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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 (37 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. Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Dad on "Family Guy" | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Word after long or before paper | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Film unit | 4 |
| 5A | 15. "Pardon me," in Padua | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Home of Minor League Baseball's SeaWolves (more than 350 miles from the ocean!) | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Airline known for tight security | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Continental products | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Disney character who asks "Have you ever met a shark?" | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Illegally siphon funds | 13 |
| 11A | 23. Grand Ole ___ | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Subj. studied with the help of telescopes | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Property owner subject to a legal claim | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Law derived from the Quran | 6 |
| 15A | 32. "Not interested" | 5 |
| 16A | 33. Snitch | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Savanna antelope | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Common street name | 3 |
| 19A | 38. Quivers | 7 |
| 20A | 41. Android alternative | 3 |
| 21A | 42. Some necklines | 4 |
| 22A | 44. "I'm here to help" | 5 |
| 23A | 45. Look greedily | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Livestock identifiers | 7 |
| 25A | 48. Bit of fraternity party headgear | 7 |
| 26A | 50. Actress Garr | 4 |
| 27A | 51. Final stroke of most rounds | 4 |
| 28A | 52. What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense | 15 |
| 29A | 59. Big name in laptops | 4 |
| 30A | 60. Only president not born in the continental U.S. | 5 |
| 31A | 61. "I'll handle that!" | 4 |
| 32A | 62. Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code | 4 |
| 33A | 63. Steakhouse choice | 5 |
| 34A | 64. Like John Lennon on a 1981 Rolling Stone cover | 4 |
| 35A | 65. Disapproving sounds | 4 |
| 36A | 66. Celebratory events | 5 |
| 37A | 67. Tore | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGRA
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2A: "5. Dad on "Family Guy""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
- Similar words include: Saint Peter, putz, Saint Peter the Apostle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETER
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3A: "10. Word after long or before paper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a word or expression used for some particular thing
- Similar words include: terminus, terminal figure, condition
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TERM
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4A: "14. Film unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- Similar words include: whirl, stagger, Scottish reel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REEL
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5A: "15. "Pardon me," in Padua"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCUSI
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6A: "16. Home of Minor League Baseball's SeaWolves (more than 350 miles from the ocean!)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Similar words include: Lake Erie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIE
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7A: "17. Airline known for tight security"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELAL
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8A: "18. Continental products"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
- Similar words include: fag, sap, tire out
- Opposite of: refresh, interest
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Answer: TIRES
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9A: "19. Disney character who asks "Have you ever met a shark?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEMO
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10A: "20. Illegally siphon funds"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SKIMOFFTHETOP
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11A: "23. Grand Ole ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPRY
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12A: "24. Subj. studied with the help of telescopes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SETI
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13A: "25. Property owner subject to a legal claim"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LIENEE
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14A: "28. Law derived from the Quran"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the code of law derived from the koran and from the teachings and example of mohammed
- Similar words include: sharia law, shariah law, Islamic law
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHARIA
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15A: "32. "Not interested""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IPASS
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16A: "33. Snitch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: blabber, grass, shit
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAT
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17A: "36. Savanna antelope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two large african antelopes of the genus taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELAND
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18A: "37. Common street name"
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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19A: "38. Quivers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
- Similar words include: shudder, quake, microseism
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TREMORS
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20A: "41. Android alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Similar words include: Io
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOS
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21A: "42. Some necklines"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VEES
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22A: "44. "I'm here to help""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USEME
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23A: "45. Look greedily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that look at with amorous intentions
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGLE
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24A: "46. Livestock identifiers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EARTAGS
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25A: "48. Bit of fraternity party headgear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BEERHAT
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26A: "50. Actress Garr"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TERI
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27A: "51. Final stroke of most rounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
- Similar words include: putting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUTT
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28A: "52. What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FIRSTTWOLETTERS
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29A: "59. Big name in laptops"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASUS
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30A: "60. Only president not born in the continental U.S."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OBAMA
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31A: "61. "I'll handle that!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONIT
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32A: "62. Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: 9, baseball club, ix
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINE
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33A: "63. Steakhouse choice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
- Similar words include: fish fillet, fillet, fish filet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FILET
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34A: "64. Like John Lennon on a 1981 Rolling Stone cover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a painting of a naked human figure
- Similar words include: nude painting, nude person, nude sculpture
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NUDE
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35A: "65. Disapproving sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut, tsk, tut-tut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSKS
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36A: "66. Celebratory events"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FESTS
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37A: "67. Tore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move faster
- Similar words include: hurry, race, hasten
- Opposite of: linger, decelerate
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Answer: SPED
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Blast loudly | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Anaheim ballplayers | 6 |
