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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 (41 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 |
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1A | 1. City with a view of Mount Vesuvius | 6 |
2A | 7. Minuscule, in cutesy lingo | 12 |
3A | 13. "Seinfeld" role | 6 |
4A | 14. Came unglued | 7 |
5A | 15. Hand-held communication device | 12 |
6A | 16. Get cranky with fatigue, maybe | 8 |
7A | 17. Dangers in "The Hurt Locker," for short | 4 |
8A | 18. Longtime portrayer of TV's Captain Pierce | 4 |
9A | 19. Jam | 4 |
10A | 21. Check out | 4 |
11A | 23. Total | 5 |
12A | 28. Microdosing substance | 3 |
13A | 29. Blowout | 4 |
14A | 30. Sound in a horror film | 6 |
15A | 31. Simpson nΓ©e Bouvier | 5 |
16A | 33. Tick-borne affliction, informally | 4 |
17A | 35. Treats, as a sprain | 4 |
18A | 36. Back-to-back sporting events ... with a hint to the answers to the italicized clues | 13 |
19A | 39. Marinara tomato | 4 |
20A | 40. Kind of surgeon | 4 |
21A | 41. HI hi | 5 |
22A | 43. Pair of words that are usually contracted | 6 |
23A | 45. Curved shapes | 4 |
24A | 47. Lush | 3 |
25A | 48. One laying a foundation | 5 |
26A | 49. Turner of rock | 4 |
27A | 50. Video surveillance letters | 4 |
28A | 51. "I Am ___," onetime reality TV spinoff | 4 |
29A | 53. "Out!" | 4 |
30A | 55. Region of South Dakota | 8 |
31A | 59. Nursery rhyme character known as Lille Trille in Denmark | 12 |
32A | 62. Creator of Heffalumps and Woozles | 7 |
33A | 63. Current measure | 6 |
34A | 64. Flashiness | 12 |
35A | 65. Answer with a salute | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. City with a view of Mount Vesuvius"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port and tourist center in southwestern italy; capital of the campania region
- Similar words include: Napoli
- Pattern: ______
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2A: "7. Minuscule, in cutesy lingo"
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- Pattern: ____________
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3A: "13. "Seinfeld" role"
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- Pattern: ______
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4A: "14. Came unglued"
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- Pattern: _______
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5A: "15. Hand-held communication device"
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- Pattern: ____________
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6A: "16. Get cranky with fatigue, maybe"
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- Pattern: ________
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7A: "17. Dangers in "The Hurt Locker," for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an explosive device that is improvised
- Similar words include: improvised explosive device, I.E.D., IED
- Pattern: ____
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8A: "18. Longtime portrayer of TV's Captain Pierce"
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- Pattern: ____
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9A: "19. Jam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that hinders as if with bonds
- Similar words include: bond, obligate, bandage
- Opposite of: untie, unbind
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10A: "21. Check out"
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- Think of something that trying something to find out about it
- Similar words include: screen, try, psychometric test
- Pattern: ____
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11A: "23. Total"
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- Pattern: _____
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12A: "28. Microdosing substance"
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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13A: "29. Blowout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disorderly crowd of people
- Similar words include: root, spreadeagle, spread-eagle
- Pattern: ____
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14A: "30. Sound in a horror film"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sharp piercing cry
- Similar words include: pipe up, shrieking, screech
- Pattern: ______
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15A: "31. Simpson nΓ©e Bouvier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- Similar words include: margarine, margarin, oleo
- Pattern: _____
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16A: "33. Tick-borne affliction, informally"
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- Pattern: ____
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17A: "35. Treats, as a sprain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: chicken feed, ice-skating rink, deoxyephedrine
- Pattern: ____
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18A: "36. Back-to-back sporting events ... with a hint to the answers to the italicized clues"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
- Similar words include: double feature, doubleheader, twin bill
- Pattern: _____________
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19A: "39. Marinara tomato"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern india but now are living on all continents (but mostly in europe, north africa, and north america)
- Similar words include: Rommany, Romani, read-only storage
- Pattern: ____
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20A: "40. Kind of surgeon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
- Similar words include: viva, viva voce, oral examination
- Opposite of: anal, aboral
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21A: "41. HI hi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Similar words include: ciao
- Pattern: _____
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22A: "43. Pair of words that are usually contracted"
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- Pattern: ______
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23A: "45. Curved shapes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- Similar words include: bend, bowknot, crouch
- Pattern: ____
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24A: "47. Lush"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chronic drinker
- Similar words include: drunkard, inebriate, rummy
- Pattern: ___
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25A: "48. One laying a foundation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that american revolutionary leader from virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the bill of rights (1725-1792)
- Similar words include: James Neville Mason, stonemason, Freemason
- Pattern: _____
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26A: "49. Turner of rock"
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- Pattern: ____
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27A: "50. Video surveillance letters"
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- Pattern: ____
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28A: "51. "I Am ___," onetime reality TV spinoff"
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- Pattern: ____
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29A: "53. "Out!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that drive away by crying `shoo!'
