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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 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. Sir's counterpart | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Folded Mexican snack | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Young chap | 3 |
| 4A | 13. "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Chicken ___ king | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Wyoming skiing mecca | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Female pig | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Gold, in Spanish | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Dessert with icing | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Motor City hoopster | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Run out of clothes? | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Like an envelope that's ready to be sent | 6 |
| 14A | 28. ___ Major (constellation) | 4 |
| 15A | 30. "Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby Brown | 6 |
| 16A | 32. Bicycle shorts material | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Computer image | 4 |
| 18A | 37. ID checkers at an airport | 3 |
| 19A | 39. Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood | 4 |
| 20A | 40. Finger or toe ... or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down | 5 |
| 21A | 41. "Get outta here!" | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Artificial colorant | 3 |
| 23A | 43. Half of a train track | 4 |
| 24A | 44. "That's boring!" | 5 |
| 25A | 45. Starting point | 6 |
| 26A | 48. Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis) | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Hardest to find | 6 |
| 28A | 52. "Let me clarify ..." | 6 |
| 29A | 56. Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there" | 6 |
| 30A | 58. Top poker cards | 4 |
| 31A | 60. Monarch at Versailles | 3 |
| 32A | 61. Golfer's target ... or prize | 3 |
| 33A | 62. End successfully | 11 |
| 34A | 65. Comedian Wong | 3 |
| 35A | 66. Medieval stringed instruments | 5 |
| 36A | 67. "___, meenie, miney, mo" | 5 |
| 37A | 68. Crunchy sandwich, for short | 3 |
| 38A | 69. Camp shelter | 4 |
| 39A | 70. Religious ceremonies | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Sir's counterpart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman of refinement
- Similar words include: dame, gentlewoman, ma'am
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MADAM
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2A: "6. Folded Mexican snack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
- Similar words include: greaser, wetback
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TACO
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3A: "10. Young chap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boy or man
- Similar words include: feller, fella, sonny
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAD
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4A: "13. "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Similar words include: opera house
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPERA
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5A: "14. Sean of "The Lord of the Rings""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTIN
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6A: "16. Chicken ___ king"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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7A: "17. Wyoming skiing mecca"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: JACKSONHOLE
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8A: "19. Female pig"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult female hog
- Similar words include: sow in, inseminate, seed
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOW
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9A: "20. Gold, in Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORO
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10A: "21. Dessert with icing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- Similar words include: coat, patty, bar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAKE
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11A: "22. Motor City hoopster"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
- Similar words include: plunger, Walter Piston
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PISTON
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12A: "24. Run out of clothes?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unbroken series of events
- Similar words include: run, mottle, stripe
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STREAK
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13A: "26. Like an envelope that's ready to be sent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make tight; secure against leakage
- Similar words include: plastered, seal off, varnish
- Opposite of: unseal, unsealed
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Answer: SEALED
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14A: "28. ___ Major (constellation)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URSA
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15A: "30. "Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby Brown"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MILLIE
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16A: "32. Bicycle shorts material"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LYCRA
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17A: "35. Computer image"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- Similar words include: skim, CAT scan, glance over
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAN
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18A: "37. ID checkers at an airport"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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19A: "39. Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
- Similar words include: South of Houston
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOHO
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20A: "40. Finger or toe ... or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- Similar words include: fingerbreadth, finger, dactyl
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DIGIT
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21A: "41. "Get outta here!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Similar words include: lam, scarper, hightail it
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAT
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22A: "42. Artificial colorant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- Similar words include: dyestuff
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DYE
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23A: "43. Half of a train track"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- Similar words include: railing, train, vituperate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAIL
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24A: "44. "That's boring!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOHUM
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25A: "45. Starting point"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- Similar words include: root, blood line, rootage
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORIGIN
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26A: "48. Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- Similar words include: thrash, gibe, shaft
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAM
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27A: "50. Hardest to find"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Similar words include: rarefied, rare, rarified
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAREST
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28A: "52. "Let me clarify ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMEANT
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29A: "56. Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SLYNOD
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30A: "58. Top poker cards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: adept, sensation, I
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACES
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31A: "60. Monarch at Versailles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
- Similar words include: return on investment, return on invested capital
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROI
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32A: "61. Golfer's target ... or prize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Similar words include: loving cup, transfuse, cupful
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUP
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33A: "62. End successfully"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WORKOUTWELL
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34A: "65. Comedian Wong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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35A: "66. Medieval stringed instruments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
- Similar words include: lute, luting
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUTES
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36A: "67. "___, meenie, miney, mo""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENIE
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37A: "68. Crunchy sandwich, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BLT
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38A: "69. Camp shelter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
- Similar words include: camp out, bivouac, encamp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TENT
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39A: "70. Religious ceremonies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
