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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 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: Moderate
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. Wood turner | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Yuletide beverage | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Storyteller of antiquity | 5 |
| 5A | 15. How tuna may be packed | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Card game that involves shouting its name | 3 |
| 7A | 17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Palindromic woman's name | 3 |
| 9A | 20. "Already accomplished!" | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Dodge | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Product in high demand | 7 |
| 12A | 26. Material for a pub quiz | 6 |
| 13A | 27. During a tiebreaker, informally | 4 |
| 14A | 28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? | 10 |
| 15A | 31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed | 5 |
| 16A | 33. Move like the Blob | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Informal top | 3 |
| 18A | 35. *Primate with perfect pitch? | 9 |
| 19A | 39. Puppet alien of TV | 3 |
| 20A | 42. Greek cheese | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Underground waterway | 5 |
| 22A | 47. *Kelley Blue Book? | 10 |
| 23A | 51. "Tootsie" actress Garr | 4 |
| 24A | 52. "Unfortunately that's wrong" | 6 |
| 25A | 53. Sleazy hotel | 7 |
| 26A | 55. "Shush!" | 5 |
| 27A | 56. "No more for me, thanks" | 6 |
| 28A | 58. Something found in a pen or octopus | 3 |
| 29A | 59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues | 11 |
| 30A | 64. Year in Spain | 3 |
| 31A | 65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio | 5 |
| 32A | 66. "Unfortunately ..." | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Declares, informally | 3 |
| 34A | 68. Teeny-tiny | 5 |
| 35A | 69. Run-down | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Wood turner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATHE
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2A: "6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states film maker (1897-1991)
- Similar words include: genus Capra, Frank Capra
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAPRA
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3A: "11. Yuletide beverage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Similar words include: peg
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOG
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4A: "14. Storyteller of antiquity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AESOP
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5A: "15. How tuna may be packed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INOIL
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6A: "16. Card game that involves shouting its name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNO
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7A: "17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CROWCONTROL
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8A: "19. Palindromic woman's name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your grandmother
- Similar words include: naan, granny, grandma
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAN
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9A: "20. "Already accomplished!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DONEIT
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10A: "21. Dodge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- Similar words include: skirt, parry, hedge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVADE
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11A: "23. Product in high demand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOTITEM
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12A: "26. Material for a pub quiz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something of small importance
- Similar words include: triviality, small beer, trivium
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRIVIA
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13A: "27. During a tiebreaker, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INOT
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14A: "28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GARBAGEUMP
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15A: "31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head
- Similar words include: Welsh corgi
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CORGI
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16A: "33. Move like the Blob"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
- Similar words include: exudate, exude, transude
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOZE
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17A: "34. Informal top"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, football tee, golf tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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18A: "35. *Primate with perfect pitch?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ONKEYKONG
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19A: "39. Puppet alien of TV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALF
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20A: "42. Greek cheese"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FETA
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21A: "43. Underground waterway"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- Similar words include: gutter, sewerage, cloaca
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEWER
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22A: "47. *Kelley Blue Book?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CARCATALOG
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23A: "51. "Tootsie" actress Garr"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TERI
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24A: "52. "Unfortunately that's wrong""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALASNO
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25A: "53. Sleazy hotel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a run-down hotel
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FLEABAG
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26A: "55. "Shush!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CANIT
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27A: "56. "No more for me, thanks""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMFULL
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28A: "58. Something found in a pen or octopus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INK
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29A: "59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: ITSADELIGHT
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30A: "64. Year in Spain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
- Similar words include: Black September, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Fatah-RC
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANO
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31A: "65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in libra
- Similar words include: Balance, Libra the Scales, Libra the Balance
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIBRA
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32A: "66. "Unfortunately ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IFEAR
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33A: "67. Declares, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEZ
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34A: "68. Teeny-tiny"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENSY
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35A: "69. Run-down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that full of seeds
- Similar words include: unwell, under the weather, sleazy
- Opposite of: seedless
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Answer: SEEDY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Fond du ___, Wis. | 3 |
| 2D | 2. ___ Lingus | 3 |
| 3D | 3. General on a Chinese menu | 3 |
| 4D | 4. "Was your performance a success?" | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Disney park with Spaceship Earth | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Movie house | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Opposing | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Locale of an annual Carnaval | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Pollen, cat hair, etc. | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Largest and most northern Canadian territory | 7 |
| 12D | 12. One way to stop | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Flipped out | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Earth's pull, in brief | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Struggle | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Sound of a drinker in comics | 3 |
