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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 (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. Take over | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Engage in magniloquence | 4 |
| 3A | 10. A double might get you some, for short | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Fly me to the moon! | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Actress Chaplin | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Ancient creepy-crawlies | 10 |
| 7A | 18. It "smiles on the frowning night," in "Romeo and Juliet" | 4 |
| 8A | 19. ___ milk | 3 |
| 9A | 20. ___ Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Added (on) | 6 |
| 11A | 23. One of four for a bat or a cat | 4 |
| 12A | 24. "Moulin Rouge" co-star, 1952 | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Not with it | 14 |
| 14A | 30. With (it) | 4 |
| 15A | 31. In tandem | 6 |
| 16A | 32. Way out in space | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Biker role in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" | 5 |
| 18A | 36. Pull-up target, for short | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Let it all out, in a way | 5 |
| 20A | 39. Nutmeg-flavored quaff, informally | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Ribbed silk material | 6 |
| 22A | 43. The "A" in STEAM | 4 |
| 23A | 44. "I, personally, wouldn't boast about that" | 14 |
| 24A | 47. Bring the receipts for, as they say | 5 |
| 25A | 48. Figs. on a 4-point scale | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Tennis star Stephens who won the 2017 U.S. Open | 6 |
| 27A | 51. Berth place | 4 |
| 28A | 52. A.L. East team, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Car whose name means "listen" in Latin | 4 |
| 30A | 56. Ordered clubs, for example | 10 |
| 31A | 59. Quickly assembles, with "up" | 4 |
| 32A | 60. Frees | 10 |
| 33A | 61. "Gotcha" | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Editor's marking | 4 |
| 35A | 63. According to experiments, they can't "sleep" in space | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Take over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- Similar words include: dramatise, assume, take in
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADOPT
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2A: "6. Engage in magniloquence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an instance of boastful talk
- Similar words include: shoot a line, line-shooting, gasconade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRAG
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3A: "10. A double might get you some, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- Similar words include: run batted in, rbi
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RBIS
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4A: "14. Fly me to the moon!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: LUNARPROBE
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5A: "16. Actress Chaplin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OONA
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6A: "17. Ancient creepy-crawlies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extinct arthropod that was abundant in paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts
- Similar words include: trilobite
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRILOBITES
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7A: "18. It "smiles on the frowning night," in "Romeo and Juliet""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time period between dawn and noon
- Similar words include: morning, morning time, forenoon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MORN
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8A: "19. ___ milk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAT
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9A: "20. ___ Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JANE
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10A: "21. Added (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten with tacks
- Similar words include: put together, baste, interchange
- Opposite of: disassemble
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Answer: TACKED
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11A: "23. One of four for a bat or a cat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bantu language spoken in cameroon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FANG
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12A: "24. "Moulin Rouge" co-star, 1952"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british physicist (born in hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979)
- Similar words include: Dennis Gabor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GABOR
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13A: "25. Not with it"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: BEHINDTHETIMES
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14A: "30. With (it)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INON
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15A: "31. In tandem"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become part of; become a member of a group or organization
- Similar words include: join, united, linked
- Opposite of: disjoin
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Answer: JOINED
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16A: "32. Way out in space"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: seedpod, seedcase, fuel pod
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POD
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17A: "34. Biker role in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDDIE
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18A: "36. Pull-up target, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
- Similar words include: latissimus dorsi
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAT
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19A: "37. Let it all out, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMOTE
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20A: "39. Nutmeg-flavored quaff, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Similar words include: peg
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOG
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21A: "40. Ribbed silk material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FAILLE
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22A: "43. The "A" in STEAM"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Similar words include: nontextual matter, fine art, humanities
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTS
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23A: "44. "I, personally, wouldn't boast about that""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: WEIRDFLEXBUTOK
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24A: "47. Bring the receipts for, as they say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be shown or be found to be
- Similar words include: turn out, turn up, bear witness
- Opposite of: disprove
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Answer: PROVE
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25A: "48. Figs. on a 4-point scale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- Similar words include: grade point average, GPA
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GPAS
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26A: "49. Tennis star Stephens who won the 2017 U.S. Open"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SLOANE
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27A: "51. Berth place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- Similar words include: wharf, dock, wharfage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PIER
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28A: "52. A.L. East team, on scoreboards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily bovinae or tribe bovini
- Similar words include: genus Bos
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOS
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29A: "55. Car whose name means "listen" in Latin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AUDI
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30A: "56. Ordered clubs, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROYALFLUSH
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31A: "59. Quickly assembles, with "up""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Similar words include: turnout, set up, getup
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIGS
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32A: "60. Frees"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TURNSLOOSE
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33A: "61. "Gotcha""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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34A: "62. Editor's marking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STET
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35A: "63. According to experiments, they can't "sleep" in space"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YOYOS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Lead-in to stratus or cumulus | 4 |
