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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (36 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (36 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. Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops | 4 |
| 2A | 5. R-V guy? | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Adds to a timeline, say | 5 |
| 4A | 13. One who's off-base? | 9 |
| 5A | 16. See 41-Across | 5 |
| 6A | 17. Accessory with a grid of numbers | 9 |
| 7A | 18. "To repeat ..." | 5 |
| 8A | 19. Unacceptable | 7 |
| 9A | 20. They're not up to much | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Player — or piece of equipment — at Barclays Center | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Instrument with a neck, informally | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Supreme Court justice Gorsuch | 4 |
| 13A | 26. John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress | 10 |
| 14A | 30. General with orders? | 3 |
| 15A | 31. "Magnum, P.I." setting | 4 |
| 16A | 32. "Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman | 3 |
| 17A | 33. Saver's asset | 6 |
| 18A | 35. Dude who might be in a row | 7 |
| 19A | 37. "You're not just imagining that tone" | 7 |
| 20A | 38. Makes sense | 6 |
| 21A | 39. .pdf alternative | 3 |
| 22A | 40. City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80 | 4 |
| 23A | 41. With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly | 3 |
| 24A | 42. Roquefort, e.g. | 10 |
| 25A | 45. Book of Mormon figure | 4 |
| 26A | 47. C.I.A. forerunner | 3 |
| 27A | 48. ___ Technica (news site) | 3 |
| 28A | 49. Something often hit without you seeing it | 6 |
| 29A | 51. Liverpudlians, e.g. | 7 |
| 30A | 55. Burdened | 5 |
| 31A | 56. Job for a driller | 9 |
| 32A | 58. ___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed) | 5 |
| 33A | 59. Mali Empire ruler who single-handedly made the value of gold almost worthless by giving away so much of it | 9 |
| 34A | 60. Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world | 5 |
| 35A | 61. Financial report abbr. | 3 |
| 36A | 62. Exam with a max score of 1520 | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
- Similar words include: IA, Hawkeye State, Ioway
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOWA
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2A: "5. R-V guy?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STU
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3A: "8. Adds to a timeline, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- Similar words include: station, C. W. Post, send
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POSTS
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4A: "13. One who's off-base?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- Similar words include: short
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHORTSTOP
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5A: "16. See 41-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 1st letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALPHA
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6A: "17. Accessory with a grid of numbers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BINGOCARD
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7A: "18. "To repeat ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ISAID
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8A: "19. Unacceptable"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOTOKAY
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9A: "20. They're not up to much"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that person who does no work
- Similar words include: idler, loafer, layabout
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IDLERS
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10A: "22. Player — or piece of equipment — at Barclays Center"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Similar words include: web, net profit, lucre
- Opposite of: gross
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Answer: NET
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11A: "23. Instrument with a neck, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small guitar having four strings
- Similar words include: ukulele
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UKE
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12A: "24. Supreme Court justice Gorsuch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEIL
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13A: "26. John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GIANTSTEPS
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14A: "30. General with orders?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSO
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15A: "31. "Magnum, P.I." setting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Similar words include: Oahu Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAHU
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16A: "32. "Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERE
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17A: "33. Saver's asset"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
- Similar words include: parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, parsimony
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THRIFT
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18A: "35. Dude who might be in a row"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FRATBRO
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19A: "37. "You're not just imagining that tone""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IHEARIT
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20A: "38. Makes sense"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADDSUP
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21A: "39. .pdf alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
- Similar words include: Commerce Department, Commerce, doctor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOC
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22A: "40. City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RENO
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23A: "41. With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal term for information
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEN
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24A: "42. Roquefort, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BLUECHEESE
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25A: "45. Book of Mormon figure"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENOS
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26A: "47. C.I.A. forerunner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: os, oculus sinister, OS
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OSS
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27A: "48. ___ Technica (news site)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
- Similar words include: atomic number 18, Arkansas, Land of Opportunity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARS
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28A: "49. Something often hit without you seeing it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PINATA
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29A: "51. Liverpudlians, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of great britain
- Similar words include: Briton, Brit, Britisher
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BRITONS
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30A: "55. Burdened"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove with or as if with a ladle
- Similar words include: ladened, loaded, ladle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LADEN
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31A: "56. Job for a driller"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ROOTCANAL
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32A: "58. ___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEAK
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33A: "59. Mali Empire ruler who single-handedly made the value of gold almost worthless by giving away so much of it"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MANSAMUSA
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34A: "60. Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and largest city of bangladesh
- Similar words include: capital of Bangladesh, Dacca
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DHAKA
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35A: "61. Financial report abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YTD
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36A: "62. Exam with a max score of 1520"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSAT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Library fig. | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Red state? | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Refuses to | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Cephalopods with a name derived from Greek mythology | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Visit | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Shortening for a city that omits "onto" | 3 |
