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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (34 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 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. Petri dish growth medium | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Turns red, say | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Michael of "Superbad" | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Overhaul | 4 |
| 5A | 14. European capital with canals | 9 |
| 6A | 16. "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" | 14 |
| 7A | 18. Helpful skill for guessers | 3 |
| 8A | 19. "Black-eyed" or "sugar snap" legume | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Take in | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Requires | 5 |
| 11A | 24. "Despicable Me" protagonist | 3 |
| 12A | 26. Appliance that may have different floor settings, for short | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Comics dog with a big red tongue | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Singer with the 2011 #1 hit "Set Fire to the Rain" | 5 |
| 16A | 32. I repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" | 13 |
| 17A | 35. Fashion designer Spade | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Pequod captain | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" | 13 |
| 20A | 42. Decrease in intensity | 5 |
| 21A | 44. Swiss Army knives have many of these | 4 |
| 22A | 45. Encourage, with "on" | 4 |
| 23A | 46. N, E, W or S | 3 |
| 24A | 47. Group that may have an organizational meeting in Sept. | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Author of "L'Île Mystérieuse" | 5 |
| 26A | 49. Solfège start | 6 |
| 27A | 52. Hairy Halloween costume | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Beethoven's "___ to Joy" | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across | 14 |
| 30A | 59. Completely immersed | 9 |
| 31A | 60. Double Stuf cookie | 4 |
| 32A | 61. Eye problem | 4 |
| 33A | 62. A 2-1 record has one | 4 |
| 34A | 63. "Hey! Over here!" | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Petri dish growth medium"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- Similar words include: agar-agar, nutrient agar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGAR
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2A: "5. Turns red, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- Similar words include: dye, dyestuff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DYES
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3A: "9. Michael of "Superbad""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CERA
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4A: "13. Overhaul"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
- Similar words include: reconstruct, refashion, make over
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDO
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5A: "14. European capital with canals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an industrial center and the nominal capital of the netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
- Similar words include: capital of The Netherlands, Dutch capital
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AMSTERDAM
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6A: "16. "Will Ruby go to prom with me?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: MYSOURCESSAYNO
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7A: "18. Helpful skill for guessers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: E.S.P., extrasensory perception, second sight
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESP
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8A: "19. "Black-eyed" or "sugar snap" legume"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Similar words include: pea plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEA
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9A: "20. Take in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become imbued
- Similar words include: ingest, take in, suck
- Opposite of: emit
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Answer: ABSORB
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10A: "22. Requires"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition requiring relief
- Similar words include: necessarily, pauperism, demand
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: NEEDS
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11A: "24. "Despicable Me" protagonist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GRU
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12A: "26. Appliance that may have different floor settings, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal term for vacation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAC
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13A: "27. Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Similar words include: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAN
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14A: "28. Comics dog with a big red tongue"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIE
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15A: "30. Singer with the 2011 #1 hit "Set Fire to the Rain""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADELE
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16A: "32. I repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: ASKAGAINLATER
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17A: "35. Fashion designer Spade"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KATE
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18A: "36. Pequod captain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHAB
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19A: "37. Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: WITHOUTADOUBT
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20A: "42. Decrease in intensity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make less active or intense
- Similar words include: slack, slack off, die away
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABATE
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21A: "44. Swiss Army knives have many of these"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: employment, habit, economic consumption
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USES
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22A: "45. Encourage, with "on""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- Similar words include: spur track, prodding, spurring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPUR
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23A: "46. N, E, W or S"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIR
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24A: "47. Group that may have an organizational meeting in Sept."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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25A: "48. Author of "L'Île Mystérieuse""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
- Similar words include: Jules Verne
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VERNE
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26A: "49. Solfège start"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOREMI
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27A: "52. Hairy Halloween costume"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: caricature, emulator, aper
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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28A: "54. Beethoven's "___ to Joy""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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29A: "55. Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: MAGICEIGHTBALL
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30A: "59. Completely immersed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that devote (oneself) fully to
- Similar words include: soak up, intent, steep
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ENGROSSED
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31A: "60. Double Stuf cookie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREO
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32A: "61. Eye problem"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: sty, eye infection, hordeolum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE
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33A: "62. A 2-1 record has one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that is lost
- Similar words include: passing, personnel casualty, expiration
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: LOSS
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34A: "63. "Hey! Over here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. It shares a 27-mile border with 27-Across | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Erupting hot springs | 7 |
| 3D | 3. "New and improved" and "For a limited time only" | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Kanga's kid in "Winnie-the-Pooh" | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Truth's alternative | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in brief | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Demonym suffix | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr. | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Grouch | 4 |
| 10D | 10. East Coast counterpart to Dreyer's in the freezer aisle | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Trampled | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Lacking principles | 6 |
