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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (38 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Dazzle | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Unspoken "yes" | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Creep into a creek, say | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Establishment whose name means "lounge" in French | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Gun in an action flick | 3 |
| 6A | 15. "We're innocent of wrongdoing" | 5 |
| 7A | 16. Times noted in Captain Kirk's logs | 9 |
| 8A | 18. Foreboding signs | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Poet Pound | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Topaz and turquoise | 4 |
| 11A | 21. Spanish island with a lively club scene | 5 |
| 12A | 22. Holland in Hollywood | 3 |
| 13A | 23. Some loud dogs … or food critics | 7 |
| 14A | 25. Fiddle (with) | 3 |
| 15A | 26. Fancy spirals in calligraphy | 9 |
| 16A | 28. Place to say "I do" | 5 |
| 17A | 31. Does something about it | 4 |
| 18A | 32. Crave, with "for" | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Straight-shooting … or a punny title for this puzzle? | 6 |
| 20A | 38. Sexually excite … or another punny title for this puzzle? | 6 |
| 21A | 40. Harness for oxen | 4 |
| 22A | 41. Kindergarten basics | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Watch an entire season in one day, say | 5 |
| 24A | 46. Increases in pricing | 9 |
| 25A | 49. "Man, I tell ya!" | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Set up panels for renewable energy, informally | 7 |
| 27A | 53. Fish for fish sticks | 3 |
| 28A | 56. Conductor Seiji of the Boston Symphony | 5 |
| 29A | 58. Three-point shot, in slang | 4 |
| 30A | 59. Rice lookalike | 4 |
| 31A | 60. "That makes two of us" | 5 |
| 32A | 61. The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets | 9 |
| 33A | 63. Food item placed in Egyptian tombs, as its layers symbolized eternity | 5 |
| 34A | 64. Earliest drug approved to treat H.I.V. | 3 |
| 35A | 65. ___ Dame | 5 |
| 36A | 66. Computer memory units, in brief | 4 |
| 37A | 67. "Right this minute!" | 3 |
| 38A | 68. Quests for | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Dazzle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affect with wonder
- Similar words include: astonish, baffle, beat
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMAZE
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2A: "6. Unspoken "yes""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOD
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3A: "9. Creep into a creek, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- Similar words include: Virginia Wade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WADE
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4A: "13. Establishment whose name means "lounge" in French"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gallery where works of art can be displayed
- Similar words include: beauty parlor, beauty shop, beauty parlour
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALON
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5A: "14. Gun in an action flick"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in israel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UZI
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6A: "15. "We're innocent of wrongdoing""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOTUS
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7A: "16. Times noted in Captain Kirk's logs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STARDATES
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8A: "18. Foreboding signs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
- Similar words include: foretell, foreshadow, portent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMENS
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9A: "19. Poet Pound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a jewish priest and scribe sent by the persian king to restore jewish law and worship in jerusalem
- Similar words include: Book of Ezra
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EZRA
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10A: "20. Topaz and turquoise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- Similar words include: precious stone, gem, gemstone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GEMS
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11A: "21. Spanish island with a lively club scene"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IBIZA
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12A: "22. Holland in Hollywood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
- Similar words include: Uncle Tom, tomcat, turkey cock
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOM
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13A: "23. Some loud dogs … or food critics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: YELPERS
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14A: "25. Fiddle (with)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artifact designed to be played with
- Similar words include: plaything, miniature, toy dog
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOY
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15A: "26. Fancy spirals in calligraphy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- Similar words include: ringlet, roll, curl
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CURLICUES
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16A: "28. Place to say "I do""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the table in christian churches where communion is given
- Similar words include: Lord's table, communion table
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALTAR
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17A: "31. Does something about it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Similar words include: number, dissemble, pretend
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTS
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18A: "32. Crave, with "for""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Similar words include: suffer, pine, smart
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACHE
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19A: "36. Straight-shooting … or a punny title for this puzzle?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOSPIN
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20A: "38. Sexually excite … or another punny title for this puzzle?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TURNON
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21A: "40. Harness for oxen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- Similar words include: couplet, duet, twosome
- Opposite of: unyoke
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Answer: YOKE
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22A: "41. Kindergarten basics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Similar words include: alphabet, first principle, first rudiment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABCS
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23A: "45. Watch an entire season in one day, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any act of immoderate indulgence
- Similar words include: overindulge, englut, satiate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BINGE
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24A: "46. Increases in pricing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RATEHIKES
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25A: "49. "Man, I tell ya!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a youthful male person
- Similar words include: male child, son
- Opposite of: daughter, girl
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Answer: BOY
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26A: "52. Set up panels for renewable energy, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOSOLAR
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27A: "53. Fish for fish sticks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: twit, bait, pod
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COD
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28A: "56. Conductor Seiji of the Boston Symphony"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states conductor (born in japan in 1935)
- Similar words include: Seiji Ozawa
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OZAWA
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29A: "58. Three-point shot, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Similar words include: III, trinity, triplet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TREY
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30A: "59. Rice lookalike"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in greek cuisine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORZO
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31A: "60. "That makes two of us""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SODOI
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32A: "61. The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MINORTEAM
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33A: "63. Food item placed in Egyptian tombs, as its layers symbolized eternity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bulb of an onion plant
- Similar words include: Allium cepa, onion plant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONION
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34A: "64. Earliest drug approved to treat H.I.V."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an antiviral drug (trade name retrovir) used in the treatment of aids; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow
- Similar words include: Retrovir, zidovudine, ZDV
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AZT
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35A: "65. ___ Dame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOTRE
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36A: "66. Computer memory units, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- Similar words include: meg, 1000000, one thousand thousand
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEGS
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37A: "67. "Right this minute!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the momentary present
- Similar words include: immediately, straight off, right away
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOW
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38A: "68. Quests for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
- Similar words include: essay, attempt, assay
