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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 (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. A right one is 90° | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Hairstyle for Questlove | 4 |
| 3A | 10. ___ de plume | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Luxury watch brand | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Half of a classic lunch special | 4 |
| 6A | 15. Donate | 4 |
| 7A | 16. Reward for rolling over, perhaps | 5 |
| 8A | 17. Redwood or cottonwood | 4 |
| 9A | 18. Best starting hand in Texas hold 'em | 4 |
| 10A | 19. Device for capturing thermal images | 14 |
| 11A | 22. Little locking brick | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Radical religious groups | 5 |
| 13A | 24. Where you might dance to some underground music? | 13 |
| 14A | 30. Specialty coffee order | 5 |
| 15A | 31. Make a speech | 5 |
| 16A | 32. Buck's mate | 3 |
| 17A | 35. Valuable Minecraft blocks | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Entertain | 5 |
| 19A | 37. Postseason college football game | 4 |
| 20A | 38. Fig. on a college transcript | 3 |
| 21A | 39. Latin phrase that's often abbreviated | 5 |
| 22A | 40. Big name in briefs | 5 |
| 23A | 41. Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors | 13 |
| 24A | 44. Maki or temaki | 5 |
| 25A | 46. Belgrade resident | 4 |
| 26A | 47. Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take? | 14 |
| 27A | 53. Bobber in a lake | 4 |
| 28A | 54. Peeved | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Nut-brown hue | 5 |
| 30A | 57. Head-butts | 4 |
| 31A | 58. "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival | 4 |
| 32A | 59. Cone or sphere | 5 |
| 33A | 60. Pub order | 3 |
| 34A | 61. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" | 4 |
| 35A | 62. It might be picante | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. A right one is 90°"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- Similar words include: weight, tip, slant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGLE
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2A: "6. Hairstyle for Questlove"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Similar words include: Afro hairdo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFRO
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3A: "10. ___ de plume"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOM
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4A: "13. Luxury watch brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROLEX
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5A: "14. Half of a classic lunch special"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOUP
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6A: "15. Donate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- Similar words include: devote, pass on, render
- Opposite of: take, starve
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Answer: GIVE
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7A: "16. Reward for rolling over, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: deal, regale, process
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREAT
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8A: "17. Redwood or cottonwood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
- Similar words include: corner, shoetree, tree diagram
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TREE
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9A: "18. Best starting hand in Texas hold 'em"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: sweep through, one, pass with flying colors
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACES
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10A: "19. Device for capturing thermal images"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: INFRAREDCAMERA
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11A: "22. Little locking brick"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
- Similar words include: Lego set
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEGO
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12A: "23. Radical religious groups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- Similar words include: craze, religious cult, cult
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CULTS
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13A: "24. Where you might dance to some underground music?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: BASEMENTPARTY
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14A: "30. Specialty coffee order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- Similar words include: caffe latte
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATTE
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15A: "31. Make a speech"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that talk pompously
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORATE
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16A: "32. Buck's mate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
- Similar words include: Energy, Department of Energy, Energy Department
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOE
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17A: "35. Valuable Minecraft blocks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Similar words include: ore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORES
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18A: "36. Entertain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- Similar words include: divert, disport
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMUSE
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19A: "37. Postseason college football game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
- Similar words include: trough, sports stadium, bowling ball
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOWL
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20A: "38. Fig. on a college transcript"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- Similar words include: grade point average
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GPA
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21A: "39. Latin phrase that's often abbreviated"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDEST
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22A: "40. Big name in briefs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HANES
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23A: "41. Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: LASERTAGARENA
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24A: "44. Maki or temaki"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SUSHI
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25A: "46. Belgrade resident"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a slavic people who settled in serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- Similar words include: Serbian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SERB
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26A: "47. Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: ASHOTINTHEDARK
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27A: "53. Bobber in a lake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- Similar words include: buoy up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BUOY
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28A: "54. Peeved"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open skin infection
- Similar words include: raw, sensitive, tender
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SORE
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29A: "55. Nut-brown hue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACORN
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30A: "57. Head-butts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- Similar words include: jampack, Ram, RAM
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAMS
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31A: "58. "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- Similar words include: person, mortal, psyche
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOUL
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32A: "59. Cone or sphere"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- Similar words include: hearty, self-colored, firm
- Opposite of: liquid, hollow
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Answer: SOLID
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33A: "60. Pub order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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34A: "61. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
- Similar words include: Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABEL
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35A: "62. It might be picante"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALSA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. The "A" of MoMA | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Seaweed wrap for maki | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Secluded valley | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Some info sheets | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Radical | 7 |
| 6D | 6. One doing stellar work? | 10 |
