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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 (35 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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. Shake off | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Collapse | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Largest U.S. city with a majority-Hispanic population | 10 |
| 5A | 16. BTS ___ (K-pop group's fan base) | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Receiving a certain hormone treatment | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Sport | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Hem, but not haw? | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Word with crop or shotgun | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little" | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Give in | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Intoxicate, quaintly | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters | 14 |
| 14A | 30. Chicken korma, e.g. | 5 |
| 15A | 31. Network lineup | 5 |
| 16A | 32. End of a mayoral address? | 3 |
| 17A | 33. "Sad to say …" | 4 |
| 18A | 34. Case load? | 5 |
| 19A | 35. Bit of equipment in many athletic training exercises | 4 |
| 20A | 36. The Blues, on N.H.L. scoreboards | 3 |
| 21A | 37. ___ incognita (unexplored area) | 5 |
| 22A | 38. Things left at the entrance of a mosque | 5 |
| 23A | 39. "I get it, I get it!" | 14 |
| 24A | 42. Like some silences | 5 |
| 25A | 43. Lose | 4 |
| 26A | 44. Spanish familial term of endearment | 4 |
| 27A | 45. French for "dainty" | 6 |
| 28A | 48. Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" | 3 |
| 29A | 51. Heartfelt exchange? | 4 |
| 30A | 52. Deep study | 10 |
| 31A | 54. Slight | 4 |
| 32A | 55. They make a high-pitched noise when they're pretty heated | 10 |
| 33A | 56. Creative domain, with "the" | 4 |
| 34A | 57. Classroom cry | 4 |
| 35A | 58. Weaken over time, as support | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Shake off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- Similar words include: put off, bilk, sidestep
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVADE
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2A: "6. Collapse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- Similar words include: descent, hang, come down
- Opposite of: increase, rise
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Answer: FALL
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3A: "10. Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uttering in an irritated tone
- Similar words include: wood file, rasping
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASP
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4A: "14. Largest U.S. city with a majority-Hispanic population"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SANANTONIO
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5A: "16. BTS ___ (K-pop group's fan base)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- Similar words include: US Army, regular army, United States Army
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARMY
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6A: "17. Receiving a certain hormone treatment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ONESTROGEN
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7A: "18. Sport"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that impairment resulting from long use
- Similar words include: outwear, wear upon, vesture
- Opposite of: refresh
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Answer: WEAR
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8A: "19. Hem, but not haw?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: tailor, sew together, run up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEW
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9A: "20. Word with crop or shotgun"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
- Similar words include: cod, hinge on, turn on
- Opposite of: walk
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Answer: RIDING
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10A: "21. Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Similar words include: Lake Eyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYRE
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11A: "22. Give in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- Similar words include: flock, shut down, close up
- Opposite of: open, unfold
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Answer: FOLD
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12A: "23. Intoxicate, quaintly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- Similar words include: stupefy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BESOT
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13A: "25. Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: COUPLESCOSTUME
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14A: "30. Chicken korma, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (east indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- Similar words include: groom, dress
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CURRY
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15A: "31. Network lineup"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
- Similar words include: evince, appearance, demonstrate
- Opposite of: disprove, hide
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Answer: SHOWS
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16A: "32. End of a mayoral address?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOV
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17A: "33. "Sad to say …""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Similar words include: ala, unfortunately, regrettably
- Opposite of: luckily, fortunately
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Answer: ALAS
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18A: "34. Case load?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
- Similar words include: beer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEERS
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19A: "35. Bit of equipment in many athletic training exercises"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any cone-shaped artifact
- Similar words include: conoid, cone cell, cone shape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CONE
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20A: "36. The Blues, on N.H.L. scoreboards"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STL
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21A: "37. ___ incognita (unexplored area)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TERRA
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22A: "38. Things left at the entrance of a mosque"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular situation
- Similar words include: shoe, place, skid
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHOES
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23A: "39. "I get it, I get it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: ALRIGHTALREADY
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24A: "42. Like some silences"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- Similar words include: eery
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EERIE
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25A: "43. Lose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- Similar words include: cast, cast off, throw away
- Opposite of: persistent
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Answer: SHED
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26A: "44. Spanish familial term of endearment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAPI
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27A: "45. French for "dainty""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MIGNON
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28A: "48. Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
- Similar words include: banning, forbidding, ostracise
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAN
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29A: "51. Heartfelt exchange?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Similar words include: Ido
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDOS
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30A: "52. Deep study"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
- Similar words include: oceanography
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OCEANOLOGY
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31A: "54. Slight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small pond of standing water
- Similar words include: simple, bare
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MERE
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32A: "55. They make a high-pitched noise when they're pretty heated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kettle for boiling water to make tea
- Similar words include: teakettle
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TEAKETTLES
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33A: "56. Creative domain, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Similar words include: humanities, graphics, art
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTS
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34A: "57. Classroom cry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the present location; this place
- Similar words include: hither, Hera
- Opposite of: there
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Answer: HERE
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35A: "58. Weaken over time, as support"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become ground down or deteriorate
