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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g. | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Things often included with a free subscription | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Brazen | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Wake-up call | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Microscopic | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Photo option | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Super Bowl LVI winner | 3 |
| 9A | 19. More likely to make the correct choice | 5 |
| 10A | 20. Kind of butter in beauty products | 4 |
| 11A | 21. Skeptical sort | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Critical item | 4 |
| 13A | 24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame | 6 |
| 14A | 26. Annual February/March event, with "the" | 6 |
| 15A | 28. Pot papers | 4 |
| 16A | 30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Dressing choice | 5 |
| 18A | 32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine | 5 |
| 19A | 34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle | 13 |
| 20A | 37. Nab | 3 |
| 21A | 38. Nab | 5 |
| 22A | 39. One in a gym set | 3 |
| 23A | 41. Bungles | 5 |
| 24A | 44. Hydrotherapy center | 3 |
| 25A | 45. Finagled a discount, say | 5 |
| 26A | 47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across | 7 |
| 27A | 49. See 47-Across | 7 |
| 28A | 51. Non-Rx | 3 |
| 29A | 52. Big shot | 3 |
| 30A | 53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across | 7 |
| 31A | 57. See 53-Across | 7 |
| 32A | 61. Designates, in a way | 7 |
| 33A | 62. Resistance to change? | 7 |
| 34A | 63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift | 7 |
| 35A | 64. One accepted into the family? | 7 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
- Similar words include: stuff, forcemeat, farce comedy
- Pattern: _____
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2A: "6. Things often included with a free subscription"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: advertising, advert, advertisement
- Pattern: ___
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3A: "9. Brazen"
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- Think of something that offensively bold
- Similar words include: nervy, cheeky
- Pattern: _____
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4A: "14. Wake-up call"
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- Think of something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- Similar words include: alert, alarum, appall
- Pattern: _____
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5A: "15. Microscopic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short time
- Similar words include: teentsy, micturate, spend a penny
- Pattern: ___
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6A: "16. Photo option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
- Similar words include: flatness, mat up, matte up
- Pattern: _____
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7A: "17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the divine word of god; the second person in the trinity (incarnate in jesus)
- Similar words include: Son, logo, Word
- Pattern: _____
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8A: "18. Super Bowl LVI winner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- Similar words include: Aries the Ram, jam, chock up
- Pattern: ___
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9A: "19. More likely to make the correct choice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- Similar words include: wise to, knowing, sassy
- Opposite of: foolish
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10A: "20. Kind of butter in beauty products"
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- Pattern: ____
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11A: "21. Skeptical sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is critical of the motives of others
- Similar words include: faultfinder
- Pattern: _____
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12A: "23. Critical item"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition requiring relief
- Similar words include: pauperism, postulate, penury
- Opposite of: obviate
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13A: "24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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14A: "26. Annual February/March event, with "the""
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: Oscar, Academy Award
- Pattern: ______
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15A: "28. Pot papers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Similar words include: IOU
- Pattern: ____
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16A: "30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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17A: "31. Dressing choice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- Similar words include: cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread
- Pattern: _____
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18A: "32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Similar words include: okra plant, okra, gumbo
- Pattern: _____
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19A: "34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle"
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- Pattern: _____________
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20A: "37. Nab"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flexible container with a single opening
- Similar words include: grip, bagful, cup of tea
- Pattern: ___
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21A: "38. Nab"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take hold of; grab
- Similar words include: grab, appropriate, arrogate
- Pattern: _____
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22A: "39. One in a gym set"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
- Similar words include: repp
- Pattern: ___
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23A: "41. Bungles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an embarrassing mistake
- Similar words include: botch, foul up, bobble
- Pattern: _____
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24A: "44. Hydrotherapy center"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: resort hotel, watering place, health club
- Pattern: ___
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25A: "45. Finagled a discount, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- Similar words include: redeem, relieve, economise
- Opposite of: lost
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26A: "47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ethnic group speaking flemish and living in northern and western belgium
- Similar words include: Flemish dialect
- Pattern: _______
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27A: "49. See 47-Across"
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- Pattern: _______
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28A: "51. Non-Rx"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
- Similar words include: over-the-counter
- Pattern: ___
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29A: "52. Big shot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- Similar words include: high-up, very important person, dignitary
- Pattern: ___
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30A: "53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of latvia
- Similar words include: Lettish
- Pattern: _______
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31A: "57. See 53-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or showing valor
- Similar words include: valorous
- Pattern: _______
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32A: "61. Designates, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that choose by or as if by divine intervention
- Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
- Pattern: _______
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33A: "62. Resistance to change?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- Similar words include: inactiveness, inactivity
- Opposite of: activeness
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34A: "63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that painted beauty and red admiral
- Similar words include: genus Vanessa
- Pattern: _______
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35A: "64. One accepted into the family?"
