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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: 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. Número to tango | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Sailboat's post | 4 |
| 3A | 8. Holiday Inn competitor | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Scrape (by) | 3 |
| 5A | 15. All over again | 4 |
| 6A | 16. "All ___!" (conductor's call) | 6 |
| 7A | 17. "Grey's Anatomy" network | 3 |
| 8A | 18. Surgical implant | 11 |
| 9A | 20. Line in a song | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Rejections | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Duolingo and DoorDash | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Soother for sore gums | 12 |
| 13A | 28. Smidgen | 5 |
| 14A | 29. "This is more than a want!" | 7 |
| 15A | 33. "Best Comeback Athlete," for one | 4 |
| 16A | 35. Brian of electronica | 3 |
| 17A | 37. Caribbean hot spot | 5 |
| 18A | 38. Eensy | 3 |
| 19A | 39. Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across | 7 |
| 20A | 42. Relatives | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Astonished | 5 |
| 22A | 45. Khan of Khan Academy | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Loch ___ monster | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Ladies in Lima | 7 |
| 25A | 50. Flowers in a Valentine's Day bouquet | 5 |
| 26A | 52. Core-strengthening exercise | 12 |
| 27A | 56. Greenland native | 4 |
| 28A | 59. Anderson Cooper's channel | 3 |
| 29A | 60. River critter | 5 |
| 30A | 61. Travel blogger's gadget | 11 |
| 31A | 65. Countdown ender | 3 |
| 32A | 66. "This decision is hard!" | 6 |
| 33A | 67. Nobel laureate Wiesel | 4 |
| 34A | 68. Patriotic chant | 3 |
| 35A | 69. Rose quickly, as prices | 6 |
| 36A | 70. Its symbol is Pb | 4 |
| 37A | 71. Vietnamese New Year | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Número to tango"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
- Similar words include: doh, get along, Doctor of Osteopathy
- Opposite of: unmake
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Answer: DOS
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2A: "4. Sailboat's post"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vertical spar for supporting sails
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAST
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3A: "8. Holiday Inn competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAMADA
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4A: "14. Scrape (by)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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5A: "15. All over again"
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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6A: "16. "All ___!" (conductor's call)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
- Similar words include: on base, on board, alongside
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ABOARD
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7A: "17. "Grey's Anatomy" network"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Similar words include: first principle, ABCs, rudiment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABC
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8A: "18. Surgical implant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TITANIUMROD
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9A: "20. Line in a song"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- Similar words include: lyric poem, words, lyrical
- Opposite of: dramatic
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Answer: LYRIC
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10A: "22. Rejections"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- Similar words include: nobelium, atomic number 102, no
- Opposite of: yes
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Answer: NOS
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11A: "23. Duolingo and DoorDash"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APPS
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12A: "24. Soother for sore gums"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: TEETHINGRING
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13A: "28. Smidgen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a just detectable amount
- Similar words include: hint, hound, shadow
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRACE
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14A: "29. "This is more than a want!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INEEDIT
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15A: "33. "Best Comeback Athlete," for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: descry, spy, spot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPY
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16A: "35. Brian of electronica"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO
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17A: "37. Caribbean hot spot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a popular island resort in the netherlands antilles
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARUBA
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18A: "38. Eensy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIL
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19A: "39. Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PRETZEL
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20A: "42. Relatives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person having kinship with another or others
- Similar words include: kin group, family, kinsperson
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KIN
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21A: "43. Astonished"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INAWE
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22A: "45. Khan of Khan Academy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAL
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23A: "46. Loch ___ monster"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- Similar words include: cape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NESS
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24A: "47. Ladies in Lima"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the english `mrs' or `madam'
- Similar words include: Senora
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SENORAS
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25A: "50. Flowers in a Valentine's Day bouquet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
- Similar words include: rose wine, blush wine, rose
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROSES
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26A: "52. Core-strengthening exercise"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: RUSSIANTWIST
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27A: "56. Greenland native"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INUK
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28A: "59. Anderson Cooper's channel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CNN
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29A: "60. River critter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fur of an otter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OTTER
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30A: "61. Travel blogger's gadget"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SELFIESTICK
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31A: "65. Countdown ender"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: ace, unrivaled, unity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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32A: "66. "This decision is hard!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMTORN
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33A: "67. Nobel laureate Wiesel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELIE
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34A: "68. Patriotic chant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: United States Army, U.S.A., United States
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USA
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35A: "69. Rose quickly, as prices"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rise rapidly
- Similar words include: zoom, surge, soar upwards
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOARED
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36A: "70. Its symbol is Pb"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- Similar words include: hint, steer, moderate
- Opposite of: deficit, follow
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Answer: LEAD
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37A: "71. Vietnamese New Year"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TET
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Passed out cards | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "I'm leaving now!" | 5 |
| 3D | 3. What a schemer schemes | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Green tea variety | 6 |
| 5D | 5. What makes a pan a pain? | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Bump, ___, spike (volleyball trio) | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Part of many Southern accents | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Granola morsel | 6 |
| 9D | 9. ___ Dhabi | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Certain parent overseeing a child's career, in showbiz lingo | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Org. for senior citizens | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Roller coaster element | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Does some math | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Seaweed for sushi | 4 |
