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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: Tricky
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Some cookbook measurements: Abbr. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Teacher for just a day, informally | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Cannon sound | 5 |
| 4A | 13. Holly locales, in a Christmas carol | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Passover mo., usually | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Iliac artery feeder | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Inbox contents | 5 |
| 8A | 18. *Serves, as soup or ice cream | 9 |
| 9A | 20. Line dance | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Whole lot | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay | 4 |
| 12A | 23. *Gymgoer's goal, perhaps | 12 |
| 13A | 26. Org. taking X-rays | 3 |
| 14A | 27. Hollywood's Janet or Vivien | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Shambles | 4 |
| 16A | 33. Some Rhode Island Reds | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Elite squad | 5 |
| 18A | 39. Go ___ over | 3 |
| 19A | 40. *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found | 7 |
| 20A | 42. Detergent brand | 3 |
| 21A | 43. "On the Road Again," for one | 5 |
| 22A | 45. Go ___ over | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Bias | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Treasure holder | 5 |
| 25A | 49. Nov. 11 honoree | 3 |
| 26A | 51. *Accessory for Abraham Lincoln | 12 |
| 27A | 58. Slaughter in the Baseball Hall of 61-Across | 4 |
| 28A | 61. See 58-Across | 4 |
| 29A | 62. Eyewear, informally | 5 |
| 30A | 63. *Refreshes one's knowledge of | 9 |
| 31A | 65. Biggest city in Nebraska | 5 |
| 32A | 66. Forthright | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Flesh-eating creature in "The Lord of the Rings" | 3 |
| 34A | 68. Worker with a van | 5 |
| 35A | 69. Giving back talk | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Alternative to white | 3 |
| 37A | 71. Pharmaceuticals, for short | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Some cookbook measurements: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSPS
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2A: "5. Teacher for just a day, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
- Similar words include: bomber, substitute, U-boat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUB
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3A: "8. Cannon sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very long fly ball
- Similar words include: nail, bam, flack
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLAST
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4A: "13. Holly locales, in a Christmas carol"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- Similar words include: anteroom, manse, residence hall
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HALLS
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5A: "15. Passover mo., usually"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
- Similar words include: April
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APR
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6A: "16. Iliac artery feeder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AORTA
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7A: "17. Inbox contents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Similar words include: netmail, e-mail, electronic mail
- Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAIL
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8A: "18. *Serves, as soup or ice cream"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPOONSOUT
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9A: "20. Line dance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that music composed for dancing the conga
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CONGA
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10A: "21. Whole lot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Similar words include: quite a little, lot, raft
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HEAP
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11A: "22. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDNA
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12A: "23. *Gymgoer's goal, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: WASHBOARDABS
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13A: "26. Org. taking X-rays"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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14A: "27. Hollywood's Janet or Vivien"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english film actress (1913-1967)
- Similar words include: Vivien Leigh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEIGH
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15A: "30. Shambles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Similar words include: fix, quite a little, lot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MESS
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16A: "33. Some Rhode Island Reds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adult female chicken
- Similar words include: biddy, hen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HENS
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17A: "37. Elite squad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATEAM
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18A: "39. Go ___ over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: caricature, anthropoid, imitator
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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19A: "40. *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: JUGBAND
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20A: "42. Detergent brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: earned run average, epoch, geological era
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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21A: "43. "On the Road Again," for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- Similar words include: deed of conveyance, form of address, statute title
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TITLE
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22A: "45. Go ___ over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally or physically infirm with age
- Similar words include: dotty, doddering, senile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAGA
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23A: "46. Bias"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turn or place at an angle
- Similar words include: skewed
- Opposite of: align
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Answer: SKEW
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24A: "47. Treasure holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
- Similar words include: thorax, breast, pectus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHEST
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25A: "49. Nov. 11 honoree"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- Similar words include: veterinary surgeon, veterinarian, veteran
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VET
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26A: "51. *Accessory for Abraham Lincoln"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: STOVEPIPEHAT
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27A: "58. Slaughter in the Baseball Hall of 61-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENOS
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28A: "61. See 58-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- Similar words include: celebrity, renown
- Opposite of: infamy
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Answer: FAME
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29A: "62. Eyewear, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
- Similar words include: glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPECS
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30A: "63. *Refreshes one's knowledge of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BONESUPON
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31A: "65. Biggest city in Nebraska"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
- Similar words include: Maha
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMAHA
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32A: "66. Forthright"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make less intense
- Similar words include: forthright, straight-from-the-shoulder, free-spoken
- Opposite of: sharpen, enliven
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Answer: BLUNT
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33A: "67. Flesh-eating creature in "The Lord of the Rings""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORC
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34A: "68. Worker with a van"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that workman employed by a moving company
- Similar words include: moving company, public mover, removal company
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOVER
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35A: "69. Giving back talk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that improperly forward or bold
- Similar words include: smart, impertinent, saucy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SASSY
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36A: "70. Alternative to white"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
- Similar words include: Secale cereale, rye whisky, rye whiskey
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RYE
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37A: "71. Pharmaceuticals, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in education
- Similar words include: Master of Education, MEd
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEDS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Superman & Lois" airer | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Country that dropped "Western" from its name in 1997 | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Things that rain might ruin | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Doesn't give proper respect | 7 |
| 5D | 5. One of the Obama daughters | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Word before deck or hand | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Like generalizations | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Excommunicate, e.g. | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Flies off the handle | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Onetime nickname on the Yankees | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Bowl over | 4 |
