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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for June 8, 2024

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Saturday, June 8, 2024

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, June 8, 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, June 7, 2024

across

1. Lead-in to fish: CRAW
5. Doing long-distance, say: APART
10. Flaps: ADOS
14. Best Actor winner Malek: RAMI
15. Curved blade: SABER
16. Partly: Prefix: DEMI
17. Noodle in miso broth: UDON
18. Smug affirmative: IDIDINDEED
20. Memorable chase scene vehicle in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom": MINECART
22. "I love mankind … it's ___ I can't stand": Linus from "Peanuts": PEOPLE
23. Quarters, e.g.: BARGAME
24. Like some families: BLENDED
25. Knot: SNARL
26. The world's largest one, produced by the coco de mer, weighs up to 55 pounds: SEED
27. First woman to land a triple axel in major competition: ITO
28. Lets breathe: AERATES
31. Concerning: ASTO
32. Figure of speech?: SOAPBOXPREACHER
36. Qualified: ABLE
37. Feature of many haute couture dresses: BIASCUT
38. Picked-up item: TAB
39. Window shade: TINT
40. Removes out of respect, perhaps: DOFFS
44. Like an anecdote, one hopes: AMUSING
46. Immoderate amount: SURFEIT
48. His #12 is retired for the Jets: NAMATH
49. "Never in a million years!": OHHELLNO
50. Backpedaling qualifier: INAGOODWAY
52. Massachusetts college specializing in engineering: OLIN
53. Title in court: SIRE
54. Measure of regret?: OUNCE
55. D.C.'s lack in Congress: VOTE
56. "Welcome" sights: MATS
57. Newspaper assignments: DESKS
58. Much of a flock: EWES

down

1. Things to brush off: CRUMBS
2. Trigonometry unit: RADIAN
3. ___ St. Brown, N.F.L. star nicknamed "Sun God": AMONRA
4. Muscat, for one: WINEGRAPE
5. 2007 Alicia Keys release featuring the #1 hit "No One": ASIAM
6. God father?: PADRE
7. Not much at all: ABIT
8. Like male summer tanagers: RED
9. Ingredient in a Long Island iced tea: TRIPLESEC
10. Extension : Chrome :: ___ : Firefox: ADDON
11. Chicago specialty: DEEPDISH
12. Litmus test of a chef's basic culinary skills: OMELETTE
13. Way to an alley, perhaps: SIDEDOOR
19. ___-blind admission: NEED
21. Actor McLaughlin of "Stranger Things": CALEB
24. They might be pint-size: BEERS
26. Green party figure, for short?: STPAT
29. Legendary figure whose first name sounds like something he's known for doing: ROBINHOOD
30. Getting rid of: AXING
31. Cooking for one's partner, say: ACTOFLOVE
32. Theme in "Rosemary's Baby": SATANISM
33. Craze of late-2000s politics: OBAMANIA
34. Picture on a sleeve: ALBUMART
35. Lorde of feminist literature: AUDRE
39. Eponym of a popular vodka brand: TITO
41. Chap: FELLOW
42. Like the universe, according to Aristotle: FINITE
43. They're the pits: STONES
45. Wise ones: SAGES
46. Part of many a beachside restaurant's name: SHACK
47. "Is the pope Catholic?!": UHYES
49. Has: OWNS
51. Directly: DUE

Hints and full breakdown for Jun 7

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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.