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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 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: Challenging
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Apple product | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein" | 4 |
| 3A | 10. It helps with server loads | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Draw forth | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Opener for an aerial act | 9 |
| 6A | 17. Fictional sidekick on a donkey | 5 |
| 7A | 18. Synthetic oil producer? | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Settings for a mixer | 6 |
| 9A | 21. Silly ones | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Complimentary words? | 10 |
| 11A | 24. Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr. | 4 |
| 12A | 28. About 9% of the earth's total surface area | 4 |
| 13A | 29. Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends" | 7 |
| 14A | 31. Track unit | 3 |
| 15A | 34. Modern device with no filter, informally | 4 |
| 16A | 36. Sidesteps | 6 |
| 17A | 37. Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?" | 15 |
| 18A | 40. Sight you can hardly believe | 6 |
| 19A | 41. Thai money | 4 |
| 20A | 42. Returns home? | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Spread followers | 7 |
| 22A | 45. Film director Nicolas | 4 |
| 23A | 47. Bounce | 4 |
| 24A | 48. Groups of assistants in some old offices | 10 |
| 25A | 53. Number discovered in the 1500s | 5 |
| 26A | 55. Makeshift arrangement | 6 |
| 27A | 56. Flag-waving, say | 9 |
| 28A | 60. Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor | 5 |
| 29A | 61. Bobblehead, e.g. | 9 |
| 30A | 62. Ezra who co-founded Vox | 5 |
| 31A | 63. Made out | 4 |
| 32A | 64. Zen riddle | 4 |
| 33A | 65. "What a shame" | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Apple product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a manicurist who trims the fingernails
- Similar words include: paring knife
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PARER
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2A: "6. Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Similar words include: alp, the Alps
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPS
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3A: "10. It helps with server loads"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRAY
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4A: "14. Draw forth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- Similar words include: derive, evoke, elicit
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDUCE
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5A: "15. Opener for an aerial act"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
- Similar words include: chute, jump
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PARACHUTE
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6A: "17. Fictional sidekick on a donkey"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PANZA
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7A: "18. Synthetic oil producer?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ARTFORGER
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8A: "19. Settings for a mixer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distance travelled per unit time
- Similar words include: step on it, hasten, zip
- Opposite of: decelerate, linger
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Answer: SPEEDS
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9A: "21. Silly ones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- Similar words include: fathead, goof, goose
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GEESE
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10A: "22. Complimentary words?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ITSMYTREAT
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11A: "24. Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMAJ
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12A: "28. About 9% of the earth's total surface area"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASIA
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13A: "29. Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MYSPACE
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14A: "31. Track unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- Similar words include: circle, swish, lick
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAP
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15A: "34. Modern device with no filter, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECIG
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16A: "36. Sidesteps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- Similar words include: bird, put off, fudge
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SKIRTS
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17A: "37. Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: IDONTKNOWCANYOU
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18A: "40. Sight you can hardly believe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MIRAGE
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19A: "41. Thai money"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in thailand
- Similar words include: tical
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAHT
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20A: "42. Returns home?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
- Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRS
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21A: "43. Spread followers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who bets
- Similar words include: better, wagerer, bettor
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BETTORS
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22A: "45. Film director Nicolas"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROEG
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23A: "47. Bounce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from a position or office
- Similar words include: drum out, expel, kick out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OUST
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24A: "48. Groups of assistants in some old offices"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STENOPOOLS
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25A: "53. Number discovered in the 1500s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- Similar words include: vinyl ether, ethyl ether, quintessence
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETHER
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26A: "55. Makeshift arrangement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LASHUP
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27A: "56. Flag-waving, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inspired by love for your country
- Similar words include: loyal
- Opposite of: unpatriotic
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Answer: PATRIOTIC
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28A: "60. Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROYCE
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29A: "61. Bobblehead, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
- Similar words include: chachka, tshatshke, tsatske
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TCHOTCHKE
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30A: "62. Ezra who co-founded Vox"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that german mathematician who created the klein bottle (1849-1925)
- Similar words include: Melanie Klein, Calvin Klein, Calvin Richard Klein
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KLEIN
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31A: "63. Made out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- Similar words include: pick up, look, hear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEEN
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32A: "64. Zen riddle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in zen buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KOAN
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33A: "65. "What a shame""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOSAD
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. One side of a consumer "war" | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Not put up resistance, say | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Characters in "The Lord of the Rings" | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Starting line at a starting line | 10 |
| 6D | 6. Mental health org. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Word with extra or living | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Spinning ring, informally? | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Plan B, for seniors | 12 |
