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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 (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Sits up and asks for table scraps, say | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Reason for a school closing | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Shopper's reminder | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Kind of vaccine | 4 |
| 5A | 15. What Stan Lee has in many a Marvel movie | 5 |
| 6A | 16. From the beginning | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Elite soldier from GERMANY | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Sister brand of Slush Puppie | 4 |
| 9A | 20. It's famously sealed with red wax | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Shipping route | 7 |
| 11A | 23. Monastery head | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Vessel for cooking rice from NEPAL | 9 |
| 13A | 27. Rugged rock face | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Attics often have lots of them | 4 |
| 15A | 29. A schooner has at least two of them | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Reef lurker | 3 |
| 17A | 31. Its roles include the kings of both Egypt and Ethiopia | 4 |
| 18A | 32. Note above fa | 3 |
| 19A | 33. Sci-fi attack from SLOVENIA | 13 |
| 20A | 38. ___ Robinson (role in "The Graduate") | 3 |
| 21A | 39. Nimble-fingered | 4 |
| 22A | 40. Go-ahead | 3 |
| 23A | 42. Japanese beer brand | 5 |
| 24A | 45. Shower affection (on) | 4 |
| 25A | 46. School supply that might come in stick form | 4 |
| 26A | 47. Fighting style from OMAN | 9 |
| 27A | 49. Gillian ___, author of "Sharp Objects" | 5 |
| 28A | 50. Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fu | 7 |
| 29A | 51. Greeting from Bowser | 4 |
| 30A | 52. Bulletin board sticker | 4 |
| 31A | 53. Seasonal precipitation from SURINAME | 10 |
| 32A | 58. Toledo's lake | 4 |
| 33A | 59. Receded | 5 |
| 34A | 60. FAQ page contents | 4 |
| 35A | 61. Finish a flight | 4 |
| 36A | 62. Looks at a Nook, say | 5 |
| 37A | 63. #2: Abbr. | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Sits up and asks for table scraps, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that call upon in supplication; entreat
- Similar words include: solicit, beg, implore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEGS
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2A: "5. Reason for a school closing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- Similar words include: ramp, tempest, violent storm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STORM
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3A: "10. Shopper's reminder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- Similar words include: heel, inclination, leaning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIST
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4A: "14. Kind of vaccine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
- Similar words include: viva voce, oral examination, viva
- Opposite of: anal, aboral
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Answer: ORAL
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5A: "15. What Stan Lee has in many a Marvel movie"
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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6A: "16. From the beginning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that again but in a new or different way
- Similar words include: afresh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANEW
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7A: "17. Elite soldier from GERMANY"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ARMYRANGER
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8A: "19. Sister brand of Slush Puppie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICEE
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9A: "20. It's famously sealed with red wax"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDAM
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10A: "21. Shipping route"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEALANE
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11A: "23. Monastery head"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the superior of an abbey of monks
- Similar words include: archimandrite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABBOT
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12A: "25. Vessel for cooking rice from NEPAL"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PAELLAPAN
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13A: "27. Rugged rock face"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a steep rugged rock or cliff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAG
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14A: "28. Attics often have lots of them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- Similar words include: vane, World Wide Web, entanglement
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WEBS
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15A: "29. A schooner has at least two of them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vertical spar for supporting sails
- Similar words include: mast
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MASTS
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16A: "30. Reef lurker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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17A: "31. Its roles include the kings of both Egypt and Ethiopia"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AIDA
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18A: "32. Note above fa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- Similar words include: colloidal suspension, colloidal solution, soh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOL
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19A: "33. Sci-fi attack from SLOVENIA"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: ALIENINVASION
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20A: "38. ___ Robinson (role in "The Graduate")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of address for a married woman
- Similar words include: Mr., Mrs., Mister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRS
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21A: "39. Nimble-fingered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- Similar words include: dextrous, dexterous
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEFT
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22A: "40. Go-ahead"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOD
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23A: "42. Japanese beer brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASAHI
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24A: "45. Shower affection (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be foolish or senile due to old age
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOTE
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25A: "46. School supply that might come in stick form"
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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26A: "47. Fighting style from OMAN"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MANOAMANO
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27A: "49. Gillian ___, author of "Sharp Objects""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FLYNN
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28A: "50. Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fu"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHAOLIN
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29A: "51. Greeting from Bowser"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- Similar words include: filling, pick, weft
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WOOF
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30A: "52. Bulletin board sticker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- Similar words include: saddlery, append, sheet
- Opposite of: disassemble
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Answer: TACK
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31A: "53. Seasonal precipitation from SURINAME"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SUMMERRAIN
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32A: "58. Toledo's lake"
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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33A: "59. Receded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flow back or recede
- Similar words include: ebb out, ebb down, ebb
- Opposite of: tide
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Answer: EBBED
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34A: "60. FAQ page contents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message received and understood
- Similar words include: information
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INFO
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35A: "61. Finish a flight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the land on which real estate is located
- Similar words include: state, estate, dry land
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAND
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36A: "62. Looks at a Nook, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that is read
- Similar words include: learn, show, take
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: READS
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37A: "63. #2: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASST
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Stole from a show? | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Screw up | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Keepsake after a rookie's first touchdown | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Sneaky so-and-so | 6 |
| 5D | 5. An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g. | 4 |
| 6D | 6. M&M's color replaced by blue in 1995 | 3 |
