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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Coaster, usually | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Start of some temple names | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Bug spray ingredient | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Kind of rover | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Figure with two tails | 9 |
| 6A | 16. Habitation | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Queen's guard? | 9 |
| 8A | 18. Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviations | 8 |
| 9A | 20. Genre for 5-Down | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Certain graph shape | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Word with Man or can | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Per ___ | 4 |
| 13A | 24. Places where it's OK to push someone at school | 9 |
| 14A | 27. Evidence of a fire | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Christmas story villain | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Plot device in many a rom-com | 8 |
| 17A | 33. Samurai with no master | 5 |
| 18A | 34. Big bust | 3 |
| 19A | 35. Little pieces | 5 |
| 20A | 36. Welcome sight for a business | 8 |
| 21A | 38. What fan fiction is not | 5 |
| 22A | 39. "Odds" follower | 3 |
| 23A | 40. Loaded with excitement | 9 |
| 24A | 42. Blow off steam, say | 4 |
| 25A | 43. Start to do? | 3 |
| 26A | 44. Some Slack convos | 3 |
| 27A | 47. Happiness and excitement, for two | 5 |
| 28A | 49. Four-star review, say | 8 |
| 29A | 51. Spitting contest? | 9 |
| 30A | 53. Manage to lose | 5 |
| 31A | 54. Some workplace perks | 9 |
| 32A | 55. "Seriously!," in slang | 5 |
| 33A | 56. Fighters on the beach in 2023's "Barbie" | 4 |
| 34A | 57. Old car concern | 4 |
| 35A | 58. Preschoolers, e.g. | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Coaster, usually"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- Similar words include: disk, platter, record
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DISC
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2A: "5. Start of some temple names"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BNAI
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3A: "9. Bug spray ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEET
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4A: "13. Kind of rover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to or associated with the moon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUNAR
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5A: "14. Figure with two tails"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BELLCURVE
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6A: "16. Habitation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- Similar words include: bear, support, dwelling
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABODE
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7A: "17. Queen's guard?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: KILLERBEE
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8A: "18. Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern asia
- Similar words include: Citrus reticulata, mandarin orange, Mandarin dialect
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MANDARIN
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9A: "20. Genre for 5-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a type of folksong that originated among black americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
- Similar words include: vapours, blueing, blue devils
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLUES
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10A: "21. Certain graph shape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIE
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11A: "22. Word with Man or can"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: atomic number 50, Sn, tin can
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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12A: "23. Per ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIEM
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13A: "24. Places where it's OK to push someone at school"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SWINGSETS
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14A: "27. Evidence of a fire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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15A: "30. Christmas story villain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that king of judea who (according to the new testament) tried to kill jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in bethlehem (73-4 bc)
- Similar words include: Herod the Great
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEROD
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16A: "31. Plot device in many a rom-com"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MEETCUTE
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17A: "33. Samurai with no master"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RONIN
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18A: "34. Big bust"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is unsuccessful
- Similar words include: flop, misfire, washout
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DUD
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19A: "35. Little pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Similar words include: shred, scintilla, iota
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IOTAS
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20A: "36. Welcome sight for a business"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who pays for goods or services
- Similar words include: client
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CUSTOMER
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21A: "38. What fan fiction is not"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
- Similar words include: canyon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CANON
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22A: "39. "Odds" follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: make up, represent, embody
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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23A: "40. Loaded with excitement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FUNFILLED
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24A: "42. Blow off steam, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Similar words include: fustian, harangue, claptrap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RANT
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25A: "43. Start to do?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEE
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26A: "44. Some Slack convos"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMS
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27A: "47. Happiness and excitement, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- Similar words include: humor, humour, modality
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOODS
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28A: "49. Four-star review, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ILOVEDIT
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29A: "51. Spitting contest?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RAPBATTLE
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30A: "53. Manage to lose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- Similar words include: fudge, bilk, hedge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVADE
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31A: "54. Some workplace perks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FREEMEALS
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32A: "55. "Seriously!," in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOCAP
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33A: "56. Fighters on the beach in 2023's "Barbie""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
- Similar words include: sight, cognizance, ken
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KENS
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34A: "57. Old car concern"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
- Similar words include: eat, rust-brown, rusting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUST
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35A: "58. Preschoolers, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
- Similar words include: summate, add, sum up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOTS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Home to the torus-shaped Museum of the Future | 5 |
| 2D | 2. By some measure | 10 |
| 3D | 3. Safety org. for young people | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The" | 14 |
| 5D | 5. "The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970 | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Kant's "no" | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Even more than most | 3 |