- Similar words include: shoo away, shoo off
- Pattern: ____
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30A: "55. Region of South Dakota"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that deeply eroded barren land
- Similar words include: Bad Lands
- Pattern: ________
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31A: "59. Nursery rhyme character known as Lille Trille in Denmark"
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- Pattern: ____________
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32A: "62. Creator of Heffalumps and Woozles"
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- Pattern: _______
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33A: "63. Current measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the si ampere)
- Similar words include: amp, A, international ampere
- Pattern: ______
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34A: "64. Flashiness"
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- Pattern: ____________
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35A: "65. Answer with a salute"
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- Pattern: ______
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Down Clues - Complete List
No. | Clue | Letters |
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1D | 1. Semiaquatic amphibian | 4 |
2D | 2. Resembling | 3 |
3D | 3. Mom, dad and sis, but not bro | 11 |
4D | 4. Took a shine to | 5 |
5D | 5. City WNW of Tulsa | 4 |
6D | 6. Handles | 6 |
7D | 7. Material with a coarse weave | 5 |
8D | 8. Long hyphen | 6 |
9D | 9. H | 3 |
10D | 10. Grandma, in Gloucester | 3 |
11D | 11. Steamy place | 3 |
12D | 12. "You betcha" | 3 |
13D | 14. Lash mark | 4 |
14D | 16. Vices that are best abandoned | 11 |
15D | 19. Antiracist movement since 2013, for short | 3 |
16D | 20. Dance pioneer Duncan | 7 |
17D | 22. Leonhard who helped develop calculus | 5 |
18D | 24. Archangel in "Paradise Lost" | 5 |
19D | 25. Powerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometer | 11 |
20D | 26. Something one might slice | 7 |
21D | 27. Approves | 3 |
22D | 29. Graycoat in the Civil War | 3 |
23D | 30. Briny | 3 |
24D | 32. Organic fertilizer | 5 |
25D | 34. Casaba, e.g. | 5 |
26D | 37. Plethora | 3 |
27D | 38. Courtroom figs. | 3 |
28D | 39. Butter from a farm | 3 |
29D | 42. Dune buggy, e.g., in brief | 3 |
30D | 44. Ready for an emergency, say | 6 |
31D | 46. Time for a trip to the laundromat | 7 |
32D | 49. Alternative to Gain | 4 |
33D | 50. Guest freebies | 5 |
34D | 52. Youngest of the BrontΓ« sisters | 4 |
35D | 54. Philosopher David who wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature" | 4 |
36D | 55. Medieval entertainer | 4 |
37D | 56. Good rating for a bond | 3 |
38D | 57. Noncombat region, in brief | 3 |
39D | 58. Cheney of politics | 3 |
40D | 60. Prefix with lingual or lateral | 3 |
41D | 61. "___ Blues" (song on the Beatles' "White Album") | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Semiaquatic amphibian"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
- Similar words include: triton
- Pattern: ____
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2D: "2. Resembling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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3D: "3. Mom, dad and sis, but not bro"
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- Think of something that a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
- Similar words include: palindrome
- Pattern: ___________
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4D: "4. Took a shine to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prefer or wish to do something
- Similar words include: wish, care, like
- Opposite of: dislike, disliked
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5D: "5. City WNW of Tulsa"
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- Think of something that a town in north central oklahoma
- Pattern: ____
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6D: "6. Handles"
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- Pattern: ______
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7D: "7. Material with a coarse weave"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in scotland
- Similar words include: gabardine, flannel, white
- Pattern: _____
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8D: "8. Long hyphen"
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- Pattern: ______
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9D: "9. H"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- Pattern: ___
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10D: "10. Grandma, in Gloucester"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your grandmother
- Similar words include: nanna, grannie, grandmother
- Pattern: ___
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11D: "11. Steamy place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: resort hotel, health spa, watering place
- Pattern: ___
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12D: "12. "You betcha""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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13D: "14. Lash mark"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- Similar words include: strap, weal, flog
- Pattern: ____
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14D: "16. Vices that are best abandoned"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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15D: "19. Antiracist movement since 2013, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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16D: "20. Dance pioneer Duncan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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17D: "22. Leonhard who helped develop calculus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swiss mathematician (1707-1783)
- Similar words include: Leonhard Euler
- Pattern: _____
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18D: "24. Archangel in "Paradise Lost""
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- Pattern: _____
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19D: "25. Powerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that magnifier of the image of small objects
- Similar words include: microscope
- Pattern: ___________
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20D: "26. Something one might slice"
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- Pattern: _______
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21D: "27. Approves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in south central united states
- Similar words include: Sooner State, okey, OK
- Pattern: ___
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22D: "29. Graycoat in the Civil War"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
- Similar words include: Johnny, Johnny Reb, greyback
- Pattern: ___
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23D: "30. Briny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Similar words include: ocean
- Pattern: ___
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24D: "32. Organic fertilizer"
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- Think of something that the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
- Pattern: _____
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25D: "34. Casaba, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
- Similar words include: melon vine
- Pattern: _____
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26D: "37. Plethora"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: luck, stack, destiny
- Pattern: ___
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27D: "38. Courtroom figs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- Similar words include: district attorney, cony, hyrax
- Pattern: ___
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28D: "39. Butter from a farm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- Similar words include: jampack, random access memory, read/write memory
- Pattern: ___
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29D: "42. Dune buggy, e.g., in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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30D: "44. Ready for an emergency, say"
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- Pattern: ______
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31D: "46. Time for a trip to the laundromat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a day set aside for doing household laundry
- Similar words include: washing day
- Pattern: _______
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32D: "49. Alternative to Gain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- Similar words include: surge, lunar time period
- Opposite of: ebb
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33D: "50. Guest freebies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
- Similar words include: comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp
- Pattern: _____
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34D: "52. Youngest of the BrontΓ« sisters"
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- Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- Pattern: ____
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35D: "54. Philosopher David who wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
- Similar words include: David Hume
- Pattern: ____
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36D: "55. Medieval entertainer"
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- Think of something that a lyric poet
- Similar words include: caparison, barde, dress up
- Pattern: ____
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37D: "56. Good rating for a bond"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pattern: ___
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38D: "57. Noncombat region, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- Similar words include: demilitarized zone
- Pattern: ___
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39D: "58. Cheney of politics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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40D: "60. Prefix with lingual or lateral"
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- Pattern: ___
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41D: "61. "___ Blues" (song on the Beatles' "White Album")"
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- Pattern: ___
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