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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 (41 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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Across Clues - Complete List
No. | Clue | Letters |
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1A | 1. Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill | 3 |
2A | 4. Now | 5 |
3A | 9. Cook's garment | 5 |
4A | 14. Note after fa | 3 |
5A | 15. Beamed | 5 |
6A | 16. Easily fooled | 5 |
7A | 17. Microwaveable breakfast staple | 9 |
8A | 19. Frighten off | 5 |
9A | 20. Sephora competitor | 4 |
10A | 21. Uno + dos + tres | 4 |
11A | 23. Give temporarily | 4 |
12A | 24. Raise up | 7 |
13A | 27. ___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher) | 4 |
14A | 29. Dorm room meal in a cup | 12 |
15A | 34. Taste, metaphorically | 6 |
16A | 37. Emotional state | 4 |
17A | 38. Letters before an alias | 3 |
18A | 39. In ___ (unborn) | 5 |
19A | 40. Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee" | 3 |
20A | 41. Back street | 5 |
21A | 43. The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr. | 3 |
22A | 44. Bright, as highlighter colors | 4 |
23A | 46. Open green areas | 6 |
24A | 47. Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle" | 12 |
25A | 50. Give off | 4 |
26A | 51. Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons | 7 |
27A | 55. Graceful bird in a pond | 4 |
28A | 58. Sci. class in a lab | 4 |
29A | 60. Title of a list | 4 |
30A | 61. Flower in a Chinese pond | 5 |
31A | 63. Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across | 9 |
32A | 66. Elephant tusk material | 5 |
33A | 67. Normal | 5 |
34A | 68. "Whatevs" | 3 |
35A | 69. Viral internet jokes | 5 |
36A | 70. Helpful theorem, in math | 5 |
37A | 71. ___ Lanka | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill"
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- Think of something that the organ of sight
- Similar words include: center, oculus, optic
- Pattern: ___
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2A: "4. Now"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the present time or age
- Similar words include: now, nowadays
- Pattern: _____
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3A: "9. Cook's garment"
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- Think of something that a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- Similar words include: forestage, proscenium
- Pattern: _____
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4A: "14. Note after fa"
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- Think of something that a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- Similar words include: colloidal suspension, colloidal solution, soh
- Pattern: ___
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5A: "15. Beamed"
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- Think of something that be bright by reflecting or casting light
- Similar words include: glisten, reflect, glint
- Pattern: _____
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6A: "16. Easily fooled"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
- Similar words include: uninstructed, naif, primitive
- Opposite of: sophisticated
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7A: "17. Microwaveable breakfast staple"
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- Pattern: _________
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8A: "19. Frighten off"
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- Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
- Similar words include: dissuade, discourage
- Opposite of: persuade
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9A: "20. Sephora competitor"
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- Pattern: ____
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10A: "21. Uno + dos + tres"
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- Pattern: ____
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11A: "23. Give temporarily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bestow a quality on
- Similar words include: bring, add, bestow
- Opposite of: borrow
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12A: "24. Raise up"
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- Think of something that give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- Similar words include: kick upstairs, get up, raise
- Opposite of: demote, lower
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13A: "27. ___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher)"
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- Pattern: ____
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14A: "29. Dorm room meal in a cup"
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- Pattern: ____________
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15A: "34. Taste, metaphorically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
- Similar words include: roof of the mouth
- Pattern: ______
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16A: "37. Emotional state"
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- Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- Similar words include: humour, mode, modality
- Pattern: ____
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17A: "38. Letters before an alias"
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- Pattern: ___
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18A: "39. In ___ (unborn)"
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- Pattern: _____
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19A: "40. Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
- Pattern: ___
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20A: "41. Back street"
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- Think of something that a narrow street with walls on both sides
