICE
19. Not stiff at all: AGILE
20. One arriving tomorrow, supposedly: GODOT
22. Set piece?: GEM
23. Superficially clever: CUTE
24. Put off: DETER
25. Sport whose name means "the gentle way": JUDO
26. "Tee" follower: HEE
27. The brachiocephalic trunk branches from it: AORTA
28. Apple product?: CORER
29. "How about that!": ILLBEDARNED
31. Innovation of the 1920s that's still spoken of with wonder today: SLICEDBREAD
32. They beep when tested: SMOKEALARMS
33. Tail, maybe: CHASE
34. Aqua ___: VITAE
35. "Miracle Workers" airer: TBS
38. Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f": HIRE
39. Fashion label founded by Rihanna: FENTY
40. Converse: CHAT
41. Farm creature: ANT
42. Blender setting: PUREE
43. Not fresh: TRITE
44. John Deere product: REAPER
46. Condiment sometimes mixed with mayonnaise: SRIRACHA
48. Break from the band: GOSOLO
49. Snatched up, in slang: YOINKED
50. Eve ___, playwright who created the activist movement V-Day: ENSLER
51. Fleet: SPEEDY

down

1. "Amen to that!": PREACH
2. American, for example: LEAGUE
3. Pop-up destination: ADSITE
4. "___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn": Gore Vidal: STYLE
5. Dark side of the moon?: MARE
6. Mimic: APE
7. Heavy coat: ARMOR
8. Goal for some runners: SEAT
9. Fleur de ___ (delicate crust on the surface of seawater): SEL
10. "That makes sense": IFIGURED
11. Broke off: SECEDED
12. Earth-shaking event: TREMOR
14. Enthusiastic sort: EAGERBEAVER
17. Common spots for autographs: DOTTEDLINES
21. Concern for the 1%?: DEADBATTERY
24. ___ far niente (pleasant idleness): DOLCE
25. Nick, Joe or Kevin of pop: JONAS
27. Uniform: ALIKE
28. Best, in an idiom: CREME
29. Remark from one waving a white flag: ILOSE
30. Ordered lineup: ARRAY
31. One clever enough to win every argument … but not clever enough not to: SMARTASS
32. Deceive, especially to avoid responsibility for something: SHINEON
33. Word with electric or criminal: CHARGE
35. Alan of "Growing Pains": THICKE
36. Got clean, in a way: BATHED
37. Fixed: STEADY
39. Red state: FUROR
40. Towering sight at a site for a tower: CRANE
42. Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning "incomparable": PELE
43. Set off: TRIP
45. Campaigner, informally: POL
47. What some smartphones run on: IOS

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 5

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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?.

The Crossword FAQ

When is the next crossword released?

Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.

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.

Can I see past crossword answers?

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