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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Unable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang | 10 |
| 2A | 11. Branded T-shirts, pens, phone chargers, etc. | 4 |
| 3A | 15. Many a role for Keanu Reeves or Bruce Willis | 10 |
| 4A | 16. Something you should avoid | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Production company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founder | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Not had by | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Assists after a breakdown | 4 |
| 8A | 20. It's used for hair therapy | 6 |
| 9A | 22. Racket | 3 |
| 10A | 23. That way | 3 |
| 11A | 24. Subject of "the talk" | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Swear off, with "of" | 6 |
| 13A | 27. Offering on a sushi menu | 3 |
| 14A | 28. How one might react during a scary movie | 8 |
| 15A | 30. Win dough? | 10 |
| 16A | 34. "No duh!," in modern lingo | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Kidney-related | 5 |
| 18A | 36. ___ Trung Thu, harvest festival in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Chick of jazz | 5 |
| 20A | 38. Gem with a "black" variety | 4 |
| 21A | 39. "One …" | 10 |
| 22A | 41. Game show figure | 8 |
| 23A | 43. Twist targets, informally | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Currency of Qatar | 6 |
| 25A | 45. Sail on the front of a foremast | 3 |
| 26A | 46. Trophy | 3 |
| 27A | 49. Fantasy monster whose name is an anagram of another fantasy monster | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Westminster Abbey has one named after King Henry VII | 6 |
| 29A | 53. ___ platter | 4 |
| 30A | 54. Fine | 4 |
| 31A | 56. Bad way to be caught | 10 |
| 32A | 58. Source of umami in Japanese cuisine | 4 |
| 33A | 59. Boisterously joyful | 10 |
| 34A | 60. Pot filler | 4 |
| 35A | 61. "Darn tootin'!" | 10 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Unable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NAPTRAPPED
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2A: "11. Branded T-shirts, pens, phone chargers, etc."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that valuable goods
- Similar words include: keel, dirty money, lurch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAG
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3A: "15. Many a role for Keanu Reeves or Bruce Willis"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ACTIONHERO
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4A: "16. Something you should avoid"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NONO
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5A: "17. Production company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founder"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SHONDALAND
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6A: "18. Not had by"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONTO
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7A: "19. Assists after a breakdown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
- Similar words include: towage, tow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOWS
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8A: "20. It's used for hair therapy"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOTOIL
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9A: "22. Racket"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Similar words include: rumpus, tumult, cacophony
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIN
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10A: "23. That way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
- Similar words include: yonder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YON
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11A: "24. Subject of "the talk""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that activities associated with sexual intercourse
- Similar words include: sexuality, turn on, sexual practice
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEX
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12A: "25. Swear off, with "of""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turn away from sin or do penitence
- Similar words include: regret, rue, atone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REPENT
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13A: "27. Offering on a sushi menu"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHI
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14A: "28. How one might react during a scary movie"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: INTERROR
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15A: "30. Win dough?"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PRIZEMONEY
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16A: "34. "No duh!," in modern lingo"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBVI
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17A: "35. Kidney-related"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to the kidneys
- Similar words include: nephritic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RENAL
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18A: "36. ___ Trung Thu, harvest festival in Southeast Asia"
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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19A: "37. Chick of jazz"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COREA
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20A: "38. Gem with a "black" variety"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPAL
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21A: "39. "One …""
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FIRSTOFALL
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22A: "41. Game show figure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a panel
- Similar words include: panellist
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PANELIST
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23A: "43. Twist targets, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- Similar words include: AB, Ab, Bachelor of Arts
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABS
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24A: "44. Currency of Qatar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in saudi arabia
- Similar words include: Qatari riyal, riyal, Saudi Arabian riyal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIYALS
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25A: "45. Sail on the front of a foremast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
- Similar words include: baulk, jibe, balk
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JIB
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26A: "46. Trophy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Similar words include: transfuse, loving cup, cupful
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUP
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27A: "49. Fantasy monster whose name is an anagram of another fantasy monster"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORC
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28A: "50. Westminster Abbey has one named after King Henry VII"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a place of worship that has its own altar
- Similar words include: chapel service
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CHAPEL
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29A: "53. ___ platter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUPU
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30A: "54. Fine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an endorsement
- Similar words include: all right, alright, approve
- Opposite of: disapprove
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Answer: OKAY
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31A: "56. Bad way to be caught"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FLATFOOTED
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32A: "58. Source of umami in Japanese cuisine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in japanese cooking to make soups or sauces
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MISO
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33A: "59. Boisterously joyful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that play boisterously
- Similar words include: coltish, frolic, run around
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROLLICKING
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34A: "60. Pot filler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
- Similar words include: swither, sweat, fret
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEW
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35A: "61. "Darn tootin'!""