| 10D | 10. It's on the right in the second row | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Throw, maybe | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Bolted some nuts down | 3 |
| 13D | 13. "___ Blues" (Beatles song) | 3 |
| 14D | 16. Derivative of sin | 3 |
| 15D | 20. Dismayed reaction to a tag | 12 |
| 16D | 23. Contents of some sheets | 4 |
| 17D | 25. "Bloody" queen | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Job that requires a lot of memorization | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Locales with many banks | 10 |
| 21D | 31. Kind of bar that's hard to pass | 5 |
| 22D | 32. It comes with a parting of the ways | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Houston and New Orleans | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Hunk | 3 |
| 25D | 38. Ramble away | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Sound the alarm | 4 |
| 27D | 44. Chest: Prefix | 6 |
| 28D | 46. Break from the group, say | 6 |
| 29D | 49. Actress Alexander of "Get Out" | 5 |
| 30D | 50. "No doubt!" | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Saint ___ (Caribbean isle) | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Lay out | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Small songbird | 3 |
| 34D | 56. Scoreboard tally: Abbr. | 3 |
| 35D | 57. It's good for tricks | 3 |
| 36D | 58. Not just a | 3 |
| 37D | 59. The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. One side of a consumer "war""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pepsi cola is a trademarked cola
- Similar words include: Pepsi Cola
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEPSI
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2D: "2. Not put up resistance, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- Similar words include: adjust, conform, accommodate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADAPT
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3D: "3. Characters in "The Lord of the Rings""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
- Similar words include: consort, hunt, course
- Opposite of: malfunction, idle
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Answer: RUNES
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4D: "4. Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ECZEMA
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5D: "5. Starting line at a starting line"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: READYSETGO
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6D: "6. Mental health org."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APA
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7D: "7. Word with extra or living"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment size for a large person
- Similar words include: orotund, enceinte, gravid
- Opposite of: small, little
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Answer: LARGE
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8D: "8. Spinning ring, informally?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PRTEAM
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9D: "9. Plan B, for seniors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SAFETYSCHOOL
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10D: "10. It's on the right in the second row"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: THREEPIN
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11D: "11. Throw, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
- Similar words include: carpet, carpeting
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUG
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12D: "12. Bolted some nuts down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: run through, eat up, wipe out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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13D: "13. "___ Blues" (Beatles song)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YER
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14D: "16. Derivative of sin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Similar words include: cos lettuce, Colorado, Co
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COS
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15D: "20. Dismayed reaction to a tag"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: STICKERSHOCK
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16D: "23. Contents of some sheets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- Similar words include: pelting, rain down, rainwater
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAIN
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17D: "25. "Bloody" queen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MARYI
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18D: "26. Job that requires a lot of memorization"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a theatrical performer
- Similar words include: role player, thespian, player
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACTOR
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19D: "27. Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for christianity (circa 4 bc - ad 29)
- Similar words include: Good Shepherd, Deliverer, Saviour
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JESUS
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20D: "30. Locales with many banks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SKATEPARKS
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21D: "31. Kind of bar that's hard to pass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- Similar words include: oblivion
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIMBO
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22D: "32. It comes with a parting of the ways"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farewell remark
- Similar words include: bye, good day, goodbye
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADIEU
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23D: "33. Houston and New Orleans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- Similar words include: larboard, porthole, port
- Opposite of: starboard
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Answer: PORTS
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24D: "35. Hunk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man who serves as a sailor
- Similar words include: seafarer, hole, Jack-tar
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOB
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25D: "38. Ramble away"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NATTERON
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26D: "39. Sound the alarm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
- Similar words include: discourage, admonish, monish
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WARN
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27D: "44. Chest: Prefix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STETHO
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28D: "46. Break from the group, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOSOLO
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29D: "49. Actress Alexander of "Get Out""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERIKA
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30D: "50. "No doubt!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHYES
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31D: "51. Saint ___ (Caribbean isle)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUCIA
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32D: "52. Lay out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass time in a specific way
- Similar words include: pass, expend, drop
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPEND
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33D: "54. Small songbird"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- Similar words include: nipple, knocker, boob
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIT
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34D: "56. Scoreboard tally: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
- Similar words include: atomic number 78, platinum, Pt
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTS
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35D: "57. It's good for tricks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: one, single, champion
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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36D: "58. Not just a"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE
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37D: "59. The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CEN
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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
33 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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