| 12D | 12. "Bye!" | 4 |
| 13D | 14. Units of concrete | 5 |
| 14D | 19. Gem that's much mined in Australia | 4 |
| 15D | 24. Waikiki Beach locale | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Necklace or anklet bit | 4 |
| 17D | 28. Many a character on "The Big Bang Theory" | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Long-eared leaper | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Gym sight | 3 |
| 20D | 31. "Paradise Lost," e.g. | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Son of Adam | 4 |
| 22D | 34. Mayo ingredient | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Org. for the Knicks and Mavericks | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Fail to hold, in a way | 3 |
| 25D | 38. Gaping opening | 3 |
| 26D | 40. It's not said seriously | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Blue-skinned race in "Avatar" | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Decreases | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Camilla vis-Ã -vis William and Harry, informally | 7 |
| 30D | 48. Staple of vegan cooking | 4 |
| 31D | 50. ___ salt | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Humidifier's output | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Atlanta university | 5 |
| 34D | 54. British coins | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Emit, as a large sigh | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Hurt | 5 |
| 37D | 57. Peter the Great and others | 5 |
| 38D | 58. Goes down | 4 |
| 39D | 59. The Big Easy | 4 |
| 40D | 60. Burden | 4 |
| 41D | 64. Place for wallowing | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Superman & Lois" airer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THECW
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2D: "2. Country that dropped "Western" from its name in 1997"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of samoa in the south pacific
- Similar words include: Western Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAMOA
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3D: "3. Things that rain might ruin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- Similar words include: programme, project, contrive
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLANS
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4D: "4. Doesn't give proper respect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
- Similar words include: rebuff, cold-shoulder, slight
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SLIGHTS
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5D: "5. One of the Obama daughters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SASHA
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6D: "6. Word before deck or hand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the higher of two berths
- Similar words include: upper berth, speed, amphetamine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UPPER
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7D: "7. Like generalizations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slang term for a woman
- Similar words include: liberal, all-inclusive, all-encompassing
- Opposite of: narrow
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Answer: BROAD
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8D: "8. Excommunicate, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
- Similar words include: censor, forbiddance, banish
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAN
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9D: "9. Flies off the handle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOSESIT
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10D: "10. Onetime nickname on the Yankees"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AROD
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11D: "11. Bowl over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- Similar words include: sandbag, daze, bedaze
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STUN
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12D: "12. "Bye!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATA
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13D: "14. Units of concrete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that block consisting of a thick piece of something
- Similar words include: slab
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLABS
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14D: "19. Gem that's much mined in Australia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPAL
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15D: "24. Waikiki Beach locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Similar words include: Oahu Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAHU
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16D: "25. Necklace or anklet bit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small ball with a hole through the middle
- Similar words include: drop, beadwork, astragal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEAD
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17D: "28. Many a character on "The Big Bang Theory""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
- Similar words include: oddball, eccentric, eccentric person
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GEEK
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18D: "29. Long-eared leaper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- Similar words include: rabbit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HARE
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19D: "30. Gym sight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Similar words include: felt, lustrelessness, gym mat
- Opposite of: disentangle, unsnarl
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Answer: MAT
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20D: "31. "Paradise Lost," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Similar words include: epos, epical, heroic poem
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPIC
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21D: "32. Son of Adam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
- Similar words include: Set
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SETH
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22D: "34. Mayo ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
- Similar words include: testicle, ballock, nut
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGG
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23D: "35. Org. for the Knicks and Mavericks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NBA
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24D: "36. Fail to hold, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shape that sags
- Similar words include: sag down, swag, flag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAG
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25D: "38. Gaping opening"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for the mouth
- Similar words include: trap, hole, cakehole
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAW
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26D: "40. It's not said seriously"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- Similar words include: jape, laugh, gag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JEST
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27D: "41. Blue-skinned race in "Avatar""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAVI
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28D: "44. Decreases"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decrease in size, extent, or range
- Similar words include: diminish, subside, minify
- Opposite of: increase
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Answer: LESSENS
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29D: "46. Camilla vis-Ã -vis William and Harry, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STEPMOM
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30D: "48. Staple of vegan cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
- Similar words include: bean curd
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOFU
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31D: "50. ___ salt"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EPSOM
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32D: "52. Humidifier's output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- Similar words include: vapour, vaporization, evaporation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VAPOR
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33D: "53. Atlanta university"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMORY
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34D: "54. British coins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fractional monetary unit of ireland and the united kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- Similar words include: penny, centime, cent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PENCE
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35D: "55. Emit, as a large sigh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- Similar words include: heft, billow, retch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEAVE
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36D: "56. Hurt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feel physical pain
- Similar words include: smart, ache, yearn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACHED
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37D: "57. Peter the Great and others"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: czar, tzar, tsar
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TSARS
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38D: "58. Goes down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- Similar words include: reflux, ebb away, wane
- Opposite of: tide
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Answer: EBBS
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39D: "59. The Big Easy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOLA
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40D: "60. Burden"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: incumbrance, burden, encumbrance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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41D: "64. Place for wallowing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: hordeolum, pigpen, pigsty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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