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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (38 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (36 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Duds in bed? | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Place for a castle | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Retailer across the street from Rockefeller Center | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Bread for dipping | 3 |
| 5A | 14. Very, very | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Very, very particular | 4 |
| 7A | 16. Cubing needs | 9 |
| 8A | 18. Like an S-Tier video game character | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Computer pros | 5 |
| 10A | 20. In position | 8 |
| 11A | 22. Beurre demi-___ (salted butter, in France) | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Turns on | 10 |
| 13A | 25. ___ ejemplo | 3 |
| 14A | 26. "Hail," in Latin | 3 |
| 15A | 27. Scottsbluff's state: Abbr. | 3 |
| 16A | 28. Overlook for an award, say | 4 |
| 17A | 30. Hitchhiker's hope | 4 |
| 18A | 32. Niihau neighbor | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Make, as money | 7 |
| 20A | 38. Ensnare | 7 |
| 21A | 40. Puts through the paces | 5 |
| 22A | 41. On the topic of | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Spanx founder Blakely | 4 |
| 24A | 44. Spanish diminutive suffix | 3 |
| 25A | 46. "Excuse me!" | 3 |
| 26A | 47. Video game customization, informally | 3 |
| 27A | 48. Fops | 10 |
| 28A | 52. Surfboard stabilizer | 3 |
| 29A | 53. Vesper Lynd portrayer in "Casino Royale" | 8 |
| 30A | 54. "Star Wars" character originally portrayed by a puppet that weighed over a ton | 5 |
| 31A | 56. They may be threaded | 5 |
| 32A | 57. He doesn't belong ... or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 23-, 36-, 38- and 48-Across | 9 |
| 33A | 60. Singer with the #1 hits "Umbrella" and "Disturbia," familiarly | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Levi's Stadium player, informally | 5 |
| 35A | 62. Actor who participated in the first WrestleMania event, in 1985 | 3 |
| 36A | 63. Came down to earth | 4 |
| 37A | 64. "Jumping Jehoshaphat!" | 5 |
| 38A | 65. Supporting article? | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Duds in bed?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PJS
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2A: "4. Place for a castle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEACH
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3A: "9. Retailer across the street from Rockefeller Center"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAKS
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4A: "13. Bread for dipping"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- Similar words include: standard procedure, dowse, sops
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOP
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5A: "14. Very, very"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- Similar words include: radical, extremist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ULTRA
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6A: "15. Very, very particular"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or related to the anus
- Similar words include: anal retentive
- Opposite of: oral
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Answer: ANAL
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7A: "16. Cubing needs"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SKINDIVES
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8A: "18. Like an S-Tier video game character"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- Similar words include: elect, elite group
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELITE
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9A: "19. Computer pros"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- Similar words include: technical school, tech
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TECHS
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10A: "20. In position"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
- Similar words include: locate, deposit, placed
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SITUATED
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11A: "22. Beurre demi-___ (salted butter, in France)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEL
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12A: "23. Turns on"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BETTERDAYS
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13A: "25. ___ ejemplo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POR
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14A: "26. "Hail," in Latin"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVE
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15A: "27. Scottsbluff's state: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
- Similar words include: snout, pecker, bill
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEB
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16A: "28. Overlook for an award, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an instance of driving away or warding off
- Similar words include: disregard, rebuff, repulse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNUB
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17A: "30. Hitchhiker's hope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- Similar words include: mount, rag, sit
- Opposite of: walk
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Answer: RIDE
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18A: "32. Niihau neighbor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island of hawaii to the northwest of oahu
- Similar words include: Kauai Island
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KAUAI
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19A: "36. Make, as money"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that completely enveloping
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMBIENT
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20A: "38. Ensnare"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STARMAP
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21A: "40. Puts through the paces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that trying something to find out about it
- Similar words include: examination, examine, psychometric test
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESTS
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22A: "41. On the topic of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTO
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23A: "43. Spanx founder Blakely"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARA
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24A: "44. Spanish diminutive suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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25A: "46. "Excuse me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEY
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26A: "47. Video game customization, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
- Similar words include: modern, modernistic
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOD
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27A: "48. Fops"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DAMNEDLIES
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28A: "52. Surfboard stabilizer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- Similar words include: break water, 5, louver
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FIN
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29A: "53. Vesper Lynd portrayer in "Casino Royale""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EVAGREEN
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30A: "54. "Star Wars" character originally portrayed by a puppet that weighed over a ton"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JABBA
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31A: "56. They may be threaded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of the face above the eyes
- Similar words include: supercilium, forehead, brow
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BROWS
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32A: "57. He doesn't belong ... or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 23-, 36-, 38- and 48-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ODDMANOUT
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33A: "60. Singer with the #1 hits "Umbrella" and "Disturbia," familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIRI
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34A: "61. Levi's Stadium player, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: 9, IX, Nina from Carolina
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NINER
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35A: "62. Actor who participated in the first WrestleMania event, in 1985"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRT
