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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: Challenging
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. Skill needed for bocce | 3 |
| 2A | 4. World's most commonly cultivated coffee species | 7 |
| 3A | 11. Genre for Jimmy Eat World | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Like the number "i" | 7 |
| 6A | 16. ___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles) | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay" | 11 |
| 8A | 19. George Washington bill | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Repellent ingredient | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Queens ballplayer | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Spun platters for a party, informally | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Isn't perfect | 4 |
| 13A | 24. Half of a standard deck of cards | 10 |
| 14A | 28. Part of n.b. | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across | 4 |
| 16A | 31. 17-syllable poem | 5 |
| 17A | 33. Like slavery per the 13th Amendment | 9 |
| 18A | 38. Wood-cutting tool | 3 |
| 19A | 39. 1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across | 7 |
| 20A | 41. It can be blonde or brown | 3 |
| 21A | 42. Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories | 9 |
| 22A | 44. Bert's roommate | 5 |
| 23A | 46. 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel | 4 |
| 24A | 47. See 30-Across | 4 |
| 25A | 48. Place for plants to flourish | 10 |
| 26A | 53. Inquires | 4 |
| 27A | 56. "___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit) | 4 |
| 28A | 57. Diarist Anaïs | 3 |
| 29A | 58. What you eat | 4 |
| 30A | 59. As easy as ___ | 3 |
| 31A | 60. Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing" | 11 |
| 32A | 64. As easy as ___ | 3 |
| 33A | 65. Experienced again | 7 |
| 34A | 66. The Dream Team | 3 |
| 35A | 67. Squeeze (by) | 3 |
| 36A | 68. People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak | 7 |
| 37A | 69. ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Skill needed for bocce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Similar words include: direct, point, draw a bead on
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AIM
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2A: "4. World's most commonly cultivated coffee species"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ARABICA
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3A: "11. Genre for Jimmy Eat World"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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4A: "14. Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNO
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5A: "15. Like the number "i""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NONREAL
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6A: "16. ___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- Similar words include: pout, mow, wipe up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOP
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7A: "17. Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: INDIGOGIRLS
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8A: "19. George Washington bill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: matchless, one and only, nonpareil
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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9A: "20. Repellent ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEET
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10A: "21. Queens ballplayer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come together
- Similar words include: fulfil, gather, satisfy
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MET
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11A: "22. Spun platters for a party, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that comment on music to be played
- Similar words include: disc-jockey, disk-jockey, DJ
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DJED
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12A: "23. Isn't perfect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: mistake, slip, err
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERRS
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13A: "24. Half of a standard deck of cards"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BLACKSUITS
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14A: "28. Part of n.b."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOTA
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15A: "30. Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HIHO
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16A: "31. 17-syllable poem"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an epigrammatic japanese verse form of three short lines
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAIKU
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17A: "33. Like slavery per the 13th Amendment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that do away with
- Similar words include: get rid of, abolish
- Opposite of: establish
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Answer: ABOLISHED
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18A: "38. Wood-cutting tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
- Similar words include: adze
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADZ
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19A: "39. 1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: COLORTV
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20A: "41. It can be blonde or brown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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21A: "42. Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DEEPSTATE
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22A: "44. Bert's roommate"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERNIE
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23A: "46. 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
- Similar words include: way, elbow room, board
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROOM
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24A: "47. See 30-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- Similar words include: toad frog, Gaul, salientian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FROG
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25A: "48. Place for plants to flourish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
- Similar words include: glasshouse, nursery
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GREENHOUSE
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26A: "53. Inquires"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inquire about
- Similar words include: necessitate, involve, enquire
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: ASKS
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27A: "56. "___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- Similar words include: behind, backside, tail end
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUMP
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28A: "57. Diarist Anaïs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIN
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29A: "58. What you eat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
- Similar words include: dieting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIET
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30A: "59. As easy as ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Similar words include: alphabet, first principle, rudiment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABC
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31A: "60. Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WHITECASTLE
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32A: "64. As easy as ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIE
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33A: "65. Experienced again"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that experience again, often in the imagination
- Similar words include: relive, live over
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RELIVED
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34A: "66. The Dream Team"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: United States of America, United States Army, Army
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USA
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35A: "67. Squeeze (by)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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36A: "68. People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- Similar words include: bellower, bawler, yeller
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: YELLERS
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37A: "69. ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disparaging term for a british person
- Similar words include: pommy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POM
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. The half with the hit song, typically | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Word with city or peace | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Update | 9 |
| 4D | 4. "Brokeback Mountain" director Lee | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Roving floor cleaner | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Perfectly behaved child | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Water filter brand | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Suffix with front or cash | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Singers Green and Jardine | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g. | 5 |
