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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 (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. Goes on to say | 4 |
| 2A | 5. San Diego baseballer | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Livens (up) | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Termites, for an aardwolf | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Cup-shaped flower | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Give off | 4 |
| 7A | 17. "Judging from the information available to me ..." | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Unadulterated | 4 |
| 9A | 21. San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir. | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Propellers of a shell | 4 |
| 11A | 23. "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions ..." | 15 |
| 12A | 27. Gobbled up | 3 |
| 13A | 28. Abu Dhabi's country, for short | 3 |
| 14A | 29. Notable time period | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Gossip, in slang | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Accurse | 6 |
| 17A | 33. 33-Down, across the Atlantic | 3 |
| 18A | 34. "Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln) | 4 |
| 19A | 35. Verdant privacy features ... or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle | 9 |
| 20A | 38. Singer/actress Lady ___ | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Historical | 3 |
| 22A | 42. Got a good reaction, as a joke | 6 |
| 23A | 46. Equal: Prefix | 3 |
| 24A | 47. Swim-bike-run race, for short | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Game with Skip and Reverse cards | 3 |
| 27A | 50. "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much ..." | 15 |
| 28A | 54. "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim) | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Pre-digital TV screen tech | 3 |
| 30A | 56. Not close by | 4 |
| 31A | 57. "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however ..." | 15 |
| 32A | 61. Survey | 4 |
| 33A | 62. Temporary tattoo dye | 5 |
| 34A | 63. "Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go" | 4 |
| 35A | 64. Influence | 4 |
| 36A | 65. Burros | 5 |
| 37A | 66. Pair in a water polo pool | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Goes on to say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: ADD, append, tot
- Opposite of: subtract, take away
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Answer: ADDS
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2A: "5. San Diego baseballer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chaplain in one of the military services
- Similar words include: military chaplain, sky pilot, Father
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PADRE
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3A: "10. Livens (up)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liveliness and energy
- Similar words include: ginger, pep, peppiness
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEPS
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4A: "14. Termites, for an aardwolf"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
- Similar words include: dieting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIET
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5A: "15. Cup-shaped flower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TULIP
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6A: "16. Give off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
- Similar words include: breathe, pass off, utter
- Opposite of: absorb
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Answer: EMIT
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7A: "17. "Judging from the information available to me ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: ASFARASICANTELL
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8A: "20. Unadulterated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free of extraneous elements of any kind
- Similar words include: double-dyed, virginal, gross
- Opposite of: unsaturated, impure
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Answer: PURE
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9A: "21. San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between south and southeast
- Similar words include: sou'-sou'-east, south southeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSE
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10A: "22. Propellers of a shell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Similar words include: oar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OARS
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11A: "23. "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: JUSTSPITBALLING
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12A: "27. Gobbled up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: eat, eat on, wipe out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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13A: "28. Abu Dhabi's country, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UAE
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14A: "29. Notable time period"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: earned run average, epoch, geological era
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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15A: "30. Gossip, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Similar words include: tea leaf, afternoon tea, teatime
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEA
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16A: "31. Accurse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- Similar words include: damn, beshrew, anathemize
- Opposite of: bless
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Answer: BEDAMN
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17A: "33. 33-Down, across the Atlantic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 26th letter of the roman alphabet
- Similar words include: zed, z, Z
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZEE
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18A: "34. "Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the mother of jesus; christians refer to her as the virgin mary; she is especially honored by roman catholics
- Similar words include: The Virgin, Madonna, Blessed Virgin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARY
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19A: "35. Verdant privacy features ... or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- Similar words include: hedgerow, hedge
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HEDGEROWS
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20A: "38. Singer/actress Lady ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally or physically infirm with age
- Similar words include: dotty, doddering, senile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAGA
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21A: "41. Historical"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
- Similar words include: one-time, honest-to-god, erstwhile
- Opposite of: young, new
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Answer: OLD
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22A: "42. Got a good reaction, as a joke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reach or come to rest
- Similar words include: shoot down, put down, set down
- Opposite of: landless
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Answer: LANDED
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23A: "46. Equal: Prefix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISO
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24A: "47. Swim-bike-run race, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRI
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25A: "48. Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: ooh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAH
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26A: "49. Game with Skip and Reverse cards"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNO
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27A: "50. "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FORWHATITSWORTH
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28A: "54. "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something burning (often destructive)
- Similar words include: burn, sack, flame
- Opposite of: hire
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Answer: FIRE
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29A: "55. Pre-digital TV screen tech"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
- Similar words include: cathode-ray tube
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CRT
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30A: "56. Not close by"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFAR
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31A: "57. "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: ONLYATHOUGHTBUT
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32A: "61. Survey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- Similar words include: canvas, canvass, pollard
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POLL
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33A: "62. Temporary tattoo dye"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HENNA
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34A: "63. "Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSA
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35A: "64. Influence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that controlling influence
- Similar words include: shake, persuade, careen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAY
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36A: "65. Burros"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: hindquarters, tail end, tush
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASSES
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37A: "66. Pair in a water polo pool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Similar words include: cyberspace, sack, lucre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NETS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Computing pioneer Lovelace | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Argue | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Neutralized, as an explosive situation | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Launch | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Org. in charge of school fund-raisers | 3 |
