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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (41 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Spiritual principle symbolized by an endless knot | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Rock, for one | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Bit of cream | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Change, as a legislative bill | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Carne ___ | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Bird whose males incubate the eggs | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Skimpy serving of foie gras, say | 11 |
| 8A | 19. San Francisco/Oakland separator | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Otis's love interest on Netflix's "Sex Education" | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Some dressing in an operating room | 5 |
| 11A | 23. One of Daniel Radcliffe's paparazzi, say | 13 |
| 12A | 26. Billy Joel's "___ From an Italian Restaurant" | 6 |
| 13A | 28. Glass in a frame | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Opening on a stage? | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Certain tennis shot | 5 |
| 16A | 32. Ave. crossers | 3 |
| 17A | 35. Heinz bottle blueprint, say | 15 |
| 18A | 39. Ice cream maker Joseph | 3 |
| 19A | 40. Remark to the audience | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Prefix in aviation | 4 |
| 21A | 42. Place to wear a mitt | 4 |
| 22A | 43. With skepticism | 6 |
| 23A | 45. The biggest and most loving of hugs, say | 13 |
| 24A | 50. Pack animal related to camels | 5 |
| 25A | 51. Trailing behind | 5 |
| 26A | 52. "After ___ …" | 3 |
| 27A | 53. Idahoan, say | 11 |
| 28A | 59. God, in Italian | 3 |
| 29A | 60. Hallmark of a typical Greek tragedy | 5 |
| 30A | 61. Something gotten by a scapegoat | 5 |
| 31A | 62. ¥ | 3 |
| 32A | 63. Nerve-racking | 5 |
| 33A | 64. "Get what I'm sayin'?" | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Spiritual principle symbolized by an endless knot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (hinduism and buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KARMA
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2A: "6. Rock, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
- Similar words include: comical, mirthful, risible
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COMIC
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3A: "11. Bit of cream"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a light touch or stroke
- Similar words include: swab, splash, splatter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAB
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4A: "14. Change, as a legislative bill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make amendments to
- Similar words include: improve, repair, remedy
- Opposite of: worsen
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Answer: AMEND
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5A: "15. Carne ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASADA
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6A: "16. Bird whose males incubate the eggs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Similar words include: electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMU
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7A: "17. Skimpy serving of foie gras, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: LIVERSLIVER
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8A: "19. San Francisco/Oakland separator"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- Similar words include: embayment, bay tree, bay laurel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAY
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9A: "20. Otis's love interest on Netflix's "Sex Education""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAEVE
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10A: "21. Some dressing in an operating room"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
- Similar words include: netting, veiling, gauze bandage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GAUZE
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11A: "23. One of Daniel Radcliffe's paparazzi, say"
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- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: POTTERSPOTTER
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12A: "26. Billy Joel's "___ From an Italian Restaurant""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the place where some action occurs
- Similar words include: view, panorama, conniption
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCENES
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13A: "28. Glass in a frame"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
- Similar words include: pane of glass, window glass, Zen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PANE
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14A: "29. Opening on a stage?"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACTI
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15A: "30. Certain tennis shot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a share of something
- Similar words include: piece, fade, slicing
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLICE
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16A: "32. Ave. crossers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STS
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17A: "35. Heinz bottle blueprint, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: KETCHUPSKETCHUP
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18A: "39. Ice cream maker Joseph"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDY
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19A: "40. Remark to the audience"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- Similar words include: away, by, digression
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASIDE
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20A: "41. Prefix in aviation"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AERO
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21A: "42. Place to wear a mitt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVEN
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22A: "43. With skepticism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - elizabeth bowen
- Similar words include: squint-eyed, asquint, squinty
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASKANT
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23A: "45. The biggest and most loving of hugs, say"
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- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: MOTHERSMOTHER
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24A: "50. Pack animal related to camels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LLAMA
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25A: "51. Trailing behind"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTOW
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26A: "52. "After ___ …""
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: entirely, completely, altogether
- Opposite of: some, partly
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Answer: ALL
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27A: "53. Idahoan, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TATERSTATER
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28A: "59. God, in Italian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIO
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29A: "60. Hallmark of a typical Greek tragedy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --jonathan swift
- Similar words include: caustic remark, satire, sarcasm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRONY
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30A: "61. Something gotten by a scapegoat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: find fault, goddamned, goddamn
- Opposite of: absolve
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Answer: BLAME
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31A: "62. ¥"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: pine, yearn, ache
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN
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32A: "63. Nerve-racking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- Similar words include: tense up, strain
- Opposite of: relax, unstrain
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Answer: TENSE
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33A: "64. "Get what I'm sayin'?""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YKNOW
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. ___-El (Superman's birth name) | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Pal in Paris | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Intensify, with "up" | 3 |
| 4D | 4. "Richard of York gave battle in vain," for the colors of the rainbow | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Quote from a magazine rep | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Have a cow? | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Willow whose twigs are used in basketry | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Dallas baller | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Suffix with sulf- | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Mesh for securing items in transport | 8 |
| 11D | 11. When a star is first seen | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Knock over | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Retailer's counterpart | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Women's professional tennis matches have three of them | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Had a nosh | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Small-minded | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Certain volleyball hit | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Engage in a bit of back-and-forth? | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Purpose | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Included in correspondence, in a way | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Feeling of dizziness, with "the" | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Alternative to mushrooms | 3 |
