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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: Medium
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. School stat like 3.5 or 4.0 | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Yeast, mold and mushrooms | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Desert plants with needles | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Alaskan native | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Born as | 3 |
| 8A | 18. Wine choice in southern France | 11 |
| 9A | 20. Bonkers | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Compete (for) | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Changes with the times | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Females that may be fleeced | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Cinema showing | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. | 13 |
| 15A | 32. Cyber Monday sector | 5 |
| 16A | 33. Put to work | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Ask God (for) | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Identify in a Facebook photo | 3 |
| 19A | 38. Where canines sleep | 7 |
| 20A | 42. "Du-u-ude!" | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Basketball's O'Neal, to fans | 4 |
| 22A | 45. Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix" | 3 |
| 23A | 46. To no ___ (ineffectively) | 5 |
| 24A | 48. Platform for Donkey Kong Country | 13 |
| 25A | 52. Ingredient in many hand lotions | 4 |
| 26A | 53. The lion's share | 4 |
| 27A | 54. Cigarette butt receptacle | 6 |
| 28A | 57. Major N.Y.C. concert venue | 3 |
| 29A | 58. Do the backstroke or breaststroke | 4 |
| 30A | 62. Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream | 11 |
| 31A | 65. Avant-garde musical artist Yoko | 3 |
| 32A | 66. Fixed, as a piano | 5 |
| 33A | 67. "The Godfather" author Puzo | 5 |
| 34A | 68. Frequently, to a poet | 3 |
| 35A | 69. Winter coasters | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Surgical tube | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. School stat like 3.5 or 4.0"
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
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GPA
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2A: "4. Yeast, mold and mushrooms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
- Similar words include: fungus, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FUNGI
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3A: "9. Desert plants with needles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any succulent plant of the family cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the new world and usually having spines
- Similar words include: cactus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CACTI
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4A: "14. Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
- Similar words include: elm tree, elmwood
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELM
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5A: "15. Alaskan native"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people inhabiting the arctic (northern canada or greenland or alaska or eastern siberia); the algonquians called them eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the inuit (`the people')
- Similar words include: Esquimau, Eskimo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INUIT
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6A: "16. Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with orlon yarns
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORLON
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7A: "17. Born as"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE
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8A: "18. Wine choice in southern France"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: REDBORDEAUX
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9A: "20. Bonkers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- Similar words include: cockamamy, fathead, sappy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZANY
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10A: "22. Compete (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- Similar words include: contend, compete
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VIE
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11A: "23. Changes with the times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- Similar words include: adapt, accommodate, conform
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADAPTS
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12A: "24. Females that may be fleeced"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Similar words include: ewe, Ewe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWES
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13A: "26. Cinema showing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- Similar words include: cinema, flick, shoot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FILM
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14A: "27. Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: JUSTINTRUDEAU
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15A: "32. Cyber Monday sector"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETAIL
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16A: "33. Put to work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: employment, apply, manipulation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE
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17A: "34. Ask God (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
- Similar words include: implore, beg
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PRAY
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18A: "37. Identify in a Facebook photo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- Similar words include: chase, dog, tag end
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAG
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19A: "38. Where canines sleep"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DOGBEDS
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20A: "42. "Du-u-ude!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRO
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21A: "43. Basketball's O'Neal, to fans"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHAQ
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22A: "45. Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEO
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23A: "46. To no ___ (ineffectively)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a means of serving
- Similar words include: service, help
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AVAIL
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24A: "48. Platform for Donkey Kong Country"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SUPERNINTENDO
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25A: "52. Ingredient in many hand lotions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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26A: "53. The lion's share"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number
- Similar words include: virtually, near, nearly
- Opposite of: least, fewest
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Answer: MOST
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27A: "54. Cigarette butt receptacle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
- Similar words include: trash bin, ash bin, dustbin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASHCAN
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28A: "57. Major N.Y.C. concert venue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in chinese cooking
- Similar words include: monosodium glutamate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MSG
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29A: "58. Do the backstroke or breaststroke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of swimming; :
- Similar words include: swimming, drown, float
- Opposite of: sink
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Answer: SWIM
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30A: "62. Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: COOKIEDOUGH
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31A: "65. Avant-garde musical artist Yoko"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Yoko Ono
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONO
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32A: "66. Fixed, as a piano"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adjust for (better) functioning
- Similar words include: tune, tune up
- Opposite of: untune
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Answer: TUNED
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33A: "67. "The Godfather" author Puzo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MARIO
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34A: "68. Frequently, to a poet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that many times at short intervals
- Similar words include: frequently, ofttimes, oftentimes
- Opposite of: infrequently, rarely
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Answer: OFT
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35A: "69. Winter coasters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Similar words include: sledge, sled, sleigh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLEDS
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36A: "70. Surgical tube"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STENT
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37A: "71. Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- Similar words include: ut, do
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOH
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Kids these days | 4 |
| 2D | 2. "Not guilty," e.g. | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "You got that right, sister!" | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Certain evergreen | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Like some bars in gymnastics | 6 |
| 6D | 6. One who is barely seen? | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Jeer | 4 |
| 8D | 8. "How was ___ know?" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Pamper | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Tour guide? | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Crash of thunder | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Promote enthusiastically | 4 |