- Similar words include: back street, alleyway, skittle alley
- Pattern: _____
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21A: "43. The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- Similar words include: Venus's curse, social disease, Doctor of Sacred Theology
- Pattern: ___
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22A: "44. Bright, as highlighter colors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: atomic number 10, Ne
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23A: "46. Open green areas"
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- Think of something that united states comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
- Similar words include: playing field, sphere, champaign
- Pattern: ______
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24A: "47. Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle""
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- Pattern: ____________
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25A: "50. Give off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
- Similar words include: give out, give off, utter
- Opposite of: absorb
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26A: "51. Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons"
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- Pattern: _______
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27A: "55. Graceful bird in a pond"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Similar words include: swear, cast, ramble
- Pattern: ____
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28A: "58. Sci. class in a lab"
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- Pattern: ____
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29A: "60. Title of a list"
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- Pattern: ____
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30A: "61. Flower in a Chinese pond"
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- Think of something that native to eastern asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- Similar words include: Egyptian water lily, Indian lotus, sacred lotus
- Pattern: _____
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31A: "63. Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across"
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- Pattern: _________
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32A: "66. Elephant tusk material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- Similar words include: tusk, bone, off-white
- Pattern: _____
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33A: "67. Normal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
- Similar words include: common
- Opposite of: unusual
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34A: "68. "Whatevs""
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- Pattern: ___
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35A: "69. Viral internet jokes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- Similar words include: meme
- Pattern: _____
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36A: "70. Helpful theorem, in math"
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- Think of something that a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
- Similar words include: flowering glume
- Pattern: _____
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37A: "71. ___ Lanka"
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Down Clues - Complete List
No. | Clue | Letters |
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1D | 1. Suffix with Kafka or Roman | 5 |
2D | 2. "___ thank me later!" | 5 |
3D | 3. Like Stanford and Harvard | 5 |
4D | 4. Cluck of disapproval | 3 |
5D | 5. "Well, looky here!" | 3 |
6D | 6. Complete one round of reps | 6 |
7D | 7. Poker buy-in | 4 |
8D | 8. "That's not news to me" | 8 |
9D | 9. Furthermore | 3 |
10D | 10. Spanish rice dish | 6 |
11D | 11. Bar mitzvah, e.g. | 4 |
12D | 12. Chamber under a stovetop | 4 |
13D | 13. Bookish type, stereotypically | 4 |
14D | 18. Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce | 6 |
15D | 22. Explorer Hernando de ___ | 4 |
16D | 25. All, for nothing, e.g. | 7 |
17D | 26. China's Mao ___-tung | 3 |
18D | 28. Decrees | 7 |
19D | 30. Revise | 5 |
20D | 31. The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn. | 4 |
21D | 32. Scraped (out) | 4 |
22D | 33. Opposing votes | 4 |
23D | 34. Pull's opposite | 4 |
24D | 35. "___ girl!" | 4 |
25D | 36. Certain electric bulbs, in brief | 4 |
26D | 40. Energetic, perhaps | 8 |
27D | 42. Smoothly, in music | 6 |
28D | 45. More than awesome | 4 |
29D | 46. In good physical shape | 3 |
30D | 48. Assistant professor's goal | 6 |
31D | 49. Chinese small plates | 6 |
32D | 52. Prosperous periods | 5 |
33D | 53. More bizarre | 5 |
34D | 54. Nintendo dinosaur | 5 |
35D | 55. Like your chances of winning the lottery | 4 |
36D | 56. Made a rug, e.g. | 4 |
37D | 57. Molecule bit | 4 |
38D | 59. Simplicity | 4 |
39D | 62. The "S" of GPS: Abbr. | 3 |
40D | 64. Scottish cap | 3 |
41D | 65. Miami's home: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Suffix with Kafka or Roman"
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- Pattern: _____
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2D: "2. "___ thank me later!""
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- Pattern: _____
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3D: "3. Like Stanford and Harvard"
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- Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- Similar words include: elite group, elect
- Pattern: _____
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4D: "4. Cluck of disapproval"
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- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut, tut-tut
- Pattern: ___
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5D: "5. "Well, looky here!""
