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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 (44 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. Beginnings of days | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Dorm supervisors, in brief | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Pirate's "Stop!" | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Old-time anesthetic | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Bubbly beverage | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Diddly-squat | 5 |
| 7A | 17. 6'4", 186 lbs. and others | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Roman Forum greeting | 10 |
| 9A | 20. "Santa Baby" singer Eartha | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Spray can output | 7 |
| 11A | 22. Toronto's province: Abbr. | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Head rubs that relieve tension | 13 |
| 13A | 26. Babysitter, often | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Cook quickly in a pan | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Putt-putt standard | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Comfort in hard times | 6 |
| 17A | 37. Leader with a Swiss Guard detail | 4 |
| 18A | 39. "Leave it to me" … and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle | 16 |
| 19A | 43. "Gotta bounce!" | 4 |
| 20A | 44. Matador's opponent | 6 |
| 21A | 45. Circus safety device | 3 |
| 22A | 46. Absolut rival, for short | 5 |
| 23A | 49. Form a clump | 4 |
| 24A | 51. People spouting zealous rhetoric | 13 |
| 25A | 58. Bit of advice | 3 |
| 26A | 61. Weapons used in many duels | 7 |
| 27A | 62. Part of a winter wonderland | 4 |
| 28A | 63. Brief period of time | 10 |
| 29A | 65. Sound in a broadcast | 5 |
| 30A | 66. Sabin vaccine target | 5 |
| 31A | 67. New Haven university | 4 |
| 32A | 68. Blog commenter who is best ignored | 5 |
| 33A | 69. Utensil in a soup bowl | 5 |
| 34A | 70. Texting format, for short | 3 |
| 35A | 71. Touch or smell | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Beginnings of days"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first light of day
- Similar words include: sink in, daybreak, break of day
- Opposite of: sunset
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Answer: DAWNS
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2A: "6. Dorm supervisors, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- Similar words include: RA, reticular activating system, Ra
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAS
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3A: "9. Pirate's "Stop!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AVAST
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4A: "14. Old-time anesthetic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- Similar words include: ethoxyethane, aether, ethyl ether
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETHER
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5A: "15. Bubbly beverage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Similar words include: sodium carbonate, soda pop, sal soda
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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6A: "16. Diddly-squat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: nil, aught, cypher
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZIPPO
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7A: "17. 6'4", 186 lbs. and others"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STATS
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8A: "18. Roman Forum greeting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HAILCAESAR
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9A: "20. "Santa Baby" singer Eartha"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KITT
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10A: "21. Spray can output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
- Similar words include: aerosol container, spray can, aerosol bomb
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AEROSOL
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11A: "22. Toronto's province: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONT
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12A: "23. Head rubs that relieve tension"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SCALPMASSAGES
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13A: "26. Babysitter, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Similar words include: teenage, stripling, adolescent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEEN
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14A: "27. Cook quickly in a pan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dish of sauteed food
- Similar words include: sauteed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAUTE
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15A: "30. Putt-putt standard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- Similar words include: equality, equation, equivalence
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAR
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16A: "32. Comfort in hard times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
- Similar words include: soothe, consolation, comfort
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOLACE
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17A: "37. Leader with a Swiss Guard detail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the head of the roman catholic church
- Similar words include: Roman Catholic Pope, Catholic Pope, Alexander Pope
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POPE
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18A: "39. "Leave it to me" … and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: IVEGOTYOUCOVERED
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19A: "43. "Gotta bounce!""
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: aloha
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CIAO
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20A: "44. Matador's opponent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELTORO
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21A: "45. Circus safety device"
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: nett, clear, mesh
- Opposite of: gross
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Answer: NET
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22A: "46. Absolut rival, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOLI
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23A: "49. Form a clump"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- Similar words include: coagulate, clog, curdle
- Opposite of: homogenize
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Answer: CLOT
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24A: "51. People spouting zealous rhetoric"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: FIREBREATHERS
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25A: "58. Bit of advice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Similar words include: slant, top, tap
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIP
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26A: "61. Weapons used in many duels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
- Similar words include: pistol, side arm, shooting iron
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PISTOLS
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27A: "62. Part of a winter wonderland"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
- Similar words include: play false, C, hoodwink
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNOW
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28A: "63. Brief period of time"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SHORTSPELL
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29A: "65. Sound in a broadcast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the audible part of a transmitted signal
- Similar words include: audio frequency, audio recording, sound recording
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AUDIO
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30A: "66. Sabin vaccine target"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
- Similar words include: poliomyelitis, acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POLIO
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31A: "67. New Haven university"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a university in connecticut
- Similar words include: Yale University, Elihu Yale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YALE
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32A: "68. Blog commenter who is best ignored"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
- Similar words include: trolling, round
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TROLL
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33A: "69. Utensil in a soup bowl"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
- Similar words include: spoonful, smooch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPOON
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34A: "70. Texting format, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- Similar words include: Master of Science, SM, MSc
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SMS
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35A: "71. Touch or smell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: mother wit, sensory faculty, gumption
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Places students sit | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Top story of a house | 5 |
| 3D | 3. "Isn't this pleasant!" | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Stinging plant | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Soon-to-be grads: Abbr. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Sounds from lions | 5 |
| 7D | 7. "So long, amigo" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Tortilla chip dip | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Shrub with bright flowers | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Compete (for) | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Lhasa ___ (dog) | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Reach across | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Legal injury | 4 |
