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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 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: 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. Relatives, informally | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Carved bit of jewelry | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Figure out | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Pub pintful | 3 |
| 5A | 15. ___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference) | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Frog's sound | 5 |
| 7A | 17. *High-status American Express offering | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Cause of food poisoning, for short | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Thin and graceful | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Revolutionary Trotsky | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Barbie's boyfriend | 3 |
| 12A | 24. "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer | 4 |
| 13A | 25. *Task for a locksmith | 10 |
| 14A | 28. Science fiction princess | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Destiny | 6 |
| 16A | 31. *Motion of receding waves | 8 |
| 17A | 35. Office paper fastener | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Spanish article | 3 |
| 19A | 38. Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations" | 7 |
| 20A | 42. Lennon's love | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Japanese soup flavoring | 4 |
| 22A | 45. *Bottom of the ocean | 8 |
| 23A | 47. Drinking aids | 6 |
| 24A | 51. "At Last" singer James | 4 |
| 25A | 52. *Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free | 10 |
| 26A | 54. Not bad, but not great | 4 |
| 27A | 58. Donkey | 3 |
| 28A | 59. Monk's hood | 4 |
| 29A | 60. Theater employee | 5 |
| 30A | 61. Shade akin to cream | 5 |
| 31A | 63. Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues | 9 |
| 32A | 66. Strung along | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Rock with a crystal-filled cavity | 5 |
| 34A | 68. Hwy. | 3 |
| 35A | 69. Highly skilled | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Opposite of delete | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Floppy part of a beagle | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Relatives, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAM
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2A: "4. Carved bit of jewelry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAMEO
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3A: "9. Figure out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- Similar words include: figure out, clear, puzzle out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOLVE
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4A: "14. Pub pintful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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5A: "15. ___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- Opposite of: rural
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: URBAN
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6A: "16. Frog's sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
- Similar words include: croaking, cronk, conk
- Opposite of: be born
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Answer: CROAK
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7A: "17. *High-status American Express offering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BLACKCARD
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8A: "19. Cause of food poisoning, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ECOLI
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9A: "20. Thin and graceful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moving and bending with ease
- Similar words include: svelte, lissom, sylphlike
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LITHE
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10A: "21. Revolutionary Trotsky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEON
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11A: "23. Barbie's boyfriend"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
- Similar words include: cognizance, sight
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEN
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12A: "24. "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENYA
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13A: "25. *Task for a locksmith"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: KEYCUTTING
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14A: "28. Science fiction princess"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEIA
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15A: "30. Destiny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (islam) the will of allah
- Similar words include: kismat
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KISMET
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16A: "31. *Motion of receding waves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- Similar words include: slipstream, wash, aftermath
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BACKWASH
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17A: "35. Office paper fastener"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- Similar words include: curtail, clipping, nip off
- Opposite of: unclip
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Answer: CLIP
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18A: "37. Spanish article"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNA
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19A: "38. Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ESTELLA
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20A: "42. Lennon's love"
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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21A: "43. Japanese soup flavoring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in japanese cooking to make soups or sauces
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MISO
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22A: "45. *Bottom of the ocean"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SEAFLOOR
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23A: "47. Drinking aids"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- Similar words include: husk, stalk, strew
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRAWS
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24A: "51. "At Last" singer James"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETTA
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25A: "52. *Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HEADCHEESE
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26A: "54. Not bad, but not great"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOSO
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27A: "58. Donkey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: can, shag, rear end
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASS
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28A: "59. Monk's hood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
- Similar words include: cowling, bonnet, hood
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COWL
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29A: "60. Theater employee"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
- Similar words include: Ussher, guide, James Ussher
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USHER
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30A: "61. Shade akin to cream"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light brown
- Similar words include: ecru
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEIGE
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31A: "63. Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALLABOARD
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32A: "66. Strung along"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEDON
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33A: "67. Rock with a crystal-filled cavity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GEODE
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34A: "68. Hwy."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RTE
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35A: "69. Highly skilled"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- Similar words include: mavin, maven, genius
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADEPT
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36A: "70. Opposite of delete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to come or go into
- Similar words include: accede, move into, get in
- Opposite of: drop out, exit
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Answer: ENTER
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37A: "71. Floppy part of a beagle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: capitulum, pinna, auricle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Story with a moral | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Bold poker bet | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Substantial | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Long, green veggie | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Curved path | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Wall St. credential | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Premature | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Next to bat | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Aromas | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Elf's foe | 3 |