| 13D | 13. "Need You Tonight" rock band | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times | 6 |
| 15D | 21. Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Opposite of tame | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Join into one | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Jacuzzi features | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Where to find the Jazz | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Long-winded tales | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Apply, as ointment | 5 |
| 22D | 31. City-related | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Desertlike | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Carefree motto, in modern lingo | 4 |
| 25D | 39. Low-scoring deadlock | 6 |
| 26D | 40. Richard of "Pretty Woman" | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Hurdles for srs. | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Sounded like a duck | 7 |
| 29D | 47. Farm docs | 4 |
| 30D | 49. Tartan patterns | 6 |
| 31D | 50. "Yeah, right" | 6 |
| 32D | 51. Bean | 6 |
| 33D | 54. Does some theater work | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Word before food or mate | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Refine, as a skill | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Castle defense | 4 |
| 37D | 59. What a whittler whittles | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Facts | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Relative of a butterfly | 4 |
| 40D | 63. Private online chats, for short | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Spicy | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Kids these days"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GENZ
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2D: "2. "Not guilty," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
- Similar words include: supplication
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLEA
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3D: "3. "You got that right, sister!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
- Similar words include: Amon, Amun
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMEN
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4D: "4. Certain evergreen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- Similar words include: fir tree, true fir
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FIR
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5D: "5. Like some bars in gymnastics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
- Similar words include: odd, scratchy, mismatched
- Opposite of: even
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Answer: UNEVEN
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6D: "6. One who is barely seen?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
- Similar words include: naturist
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NUDIST
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7D: "7. Jeer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- Similar words include: dig, jeer, scoff
- Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: GIBE
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8D: "8. "How was ___ know?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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9D: "9. Pamper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that treat with excessive indulgence
- Similar words include: indulge, cosset, spoil
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CODDLE
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10D: "10. Tour guide?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AREAMAP
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11D: "11. Crash of thunder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden very loud noise
- Similar words include: bam, eruption, applaud
- Opposite of: boo
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Answer: CLAP
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12D: "12. Promote enthusiastically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
- Similar words include: swash, boast, bluster
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOUT
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13D: "13. "Need You Tonight" rock band"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INXS
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14D: "19. Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- Similar words include: foray into, raid, bust
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAIDED
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15D: "21. Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
- Similar words include: abominable snowman
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YETI
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16D: "25. Opposite of tame"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Similar words include: raving mad, waste, crazy
- Opposite of: tame
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Answer: WILD
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17D: "26. Join into one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
- Similar words include: meld, fuze, safety fuse
- Opposite of: defuse
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Answer: FUSE
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18D: "27. Jacuzzi features"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- Similar words include: spirt, jet-propelled plane, fountain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JETS
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19D: "28. Where to find the Jazz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
- Similar words include: UT, Beehive State, Mormon State
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UTAH
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20D: "29. Long-winded tales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Similar words include: saga
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAGAS
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21D: "30. Apply, as ointment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RUBON
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22D: "31. City-related"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- Opposite of: rural
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: URBAN
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23D: "35. Desertlike"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- Similar words include: waterless, desiccate, desiccated
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARID
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24D: "36. Carefree motto, in modern lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOLO
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25D: "39. Low-scoring deadlock"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONEONE
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26D: "40. Richard of "Pretty Woman""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GERE
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27D: "41. Hurdles for srs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: Sabbatum, Sat, Saturday
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SATS
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28D: "44. Sounded like a duck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter quacking noises
- Similar words include: quack
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: QUACKED
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29D: "47. Farm docs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- Similar words include: vet, veterinary, ex-serviceman
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VETS
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30D: "49. Tartan patterns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cloth having a crisscross design
- Similar words include: plaid, tartan
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PLAIDS
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31D: "50. "Yeah, right""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMSURE
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32D: "51. Bean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a human head
- Similar words include: attic, noodle, dome
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOGGIN
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33D: "54. Does some theater work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Similar words include: human action, human activity, number
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTS
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34D: "55. Word before food or mate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- Similar words include: psyche, individual, somebody
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOUL
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35D: "56. Refine, as a skill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- Similar words include: perfect
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HONE
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36D: "57. Castle defense"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- Similar words include: fosse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOAT
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37D: "59. What a whittler whittles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- Similar words include: woods, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WOOD
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38D: "60. Facts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message received and understood
- Similar words include: information
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INFO
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39D: "61. Relative of a butterfly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOTH
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40D: "63. Private online chats, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- Similar words include: diabetes mellitus, dm, DM
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DMS
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41D: "64. Spicy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- Similar words include: blistering, spicy, live
- Opposite of: cold
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Answer: HOT
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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