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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 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: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Rebound, as a pool shot | 4 |
| 3A | 8. Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025 | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Body part that might "pop" | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Words of understanding | 4 |
| 6A | 16. ___ State, nickname for New York | 6 |
| 7A | 17. Soften, as a message | 8 |
| 8A | 19. Kitchen strainers | 6 |
| 9A | 20. "Don't go!" | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Appear gradually from the black, as a film image | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Industrialist Lilly | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Native led by Montezuma | 5 |
| 13A | 26. A very high price, so to speak | 9 |
| 14A | 28. Cereal variety from Switzerland | 6 |
| 15A | 30. Lead female character | 7 |
| 16A | 31. Summer temp, say | 6 |
| 17A | 34. River's bottom | 3 |
| 18A | 35. Dentist, colloquially | 11 |
| 19A | 38. Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood" | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Gets back together | 6 |
| 21A | 40. Shipped without prepaid postage, for short | 7 |
| 22A | 42. Much of Mauritania and Mali | 6 |
| 23A | 47. Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games | 9 |
| 24A | 50. Martian explorer | 5 |
| 25A | 51. Last number in a countdown | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Surgical stitch | 6 |
| 27A | 54. Used a loom | 4 |
| 28A | 55. Related to spiritual cause and effect | 6 |
| 29A | 57. Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise? | 8 |
| 30A | 59. Timeless, to a poet | 6 |
| 31A | 60. Small vortex | 4 |
| 32A | 61. "Thanks, Captain Obvious!" | 3 |
| 33A | 62. Best-of-seven games, say | 6 |
| 34A | 63. Make airtight | 4 |
| 35A | 64. Fancy hotel amenity | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JLO
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2A: "4. Rebound, as a pool shot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- Similar words include: banking concern, deposit, cant
- Opposite of: mistrust, withdraw
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Answer: BANK
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3A: "8. Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REALID
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4A: "14. Body part that might "pop""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: pinna, capitulum, auricle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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5A: "15. Words of understanding"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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6A: "16. ___ State, nickname for New York"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- Similar words include: conglomerate, imperium
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMPIRE
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7A: "17. Soften, as a message"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TONEDOWN
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8A: "19. Kitchen strainers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- Similar words include: sift, strain, screen
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIEVES
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9A: "20. "Don't go!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: delay, stick, quell
- Opposite of: depart, change
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Answer: STAY
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10A: "21. Appear gradually from the black, as a film image"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FADEIN
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11A: "23. Industrialist Lilly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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12A: "24. Native led by Montezuma"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the nahuatl people who established an empire in mexico that was overthrown by cortes in 1519
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AZTEC
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13A: "26. A very high price, so to speak"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TOPDOLLAR
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14A: "28. Cereal variety from Switzerland"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MUESLI
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15A: "30. Lead female character"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the main good female character in a work of fiction
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HEROINE
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16A: "31. Summer temp, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a british term)
- Similar words include: houseman, medical intern, interne
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INTERN
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17A: "34. River's bottom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- Similar words include: bottom, retire, know
- Opposite of: get up, turn out
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Answer: BED
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18A: "35. Dentist, colloquially"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TOOTHDOCTOR
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19A: "38. Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIA
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20A: "39. Gets back together"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REUNES
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21A: "40. Shipped without prepaid postage, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SENTCOD
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22A: "42. Much of Mauritania and Mali"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern africa
- Similar words include: Sahara Desert
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAHARA
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23A: "47. Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TOKYODOME
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24A: "50. Martian explorer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- Similar words include: roamer, wanderer, scouter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROVER
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25A: "51. Last number in a countdown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: matchless, nonpareil, peerless
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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26A: "52. Surgical stitch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
- Similar words include: sutura, fibrous joint, surgical seam
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SUTURE
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27A: "54. Used a loom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that interlace by or as if by weaving
- Similar words include: tissue, wind, meander
- Opposite of: unweave
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Answer: WOVE
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28A: "55. Related to spiritual cause and effect"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KARMIC
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29A: "57. Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TODOLIST
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30A: "59. Timeless, to a poet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETERNE
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31A: "60. Small vortex"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- Similar words include: whirl, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, swirl
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDDY
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32A: "61. "Thanks, Captain Obvious!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DUH
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33A: "62. Best-of-seven games, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that similar things placed in order or happening one after another
- Similar words include: serial publication, serial
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERIES
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34A: "63. Make airtight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Similar words include: Navy SEAL, stamp, sealskin
- Opposite of: unseal
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Answer: SEAL
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35A: "64. Fancy hotel amenity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: health spa, watering place, watering hole
