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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (41 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. Young fellows | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Tied up, as hay | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Surrounded by | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Plant-based spread | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Echo speaker | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Largest company headquartered in Oregon | 4 |
| 7A | 17. 1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Words after "happily ever after" | 6 |
| 9A | 21. Bit of ink | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Lack of connectivity | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Long-haired bovine | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally | 4 |
| 13A | 27. College football rival of Michigan, for short | 3 |
| 14A | 29. 1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across | 12 |
| 15A | 34. Lead-in to pop or lit | 4 |
| 16A | 36. Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Midmonth time | 4 |
| 18A | 38. Linseed oil source | 4 |
| 19A | 39. Shampoo often in a green bottle | 5 |
| 20A | 40. Remain unresolved | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Cause for a miner celebration? | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Hospital count | 4 |
| 24A | 44. 2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across | 12 |
| 25A | 47. One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro | 3 |
| 26A | 48. Egyptian sun deity | 4 |
| 27A | 49. Solid-rock connector | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Forehead marker at the start of Lent | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Long-running procedural franchise | 3 |
| 30A | 57. Removes forcibly | 6 |
| 31A | 59. 1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across | 15 |
| 32A | 63. Currency of Yemen | 4 |
| 33A | 64. Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain" | 5 |
| 34A | 65. Unimpressive rating | 4 |
| 35A | 66. TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg | 4 |
| 36A | 67. "Take this job and shove it!" | 5 |
| 37A | 68. Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke? | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Young fellows"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boy or man
- Similar words include: feller, chap, fella
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LADS
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2A: "5. Tied up, as hay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make into a bale
- Similar words include: bale
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BALED
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3A: "10. Surrounded by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMID
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4A: "14. Plant-based spread"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- Similar words include: oleomargarine, marge, margarine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLEO
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5A: "15. Echo speaker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEXA
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6A: "16. Largest company headquartered in Oregon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIKE
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7A: "17. 1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FORMILESICANSEE
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8A: "20. Words after "happily ever after""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THEEND
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9A: "21. Bit of ink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Similar words include: Thematic Apperception Test, cheapness, sleaze
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAT
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10A: "22. Lack of connectivity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- Similar words include: spread, opening, disruption
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAP
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11A: "23. Long-haired bovine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
- Similar words include: chatter, cackle, yack
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YAK
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12A: "24. Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEDS
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13A: "27. College football rival of Michigan, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OSU
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14A: "29. 1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SURVIVEIWILL
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15A: "34. Lead-in to pop or lit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of great britain
- Similar words include: Briton, Britisher, britt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRIT
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16A: "36. Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBIE
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17A: "37. Midmonth time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDES
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18A: "38. Linseed oil source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLAX
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19A: "39. Shampoo often in a green bottle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRELL
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20A: "40. Remain unresolved"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEND
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21A: "41. Cause for a miner celebration?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- Similar words include: load
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LODE
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22A: "42. Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- Similar words include: rabbit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HARE
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23A: "43. Hospital count"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- Similar words include: fuck, layer, know
- Opposite of: turn out, get up
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Answer: BEDS
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24A: "44. 2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: AGIRLIKISSED
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25A: "47. One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OSO
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26A: "48. Egyptian sun deity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Similar words include: Aton
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATEN
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27A: "49. Solid-rock connector"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASA
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28A: "52. Forehead marker at the start of Lent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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29A: "54. Long-running procedural franchise"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CSI
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30A: "57. Removes forcibly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put out or expel from a place
- Similar words include: boot out, expel, exclude
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EJECTS
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31A: "59. 1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: THESHERIFFISHOT
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32A: "63. Currency of Yemen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in yemen; equal to 100 fils
- Similar words include: Omani rial, Iranian rial, Yemeni rial
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIAL
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33A: "64. Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain""
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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34A: "65. Unimpressive rating"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- Similar words include: pitiful, wretched, short
- Opposite of: rich, rich people
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Answer: POOR
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35A: "66. TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANDY
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36A: "67. "Take this job and shove it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IQUIT
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37A: "68. Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YODA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Elevated | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Greeting among the lei community? | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Jeter in Cooperstown | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Not too many | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Like Picard vis-Ã -vis Kirk | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Drink that may come in a yard | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté" | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Kind of strategy | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Obama-era immigration program, informally | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Novelist Patchett | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Following bad advice | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Store with iconic blue totes | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Like certain thoughts and pockets | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Advice | 5 |
