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- 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Customizable, all-in-one internet digest | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Shoots for the stars | 7 |
| 3A | 15. Game played on an 8x8 board | 7 |
| 4A | 16. "Thumbs down from me" | 7 |
| 5A | 17. Meditation chant, in a sense | 7 |
| 6A | 18. Sought-after | 7 |
| 7A | 19. Variety of bark? | 3 |
| 8A | 20. Something you might change on a bed | 6 |
| 9A | 22. ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Gave a sneak preview of | 6 |
| 11A | 25. Tennis do-over, in a way | 8 |
| 12A | 27. Counterparts of countesses in British peerage | 5 |
| 13A | 28. Equine hybrid | 5 |
| 14A | 29. One in Bonn | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Terse reply to "Why?" | 3 |
| 17A | 32. Thingum | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words | 9 |
| 19A | 37. Heart-pumping stuff? | 6 |
| 20A | 40. Goal to shoot for | 3 |
| 21A | 41. ___ Kong | 4 |
| 22A | 45. Steeplechase unit | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Bar from the bank? | 5 |
| 24A | 48. Borderer of the Indian state of Sikkim | 5 |
| 25A | 49. Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking | 8 |
| 26A | 51. Who wrote "Existentialism Is a Humanism," 1945 | 6 |
| 27A | 52. First person? | 4 |
| 28A | 53. Spread some dirt | 6 |
| 29A | 55. Gershwin brother | 3 |
| 30A | 56. Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip | 7 |
| 31A | 58. Action star Jet, in a nutshell | 7 |
| 32A | 60. "Don't worry about the check" | 7 |
| 33A | 61. Close contemporary | 7 |
| 34A | 62. O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation | 7 |
| 35A | 63. Like some shoes at a cobbler's | 7 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Customizable, all-in-one internet digest"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RSSFEED
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2A: "8. Shoots for the stars"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOESBIG
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3A: "15. Game played on an 8x8 board"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hero of william shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OTHELLO
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4A: "16. "Thumbs down from me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IVOTENO
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5A: "17. Meditation chant, in a sense"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOOMUCH
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6A: "18. Sought-after"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- Similar words include: want, in demand, trust
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DESIRED
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7A: "19. Variety of bark?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARF
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8A: "20. Something you might change on a bed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
- Similar words include: napkin, nappy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DIAPER
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9A: "22. ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LARS
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10A: "23. Gave a sneak preview of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that annoy persistently
- Similar words include: fluff, beleaguer, tease apart
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEASED
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11A: "25. Tennis do-over, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
- Similar words include: toothed wheel, line roulette
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ROULETTE
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12A: "27. Counterparts of countesses in British peerage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- Similar words include: earl
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EARLS
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13A: "28. Equine hybrid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HINNY
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14A: "29. One in Bonn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EIN
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15A: "30. Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SDSU
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16A: "31. Terse reply to "Why?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUZ
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17A: "32. Thingum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- Similar words include: doojigger, thingmabob, gubbins
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOODAD
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18A: "34. Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RAREEVENT
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19A: "37. Heart-pumping stuff?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
- Similar words include: plasm, blood plasma
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PLASMA
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20A: "40. Goal to shoot for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- Similar words include: equivalence, equality, equation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAR
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21A: "41. ___ Kong"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HONG
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22A: "45. Steeplechase unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- Similar words include: swoosh, swish, circuit
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAP
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23A: "46. Bar from the bank?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
- Similar words include: block of metal, metal bar
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INGOT
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24A: "48. Borderer of the Indian state of Sikkim"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small landlocked asian country high in the himalayas between india and china
- Similar words include: Kingdom of Nepal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEPAL
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25A: "49. Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
- Similar words include: stroke, chance event, fortuity
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ACCIDENT
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26A: "51. Who wrote "Existentialism Is a Humanism," 1945"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
- Similar words include: Jean-Paul Sartre
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SARTRE
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27A: "52. First person?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your consciousness of your own identity
- Similar words include: ego
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SELF
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28A: "53. Spread some dirt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that light informal conversation for social occasions
- Similar words include: scuttlebutt, confabulate, natter
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOSSIP
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29A: "55. Gershwin brother"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: wrath, ire, anger
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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30A: "56. Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRANSAM
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31A: "58. Action star Jet, in a nutshell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PELICAN
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32A: "60. "Don't worry about the check""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITSONME
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33A: "61. Close contemporary"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AGEMATE
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34A: "62. O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large and stately mansion
- Similar words include: rook, palace, castle
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CASTLES
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35A: "63. Like some shoes at a cobbler's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put a new sole on
- Similar words include: resole, sole
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RESOLED
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Takes turns | 7 |