| 23D | 32. ___ Madness, punny name for a barbershop | 5 |
| 24D | 33. Bad thing to try to do from the middle lane | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Stereotypical name for a Dalmatian | 4 |
| 26D | 36. "You try!" | 8 |
| 27D | 37. Password creator | 4 |
| 28D | 38. Absurdly easy task | 8 |
| 29D | 42. Physicist who built upon Volta's work | 3 |
| 30D | 43. Many characters in "Better Call Saul": Abbr. | 4 |
| 31D | 44. Flew past | 6 |
| 32D | 45. Quaint term of address for a noblewoman | 5 |
| 33D | 46. Skateboard jump | 5 |
| 34D | 47. Raven claw | 5 |
| 35D | 48. Demeanors | 5 |
| 36D | 49. Like corned beef in a Reuben sandwich | 5 |
| 37D | 54. "There you ___!" | 3 |
| 38D | 55. Boatload | 3 |
| 39D | 56. Color akin to caramel | 3 |
| 40D | 57. Genre that punk rock paved the way for | 3 |
| 41D | 58. FF's opposite | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. ___-El (Superman's birth name)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KAL
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2D: "2. Pal in Paris"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMI
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3D: "3. Intensify, with "up""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: rev up, rpm, revolutions per minute
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REV
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4D: "4. "Richard of York gave battle in vain," for the colors of the rainbow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall
- Similar words include: mnemotechnic, mnemotechnical
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MNEMONIC
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5D: "5. Quote from a magazine rep"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADRATE
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6D: "6. Have a cow?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that release ice
- Similar words include: break up, have young
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CALVE
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7D: "7. Willow whose twigs are used in basketry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flexible twig of a willow tree
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSIER
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8D: "8. Dallas baller"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAV
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9D: "9. Suffix with sulf-"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDE
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10D: "10. Mesh for securing items in transport"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CARGONET
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11D: "11. When a star is first seen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of beginning something new
- Similar words include: launching, first appearance, introduction
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEBUT
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12D: "12. Knock over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affect with wonder
- Similar words include: beat, get, pose
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMAZE
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13D: "13. Retailer's counterpart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who buys
- Similar words include: vendee, purchaser, emptor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BUYER
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14D: "18. Women's professional tennis matches have three of them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: readiness, specify, set up
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SETS
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15D: "22. Had a nosh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: corrode, eat up, rust
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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16D: "23. Small-minded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- Similar words include: little, picayune, lowly
- Opposite of: grand larceny
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Answer: PETTY
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17D: "24. Certain volleyball hit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a transient variation in voltage or current
- Similar words include: spike out, capitulum, transfix
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPIKE
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18D: "25. Engage in a bit of back-and-forth?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- Similar words include: step, footstep, yard
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PACE
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19D: "26. Purpose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reason for wanting something done
- Similar words include: rice beer, saki, interest
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAKE
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20D: "27. Included in correspondence, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CCED
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21D: "30. Feeling of dizziness, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- Similar words include: gyrate, whirl, twist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPINS
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22D: "31. Alternative to mushrooms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- Similar words include: lysergic acid diethylamide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LSD
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23D: "32. ___ Madness, punny name for a barbershop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
- Similar words include: fleece
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHEAR
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24D: "33. Bad thing to try to do from the middle lane"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a circular segment of a curve
- Similar words include: turn over, routine, ferment
- Opposite of: unbend
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Answer: TURN
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25D: "34. Stereotypical name for a Dalmatian"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Similar words include: office, smirch, stain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPOT
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26D: "36. "You try!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HAVEATIT
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27D: "37. Password creator"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Similar words include: substance abuser, drug user, exploiter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USER
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28D: "38. Absurdly easy task"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among black dancers to win a cake
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CAKEWALK
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29D: "42. Physicist who built upon Volta's work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
- Similar words include: Georg Simon Ohm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OHM
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30D: "43. Many characters in "Better Call Saul": Abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTS
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31D: "44. Flew past"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHOTBY
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32D: "45. Quaint term of address for a noblewoman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MLADY
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33D: "46. Skateboard jump"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OLLIE
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34D: "47. Raven claw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TALON
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35D: "48. Demeanors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dignified manner or conduct
- Similar words include: bearing, comportment, mien
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MIENS
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36D: "49. Like corned beef in a Reuben sandwich"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONRYE
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37D: "54. "There you ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: live, cost, represent
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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38D: "55. Boatload"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Similar words include: short ton, net ton, long ton
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TON
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39D: "56. Color akin to caramel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: bronze, sunburn, suntan
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAN
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40D: "57. Genre that punk rock paved the way for"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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41D: "58. FF's opposite"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REW
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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
33 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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