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEKS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. It's a good thing | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Flatbread eaten during Passover | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Nap interrupter, maybe | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Author ___ Neale Hurston | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Wrap up | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Chocolaty spread | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Antidiabetes drug taken by many for weight loss | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Cut up in a lab, perhaps | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Something shown in a sonogram | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Fell down hard, in slang | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Finito or kaput | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Lit class assignment | 5 |
| 13D | 15. Squeak or squeal | 5 |
| 14D | 17. Golden ___ (many a retiree) | 4 |
| 15D | 23. Space race cosmonaut Gagarin | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Fall into disrepair over time | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Playful prank | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Some outfits for Bollywood films | 5 |
| 19D | 28. "___ news?" | 3 |
| 20D | 29. Potty, to Potter | 3 |
| 21D | 30. "Naughty, naughty" | 3 |
| 22D | 33. "Inside Politics" channel | 3 |
| 23D | 34. Monopolize | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Austin-to-Boston dir. | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Its alphabet starts with Alfa and ends with Zulu | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Business that's picking up? | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Toast giver at a wedding, often | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Spanish sausage | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Intro to writing? | 7 |
| 30D | 47. "Encore!" | 5 |
| 31D | 48. Big hit in the ring | 4 |
| 32D | 49. ___ buddy | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Layer wrapping Earth | 5 |
| 34D | 51. "Get me?," to beatniks | 5 |
| 35D | 53. Center of the ancient Minoan civilization | 5 |
| 36D | 54. Netflix crime drama set in rural Missouri | 5 |
| 37D | 55. Some stadium toppers | 5 |
| 38D | 57. Showers with flowers and sweets, say | 4 |
| 39D | 59. Great Plains native | 4 |
| 40D | 62. I.C.U. staffers | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. It's a good thing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
- Similar words include: plus
- Opposite of: liability
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Answer: ASSET
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2D: "2. Flatbread eaten during Passover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that brittle flat bread eaten at passover
- Similar words include: matzah, matzoh, unleavened bread
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MATZO
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3D: "3. Nap interrupter, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- Similar words include: warning signal, alarm clock, consternation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALARM
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4D: "4. Author ___ Neale Hurston"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZORA
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5D: "5. Wrap up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
- Similar words include: final stage, terminate, terminal
- Opposite of: beginning, begin
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Answer: END
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6D: "6. Chocolaty spread"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NUTELLA
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7D: "7. Antidiabetes drug taken by many for weight loss"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OZEMPIC
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8D: "8. Cut up in a lab, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cut open or cut apart
- Similar words include: analyse, take apart, break down
- Opposite of: synthesize
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Answer: DISSECT
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9D: "9. Something shown in a sonogram"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- Similar words include: uterus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WOMB
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10D: "10. Fell down hard, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATEIT
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11D: "11. Finito or kaput"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DUNZO
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12D: "12. Lit class assignment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
- Similar words include: attempt, assay, try
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESSAY
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13D: "15. Squeak or squeal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- Similar words include: resound, dissonance, randomness
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOISE
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14D: "17. Golden ___ (many a retiree)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGER
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15D: "23. Space race cosmonaut Gagarin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YURI
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16D: "24. Fall into disrepair over time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
- Similar words include: rusting, corrode, rust-brown
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUST
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17D: "26. Playful prank"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous plants of the genus capparis
- Similar words include: antic, joke, gambol
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAPER
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18D: "27. Some outfits for Bollywood films"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Similar words include: saree, sari
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SARIS
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19D: "28. "___ news?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
- Similar words include: whatsoever, whatever
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANY
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20D: "29. Potty, to Potter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toilet in britain
- Similar words include: W.C., closet, water closet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOO
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21D: "30. "Naughty, naughty""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut-tut, tut
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSK
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22D: "33. "Inside Politics" channel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CNN
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23D: "34. Monopolize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- Similar words include: hogget, grunter, Sus scrofa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOG
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24D: "35. Austin-to-Boston dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
- Similar words include: east northeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENE
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25D: "37. Its alphabet starts with Alfa and ends with Zulu"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
- Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATO
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26D: "39. Business that's picking up?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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27D: "42. Toast giver at a wedding, often"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BESTMAN
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28D: "43. Spanish sausage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spicy spanish pork sausage
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CHORIZO
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29D: "44. Intro to writing?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SILENTW
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30D: "47. "Encore!""
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: once again, once more, over again
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGAIN
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31D: "48. Big hit in the ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
- Similar words include: knock out, knock cold, KO
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KAYO
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32D: "49. ___ buddy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- Similar words include: hug, boob, heart
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOSOM
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33D: "50. Layer wrapping Earth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless gas (o3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OZONE
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34D: "51. "Get me?," to beatniks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YADIG
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35D: "53. Center of the ancient Minoan civilization"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest greek island in the mediterranean; site of the minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 bc
- Similar words include: Kriti
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRETE
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36D: "54. Netflix crime drama set in rural Missouri"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OZARK
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37D: "55. Some stadium toppers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
- Similar words include: dome, domed stadium, bonce
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOMES
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38D: "57. Showers with flowers and sweets, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seek someone's favor
- Similar words include: romance, court, solicit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WOOS
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39D: "59. Great Plains native"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
- Similar words include: Oto
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOE
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40D: "62. I.C.U. staffers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
- Similar words include: radon, registered nurse, Rn
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RNS
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
38 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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