| 2D | 2. One might say "Big savings all week!" | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Rosh Hashana horns | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Like some nouns: Abbr. | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Gets away from | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo DÃaz de Vivar | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Mideast capital | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Victorious military underdog in the Bible | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Sports bet based on total points scored | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Sister of Helios, in Greek myth | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Barrier to entry, perhaps | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Chewed out | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Slothfulness | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Fortuitous gift | 7 |
| 15D | 21. Holdings of winnings | 9 |
| 16D | 24. Curved lines on sheet music | 5 |
| 17D | 26. France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design | 3 |
| 19D | 31. Arcade staple with a joystick | 9 |
| 20D | 33. Multiple-choice catchall | 5 |
| 21D | 35. Inside of | 4 |
| 22D | 36. Large chemical container | 3 |
| 23D | 37. Credit cards, so to speak | 7 |
| 24D | 38. Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard" | 7 |
| 25D | 39. U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g. | 7 |
| 26D | 42. Kind of illusion | 7 |
| 27D | 43. Do some storytelling | 7 |
| 28D | 44. Ascertained bit by bit | 7 |
| 29D | 47. Garden guardians | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan | 6 |
| 31D | 50. Words before a contingency plan | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Invader's tactic | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Play-fight | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82 | 3 |
| 35D | 59. "If u ask me …" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Takes turns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turn on or around an axis or a center
- Similar words include: revolve, circumvolve, turn out
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ROTATES
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2D: "2. One might say "Big savings all week!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STOREAD
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3D: "3. Rosh Hashana horns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
- Similar words include: shofar, shophar
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHOFARS
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4D: "4. Like some nouns: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FEM
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5D: "5. Gets away from"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that escape, either physically or mentally
- Similar words include: skirt, bilk, circumvent
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELUDES
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6D: "6. Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo DÃaz de Vivar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELCID
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7D: "7. Mideast capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and chief port of qatar
- Similar words include: El Beda, Bida, capital of Qatar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOHA
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8D: "8. Victorious military underdog in the Bible"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GIDEON
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9D: "9. Sports bet based on total points scored"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OVERUNDER
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10D: "10. Sister of Helios, in Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EOS
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11D: "11. Barrier to entry, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STILE
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12D: "12. Chewed out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that censure severely or angrily
- Similar words include: rebuke, have words, dress down
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BERATED
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13D: "13. Slothfulness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- Similar words include: inactivity, inactiveness
- Opposite of: activeness
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Answer: INERTIA
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14D: "14. Fortuitous gift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- Similar words include: manna from heaven, bunce, windfall
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GODSEND
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15D: "21. Holdings of winnings"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PRIZEPOTS
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16D: "24. Curved lines on sheet music"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- Similar words include: smudge, slur, blot
- Opposite of: focus
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Answer: SLURS
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17D: "26. France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in east-central france on the rhone river; a principal producer of silk and rayon
- Similar words include: Lyons
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYON
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18D: "28. Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Similar words include: imbue, chromaticity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUE
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19D: "31. Arcade staple with a joystick"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CRANEGAME
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20D: "33. Multiple-choice catchall"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
- Similar words include: early, former
- Opposite of: same
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Answer: OTHER
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21D: "35. Inside of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMID
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22D: "36. Large chemical container"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
- Similar words include: tub, value-added tax, ad valorem tax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAT
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23D: "37. Credit cards, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
- Similar words include: moldable, pliant, charge card
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PLASTIC
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24D: "38. Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the lacertidae
- Similar words include: genus Lacerta
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LACERTA
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25D: "39. U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: APCLASS
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26D: "42. Kind of illusion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to or involving light or optics
- Similar words include: optic, visual, opthalmic
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OPTICAL
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27D: "43. Do some storytelling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide commentary for a film, for example
- Similar words include: tell, recount, recite
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NARRATE
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28D: "44. Ascertained bit by bit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gather, as of natural products
- Similar words include: harvest, reap, glean
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GLEANED
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29D: "47. Garden guardians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
- Similar words include: gnome, dwarf
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GNOMES
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30D: "48. Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan"
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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Answer: NAPLES
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31D: "50. Words before a contingency plan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IFNOT
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32D: "51. Invader's tactic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- Similar words include: beleaguering, military blockade, besieging
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIEGE
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33D: "54. Play-fight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
- Similar words include: sparring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAR
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34D: "57. Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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35D: "59. "If u ask me …""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Similar words include: International Maritime Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMO
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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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