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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (35 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. Hogwash | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Smart | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Start of a count-off | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Stream with a lot of shade? | 9 |
| 6A | 17. "You interested?" | 5 |
| 7A | 18. Something a newlywed usually lacks | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Embark | 7 |
| 9A | 21. Some wraps | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Flock : geese :: business : ___ | 7 |
| 11A | 23. Comic book sound | 3 |
| 12A | 24. "Alea iacta ___" ("The die is cast") | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981) | 6 |
| 14A | 26. Indigenous person of northern South America | 5 |
| 15A | 28. It holds the line | 4 |
| 16A | 29. Lots and lots | 4 |
| 17A | 31. "Hogwash!" | 3 |
| 18A | 33. Takes in the trash? | 13 |
| 19A | 37. It gets pumped at a party | 3 |
| 20A | 38. "Is this seat taken ...?" | 4 |
| 21A | 39. Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa. | 4 |
| 22A | 41. Blowouts | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Chew on | 6 |
| 24A | 45. "The Walking Dead" network | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Call at the table? | 3 |
| 26A | 49. In need of an evening out? | 7 |
| 27A | 50. Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace | 6 |
| 28A | 52. Put together | 7 |
| 29A | 53. Sign before picking up | 9 |
| 30A | 55. Border (on) | 5 |
| 31A | 57. Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say | 9 |
| 32A | 58. Race, in a way | 5 |
| 33A | 59. Icelandic saga | 4 |
| 34A | 60. Creature that can be "red-spotted" | 4 |
| 35A | 61. Novelist Ferrante | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Hogwash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- Similar words include: pigwash, swill down, slops
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWILL
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2A: "6. Smart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- Similar words include: chicness, smartness, swank
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHIC
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3A: "10. Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GUAC
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4A: "14. Start of a count-off"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENIE
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5A: "15. Stream with a lot of shade?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HATEWATCH
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6A: "17. "You interested?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WANNA
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7A: "18. Something a newlywed usually lacks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALONETIME
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8A: "19. Embark"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SETSAIL
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9A: "21. Some wraps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
- Similar words include: stole
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STOLES
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10A: "22. Flock : geese :: business : ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that musteline mammal of prairie regions of united states; nearly extinct
- Similar words include: Mustela nigripes, black-footed ferret, ferret
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FERRETS
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11A: "23. Comic book sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
- Similar words include: prisoner of war
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POW
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12A: "24. "Alea iacta ___" ("The die is cast")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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13A: "25. Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALGORE
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14A: "26. Indigenous person of northern South America"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of an american indian peoples of northeastern south america and the lesser antilles
- Similar words include: Carib Indian, Caribbean language
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CARIB
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15A: "28. It holds the line"
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: careen, spin, swag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REEL
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16A: "29. Lots and lots"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Similar words include: Aten
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATON
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17A: "31. "Hogwash!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAH
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18A: "33. Takes in the trash?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: DELETEDSCENES
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19A: "37. It gets pumped at a party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity contained in a keg
- Similar words include: kegful
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEG
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20A: "38. "Is this seat taken ...?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAYI
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21A: "39. Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPO
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22A: "41. Blowouts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an easy victory
- Similar words include: laugher, caper, cavort
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROMPS
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23A: "43. Chew on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reflect deeply on a subject
- Similar words include: chew over, excogitate, mull
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PONDER
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24A: "45. "The Walking Dead" network"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMC
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25A: "48. Call at the table?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: picture, find out, look
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE
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26A: "49. In need of an evening out?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
- Similar words include: crinkle, crease, wrinkle
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CREASED
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27A: "50. Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BROHUG
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28A: "52. Put together"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that arrange into a group or groups
- Similar words include: aggroup, sorted, group
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GROUPED
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29A: "53. Sign before picking up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ORDERHERE
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30A: "55. Border (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a region marking a boundary
- Similar words include: sceptre, wand, scepter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VERGE
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31A: "57. Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DEEPFAKES
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32A: "58. Race, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REVUP
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33A: "59. Icelandic saga"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tropical starchy tuberous root
- Similar words include: dasheen, taro, cocoyam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDDA
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34A: "60. Creature that can be "red-spotted""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
- Similar words include: triton
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEWT
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35A: "61. Novelist Ferrante"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELENA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Put in stitches | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Talked one's way (out of) | 8 |
