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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (36 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (38 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Areas of development | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Punch-in-the-stomach sounds | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Genre for Blackpink and Stray Kids | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Helvetica-like typeface | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Button to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript | 4 |
| 6A | 16. International footwear retailer based in Quebec | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Stealthiest of stealthy warriors | 12 |
| 8A | 19. Warren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World" | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Reporters often carry them | 8 |
| 10A | 21. Relaxed | 6 |
| 11A | 23. "Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Words of denial | 4 |
| 13A | 26. "___ Just Not That Into You" | 3 |
| 14A | 27. Activist Brockovich | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Case opener | 8 |
| 16A | 33. Location that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in | 8 |
| 17A | 36. End of a municipal address? | 3 |
| 18A | 37. 1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based | 7 |
| 19A | 40. Things opened before passengers exit an aircraft | 10 |
| 20A | 42. Composers' rights org. | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Difference between a B and a C, perhaps | 8 |
| 22A | 45. Star of NBC's "The Blacklist" | 11 |
| 23A | 47. TV's warrior princess | 4 |
| 24A | 50. "Done!," in geometry class | 3 |
| 25A | 51. Brief moments, in brief | 4 |
| 26A | 54. ___ Hashana | 4 |
| 27A | 56. Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie | 6 |
| 28A | 59. Cook outside? | 8 |
| 29A | 61. River through Kazakhstan | 4 |
| 30A | 62. Sports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid? | 10 |
| 31A | 64. Little more than | 4 |
| 32A | 65. Ingredient in some mouthwashes | 4 |
| 33A | 66. Clay being of Jewish folklore | 5 |
| 34A | 67. Troubadour, e.g. | 4 |
| 35A | 68. Thomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman" | 4 |
| 36A | 69. Wheel connectors | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Areas of development"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- Similar words include: womb, uterus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WOMBS
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2A: "6. Punch-in-the-stomach sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOFS
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3A: "10. Genre for Blackpink and Stray Kids"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KPOP
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4A: "14. Helvetica-like typeface"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARIAL
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5A: "15. Button to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- Similar words include: unmake, loosen, unwrap
- Opposite of: make, wrap
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Answer: UNDO
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6A: "16. International footwear retailer based in Quebec"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALDO
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7A: "17. Stealthiest of stealthy warriors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: NINJAMASTERS
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8A: "19. Warren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Similar words include: redness, red ink, Bolshevik
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: REDS
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9A: "20. Reporters often carry them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pad of paper for keeping notes
- Similar words include: notepad
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NOTEPADS
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10A: "21. Relaxed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATEASE
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11A: "23. "Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALEX
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12A: "24. Words of denial"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOTI
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13A: "26. "___ Just Not That Into You""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Similar words include: helium, he, He
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HES
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14A: "27. Activist Brockovich"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIN
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15A: "29. Case opener"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- Similar words include: line of reasoning, literary argument, disceptation
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ARGUMENT
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16A: "33. Location that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily
- Similar words include: cloakroom
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: COATROOM
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17A: "36. End of a municipal address?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOV
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18A: "37. 1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LATOSCA
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19A: "40. Things opened before passengers exit an aircraft"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CABINDOORS
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20A: "42. Composers' rights org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's bmi, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a bmi greater than 25; obese is a bmi greater than 30
- Similar words include: body mass index
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BMI
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21A: "43. Difference between a B and a C, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HALFSTEP
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22A: "45. Star of NBC's "The Blacklist""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: JAMESSPADER
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23A: "47. TV's warrior princess"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: XENA
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24A: "50. "Done!," in geometry class"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
- Similar words include: quantum electrodynamics
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: QED
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25A: "51. Brief moments, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: sec, secant, Securities and Exchange Commission
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SECS
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26A: "54. ___ Hashana"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSH
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27A: "56. Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
- Similar words include: J, Joule, James Prescott Joule
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: JOULES
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28A: "59. Cook outside?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expose one's body to the sun
- Similar words include: sun
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SUNBATHE
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29A: "61. River through Kazakhstan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URAL
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30A: "62. Sports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PICKLEBALL
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31A: "64. Little more than"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small pond of standing water
- Similar words include: bare, simple
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MERE
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32A: "65. Ingredient in some mouthwashes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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33A: "66. Clay being of Jewish folklore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
- Similar words include: automaton, robot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOLEM
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34A: "67. Troubadour, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POET
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35A: "68. Thomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TESS
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36A: "69. Wheel connectors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- Similar words include: axle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AXLES
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Should we?," informally | 5 |
| 2D | 2. A.L. East athlete | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Money maker | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Peninsula south of California, colloquially | 10 |
| 5D | 5. It's an affront | 4 |