| 12D | 12. French Impressionist Claude | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Some newspaper pieces that aren't news | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Empathetic response to an apology | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Slog, say | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Garb that's typically plaid | 4 |
| 18D | 27. [I'm scared!] | 6 |
| 19D | 29. City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park | 6 |
| 20D | 31. Possessed | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Common beverage suffix | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Rental car option | 5 |
| 23D | 34. ChatGPT, for one | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Throws in the towel | 9 |
| 25D | 36. QB Manning | 3 |
| 26D | 37. Syllable doubled after "fiddle" | 3 |
| 27D | 40. However, in a text | 4 |
| 28D | 43. ___ school | 4 |
| 29D | 45. "Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote) | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Épéeist, e.g. | 6 |
| 31D | 48. One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors" | 5 |
| 32D | 49. Eponym of a popular puzzle | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Host | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Up to | 5 |
| 35D | 52. Metaphor for a bad goalie | 5 |
| 36D | 54. Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show" | 5 |
| 37D | 55. What a hot iron may give off | 5 |
| 38D | 60. Like some humor | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Start of a bray | 3 |
| 40D | 62. Ailing | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. The half with the hit song, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- Similar words include: divagation, parenthesis, digression
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASIDE
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2D: "2. Word with city or peace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that located inward; - leonard bernstein; - david denby; - a.r.gurney,jr.
- Similar words include: intimate, privileged, inside
- Opposite of: outer
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Answer: INNER
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3D: "3. Update"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
- Similar words include: overhaul, modernise, develop
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MODERNIZE
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4D: "4. "Brokeback Mountain" director Lee"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a civilian reserve component of the united states air force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
- Similar words include: Air National Guard
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANG
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5D: "5. Roving floor cleaner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROOMBA
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6D: "6. Perfectly behaved child"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spiritual being attendant upon god
- Similar words include: saint, backer, Angel Falls
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGEL
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7D: "7. Water filter brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRITA
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8D: "8. Suffix with front or cash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- Similar words include: 1, one, i
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IER
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9D: "9. Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAL
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10D: "10. Singers Green and Jardine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
- Similar words include: Camellia State, Alabama, atomic number 13
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALS
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11D: "11. Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMOJI
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12D: "12. French Impressionist Claude"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french impressionist painter (1840-1926)
- Similar words include: Claude Monet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MONET
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13D: "13. Some newspaper pieces that aren't news"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPEDS
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14D: "18. Empathetic response to an apology"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITSOK
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15D: "22. Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that two items of the same kind
- Similar words include: duo, couple, couplet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DUOS
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16D: "25. Slog, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- Similar words include: job, task
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHORE
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17D: "26. Garb that's typically plaid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the highlands of northern scotland
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KILT
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18D: "27. [I'm scared!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- Similar words include: frisson, tingle, quiver
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHIVER
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19D: "29. City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in southeastern arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TUCSON
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20D: "31. Possessed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: cause, throw, let
- Opposite of: refuse, lack
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Answer: HAD
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21D: "32. Common beverage suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADE
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22D: "33. Rental car option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALAMO
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23D: "34. ChatGPT, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOT
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24D: "35. Throws in the towel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HANGSITUP
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25D: "36. QB Manning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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26D: "37. Syllable doubled after "fiddle""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEE
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27D: "40. However, in a text"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOH
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28D: "43. ___ school"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- Similar words include: homework, preparation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PREP
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29D: "45. "Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a partly sheltered anchorage
- Similar words include: roadstead, road, route
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROADS
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30D: "47. Épéeist, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone skilled at fencing
- Similar words include: swordsman
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FENCER
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31D: "48. One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various juicy fruit of the genus vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
- Similar words include: grape vine, grapevine, grapeshot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRAPE
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32D: "49. Eponym of a popular puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RUBIK
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33D: "50. Host"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- Similar words include: master of ceremonies, compere, host
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMCEE
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34D: "51. Up to"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNTIL
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35D: "52. Metaphor for a bad goalie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- Similar words include: sift, screen, screen out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIEVE
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36D: "54. Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KELSO
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37D: "55. What a hot iron may give off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
- Similar words include: steam clean, steamer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEAM
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38D: "60. Like some humor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that humorously sarcastic or mocking
- Similar words include: ironic, dry, ironical
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WRY
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39D: "61. Start of a bray"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEE
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40D: "62. Ailing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: badly, ominous, ailment
- Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL
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41D: "63. Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: advertizing, advert, advertising
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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