| 7D | 7. Golfer's warning | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Regretted | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Major oil cartel, in brief | 4 |
| 10D | 10. "Bravo!" | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Blatant | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Flat-topped landforms | 5 |
| 13D | 15. Full range | 5 |
| 14D | 20. Tinder account datum that can't be edited | 3 |
| 15D | 21. The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting) | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Post to an online journal | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Org. for seniors | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say | 10 |
| 19D | 27. What team-building activities are designed to build | 5 |
| 20D | 28. Noodle that might be stuffed | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Dined | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Actor Wilson | 4 |
| 23D | 34. "Frozen" queen | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Suffix with lemon or stock | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Slow-cooked taco filling | 8 |
| 26D | 39. "___ just me, or …?" | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Rigorously demanding sort | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Nautical greetings | 5 |
| 29D | 43. "Gosh!" | 3 |
| 30D | 44. Popular hummus brand | 5 |
| 31D | 45. Run-of-the-mill | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Rae of "Barbie" | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Inexperienced gamer, informally | 4 |
| 34D | 50. Factual | 4 |
| 35D | 51. What "maki" means in Japanese | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Kardashian matriarch | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Contract enforcing secrecy, for short | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. The "A" of MoMA"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Similar words include: fine art, artistic creation, artwork
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART
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2D: "2. Seaweed wrap for maki"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NORI
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3D: "3. Secluded valley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLEN
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4D: "4. Some info sheets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
- Similar words include: booklet, folder, cusp
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LEAFLETS
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5D: "5. Radical"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the furthest or highest degree of something
- Similar words include: uttermost, utmost, extremum
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EXTREME
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6D: "6. One doing stellar work?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a physicist who studies astronomy
- Similar words include: uranologist, stargazer
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ASTRONOMER
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7D: "7. Golfer's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
- Similar words include: prow, stem, bow
- Opposite of: aft
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Answer: FORE
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8D: "8. Regretted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- Similar words include: rue, regret, repent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUED
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9D: "9. Major oil cartel, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Similar words include: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPEC
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10D: "10. "Bravo!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NICELYDONE
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11D: "11. Blatant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that open and observable; not secret or hidden
- Similar words include: open
- Opposite of: covert
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Answer: OVERT
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12D: "12. Flat-topped landforms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
- Similar words include: Mesa, table, mesa
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MESAS
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13D: "15. Full range"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a complete extent or range:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GAMUT
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14D: "20. Tinder account datum that can't be edited"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: mature, eld, maturate
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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15D: "21. The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting)"
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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16D: "24. Post to an online journal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
- Similar words include: web log
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLOG
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17D: "25. Org. for seniors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
- Similar words include: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AARP
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18D: "26. Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STEALSHOME
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19D: "27. What team-building activities are designed to build"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- Similar words include: faith, reliance, believe
- Opposite of: mistrust, distrust
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Answer: TRUST
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20D: "28. Noodle that might be stuffed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PASTASHELL
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21D: "29. Dined"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: eat on, eat up, run through
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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22D: "33. Actor Wilson"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
- Similar words include: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OWEN
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23D: "34. "Frozen" queen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSA
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24D: "36. Suffix with lemon or stock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADE
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25D: "37. Slow-cooked taco filling"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BARBACOA
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26D: "39. "___ just me, or …?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISIT
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27D: "40. Rigorously demanding sort"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HARDASS
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28D: "42. Nautical greetings"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AHOYS
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29D: "43. "Gosh!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
- Similar words include: g, g-force
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEE
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30D: "44. Popular hummus brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native-born israeli
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SABRA
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31D: "45. Run-of-the-mill"
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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Answer: USUAL
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32D: "48. Rae of "Barbie""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISSA
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33D: "49. Inexperienced gamer, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOOB
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34D: "50. Factual"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
- Similar words include: avowedly, reliable, true up
- Opposite of: untruthful, false
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Answer: TRUE
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35D: "51. What "maki" means in Japanese"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- Similar words include: roll out, paradiddle, wander
- Opposite of: unwind
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Answer: ROLL
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36D: "52. Kardashian matriarch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a malayan dagger with a wavy blade
- Similar words include: creese, crease
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KRIS
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37D: "56. Contract enforcing secrecy, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NDA
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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
35 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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