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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (34 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (34 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. "Hell no!" | 9 |
| 2A | 10. Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will) | 5 |
| 3A | 15. New customs might incite them | 9 |
| 4A | 16. Verso's counterpart | 5 |
| 5A | 17. Spare no indulgence | 9 |
| 6A | 18. Prime | 5 |
| 7A | 19. Free of typos, say | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Hill folk, informally | 4 |
| 9A | 22. Lay off | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Special ___ | 3 |
| 11A | 24. Secure over | 5 |
| 12A | 25. M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Chilling | 8 |
| 14A | 29. Sports org. in a 1976 merger | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Loose sheets in a program, e.g. | 7 |
| 16A | 33. More constricting | 7 |
| 17A | 35. Sullen sorts | 6 |
| 18A | 36. Hit the horn | 6 |
| 19A | 37. "Need anything else from me?" | 7 |
| 20A | 39. Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g. | 7 |
| 21A | 40. Conference acronym | 3 |
| 22A | 41. "Seems like it" | 8 |
| 23A | 43. Typically exaggerated length of time | 4 |
| 24A | 45. Have a standout performance | 5 |
| 25A | 46. Keep to oneself | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Watch unseen | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Typically exaggerated quantity | 4 |
| 28A | 51. Strip of wood from which a bow is carved | 5 |
| 29A | 53. ___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy) | 5 |
| 30A | 55. "Later!" | 9 |
| 31A | 57. Big names | 5 |
| 32A | 58. Blow it! | 9 |
| 33A | 59. Famous around-the-world traveler | 5 |
| 34A | 60. Slower, musically | 9 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Hell no!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SCREWTHAT
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2A: "10. Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an american follower of the mennonite religion
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMISH
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3A: "15. New customs might incite them"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TRADEWARS
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4A: "16. Verso's counterpart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that right-hand page
- Opposite of: verso
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RECTO
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5A: "17. Spare no indulgence"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LIVELARGE
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6A: "18. Prime"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
- Similar words include: nonsuch, idealistic, paragon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDEAL
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7A: "19. Free of typos, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make improvements or corrections to
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMEND
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8A: "20. Hill folk, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person active in party politics
- Similar words include: politico, politician, pol
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POLS
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9A: "22. Lay off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Similar words include: laze, unfounded, dead
- Opposite of: busy, run
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Answer: IDLE
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10A: "23. Special ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPS
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11A: "24. Secure over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tie again or anew
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RETIE
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12A: "25. M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALEC
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13A: "26. Chilling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that causing fear or dread or terror
- Similar words include: frightening, dreadful, dreaded
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FEARSOME
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14A: "29. Sports org. in a 1976 merger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABA
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15A: "30. Loose sheets in a program, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- Similar words include: insert, infix, enter
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INSERTS
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16A: "33. More constricting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- Similar words include: nasty, blotto, soused
- Opposite of: leaky, loose
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Answer: TIGHTER
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17A: "35. Sullen sorts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOPERS
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18A: "36. Hit the horn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make a loud noise
- Similar words include: claxon, honk, toot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOOTED
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19A: "37. "Need anything else from me?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMIDONE
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20A: "39. Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- Similar words include: beget, mother, generate
- Opposite of: father, male parent
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Answer: MOTHERS
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21A: "40. Conference acronym"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Similar words include: Teddy boy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TED
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22A: "41. "Seems like it""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RECKONSO
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23A: "43. Typically exaggerated length of time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: historic period, long time, years
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGES
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24A: "45. Have a standout performance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- Similar words include: glint, glitter, refulgence
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHINE
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25A: "46. Keep to oneself"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- Similar words include: squealer, Sus scrofa, hogget
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOG
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26A: "49. Watch unseen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- Similar words include: linger, hang around, skulk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LURK
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27A: "50. Typically exaggerated quantity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large number or amount
- Similar words include: ton, wads, rafts
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TONS
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28A: "51. Strip of wood from which a bow is carved"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- Similar words include: lag, stave in, rung
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STAVE
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29A: "53. ___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSMIC
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30A: "55. "Later!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IGOTTAJET
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31A: "57. Big names"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: lead, superstar, whizz
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STARS
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32A: "58. Blow it!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SMOKERING
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33A: "59. Famous around-the-world traveler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
- Similar words include: St. Nick, Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SANTA
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34A: "60. Slower, musically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MENOMOSSO
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Catholic university in Florida or its home town | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Kink | 5 |
