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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 (36 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. CAPTCHA blockees | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Crust (over) | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Building with a "broad side," in an idiom | 4 |
| 4A | 13. One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Attire in many a Degas painting | 4 |
| 6A | 15. "Hey, sailor!" | 4 |
| 7A | 16. "It's hard to say" | 14 |
| 8A | 19. Like June 21 among all the days of the year | 7 |
| 9A | 20. Place to plop down in a parlor | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Vote in | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Sparkler on a ring | 3 |
| 12A | 24. 2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Whole bunch | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Bar mitzvah or confirmation | 4 |
| 15A | 32. In unison | 5 |
| 16A | 34. Relaxing sounds | 4 |
| 17A | 36. The "N" of NGO | 3 |
| 18A | 37. It's hard to say | 14 |
| 19A | 40. Vietnamese New Year | 3 |
| 20A | 41. Stingy sort? | 4 |
| 21A | 42. Semiaquatic relative of a badger | 5 |
| 22A | 43. Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Does poorly | 4 |
| 24A | 47. ___-à-___ | 4 |
| 25A | 48. Holiday centerpiece | 3 |
| 26A | 50. "Here, ___!" | 5 |
| 27A | 52. Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one | 6 |
| 28A | 55. One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g. | 7 |
| 29A | 59. It's hard to say | 14 |
| 30A | 61. Some rounds | 4 |
| 31A | 62. Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish) | 4 |
| 32A | 63. Track shape | 4 |
| 33A | 64. Polite assent | 4 |
| 34A | 65. Prying | 4 |
| 35A | 66. First coin to use the $ symbol | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. CAPTCHA blockees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Similar words include: bot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOTS
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2A: "5. Crust (over)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- Similar words include: rat, blackleg, fink
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAB
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3A: "9. Building with a "broad side," in an idiom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
- Similar words include: b
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BARN
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4A: "13. One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akko, Akka, Accho
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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5A: "14. Attire in many a Degas painting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
- Similar words include: ballet skirt, Desmond Tutu
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUTU
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6A: "15. "Hey, sailor!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHOY
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7A: "16. "It's hard to say""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: WHOREALLYKNOWS
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8A: "19. Like June 21 among all the days of the year"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
- Similar words include: long, farseeing, prospicient
- Opposite of: short, unretentive
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Answer: LONGEST
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9A: "20. Place to plop down in a parlor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long wooden bench with a back
- Similar words include: settle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SETTEE
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10A: "21. Vote in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an exclusive group of people
- Similar words include: chosen, elite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELECT
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11A: "23. Sparkler on a ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- Similar words include: treasure, gemstone, precious stone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEM
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12A: "24. 2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUCA
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13A: "27. Whole bunch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: pot, spate, passel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLEW
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14A: "29. Bar mitzvah or confirmation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
- Similar words include: ritual, religious rite
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RITE
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15A: "32. In unison"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASONE
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16A: "34. Relaxing sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: ooh, aah
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AAHS
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17A: "36. The "N" of NGO"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
- Similar words include: not
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NON
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18A: "37. It's hard to say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: THATWASMYFAULT
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19A: "40. Vietnamese New Year"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TET
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20A: "41. Stingy sort?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white person of anglo-saxon ancestry who belongs to a protestant denomination
- Similar words include: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WASP
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21A: "42. Semiaquatic relative of a badger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fur of an otter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OTTER
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22A: "43. Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
- Similar words include: physical attraction, sexual desire, concupiscence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EROS
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23A: "45. Does poorly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- Similar words include: trouble, garlic, pain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AILS
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24A: "47. ___-à-___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TETE
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25A: "48. Holiday centerpiece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- Similar words include: true fir, fir tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FIR
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26A: "50. "Here, ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- Similar words include: arrest, captivate, entrance
- Opposite of: unhitch
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Answer: CATCH
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27A: "52. Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sculpture representing a human or animal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STATUE
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28A: "55. One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: YODELER
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29A: "59. It's hard to say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a savory sauce of vinegar and soy sauce and spices
- Similar words include: Worcestershire sauce, Worcester sauce
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: WORCESTERSHIRE
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30A: "61. Some rounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that projectiles to be fired from a gun
- Similar words include: ammunition
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMMO
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31A: "62. Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARM
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32A: "63. Track shape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- Similar words include: prolate, oviform, elliptical
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVAL
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33A: "64. Polite assent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YESM
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34A: "65. Prying"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that offensively curious or inquisitive
- Similar words include: prying, nosey, snoopy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOSY
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35A: "66. First coin to use the $ symbol"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
- Similar words include: Guinea-Bissau peso, Uruguayan peso, Colombian peso
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PESO