| 15D | 19. Yours, in French | 4 |
| 16D | 25. "Slavonic Dances" composer | 6 |
| 17D | 26. Omsk's region | 7 |
| 18D | 28. Stole | 6 |
| 19D | 29. Philly b-ball squad | 6 |
| 20D | 30. Superlatively contemptible | 6 |
| 21D | 31. Slithering swimmer | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Google app with the slogan "Search what you see" | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind" | 3 |
| 24D | 34. Online commentary site | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows" | 9 |
| 26D | 38. Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr. | 3 |
| 27D | 39. Aphrodite's second letter | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Golden-tan dog of multiple films | 5 |
| 29D | 45. Blue area on a Scottish map | 4 |
| 30D | 46. Think that it's appropriate | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Cold call? | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Got out of a chair | 5 |
| 33D | 51. "Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas) | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Razor brand | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Guarded area for many athletes | 4 |
| 36D | 55. 18-wheeler | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Sneakily clever | 3 |
| 40D | 61. Letters of indebtedness | 3 |
| 41D | 62. Day before taking the SAT: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Elevated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; ; - oliver franks
- Similar words include: majestic, proud, gallant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOFTY
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2D: "2. Greeting among the lei community?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Similar words include: ciao
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALOHA
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3D: "3. Jeter in Cooperstown"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEREK
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4D: "4. Not too many"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
- Similar words include: around, more or less, just about
- Opposite of: no
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Answer: SOME
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5D: "5. Like Picard vis-Ã -vis Kirk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of odin and frigg and husband of nanna; killed by hoth
- Similar words include: bald-headed, bald-pated, bald
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BALDER
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6D: "6. Drink that may come in a yard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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7D: "7. Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
- Similar words include: lupus erythematosus, LE
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LES
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8D: "8. Kind of strategy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening that permits escape or release
- Similar words include: way out, buy the farm, expiration
- Opposite of: be born, enter
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Answer: EXIT
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9D: "9. Obama-era immigration program, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DACA
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10D: "10. Novelist Patchett"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANN
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11D: "11. Following bad advice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
- Similar words include: misdirect, mislead, ill-conceived
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MISGUIDED
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12D: "12. Store with iconic blue totes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IKEA
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13D: "13. Like certain thoughts and pockets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
- Similar words include: cryptical, deeply, late
- Opposite of: shallow
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Answer: DEEP
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14D: "18. Advice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that signal going into an electronic system
- Similar words include: input signal, stimulation, comment
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INPUT
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15D: "19. Yours, in French"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOI
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16D: "25. "Slavonic Dances" composer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904)
- Similar words include: Antonin Dvorak
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DVORAK
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17D: "26. Omsk's region"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vast asian region of russia; famous for long cold winters
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SIBERIA
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18D: "28. Stole"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strike with a swiping motion
- Similar words include: cabbage, pilfer, snarf
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SWIPED
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19D: "29. Philly b-ball squad"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- Similar words include: 6, sextuplet, Captain Hicks
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIXERS
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20D: "30. Superlatively contemptible"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that morally reprehensible
- Similar words include: wretched, worthless, nauseating
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: VILEST
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21D: "31. Slithering swimmer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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22D: "32. Google app with the slogan "Search what you see""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- Similar words include: genus Lens, lens of the eye, lense
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LENS
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23D: "33. Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- Similar words include: lysergic acid diethylamide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LSD
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24D: "34. Online commentary site"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
- Similar words include: web log
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLOG
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25D: "35. Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RADIOHEAD
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26D: "38. Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FLA
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27D: "39. Aphrodite's second letter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHI
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28D: "43. Golden-tan dog of multiple films"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BENJI
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29D: "45. Blue area on a Scottish map"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrow inlet of the sea in scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCH
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30D: "46. Think that it's appropriate"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEEFIT
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31D: "49. Cold call?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACHOO
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32D: "50. Got out of a chair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be standing; be upright
- Similar words include: resist, fend, endure
- Opposite of: sit, yield
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Answer: STOOD
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33D: "51. "Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTRA
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34D: "52. Razor brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATRA
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35D: "53. Guarded area for many athletes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- Similar words include: shinny, struggle, sputter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHIN
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36D: "55. 18-wheeler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Similar words include: rig, trailer truck, semitrailer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEMI
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37D: "56. Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
- Similar words include: Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAQ
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38D: "58. Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: spot, descry, spy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPY
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39D: "60. Sneakily clever"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by skill in deception
- Similar words include: slick, knavish, foxy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLY
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40D: "61. Letters of indebtedness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOU
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41D: "62. Day before taking the SAT: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
- Similar words include: Friday
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRI
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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