- Similar words include: wear away, gnaw, fret
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERODE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Plural pronoun in Puebla | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Pointer up high | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Freshly | 4 |
| 4D | 4. "___ Lied von der Erde" (Mahler work) | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Chaotic state | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Area bereft of grocery stores | 10 |
| 7D | 7. Website for finding home services | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Something sold in a tax sale | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Like one's most natural emotions | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Check-in line? | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Bets from the experts | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Burning structure | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Pianist's flourish | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Certain winter accouterments | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Suffix with heir | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Someone with a devoted following | 10 |
| 18D | 26. Classroom delivery, perhaps | 10 |
| 19D | 27. Cartoondom's "Princess of Power" | 5 |
| 20D | 28. Reptile known for its distinct color bands | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Days of anticipation | 4 |
| 22D | 30. "___ dolce ___" (Italian saying) | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Beast | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Land with two official languages — French and Arabic | 4 |
| 25D | 37. ___ Fridays | 3 |
| 26D | 38. [More info below] | 7 |
| 27D | 40. They surround pupils | 6 |
| 28D | 41. River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps | 5 |
| 29D | 44. Cotton variety | 4 |
| 30D | 46. Beverage that was invented in a Dairy Queen | 4 |
| 31D | 47. What a backpacker packs | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Accessory out West | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Like some cheese | 4 |
| 34D | 50. Where Ferrari is "RACE," for short | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Paper size: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Plural pronoun in Puebla"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESOS
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2D: "2. Pointer up high"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
- Similar words include: web, weathervane, wind vane
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VANE
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3D: "3. Freshly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that again but in a new or different way
- Similar words include: afresh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANEW
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4D: "4. "___ Lied von der Erde" (Mahler work)"
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: cony, hyrax, DA
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAS
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5D: "5. Chaotic state"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- Similar words include: S, randomness, information
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENTROPY
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6D: "6. Area bereft of grocery stores"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FOODDESERT
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7D: "7. Website for finding home services"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANGI
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8D: "8. Something sold in a tax sale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
- Similar words include: spleen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIEN
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9D: "9. Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval england
- Similar words include: longbow
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LONGBOWS
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10D: "10. Like one's most natural emotions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- Similar words include: in the buff, peeled, sensitive
- Opposite of: cooked
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Answer: RAWEST
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11D: "11. Check-in line?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: AREYOUGOOD
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12D: "12. Bets from the experts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SMARTMONEY
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13D: "13. Burning structure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
- Similar words include: funeral pyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PYRE
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14D: "15. Pianist's flourish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- Similar words include: warble, shake, quaver
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRILL
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15D: "22. Certain winter accouterments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- Similar words include: pelt, fur
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FURS
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16D: "24. Suffix with heir"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
- Similar words include: E, einsteinium, atomic number 99
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESS
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17D: "25. Someone with a devoted following"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CULTLEADER
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18D: "26. Classroom delivery, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ORALREPORT
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19D: "27. Cartoondom's "Princess of Power""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHERA
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20D: "28. Reptile known for its distinct color bands"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CORALSNAKE
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21D: "29. Days of anticipation"
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: Eve, eve, evening
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVES
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22D: "30. "___ dolce ___" (Italian saying)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CASA
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23D: "34. Beast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- Similar words include: titan, giant, monster
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BEHEMOTH
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24D: "35. Land with two official languages — French and Arabic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
- Similar words include: Lake Chad, Republic of Chad, Chadic language
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHAD
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25D: "37. ___ Fridays"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TGI
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26D: "38. [More info below]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEENOTE
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27D: "40. They surround pupils"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- Similar words include: iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IRISES
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28D: "41. River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a major french river; flows into the mediterranean near marseilles
- Similar words include: Rhone River
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RHONE
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29D: "44. Cotton variety"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the north american indian people living in southern arizona and northern mexico
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PIMA
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30D: "46. Beverage that was invented in a Dairy Queen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICEE
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31D: "47. What a backpacker packs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- Similar words include: paraphernalia, geared wheel, geartrain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GEAR
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32D: "48. Accessory out West"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
- Similar words include: bola tie, bolo tie, bolo knife
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOLO
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33D: "49. Like some cheese"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are old collectively
- Similar words include: get on, maturate, ripened
- Opposite of: rejuvenate, young
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Answer: AGED
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34D: "50. Where Ferrari is "RACE," for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stock exchange in new york
- Similar words include: New York Stock Exchange, N. Y. Stock Exchange, big board
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NYSE
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35D: "53. Paper size: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTR
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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
35 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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