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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 (33 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Spots for cozy dates | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Slope | 4 |
| 3A | 10. What A's and B's are good for | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Person with terrible manners | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Broadway great Menzel | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Nickname that's an alternative to Cam | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish] | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Nonprofit's domain name ender | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Paris agreement | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Take to court | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Act smart | 7 |
| 12A | 24. Molecule with a non-unique formula | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian] | 8 |
| 14A | 27. "Girls" creator Dunham | 4 |
| 15A | 28. Slightly | 4 |
| 16A | 30. Some parallel bars | 5 |
| 17A | 31. Agrees (with) | 5 |
| 18A | 33. Rarely visited places on earth | 5 |
| 19A | 34. Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? | 11 |
| 20A | 36. "Breaking Bad" sister-in-law | 5 |
| 21A | 37. Touches and Shuffles | 5 |
| 22A | 38. Black prom rentals | 5 |
| 23A | 39. Bubbly bar | 4 |
| 24A | 40. Idiomatic sticking point | 4 |
| 25A | 44. Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian] | 8 |
| 26A | 46. It's controlled in meditation | 6 |
| 27A | 48. Food spread popular in England | 7 |
| 28A | 49. Levi's competitor | 3 |
| 29A | 50. Toilet paper thickness | 3 |
| 30A | 51. ___ out of house and home | 3 |
| 31A | 52. Carpe diem [16, French] | 11 |
| 32A | 55. Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon" | 3 |
| 33A | 56. A little under half of humanity | 5 |
| 34A | 57. Entertain | 5 |
| 35A | 58. Establishes what is, informally | 3 |
| 36A | 59. ___ best friend | 4 |
| 37A | 60. Sidekick of Dora the Explorer | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Spots for cozy dates"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- Similar words include: coffee shop, cafe, coffee bar
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAFES
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2A: "6. Slope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a growth in strength or number or importance
- Similar words include: rear, turn out, raise
- Opposite of: turn in, go to bed
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Answer: RISE
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3A: "10. What A's and B's are good for"
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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4A: "13. Person with terrible manners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cruelly rapacious person
- Similar words include: wolf, animate being, creature
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRUTE
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5A: "14. Broadway great Menzel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDINA
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6A: "16. Nickname that's an alternative to Cam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
- Similar words include: Bokkos, Daffo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RON
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7A: "17. Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DOSANDDONTS
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8A: "19. Nonprofit's domain name ender"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORG
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9A: "20. Paris agreement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUI
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10A: "21. Take to court"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Similar words include: action, process, Eugene Sue
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUE
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11A: "22. Act smart"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GETCUTE
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12A: "24. Molecule with a non-unique formula"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISOMER
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13A: "26. Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FIREOPAL
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14A: "27. "Girls" creator Dunham"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a russian river in siberia; flows northward into the laptev sea
- Similar words include: Lena River
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LENA
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15A: "28. Slightly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABIT
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16A: "30. Some parallel bars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Similar words include: rail, railing, rail off
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAILS
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17A: "31. Agrees (with)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- Similar words include: jibe, barb, shaft
- Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: JIBES
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18A: "33. Rarely visited places on earth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- Similar words include: Pole, rod, celestial pole
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POLES
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19A: "34. Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WORLDSERIES
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20A: "36. "Breaking Bad" sister-in-law"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MARIE
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21A: "37. Touches and Shuffles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
- Similar words include: iPod
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IPODS
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22A: "38. Black prom rentals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
- Similar words include: courting, fit, accommodate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SUITS
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23A: "39. Bubbly bar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- Similar words include: grievous bodily harm, easy lay, max
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOAP
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24A: "40. Idiomatic sticking point"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- Similar words include: crop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAW
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25A: "44. Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OTTOHAHN
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26A: "46. It's controlled in meditation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
- Similar words include: intimation, breather, breathing space
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BREATH
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27A: "48. Food spread popular in England"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that soup cooked in a large pot
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MARMITE
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28A: "49. Levi's competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Shelton Jackson Lee, Robert Edward Lee, leeward
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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29A: "50. Toilet paper thickness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- Similar words include: provide, supply, cater
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PLY
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30A: "51. ___ out of house and home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: wipe out, corrode, exhaust
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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31A: "52. Carpe diem [16, French]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SEIZETHEDAY
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32A: "55. Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
- Similar words include: lupus erythematosus, LE
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LES
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33A: "56. A little under half of humanity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- Similar words include: male person, male, Male
- Opposite of: female
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Answer: MALES
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34A: "57. 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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35A: "58. Establishes what is, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Similar words include: ID, I.D., Gem State
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDS
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36A: "59. ___ best friend"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- Similar words include: mankind, Man, piece
