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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: Challenging
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. Wished, as a goodbye | 4 |
| 2A | 5. English Lit or Intermediate French | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Reckless | 4 |
| 4A | 14. One perched on a lily pad | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Yankees slugger Judge | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Sound heard in a cave | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Fancy one-handed basketball shot | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Enter | 4 |
| 9A | 20. H.S. senior's exam | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Serious theatrical work | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Concur | 5 |
| 12A | 23. ___ splicing | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Good-looking companion on the red carpet, say | 8 |
| 14A | 27. Language spoken in Kathmandu | 6 |
| 15A | 29. Destiny | 4 |
| 16A | 30. Org. looking for alien life | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Whoopi's role in 1985's "The Color Purple" | 5 |
| 18A | 33. Bowler or sombrero | 3 |
| 19A | 36. Punch in the mouth, slangily | 15 |
| 20A | 40. "Sure is" | 3 |
| 21A | 41. Ralph who ran for president four times | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Falco of "The Sopranos" | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Popular brand of hiking sandals | 4 |
| 24A | 44. Raked in | 6 |
| 25A | 47. Cat's little pink paws, cutesily | 8 |
| 26A | 51. Feel sorry for | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Multinational currency since 2002 | 5 |
| 28A | 53. Blokes | 5 |
| 29A | 55. Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us" | 3 |
| 30A | 58. Loads | 4 |
| 31A | 59. What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across | 10 |
| 32A | 61. Tilt-a-Whirl or Teacups | 4 |
| 33A | 62. Wipe the slate clean? | 5 |
| 34A | 63. As well | 4 |
| 35A | 64. Goes steady with | 4 |
| 36A | 65. Where shipwreck victims might be marooned | 5 |
| 37A | 66. Cold one | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Wished, as a goodbye"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
- Similar words include: offer, invite, wish
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BADE
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2A: "5. English Lit or Intermediate French"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- Similar words include: sort out, form, classify
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CLASS
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3A: "10. Reckless"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any red eruption of the skin
- Similar words include: blizzard, roseola, reckless
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASH
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4A: "14. One perched on a lily pad"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- Similar words include: toad frog, toad, anuran
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FROG
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5A: "15. Yankees slugger Judge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states professional baseball player who hit more home runs than babe ruth (born in 1934)
- Similar words include: Hank Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AARON
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6A: "16. Sound heard in a cave"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- Similar words include: recall, replication, repeat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECHO
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7A: "17. Fancy one-handed basketball shot"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FINGERROLL
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8A: "19. Enter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOIN
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9A: "20. H.S. senior's exam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: sit, Sabbatum, sit around
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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Answer: SAT
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10A: "21. Serious theatrical work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- Similar words include: dramatic event, dramatic play, play
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DRAMA
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11A: "22. Concur"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement
- Similar words include: correspond, fit in, hold
- Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: AGREE
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12A: "23. ___ splicing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- Similar words include: factor, cistron
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GENE
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13A: "25. Good-looking companion on the red carpet, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ARMCANDY
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14A: "27. Language spoken in Kathmandu"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of nepal
- Similar words include: Nepalese
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEPALI
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15A: "29. Destiny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- Similar words include: lot, luck, destine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FATE
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16A: "30. Org. looking for alien life"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SETI
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17A: "31. Whoopi's role in 1985's "The Color Purple""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CELIE
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18A: "33. Bowler or sombrero"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: lid, chapeau
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAT
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19A: "36. Punch in the mouth, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: KNUCKLESANDWICH
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20A: "40. "Sure is""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEP
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21A: "41. Ralph who ran for president four times"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NADER
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22A: "42. Falco of "The Sopranos""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIE
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23A: "43. Popular brand of hiking sandals"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEVA
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24A: "44. Raked in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Similar words include: garner, clear, gain
- Opposite of: unearned
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Answer: EARNED
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25A: "47. Cat's little pink paws, cutesily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TOEBEANS
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26A: "51. Feel sorry for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- Similar words include: compassionate, condole with, feel for
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PITY
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27A: "52. Multinational currency since 2002"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- Similar words include: euro
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EUROS
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28A: "53. Blokes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boy or man
- Similar words include: fellow, crack, blighter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHAPS
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29A: "55. Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HBO
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30A: "58. Loads"
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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31A: "59. What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PEOPLEFOOD
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32A: "61. Tilt-a-Whirl or Teacups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- Similar words include: hinge on, cod, turn on
- Opposite of: walk
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Answer: RIDE
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33A: "62. Wipe the slate clean?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from memory or existence
- Similar words include: wipe out, efface, score out
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: ERASE
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34A: "63. As well"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: as well, likewise, too
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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35A: "64. Goes steady with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: interpret, run across, take care
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEES
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36A: "65. Where shipwreck victims might be marooned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small island
- Similar words include: isle, islet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ISLES
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37A: "66. Cold one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEER
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Closest pals always | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Song for a diva | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "Stay seated" | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Sunny-side-up item | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Place for privacy in a library | 6 |
| 6D | 6. ___ Croft, "Tomb Raider" character | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Welcoming feature of a bakery | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Sun phenomenon that can cause radio blackouts | 10 |
