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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (35 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. Eating plan that attempts to mimic Stone Age conditions | 9 |
| 2A | 10. It's different from randomness, mathematically | 5 |
| 3A | 15. Unsolved mysteries | 9 |
| 4A | 16. Pasta shape similar to ziti | 5 |
| 5A | 17. Despite its name, it's not alcoholic | 9 |
| 6A | 18. Subscription prices | 5 |
| 7A | 19. Celery unit | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Pineapple and Cranberry, for two, in N.Y.C. | 3 |
| 9A | 22. Material for a certain pocket | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Shape of a charm that Simone Biles wears on a necklace | 4 |
| 11A | 25. "Toy Story" antagonist | 3 |
| 12A | 27. Where to set a cocktail garnish | 3 |
| 13A | 28. Command that initiates a chase | 7 |
| 14A | 31. "Avengers: ___" (film in Marvel's Infinity Saga) | 7 |
| 15A | 33. Resource used in 67-Across | 3 |
| 16A | 34. ___ paneer (classic vegetarian Indian dish) | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Be in one's good ___ | 6 |
| 18A | 37. Ooze | 4 |
| 19A | 39. Live | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Board game that begins with players choosing college versus career | 4 |
| 21A | 42. "I canNOT handle this right now" | 6 |
| 22A | 44. One option in a subscription service | 4 |
| 23A | 46. "I told you!!" | 3 |
| 24A | 47. They form when snow melts and refreezes | 7 |
| 25A | 49. Created unpleasant driving conditions, in a way | 7 |
| 26A | 51. "___ supuesto!" ("Of course!," in Spanish) | 3 |
| 27A | 52. Insta post | 3 |
| 28A | 53. Needing a 34-inch inseam, maybe | 4 |
| 29A | 54. Roman Empire invader | 4 |
| 30A | 56. Verb in each of the first three sentences of the Gettysburg Address | 3 |
| 31A | 58. British natural historian Attenborough | 5 |
| 32A | 61. They're the subject of more than 200 million catalogs a year | 5 |
| 33A | 63. Common things in processed foods | 9 |
| 34A | 66. Iranian money | 5 |
| 35A | 67. Video game in which users build tools from raw resources | 9 |
| 36A | 68. Fruit that can be used to add highlights to your hair | 5 |
| 37A | 69. Liner notes? | 9 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Eating plan that attempts to mimic Stone Age conditions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PALEODIET
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2A: "10. It's different from randomness, mathematically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of extreme confusion and disorder
- Similar words include: topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness, bedlam
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHAOS
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3A: "15. Unsolved mysteries"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OPENCASES
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4A: "16. Pasta shape similar to ziti"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PENNE
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5A: "17. Despite its name, it's not alcoholic"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GINGERALE
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6A: "18. Subscription prices"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)
- Similar words include: shop, rat, order
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RATES
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7A: "19. Celery unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- Similar words include: haunt, angry walk, stem
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STALK
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8A: "20. Pineapple and Cranberry, for two, in N.Y.C."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STS
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9A: "22. Material for a certain pocket"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
- Similar words include: pocket bread
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PITA
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10A: "23. Shape of a charm that Simone Biles wears on a necklace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
- Similar words include: Capricorn the Goat, Capricorn, laughingstock
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOAT
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11A: "25. "Toy Story" antagonist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SID
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12A: "27. Where to set a cocktail garnish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- Similar words include: brim, lip, flange
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIM
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13A: "28. Command that initiates a chase"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOFETCH
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14A: "31. "Avengers: ___" (film in Marvel's Infinity Saga)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
- Similar words include: end game
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENDGAME
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15A: "33. Resource used in 67-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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16A: "34. ___ paneer (classic vegetarian Indian dish)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAAG
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17A: "36. Be in one's good ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (christian theology) a state of sanctification by god; the state of one who is under such divine influence
- Similar words include: saving grace, goodwill, free grace
- Opposite of: unseemliness
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Answer: GRACES
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18A: "37. Ooze"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
- Similar words include: ooze
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEEP
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19A: "39. Live"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
- Similar words include: lie in, populate, live
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DWELL
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20A: "41. Board game that begins with players choosing college versus career"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a characteristic state or mode of living
- Similar words include: life history, lifespan, life sentence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIFE
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21A: "42. "I canNOT handle this right now""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SODONE
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22A: "44. One option in a subscription service"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- Similar words include: level, grade, tier up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIER
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23A: "46. "I told you!!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: witness, discover, visit
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE
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24A: "47. They form when snow melts and refreezes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ICEDAMS
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25A: "49. Created unpleasant driving conditions, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
- Similar words include: sleet
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SLEETED
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26A: "51. "___ supuesto!" ("Of course!," in Spanish)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POR
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27A: "52. Insta post"
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: picture show, flick, motion-picture show
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIC
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28A: "53. Needing a 34-inch inseam, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment size for a tall person
- Similar words include: improbable, magniloquent, grandiloquent
- Opposite of: short
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Answer: TALL
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29A: "54. Roman Empire invader"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- Similar words include: boor, churl, tyke
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOTH
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30A: "56. Verb in each of the first three sentences of the Gettysburg Address"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: cost, constitute, follow
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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31A: "58. British natural historian Attenborough"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that patron saint of wales (circa 520-600)
- Similar words include: St. David, Saint David, Jacques Louis David
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DAVID
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32A: "61. They're the subject of more than 200 million catalogs a year"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IKEAS
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33A: "63. Common things in processed foods"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
- Similar words include: additive
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ADDITIVES
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34A: "66. Iranian money"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in yemen; equal to 100 fils
- Similar words include: Yemeni rial, riyal-omani, Iranian rial
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RIALS