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- Pattern: _______
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Like many mustaches in film | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Shows little sign of slowing down | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Museum's entrance and exit? | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Bad way to go | 4 |
| 7D | 7. College official | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Trailer opening? | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Maker of the i4 and i5 | 3 |
| 10D | 10. See 4-Down | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Lost | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Animal in many a roundup | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Groups in roundups | 5 |
| 14D | 21. Get together for a party | 6 |
| 15D | 22. Smart ___ | 6 |
| 16D | 25. Yearn | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Canon collection, in brief | 4 |
| 18D | 29. "Jeez Louise!" | 6 |
| 19D | 30. "Jeez Louise!" | 6 |
| 20D | 31. "A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet" | 5 |
| 21D | 33. Be in the military | 5 |
| 22D | 34. Like some orders and tales | 4 |
| 23D | 35. 20%, perhaps | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Spin | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Closest pal, in brief | 3 |
| 26D | 40. Source of a printout, often | 3 |
| 27D | 42. Many a cult classic | 6 |
| 28D | 43. Protests that aren't going anywhere? | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Beamed | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Have high hopes | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Skedaddles | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column | 5 |
| 33D | 53. John | 3 |
| 34D | 54. Actress de Armas | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Great deal | 3 |
| 36D | 56. Cryptology grp. | 3 |
| 37D | 57. Zip | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Put a PIN in it! | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Actress Long of "Love Jones" | 3 |
| 40D | 60. Color on the beach | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Like many mustaches in film"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- Similar words include: treacherously, traitorously, delusive
- Opposite of: true
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2D: "2. Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Similar words include: ciao
- Pattern: _____
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3D: "3. Shows little sign of slowing down"
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- Think of something that a feeling of intense anger
- Similar words include: trounce, bait, storm
- Pattern: _____
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4D: "4. Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the slavic people living in croatia
- Similar words include: Croat
- Pattern: ________
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5D: "5. Museum's entrance and exit?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quad with a square body
- Similar words include: pica em, pica, mutton quad
- Pattern: ___
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6D: "6. Bad way to go"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
- Similar words include: wrong, askew, cockeyed
- Pattern: ____
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7D: "7. College official"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
- Similar words include: James Byron Dean, James Dean, doyen
- Pattern: ____
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8D: "8. Trailer opening?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Similar words include: semifinal, articulated lorry, trailer truck
- Pattern: ____
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9D: "9. Maker of the i4 and i5"
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- Pattern: ___
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10D: "10. See 4-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a water-resistant coat
- Similar words include: waterproof
- Pattern: ________
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11D: "11. Lost"
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- Pattern: _____
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12D: "12. Animal in many a roundup"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an indication of potential opportunity
- Similar words include: confidential information, head, channelize
- Pattern: _____
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13D: "13. Groups in roundups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
- Similar words include: herd, ruck, crowd
- Pattern: _____
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14D: "21. Get together for a party"
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- Think of something that a closed political meeting
- Pattern: ______
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15D: "22. Smart ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the british term)
- Similar words include: biscuit, cooky
- Pattern: ______
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16D: "25. Yearn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that desire strongly or persistently
- Similar words include: foresightful, farsighted, foresighted
- Opposite of: unretentive, short
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17D: "27. Canon collection, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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18D: "29. "Jeez Louise!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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19D: "30. "Jeez Louise!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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20D: "31. "A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- Similar words include: knave, scallywag, rapscallion
- Pattern: _____
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21D: "33. Be in the military"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- Similar words include: process, dish up, attend to
- Pattern: _____
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22D: "34. Like some orders and tales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment size for a tall person
- Similar words include: improbable, magniloquent, marvelous
- Opposite of: short
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23D: "35. 20%, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Similar words include: confidential information, angle, tilt
- Pattern: ___
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24D: "36. Spin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- Similar words include: spin around, keel, lurch
- Pattern: ____
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25D: "37. Closest pal, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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26D: "40. Source of a printout, often"
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- Pattern: ___
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27D: "42. Many a cult classic"
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- Pattern: ______
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28D: "43. Protests that aren't going anywhere?"
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- Pattern: ______
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29D: "45. Beamed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
- Similar words include: smile
- Pattern: ______
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30D: "46. Have high hopes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
- Similar words include: shoot for, draw a bead on, aim
- Pattern: ______
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31D: "48. Skedaddles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Similar words include: scat, break away, bunk
- Pattern: _____
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32D: "50. Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column"
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- Pattern: _____
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33D: "53. John"
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- Think of something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- Similar words include: toilet, lavatory, privy
- Pattern: ___
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34D: "54. Actress de Armas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- Pattern: ___
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35D: "55. Great deal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Similar words include: long ton, short ton, net ton
- Pattern: ___
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36D: "56. Cryptology grp."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Similar words include: National Security Agency
- Pattern: ___
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37D: "57. Zip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- Similar words include: energy, vigour, vitality
- Pattern: ___
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38D: "58. Put a PIN in it!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: standard atmosphere, automatic teller machine, standard pressure
- Pattern: ___
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39D: "59. Actress Long of "Love Jones""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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40D: "60. Color on the beach"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: tangent, suntan, burn
- Pattern: ___
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