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Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)
1A: "1. Job for Sherlock"
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- Think of something that an occurrence of something
- Similar words include: casing, typeface, pillowcase
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CASE
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2A: "5. Breakfast chain that punnily used a kangaroo in its early commercials"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IHOP
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3A: "9. Each, informally"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APOP
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4A: "13. "Well, ___ you special?""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARENT
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5A: "15. Vegetarian protein"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
- Similar words include: bean curd
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOFU
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6A: "16. Taboo"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NONO
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7A: "17. New parents' celebration"
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- Think of something that the time when something begins (especially life)
- Similar words include: parentage, birthing, nascency
- Opposite of: death
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Answer: BIRTH
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8A: "18. "You're despicable!" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DAFFYDUCK
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9A: "20. Fashion designer Ralph"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAUREN
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10A: "22. Better deal on a mortgage, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REFI
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11A: "23. Born, in marriage announcements"
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- Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE
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12A: "24. "I'm hunting wabbits" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ELMERFUDD
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13A: "26. Degree for many a prof"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
- Similar words include: Ph.D.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHD
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14A: "28. Mont Blanc, e.g."
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- Think of something that any high mountain
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALP
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15A: "29. Small piece of china … or small dog size"
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- Think of something that as much as a teacup will hold
- Similar words include: teacupful
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEACUP
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16A: "32. Helmet attachment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- Similar words include: lather, flog, whip
- Opposite of: unstrap
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Answer: STRAP
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17A: "36. Neighbor of a Cambodian"
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- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
- Similar words include: Siamese, Tai, Central Thai
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAI
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18A: "39. "Toodles""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATA
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19A: "40. "Ha-ha-ha-HA-ha!" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: WOODYWOODPECKER
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20A: "43. Garden of Eden man"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Similar words include: cristal, disco biscuit, XTC
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADAM
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21A: "44. Newspaper opinion piece"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPED
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22A: "45. Place to put a stethoscope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
- Similar words include: breast, chest of drawers, dresser
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHEST
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23A: "46. "Ain't gonna happen!""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NODICE
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24A: "48. Strange sighting in the night sky"
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- Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
- Similar words include: unidentified flying object, flying saucer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UFO
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25A: "50. "Weekend Update" show, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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26A: "51. "I am ze locksmith of love, no?" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PEPELEPEW
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27A: "57. Chum, in Chartres"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMI
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28A: "59. Lyft competitor"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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29A: "61. Question that might precede "Try me!""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WOULDI
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30A: "62. "What's up, Doc?" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BUGSBUNNY
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31A: "65. Not a child anymore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- Similar words include: spring up, raise, get
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GROWN
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32A: "66. Inner arm bone"
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- Think of something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
- Similar words include: elbow bone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ULNA
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33A: "67. Zap, in a way"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LASE
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34A: "68. "That hurts!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YOWIE
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35A: "69. Exam"
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- Think of something that trying something to find out about it
- Similar words include: examine, quiz, run
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEST
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36A: "70. Crunchy deli sandwiches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, BLT
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLTS
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37A: "71. Employee IDs"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SSNS
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Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)
1D: "1. Kind of car San Francisco is famous for"
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- Think of something that a telegram sent abroad
- Similar words include: telegraph, cable television service, transmission line
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CABLE
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2D: "2. Common typeface"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARIAL
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3D: "3. Clear component of blood"
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- Think of something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
- Similar words include: blood serum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SERUM
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4D: "4. ___ nous"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENTRE
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5D: "5. "___ be an honor""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITD
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6D: "6. Stow away, big-time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a secret store of valuables or money
- Similar words include: squirrel away, hive up, accumulate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOARD
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7D: "7. Killed, mob-style"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
- Similar words include: murder, polish off, dispatch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OFFED
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8D: "8. Magic dragon's name, in song"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short light gust of air
- Similar words include: pant, pull, blow up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUFF
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9D: "9. Furthermore"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AND
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10D: "10. Baked item whose name suggests how much of each ingredient to use"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: POUNDCAKE
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11D: "11. Fairy tale's first word"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on one occasion
- Similar words include: at one time, one time, in one case
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONCE
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12D: "12. Bother, as a bear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- Similar words include: dig, thrust, punch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POKE
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13D: "14. Rehab treatment"
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- Think of something that (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: THERAPY
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14D: "19. Pained cry"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YIPE
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15D: "21. Falcons' and Eagles' org."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NFL
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16D: "25. "Give me five!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UPTOP
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17D: "27. Dream up, as a plan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the production of young from an egg
- Similar words include: crosshatch, hatching, concoct
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HATCH
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18D: "29. Good thing that comes to those who wait?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Similar words include: bung, steer, lean
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIP
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19D: "30. Colorado Plateau natives"
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- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Similar words include: Ute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UTES
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20D: "31. Role to play"
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- Think of something that something determined in relation to something that includes it
- Similar words include: voice, split up, depart
- Opposite of: wholly
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Answer: PART
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21D: "32. Long-necked bird with a "knob" on its beak"
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- Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Similar words include: ramble, affirm, swear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAN
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22D: "33. Brouhaha"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TODO
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23D: "34. Stop and No Passing, for two"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ROADSIGNS
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24D: "35. Forum manager, for short"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADMIN
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25D: "37. Ground-breaking garden tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOE
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26D: "38. Do a tally of"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADDUP
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27D: "41. "___ is me!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that misery resulting from affliction
- Similar words include: suffering, woefulness
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WOE
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28D: "42. Green science"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the environment as it relates to living organisms
- Similar words include: environmental science, bionomics
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ECOLOGY
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29D: "47. Word after golf or before sandwich"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- Similar words include: golf club, guild, ball club
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLUB
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30D: "49. Hardly any"
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- Think of something that a small elite group
- Opposite of: many
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FEW
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31D: "51. Kind of colony in the film "Papillon""
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- Think of something that of or relating to punishment
- Similar words include: punishable
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PENAL
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32D: "52. Dadaist Max"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
- Similar words include: Max Ernst
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERNST
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33D: "53. €€€"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- Similar words include: euro
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EUROS
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34D: "54. Post-snowfall vehicles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- Similar words include: cover, address, turn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLOWS
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35D: "55. Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that king of northumbria who was converted to christianity (585-633)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDWIN
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36D: "56. Sommelier's stock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- Similar words include: wine-colored, acquire, wine-coloured
- Opposite of: fall back, lose
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Answer: WINES
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37D: "57. Share a border"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- Similar words include: border, butt against, butt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABUT
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38D: "58. Stubborn farm animal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
- Similar words include: scuff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MULE
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39D: "60. Lamp insert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
- Similar words include: medulla oblongata, electric light, electric-light bulb
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BULB
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40D: "63. Plopped down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: baby-sit, seat, sit down
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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Answer: SAT
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41D: "64. "You got it!""
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- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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