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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 (41 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Prepare, as samosas | 3 |
| 2A | 4. National park in Alberta | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Partner of Clark in exploration | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Olympic gymnast Sunisa | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Ad that's handed out on the street | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Put in one's two cents | 5 |
| 7A | 17. ___ and downs | 3 |
| 8A | 18. Celestial event on September 22 or 23, typically | 11 |
| 9A | 20. Swampy areas | 4 |
| 10A | 22. "In ___ of gifts ..." | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Number of points "Q" is worth in Scrabble | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Application that might be put on with a spray mop | 8 |
| 13A | 27. You love, in Latin | 4 |
| 14A | 29. French king | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Useful gadget for international travelers | 7 |
| 16A | 33. "The most amazing part is ..." | 9 |
| 17A | 38. ___ Island (smallest U.S. state) | 5 |
| 18A | 39. Openly gay | 3 |
| 19A | 40. Browser that competes with Chrome | 7 |
| 20A | 42. I.C.U. staffers | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Red hair or hazel eyes, e.g. | 5 |
| 22A | 45. N.B.A. team in southern Florida | 9 |
| 23A | 47. Miseries | 7 |
| 24A | 49. Pretty ___ picture | 3 |
| 25A | 50. Taken-back auto | 4 |
| 26A | 51. Location of many gold reserves | 8 |
| 27A | 56. Weightlifting unit | 3 |
| 28A | 57. Mom on "Family Guy" | 4 |
| 29A | 59. First-class | 4 |
| 30A | 60. Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across | 11 |
| 31A | 64. Material for the woodman in "The Wizard of Oz" | 3 |
| 32A | 65. Indian or Pakistani | 5 |
| 33A | 66. Bowling scoresheet unit | 5 |
| 34A | 67. "Green" prefix | 3 |
| 35A | 68. Slow, musically | 5 |
| 36A | 69. Damascus's land | 5 |
| 37A | 70. Lion's lair | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Prepare, as samosas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english painter and art critic (1866-1934)
- Similar words include: small fry, tiddler, nipper
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRY
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2A: "4. National park in Alberta"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a popular vacation spot in the canadian rockies
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BANFF
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3A: "9. Partner of Clark in exploration"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
- Similar words include: John L. Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis, Carl Lewis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEWIS
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4A: "14. Olympic gymnast Sunisa"
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: leeward, Spike Lee, Henry Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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5A: "15. Ad that's handed out on the street"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who travels by air
- Similar words include: broadsheet, throwaway, handbill
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FLIER
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6A: "16. Put in one's two cents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- Similar words include: guess, sound off, speak up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPINE
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7A: "17. ___ and downs"
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UPS
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8A: "18. Celestial event on September 22 or 23, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FALLEQUINOX
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9A: "20. Swampy areas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 100 fen equal 1 yuan in china
- Similar words include: fen, fenland, marshland
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FENS
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10A: "22. "In ___ of gifts ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- Similar words include: stead, place, position
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIEU
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11A: "23. Number of points "Q" is worth in Scrabble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Similar words include: decade, tenner, X
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN
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12A: "24. Application that might be put on with a spray mop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FLOORWAX
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13A: "27. You love, in Latin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMAS
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14A: "29. French king"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
- Similar words include: return on invested capital, return on investment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROI
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15A: "30. Useful gadget for international travelers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- Similar words include: transcriber, arranger, adaptor
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ADAPTER
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16A: "33. "The most amazing part is ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BESTOFALL
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17A: "38. ___ Island (smallest U.S. state)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RHODE
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18A: "39. Openly gay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- Similar words include: taboo, away, proscribed
- Opposite of: safe
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Answer: OUT
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19A: "40. Browser that competes with Chrome"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FIREFOX
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20A: "42. I.C.U. staffers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
- Similar words include: radon, Rn, registered nurse
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RNS
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21A: "43. Red hair or hazel eyes, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRAIT
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22A: "45. N.B.A. team in southern Florida"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MIAMIHEAT
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23A: "47. Miseries"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
- Similar words include: sorrow, sadness, grief
- Opposite of: joy
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Answer: SORROWS
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24A: "49. Pretty ___ picture"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASA
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25A: "50. Taken-back auto"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REPO
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26A: "51. Location of many gold reserves"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FORTKNOX
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27A: "56. Weightlifting unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
- Similar words include: repp
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REP
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28A: "57. Mom on "Family Guy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOIS
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29A: "59. First-class"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AONE
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30A: "60. Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SIDEEFFECTS
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31A: "64. Material for the woodman in "The Wizard of Oz""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: cannister, tin can, canister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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32A: "65. Indian or Pakistani"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of asia
- Similar words include: Asiatic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASIAN
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33A: "66. Bowling scoresheet unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- Similar words include: redact, anatomy, cast
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRAME
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34A: "67. "Green" prefix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECO
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35A: "68. Slow, musically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of tempo) slow
- Similar words include: slowly
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LENTO
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36A: "69. Damascus's land"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an asian republic in the middle east at the east end of the mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
- Similar words include: Syrian Arab Republic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SYRIA
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37A: "70. Lion's lair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: lair, hideout, hideaway
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEN
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Stuff of little substance | 5 |
| 2D | 2. What matching ends of magnets do | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Like 20 Questions questions | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief | 3 |
| 5D | 5. In the manner of | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Nabisco wafer brand | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Longtime Supreme Court justice Frankfurter | 5 |
| 8D | 8. On the house | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Baseball's Gehrig | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Words set in stone? | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Establishment with red, white and rosé options | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Knowing, as a secret | 4 |