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: YESINDEEDY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Incredibly bad | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Exclamation often made while covering the face | 5 |
| 3D | 3. L.G.B.T.Q. vacation destination on Cape Cod, for short | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Spam might fill them | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Angling tool | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Ducks are seen on ice here | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Showy purple flower | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Organic energy source | 4 |
| 9D | 9. ___ Laszlo, cosmetics businessman | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Betray | 7 |
| 11D | 11. ___-Cat | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Brand associated with push-ups | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Form of literature coined by Sartre | 9 |
| 14D | 14. Face justice, in a way | 9 |
| 15D | 21. Unexposed side | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Author Silverstein | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Mathematician's output | 6 |
| 18D | 27. Plant whose nectar produces the mildly toxic "mad honey" | 6 |
| 19D | 28. Dormant | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Brings in | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Places to keep play things | 9 |
| 22D | 31. Set for service? | 9 |
| 23D | 32. "Regardless …" | 9 |
| 24D | 33. ___ Day and the Knights, fictional R&B band in "Animal House" | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Salad choice | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Lenten event | 7 |
| 27D | 40. High point of 1950s car design? | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Close of business? | 3 |
| 29D | 45. Martial artist who appeared in three "Expendables" films | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Good-looker | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Flip | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Like a baby's fingers, perhaps | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Plant that thrives in dry climates | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Hangs out, with "around" | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Give the finger? | 4 |
| 36D | 55. "That hurts!" | 3 |
| 37D | 57. Condition of Freud's "Rat Man," in brief | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Incredibly bad"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - ezra pound
- Similar words include: filthy, foul, tight
- Opposite of: nice
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Answer: NASTY
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2D: "2. Exclamation often made while covering the face"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACHOO
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3D: "3. L.G.B.T.Q. vacation destination on Cape Cod, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PTOWN
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4D: "4. Spam might fill them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: cannister, Sn, tin can
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TINS
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5D: "5. Angling tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Similar words include: perch, pole, gat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROD
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6D: "6. Ducks are seen on ice here"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in southern california (southeast of los angeles); site of disneyland
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANAHEIM
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7D: "7. Showy purple flower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any polemoniaceous plant of the genus phlox; chiefly north american; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHLOX
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8D: "8. Organic energy source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEAT
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9D: "9. ___ Laszlo, cosmetics businessman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERNO
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10D: "10. Betray"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DODIRTY
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11D: "11. ___-Cat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNO
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12D: "12. Brand associated with push-ups"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WONDERBRA
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13D: "13. Form of literature coined by Sartre"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ANTINOVEL
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14D: "14. Face justice, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GOONTRIAL
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15D: "21. Unexposed side"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Shelton Jackson Lee, Lee Yuen Kam, Robert Edward Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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16D: "24. Author Silverstein"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHEL
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17D: "26. Mathematician's output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
- Similar words include: trial impression, validation, test copy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PROOFS
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18D: "27. Plant whose nectar produces the mildly toxic "mad honey""
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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19D: "28. Dormant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unable to move or resist motion
- Similar words include: indifferent, sluggish, soggy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INERT
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20D: "29. Brings in"
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: sack, meshwork, web
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NETS
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21D: "30. Places to keep play things"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PROPROOMS
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22D: "31. Set for service?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: REPAIRKIT
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23D: "32. "Regardless …""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INANYCASE
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24D: "33. ___ Day and the Knights, fictional R&B band in "Animal House""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
- Similar words include: Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTIS
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25D: "37. Salad choice"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COBB
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26D: "39. Lenten event"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FISHFRY
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27D: "40. High point of 1950s car design?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
- Similar words include: vertical fin, vertical stabilizer, tail fin
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TAILFIN
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28D: "42. Close of business?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LLC
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29D: "45. Martial artist who appeared in three "Expendables" films"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JETLI
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30D: "46. Good-looker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CUTIE
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31D: "47. Flip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become turned or set on end
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UPEND
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32D: "48. Like a baby's fingers, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that short and plump
- Similar words include: tubby, roly-poly, dumpy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PUDGY
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33D: "51. Plant that thrives in dry climates"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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34D: "52. Hangs out, with "around""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: sidekick, chum up, crony
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PALS
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35D: "53. Give the finger?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- Similar words include: stab, jabbing, Phytolacca americana
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POKE
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36D: "55. "That hurts!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YOW
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37D: "57. Condition of Freud's "Rat Man," in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OCD
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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
37 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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