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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 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: Moderate
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Across Clues - Complete List
No. | Clue | Letters |
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1A | 1. "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song) | 4 |
2A | 5. *Treat with kindness | 8 |
3A | 10. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace | 4 |
4A | 14. Brute | 4 |
5A | 15. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword | 5 |
6A | 16. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps | 4 |
7A | 17. Unchangeable | 10 |
8A | 19. Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth" | 4 |
9A | 20. Hungers for | 6 |
10A | 21. Early Germanic people | 5 |
11A | 23. Move around the world | 5 |
12A | 24. *Expensive | 6 |
13A | 26. Lift | 5 |
14A | 29. Mardi Gras locale, informally | 4 |
15A | 30. Ovarian sac contents | 3 |
16A | 31. Fuddy-duddies | 6 |
17A | 32. "Still ___" (2022 rap hit) | 3 |
18A | 33. Meander | 4 |
19A | 34. High lights? | 6 |
20A | 35. Practice chiromancy | 9 |
21A | 37. Disappear, as a trail | 6 |
22A | 40. "Central Park in the Dark" composer | 4 |
23A | 41. Music box? | 3 |
24A | 44. Diviner | 6 |
25A | 45. Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld" | 3 |
26A | 46. Box a bit | 4 |
27A | 47. Tonkatsu coating | 5 |
28A | 48. *Deli device | 6 |
29A | 49. Bug expert, for short | 5 |
30A | 50. Invite at the door | 5 |
31A | 52. Extreme pressure | 6 |
32A | 53. El ___ | 4 |
33A | 55. Felt tired during the day, say | 10 |
34A | 58. Words to a betrayer | 4 |
35A | 59. "The Philosophy of Right" author | 5 |
36A | 60. Like a computer with a running screensaver | 4 |
37A | 61. How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues | 4 |
38A | 62. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically | 8 |
39A | 63. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song)"
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- Pattern: ____
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2A: "5. *Treat with kindness"
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- Pattern: ________
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3A: "10. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Similar words include: ode
- Pattern: ____
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4A: "14. Brute"
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- Think of something that a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- Similar words include: Goth, tyke, churl
- Pattern: ____
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5A: "15. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword"
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- Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
- Similar words include: Academy Award
- Pattern: _____
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6A: "16. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps"
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- Pattern: ____
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7A: "17. Unchangeable"
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- Pattern: __________
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8A: "19. Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ancient italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to greek satyr
- Pattern: ____
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9A: "20. Hungers for"
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- Think of something that have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- Similar words include: starve, lust, thirst
- Pattern: ______
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10A: "21. Early Germanic people"
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- Think of something that a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- Similar words include: Goth, tyke, boor
- Pattern: _____
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11A: "23. Move around the world"
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- Think of something that the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- Similar words include: field, scope, reach
- Pattern: _____
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12A: "24. *Expensive"
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- Think of something that having a high price
- Similar words include: costly, high-priced, dear
- Pattern: ______
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13A: "26. Lift"
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- Think of something that lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- Similar words include: run up, lift, wind
- Pattern: _____
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14A: "29. Mardi Gras locale, informally"
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- Pattern: ____
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15A: "30. Ovarian sac contents"
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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16A: "31. Fuddy-duddies"
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- Think of something that a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- Similar words include: puritan, prude
- Pattern: ______
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17A: "32. "Still ___" (2022 rap hit)"
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- Pattern: ___
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18A: "33. Meander"
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- Think of something that direct one's course or way
- Pattern: ____
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19A: "34. High lights?"
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- Think of something that the first light of day
- Similar words include: daybreak, sunrise, sunup
- Opposite of: sunset
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20A: "35. Practice chiromancy"
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- Pattern: _________
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21A: "37. Disappear, as a trail"
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- Pattern: ______
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22A: "40. "Central Park in the Dark" composer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
- Similar words include: James Ives, Charles Edward Ives, James Merritt Ives
- Pattern: ____
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23A: "41. Music box?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: A, adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid
- Pattern: ___
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24A: "44. Diviner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an authoritative person who divines the future
- Similar words include: seer, prophesier, prophet
- Pattern: ______
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25A: "45. Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Similar words include: Lion, Leo the Lion
- Pattern: ___
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26A: "46. Box a bit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
- Similar words include: sparring
- Pattern: ____
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27A: "47. Tonkatsu coating"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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28A: "48. *Deli device"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
- Pattern: ______
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29A: "49. Bug expert, for short"
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- Pattern: _____
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30A: "50. Invite at the door"
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- Pattern: _____
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31A: "52. Extreme pressure"
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- Think of something that compulsory force or threat
- Pattern: ______
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32A: "53. El ___"
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- Pattern: ____
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33A: "55. Felt tired during the day, say"
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- Pattern: __________
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34A: "58. Words to a betrayer"
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- Pattern: ____
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35A: "59. "The Philosophy of Right" author"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that german philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by karl marx (1770-1831)
- Similar words include: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Pattern: _____
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36A: "60. Like a computer with a running screensaver"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Similar words include: baseless, loose, stagnate
- Opposite of: run, work
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37A: "61. How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that clean or organized
- Similar words include: corking, refined, bang-up
- Pattern: ____
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38A: "62. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically"
