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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (38 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. Source of great power? | 12 |
| 2A | 13. Common component of a digital watch, for short | 3 |
| 3A | 16. It snaps with a tap | 12 |
| 4A | 17. Symbol for electric flux, in physics | 3 |
| 5A | 18. One way to grin | 12 |
| 6A | 19. What might be smelt? | 3 |
| 7A | 20. Be just right for | 3 |
| 8A | 21. Fortune | 3 |
| 9A | 22. Go to the other side | 6 |
| 10A | 24. Ambitious tactic in bridge | 7 |
| 11A | 27. Deck deception | 8 |
| 12A | 29. "My ___!" | 5 |
| 13A | 30. Food sticker? | 4 |
| 14A | 31. "___ Deo gloria" (Latin doctrine) | 4 |
| 15A | 32. What a camper or criminal hopes to leave | 7 |
| 16A | 34. Curved plumbing piece | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Car touted for its dual efficiency | 12 |
| 18A | 37. Serialized and melodramatic, as a show | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Black Death-era Iberian king dubbed "the Ceremonious" | 7 |
| 20A | 40. Initial cost of a sort | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Speechwriter's consideration | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Put on ___ | 5 |
| 23A | 45. Meet face to face? | 8 |
| 24A | 47. Spending quantities | 7 |
| 25A | 49. Like some protective sunglasses, in brief | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Relaxed sigh | 3 |
| 27A | 51. "Longest ___ chain," 2019 Guinness feat set by a cancer awareness cause (196,000+ items, 120+ miles) | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Beam | 3 |
| 29A | 53. Youngest-ever QB to win multiple N.F.L. M.V.P. awards (by age 27) | 12 |
| 30A | 58. Music box? | 3 |
| 31A | 59. What magicians strive to do | 12 |
| 32A | 60. Past participle of the French "naƮtre" | 3 |
| 33A | 61. Under lines? | 12 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Source of great power?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MASTERSWITCH
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2A: "13. Common component of a digital watch, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.
- Similar words include: liquid crystal display
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LCD
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3A: "16. It snaps with a tap"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: IPHONECAMERA
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4A: "17. Symbol for electric flux, in physics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHI
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5A: "18. One way to grin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: FROMEARTOEAR
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6A: "19. What might be smelt?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- Similar words include: hard roe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROE
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7A: "20. Be just right for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a display of bad temper
- Similar words include: tally, accommodate, scene
- Opposite of: unfit, disagree
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Answer: FIT
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8A: "21. Fortune"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: slew, fortune, allot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOT
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9A: "22. Go to the other side"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an imperfection in a bodily system
- Similar words include: fault, shortcoming, desert
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DEFECT
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10A: "24. Ambitious tactic in bridge"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SLAMBID
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11A: "27. Deck deception"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FALSECUT
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12A: "29. "My ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: superstar, wizard, lead
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STARS
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13A: "30. Food sticker?"
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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14A: "31. "___ Deo gloria" (Latin doctrine)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
- Similar words include: solo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOLI
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15A: "32. What a camper or criminal hopes to leave"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOTRACE
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16A: "34. Curved plumbing piece"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PTRAP
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17A: "35. Car touted for its dual efficiency"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: DIESELHYBRID
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18A: "37. Serialized and melodramatic, as a show"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that resembling or having the qualities of soap
- Similar words include: smarmy, oleaginous, unctuous
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOAPY
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19A: "39. Black Death-era Iberian king dubbed "the Ceremonious""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PETERIV
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20A: "40. Initial cost of a sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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21A: "41. Speechwriter's consideration"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
- Similar words include: look, whole step, tonus
- Opposite of: atonicity
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Answer: TONE
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22A: "42. Put on ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANACT
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23A: "45. Meet face to face?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that butt with the head
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HEADBUTT
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24A: "47. Spending quantities"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of spending or disbursing money
- Similar words include: disbursement, disbursal, outgo
- Opposite of: income
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Answer: OUTLAYS
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25A: "49. Like some protective sunglasses, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANTIUV
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26A: "50. Relaxed sigh"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHH
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27A: "51. "Longest ___ chain," 2019 Guinness feat set by a cancer awareness cause (196,000+ items, 120+ miles)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Similar words include: brassiere, bandeau
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRA
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28A: "52. Beam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
- Similar words include: light beam, shaft of light, electron beam
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAY
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29A: "53. Youngest-ever QB to win multiple N.F.L. M.V.P. awards (by age 27)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: LAMARJACKSON
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30A: "58. Music box?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: adenylic acid, A, adenosine monophosphate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMP
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31A: "59. What magicians strive to do"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BLOWYOURMIND
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32A: "60. Past participle of the French "naƮtre""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE
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33A: "61. Under lines?"
