Crossword Maxi
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Piece by Piece
This Crossword Maxi puzzle was curated by Chris.
Across
- 1. Huffed and puffed
- 5. Losing streak
- 9. Golden guy holding a sword
- 14. Margarita garnish
- 15. ___ torch (luau light)
- 16. Not skim, as milk
- 17. Leave on the cutting room floor
- 18. Minecraft mining targets
- 19. Opposite of sur, in Spanish
- 20. Secondary player in the N.F.L.
- 23. Area 51 subjects, briefly
- 24. Navy's December foe
- 25. More than right, as angles go
- 27. Picked for football's dream team
- 30. The Supremes and the Bee Gees
- 32. Bill and ___
- 33. Can, as a worker
- 35. Bob Marley, notably
- 39. Stevie Nicks hit from 'Bella Donna'
- 43. K-pop capital
- 44. Like Sunday morning, in a Commodores hit
- 45. Place to get pinned
- 46. Given a PG-13 or R
- 48. Rome, once
- 51. Janet Jackson's big sister
- 54. 'Mission: Impossible' villain Morales
- 55. Salt Lake City Big 12 athletes
- 56. Doha and Muscat's region
- 62. Union member
- 64. Capitol Hill runner
- 65. 'Later!,' in Italian
- 66. Kitchen ringer
- 67. 'Frozen' snowman
- 68. Work on a draft
- 69. Hunter's sight
- 70. Garden-variety gossip?
- 71. 'No Ordinary Love' artist
Down
- 1. Party within a party, maybe
- 2. Prom-night ride
- 3. Qatari ruler
- 4. Rib joint handout
- 5. Make a dramatic exit
- 6. Pink Nintendo hero
- 7. Billy bookcase seller
- 8. Ultimate equipment
- 9. Utterly destroy, slangily
- 10. Doesn't use an indoor voice with
- 11. Greek isle known locally as Kerkyra
- 12. Singers below sopranos
- 13. Witherspoon of 'Legally Blonde'
- 21. Be human, per Pope
- 22. Colorful pond carp
- 26. Like Springsteen, in the U.S.A.
- 27. Serves that go untouched
- 28. Rich vein
- 29. Nike's swoosh, e.g.
- 30. It may go bald
- 31. Guns on a drag strip
- 34. 'Now it makes sense'
- 36. Truck stop regular
- 37. Drop during a wedding toast
- 38. Chip in before the deal
- 40. Layup move Manu Ginobili popularized
- 41. Regenerist brand
- 42. Command to turn heads on parade
- 47. Highland lid
- 49. West of old Hollywood
- 50. Jigsaw bits, or a hint to the starts of 20-, 39- and 56-Across
- 51. Burning desires
- 52. Top story
- 53. Valentine words, en español
- 54. Mystery prize named for Poe
- 57. Nano, for one
- 58. Surrealist with a famous mustache
- 59. Verdi's Egyptian opera
- 60. 'Enough ___!'
- 61. Public radio pledge gift
- 63. Prior to, in poems
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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