| 9D | 9. TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+) | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Music genre for Bob Marley | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Nut for a squirrel | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Backed (away from) | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Beehive production | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Fashion designer Mode in "The Incredibles" | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Performed on the stage | 5 |
| 16D | 24. "Beowulf" or the "Iliad" | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Street name in the center of town | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Hawaiian goose | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Skaters who do lifts and twizzles | 10 |
| 20D | 30. ___ blue | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Language suffix | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Secret compartment, informally | 9 |
| 23D | 34. The "A" in DNA | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Most common English word | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Where pants may need patching | 5 |
| 26D | 38. Source of much igneous rock | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Left the area | 4 |
| 28D | 43. Steakhouse options named for a letter | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Fruit left on teachers' desks, perhaps | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Stand up | 4 |
| 31D | 47. Rips | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Protruding bellybutton type | 5 |
| 33D | 49. Gradually wear away, as soil | 5 |
| 34D | 50. Sandbar | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Church area next to the chancel | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Big name in noise-canceling headphones | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Stench | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Architect I.M. ___ | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Just lovely, informally | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Closest pals always"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BFFS
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2D: "2. Song for a diva"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARIA
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3D: "3. "Stay seated""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DONTGETUP
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4D: "4. Sunny-side-up item"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
- Similar words include: testis, orchis, eggs
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGG
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5D: "5. Place for privacy in a library"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
- Similar words include: Alexis Carrel, carrell, cubicle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CARREL
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6D: "6. ___ Croft, "Tomb Raider" character"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LARA
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7D: "7. Welcoming feature of a bakery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: perfume, smell, scent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AROMA
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8D: "8. Sun phenomenon that can cause radio blackouts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SOLARFLARE
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9D: "9. TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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10D: "10. Music genre for Bob Marley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that popular music originating in the west indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REGGAE
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11D: "11. Nut for a squirrel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACORN
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12D: "12. Backed (away from)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
- Similar words include: shy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHIED
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13D: "13. Beehive production"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
- Similar words include: beloved, dear, dearest
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HONEY
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14D: "18. Fashion designer Mode in "The Incredibles""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDNA
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15D: "22. Performed on the stage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- Similar words include: work, represent, behave
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTED
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16D: "24. "Beowulf" or the "Iliad""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Similar words include: heroic poem, epical, larger-than-life
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPIC
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17D: "26. Street name in the center of town"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any very large body of (salt) water
- Similar words include: chief, primary, principal
- Opposite of: dependent
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Answer: MAIN
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18D: "27. Hawaiian goose"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NENE
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19D: "28. Skaters who do lifts and twizzles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ICEDANCERS
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20D: "30. ___ blue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- Similar words include: toss, flip, pitch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKY
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21D: "32. Language suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
- Similar words include: east southeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESE
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22D: "33. Secret compartment, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HIDEYHOLE
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23D: "34. The "A" in DNA"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Similar words include: caustic, Zen, dot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACID
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24D: "35. Most common English word"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE
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25D: "37. Where pants may need patching"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Similar words include: human knee, stifle, genu
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KNEES
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26D: "38. Source of much igneous rock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAVA
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27D: "39. Left the area"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- Similar words include: travel, proceed, run low
- Opposite of: come, stay in place
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Answer: WENT
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28D: "43. Steakhouse options named for a letter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TBONES
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29D: "45. Fruit left on teachers' desks, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- Similar words include: Malus pumila, apple, orchard apple tree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APPLES
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30D: "46. Stand up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a growth in strength or number or importance
- Similar words include: rise up, ascent, stand up
- Opposite of: set, turn in
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Answer: RISE
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31D: "47. Rips"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
- Similar words include: bust, snag, deplume
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEARS
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32D: "48. Protruding bellybutton type"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OUTIE
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33D: "49. Gradually wear away, as soil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become ground down or deteriorate
- Similar words include: gnaw at, eat at, fret
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERODE
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34D: "50. Sandbar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- Similar words include: shallow, school
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHOAL
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35D: "54. Church area next to the chancel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- Similar words include: apsis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APSE
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36D: "56. Big name in noise-canceling headphones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that indian physicist who with albert einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons
- Similar words include: Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOSE
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37D: "57. Stench"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: smell, scent, olfactory perception
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODOR
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38D: "59. Architect I.M. ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states architect (born in china in 1917)
- Similar words include: Ieoh Ming Pei, I. M. Pei
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEI
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39D: "60. Just lovely, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that extremely pleasing
- Similar words include: fabulous
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAB
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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.
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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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