| 3D | 3. "Love, love, love!" and the like | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Original plot | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Connect with a flame | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Carrier that offered pioneering coast-to-coast service beginning in the 1930s | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Monthly magazine of politics and culture since 1850 | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Specialized languages | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality" | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Actor Millen of BBC America's "Orphan Black" | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Charcoal and wood, for two | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Beverage sometimes topped with whipped cream | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Drink drunk the morning after, maybe | 9 |
| 14D | 14. Hidden assets | 9 |
| 15D | 21. B to C, but not A to B | 8 |
| 16D | 24. Big mess | 8 |
| 17D | 26. Word after chicken or breast | 4 |
| 18D | 27. What's wrong? | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Rare showbiz collections | 5 |
| 20D | 30. "Hmm, no idea" | 9 |
| 21D | 31. "I don't like it," in Spanish | 9 |
| 22D | 32. Web master? | 9 |
| 23D | 34. Sounds from 59-Across | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Self-effacing personality trait | 7 |
| 25D | 39. Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts | 7 |
| 26D | 42. Demand upon reaching an "enemy border" | 6 |
| 27D | 44. Bottom of many an ensemble | 5 |
| 28D | 46. Some pilgrims | 5 |
| 29D | 47. Sheets might be placed in them | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Commencement | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Apple attachment | 4 |
| 32D | 52. Powdered ingredient in sweet teas and smoothies | 4 |
| 33D | 54. Farmer's market alternative, in brief | 3 |
| 34D | 56. Result of the '64 Clay/Liston fight | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Catholic university in Florida or its home town"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STLEO
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2D: "2. Kink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- Similar words include: crease, plication, flexure
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRIMP
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3D: "3. "Love, love, love!" and the like"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
- Similar words include: Red Army Faction, rant, gush
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAVES
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4D: "4. Original plot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Similar words include: heaven, Garden of Eden, paradise
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDEN
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5D: "5. Connect with a flame"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that european mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in north america
- Similar words include: Reseda luteola, Theodore Dwight Weld, dyer's mignonette
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WELD
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6D: "6. Carrier that offered pioneering coast-to-coast service beginning in the 1930s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TWA
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7D: "7. Monthly magazine of politics and culture since 1850"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who plays the harp
- Similar words include: harper, harpist
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HARPERS
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8D: "8. Specialized languages"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- Similar words include: lingo, jargon, slang
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARGOTS
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9D: "9. Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TSELIOT
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10D: "10. Actor Millen of BBC America's "Orphan Black""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARI
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11D: "11. Charcoal and wood, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- Similar words include: culture medium, sensitive, spiritualist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MEDIA
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12D: "12. Beverage sometimes topped with whipped cream"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ICEDLATTE
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13D: "13. Drink drunk the morning after, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STALEBEER
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14D: "14. Hidden assets"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HOLECARDS
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15D: "21. B to C, but not A to B"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
- Similar words include: half step
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SEMITONE
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16D: "24. Big mess"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RATSNEST
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17D: "26. Word after chicken or breast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that food for domestic livestock
- Similar words include: fertilise, fee, run
- Opposite of: starve
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Answer: FEED
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18D: "27. What's wrong?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Similar words include: misplay, erroneousness, mistake
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERROR
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19D: "28. Rare showbiz collections"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EGOTS
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20D: "30. "Hmm, no idea""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IMATALOSS
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21D: "31. "I don't like it," in Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: NOMEGUSTA
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22D: "32. Web master?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPIDERMAN
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23D: "34. Sounds from 59-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOHO
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24D: "38. Self-effacing personality trait"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ECHOISM
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25D: "39. Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a seasonal wind in southern asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MONSOON
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26D: "42. Demand upon reaching an "enemy border""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KINGME
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27D: "44. Bottom of many an ensemble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- Similar words include: sidestep, dame, surround
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SKIRT
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28D: "46. Some pilgrims"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to mecca
- Similar words include: hadji, haji, hajji
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAJIS
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29D: "47. Sheets might be placed in them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Similar words include: oven
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OVENS
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30D: "48. Commencement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GETGO
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31D: "51. Apple attachment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- Similar words include: stanch, staunch, root word
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEM
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32D: "52. Powdered ingredient in sweet teas and smoothies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- Similar words include: taro plant, taro root, dasheen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TARO
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33D: "54. Farmer's market alternative, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CSA
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34D: "56. Result of the '64 Clay/Liston fight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
- Similar words include: technical knockout
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TKO
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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
34 Across Clues
34 Down Clues
68 Total Clues
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