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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: Moderate
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. Lock combinations? | 5 |
| 2A | 6. ___ League | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Single instruction | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Enemy W.W. II vessel | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Turner of old movies | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Powerful impulse | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Group of grumps sitting around kvetching? | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Elmer's nemesis | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Meeting, casually | 4 |
| 10A | 21. A smartphone has lots of these | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Centerpiece of "The Hobbit" | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Community property pronoun | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Like barked orders | 4 |
| 14A | 26. Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.? | 15 |
| 15A | 34. Genre for GloRilla | 3 |
| 16A | 35. Official mandate | 6 |
| 17A | 36. Fellow fighter | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana" | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Mardi Gras day, in brief | 3 |
| 20A | 40. Works on a muffler, say | 5 |
| 21A | 41. Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop | 4 |
| 22A | 42. See 50-Down | 6 |
| 23A | 44. To and ___ | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise? | 15 |
| 25A | 48. Poindexter | 4 |
| 26A | 49. TV freebie of a sort | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Easter Island's country | 5 |
| 28A | 52. Dark-skinned fruit | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Pieces of advice | 4 |
| 30A | 59. Primordial substance | 4 |
| 31A | 60. Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across | 10 |
| 32A | 62. Takes a tour of | 4 |
| 33A | 63. Compassionate | 4 |
| 34A | 64. Terra ___ | 5 |
| 35A | 65. Does the math, in a way | 4 |
| 36A | 66. Pot grower? | 4 |
| 37A | 67. H, on the N.Y.S.E. | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Lock combinations?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- Similar words include: hairdo, hairstyle, do
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COIFS
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2A: "6. ___ League"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Similar words include: Arabian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARAB
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3A: "10. Single instruction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- Similar words include: whole tone, tread, tone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEP
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4A: "14. Enemy W.W. II vessel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UBOAT
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5A: "15. Turner of old movies"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LANA
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6A: "16. Powerful impulse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an instinctive motive
- Similar words include: itch, urge on, barrack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URGE
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7A: "17. Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: POUTYPARTY
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8A: "19. Elmer's nemesis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- Similar words include: intercept, bug, glitch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BUGS
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9A: "20. Meeting, casually"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SESH
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10A: "21. A smartphone has lots of these"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: United States of America, utilisation, economic consumption
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USES
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11A: "22. Centerpiece of "The Hobbit""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- Similar words include: request, pursuance, seeking
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: QUEST
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12A: "23. Community property pronoun"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUR
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13A: "25. Like barked orders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- Similar words include: crisp, laconic, brusk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CURT
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14A: "26. Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: CHAMPSATTHEBOUT
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15A: "34. Genre for GloRilla"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: belt, knock, pat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAP
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16A: "35. Official mandate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- Similar words include: rescript, rule, fiat
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DECREE
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17A: "36. Fellow fighter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a friendly nation
- Similar words include: friend
- Opposite of: foe
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Answer: ALLY
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18A: "37. Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMOCO
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19A: "39. Mardi Gras day, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUE
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20A: "40. Works on a muffler, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fabric made by knitting
- Similar words include: knit, cockle, knitting
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KNITS
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21A: "41. Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- Similar words include: Taurus, fuzz, bullshit
- Opposite of: bear
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Answer: BULL
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22A: "42. See 50-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOSTRA
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23A: "44. To and ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRO
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24A: "45. Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: SPOUTINTHEOCEAN
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25A: "48. Poindexter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
- Similar words include: oddball, eccentric, flake
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GEEK
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26A: "49. TV freebie of a sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
- Similar words include: prostate specific antigen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PSA
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27A: "50. Easter Island's country"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in southern south america on the western slopes of the andes on the south pacific coast
- Similar words include: chilli, Republic of Chile, chili
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHILE
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28A: "52. Dark-skinned fruit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
- Similar words include: Allegheny plum, blackthorn, Prunus spinosa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLOE
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29A: "55. Pieces of advice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Similar words include: baksheesh, wind, fee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIPS
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30A: "59. Primordial substance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
- Similar words include: slime, oozing, seepage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOZE
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31A: "60. Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SPELLITOUT
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32A: "62. Takes a tour of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: run into, hear, ensure
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEES
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33A: "63. Compassionate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Similar words include: sort, tolerant, variety
- Opposite of: unkind
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Answer: KIND
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34A: "64. Terra ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COTTA
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35A: "65. Does the math, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: ADD, attention deficit disorder, contribute
- Opposite of: subtract, take away
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Answer: ADDS
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36A: "66. Pot grower?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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37A: "67. H, on the N.Y.S.E."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HYATT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Tarot suit associated with the element of water | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Yamaha product | 4 |
| 3D | 3. What makes a stud become studious? | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Fully get | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Hog's home | 3 |