| 13D | 15. Elder son of Isaac | 4 |
| 14D | 17. Positive swings | 3 |
| 15D | 21. More than 2,000 years ago, for short | 3 |
| 16D | 23. 23andMe mailing | 6 |
| 17D | 24. Martini or Negroni spirit | 3 |
| 18D | 25. "I can ___" | 6 |
| 19D | 28. Something you can be under when in court | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Go extinct | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Somewhat | 4 |
| 22D | 31. Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021's "West Side Story" | 6 |
| 23D | 33. Receipts | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Cries of enlightenment | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Official authorization | 7 |
| 26D | 38. Conference ___ (college athletic association) | 3 |
| 27D | 39. Brouhahas | 7 |
| 28D | 40. Dresses warmly, with "up" | 7 |
| 29D | 41. Place to buy a fir at Christmas | 7 |
| 30D | 42. Elaborate | 3 |
| 31D | 43. Tundras and deserts, e.g. | 6 |
| 32D | 47. ___ de gallo (Mexican salsa) | 4 |
| 33D | 48. Scrutinize | 3 |
| 34D | 50. Like soufflés | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Bog | 4 |
| 36D | 52. "10 and up" preceder | 4 |
| 37D | 53. Degrees of success, for short? | 4 |
| 38D | 56. Course for becoming bilingual, for short | 3 |
| 39D | 57. Prefix with -morphic | 3 |
| 40D | 58. Noggin knock | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. It shares a 27-mile border with 27-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a landlocked republic in southwestern asia; formerly an asian soviet; modern armenia is but a fragment of ancient armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
- Similar words include: Hayastan, Republic of Armenia
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ARMENIA
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2D: "2. Erupting hot springs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spring that discharges hot water and steam
- Similar words include: geyser
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GEYSERS
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3D: "3. "New and improved" and "For a limited time only""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ADSPEAK
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4D: "4. Kanga's kid in "Winnie-the-Pooh""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROO
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5D: "5. Truth's alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
- Similar words include: make bold, presume, daring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DARE
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6D: "6. Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YMCA
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7D: "7. Demonym 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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8D: "8. Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STS
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9D: "9. Grouch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- Similar words include: crab louse, beef, bellyache
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAB
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10D: "10. East Coast counterpart to Dreyer's in the freezer aisle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDYS
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11D: "11. Trampled"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RANOVER
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12D: "12. Lacking principles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMORAL
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13D: "15. Elder son of Isaac"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESAU
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14D: "17. Positive swings"
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UPS
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15D: "21. More than 2,000 years ago, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of the period before the common era; preferred by some writers who are not christians
- Similar words include: B.C.E.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BCE
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16D: "23. 23andMe mailing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DNAKIT
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17D: "24. Martini or Negroni spirit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
- Similar words include: knock rummy, snare, noose
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GIN
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18D: "25. "I can ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
- Similar words include: bear on, touch on, concern
- Opposite of: dissociate
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Answer: RELATE
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19D: "28. Something you can be under when in court"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Similar words include: expletive, curse word, swearing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OATH
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20D: "29. Go extinct"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DIEOUT
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21D: "30. Somewhat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATAD
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22D: "31. Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021's "West Side Story""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DEBOSE
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23D: "33. Receipts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- Similar words include: logic gate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GATE
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24D: "34. Cries of enlightenment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHAS
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25D: "37. Official authorization"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- Similar words include: indorsement, warranty, endorsement
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WARRANT
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26D: "38. Conference ___ (college athletic association)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: the States, U.S.A., Army
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USA
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27D: "39. Brouhahas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of commotion and noise and confusion
- Similar words include: tumultuousness, hubbub, tumult
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UPROARS
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28D: "40. Dresses warmly, with "up""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- Similar words include: parcel, package, megabucks
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BUNDLES
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29D: "41. Place to buy a fir at Christmas"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TREELOT
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30D: "42. Elaborate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: summate, supply, sum up
- Opposite of: take away, subtract
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Answer: ADD
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31D: "43. Tundras and deserts, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
- Similar words include: biome
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BIOMES
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32D: "47. ___ de gallo (Mexican salsa)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PICO
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33D: "48. Scrutinize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- Similar words include: veterinarian, veterinary, ex-serviceman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VET
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34D: "50. Like soufflés"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGGY
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35D: "51. Bog"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- Similar words include: slack, mud, grind to a halt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIRE
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36D: "52. "10 and up" preceder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: historic period, maturate, age
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGES
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37D: "53. Degrees of success, for short?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
- Similar words include: Ph.D., PhD
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PHDS
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38D: "56. Course for becoming bilingual, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESL
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39D: "57. Prefix with -morphic"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISO
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40D: "58. Noggin knock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- Similar words include: bebop, Federal Bureau of Prisons, sock
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOP
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Decode the Clues
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Today's Puzzle Stats
34 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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