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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: 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. Pain reliever | 10 |
| 2A | 11. Promote shamelessly | 4 |
| 3A | 15. Synthetic upholstery material | 10 |
| 4A | 16. Charge | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Noted feature of Paris's Parc de Bagatelle | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Hot pair | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Bygone office assistant | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Illustrator of the Tammany tiger | 4 |
| 9A | 21. Spare things? | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Milk source | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Mesh | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Word with sweet or blind | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Tell | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Dwellings for nomads | 5 |
| 15A | 31. Shipping container | 6 |
| 16A | 35. Beverage featured in "A Christmas Story" | 8 |
| 17A | 37. Nostalgic tune | 15 |
| 18A | 39. Domesticated insect entirely dependent on humans for reproduction | 8 |
| 19A | 40. The Brady household, including Alice, e.g. | 6 |
| 20A | 41. Material refined through the Bessemer process | 5 |
| 21A | 42. A long, long time | 5 |
| 22A | 44. A vacationer might hope to catch them | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Muscleman of 1980s TV | 3 |
| 24A | 47. "Help," e.g. | 4 |
| 25A | 51. Victuals, informally | 4 |
| 26A | 53. Washington notes | 4 |
| 27A | 55. Time sheet calculation | 5 |
| 28A | 56. Long way to go? | 4 |
| 29A | 57. Modern identification method | 10 |
| 30A | 59. Obstacles to peace, sometimes | 4 |
| 31A | 60. Lying across | 10 |
| 32A | 61. Elephant ___ (pastries) | 4 |
| 33A | 62. Pursuit after a breakup | 10 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Pain reliever"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HEATINGPAD
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2A: "11. Promote shamelessly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that beat severely with a whip or rod
- Similar words include: whip, lash, welt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLOG
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3A: "15. Synthetic upholstery material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a synthetic suede cloth
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ULTRASUEDE
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4A: "16. Charge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a charge imposed and collected
- Similar words include: impose, levy en masse, raise
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEVY
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5A: "17. Noted feature of Paris's Parc de Bagatelle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROSEGARDEN
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6A: "18. Hot pair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- Similar words include: particular, token, point
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITEM
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7A: "19. Bygone office assistant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STENO
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8A: "20. Illustrator of the Tammany tiger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states political cartoonist (1840-1902)
- Similar words include: Thomas Nast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAST
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9A: "21. Spare things?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- Similar words include: thole, oarlock, personal identification number
- Opposite of: unpin
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Answer: PINS
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10A: "22. Milk source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the small projection of a mammary gland
- Similar words include: nipple, mammilla, tit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEAT
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11A: "23. Mesh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Similar words include: mousse, gelatin, colloidal gel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEL
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12A: "24. Word with sweet or blind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Similar words include: touch, spy, smirch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPOT
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13A: "26. Tell"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAYTO
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14A: "28. Dwellings for nomads"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic mongol and turkic people of central asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
- Similar words include: yurt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YURTS
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15A: "31. Shipping container"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer (born in 1923)
- Similar words include: Norman Mailer
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAILER
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16A: "35. Beverage featured in "A Christmas Story""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OVALTINE
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17A: "37. Nostalgic tune"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: OLDIEBUTAGOODIE
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18A: "39. Domesticated insect entirely dependent on humans for reproduction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SILKMOTH
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19A: "40. The Brady household, including Alice, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: 9, Nina from Carolina, niner
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENNEAD
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20A: "41. Material refined through the Bessemer process"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- Similar words include: brand, nerve, sword
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEEL
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21A: "42. A long, long time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the supreme being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
- Similar words include: aeon, eon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AEONS
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22A: "44. A vacationer might hope to catch them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
- Similar words include: ray, electron beam, shaft of light
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAYS
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23A: "46. Muscleman of 1980s TV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRT
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24A: "47. "Help," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
- Similar words include: supplication
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLEA
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25A: "51. Victuals, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a meal
- Similar words include: sponge, chow, mooch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRUB
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26A: "53. Washington notes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: I, single, one
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONES
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27A: "55. Time sheet calculation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time assigned for work
- Similar words include: time of day, 60 minutes, hour
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOURS
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28A: "56. Long way to go?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
- Similar words include: limousine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIMO
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29A: "57. Modern identification method"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: RETINASCAN
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30A: "59. Obstacles to peace, sometimes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: egotism, ego, self-importance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOS
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31A: "60. Lying across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
- Similar words include: cross, transversal, thwartwise
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRANSVERSE
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32A: "61. Elephant ___ (pastries)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: ear, auricle, spike
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARS
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33A: "62. Pursuit after a breakup"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SOLOCAREER
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Novelist Fannie who wrote "Imitation of Life" (1933) | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Mexican street corn | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Bamboozled | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Site of a Counter-Reformation council, 1545-63 | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Speaker of the line "… your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs" | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Code-breaking grp. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. It might bring a patient to surgery | 6 |
