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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: 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. "No ___, no glory!" | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Floral shade | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Diamonds, informally | 3 |
| 4A | 13. "A likely story" | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Puccini's "___ Butterfly" | 6 |
| 6A | 15. D.C. ballplayer | 3 |
| 7A | 16. It is "an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken," per Shakespeare | 4 |
| 8A | 17. Trample | 6 |
| 9A | 18. Belgian resort renowned for its mineral springs | 3 |
| 10A | 19. Brief time to savor one's glory, metaphorically | 11 |
| 11A | 21. Boy king of Egypt | 3 |
| 12A | 22. Shorthand pro | 5 |
| 13A | 23. Written to arouse, say | 6 |
| 14A | 25. Turnip or rutabaga | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Diaphanous | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Coyote pup's place | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Mysterious way to vanish | 11 |
| 18A | 37. Eye layer | 4 |
| 19A | 39. Lugged | 5 |
| 20A | 40. Sicily's highest peak | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Practical and unpretentious | 11 |
| 22A | 44. Madrid's country, on World Cup scoreboards | 3 |
| 23A | 45. Top-tier | 5 |
| 24A | 46. 40-Across output | 4 |
| 25A | 47. One-of-a-kind | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Delay | 5 |
| 27A | 55. Baseball great Mel | 3 |
| 28A | 56. Oscar-winning Disney song sung by a crab named Sebastian | 11 |
| 29A | 60. South America's ___ de la Plata | 3 |
| 30A | 61. Mythological figure whose ill-fated trajectory is suggested by 19-, 34-, 41- and 56-Across | 6 |
| 31A | 62. Venetian blind component | 4 |
| 32A | 63. Animal with an udder | 3 |
| 33A | 64. Thin layer | 6 |
| 34A | 65. Sidewalk eatery | 4 |
| 35A | 66. "Bel Canto" author Patchett | 3 |
| 36A | 67. Cathedral recesses | 5 |
| 37A | 68. Black gemstone | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "No ___, no glory!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fortitude and determination
- Similar words include: gut, gumption, moxie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GUTS
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2A: "5. Floral shade"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
- Similar words include: lilac-colored, lavender
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LILAC
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3A: "10. Diamonds, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: sparkler, frost, glass
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICE
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4A: "13. "A likely story""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IBET
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5A: "14. Puccini's "___ Butterfly""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MADAMA
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6A: "15. D.C. ballplayer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAT
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7A: "16. It is "an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken," per Shakespeare"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
- Similar words include: have sex, jazz, sleep together
- Opposite of: hate
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Answer: LOVE
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8A: "17. Trample"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STEPON
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9A: "18. Belgian resort renowned for its mineral springs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: health spa, watering hole, resort hotel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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10A: "19. Brief time to savor one's glory, metaphorically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DAYINTHESUN
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11A: "21. Boy king of Egypt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut-tut, tsk
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUT
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12A: "22. Shorthand pro"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STENO
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13A: "23. Written to arouse, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an erotic person
- Similar words include: titillating
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EROTIC
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14A: "25. Turnip or rutabaga"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- Similar words include: stem, etymon, tooth root
- Opposite of: descendant
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Answer: ROOT
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15A: "29. Diaphanous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- Similar words include: swooning, twinkle, igniter
- Opposite of: extinguish, dark
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Answer: LIGHT
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16A: "31. Coyote pup's place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: lair, hideaway, hideout
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEN
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17A: "34. Mysterious way to vanish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: INTOTHINAIR
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18A: "37. Eye layer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UVEA
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19A: "39. Lugged"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carry with difficulty
- Similar words include: tote, tote up, sum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOTED
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20A: "40. Sicily's highest peak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Similar words include: bunsen, Mount Etna, bunsen burner
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETNA
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21A: "41. Practical and unpretentious"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DOWNTOEARTH
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22A: "44. Madrid's country, on World Cup scoreboards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: second sight, clairvoyance, extrasensory perception
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESP
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23A: "45. Top-tier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- Similar words include: elect, elite group
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELITE
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24A: "46. 40-Across output"
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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25A: "47. One-of-a-kind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that radically distinctive and without equal
- Similar words include: unequaled, unequalled, alone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UNIQUE
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26A: "50. Delay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- Similar words include: carrel, dillydally, stand
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STALL
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27A: "55. Baseball great Mel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTT
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28A: "56. Oscar-winning Disney song sung by a crab named Sebastian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: UNDERTHESEA
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29A: "60. South America's ___ de la Plata"
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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30A: "61. Mythological figure whose ill-fated trajectory is suggested by 19-, 34-, 41- and 56-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) son of daedalus; while escaping from crete with his father (using the wings daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the aegean and drowned
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICARUS
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31A: "62. Venetian blind component"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin strip (wood or metal)
- Similar words include: spline
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAT
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32A: "63. Animal with an udder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that female of domestic cattle:
- Similar words include: overawe, moo-cow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COW
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33A: "64. Thin layer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAMINA
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34A: "65. Sidewalk eatery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- Similar words include: coffee bar, coffeehouse, coffee shop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAFE
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35A: "66. "Bel Canto" author Patchett"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANN
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36A: "67. Cathedral recesses"
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: apse, apsis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APSES
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37A: "68. Black gemstone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONYX