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35A: "67. Video game in which users build tools from raw resources"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MINECRAFT
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36A: "68. Fruit that can be used to add highlights to your hair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
- Similar words include: stinker, Citrus limon, lemon tree
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEMON
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37A: "69. Liner notes?"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SEASHANTY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Cool, in streaming slang | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Honeybee genus | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Fast time? | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Captivate | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Wild cats whose name comes from Nahuatl | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Aesthetic associated with classical literature and vintage fashion | 12 |
| 7D | 7. "God ___ Woman" (hit by Ariana Grande) | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Fish that can be 12 feet long | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Fly that causes sleeping sickness | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Lifeguard's skill, for short | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Whole bunch | 4 |
| 12D | 12. "How to Be an ___" (book by Ibram X. Kendi) | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Nonrecurring payment | 10 |
| 14D | 14. Bit on a bun | 10 |
| 15D | 21. Beyoncé song subtitled "(Put a Ring on It)" | 12 |
| 16D | 24. Be unchill? | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Inits. for the old East Germany | 3 |
| 18D | 28. Teen drama that revolves around "the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite" | 10 |
| 19D | 29. Ingredient that resembles soil in "dirt pudding" | 10 |
| 20D | 30. Squad that trains athletes for the pros | 10 |
| 21D | 32. Lass | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Understand | 3 |
| 23D | 38. Group of whales | 3 |
| 24D | 40. Lean to one side | 4 |
| 25D | 43. Little rest | 3 |
| 26D | 45. Shut again, as a gate | 7 |
| 27D | 48. Beats it | 6 |
| 28D | 50. Horror character known as the Mistress of the Dark | 6 |
| 29D | 55. Ring in many Renaissance paintings | 4 |
| 30D | 57. Actress Falco of "The Sopranos" | 4 |
| 31D | 59. ___ Bunin, 1933 Literature Nobelist from Russia | 4 |
| 32D | 60. Adroit | 4 |
| 33D | 62. ID whose lowest possibility is 001-01-0001 | 3 |
| 34D | 64. Cellular data plan? | 3 |
| 35D | 65. It's badly in need of a pick-me-up | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Cool, in streaming slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POG
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2D: "2. Honeybee genus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the apidae: honeybees
- Similar words include: genus Apis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APIS
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3D: "3. Fast time?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Similar words include: impart, add, contribute
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LENT
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4D: "4. Captivate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- Similar words include: engross, prosecute, lease
- Opposite of: disengage, fire
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Answer: ENGAGE
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5D: "5. Wild cats whose name comes from Nahuatl"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nocturnal wildcat of central america and south america having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
- Similar words include: Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OCELOTS
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6D: "6. Aesthetic associated with classical literature and vintage fashion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: DARKACADEMIA
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7D: "7. "God ___ Woman" (hit by Ariana Grande)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISA
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8D: "8. Fish that can be 12 feet long"
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
- Similar words include: eel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EELS
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9D: "9. Fly that causes sleeping sickness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bloodsucking african fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
- Similar words include: tsetse fly, tzetze, glossina
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TSETSE
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10D: "10. Lifeguard's skill, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
- Similar words include: cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kiss of life
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPR
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11D: "11. Whole bunch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Similar words include: batch, pot, mickle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HEAP
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12D: "12. "How to Be an ___" (book by Ibram X. Kendi)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ANTIRACIST
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13D: "13. Nonrecurring payment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ONETIMEFEE
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14D: "14. Bit on a bun"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SESAMESEED
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15D: "21. Beyoncé song subtitled "(Put a Ring on It)""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SINGLELADIES
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16D: "24. Be unchill?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: warming, unfreeze, unthaw
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAW
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17D: "26. Inits. for the old East Germany"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DDR
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18D: "28. Teen drama that revolves around "the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GOSSIPGIRL
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19D: "29. Ingredient that resembles soil in "dirt pudding""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OREOCOOKIE
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20D: "30. Squad that trains athletes for the pros"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FEEDERTEAM
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21D: "32. Lass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
- Similar words include: gallon
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAL
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22D: "35. Understand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- Similar words include: flummox, let, pose
- Opposite of: end, leave
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Answer: GET
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23D: "38. Group of whales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: seedcase, fuel pod, seedpod
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POD
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24D: "40. Lean to one side"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- Similar words include: listing, leaning, number
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIST
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25D: "43. Little rest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: Napoleon, cat sleep, catnap
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAP
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26D: "45. Shut again, as a gate"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RELATCH
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27D: "48. Beats it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- Similar words include: scram, buzz off, bugger off
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCRAMS
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28D: "50. Horror character known as the Mistress of the Dark"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELVIRA
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29D: "55. Ring in many Renaissance paintings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- Similar words include: gloriole, anchor ring, aura
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HALO
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30D: "57. Actress Falco of "The Sopranos""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIE
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31D: "59. ___ Bunin, 1933 Literature Nobelist from Russia"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IVAN
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32D: "60. Adroit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- Similar words include: dextrous, dexterous
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEFT
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33D: "62. ID whose lowest possibility is 001-01-0001"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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34D: "64. Cellular data plan?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Similar words include: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DNA
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35D: "65. It's badly in need of a pick-me-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: stye, pigsty, eye infection
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
35 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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