| 3D | 3. String of wins or losses | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Studs | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Apple shop | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Spell out | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Replace the sod of | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Programs in advance | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Pastors' concerns | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Possibility | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Standard music equipment | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Scratch and save | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Carved part of a piece of jewelry | 5 |
| 14D | 21. Terrible storm | 7 |
| 15D | 22. Sees red | 7 |
| 16D | 25. Replace on the mound | 7 |
| 17D | 26. Traveler's aid, familiarly | 7 |
| 18D | 27. Storage item on some ocean voyages | 12 |
| 19D | 29. Stop slouching | 12 |
| 20D | 30. Shoe polish brand | 7 |
| 21D | 31. Determined | 7 |
| 22D | 33. Strain's partner | 6 |
| 23D | 34. Freeze-___ | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Enter into a plot? | 6 |
| 25D | 39. Show that you think something isn't important | 10 |
| 26D | 40. The Chicago Bulls had a pair of them in the 1990s | 10 |
| 27D | 43. Hors d'oeuvre servers, maybe | 9 |
| 28D | 45. Shipping weight units | 9 |
| 29D | 47. Stop's opposite | 5 |
| 30D | 49. Alaska native | 5 |
| 31D | 52. Incubator occupant in a neonatal unit | 6 |
| 32D | 53. Crucial difficulty to get through | 6 |
| 33D | 54. Neophyte | 6 |
| 34D | 55. Shipwreck locales, often | 6 |
| 35D | 56. Headgear for a bicyclist | 6 |
| 36D | 57. Step with confidence | 6 |
| 37D | 58. Beat in competition | 6 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Blast loudly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Similar words include: claxon, toot, din
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLARE
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2D: "2. Anaheim ballplayers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spiritual being attendant upon god
- Similar words include: Angel Falls, holy man, saint
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANGELS
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3D: "3. String of wins or losses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unbroken series of events
- Similar words include: blotch, bar, mottle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STREAK
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4D: "4. Studs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uncastrated adult male horse
- Similar words include: entire, stallion
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STALLIONS
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5D: "5. Apple shop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: APPSTORE
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6D: "6. Spell out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- Similar words include: delineate, particularise, pin down
- Opposite of: generalize
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Answer: SPECIFY
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7D: "7. Replace the sod of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RETURF
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8D: "8. Programs in advance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PRESETS
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9D: "9. Pastors' concerns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a local church community
- Similar words include: parish
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PARISHES
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10D: "10. Possibility"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the inherent capacity for coming into being
- Similar words include: potency, possible, potential drop
- Opposite of: actual
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Answer: POTENTIAL
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11D: "11. Standard music equipment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
- Similar words include: stereophonic system, stereo system, stereophonic
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STEREO
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12D: "12. Scratch and save"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that subsist on a meager allowance
- Similar words include: stint, skimp
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCRIMP
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13D: "13. Carved part of a piece of jewelry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAMEO
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14D: "21. Terrible storm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a violent commotion or disturbance
- Similar words include: storm
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEMPEST
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15D: "22. Sees red"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be noisy with activity
- Similar words include: seethe, boil, hum
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEETHES
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16D: "25. Replace on the mound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide physical relief, as from pain
- Similar words include: free, salve, alleviate
- Opposite of: enforce
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Answer: RELIEVE
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17D: "26. Traveler's aid, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRIPLEA
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18D: "27. Storage item on some ocean voyages"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: STEAMERTRUNK
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19D: "29. Stop slouching"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: STRAIGHTENUP
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20D: "30. Shoe polish brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHINOLA
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21D: "31. Determined"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DEADSET
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22D: "33. Strain's partner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- Similar words include: try, emphasise, strain
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRESS
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23D: "34. Freeze-___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- Similar words include: human body, couch, skeleton
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRAME
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24D: "35. Enter into a plot?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place in a grave or tomb
- Similar words include: bury, lay to rest, inhume
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENTOMB
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25D: "39. Show that you think something isn't important"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SHRUGITOFF
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26D: "40. The Chicago Bulls had a pair of them in the 1990s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: THREEPEATS
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27D: "43. Hors d'oeuvre servers, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman host
- Similar words include: air hostess, hostess, stewardess
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HOSTESSES
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28D: "45. Shipping weight units"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHORTTONS
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29D: "47. Stop's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the beginning of anything
- Similar words include: bug out, part, start up
- Opposite of: stop, end
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Answer: START
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30D: "49. Alaska native"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the people inhabiting the aleutian islands and southwestern alaska
- Similar words include: Aleutian
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEUT
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31D: "52. Incubator occupant in a neonatal unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- Similar words include: baby, babe
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INFANT
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32D: "53. Crucial difficulty to get through"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRISIS
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33D: "54. Neophyte"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any new participant in some activity
- Similar words include: starter, entrant, freshman
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEWBIE
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34D: "55. Shipwreck locales, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- Similar words include: school, shallow, shoal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHOALS
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35D: "56. Headgear for a bicyclist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that armor plate that protects the head
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HELMET
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36D: "57. Step with confidence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a step in walking or running
- Similar words include: tread, footstep, pace
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRIDE
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37D: "58. Beat in competition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that get the better of
- Similar words include: outflank, scoop, outdo
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BESTED
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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
37 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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