| 7D | 7. John who won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur" | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Tool used in building some castles | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Elizabeth of "WandaVision" | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Fifth wheels? | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Phrase spoken by a dog in a burning room, in a 2010s meme | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Unfortunate | 3 |
| 13D | 14. Show, as of appreciation | 5 |
| 14D | 15. Graph type with sets of points | 11 |
| 15D | 21. Football roster planning documents | 11 |
| 16D | 23. Sport ___ | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Game that aptly draws millions each day? | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Where someone might be led on the way to being tricked | 10 |
| 19D | 27. "Who knew?!" | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Sellout letters | 3 |
| 21D | 29. 2019 Harry Styles song whose subject "lives in daydreams with me" | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Grown-up | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Philatelist's prize | 9 |
| 24D | 36. Fella | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Games-organizing org. | 3 |
| 26D | 39. Comme ___ Garçons (fashion label) | 3 |
| 27D | 43. Outfit for G.I. Joe | 6 |
| 28D | 44. Lucas's younger sister on "Stranger Things" | 5 |
| 29D | 46. Pussyfoot | 5 |
| 30D | 50. Singer Paul | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Strong connection | 4 |
| 32D | 52. Encumbrance | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Overseer of Artemis | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Bedframe part | 4 |
| 35D | 55. The F.D.A. approved a form of this to treat anxiety in 2024, for short | 3 |
| 36D | 57. Kind of milk | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Library fig."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISBN
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2D: "2. Red state?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Similar words include: Buckeye State, Ohio River, OH
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHIO
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3D: "3. Refuses to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an established custom
- Similar words include: habit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WONT
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4D: "4. Cephalopods with a name derived from Greek mythology"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
- Similar words include: paper nautilus, argonaut, nautilus
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ARGONAUTS
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5D: "5. Visit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: stay put, ride out, detain
- Opposite of: change, move
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Answer: STAY
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6D: "6. Shortening for a city that omits "onto""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOR
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7D: "7. John who won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states author (born 1932)
- Similar words include: John Updike, John Hoyer Updike
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPDIKE
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8D: "8. Tool used in building some castles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- Similar words include: bucket, pailful
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAIL
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9D: "9. Elizabeth of "WandaVision""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OLSEN
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10D: "10. Fifth wheels?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SPARETIRES
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11D: "11. Phrase spoken by a dog in a burning room, in a 2010s meme"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: THISISFINE
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12D: "12. Unfortunate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
- Similar words include: lamentable, distressing, sorry
- Opposite of: glad
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Answer: SAD
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13D: "14. Show, as of appreciation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an individual instance of a type of symbol
- Similar words include: keepsake, relic, item
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOKEN
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14D: "15. Graph type with sets of points"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SCATTERPLOT
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15D: "21. Football roster planning documents"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DEPTHCHARTS
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16D: "23. Sport ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UTE
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17D: "25. Game that aptly draws millions each day?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
- Similar words include: keno, beano, bingo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOTTO
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18D: "26. Where someone might be led on the way to being tricked"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GARDENPATH
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19D: "27. "Who knew?!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: IHADNOIDEA
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20D: "28. Sellout letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRO
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21D: "29. 2019 Harry Styles song whose subject "lives in daydreams with me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SHE
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22D: "31. Grown-up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OFAGE
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23D: "34. Philatelist's prize"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RARESTAMP
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24D: "36. Fella"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUB
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25D: "37. Games-organizing org."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOC
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26D: "39. Comme ___ Garçons (fashion label)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- Similar words include: stilboestrol, stilbestrol, diethylstilbesterol
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DES
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27D: "43. Outfit for G.I. Joe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: USARMY
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28D: "44. Lucas's younger sister on "Stranger Things""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any plant of the genus erica
- Similar words include: true heath
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERICA
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29D: "46. Pussyfoot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- Similar words include: fink, snitcher, sneaker
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNEAK
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30D: "50. Singer Paul"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANKA
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31D: "51. Strong connection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an electrical force linking atoms
- Similar words include: attachment, adherence, Julian Bond
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOND
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32D: "52. Encumbrance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: encumbrance, incumbrance, burden
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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33D: "53. Overseer of Artemis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
- Similar words include: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NASA
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34D: "54. Bedframe part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin strip (wood or metal)
- Similar words include: spline
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAT
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35D: "55. The F.D.A. approved a form of this to treat anxiety in 2024, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- Similar words include: lysergic acid diethylamide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LSD
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36D: "57. Kind of milk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAT
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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
36 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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