| 6D | 6. "That's a real shame" | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Steakhouse order | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Marchers in sidewalk cracks | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Howl at the moon | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Chevy S.U.V. | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Authentic | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Ones from platypuses have leathery shells | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Fly by night ... or by day | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Compact holder | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Neighbor of Ont. | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor | 3 |
| 18D | 26. Food you might eat wearing a bib | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Overplay for the audience | 5 |
| 20D | 28. Was the bigger person, say | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Follow, as advice | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Have faith in | 5 |
| 23D | 31. Canines, e.g. | 5 |
| 24D | 32. Mega- | 5 |
| 25D | 33. Big name in chicken or boxing | 5 |
| 26D | 38. 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma" | 8 |
| 27D | 40. "Get Smart" bad guys | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Suffix with beat or neat | 3 |
| 29D | 43. Throw off | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Stick in the ground? | 3 |
| 31D | 47. Just about anything on a string | 6 |
| 32D | 50. With 42-Across, the Mafia | 4 |
| 33D | 51. Cultivated, in a way | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Start a turn in Twister | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Time to do without | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers") | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Minuscule amount | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Short stroke | 4 |
| 39D | 58. Batting avg., e.g. | 4 |
| 40D | 60. Rocksteady relative | 3 |
| 41D | 61. "___ bin ein Berliner" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Tarot suit associated with the element of water"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Similar words include: loving cup, transfuse, cup
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUPS
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2D: "2. Yamaha product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBOE
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3D: "3. What makes a stud become studious?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Similar words include: IOU
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOUS
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4D: "4. Fully get"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
- Similar words include: sound, penetrate, fthm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FATHOM
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5D: "5. Hog's home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: pigsty, stye, hordeolum
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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6D: "6. "That's a real shame""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Similar words include: unluckily, ala, unfortunately
- Opposite of: fortunately, luckily
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Answer: ALAS
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7D: "7. Steakhouse order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Similar words include: rarefied, rarified, uncommon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RARE
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8D: "8. Marchers in sidewalk cracks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Similar words include: ant, emmet, pismire
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTS
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9D: "9. Howl at the moon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- Similar words include: quest, true laurel, bay laurel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAY
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10D: "10. Chevy S.U.V."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SUBURBAN
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11D: "11. Authentic"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRUETOLIFE
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12D: "12. Ones from platypuses have leathery shells"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- Similar words include: testis, orchis, ball
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGGS
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13D: "13. Fly by night ... or by day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Similar words include: gadfly, pestis, pesterer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEST
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14D: "18. Compact holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- Similar words include: pocketbook, handbag, wrinkle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PURSE
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15D: "22. Neighbor of Ont."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: QUE
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16D: "24. Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UPDO
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17D: "25. Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHE
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18D: "26. Food you might eat wearing a bib"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
- Similar words include: crab, squawk, bellyache
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRABS
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19D: "27. Overplay for the audience"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAMUP
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20D: "28. Was the bigger person, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
- Similar words include: apologize, excuse, justify
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: APOLOGIZED
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21D: "29. Follow, as advice"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACTON
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22D: "30. Have faith in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- Similar words include: believe, corporate trust, cartel
- Opposite of: distrust, mistrust
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Answer: TRUST
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23D: "31. Canines, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
- Similar words include: tooth, dentition
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEETH
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24D: "32. Mega-"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- Similar words include: radical, extremist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ULTRA
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25D: "33. Big name in chicken or boxing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)
- Similar words include: Mike Tyson, Michael Gerald Tyson
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TYSON
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26D: "38. 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CLUELESS
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27D: "40. "Get Smart" bad guys"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KAOS
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28D: "42. Suffix with beat or neat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIK
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29D: "43. Throw off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to move back by force or influence
- Similar words include: fight off, beat back, drive back
- Opposite of: attract
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Answer: REPEL
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30D: "46. Stick in the ground?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: tee up, golf tee, football tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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31D: "47. Just about anything on a string"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CATTOY
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32D: "50. With 42-Across, the Mafia"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COSA
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33D: "51. Cultivated, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dig with a hoe
- Similar words include: hoe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOED
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34D: "52. Start a turn in Twister"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- Similar words include: spin around, twisting, gyrate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPIN
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35D: "53. Time to do without"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Similar words include: bring, Lententide, contribute
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LENT
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36D: "54. Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers")"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLDE
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37D: "56. Minuscule amount"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Similar words include: smidgin, smidgen, whit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOTA
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38D: "57. Short stroke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
- Similar words include: putting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUTT
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39D: "58. Batting avg., e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAT
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40D: "60. Rocksteady relative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKA
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41D: "61. "___ bin ein Berliner""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICH
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Build Vocabulary
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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