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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 (43 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. RMS Titanic's undoer | 4 |
| 2A | 5. City known for witch trials | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Barn space for storing hay | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Celeb with worshipful fans | 4 |
| 5A | 15. East Coast Amtrak service | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Carpet layer's calculation | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Getaway where guests are out of fashion? | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Dreary atmosphere | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Descendants of the Dutch settlers of southern Africa | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Hand-dyed fabric | 5 |
| 11A | 22. "Six-pack" muscles, informally | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Demilitarized space between antagonists | 11 |
| 13A | 28. Scent for a gent | 7 |
| 14A | 30. Prefix with sex | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Like hearts and diamonds | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Rational selves, to Freud | 4 |
| 17A | 33. Big health insurer | 5 |
| 18A | 35. Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across | 15 |
| 19A | 42. Voice for Amazon devices | 5 |
| 20A | 43. Global extremity | 4 |
| 21A | 44. Baseball official, familiarly | 3 |
| 22A | 47. Popular tourist memento | 3 |
| 23A | 48. Seasoning mined from brine | 7 |
| 24A | 51. Annoying fee added to a price | 11 |
| 25A | 54. "Rumor ___ it ..." | 3 |
| 26A | 55. Ticker in a taxi | 5 |
| 27A | 56. Military "lights out" instrument | 5 |
| 28A | 58. X ___ xylophone | 4 |
| 29A | 59. Ramen or pho | 10 |
| 30A | 64. Flexible Flyer, for one | 4 |
| 31A | 65. Sharpshooter Oakley | 5 |
| 32A | 66. Untainted | 4 |
| 33A | 67. Action after saying "I do" | 4 |
| 34A | 68. Toys that have their ups and downs | 5 |
| 35A | 69. One of Columbus's ships | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. RMS Titanic's undoer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
- Similar words include: Alban Berg, iceberg
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BERG
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2A: "5. City known for witch trials"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that capital of the state of oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the willamette river
- Similar words include: capital of Oregon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALEM
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3A: "10. Barn space for storing hay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
- Similar words include: garret, pigeon loft, attic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOFT
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4A: "14. Celeb with worshipful fans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
- Similar words include: god, paragon, graven image
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDOL
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5A: "15. East Coast Amtrak service"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACELA
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6A: "16. Carpet layer's calculation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: domain, surface area, region
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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7A: "17. Getaway where guests are out of fashion?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NUDISTCAMP
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8A: "19. Dreary atmosphere"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden numbing dread
- Similar words include: shroud, dash, fatigue
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PALL
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9A: "20. Descendants of the Dutch settlers of southern Africa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white native of cape province who is a descendant of dutch settlers and who speaks afrikaans
- Similar words include: Afrikander, Boer, Afrikaner
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOERS
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10A: "21. Hand-dyed fabric"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BATIK
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11A: "22. "Six-pack" muscles, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- Similar words include: abdominal muscle, Artium Baccalaurens, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABS
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12A: "25. Demilitarized space between antagonists"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: NEUTRALZONE
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13A: "28. Scent for a gent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a commercial center and river port in western germany on the rhine river; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the hanseatic league
- Similar words include: cologne water, Koln, eau de cologne
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: COLOGNE
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14A: "30. Prefix with sex"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNI
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15A: "31. Like hearts and diamonds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Similar words include: redness, crimson, cerise
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: RED
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16A: "32. Rational selves, to Freud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: egotism, self, self-importance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOS
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17A: "33. Big health insurer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AETNA
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18A: "35. Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: SOWHATELSEISNEW
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19A: "42. Voice for Amazon devices"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEXA
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20A: "43. Global extremity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- Similar words include: terminal, perch, magnetic pole
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POLE
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21A: "44. Baseball official, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an official at a baseball game
- Similar words include: umpire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UMP
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22A: "47. Popular tourist memento"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, football tee, golf tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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23A: "48. Seasoning mined from brine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEASALT
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24A: "51. Annoying fee added to a price"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: NUISANCETAX
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25A: "54. "Rumor ___ it ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- Similar words include: stimulate, accept, own
- Opposite of: abstain, refuse
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Answer: HAS
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26A: "55. Ticker in a taxi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of length adopted under the systeme international d'unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
- Similar words include: metre, m, beat
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: METER
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27A: "56. Military "lights out" instrument"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
- Similar words include: bugleweed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BUGLE
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28A: "58. X ___ xylophone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh month of the hindu calendar
- Similar words include: Asvina
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASIN
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29A: "59. Ramen or pho"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NOODLESOUP
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30A: "64. Flexible Flyer, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLED
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31A: "65. Sharpshooter Oakley"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANNIE
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32A: "66. Untainted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free of extraneous elements of any kind
- Similar words include: virgin, unadulterated, double-dyed
- Opposite of: unsaturated, impure
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Answer: PURE
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33A: "67. Action after saying "I do""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- Similar words include: osculate, osculation, snog
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KISS
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34A: "68. Toys that have their ups and downs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YOYOS
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35A: "69. One of Columbus's ships"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of ea
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Recycling container | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Part of a campus URL | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Word after hot or lightning | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Smooth-talking | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Lustrous sheet material | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Build up, as interest | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Smallest | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Oval-leaved tree | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Weather report graphic | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Capital of Bolivia | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Speechifier | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Catlike | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Gabbed | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Spotify selection | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Russian pancakes | 5 |
| 16D | 22. Tennis servers' wallops | 4 |
| 17D | 23. Indicator of a half-price deal, in effect | 4 |