| 7D | 7. "Whoa!" | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Candy brand with a Big Cup variety | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Fungus with a pitted cap | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Boxer who retired undefeated (24-0) in 2007 | 8 |
| 11D | 11. With an implication of shouting, say | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Spotted attending | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Most middle schoolers | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Splinter in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," e.g. | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Just about | 6 |
| 16D | 23. Blackjack half | 3 |
| 17D | 24. Spanish for "tar" | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Spa treatment, familiarly | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Desert | 7 |
| 20D | 28. Takes gold | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Move in which a skier leaves the ground | 6 |
| 22D | 32. Still on, in a way | 4 |
| 23D | 34. "Can't wait for the next episode!" | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Power to remove a nomination for eviction on "Big Brother" | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Online subscription service since 2016 | 8 |
| 26D | 37. Paper or plastic, say | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Part of a Cub Scout pack | 3 |
| 28D | 42. Dutch beer brand | 6 |
| 29D | 43. Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for "desert" | 6 |
| 30D | 44. Painkiller brand that sponsored the first TV sitcom | 6 |
| 31D | 45. River through four European capitals | 6 |
| 32D | 46. ___ Estefan, Miami Sound Machine vocalist | 6 |
| 33D | 48. Pinchpenny | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Suiting the needs of | 3 |
| 35D | 51. Gets hitched | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Wharton offering, in brief | 3 |
| 37D | 55. TV's "Chicago ___" | 3 |
| 38D | 56. Hypotheticals | 3 |
| 39D | 57. "What's ___ to like?" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Stole from a show?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Similar words include: feather boa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOA
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2D: "2. Screw up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: mistake, drift, slip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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3D: "3. Keepsake after a rookie's first touchdown"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GAMEBALL
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4D: "4. Sneaky so-and-so"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SLYDOG
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5D: "5. An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
- Similar words include: nobble, diddle, bunco
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAM
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6D: "6. M&M's color replaced by blue in 1995"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: topaz, burn, tangent
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAN
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7D: "7. "Whoa!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OMG
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8D: "8. Candy brand with a Big Cup variety"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REESES
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9D: "9. Fungus with a pitted cap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various edible mushrooms of the genus morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOREL
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10D: "10. Boxer who retired undefeated (24-0) in 2007"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LAILAALI
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11D: "11. With an implication of shouting, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INCAPS
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12D: "12. Spotted attending"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEENAT
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13D: "13. Most middle schoolers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TWEENS
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14D: "18. Splinter in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: blackleg, lowlife, shop
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAT
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15D: "22. Just about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- Similar words include: nearly, virtually, most
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALMOST
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16D: "23. Blackjack half"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: crack, A-one, sail through
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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17D: "24. Spanish for "tar""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BREA
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18D: "25. Spa treatment, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEDI
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19D: "26. Desert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
- Similar words include: give up, vacate, desert
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ABANDON
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20D: "28. Takes gold"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a victory (as in a race or other competition)
- Similar words include: deliver the goods, gain, acquire
- Opposite of: losings, fall back
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Answer: WINS
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21D: "31. Move in which a skier leaves the ground"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- Similar words include: transmitting aerial, airy, antenna
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AERIAL
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22D: "32. Still on, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
- Similar words include: secure, rubber, prophylactic
- Opposite of: dangerous, out
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Answer: SAFE
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23D: "34. "Can't wait for the next episode!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IMHOOKED
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24D: "35. Power to remove a nomination for eviction on "Big Brother""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vote that blocks a decision
- Similar words include: disallow, proscribe, interdict
- Opposite of: allow, permit
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Answer: VETO
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25D: "36. Online subscription service since 2016"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ONLYFANS
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26D: "37. Paper or plastic, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOUN
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27D: "41. Part of a Cub Scout pack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: hideaway, hideout, lair
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEN
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28D: "42. Dutch beer brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMSTEL
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29D: "43. Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for "desert""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern africa
- Similar words include: Sahara Desert
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAHARA
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30D: "44. Painkiller brand that sponsored the first TV sitcom"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANACIN
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31D: "45. River through four European capitals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 2nd longest european river (after the volga); flows from southwestern germany to the black sea
- Similar words include: Danau, Danube River
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DANUBE
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32D: "46. ___ Estefan, Miami Sound Machine vocalist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GLORIA
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33D: "48. Pinchpenny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MISER
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34D: "49. Suiting the needs of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOR
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35D: "51. Gets hitched"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
- Similar words include: splice, tie, marry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WEDS
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36D: "54. Wharton offering, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in business
- Similar words include: Master in Business Administration, Master in Business
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MBA
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37D: "55. TV's "Chicago ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in education
- Similar words include: Master of Education
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MED
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38D: "56. Hypotheticals"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IFS
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39D: "57. "What's ___ to like?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
- Similar words include: non
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOT
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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
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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
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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