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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (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. "Yeeesh!" | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Snippet of greenery | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Prized horses | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Hominidae member | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Like sci-fi's Jabba the Hutt | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Infantry arm | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Two down | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Storage device that has fallen out of fashion | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Mega | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Weapon seen in "RoboCop" | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Word after fire or before farm | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Hydrating gel ingredient | 4 |
| 13A | 25. One out | 10 |
| 14A | 29. Staunchly supporting | 7 |
| 15A | 31. Storage device that has fallen out of fashion | 7 |
| 16A | 32. One of 300 at the National Mall | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Variable in Newton's second law | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Two moving around each other | 11 |
| 19A | 39. Marvel series focused on Thor's brother | 4 |
| 20A | 40. "Aw, shucks" response, maybe | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Like some chicken before cooking | 7 |
| 22A | 44. "What happened next …?" | 7 |
| 23A | 49. Two up | 10 |
| 24A | 51. Perfect | 4 |
| 25A | 52. ___ de Armas, "Blade Runner 2049" actress | 3 |
| 26A | 53. What Zuckerberg dropped from before "Facebook" in 2005 | 3 |
| 27A | 54. Section of the beverage aisle | 5 |
| 28A | 55. "The Burghers of Calais" sculptor | 5 |
| 29A | 58. Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across | 9 |
| 30A | 61. Set up | 5 |
| 31A | 62. Poker action | 5 |
| 32A | 63. Ivy League nickname | 3 |
| 33A | 64. Authorization, informally | 5 |
| 34A | 65. Space blanket material | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Spot | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Yeeesh!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- Similar words include: serviceman, valet, military personnel
- Opposite of: woman, civilian
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Answer: MAN
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2A: "4. Snippet of greenery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- Similar words include: twig, branchlet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPRIG
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3A: "9. Prized horses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Similar words include: Arabian, Arab
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARABS
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4A: "14. Hominidae member"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: copycat, caricature, emulator
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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5A: "15. Like sci-fi's Jabba the Hutt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that excessively fat
- Similar words include: corpulent, rotund, weighty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OBESE
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6A: "16. Infantry arm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- Similar words include: pillage, foray, despoil
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RIFLE
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7A: "17. Two down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: NOWAYJOSE
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8A: "19. Storage device that has fallen out of fashion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CDROM
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9A: "20. Mega"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- Similar words include: extremist, radical
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ULTRA
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10A: "21. Weapon seen in "RoboCop""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in israel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UZI
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11A: "23. Word after fire or before farm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Similar words include: pismire, emmet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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12A: "24. Hydrating gel ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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13A: "25. One out"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: INEEDARIDE
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14A: "29. Staunchly supporting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOYALTO
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15A: "31. Storage device that has fallen out of fashion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (trademark) a desktop rotary card index with removable cards; usually used for names, addresses, and telephone numbers
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ROLODEX
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16A: "32. One of 300 at the National Mall"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akka, Akko, Accho
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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17A: "34. Variable in Newton's second law"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- Similar words include: aggregate, great deal, bulk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MASS
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18A: "35. Two moving around each other"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: NOTHINGTODO
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19A: "39. Marvel series focused on Thor's brother"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of balder and was overcome by thor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOKI
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20A: "40. "Aw, shucks" response, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- Similar words include: smiling, smile, grinning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRIN
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21A: "41. Like some chicken before cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove the bones from
- Similar words include: bone, boned, debone
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DEBONED
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22A: "44. "What happened next …?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANDTHEN
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23A: "49. Two up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: WORKSFORME
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24A: "51. Perfect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- Similar words include: perfect
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HONE
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25A: "52. ___ de Armas, "Blade Runner 2049" actress"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANA
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26A: "53. What Zuckerberg dropped from before "Facebook" in 2005"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE
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27A: "54. Section of the beverage aisle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
- Similar words include: cola, dope, Cola
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COLAS
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28A: "55. "The Burghers of Calais" sculptor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
- Similar words include: Auguste Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RODIN
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29A: "58. Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALLTHUMBS
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30A: "61. Set up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- Similar words include: frame up, skeleton, skeletal frame
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRAME
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31A: "62. Poker action"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the amount a salary is increased
- Similar words include: heave, elicit, conjure up
- Opposite of: demote, descent
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Answer: RAISE
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32A: "63. Ivy League nickname"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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33A: "64. Authorization, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAYSO
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34A: "65. Space blanket material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin polyester film
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MYLAR
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35A: "66. Spot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: control, meet, project
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Auto's opposite | 6 |
| 2D | 2. ___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Many an item on a child's Christmas list | 6 |
| 4D | 4. High-protein bean | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Common lunchbox item, informally | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Classic car based in Lansing, Mich. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Send out | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Fogy | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Hail Mary's path | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Clear (of) | 3 |