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Embellishes | 5 |
| 2D | 2. W.W. II menace | 5 |
| 3D | 3. "Fiddler on the Roof" protagonist | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Drinking vessel that often has a hinged lid | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Wood strip | 4 |
| 6D | 6. ___ fixe | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Run out, as a subscription | 5 |
| 8D | 8. 16-Across, to Molière | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Italian dessert menu staple | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Kick off | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Certain monk(ey)s | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Coup d'___ | 4 |
| 13D | 14. Winter hrs. in Salt Lake City | 3 |
| 14D | 20. Sushi seaweed | 4 |
| 15D | 24. Pointed part of a pitchfork | 4 |
| 16D | 26. Not fooled by | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Central Plains tribe | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Wreck beyond repair | 5 |
| 19D | 30. Ensnare | 4 |
| 20D | 31. "My bro!" | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Process of change over generations | 9 |
| 22D | 33. Still learning to navigate local landmarks, say | 9 |
| 23D | 35. Prefix with watt | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Purchase for a family room | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Opposed to | 4 |
| 26D | 42. Spirit of Mexico? | 7 |
| 27D | 43. Dish that's "slung" | 4 |
| 28D | 48. Open, as a bottle | 5 |
| 29D | 49. Some Dutch cheeses | 5 |
| 30D | 51. Major British grocery chain | 5 |
| 31D | 52. Narnia lion | 5 |
| 32D | 53. Like spinach or chard | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Material for some gloves and balloons | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Largest member of the dolphin family | 4 |
| 35D | 57. Canal-turned-boulevard in Schenectady, N.Y. | 4 |
| 36D | 58. The "R" of R/H/E | 4 |
| 37D | 59. Airport org. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Embellishes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a formal association of people with similar interests
- Similar words include: society, gild, order
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GILDS
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2D: "2. W.W. II menace"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UBOAT
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3D: "3. "Fiddler on the Roof" protagonist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEVYE
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4D: "4. Drinking vessel that often has a hinged lid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mug intended for serving beer
- Similar words include: beer mug, Gertrude Stein
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEIN
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5D: "5. Wood strip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LATH
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6D: "6. ___ fixe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDEE
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7D: "7. Run out, as a subscription"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mistake resulting from inattention
- Similar words include: backslide, recidivate, slip away
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAPSE
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8D: "8. 16-Across, to Molière"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- Similar words include: involvement, affaire, intimacy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMOUR
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9D: "9. Italian dessert menu staple"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CANNOLI
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10D: "10. Kick off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provoke or stir up
- Similar words include: inspire, stir up, prompt
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INSTIGATE
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11D: "11. Certain monk(ey)s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hooded cloak for women
- Similar words include: Cebus capucinus, ringtail, capuchin
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CAPUCHINS
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12D: "12. Coup d'___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAT
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13D: "14. Winter hrs. in Salt Lake City"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 7th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the united states
- Similar words include: Mountain Time, Mountain Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MST
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14D: "20. Sushi seaweed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NORI
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15D: "24. Pointed part of a pitchfork"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TINE
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16D: "26. Not fooled by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONTO
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17D: "27. Central Plains tribe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
- Similar words include: Oto
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOE
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18D: "28. Wreck beyond repair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the whole amount
- Similar words include: tot up, tote up, amount
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOTAL
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19D: "30. Ensnare"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- Similar words include: ambush, pin down, sand trap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRAP
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20D: "31. "My bro!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal form of address for a man
- Similar words include: fellow, sheik, fashion plate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DUDE
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21D: "32. Process of change over generations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- Similar words include: phylogeny, development, phylogenesis
- Opposite of: devolution
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Answer: EVOLUTION
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22D: "33. Still learning to navigate local landmarks, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: NEWINTOWN
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23D: "35. Prefix with watt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a three-tone chadic language
- Similar words include: Pidlimdi, Yamaltu
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TERA
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24D: "36. Purchase for a family room"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
- Similar words include: high-definition television
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HDTV
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25D: "38. Opposed to"
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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26D: "42. Spirit of Mexico?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEQUILA
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27D: "43. Dish that's "slung""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
- Similar words include: hashish, haschisch, hasheesh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HASH
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28D: "48. Open, as a bottle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNCAP
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29D: "49. Some Dutch cheeses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- Similar words include: Edam
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDAMS
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30D: "51. Major British grocery chain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESCO
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31D: "52. Narnia lion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASLAN
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32D: "53. Like spinach or chard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or covered with leaves
- Opposite of: leafless
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEAFY
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33D: "54. Material for some gloves and balloons"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
- Similar words include: latex paint, rubber-base paint
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATEX
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34D: "55. Largest member of the dolphin family"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Similar words include: Orcinus orca, killer, grampus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORCA
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35D: "57. Canal-turned-boulevard in Schenectady, N.Y."
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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36D: "58. The "R" of R/H/E"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- Similar words include: ladder, flow, prevail
- Opposite of: idle, malfunction
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Answer: RUNS
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37D: "59. Airport org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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