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- Pattern: ___
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6D: "6. Complete one round of reps"
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- Pattern: ______
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7D: "7. Poker buy-in"
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- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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8D: "8. "That's not news to me""
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- Pattern: ________
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9D: "9. Furthermore"
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- Pattern: ___
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10D: "10. Spanish rice dish"
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- Think of something that saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken
- Pattern: ______
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11D: "11. Bar mitzvah, e.g."
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- Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
- Similar words include: religious rite, ritual
- Pattern: ____
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12D: "12. Chamber under a stovetop"
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- Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Pattern: ____
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13D: "13. Bookish type, stereotypically"
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- Think of something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- Similar words include: wonk, grind, dweeb
- Pattern: ____
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14D: "18. Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce"
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- Think of something that salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
- Similar words include: caviare
- Pattern: ______
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15D: "22. Explorer Hernando de ___"
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- Pattern: ____
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16D: "25. All, for nothing, e.g."
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- Think of something that a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
- Similar words include: opposite, opposite word
- Opposite of: synonym
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17D: "26. China's Mao ___-tung"
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- Pattern: ___
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18D: "28. Decrees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Similar words include: ordain, ordinate, consecrate
- Pattern: _______
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19D: "30. Revise"
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- Think of something that make amendments to
- Similar words include: ameliorate, remediate, remedy
- Opposite of: worsen
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20D: "31. The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn."
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- Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- Similar words include: shopping centre, shopping center, center
- Pattern: ____
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21D: "32. Scraped (out)"
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- Pattern: ____
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22D: "33. Opposing votes"
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- Similar words include: nay
- Opposite of: yea
- Pattern: ____
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23D: "34. Pull's opposite"
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- Think of something that the act of applying force in order to move something away
- Similar words include: energy, crusade, fight
- Opposite of: pull
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24D: "35. "___ girl!""
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- Pattern: ____
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25D: "36. Certain electric bulbs, in brief"
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- Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Similar words include: light-emitting diode, LED
- Pattern: ____
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26D: "40. Energetic, perhaps"
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- Think of something that suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
- Similar words include: vernal, young
- Pattern: ________
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27D: "42. Smoothly, in music"
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- Think of something that (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
- Similar words include: smooth
- Opposite of: staccato
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28D: "45. More than awesome"
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- Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Similar words include: heroic, epic poem, larger-than-life
- Pattern: ____
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29D: "46. In good physical shape"
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- Think of something that a display of bad temper
- Similar words include: agree, outfit, convulsion
- Opposite of: unfit, disagree
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30D: "48. Assistant professor's goal"
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- Think of something that the term during which some position is held
- Similar words include: term of office, land tenure, incumbency
- Pattern: ______
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31D: "49. Chinese small plates"
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- Pattern: ______
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32D: "52. Prosperous periods"
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- Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
- Similar words include: gravy, windfall, bonanza
- Pattern: _____
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33D: "53. More bizarre"
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- Think of something that not divisible by two
- Similar words include: odd, unpaired, peculiar
- Opposite of: even
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34D: "54. Nintendo dinosaur"
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- Pattern: _____
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35D: "55. Like your chances of winning the lottery"
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- Think of something that take off weight
- Similar words include: thin, melt off, reduce
- Opposite of: gain
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36D: "56. Made a rug, e.g."
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- Think of something that interlace by or as if by weaving
- Similar words include: wind, waver, weave
- Opposite of: unweave
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37D: "57. Molecule bit"
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- Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Similar words include: molecule, particle, speck
- Pattern: ____
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38D: "59. Simplicity"
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- Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Similar words include: simpleness, rest, relaxation
- Opposite of: difficulty
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39D: "62. The "S" of GPS: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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40D: "64. Scottish cap"
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- Think of something that a woolen cap of scottish origin
- Similar words include: tam-o'-shanter, tammy
- Pattern: ___
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41D: "65. Miami's home: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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