| 8D | 8. "OK, now you've got me intrigued ..." | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Macaroni wheat | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Anticipatory times | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Anger, with "off" | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Lantern, e.g. | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Eclipse, for one | 14 |
| 15D | 19. Peel | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Proof of a plot | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Order in the court | 4 |
| 18D | 26. 1980s cartoon foe of Gargamel | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Library regular, perhaps | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Eminem song that samples Dido | 4 |
| 21D | 29. "___ a real nowhere man ..." | 3 |
| 22D | 30. Billing unit | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Dog's post-op wear | 4 |
| 24D | 33. Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. records | 3 |
| 25D | 34. Make an impression on | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Member of a 1960s TV family | 7 |
| 27D | 38. Geppetto's pet goldfish in Disney's "Pinocchio" | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Least active | 6 |
| 29D | 42. They might hang out in a hotel room | 5 |
| 30D | 45. Big name in mufflers | 5 |
| 31D | 46. Bit of a how-to | 4 |
| 32D | 47. Stable mate | 4 |
| 33D | 48. Move the first pawn, say | 4 |
| 34D | 49. Troubles | 4 |
| 35D | 50. High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in brief | 4 |
| 36D | 51. Inits. of the statesman who said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly" | 3 |
| 37D | 52. Time constant symbol in physics | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Home to the torus-shaped Museum of the Future"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that port city in the united arab emirates on the persian gulf
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DUBAI
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2D: "2. By some measure"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: INONESENSE
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3D: "3. Safety org. for young people"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SADD
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4D: "4. Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: CREATIONOFADAM
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5D: "5. "The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BBKING
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6D: "6. Kant's "no""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEIN
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7D: "7. Even more than most"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- Similar words include: whole, totally, altogether
- Opposite of: partly, some
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Answer: ALL
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8D: "8. "OK, now you've got me intrigued ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ILLBITE
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9D: "9. Macaroni wheat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern russia, north africa, and northern central north america
- Similar words include: hard wheat, durum wheat, Triticum turgidum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DURUM
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10D: "10. Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERBE
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11D: "11. Anticipatory times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: evening, eve, Eve
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVES
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12D: "12. Anger, with "off""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, golf tee, football tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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13D: "13. Lantern, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial source of visible illumination
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAMP
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14D: "15. Eclipse, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: CELESTIALEVENT
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15D: "19. Peel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIND
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16D: "23. Proof of a plot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
- Similar words include: act, human activity, title
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEED
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17D: "25. Order in the court"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- Similar words include: judicial writ
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WRIT
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18D: "26. 1980s cartoon foe of Gargamel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMURF
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19D: "27. Library regular, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who has taught himself
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: AUTODIDACT
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20D: "28. Eminem song that samples Dido"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAN
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21D: "29. "___ a real nowhere man ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Similar words include: helium, He, atomic number 2
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HES
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22D: "30. Billing unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
- Similar words include: time of day, minute, 60 minutes
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOUR
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23D: "32. Dog's post-op wear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any cone-shaped artifact
- Similar words include: conoid, strobilus, cone shape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CONE
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24D: "33. Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. records"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RCA
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25D: "34. Make an impression on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- Similar words include: slit, indent, scratch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DENT
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26D: "37. Member of a 1960s TV family"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MUNSTER
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27D: "38. Geppetto's pet goldfish in Disney's "Pinocchio""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLEO
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28D: "41. Least active"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not in action or at work
- Similar words include: out of work, loose, unused
- Opposite of: busy
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Answer: IDLEST
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29D: "42. They might hang out in a hotel room"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any loose flowing garment
- Similar words include: soak, fleece, robe
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: ROBES
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30D: "45. Big name in mufflers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek legend) the greedy king of phrygia who dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MIDAS
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31D: "46. Bit of a how-to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- Similar words include: footprint, footfall, whole tone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEP
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32D: "47. Stable mate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that female equine animal
- Similar words include: female horse, maria
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARE
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33D: "48. Move the first pawn, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: overt, undecided, heart-to-heart
- Opposite of: close, unreceptive
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Answer: OPEN
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34D: "49. Troubles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: ill, ailment, complaint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ILLS
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35D: "50. High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVOO
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36D: "51. Inits. of the statesman who said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RFK
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37D: "52. Time constant symbol in physics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAU
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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