- Opposite of: woman, civilian
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Answer: MANS
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37A: "60. Sidekick of Dora the Explorer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- Similar words include: kick, iron boot, boot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOOTS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Make hot and bothered | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Kind of cuisine | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Traveler's info, informally | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Electroreception, for sharks | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g. | 4 |
| 7D | 7. "Me!" | 3 |
| 8D | 8. "You got that right!" | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Key to search with, maybe | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Fans of a band | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Whirling visual effects in video games | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Watchful guardians | 6 |
| 13D | 15. Part of a belt | 8 |
| 14D | 18. Built to last | 7 |
| 15D | 23. Gel | 8 |
| 16D | 25. David Bowie's astronaut persona | 8 |
| 17D | 26. Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across | 7 |
| 18D | 29. Word with flower or feather | 3 |
| 19D | 32. Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'" | 8 |
| 20D | 33. Certain sports wager | 7 |
| 21D | 34. Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner | 8 |
| 22D | 35. Clean water org. | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Shape-shifted | 7 |
| 24D | 38. Language on the Horn of Africa | 6 |
| 25D | 39. Young woman, in Australia | 6 |
| 26D | 41. Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim | 6 |
| 27D | 42. "Thank God …!" | 6 |
| 28D | 43. "You're quite right" | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Premier squad | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Recovery phase | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Not as much | 4 |
| 32D | 53. In a chill state | 3 |
| 33D | 54. Subculture associated with skinny jeans | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CBDOIL
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2D: "2. Make hot and bothered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- Similar words include: come alive, wind up, raise
- Opposite of: de-energize, cause to sleep
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Answer: AROUSE
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3D: "3. Kind of cuisine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an occurrence that involves the production of a union
- Similar words include: nuclear fusion reaction, unification, spinal fusion
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FUSION
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4D: "4. Traveler's info, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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5D: "5. Electroreception, for sharks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: horse sense, smell out, smell
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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6D: "6. Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- Similar words include: drive, tantalise, hinge on
- Opposite of: walk
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Answer: RIDE
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7D: "7. "Me!""
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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8D: "8. "You got that right!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SINGIT
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9D: "9. Key to search with, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to come or go into
- Similar words include: embark, accede, come in
- Opposite of: drop out, exit
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Answer: ENTER
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10D: "10. Fans of a band"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- Similar words include: groupie
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GROUPIES
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11D: "11. Whirling visual effects in video games"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
- Similar words include: portal site, portal, portal vein
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PORTALS
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12D: "12. Watchful guardians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spiritual being attendant upon god
- Similar words include: backer, holy person, Angel
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANGELS
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13D: "15. Part of a belt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of mars and jupiter)
- Similar words include: star-shaped
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ASTEROID
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14D: "18. Built to last"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that existing for a long time
- Similar words include: long-lived, long-lasting, lasting
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DURABLE
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15D: "23. Gel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mix together different elements
- Similar words include: blend, flux, immix
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: COALESCE
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16D: "25. David Bowie's astronaut persona"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MAJORTOM
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17D: "26. Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts
- Similar words include: nuclear fission
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FISSION
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18D: "29. Word with flower or feather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- Similar words include: layer, be intimate, have it off
- Opposite of: turn out, get up
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Answer: BED
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19D: "32. Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IRISHISM
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20D: "33. Certain sports wager"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PROPBET
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21D: "34. Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman waiter
- Similar words include: wait
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WAITRESS
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22D: "35. Clean water org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Similar words include: Environmental Protection Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPA
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23D: "36. Shape-shifted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that undergo mutation
- Similar words include: mutate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MUTATED
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24D: "38. Language on the Horn of Africa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a tall dark (mostly muslim) people inhabiting somalia
- Similar words include: Somalian
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOMALI
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25D: "39. Young woman, in Australia"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHEILA
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26D: "41. Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAPDUO
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27D: "42. "Thank God …!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATLAST
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28D: "43. "You're quite right""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WHYYES
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29D: "45. Premier squad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATEAM
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30D: "47. Recovery phase"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REHAB
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31D: "49. Not as much"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- Similar words include: to a lesser extent
- Opposite of: more
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Answer: LESS
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32D: "53. In a chill state"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that school of mahayana buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; china and japan
- Similar words include: Zen Buddhism, dose, pane
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZEN
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33D: "54. Subculture associated with skinny jeans"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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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
37 Across Clues
33 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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