| 17D | 24. Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance" | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Crag | 3 |
| 19D | 26. Big name in tea | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Befitting a king or queen | 5 |
| 21D | 30. ___ choy | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Babyish | 9 |
| 23D | 36. Low-carb kind of diet | 4 |
| 24D | 37. H, to Homer | 3 |
| 25D | 38. "Oh. Come. On!" | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Some pod-bearing trees | 7 |
| 27D | 40. Fitness guru Jack | 7 |
| 28D | 41. Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Fly catcher | 3 |
| 30D | 45. Time in history | 3 |
| 31D | 46. Big truck | 3 |
| 32D | 48. CBS forensic drama | 3 |
| 33D | 49. When nothing goes right | 6 |
| 34D | 50. Sticky stuff | 4 |
| 35D | 54. ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor | 5 |
| 36D | 56. ID for a library volume | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Planet whose name is also a candy company | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Bit of apparel that often has stripes | 3 |
| 39D | 61. "Golly!" | 3 |
| 40D | 62. Owned | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Attempt | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Fond du ___, Wis."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAC
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2D: "2. ___ Lingus"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AER
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3D: "3. General on a Chinese menu"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSO
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4D: "4. "Was your performance a success?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HOWDITGO
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5D: "5. Disney park with Spaceship Earth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EPCOT
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6D: "6. Movie house"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- Similar words include: movie theatre, film, movie house
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CINEMA
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7D: "7. Opposing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- Opposite of: pro
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTI
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8D: "8. Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- Similar words include: larboard, port wine, interface
- Opposite of: starboard
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Answer: PORT
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9D: "9. Locale of an annual Carnaval"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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10D: "10. Pollen, cat hair, etc."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any substance that can cause an allergy
- Similar words include: allergen
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALLERGENS
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11D: "11. Largest and most northern Canadian territory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arctic territory in northern canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the northwest territories and most of the islands of the arctic archipelago
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NUNAVUT
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12D: "12. One way to stop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONADIME
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13D: "13. Flipped out"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GONEAPE
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14D: "18. Earth's pull, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONEG
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15D: "22. Struggle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- Similar words include: compete, contend
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VIE
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16D: "23. Sound of a drinker in comics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HIC
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17D: "24. Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance""
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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18D: "25. Crag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOR
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19D: "26. Big name in tea"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAZO
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20D: "29. Befitting a king or queen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- Similar words include: purple, imperial, royal stag
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROYAL
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21D: "30. ___ choy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOK
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22D: "32. Babyish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that indicating a lack of maturity
- Similar words include: childish
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INFANTILE
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23D: "36. Low-carb kind of diet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KETO
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24D: "37. H, to Homer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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25D: "38. "Oh. Come. On!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GETALIFE
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26D: "39. Some pod-bearing trees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus acacia
- Similar words include: acacia
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ACACIAS
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27D: "40. Fitness guru Jack"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LALANNE
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28D: "41. Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FRANKOZ
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29D: "44. Fly catcher"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- Similar words include: World Wide Web, entanglement, vane
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WEB
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30D: "45. Time in history"
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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31D: "46. Big truck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Similar words include: set up, tackle, semi
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIG
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32D: "48. CBS forensic drama"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CSI
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33D: "49. When nothing goes right"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OFFDAY
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34D: "50. Sticky stuff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- Similar words include: paste, mucilage, gum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLUE
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35D: "54. ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated thor in a wrestling match
- Similar words include: Elli
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELLIS
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36D: "56. ID for a library volume"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISBN
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37D: "57. Planet whose name is also a candy company"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
- Similar words include: March, spoil, mutilate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARS
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38D: "60. Bit of apparel that often has stripes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Similar words include: draw, link up, association
- Opposite of: disconnect, untie
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Answer: TIE
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39D: "61. "Golly!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
- Similar words include: g, g-force
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEE
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40D: "62. Owned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: possess, take in, bear
- Opposite of: lack, abstain
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Answer: HAD
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41D: "63. Attempt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- Similar words include: endeavour, hear, adjudicate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRY
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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
41 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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