| 15D | 21. "Just doing my best" | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Bakery worker | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Hawaiian goose | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Young adult novelist Shusterman | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Fights | 10 |
| 20D | 31. Long-legged wader | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Sunbathes | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Some Ivy Leaguers | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Kind of wave | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Tiebreaker periods, in brief | 3 |
| 25D | 39. Andean nation | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Fashion retailer headquartered in Spain | 4 |
| 27D | 41. North Carolina's ___ University | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Try earnestly to get | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Small salamander | 4 |
| 30D | 48. Climb | 6 |
| 31D | 49. IDs on W-2s | 4 |
| 32D | 51. Enthusiastic, informally | 6 |
| 33D | 53. Spy's gathering | 5 |
| 34D | 54. Perceive | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Reward for Rover | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Egyptian goddess of healing | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Dory's friend, in film | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Chain with in-store salons | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Rage | 3 |
| 40D | 63. Martinique, par exemple | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Org. that requires polygraph tests for all applicants | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Passed out cards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- Similar words include: cope, get by, deal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEALT
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2D: "2. "I'm leaving now!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OKBYE
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3D: "3. What a schemer schemes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SECRETPLAN
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4D: "4. Green tea variety"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MATCHA
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5D: "5. What makes a pan a pain?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANI
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6D: "6. Bump, ___, spike (volleyball trio)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: exercise set, located, lot
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SET
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7D: "7. Part of many Southern accents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- Similar words include: nasal twang
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TWANG
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8D: "8. Granola morsel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dried grape
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAISIN
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9D: "9. ___ Dhabi"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABU
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10D: "10. Certain parent overseeing a child's career, in showbiz lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MOMAGER
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11D: "11. Org. for senior citizens"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
- Similar words include: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AARP
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12D: "12. Roller coaster element"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shape that is spherical and small
- Similar words include: discharge, send packing, cast off
- Opposite of: sharpen, recuperate
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Answer: DROP
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13D: "13. Does some math"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: tote up, add up, lend
- Opposite of: take away, subtract
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Answer: ADDS
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14D: "19. Seaweed for sushi"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NORI
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15D: "21. "Just doing my best""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITRY
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16D: "25. Bakery worker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being nine more than ninety
- Similar words include: ic, 99, ninety-nine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICER
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17D: "26. Hawaiian goose"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NENE
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18D: "27. Young adult novelist Shusterman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEAL
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19D: "30. Fights"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DUKESITOUT
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20D: "31. Long-legged wader"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IBIS
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21D: "32. Sunbathes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: bronze, suntan, sunburn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TANS
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22D: "33. Some Ivy Leaguers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELIS
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23D: "34. Kind of wave"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Similar words include: sin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SINE
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24D: "36. Tiebreaker periods, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTS
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25D: "39. Andean nation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in western south america; achieved independence from spain in 1821; was the heart of the inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
- Similar words include: Republic of Peru
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PERU
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26D: "40. Fashion retailer headquartered in Spain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZARA
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27D: "41. North Carolina's ___ University"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELON
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28D: "44. Try earnestly to get"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WORKFOR
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29D: "46. Small salamander"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
- Similar words include: triton
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEWT
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30D: "48. Climb"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go back in order of genealogical succession
- Similar words include: come up, go up, uprise
- Opposite of: descend, set
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Answer: ASCEND
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31D: "49. IDs on W-2s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SSNS
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32D: "51. Enthusiastic, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stir up or tend; of a fire
- Similar words include: stoke
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STOKED
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33D: "53. Spy's gathering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTEL
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34D: "54. Perceive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: common sense, gumption, smell out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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35D: "55. Reward for Rover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: deal, plow, dainty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREAT
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36D: "56. Egyptian goddess of healing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
- Similar words include: ISI, Inter-Services Intelligence, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISIS
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37D: "57. Dory's friend, in film"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEMO
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38D: "58. Chain with in-store salons"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ULTA
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39D: "62. Rage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: choler, wrath, anger
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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40D: "63. Martinique, par exemple"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ILE
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41D: "64. Org. that requires polygraph tests for all applicants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
- Similar words include: Central Intelligence Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CIA
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
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Build Vocabulary
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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