- Similar words include: rite, religious rite, ritual
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RITES
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Magic charms | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Not together | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Interior design | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Genesis boat | 3 |
| 5D | 5. The eyes may have it | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Scuba gear | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Remnants of a volcanic spew | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Stuff on an artist's palette | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Eleventh-hour | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Potatoes, in Indian cooking | 4 |
| 12D | 12. From ___ to dusk | 4 |
| 13D | 15. Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park" | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Acorn droppers | 4 |
| 15D | 23. Salt, in Paris | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Money across the Atlantic | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Messages on which you might be cc'd | 6 |
| 18D | 29. Iraqis and Iranians | 6 |
| 19D | 31. Biblical brother of Jacob | 4 |
| 20D | 32. Psychedelic tab | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Toy on a string that's not a kite | 4 |
| 22D | 34. Center of a stone fruit | 9 |
| 23D | 36. Film special effects, for short | 3 |
| 24D | 38. After-hours source of $$$ | 3 |
| 25D | 40. Lost moisture | 8 |
| 26D | 41. Nonspecific amount | 4 |
| 27D | 44. Pet that stores food in cheek pouches | 7 |
| 28D | 46. Author Fleming | 3 |
| 29D | 47. What empty stomachs do | 5 |
| 30D | 49. In ___ of | 4 |
| 31D | 51. No longer available | 5 |
| 32D | 53. "There ___ enough hours in the day" | 5 |
| 33D | 54. "That's the truth!" | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Mosaic pieces | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Covering over a wound | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Pause in the action | 4 |
| 37D | 59. "It's gonna ___ you!" | 4 |
| 38D | 63. Hwy. | 3 |
| 39D | 64. Early Chinese dynasty | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Magic charms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a magic power or magic spell
- Similar words include: mojo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOJOS
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2D: "2. Not together"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
- Similar words include: isolated, obscure, aside
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APART
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3D: "3. Interior design"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior
- Similar words include: interior decoration
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DECOR
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4D: "4. Genesis boat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Similar words include: Ark of the Covenant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARK
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5D: "5. The eyes may have it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MASCARA
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6D: "6. Scuba gear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
- Similar words include: tankful, tank car, storage tank
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TANK
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7D: "7. Remnants of a volcanic spew"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash, ash tree
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASHES
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8D: "8. Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CTO
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9D: "9. Stuff on an artist's palette"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OILPAINT
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10D: "10. Eleventh-hour"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LASTDITCH
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11D: "11. Potatoes, in Indian cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOO
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12D: "12. From ___ to dusk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first light of day
- Similar words include: aurora, dayspring, click
- Opposite of: sunset
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Answer: DAWN
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13D: "15. Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEILL
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14D: "18. Acorn droppers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- Similar words include: oak tree, oak
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAKS
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15D: "23. Salt, in Paris"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEL
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16D: "25. Money across the Atlantic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EURO
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17D: "27. Messages on which you might be cc'd"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Similar words include: email, netmail, electronic mail
- Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAILS
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18D: "29. Iraqis and Iranians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of asia
- Similar words include: Asiatic, Asian
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASIANS
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19D: "31. Biblical brother of Jacob"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESAU
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20D: "32. Psychedelic tab"
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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21D: "33. Toy on a string that's not a kite"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOYO
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22D: "34. Center of a stone fruit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CHERRYPIT
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23D: "36. Film special effects, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CGI
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24D: "38. After-hours source of $$$"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: atmosphere, standard pressure, cash machine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATM
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25D: "40. Lost moisture"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DRIEDOUT
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26D: "41. Nonspecific amount"
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: more or less, or so, roughly
- Opposite of: no
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Answer: SOME
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27D: "44. Pet that stores food in cheek pouches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that short-tailed old world burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HAMSTER
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28D: "46. Author Fleming"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAN
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29D: "47. What empty stomachs do"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound of growling (as made by animals)
- Similar words include: grumble, rumble, growling
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GROWL
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30D: "49. In ___ of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- Similar words include: position, stead, place
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIEU
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31D: "51. No longer available"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that require (time or space)
- Similar words include: demand, take away, take aim
- Opposite of: give, refuse
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Answer: TAKEN
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32D: "53. "There ___ enough hours in the day""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARENT
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33D: "54. "That's the truth!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOLIE
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34D: "55. Mosaic pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- Similar words include: tile, roofing tile
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TILES
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35D: "56. Covering over a wound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- Similar words include: rat, strikebreaker, fink
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAB
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36D: "57. Pause in the action"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
- Similar words include: quiet, calm down, tranquillize
- Opposite of: agitate
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Answer: LULL
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37D: "59. "It's gonna ___ you!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- Similar words include: toll, price, monetary value
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COST
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38D: "63. Hwy."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RTE
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39D: "64. Early Chinese dynasty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several imperial dynasties of china ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556
- Similar words include: Wei dynasty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WEI
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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