| 6D | 6. One-up | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Worst-possible Amazon rating | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Prez on a U.S. coin | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Slugger Sammy | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Holder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 2023 | 6 |
| 11D | 11. "You've overstayed your welcome" | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Figures on DraftKings or FanDuel | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Put forward | 4 |
| 14D | 18. ___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Set of notches in a dictionary | 10 |
| 16D | 25. Classic Camaros | 5 |
| 17D | 28. "Didn't mean to offend you" | 7 |
| 18D | 30. Best ever, informally | 4 |
| 19D | 31. Neither's partner | 3 |
| 20D | 32. Common fixtures over fireplaces | 3 |
| 21D | 34. Part of U.S.M.A.: Abbr. | 4 |
| 22D | 35. Accounts | 5 |
| 23D | 37. Prez two decades after 8-Down | 3 |
| 24D | 38. "I'll answer all your questions" session, online | 3 |
| 25D | 39. Site of a huge annual crowd | 11 |
| 26D | 41. High place to view a high art | 8 |
| 27D | 44. Paintings on plaster | 7 |
| 28D | 46. Bit of food for a hamster | 6 |
| 29D | 48. Some | 6 |
| 30D | 49. ___ Simpson, musical sister of Jessica | 6 |
| 31D | 52. Certain salad veggies | 5 |
| 32D | 53. Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short | 3 |
| 33D | 55. Command posts | 5 |
| 34D | 56. Checkers move | 4 |
| 35D | 57. Product with a Cakesters variety | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Said angrily | 4 |
| 37D | 60. Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer | 4 |
| 38D | 63. Speck in la Seine | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Should we?," informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WANNA
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2D: "2. A.L. East athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
- Similar words include: New World oriole, American oriole, Old World oriole
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORIOLE
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3D: "3. Money maker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
- Similar words include: moneyer, coiner
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MINTER
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4D: "4. Peninsula south of California, colloquially"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BAJAMEXICO
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5D: "5. It's an affront"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Similar words include: smacking, bang, slapdash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAP
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6D: "6. One-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be or do something to a greater degree
- Similar words include: outflank, outperform, outgo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OUTDO
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7D: "7. Worst-possible Amazon rating"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONESTAR
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8D: "8. Prez on a U.S. coin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 32nd president of the united states; elected four times; instituted new deal to counter the great depression and led country during world war ii (1882-1945)
- Similar words include: President Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FDR
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9D: "9. Slugger Sammy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOSA
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10D: "10. Holder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 2023"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KAREEM
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11D: "11. "You've overstayed your welcome""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PLEASEGO
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12D: "12. Figures on DraftKings or FanDuel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Similar words include: betting odds
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODDS
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13D: "13. Put forward"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
- Similar words include: stick, puzzle, get
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POSE
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14D: "18. ___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAN
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15D: "22. Set of notches in a dictionary"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: THUMBINDEX
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16D: "25. Classic Camaros"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IROCS
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17D: "28. "Didn't mean to offend you""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOSHADE
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18D: "30. Best ever, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
- Similar words include: caprine animal, laughingstock, Capricorn the Goat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOAT
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19D: "31. Neither's partner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOR
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20D: "32. Common fixtures over fireplaces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - ernie kovacs
- Similar words include: video, tv, idiot box
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TVS
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21D: "34. Part of U.S.M.A.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACAD
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22D: "35. Accounts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- Similar words include: tale, narrative, story
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TALES
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23D: "37. Prez two decades after 8-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 36th president of the united states; was elected vice president and succeeded kennedy when kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
- Similar words include: President Lyndon Johnson, President Johnson, Johnson
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LBJ
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24D: "38. "I'll answer all your questions" session, online"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMA
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25D: "39. Site of a huge annual crowd"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TIMESSQUARE
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26D: "41. High place to view a high art"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OPERABOX
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27D: "44. Paintings on plaster"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
- Similar words include: fresco
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FRESCOS
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28D: "46. Bit of food for a hamster"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small sphere
- Similar words include: shot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PELLET
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29D: "48. Some"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOTALL
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30D: "49. ___ Simpson, musical sister of Jessica"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASHLEE
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31D: "52. Certain salad veggies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
- Similar words include: cucumber, cuke
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CUKES
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32D: "53. Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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33D: "55. Command posts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
- Similar words include: helm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HELMS
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34D: "56. Checkers move"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden and decisive increase
- Similar words include: start, saltation, jumpstart
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JUMP
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35D: "57. Product with a Cakesters variety"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREO
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36D: "58. Said angrily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
- Similar words include: bicker, skewer, bickering
- Opposite of: boo
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Answer: SPAT
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37D: "60. Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEGA
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38D: "63. Speck in la Seine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ILE
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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
36 Across Clues
38 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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