Here are some crossword theme lists I have put together to get you started.If crossword clues are leaving you perplexed, fret no longer. Under each answer in each list, provide a range of clues (from easy-literal through to difficult-cryptic) that appear for those answers in typical newspaper crosswords. Verdi work Horse _ Worksīeyond the very frequently occurring answers above, studying crossword answers by frequency becomes a bit haphazard and inefficient.Ī better way to proceed, once you've mastered the words on this page, is to organize answers into theme-based lists.
#CROSSWORD ANSWER MOVIE#
& S.'s Lord High Everything _ End of a warning Choice word It may follow something ERIE Toledo's lake Niagara's source War of 1812 siege site Iroquois foe Buffalo water IDEA "What's the big _?" Something to think about It may be half-baked What a germ may become Coconut yield? OLEO Margarine Muffin topper Spread out on a table? It's sold in bars Promise output OREO Nabisco cookie It may get a licking after dinner Dunkable treat Hydrox look-alike Snack since 1912ĪLONE Solo "Home _" One way to go it Like an eremite ARENA Play area "In the _" (Nixon book) It often has a ring in the middle Bowl ATONE Make amends Do penance Observe Yom Kippur Square things Do more than rue EERIE Spine-tingling Appropriate for Halloween Poe-ish Like some coincidences Like King's English Causing horripilation ENTER Door sign Stage direction Key in Butler's request Cry from within Long keyĮRASE Rub out Remove one's slip Blank tapes? Prepare for reuse, perhaps Get the lead out? ERATO Poet's muse Lyre-playing muse Sister of Clio Calliope relative IRATE Furious Seeing red Choleric Steamed Close to erupting IRENE Ballroom dancer Castle One of the Horae Title woman in a Jim Carrey movie Papas of "Zorba the Greek" Castle with lots of steps OPERA Soap _ Met offering "La Traviata," e.g. Operatic offering Air on stage Number for one EDEN Adam and Eve locale Barbara who played a genie Scene of a fall Paradise lost Perfect plot?ĮLSE Otherwise G.
#CROSSWORD ANSWER CODE#
Time piece ERE Before, poetically Bard's before Poet's preposition "_ Time transfigured me": Yeats Before, before It may appear before long ETA When the pilot is due in, for short Greek H Hellenic vowel _ Pi (dessert lover's fraternity?) Viscosity symbol, in physics Touchdown info ORE Valuable rocks Bauxite or magnetite Something to slag It's found in veins Swedish coins It might be found in a rushĪLOE _ vera Healing balm African lily Yucca plant cousin Cure for being caught red-handed? ANTE Card player's stake Prefix with chamber Vide _ (see before, in Latin) Buy in Stud fee? AREA Nonsmoking _ Neck of the woods Bailiwick It may have a code Side by side? ARIA Song that's often in a foreign language "Celeste Aida," e.g. ONE Last number in countdown Digit in binary code No longer divided Wedded Simple ticket order Next to nothing? ERA History segment Time worth remembering Pitcher's stat.
#CROSSWORD ANSWER TV#
Lead-in for house or wife Schooner's contents, maybe ALI Muhammad _ 2001 role for Will Smith Clay, now Foreman's superior Poetic pugilist His won-lost record was 56-5 ARE "_ we there yet?" Exist "You _ There" (50's TV show) Is for two Cost Be a different way? ATE Had a meal Supped Put away Took the cake? Had a little lamb Came to a fast stop ELI Pharmaceutical giant _ Lilly Yale student Harvadite's rival Letter "Y" wearer Bush or Taft Descendant of Aaron, in the Bible Top Ten 3-Letter Crossword AnswersĪLE Relative of beer It might help wash down a banger Bass, for one Old Foghorn, e.g. NOTE - If you're interested in two-letter words, the reason there are none here is that most major American newspaper crosswords do not allow words shorter than three letters in length. Would you have guessed the answer ARE to the clue ? And remember, don't skip over the easy words! Check that you understand all their sneaky clues first.
The smaller words turn up much more frequently than the longer words, so you should learn these first. I've organized the crossword answers in order of increasing word-length. I've included a range of clues for each crossword answer to give you a feel for the variety of clues you are likely to meet when attempting a crossword puzzle. Here is a list of the most frequent repeaters appearing in a selection of major American newspaper crosswords. These repeaters are called crosswordese, and I'm afraid you just have to learn them. Other repeaters, like ANOA, are very obscure words that turn up frequently because their vowel-consonant patterns make them very crossword-friendly.
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