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Blubber | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Número de planetas | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Mega or jumbo ending | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Forrest Gump, for one | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Inactive periods | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Many a midnight movie | 11 |
| 7D | 7. Home of the Braves: Abbr. | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Completely goes along with | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Playful teasing | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Quite some time, antonymously | 10 |
| 11D | 11. "Dirty Jobs" host Mike | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Where Coca-Cola is KO | 4 |
| 13D | 17. An elver is a young one | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Cask | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Leaders in assists, typically | 11 |
| 16D | 24. Place for cafe art | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow" | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Canada's features a unicorn | 10 |
| 19D | 28. One of the five W's | 3 |
| 20D | 30. For rent | 5 |
| 21D | 31. ___ nous | 5 |
| 22D | 33. "I so did not need to hear that!" | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief | 3 |
| 24D | 38. Minor-league level | 3 |
| 25D | 39. 1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance | 8 |
| 26D | 44. Show with a laugh track | 6 |
| 27D | 46. Wet, with thunder and lightning | 6 |
| 28D | 49. Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" | 3 |
| 29D | 51. Some music sales, for short | 3 |
| 30D | 52. Convince | 4 |
| 31D | 53. "You talkin' ___?" | 4 |
| 32D | 54. Its website has a "Fantasy" tab | 4 |
| 33D | 56. On now | 4 |
| 34D | 57. "Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift | 4 |
| 35D | 58. Move, in real estate lingo | 4 |
| 36D | 60. "The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller) | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Blubber"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that shout loudly and without restraint
- Similar words include: yawp, bellow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAWL
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2D: "2. Número de planetas"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OCHO
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3D: "3. Mega or jumbo ending"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRON
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4D: "4. Forrest Gump, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
- Similar words include: police sergeant, serjeant, sergeant-at-law
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SERGEANT
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5D: "5. Inactive periods"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STASES
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6D: "6. Many a midnight movie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CULTCLASSIC
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7D: "7. Home of the Braves: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATL
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8D: "8. Completely goes along with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advantageous purchase
- Similar words include: steal, bargain, grease one's palms
- Opposite of: sell
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Answer: BUYS
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9D: "9. Playful teasing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that light teasing repartee
- Similar words include: kid, give-and-take, jolly
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BANTER
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10D: "10. Quite some time, antonymously"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: AHOTMINUTE
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11D: "11. "Dirty Jobs" host Mike"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROWE
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12D: "12. Where Coca-Cola is KO"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stock exchange in new york
- Similar words include: big board, New York Stock Exchange, N. Y. Stock Exchange
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NYSE
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13D: "17. An elver is a young one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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14D: "18. Cask"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity contained in a keg
- Similar words include: kegful
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEG
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15D: "22. Leaders in assists, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TEAMPLAYERS
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16D: "24. Place for cafe art"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- Similar words include: caffe latte
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATTE
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17D: "25. Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
- Similar words include: doorkeeper, show, James Ussher
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USHER
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18D: "26. Canada's features a unicorn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: COATOFARMS
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19D: "28. One of the five W's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
- Similar words include: wherefore
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WHY
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20D: "30. For rent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOLET
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21D: "31. ___ nous"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENTRE
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22D: "33. "I so did not need to hear that!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EWW
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23D: "35. Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SFO
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24D: "38. Minor-league level"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAA
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25D: "39. 1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ATTHEHOP
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26D: "44. Show with a laugh track"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
- Similar words include: situation comedy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SITCOM
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27D: "46. Wet, with thunder and lightning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
- Similar words include: tempestuous
- Opposite of: calm
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Answer: STORMY
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28D: "49. Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Similar words include: ruefulness, repent, sorrow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUE
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29D: "51. Some music sales, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
- Similar words include: cadmium, compact disc, CD
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CDS
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30D: "52. Convince"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that controlling influence
- Similar words include: carry, tilt, persuade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAY
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31D: "53. "You talkin' ___?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a (usually) large and scholarly book
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOME
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32D: "54. Its website has a "Fantasy" tab"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPN
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33D: "56. On now"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- Similar words include: hot, hold out, resilient
- Opposite of: recorded, dead
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Answer: LIVE
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34D: "57. "Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: ERA, era, earned run average
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERAS
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35D: "58. Move, in real estate lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RELO
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36D: "60. "The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
- Similar words include: Taoist
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAO
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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
35 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
71 Total Clues
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