| 14D | 15. ___ butter (lotion ingredient) | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Minor machine parts | 4 |
| 16D | 21. "Are too!" reply | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Mexican currency | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Condo honcho, casually | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Possible outcome of a bad sprain | 10 |
| 20D | 29. Fencing sword | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Instagram posting, informally | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Enterprise rival | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Harsh cleaning agent | 3 |
| 24D | 34. Dial-up pioneer | 3 |
| 25D | 35. "Stop filming!" | 3 |
| 26D | 36. ___-warrior | 3 |
| 27D | 38. Aug. setting in Augusta | 3 |
| 28D | 40. Make a whoopsie | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Marine apex predators | 5 |
| 30D | 42. Battery unit | 4 |
| 31D | 47. Pure Leaf tea distributor | 6 |
| 32D | 48. Ring around the pupil | 4 |
| 33D | 50. "Yeah, I bet" | 6 |
| 34D | 52. Awards with a Best Boxer category | 5 |
| 35D | 53. Second-string squad | 5 |
| 36D | 54. ___-Royce | 5 |
| 37D | 55. Fashion magazine founded in France | 4 |
| 38D | 56. Muddies up | 5 |
| 39D | 57. Buff, to gym bros | 5 |
| 40D | 58. Small recipe amts. | 4 |
| 41D | 59. Denny's alternative | 4 |
| 42D | 60. Game played on horseback | 4 |
| 43D | 64. ___ de Janeiro | 3 |
| 44D | 65. Mentions directly, on X | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Places students sit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- Similar words include: desk
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DESKS
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2D: "2. Top story of a house"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- Similar words include: Ionic dialect, noggin, garret
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATTIC
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3D: "3. "Isn't this pleasant!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: WHATATREAT
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4D: "4. Stinging plant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus urtica or family urticaceae)
- Similar words include: vex, nark, gravel
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NETTLE
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5D: "5. Soon-to-be grads: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
- Similar words include: strontium, Sr, atomic number 38
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRS
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6D: "6. Sounds from lions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
- Similar words include: holler, ululate, bellow
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROARS
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7D: "7. "So long, amigo""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farewell remark
- Similar words include: so long, good-by, sayonara
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADIOS
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8D: "8. Tortilla chip dip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALSA
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9D: "9. Shrub with bright flowers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AZALEA
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10D: "10. Compete (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- Similar words include: compete, contend
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VIE
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11D: "11. Lhasa ___ (dog)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APSO
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12D: "12. Reach across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the complete duration of something
- Similar words include: yoke, couple, straddle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAN
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13D: "13. Legal injury"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- Similar words include: civil wrong
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORT
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14D: "15. ___ butter (lotion ingredient)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHEA
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15D: "19. Minor machine parts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
- Similar words include: sprocket, cog
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COGS
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16D: "21. "Are too!" reply"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMNOT
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17D: "24. Mexican currency"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
- Similar words include: Cuban peso, Colombian peso, Guinea-Bissau peso
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PESO
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18D: "25. Condo honcho, casually"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SUPE
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19D: "28. Possible outcome of a bad sprain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TORNTENDON
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20D: "29. Fencing sword"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPEE
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21D: "30. Instagram posting, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- Similar words include: exposure, movie, moving picture
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIC
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22D: "31. Enterprise rival"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVIS
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23D: "33. Harsh cleaning agent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LYE
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24D: "34. Dial-up pioneer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AOL
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25D: "35. "Stop filming!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a share of the profits
- Similar words include: turn off, disregard, abbreviate
- Opposite of: switch on, expand
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Answer: CUT
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26D: "36. ___-warrior"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECO
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27D: "38. Aug. setting in Augusta"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDT
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28D: "40. Make a whoopsie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- Similar words include: zany, sin, jackass
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOOF
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29D: "41. Marine apex predators"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Similar words include: killer, killer whale, Orcinus orca
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORCAS
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30D: "42. Battery unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
- Similar words include: V
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VOLT
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31D: "47. Pure Leaf tea distributor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LIPTON
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32D: "48. Ring around the pupil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- Similar words include: iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRIS
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33D: "50. "Yeah, I bet""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OHSURE
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34D: "52. Awards with a Best Boxer category"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: descry, spot, spy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESPYS
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35D: "53. Second-string squad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BTEAM
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36D: "54. ___-Royce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- Similar words include: coil, roll, paradiddle
- Opposite of: unwind
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Answer: ROLLS
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37D: "55. Fashion magazine founded in France"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELLE
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38D: "56. Muddies up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be agitated
- Similar words include: moil, churn, boil
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROILS
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39D: "57. Buff, to gym bros"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWOLE
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40D: "58. Small recipe amts."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSPS
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41D: "59. Denny's alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IHOP
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42D: "60. Game played on horseback"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)
- Similar words include: Marco Polo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POLO
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43D: "64. ___ de Janeiro"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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44D: "65. Mentions directly, on X"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
- Similar words include: atomic number 85, at, At
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATS
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
44 Down Clues
79 Total Clues
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