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- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SUBWAYSYSTEM
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Ticks off | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Taxing times | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Targeted, as a target | 6 |
| 4D | 4. East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby" | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Buffalo-to-Rochester dir. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. They see things for what they are | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Seafood staple of New England | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Engineer who supposedly found inspiration while tending to a boiling kettle | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Shorthand for a stance | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Top choice? | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Birthplace, as of civilization | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Big hoppers | 5 |
| 13D | 13. "Wax" collectible, informally | 8 |
| 14D | 14. Count out for breakfast? | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Nutritionist's offering | 7 |
| 16D | 23. Lollapalooza, for instance | 8 |
| 17D | 25. Job done on one's hands and feet? | 8 |
| 18D | 26. Like typical frat boys, informally | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Johann ___, philosopher who influenced Hegel | 6 |
| 20D | 28. Words on either side of "for" | 5 |
| 21D | 30. "Everyone has ___. What's rare is the courage to follow [it] to the dark places where it leads": Erica Jong | 6 |
| 22D | 33. Move, as a plant | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Forensic unit's discovery | 5 |
| 24D | 35. String or integer, in computer science | 8 |
| 25D | 36. Spot to order a witbier or hefeweizen | 8 |
| 26D | 37. Very hot and dry | 7 |
| 27D | 38. What the singer Prince Rogers Nelson famously went by | 7 |
| 28D | 41. With fewer than 11,000 people, the world's second-least-populous country, after Vatican City | 6 |
| 29D | 43. Chooses traffic over train, perhaps | 6 |
| 30D | 44. Lt. ___ Slothrop, main character in Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Some spring nursery purchases | 5 |
| 32D | 47. Sarcastic "That's just great" | 5 |
| 33D | 48. Dominatrix's practice, for short | 5 |
| 34D | 50. TV sister of Sansa Stark | 4 |
| 35D | 54. ___ rule | 3 |
| 36D | 55. Reaction to something sweet, maybe | 3 |
| 37D | 56. React to something moving, maybe | 3 |
| 38D | 57. Formula 1 divisions: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Ticks off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of irritation or annoyance
- Similar words include: huff, miff, seeing red
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MIFFS
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2D: "2. Taxing times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
- Similar words include: April, Apr
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APRILS
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3D: "3. Targeted, as a target"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHOTAT
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4D: "4. East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
- Similar words include: tomcat, gobbler, tom turkey
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOM
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5D: "5. Buffalo-to-Rochester dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
- Similar words include: east northeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENE
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6D: "6. They see things for what they are"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
- Similar words include: realist
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: REALISTS
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7D: "7. Seafood staple of New England"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flesh of young atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
- Similar words include: schrod
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCROD
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8D: "8. Engineer who supposedly found inspiration while tending to a boiling kettle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
- Similar words include: James Watt, W
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WATT
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9D: "9. Shorthand for a stance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Similar words include: International Maritime Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMO
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10D: "10. Top choice?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: football tee, tee up, golf tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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11D: "11. Birthplace, as of civilization"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a baby bed with sides and rockers
- Similar words include: provenience, provenance, place of origin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRADLE
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12D: "12. Big hoppers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- Similar words include: rabbit, hare
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HARES
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13D: "13. "Wax" collectible, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LPRECORD
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14D: "14. Count out for breakfast?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CHOCULA
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15D: "15. Nutritionist's offering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DIETTIP
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16D: "23. Lollapalooza, for instance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
- Similar words include: fete
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FESTIVAL
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17D: "25. Job done on one's hands and feet?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MANIPEDI
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18D: "26. Like typical frat boys, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BROEY
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19D: "27. Johann ___, philosopher who influenced Hegel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FICHTE
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20D: "28. Words on either side of "for""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANEYE
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21D: "30. "Everyone has ___. What's rare is the courage to follow [it] to the dark places where it leads": Erica Jong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that natural abilities or qualities
- Similar words include: natural endowment, endowment, gift
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TALENT
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22D: "33. Move, as a plant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put in a new, usually larger, pot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REPOT
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23D: "34. Forensic unit's discovery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- Similar words include: impress, mark, publish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRINT
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24D: "35. String or integer, in computer science"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DATATYPE
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25D: "36. Spot to order a witbier or hefeweizen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BRAUHAUS
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26D: "37. Very hot and dry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nilo-saharan language spoken in parts of chad
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAHARAN
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27D: "38. What the singer Prince Rogers Nelson famously went by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONENAME
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28D: "41. With fewer than 11,000 people, the world's second-least-populous country, after Vatican City"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small island republic on the tuvalu islands; formerly part of the british colony of gilbert and ellice islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the united kingdom in 1978
- Similar words include: Ellice Islands
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TUVALU
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29D: "43. Chooses traffic over train, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CABSIT
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30D: "44. Lt. ___ Slothrop, main character in Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TYRONE
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31D: "46. Some spring nursery purchases"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
- Similar words include: electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BULBS
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32D: "47. Sarcastic "That's just great""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHJOY
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33D: "48. Dominatrix's practice, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SANDM
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34D: "50. TV sister of Sansa Stark"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARYA
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35D: "54. ___ rule"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disorderly crowd of people
- Similar words include: crime syndicate, gang, family
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOB
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36D: "55. Reaction to something sweet, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWW
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37D: "56. React to something moving, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- Similar words include: weep, shout out, cry out
- Opposite of: laugh
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Answer: CRY
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38D: "57. Formula 1 divisions: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
- Similar words include: kilometre, klick, km
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KMS
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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.
Use Cross-References
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
33 Across Clues
38 Down Clues
71 Total Clues
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