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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (36 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: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. One of 843 in New York's 50-Across | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Sprinkle with oil, say | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Sister's commitments | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Foreign exchange? | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Essayist who wrote "If you wrest my words beyond their fair construction, it is you, and not I, that are the April Fool" | 4 |
| 6A | 17. End of a set, in mathematics | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Howard who wrote "A People's History of the United States" | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Eagle pose, for one | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Smooths | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Loll | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Boos | 11 |
| 12A | 26. Eponym of a renamed N.Y.C. bridge | 3 |
| 13A | 29. Number of Academy Award nominations for Best Actor received by Laurence Olivier | 4 |
| 14A | 30. Poked | 6 |
| 15A | 32. Stony | 4 |
| 16A | 34. Chris formerly of "S.N.L" | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Actress Kelly of Netflix's "3 Body Problem" | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Many Haitians | 7 |
| 19A | 39. Opening on a frozen lake | 7 |
| 20A | 41. Transit option since 2000 | 5 |
| 21A | 42. Kind of butter used in lotions | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Many a sports bet | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Lead role in 1978's "La Cage aux Folles" | 6 |
| 24A | 47. With 10-Down, again, in Acapulco | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Miss the mark | 3 |
| 26A | 50. See 1-Across | 11 |
| 27A | 53. Counterpart of "Pls" | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Ruthless Records co-founder | 5 |
| 29A | 55. Get on | 5 |
| 30A | 59. Only player with two numbers retired by the L.A. Lakers | 4 |
| 31A | 61. Exhibit hoppi-ness? | 10 |
| 32A | 63. They cut bouts short, for short | 4 |
| 33A | 64. Disappearing ink vessel? | 10 |
| 34A | 65. Heat transfer? | 4 |
| 35A | 66. Red Square presence since 1924 | 5 |
| 36A | 67. X or Y, often | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. One of 843 in New York's 50-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akka, Accho, Akko
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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2A: "5. Sprinkle with oil, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give a benediction to
- Similar words include: sign, sanctify, hallow
- Opposite of: curse, desecrate
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Answer: BLESS
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3A: "10. Sister's commitments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- Similar words include: consecrate, vow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VOWS
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4A: "14. Foreign exchange?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: QUIDPROQUO
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5A: "16. Essayist who wrote "If you wrest my words beyond their fair construction, it is you, and not I, that are the April Fool""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english essayist (1775-1834)
- Similar words include: Charles Lamb, Lamb
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELIA
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6A: "17. End of a set, in mathematics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: UPPERBOUND
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7A: "18. Howard who wrote "A People's History of the United States""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZINN
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8A: "19. Eagle pose, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASANA
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9A: "20. Smooths"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
- Similar words include: guts, sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SANDS
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10A: "22. Loll"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
- Similar words include: vegetable, veggie
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VEG
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11A: "23. Boos"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SWEETIEPIES
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12A: "26. Eponym of a renamed N.Y.C. bridge"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RFK
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13A: "29. Number of Academy Award nominations for Best Actor received by Laurence Olivier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: IX, 9, ball club
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINE
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14A: "30. Poked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to push against gently
- Similar words include: prod, nudge, poke at
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NUDGED
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15A: "32. Stony"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
- Similar words include: common cold, inhuman, moth-eaten
- Opposite of: hot, hotness
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Answer: COLD
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16A: "34. Chris formerly of "S.N.L""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDD
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17A: "36. Actress Kelly of Netflix's "3 Body Problem""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MARLO
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18A: "37. Many Haitians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person of european descent born in the west indies or latin america
- Similar words include: creole, Creole
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CREOLES
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19A: "39. Opening on a frozen lake"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ICEHOLE
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20A: "41. Transit option since 2000"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACELA
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21A: "42. Kind of butter used in lotions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHEA
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22A: "44. Many a sports bet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- Similar words include: all over, complete, o'er
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVER
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23A: "45. Lead role in 1978's "La Cage aux Folles""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RENATO
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24A: "47. With 10-Down, again, in Acapulco"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTRA
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25A: "49. Miss the mark"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: mistake, stray, slip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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26A: "50. See 1-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CENTRALPARK
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27A: "53. Counterpart of "Pls""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THX
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28A: "54. Ruthless Records co-founder"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EAZYE
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29A: "55. Get on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a committee having supervisory powers
- Similar words include: circuit board, add-in, circuit card
- Opposite of: get off
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Answer: BOARD
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30A: "59. Only player with two numbers retired by the L.A. Lakers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port city in japan on osaka bay in southern honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KOBE
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31A: "61. Exhibit hoppi-ness?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: JUMPFORJOY
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32A: "63. They cut bouts short, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
- Similar words include: TKO, technical knockout
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TKOS
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33A: "64. Disappearing ink vessel?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ERASERMATE
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34A: "65. Heat transfer?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEXT
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35A: "66. Red Square presence since 1924"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that russian founder of the bolsheviks and leader of the russian revolution and first head of the ussr (1870-1924)
- Similar words include: Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LENIN
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36A: "67. X or Y, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- Similar words include: axis vertebra, bloc, axis of rotation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXIS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Soft shade | 4 |
