Crossword Maxi
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Fire Starters
This Crossword Maxi puzzle was curated by Chris.
Across
- 1. Female sibling, informally
- 4. Places to get steamed?
- 8. Sponge up
- 14. Most of the FX in "Avatar"
- 15. It may be delicate, at a laundromat
- 16. Request from the back row
- 17. Stout relative
- 18. Purina brand for pups
- 19. "Because I ___!" (end of argument)
- 20. BOS, on a luggage tag
- 23. Piece with feet
- 24. Branch office?
- 25. "Bloom County" penguin
- 29. Heaviest fencing sword
- 31. Bierce of "The Devil's Dictionary"
- 34. "Goosebumps" author R.L.
- 37. Humorist Bombeck
- 38. Shelter from the storm
- 39. Rags-to-riches tale
- 43. Quaker grain
- 44. Captain played by Shatner and Pine
- 45. "Creed" co-star Thompson
- 46. Benedict Arnold's crime
- 48. Something taken in stride?
- 50. Starbucks size below grande
- 51. "The Lion King" villain
- 53. Running but not going anywhere
- 57. Jerry Garcia's band
- 61. "Curiously strong" mint
- 64. Lucille Ball's real-life Ricky
- 65. Email heads-up, for short
- 66. Fireplace floor for 20-, 39- and 57-Across starters
- 67. Book after John
- 68. Will Ferrell holiday hit
- 69. "You can say that again!"
- 70. Pink, in Spanish
- 71. Line from the sun
Down
- 1. Resell, as concert tickets
- 2. Home built with blocks
- 3. Drawn-out blockade
- 4. Ugly duckling, eventually
- 5. Something a sorbet cleanses
- 6. Reach for the stars
- 7. Prop, with "up"
- 8. On top of that
- 9. Tusked forest beast
- 10. One asking for a hand?
- 11. Like this clue's number
- 12. Hi-___ photo
- 13. Buddy, in slang
- 21. Revise in committee
- 22. It may be cultured
- 26. They have collars but no leashes
- 27. Ones with handles
- 28. "Catch you later!"
- 30. Cheats at hide-and-seek
- 32. UFC sport
- 33. Tack, as a hem
- 34. Fitzgerald or Key
- 35. Crowning touch
- 36. What agents gather
- 37. Lodge member
- 40. Copacabana's city
- 41. Dadaist Max
- 42. Neither hot nor cold
- 47. "An Inconvenient Truth" presenter
- 48. Insurer Liberty Mutual bought in 2008
- 49. Banks on
- 52. Chest material
- 54. Table for later
- 55. Derek and the Dominos hit
- 56. Do what a good sermon should
- 58. Baptism or bar mitzvah
- 59. Ritalin target, briefly
- 60. Simpson with a saxophone
- 61. Tuna in a poke bowl
- 62. Deighton who wrote "The Ipcress File"
- 63. Wee bit
About Crossword Maxi
A 15x15 themed crossword with about 76 clues. The full-sized daily puzzle for people who actually like crosswords -- a theme to crack, trickier cluing, and a timer to keep things honest.
The Maxi is the big one. A 15x15 grid, the size of a newspaper daily, with a theme: its long answers share a trick, and the title or a revealer answer ties them together. Clues range from straight definitions to genuine misdirection. If you finish the Mini and Midi and still want more, this is where you end up. New puzzle every day on DailyPlay, same grid for everyone.
Crossword Maxi on DailyPlay is completely free to play with no ads, no pop-ups, and no interruptions.
How to Play
Goal
Fill every white cell in the 15x15 grid so that each across and down answer matches its clue. The puzzle is complete when every word is correct.
Rules
- Tap or click a cell to select it, then type your letter. The cursor advances automatically.
- Tap a selected cell again (or press the arrow keys) to toggle between across and down.
- Black cells separate the words and cannot be filled.
- Clue numbers appear in the top-left corner of the starting cell for each answer.
- Answers range from three letters to fifteen. Every letter is shared between an across and a down word.
- The longest answers are the theme: they share a trick, named by the title above the grid or by a revealer answer.
Strategy
- Scan for gimmes. Every grid has a handful of clues you can answer cold. Fill those first -- the crossing letters open up everything around them.
- Crack the theme. Once you see what the long answers have in common, the title and the other theme answers fall faster.
- Work in clusters. Focus on one corner or section at a time rather than jumping all over the grid. Tight areas with a lot of short intersecting words often solve themselves once you get two or three in place.
- Re-read stubborn clues. Come back to a clue after filling in some crossing letters. Seeing _A_E instead of five blanks changes how you read the clue entirely.
Tips
- Short fills are underrated. Three-letter answers are usually common words (ERA, ORE, ATE). Fill them in fast and use those letters to attack the longer answers nearby.
- Think about word endings. English crossword answers often end in -ED, -ER, -ING, or -LY. If a clue points to a past tense or a comparison, try penciling the ending in first.
- Use hints strategically. If you're stuck, a single revealed letter in a long answer is more valuable than one in a three-letter word. Spend hints where they unlock the most crossings.
- Check the clock, but don't panic. The Maxi is meant to take a while. Steady solving beats frantic guessing. Your time improves naturally as you get used to the clue style.
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