| 6D | 6. One who might ask "Fair dinkum?" | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Like some minor celebrities | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager | 8 |
| 9D | 9. Org. that oversees air quality initiatives | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not" | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Professor ___ (title for some retirees) | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Light lager | 7 |
| 13D | 13. The Cards, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Cover letter accompaniment | 6 |
| 15D | 19. Mardi Gras city, informally | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Poke | 3 |
| 17D | 24. Music app named for a figure in Greek myth | 7 |
| 18D | 25. Pigmented rings | 7 |
| 19D | 26. Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+ | 3 |
| 20D | 32. "By Jove, that's it!" | 3 |
| 21D | 33. 33-Across, across the Atlantic | 3 |
| 22D | 34. Web portal launched with Windows 95 | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix" | 8 |
| 24D | 37. Sound of a sad trombone | 6 |
| 25D | 38. Many an animated meme loop | 3 |
| 26D | 39. To date | 7 |
| 27D | 40. Silverback, for one | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Built to last | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Give for safekeeping | 7 |
| 30D | 45. "How stupid of me!" | 3 |
| 31D | 47. "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary) | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Bring into harmony | 6 |
| 33D | 51. With a wink, say | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Smooths (out) | 5 |
| 35D | 53. On a regular basis | 5 |
| 36D | 57. Special ___ | 3 |
| 37D | 58. "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album) | 3 |
| 38D | 59. One of the four fundamental states of matter | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Some Ph.D. students | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Computing pioneer Lovelace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADA
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2D: "2. Argue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disagreement or argument about something important
- Similar words include: quarrel, gainsay, difference
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DISPUTE
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3D: "3. Neutralized, as an explosive situation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove the triggering device from
- Similar words include: defuse
- Opposite of: fuse
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Answer: DEFUSED
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4D: "4. Launch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the beginning of anything
- Similar words include: originate, scratch line, come out
- Opposite of: finish, end
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Answer: START
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5D: "5. Org. in charge of school fund-raisers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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6D: "6. One who might ask "Fair dinkum?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of australia
- Similar words include: Australian
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AUSSIE
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7D: "7. Like some minor celebrities"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DLIST
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8D: "8. Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RICEBEER
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9D: "9. Org. that oversees air quality initiatives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Similar words include: Environmental Protection Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPA
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10D: "10. Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
- Similar words include: flower petal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETAL
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11D: "11. Professor ___ (title for some retirees)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EMERITA
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12D: "12. Light lager"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the bohemian town of pilsen
- Similar words include: Pilsener
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PILSNER
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13D: "13. The Cards, on scoreboards"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STL
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14D: "18. Cover letter accompaniment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that short descriptive summary (of events)
- Similar words include: summarize, re-start, sum up
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RESUME
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15D: "19. Mardi Gras city, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOLA
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16D: "23. Poke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- Similar words include: jabbing, dig, thrust
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JAB
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17D: "24. Music app named for a figure in Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the first woman; created by hephaestus on orders from zeus who presented her to epimetheus along with a box filled with evils
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PANDORA
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18D: "25. Pigmented rings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing
- Similar words include: ring of color, areola
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AREOLAS
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19D: "26. Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- Similar words include: homophile, jovial, sunny
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAY
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20D: "32. "By Jove, that's it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHA
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21D: "33. 33-Across, across the Atlantic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 26th letter of the roman alphabet
- Similar words include: zee, z, Z
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZED
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22D: "34. Web portal launched with Windows 95"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MSN
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23D: "36. Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- Similar words include: glitch, bug
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GLITCHES
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24D: "37. Sound of a sad trombone"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WAHWAH
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25D: "38. Many an animated meme loop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GIF
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26D: "39. To date"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ASOFNOW
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27D: "40. Silverback, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west africa
- Similar words include: Gorilla gorilla
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GORILLA
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28D: "43. Built to last"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that existing for a long time
- Similar words include: perdurable, long-wearing, lasting
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DURABLE
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29D: "44. Give for safekeeping"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that confer a trust upon
- Similar words include: trust, commit, intrust
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENTRUST
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30D: "45. "How stupid of me!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- Similar words include: do, ut
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOH
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31D: "47. "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the titaness who was mother of helios and selene and eos in ancient mythology
- Similar words include: Theia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THEA
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32D: "48. Bring into harmony"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATTUNE
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33D: "51. With a wink, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in a wry manner
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WRYLY
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34D: "52. Smooths (out)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal shackles; for hands or legs
- Similar words include: chains, branding iron, iron
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRONS
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35D: "53. On a regular basis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that many times at short intervals
- Similar words include: oftentimes, frequently, much
- Opposite of: rarely, infrequently
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Answer: OFTEN
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36D: "57. Special ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPS
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37D: "58. "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THA
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38D: "59. One of the four fundamental states of matter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: accelerator, tout, boast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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39D: "60. Some Ph.D. students"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
- Similar words include: atomic number 73, tantalum, Ta
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAS
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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