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching" | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Fancy and elaborate | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Auction action | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Since | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Just getting started with | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Martial art with bamboo swords | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Places to live | 10 |
| 9D | 9. Key with one sharp | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Subject of much Jane Goodall research | 3 |
| 11D | 11. More alert and energetic | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Limerick's locale | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Fancy | 6 |
| 14D | 18. They wink and blink | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Filmmaker Nora | 6 |
| 16D | 25. Advertising award | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Southwestern wolf | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Presents | 10 |
| 19D | 32. Punctual people are said to arrive on this | 6 |
| 20D | 33. End of an academic address | 3 |
| 21D | 35. One fiddling around in a workshop | 8 |
| 22D | 36. Like granola bars, typically | 4 |
| 23D | 37. Onetime leader in St. Petersburg | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Newborn child | 7 |
| 25D | 40. Excites | 6 |
| 26D | 41. Trigonometry ratio | 6 |
| 27D | 43. Coyote's cry | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Steers clear of | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Excites | 6 |
| 30D | 46. First name of the Queen of Soul | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Quiets on Zoom | 5 |
| 32D | 49. Wear away | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Classic Icelandic saga | 4 |
| 34D | 56. Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short | 3 |
| 35D | 58. Toondom's Olive | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
- Similar words include: flotsam
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: JETSAM
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2D: "2. Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAOTZU
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3D: "3. Fancy and elaborate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -john milton
- Similar words include: flowery
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORNATE
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4D: "4. Auction action"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- Similar words include: beseech, press, conjure
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BID
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5D: "5. Since"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASOF
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6D: "6. Just getting started with"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEWAT
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7D: "7. Martial art with bamboo swords"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KENDO
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8D: "8. Places to live"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- Similar words include: mansion house, manse, mansion
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: RESIDENCES
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9D: "9. Key with one sharp"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMINOR
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10D: "10. Subject of much Jane Goodall research"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: copycat, caricature, anthropoid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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11D: "11. More alert and energetic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that full of life and energy
- Similar words include: zippy, full of life, live
- Opposite of: dull
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Answer: LIVELIER
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12D: "12. Limerick's locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
- Similar words include: Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Hibernia
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IRELAND
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13D: "13. Fancy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- Similar words include: want, hope, trust
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DESIRE
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14D: "18. They wink and blink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that opinion or judgment
- Similar words include: optic, eye, oculus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYES
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15D: "22. Filmmaker Nora"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EPHRON
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16D: "25. Advertising award"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of history
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLIO
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17D: "27. Southwestern wolf"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOBO
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18D: "29. Presents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to come to know personally
- Similar words include: inclose, present, innovate
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: INTRODUCES
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19D: "32. Punctual people are said to arrive on this"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THEDOT
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20D: "33. End of an academic address"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU
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21D: "35. One fiddling around in a workshop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- Similar words include: fiddler, tinker
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TINKERER
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22D: "36. Like granola bars, typically"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OATY
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23D: "37. Onetime leader in St. Petersburg"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: czar, tzar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSAR
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24D: "38. Newborn child"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a baby from birth to four weeks
- Similar words include: newborn, newborn infant, newborn baby
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NEONATE
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25D: "40. Excites"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stir up or tend; of a fire
- Similar words include: stoke
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STOKES
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26D: "41. Trigonometry ratio"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Similar words include: cos
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COSINE
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27D: "43. Coyote's cry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long loud emotional utterance
- Similar words include: ululation, yowl, yammer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOWL
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28D: "44. Steers clear of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
- Similar words include: deflect, forefend, annul
- Opposite of: confront, validate
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Answer: AVOIDS
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29D: "45. Excites"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REVSUP
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30D: "46. First name of the Queen of Soul"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARETHA
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31D: "48. Quiets on Zoom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deaf person who is unable to speak
- Similar words include: dampen, muffle, dull
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MUTES
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32D: "49. Wear away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become ground down or deteriorate
- Similar words include: fret, gnaw at, wear away
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERODE
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33D: "53. Classic Icelandic saga"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tropical starchy tuberous root
- Similar words include: taro root, cocoyam, taro
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDDA
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34D: "56. Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
- Similar words include: magnetic resonance imaging
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRI
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35D: "58. Toondom's Olive"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OYL
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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
35 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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