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- Pattern: ________
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39A: "63. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: czar, tzar
- Pattern: ____
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Down Clues - Complete List
No. | Clue | Letters |
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1D | 1. Bolt | 7 |
2D | 2. Certain Windows hard drive malfunction | 7 |
3D | 3. *Conspicuous | 10 |
4D | 4. Stupid stuff it's fun to know | 6 |
5D | 5. Level-ending foe | 4 |
6D | 6. Educated guess: Abbr. | 3 |
7D | 7. Sgt., e.g. | 3 |
8D | 8. Like lemon curd | 5 |
9D | 9. Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names | 4 |
10D | 10. *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor | 11 |
11D | 11. "Copy me" | 7 |
12D | 12. Runner Down Under | 3 |
13D | 13. Certain heir | 3 |
14D | 18. Make in the end | 3 |
15D | 22. Steady humming sounds | 6 |
16D | 24. Locale for catfish or carp | 4 |
17D | 25. What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix | 7 |
18D | 27. Spanish 101 verb | 3 |
19D | 28. Whom you might greet with open arms, for short? | 3 |
20D | 30. Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" | 5 |
21D | 31. Prefix with botanist | 5 |
22D | 33. "Sure … if you say so" | 6 |
23D | 35. Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzle | 8 |
24D | 36. Profess | 4 |
25D | 37. Something Lincoln once led, for short | 3 |
26D | 38. Italian time unit | 3 |
27D | 39. Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points | 7 |
28D | 41. *Book addenda | 10 |
29D | 42. Chicken ___ | 7 |
30D | 43. Thrive | 7 |
31D | 46. Narrow channel | 6 |
32D | 48. Derisive look | 5 |
33D | 49. OB/GYN offering | 3 |
34D | 51. Crisply shown, as on TV | 4 |
35D | 52. Wooded valley | 4 |
36D | 53. Coop | 3 |
37D | 54. Performed amazingly, in slang | 3 |
38D | 56. Id's counterpart | 3 |
39D | 57. The First State: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Bolt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- Similar words include: absquatulate, decamp, go off
- Pattern: _______
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2D: "2. Certain Windows hard drive malfunction"
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- Pattern: _______
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3D: "3. *Conspicuous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that capable or worthy of being perceived
- Similar words include: obtrusive, detectable
- Opposite of: unobtrusive, unnoticeable
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4D: "4. Stupid stuff it's fun to know"
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- Think of something that something of small importance
- Similar words include: triviality, trivium, small beer
- Pattern: ______
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5D: "5. Level-ending foe"
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- Think of something that a person who exercises control over workers
- Similar words include: political boss, emboss, party boss
- Pattern: ____
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6D: "6. Educated guess: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- Pattern: ___
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7D: "7. Sgt., e.g."
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- Pattern: ___
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8D: "8. Like lemon curd"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tasting sour like a lemon
- Similar words include: lemony, sourish, lemonlike
- Pattern: _____
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9D: "9. Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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10D: "10. *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor"
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- Pattern: ___________
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11D: "11. "Copy me""
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- Pattern: _______
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12D: "12. Runner Down Under"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Similar words include: electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Pattern: ___
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13D: "13. Certain heir"
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- Think of something that a male human offspring
- Similar words include: Word, Logos, boy
- Opposite of: daughter, girl
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14D: "18. Make in the end"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Similar words include: clear, profit, network
- Opposite of: gross
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15D: "22. Steady humming sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thrumming sound
- Similar words include: beat, hum, thrum
- Pattern: ______
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16D: "24. Locale for catfish or carp"
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- Think of something that a small lake
- Similar words include: pool
- Pattern: ____
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17D: "25. What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix"
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- Pattern: _______
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18D: "27. Spanish 101 verb"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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19D: "28. Whom you might greet with open arms, for short?"
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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20D: "30. Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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21D: "31. Prefix with botanist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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22D: "33. "Sure … if you say so""
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- Pattern: ______
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23D: "35. Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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24D: "36. Profess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that report or maintain
- Similar words include: swan, allege, avow
- Pattern: ____
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25D: "37. Something Lincoln once led, for short"
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- Think of something that the younger of two major political parties in the united states; gop is an acronym for grand old party
- Similar words include: Republican Party
- Pattern: ___
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26D: "38. Italian time unit"
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- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: operating system, osmium, atomic number 76
- Pattern: ___
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27D: "39. Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
- Similar words include: meld, basket rummy
- Pattern: _______
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28D: "41. *Book addenda"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
- Similar words include: vermiform process, cecal appendage, appendix
- Pattern: __________
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29D: "42. Chicken ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from sicily
- Pattern: _______
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30D: "43. Thrive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- Similar words include: fly high, thrive, flourish
- Pattern: _______
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31D: "46. Narrow channel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- Similar words include: sound, straits, pass
- Pattern: ______
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32D: "48. Derisive look"
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- Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
- Similar words include: leer
- Pattern: _____
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33D: "49. OB/GYN offering"
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- Think of something that contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus
- Similar words include: intrauterine device
- Pattern: ___
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34D: "51. Crisply shown, as on TV"
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- Pattern: ____
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35D: "52. Wooded valley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small wooded hollow
- Similar words include: dingle
- Pattern: ____
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36D: "53. Coop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- Similar words include: compose, write, penitentiary
- Pattern: ___
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37D: "54. Performed amazingly, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: eat up, eat, eat on
- Pattern: ___
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38D: "56. Id's counterpart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: self, self-importance, egotism
- Pattern: ___
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39D: "57. The First State: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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