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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 16, 2024

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Friday, August 16, 2024

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Friday, August 16, 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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Thursday, August 15, 2024

across

1. City sitting spot: STOOP
6. One shown in a crowd cutaway at a sporting event, perhaps: CELEB
11. Word on a diamond-shaped yellow road sign: SLOW
15. Gondola's path: CANAL
16. Ancient Greek marketplace: AGORA
17. Yacht spot: COVE
18. *Rod-shaped parasite: EIFFELTOWER
20. Hard-core: AVID
21. Base figure, for short: NCO
22. Garden divisions: BEDS
23. Made a bundle: BALED
25. "From your lips to God's ears": IHOPESO
27. *Soup or sandwich: PARTYSUB
30. Point to: CITE
31. Mash-up: AMALGAM
33. "Green": ECO
34. Fraction of a watt-hour: ERG
36. "Foyle's ___" (British TV drama): WAR
37. Exploits: FEATS
39. Technology used in writing the starred clues?: SPEECHTOTEXT
42. Suffix with proto-: PLASM
44. Straight, informally: HET
45. Rook's opposite: VET
46. Take for a ride: CON
47. Most diabolical: EVILEST
50. Disturb: ROIL
54. *Embarrassment from a self-own, perhaps: BUTTDIAL
56. Businesswoman Huffington: ARIANNA
58. "Peace": SEEYA
59. Command: FIAT
60. Noted speedway sponsor: STP
61. Laura of "Enlightened": DERN
62. *Grade-A quality: CLOUDYSKIES
66. Call it a day: QUIT
67. Folklore foes: OGRES
68. Headdress for the archbishop of Canterbury: MITRE
69. Places to get masks: SPAS
70. Kingpin on "The Wire": MARLO
71. Correct, as writing: EMEND

down

1. Like the longer route, maybe: SCENIC
2. Martial art with movements like "Parting the Horse's Mane" and "Grasp Bird's Tail": TAICHI
3. One way to get around town: ONFOOT
4. Clod: OAF
5. Annapolis frosh: PLEBE
6. Persian's realm?: CATDOM
7. They often clash: EGOS
8. Forecast word: LOW
9. Poetic palindrome: ERE
10. She originated the role of Fanny in "Funny Girl": BARBRA
11. Like pangolins: SCALY
12. Small sofa: LOVESEAT
13. Fallopian tube, e.g.: OVIDUCT
14. Make one out of two?: WED
19. 18th-century French novelist whose name means "the wise man": LESAGE
24. Charge for money, say: ATMFEE
26. Friends, in slang: PEEPS
27. Major tributary of the Missouri: PLATTE
28. Farming prefix: AGRO
29. NYY rival: BOS
32. "Well, shoot!," more colorfully: AWHELL
35. Fix: REMEDY
38. Deleted scene, e.g.: EXTRA
39. Afro-Caribbean religion: SANTERIA
40. Plant in the mint family with healthful seeds: CHIA
41. Mobile dinner table: TVTRAY
42. Banned chemical contaminant, for short: PCB
43. Bungle: LOUSEUP
48. One half of the merger that formed Paramount Global: VIACOM
49. Insisted: SAIDSO
51. Not remote: ONSITE
52. Starting position, maybe: INTERN
53. Ran out: LAPSED
55. Rainflies can cover them: TENTS
57. Identifying words from a familiar voice: ITSME
59. Stoke: FUEL
61. Makes ineligible for competition, for short: DQS
63. N.Y.C. luggage tag letters: LGA
64. Defenseman who scored a Stanley Cup-winning "flying goal": ORR
65. ___ Dae-jung, Nobel-winning former president of South Korea: KIM

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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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Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.

Can I see past crossword answers?

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