| 2D | 2. One of four tarot suits | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Half of "Live With Kelly and Mark" | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Delightful locales | 5 |
| 5D | 5. "Gimme a sec" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Laxity | 9 |
| 7D | 7. Likened | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Like most of Mauritania and Malaysia, religiously | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Drenched | 6 |
| 10D | 10. See 47-Across | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Outdoor setting for Plato's Academy | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Cab driver? | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Did a number, say | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Decapod with three pairs of claws | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Sea foam | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Green land | 4 |
| 17D | 25. It borders Canada for 45 miles | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Certain miniature vehicle, informally | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Telekinetic intimidation tactic used in the "Star Wars" universe | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Offering to a teary person | 10 |
| 21D | 31. Anthony ___, author of 2021's "Cloud Cuckoo Land" | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Charles ___, founder of Cablevision and HBO | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Beverage that Ray Charles once touted as "The right one, baby" | 9 |
| 24D | 38. Medium for some ephemeral art | 5 |
| 25D | 40. Precious, in Italy | 4 |
| 26D | 43. Lama, e.g. | 7 |
| 27D | 46. Toothache medication | 6 |
| 28D | 48. Shady shelter | 5 |
| 29D | 51. Sky shade | 5 |
| 30D | 52. Yogurt-braised Indian entree | 5 |
| 31D | 53. Booth in Times Sq. | 4 |
| 32D | 56. Dutch soccer club that shares its name with a cleaning brand | 4 |
| 33D | 57. 52-Down go-with | 4 |
| 34D | 58. Causes of some laundry mishaps | 4 |
| 35D | 60. Superlative ending | 3 |
| 36D | 62. Peat source | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Soft shade"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shade of blue tinged with green
- Similar words include: cobalt blue, peacock blue, greenish blue
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AQUA
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2D: "2. One of four tarot suits"
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: CUPS
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3D: "3. Half of "Live With Kelly and Mark""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIPA
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4D: "4. Delightful locales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Similar words include: paradise, Eden, nirvana
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDENS
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5D: "5. "Gimme a sec""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRB
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6D: "6. Laxity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
- Similar words include: diarrhoea, dissipation, dissolution
- Opposite of: tightness, fixedness
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Answer: LOOSENESS
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7D: "7. Likened"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- Similar words include: correspond, equal, compare
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EQUATED
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8D: "8. Like most of Mauritania and Malaysia, religiously"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the branch of islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to muhammad
- Similar words include: Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim, Sunnite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SUNNI
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9D: "9. Drenched"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wet through and through; thoroughly wet
- Similar words include: soppy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SODDEN
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10D: "10. See 47-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VEZ
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11D: "11. Outdoor setting for Plato's Academy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OLIVEGROVE
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12D: "12. Cab driver?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: WINESELLER
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13D: "13. Did a number, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the chinese ginseng
- Similar words include: whistle, let the cat out of the bag, blab out
- Opposite of: keep quiet
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Answer: SANG
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14D: "15. Decapod with three pairs of claws"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various edible decapod crustaceans
- Similar words include: shrimp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRAWN
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15D: "21. Sea foam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that foam or froth on the sea
- Similar words include: froth, suds
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPUME
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16D: "24. Green land"
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: Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EIRE
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17D: "25. It borders Canada for 45 miles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Similar words include: Gem State, ID
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDAHO
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18D: "26. Certain miniature vehicle, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RCCAR
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19D: "27. Telekinetic intimidation tactic used in the "Star Wars" universe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FORCECHOKE
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20D: "28. Offering to a teary person"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: KLEENEXBOX
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21D: "31. Anthony ___, author of 2021's "Cloud Cuckoo Land""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOERR
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22D: "33. Charles ___, founder of Cablevision and HBO"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOLAN
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23D: "35. Beverage that Ray Charles once touted as "The right one, baby""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DIETPEPSI
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24D: "38. Medium for some ephemeral art"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- Similar words include: caffe latte
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATTE
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25D: "40. Precious, in Italy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CARA
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26D: "43. Lama, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOLYMAN
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27D: "46. Toothache medication"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORAJEL
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28D: "48. Shady shelter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tree (as opposed to shrub)
- Similar words include: arbour, spindle, mandrel
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARBOR
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29D: "51. Sky shade"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a light shade of blue
- Similar words include: bright blue, lazuline, sky-blue
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AZURE
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30D: "52. Yogurt-braised Indian entree"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KORMA
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31D: "53. Booth in Times Sq."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TKTS
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32D: "56. Dutch soccer club that shares its name with a cleaning brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mythical greek hero; a warrior who fought against troy in the iliad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AJAX
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33D: "57. 52-Down go-with"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROTI
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34D: "58. Causes of some laundry mishaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- Similar words include: dyestuff, dye
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DYES
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35D: "60. Superlative ending"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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36D: "62. Peat source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 100 fen equal 1 yuan in china
- Similar words include: fenland, marshland, marsh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FEN
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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
36 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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