| 2D | 2. ___ mater (brain protector) | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Handling things | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Bud | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Memorial Coliseum athlete | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Provide that crucial spark for | 11 |
| 7D | 7. You may have learned your times tables by it | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Fin | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Develop over time | 7 |
| 10D | 10. "50 First Dates" or "(500) Days of Summer" | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Reader's digest | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Concerning | 4 |
| 13D | 13. It might be picked up from a trip to the beach | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Classic lunchbox staple, informally | 6 |
| 15D | 22. Tolerate | 5 |
| 16D | 23. Done: Fr. | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Big ol' teddy bear | 11 |
| 18D | 25. Word of approval, in French and Spanish | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Finance | 5 |
| 20D | 27. A little of this, a little of that | 10 |
| 21D | 28. Salutation for a mass email | 5 |
| 22D | 29. Lower than, on a score | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Learning center? | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Zac of "The Iron Claw" | 5 |
| 25D | 38. Pulitzer-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman | 4 |
| 26D | 41. British spots | 7 |
| 27D | 42. Throws out | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Declaration that might come from a bluffer | 6 |
| 29D | 46. Spirited sort? | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Wrapped dress | 4 |
| 31D | 50. Author Jorge ___ Borges | 4 |
| 32D | 51. Apt rhyme for fire | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Object marked with the speed limit, sometimes | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Word in an Italian veal dish | 4 |
| 35D | 54. "___ the Man" (2006 film inspired by "Twelfth Night") | 4 |
| 36D | 57. On the newsstand, say | 3 |
| 37D | 58. John | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Lead-in to stratus or cumulus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Similar words include: countertenor, contralto
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALTO
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2D: "2. ___ mater (brain protector)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
- Similar words include: dura mater
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DURA
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3D: "3. Handling things"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONIT
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4D: "4. Bud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: pal up, sidekick, chum up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAL
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5D: "5. Memorial Coliseum athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native of ancient troy
- Similar words include: Dardanian, Dardan, trojan horse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TROJAN
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6D: "6. Provide that crucial spark for"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BRINGTOLIFE
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7D: "7. You may have learned your times tables by it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that memorization by repetition
- Similar words include: rote learning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROTE
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8D: "8. Fin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABE
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9D: "9. Develop over time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have the idea for
- Similar words include: conceive, bear, carry
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GESTATE
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10D: "10. "50 First Dates" or "(500) Days of Summer""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROMCOM
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11D: "11. Reader's digest"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BOOKREPORT
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12D: "12. Concerning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INRE
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13D: "13. It might be picked up from a trip to the beach"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- Similar words include: moxie, George Sand, gumption
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAND
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14D: "15. Classic lunchbox staple, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PBANDJ
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15D: "22. Tolerate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- Similar words include: stick out, stomach, stay
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABIDE
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16D: "23. Done: Fr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FINI
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17D: "24. Big ol' teddy bear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: GENTLEGIANT
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18D: "25. Word of approval, in French and Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIEN
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19D: "26. Finance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give qualities or abilities to
- Similar words include: empower, endue, dower
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENDOW
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20D: "27. A little of this, a little of that"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a motley assortment of things
- Similar words include: odds and ends, farrago, gallimaufry
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HODGEPODGE
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21D: "28. Salutation for a mass email"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HIALL
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22D: "29. Lower than, on a score"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOTTO
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23D: "33. Learning center?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DESK
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24D: "35. Zac of "The Iron Claw""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EFRON
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25D: "38. Pulitzer-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAUS
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26D: "41. British spots"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: bring up, attend, name
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ADVERTS
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27D: "42. Throws out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that force to leave or move out
- Similar words include: boot out, rout, release
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EXPELS
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28D: "45. Declaration that might come from a bluffer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IRAISE
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29D: "46. Spirited sort?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BARFLY
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30D: "49. Wrapped dress"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Similar words include: saree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARI
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31D: "50. Author Jorge ___ Borges"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUIS
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32D: "51. Apt rhyme for fire"
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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33D: "52. Object marked with the speed limit, sometimes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- Similar words include: buoy up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BUOY
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34D: "53. Word in an Italian veal dish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSSO
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35D: "54. "___ the Man" (2006 film inspired by "Twelfth Night")"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHES
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36D: "57. On the newsstand, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- Similar words include: verboten, prohibited, away
- Opposite of: safe
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Answer: OUT
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37D: "58. John"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toilet in britain
- Similar words include: closet, W.C., water closet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOO
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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
37 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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