| 11D | 11. A shopper, not a buyer, informally | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Scraping (by) | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Sidewalk writing medium | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Non's opposite | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Soul and Sorento | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Sunrise direction | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Cable inits. for cinephiles | 3 |
| 19D | 29. Farm mother | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Mooch, as a cigarette | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Licorice-flavored spice | 9 |
| 22D | 33. Rejected | 9 |
| 23D | 34. "___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film) | 3 |
| 24D | 36. ___ favor | 3 |
| 25D | 39. Levi's alternative | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Behind | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Rear, in the boat | 3 |
| 28D | 44. Chicago airport code | 3 |
| 29D | 46. Rodeo rope | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Southern drawl, for example | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Owl's question? | 3 |
| 32D | 50. Waste that's been flushed | 6 |
| 33D | 52. "Se ___ español" | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Chicago airport | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Sealy competitor | 5 |
| 37D | 57. Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g. | 5 |
| 38D | 60. Ride from an airport, maybe | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Republicans, for short | 3 |
| 40D | 64. Place to park | 3 |
| 41D | 65. Citrus drink suffix | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Story with a moral"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deliberately false or improbable account
- Similar words include: allegory, fiction, parable
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FABLE
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2D: "2. Bold poker bet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLIN
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3D: "3. Substantial"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that like or containing meat
- Similar words include: substantive
- Opposite of: meatless
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Answer: MEATY
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4D: "4. Long, green veggie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
- Similar words include: cucumber
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUKE
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5D: "5. Curved path"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- Similar words include: curve, arch, electric arc
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARC
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6D: "6. Wall St. credential"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in business
- Similar words include: Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MBA
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7D: "7. Premature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- Similar words include: betimes, other, early on
- Opposite of: middle, late
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Answer: EARLY
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8D: "8. Next to bat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONDECK
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9D: "9. Aromas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- Similar words include: aroma, odorize, wind
- Opposite of: deodorize, deodourise
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Answer: SCENTS
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10D: "10. Elf's foe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORC
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11D: "11. A shopper, not a buyer, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOOKIELOO
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12D: "12. Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: VALENTINO
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13D: "13. Scraping (by)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EKING
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14D: "18. Sidewalk writing medium"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft whitish calcite
- Similar words include: glass, methamphetamine hydrochloride, chicken feed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHALK
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15D: "22. Non's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUI
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16D: "25. Soul and Sorento"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KIAS
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17D: "26. Sunrise direction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- Similar words include: eastern United States, due east, Orient
- Opposite of: west
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Answer: EAST
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18D: "27. Cable inits. for cinephiles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TMC
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19D: "29. Farm mother"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EWE
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20D: "31. Mooch, as a cigarette"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- Similar words include: can, rear end, scum bag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUM
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21D: "32. Licorice-flavored spice"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ANISESEED
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22D: "33. Rejected"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CASTASIDE
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23D: "34. "___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Similar words include: helium, he, He
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HES
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24D: "36. ___ favor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POR
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25D: "39. Levi's alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
- Similar words include: Tsung Dao Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee, lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEES
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26D: "40. Behind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- Similar words include: recently, belatedly, lately
- Opposite of: early
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Answer: LATE
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27D: "41. Rear, in the boat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- Similar words include: abaft, astern
- Opposite of: fore
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Answer: AFT
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28D: "44. Chicago airport code"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORD
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29D: "46. Rodeo rope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that belgian composer (1532-1594)
- Similar words include: Orlando di Lasso, lariat, rope
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LASSO
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30D: "48. Southern drawl, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distinctive manner of oral expression
- Similar words include: stress, idiom, speech pattern
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ACCENT
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31D: "49. Owl's question?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
- Similar words include: World Health Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WHO
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32D: "50. Waste that's been flushed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- Similar words include: sewerage
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEWAGE
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33D: "52. "Se ___ español""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HABLA
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34D: "53. Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELLEN
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35D: "55. Chicago airport"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHARE
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36D: "56. Sealy competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SERTA
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37D: "57. Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- Similar words include: decree, society, parliamentary law
- Opposite of: disorder, deregulate
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Answer: ORDER
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38D: "60. Ride from an airport, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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39D: "62. Republicans, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the younger of two major political parties in the united states; gop is an acronym for grand old party
- Similar words include: Republican Party
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOP
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40D: "64. Place to park"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: fortune, peck, spate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOT
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41D: "65. Citrus drink suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADE
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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