| 13D | 13. "___ sells" (advertising catchphrase) | 3 |
| 14D | 19. Campus courtyard | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Arrange from newest to oldest, say | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Santa's landing spot | 7 |
| 17D | 26. Service symbolized by a dot and three curved lines | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Believer in communism achieved through class struggle | 7 |
| 19D | 30. ___ Romeo (sports car) | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Breather | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Continental cash | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Headed the cast of | 9 |
| 25D | 36. Weapons | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Luau garland | 3 |
| 27D | 41. Ilhan of Congress | 4 |
| 28D | 44. "This cannot be stressed enough ..." | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Maori dance with rhythmic chanting | 4 |
| 30D | 48. "The Three Little Pigs" antagonist | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Full of passion | 5 |
| 32D | 52. One of seven won by "Oppenheimer" | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Famous | 5 |
| 34D | 54. In the cooler | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Chemical element whose name starts with an 8-point Scrabble letter | 5 |
| 36D | 56. What yeast makes dough do | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Send-___ (farewells) | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Seasoning for una margarita | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Ambient music composer Brian | 3 |
| 40D | 62. "I wish I could unhear everything you just said!" | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Mermaid's milieu | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Stuff of little substance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any light downy material
- Similar words include: bodge, muff, screw up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FLUFF
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2D: "2. What matching ends of magnets do"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to move back by force or influence
- Similar words include: force back, push back, fight off
- Opposite of: attract
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Answer: REPEL
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3D: "3. Like 20 Questions questions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YESNO
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4D: "4. Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BFF
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5D: "5. In the manner of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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6D: "6. Nabisco wafer brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NILLA
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7D: "7. Longtime Supreme Court justice Frankfurter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FELIX
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8D: "8. On the house"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are free
- Similar words include: disengage, relieve, liberal
- Opposite of: bound, unfree
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Answer: FREE
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9D: "9. Baseball's Gehrig"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOU
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10D: "10. Words set in stone?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EPITAPH
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11D: "11. Establishment with red, white and rosé options"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WINESTORE
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12D: "12. Knowing, as a secret"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INON
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13D: "13. "___ sells" (advertising catchphrase)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that activities associated with sexual intercourse
- Similar words include: sex activity, arouse, wind up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEX
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14D: "19. Campus courtyard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- Similar words include: quadrangle, space, quadruplet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: QUAD
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15D: "21. Arrange from newest to oldest, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Similar words include: form, classify, sorting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SORT
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16D: "25. Santa's landing spot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the top of a (usually flat) roof
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ROOFTOP
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17D: "26. Service symbolized by a dot and three curved lines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol
- Similar words include: wireless local area network, WLAN, wireless fidelity
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WIFI
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18D: "28. Believer in communism achieved through class struggle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advocate of marxism
- Similar words include: bolshy, red, bolshie
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MARXIST
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19D: "30. ___ Romeo (sports car)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALFA
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20D: "31. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDNA
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21D: "32. Breather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
- Similar words include: relief, rest period, residual
- Opposite of: be active, change
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Answer: REST
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22D: "33. Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Similar words include: bot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOTS
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23D: "34. Continental cash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EURO
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24D: "35. Headed the cast of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STARREDIN
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25D: "36. Weapons"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that weapons considered collectively
- Similar words include: build up, limb, munition
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARMS
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26D: "37. Luau garland"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Similar words include: coronal, leu, wreath
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEI
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27D: "41. Ilhan of Congress"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMAR
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28D: "44. "This cannot be stressed enough ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IREPEAT
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29D: "46. Maori dance with rhythmic chanting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAKA
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30D: "48. "The Three Little Pigs" antagonist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of north america and eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- Similar words include: skirt chaser, woman chaser, savage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WOLF
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31D: "51. Full of passion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that characterized by intense emotion
- Similar words include: fervid, impassioned, ardent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FIERY
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32D: "52. One of seven won by "Oppenheimer""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
- Similar words include: Academy Award
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSCAR
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33D: "53. Famous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make mention of
- Similar words include: famed, renowned, far-famed
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: NOTED
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34D: "54. In the cooler"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONICE
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35D: "55. Chemical element whose name starts with an 8-point Scrabble letter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
- Similar words include: atomic number 54, Xe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: XENON
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36D: "56. What yeast makes dough do"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a growth in strength or number or importance
- Similar words include: hike, salary increase, procession
- Opposite of: go to bed, sit down
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Answer: RISE
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37D: "58. Send-___ (farewells)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
- Similar words include: off, remove, dispatch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OFFS
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38D: "60. Seasoning for una margarita"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAL
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39D: "61. Ambient music composer Brian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO
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40D: "62. "I wish I could unhear everything you just said!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TMI
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41D: "63. Mermaid's milieu"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Similar words include: ocean
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEA
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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