| 18D | 24. Snail-like | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Feels sorry about | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Poker pot builder | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Worker protection agcy. | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Brownie ___ mode | 3 |
| 23D | 34. Nile reptiles | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Spot to tie the knot | 5 |
| 25D | 37. Target reader of the "Twilight" series | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Corp. bigwig | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime" | 4 |
| 28D | 40. "Queen of Jazz" Fitzgerald | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Drenches | 4 |
| 30D | 44. Expose at a costume party | 6 |
| 31D | 45. Oaty breakfast cereal | 6 |
| 32D | 46. Feels sorry for | 6 |
| 33D | 48. Universal, Paramount or Disney | 6 |
| 34D | 49. "Bald" birds | 6 |
| 35D | 50. Shaft on which a wheel turns | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Dispatches | 5 |
| 37D | 53. Wood for black piano keys | 5 |
| 38D | 57. "Baseball Tonight" airer | 4 |
| 39D | 59. Opposition vote | 3 |
| 40D | 60. Yoko from Tokyo | 3 |
| 41D | 61. Yes, to Yves | 3 |
| 42D | 62. Crowd-sized coffee server | 3 |
| 43D | 63. Vexation for a storied princess | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Recycling container"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a container; usually has a lid
- Similar words include: ABA transit number, binful, bank identification number
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIN
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2D: "2. Part of a campus URL"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU
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3D: "3. Word after hot or lightning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Similar words include: retinal rod, pole, rod cell
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROD
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4D: "4. Smooth-talking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by lack of intellectual depth
- Similar words include: smooth-tongued, slick, glib-tongued
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLIB
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5D: "5. Lustrous sheet material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cotton fabric with a satiny finish
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SATEEN
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6D: "6. Build up, as interest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that grow by addition
- Similar words include: fall
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ACCRUE
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7D: "7. Smallest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that is of no importance
- Similar words include: to the lowest degree
- Opposite of: most
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Answer: LEAST
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8D: "8. Oval-leaved tree"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
- Similar words include: elm tree, elmwood
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELM
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9D: "9. Weather report graphic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- Similar words include: mathematical function, map out, represent
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAP
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10D: "10. Capital of Bolivia"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAPAZ
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11D: "11. Speechifier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who delivers a speech or oration
- Similar words include: rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORATOR
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12D: "12. Catlike"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
- Similar words include: felid
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FELINE
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13D: "13. Gabbed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that exchange thoughts; talk with
- Similar words include: babble, verbalise, mouth
- Opposite of: keep quiet
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Answer: TALKED
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14D: "18. Spotify selection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short musical composition with words
- Similar words include: birdcall, strain, Song dynasty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SONG
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15D: "21. Russian pancakes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream
- Similar words include: bliny
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLINI
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16D: "22. Tennis servers' wallops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: pass with flying colors, single, champion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACES
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17D: "23. Indicator of a half-price deal, in effect"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOGO
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18D: "24. Snail-like"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lose velocity; move more slowly
- Similar words include: dense, decelerate, sluggish
- Opposite of: accelerate, fast
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Answer: SLOW
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19D: "26. Feels sorry about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Similar words include: regret, Ruta graveolens, sorrow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUES
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20D: "27. Poker pot builder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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21D: "29. Worker protection agcy."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
- Similar words include: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSHA
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22D: "33. Brownie ___ mode"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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23D: "34. Nile reptiles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Similar words include: Vipera aspis, Naja haje, asp viper
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASPS
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24D: "36. Spot to tie the knot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the table in christian churches where communion is given
- Similar words include: Lord's table, communion table
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALTAR
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25D: "37. Target reader of the "Twilight" series"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Similar words include: teenage, teenager, teenaged
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEEN
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26D: "38. Corp. bigwig"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the chief executive department of the united states government
- Similar words include: White House
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXEC
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27D: "39. Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOAH
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28D: "40. "Queen of Jazz" Fitzgerald"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELLA
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29D: "41. Drenches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wetness caused by water
- Similar words include: moisture, wet
- Opposite of: dry
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Answer: WETS
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30D: "44. Expose at a costume party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reveal the true nature of
- Similar words include: uncloak
- Opposite of: mask
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Answer: UNMASK
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31D: "45. Oaty breakfast cereal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MUESLI
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32D: "46. Feels sorry for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- Similar words include: feel for, pity, condole with
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PITIES
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33D: "48. Universal, Paramount or Disney"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
- Similar words include: studio apartment
- Opposite of: location
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Answer: STUDIO
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34D: "49. "Bald" birds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- Similar words include: bird of Jove, eagle, double birdie
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EAGLES
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35D: "50. Shaft on which a wheel turns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXLE
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36D: "52. Dispatches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to go somewhere
- Similar words include: direct, mail, send
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENDS
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37D: "53. Wood for black piano keys"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very dark black
- Similar words include: jet black, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EBONY
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38D: "57. "Baseball Tonight" airer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPN
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39D: "59. Opposition vote"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not this merely but also; not only so but
- Opposite of: yea
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAY
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40D: "60. Yoko from Tokyo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Yoko Ono
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONO
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41D: "61. Yes, to Yves"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUI
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42D: "62. Crowd-sized coffee server"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: URN
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43D: "63. Vexation for a storied princess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Similar words include: pea plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEA
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Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
43 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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