| 3D | 3. It might be on display at Comic-Con | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners | 10 |
| 5D | 5. One making monthly payments | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Drinks made with cardamom | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Word with study or city | 4 |
| 8D | 8. "Who am ___ question?" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Bowdlerize, maybe | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Enemigo de un ratón | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Serving a purpose | 5 |
| 12D | 12. High points | 5 |
| 13D | 13. It's where the heart is | 5 |
| 14D | 16. Diaper bag item | 7 |
| 15D | 20. Patronized, in a way | 5 |
| 16D | 22. Repeated word in the "Star Wars" prologue | 3 |
| 17D | 23. Variety of violet | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Closing bars | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Classic thing to slip on | 10 |
| 20D | 30. City east of Phoenix | 5 |
| 21D | 32. Didn't get broken | 9 |
| 22D | 34. Search for oneself | 7 |
| 23D | 35. Antibiotic used to treat anthrax | 5 |
| 24D | 36. Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say | 8 |
| 25D | 40. Chicago airport code | 3 |
| 26D | 42. Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018 | 6 |
| 27D | 44. The works? | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants | 5 |
| 29D | 46. Cincinnati sports mascot | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Made some Java, say | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Cockatoo feature | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Purifying filter acronym | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Waxed, in a way | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Scrape (out) | 3 |
| 35D | 56. Org. that measures A.Q.I. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Put in stitches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: tailor, sew together, tailor-make
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEW
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2D: "2. Talked one's way (out of)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WEASELED
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3D: "3. It might be on display at Comic-Con"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INNERGEEK
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4D: "4. Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: LINTROLLER
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5D: "5. One making monthly payments"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEASER
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6D: "6. Drinks made with cardamom"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHAIS
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7D: "7. Word with study or city"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- Similar words include: foyer, vestibule, antechamber
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HALL
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8D: "8. "Who am ___ question?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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9D: "9. Bowdlerize, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who censures or condemns
- Similar words include: ban
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CENSOR
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10D: "10. Enemigo de un ratón"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GATO
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11D: "11. Serving a purpose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being of use or service
- Similar words include: useful
- Opposite of: useless
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Answer: UTILE
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12D: "12. High points"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- Similar words include: superlative, peak, meridian
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACMES
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13D: "13. It's where the heart is"
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: pectus, dresser, bureau
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHEST
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14D: "16. Diaper bag item"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WETWIPE
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15D: "20. Patronized, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATEAT
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16D: "22. Repeated word in the "Star Wars" prologue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by tutsi and to institute hutu control again
- Similar words include: Former Armed Forces, ALIR, Interahamwe
- Opposite of: near
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Answer: FAR
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17D: "23. Variety of violet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of europe and having velvety petals of various colors
- Similar words include: poove, fag, queer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PANSY
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18D: "26. Closing bars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the closing section of a musical composition
- Similar words include: coda, finale
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CODAS
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19D: "27. Classic thing to slip on"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BANANAPEEL
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20D: "30. City east of Phoenix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEMPE
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21D: "32. Didn't get broken"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HELDSERVE
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22D: "34. Search for oneself"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EGOSURF
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23D: "35. Antibiotic used to treat anthrax"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an oral antibiotic (trade name cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints
- Similar words include: ciprofloxacin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CIPRO
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24D: "36. Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SPEEDGUN
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25D: "40. Chicago airport code"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORD
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26D: "42. Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MEGHAN
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27D: "44. The works?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- Similar words include: work, body of work
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OEUVRE
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28D: "45. Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- Similar words include: stay, digest, residence
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABODE
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29D: "46. Cincinnati sports mascot"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MRRED
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30D: "47. Made some Java, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that attach a code to
- Similar words include: encrypt, tease, rag
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CODED
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31D: "49. Cockatoo feature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- Similar words include: peak, summit, top
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CREST
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32D: "51. Purifying filter acronym"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HEPA
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33D: "52. Waxed, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- Similar words include: raise, originate, get
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GREW
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34D: "54. Scrape (out)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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35D: "56. Org. that measures A.Q.I."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Similar words include: Environmental Protection Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPA
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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
35 Across Clues
35 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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