Daily Themed Crossword April 7, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the April 7, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
April 7, 2018 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Reader's Digest or 18a for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ and cheese (pasta dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | It may intersect a boulevard: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Baby cow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Sound from one who's sound asleep | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Sports numbers for short | Show answer | 5 | |
| #7 | Character that looks like a wave and is widely used in Spanish names | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | "Back In Black" rock group | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | "Vincent & ___" (1990 Robert Altman film) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Role that won Al Pacino his first Best Actor Golden Globe | Show answer | 7 | |
| #11 | "___ or before..." (ointment label words): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | "I ___ you to reconsider" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Toss of the dice | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Lavish party | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | ___ out a living (barely survive) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Actress Gardner of old Hollywood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Specific audience in the market or a recess in a wall | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Absorb water like some vegetables before cooking | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | After-haircut styling goo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Been around longer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | "Cosmo" rival with a palindromic name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | New Hollywood director Francis (birthday today) who directed "The Godfather" and has won Oscars as director writer and producer: 2 wds. | FORDCOPPOLA | 11 | |
| #23 | "Just for the fun ___": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Destitute | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Broker's charge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | "Boy am ___ a roll!" (having a run of good luck): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Music blaster at a concert | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Prefix that means "against" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Geo Wild (cable channel) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | ___-la-la (joyous song syllables) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Cable Internet alternative: abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Art ___ (retro architectural style) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Environmentalist's prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Axe a tree | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | "And I Love ___" (Beatles song) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Ending for "Siam" or "Japan" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Fire engine color | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | New Hollywood director who won an Oscar for "The Departed" and is the most-nominated director alive in terms of Oscars: 2 wds. | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | |
| #39 | "All clear now": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | "That was ___ of you!" (rude): 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Explore the seven seas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | "Harper Valley ___" (#1 hit of 1968) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Lead guitarist's moment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Left people open-mouthed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Avoid dealing with | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Complete collection | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Scold slightly | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Tai ___ (martial art) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | "... no ___ among thieves" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Blend (together) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | New Hollywood director of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" who won the Best Director Oscar for his second film "The Graduate": 2 wds. | MIKENICHOLS | 11 | |
| #52 | Breaker of a mental block | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Image on a PC screen that may be clicked or dragged | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | 50 ___ ("Candy Shop" rapper) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Drains as nectar from fruits | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Project (out) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Noble order whose levels include Padawan Knight and Master | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Keep ashore due to cold weather: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Month that begins with a lot of pranks: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Center of a peach | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "Summertime Sadness" singer Lana Del ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Instruction manual target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Apartment owned by the resident | Show answer | 5 | |
| #64 | "It's easy as ___!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | One of those things? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Enroll for a contest | Show answer | 5 | |
| #67 | Enclosure for swine | Show answer | 3 |
How the April 7, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for April 7, 2018, a Saturday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MARTINSCORSESE at 14 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 9 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
April 7, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the April 7, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 67 clues with answers from 3 to 14 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the April 7, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.