| 8D | 8. "Step on it!" | 15 |
| 9D | 9. Fruity beverages | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Jobs for body shops | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Lose all patience with | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Leave one's winnings on the table for another bet | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Tandoor, e.g. | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Elliptical areas | 4 |
| 15D | 23. "The Mysterious Lady" actress, 1928 | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Wire holders | 6 |
| 17D | 26. Decorous | 6 |
| 18D | 27. Cells that can be vitrified and preserved for future use | 3 |
| 19D | 29. "The Fall of the House of Usher" actress ___ Miller | 4 |
| 20D | 30. Very start, as of an idea | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Kind of floor covering | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Settled down | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Bit of wanton gossip | 9 |
| 24D | 34. In an awesome way, slangily | 9 |
| 25D | 36. Professional negotiator | 5 |
| 26D | 38. Hagen of Broadway | 3 |
| 27D | 43. Shakespearean duke | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Arranges | 5 |
| 29D | 47. Phony one | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Riches | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Clear one's name, say? | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Seven-time Emmy winner Ed | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Jouissance | 4 |
| 34D | 52. World capital on both banks of the Daugava River | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Focus of the historians Tacitus and Suetonius | 4 |
| 36D | 55. "___ Nagila" | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Pres. advisory grp. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Novelist Fannie who wrote "Imitation of Life" (1933)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HURST
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2D: "2. Mexican street corn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELOTE
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3D: "3. Bamboozled"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATSEA
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4D: "4. Site of a Counter-Reformation council, 1545-63"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a river in central england that flows generally northeastward to join with the ouse river and form the humber
- Similar words include: Trento, Trent River, River Trent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRENT
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5D: "5. Speaker of the line "… your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IAGO
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6D: "6. Code-breaking 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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Answer: NSA
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7D: "7. It might bring a patient to surgery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metal stretcher with wheels
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GURNEY
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8D: "8. "Step on it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: PEDALTOTHEMETAL
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9D: "9. Fruity beverages"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: ade, fruit drink
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADES
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10D: "10. Jobs for body shops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- Similar words include: slit, scratch, prick
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DENTS
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11D: "11. Lose all patience with"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FLIPOUTON
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12D: "12. Leave one's winnings on the table for another bet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LETITRIDE
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13D: "13. Tandoor, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVEN
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14D: "14. Elliptical areas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
- Similar words include: gymnasium, gym
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GYMS
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15D: "23. "The Mysterious Lady" actress, 1928"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states film actress (born in sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- Similar words include: Greta Louisa Gustafsson, Greta Garbo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GARBO
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16D: "25. Wire holders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
- Similar words include: power pylon, pylon
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PYLONS
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17D: "26. Decorous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that according with custom or propriety
- Similar words include: comely, decent, decorous
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEEMLY
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18D: "27. Cells that can be vitrified and preserved for future use"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Similar words include: ovum, egg cell
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OVA
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19D: "29. "The Fall of the House of Usher" actress ___ Miller"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TNIA
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20D: "30. Very start, as of an idea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small hard fruit
- Similar words include: seminal fluid, germ, sow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEED
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21D: "31. Kind of floor covering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOSS
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22D: "32. Settled down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIT
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23D: "33. Bit of wanton gossip"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IDLERUMOR
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24D: "34. In an awesome way, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LIKEABOSS
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25D: "36. Professional negotiator"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Similar words include: federal agent, agentive role, factor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGENT
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26D: "38. Hagen of Broadway"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reptile genus of iguanidae
- Similar words include: genus Uta
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UTA
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27D: "43. Shakespearean duke"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORSINO
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28D: "45. Arranges"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Similar words include: sort out, kind, variety
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SORTS
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29D: "47. Phony one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
- Similar words include: poseur, toughie, sticker
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POSER
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30D: "48. Riches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for money
- Similar words include: scratch, clams, moolah
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUCRE
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31D: "49. Clear one's name, say?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from memory or existence
- Similar words include: wipe out, efface, wipe off
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: ERASE
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32D: "50. Seven-time Emmy winner Ed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASNER
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33D: "51. Jouissance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that great merriment
- Similar words include: hilarity, gloat, gloating
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLEE
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34D: "52. World capital on both banks of the Daugava River"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
- Similar words include: capital of Latvia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIGA
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35D: "54. Focus of the historians Tacitus and Suetonius"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- Similar words include: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NERO
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36D: "55. "___ Nagila""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAVA
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37D: "58. Pres. advisory grp."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the central intelligence agency
- Similar words include: National Security Council
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NSC
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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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