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36A: "63. Came down to earth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIT
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37A: "64. "Jumping Jehoshaphat!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EGADS
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38A: "65. Supporting article?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Similar words include: brassiere, bandeau
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Subtle attention-getter | 4 |
| 2D | 2. "Guess I'm the dummy" | 9 |
| 3D | 3. Dry seasons? | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Signs of spring | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Yalie | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Off-road rover, for short | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Sporting a tuft of feathers | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Knows the solution | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Restaurants' "serve yourself" features | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Baker of R&B | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Actress Sagal | 5 |
| 12D | 12. They make runs at the Winter Olympics | 5 |
| 13D | 17. Blues' grp. | 3 |
| 14D | 18. "I've got the answer!" | 6 |
| 15D | 21. Atomic number of neon | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Rustic wedding venue | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Musical with the showstopper "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Exam for some sophs. | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Humor with an edge | 9 |
| 20D | 31. First name in cosmetics | 5 |
| 21D | 33. Dish that creates an explosion of rich flavors, in modern parlance | 9 |
| 22D | 34. Narrator/antagonist in "Hamilton" | 9 |
| 23D | 35. Pixel alternative | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Perfume compounds | 6 |
| 25D | 39. Most characters in Pixar's first film | 4 |
| 26D | 42. Bash | 7 |
| 27D | 45. "___ to Joy" | 3 |
| 28D | 48. Messing around on TV? | 5 |
| 29D | 49. Mars follower, in Marseille | 5 |
| 30D | 50. Source of the word "tiki" | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Sierra ___ | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Summer cooler | 3 |
| 33D | 54. Tipping points? | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Palindromic flour | 4 |
| 35D | 58. The stuff of life | 3 |
| 36D | 59. ___ school | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Subtle attention-getter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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2D: "2. "Guess I'm the dummy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: JOKESONME
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3D: "3. Dry seasons?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPICERUBS
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4D: "4. Signs of spring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a partially opened flower
- Similar words include: bud
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BUDS
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5D: "5. Yalie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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6D: "6. Off-road rover, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATV
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7D: "7. Sporting a tuft of feathers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lie at the top of
- Similar words include: crest, topknotted, plumed
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CRESTED
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8D: "8. Knows the solution"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HASIT
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9D: "9. Restaurants' "serve yourself" features"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SALADBARS
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10D: "10. Baker of R&B"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANITA
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11D: "11. Actress Sagal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KATEY
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12D: "12. They make runs at the Winter Olympics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Similar words include: sledge, sleigh, sled
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLEDS
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13D: "17. Blues' grp."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NHL
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14D: "18. "I've got the answer!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
- Similar words include: constantan
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EUREKA
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15D: "21. Atomic number of neon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Similar words include: x, X, ten-spot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN
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16D: "23. Rustic wedding venue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
- Similar words include: b
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BARN
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17D: "24. Musical with the showstopper "Don't Cry for Me Argentina""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVITA
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18D: "25. Exam for some sophs."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSAT
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19D: "29. Humor with an edge"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BITINGWIT
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20D: "31. First name in cosmetics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESTEE
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21D: "33. Dish that creates an explosion of rich flavors, in modern parlance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: UMAMIBOMB
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22D: "34. Narrator/antagonist in "Hamilton""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AARONBURR
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23D: "35. Pixel alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPAD
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24D: "37. Perfume compounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
- Similar words include: ester
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ESTERS
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25D: "39. Most characters in Pixar's first film"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artifact designed to be played with
- Similar words include: plaything, diddle, flirt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOYS
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26D: "42. Bash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large and noisy party of people
- Similar words include: shindy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHINDIG
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27D: "45. "___ to Joy""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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28D: "48. Messing around on TV?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEBRA
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29D: "49. Mars follower, in Marseille"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AVRIL
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30D: "50. Source of the word "tiki""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ethnic minority of polynesian and melanesian descent who speak maori and live in new zealand
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAORI
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31D: "51. Sierra ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in sierra leone; equal to 100 cents
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEONE
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32D: "52. Summer cooler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
- Similar words include: sports fan, winnow, devotee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAN
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33D: "54. Tipping points?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
- Similar words include: clash, jolt, shock
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JARS
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34D: "55. Palindromic flour"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTA
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35D: "58. The stuff of life"
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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36D: "59. ___ school"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in education
- Similar words include: Master of Education
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MED
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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
38 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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