| 11D | 11. "True, unfortunately" | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Dolly Parton and others | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Plastic explosive used in many demolitions | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Discipline | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Statement from a witness | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Tiny torment | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Opposite of "Me too" | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Source of some nondairy milk | 6 |
| 19D | 28. Way to go | 4 |
| 20D | 30. Some ancient Italians | 6 |
| 21D | 33. O.E.D. part: Abbr. | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Annual breast cancer awareness observance | 8 |
| 23D | 36. "All right, already!" | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Equivalent of five carats | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Straight poker? | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Overshadows | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Direct deposit, in brief | 3 |
| 29D | 43. Break the Hippocratic oath, say | 6 |
| 30D | 45. The old you? | 4 |
| 31D | 46. Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" | 6 |
| 32D | 47. Allow, as cookies | 6 |
| 33D | 48. Cutesy name for a certain leviathan | 6 |
| 34D | 50. Circuit switcher | 5 |
| 35D | 54. ___ hair (iconic 1970s style) | 4 |
| 36D | 56. PC discourse? | 3 |
| 37D | 57. Prefix with cortex | 3 |
| 38D | 59. Rapper ___ Baby | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Grp. whose activities produce long lines | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Auto's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small handbook
- Similar words include: manual of arms
- Opposite of: automatic
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Answer: MANUAL
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2D: "2. ___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of zeus and leto; twin brother of artemis
- Similar words include: Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APOLLO
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3D: "3. Many an item on a child's Christmas list"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEWTOY
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4D: "4. High-protein bean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to asia
- Similar words include: soya bean, soybean, soja bean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOYA
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5D: "5. Common lunchbox item, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PBJ
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6D: "6. Classic car based in Lansing, Mich."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REO
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7D: "7. Send out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- Similar words include: publish, yield, progeny
- Opposite of: recall
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Answer: ISSUE
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8D: "8. Fogy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GEEZER
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9D: "9. Hail Mary's path"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- Similar words include: discharge, electric discharge, bow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARC
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10D: "10. Clear (of)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relieve from
- Similar words include: free, disembarrass
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RID
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11D: "11. "True, unfortunately""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AFRAIDSO
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12D: "12. Dolly Parton and others"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person with fair skin and hair
- Similar words include: blonde, blond
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BLONDES
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13D: "13. Plastic explosive used in many demolitions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEMTEX
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14D: "18. Discipline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: field, sphere, domain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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15D: "22. Statement from a witness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDO
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16D: "25. Tiny torment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Similar words include: itchiness, scratch, rub
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITCH
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17D: "26. Opposite of "Me too""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NORI
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18D: "27. Source of some nondairy milk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small bushy deciduous tree native to asia and north africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern australia and california
- Similar words include: Prunus dulcis, Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALMOND
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19D: "28. Way to go"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- Similar words include: route
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROAD
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20D: "30. Some ancient Italians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any dialect of the language of ancient rome
- Similar words include: Latin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LATINS
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21D: "33. O.E.D. part: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENG
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22D: "35. Annual breast cancer awareness observance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NOBRADAY
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23D: "36. "All right, already!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKOK
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24D: "37. Equivalent of five carats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
- Similar words include: Hans C. J. Gram, gm, g
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRAM
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25D: "38. Straight poker?"
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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26D: "39. Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEONORA
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27D: "41. Overshadows"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is markedly small
- Similar words include: midget, dwarf, overshadow
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DWARFS
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28D: "42. Direct deposit, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EFT
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29D: "43. Break the Hippocratic oath, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOHARM
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30D: "45. The old you?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- Similar words include: M, chiliad, yard
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THOU
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31D: "46. Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fictitious detective in stories by a. conan doyle
- Similar words include: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Sherlock Holmes
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOLMES
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32D: "47. Allow, as cookies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that render capable or able for some task
- Opposite of: disable
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENABLE
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33D: "48. Cutesy name for a certain leviathan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of loch ness in scotland
- Similar words include: Loch Ness monster
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NESSIE
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34D: "50. Circuit switcher"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
- Similar words include: relay race, electrical relay
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RELAY
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35D: "54. ___ hair (iconic 1970s style)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHER
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36D: "56. PC discourse?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMS
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37D: "57. Prefix with cortex"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEO
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38D: "59. Rapper ___ Baby"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIL
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39D: "60. Grp. whose activities produce long lines"
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
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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Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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