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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 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. Fashion designer Schiaparelli | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Boomer playing in a band | 8 |
| 3A | 13. Things that may be connected | 4 |
| 4A | 14. 2023 musical with a Tony for Best Choreography | 9 |
| 5A | 15. Some arthritis | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Climbed without ropes | 10 |
| 7A | 17. Fire in one's belly | 8 |
| 8A | 19. Old money, for short? | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Jewish honorific | 3 |
| 10A | 21. They work around the clock | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Big Apple athlete | 5 |
| 12A | 27. Home ___ | 5 |
| 13A | 29. Summer Olympics event | 4 |
| 14A | 31. Gram alternative | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Trusted one, typically | 5 |
| 16A | 33. Mr. Right, e.g. | 9 |
| 17A | 35. Silver of the Silver Bulletin | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Deduce | 5 |
| 19A | 37. L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor | 4 |
| 20A | 38. Suddenly kicks the bucket | 9 |
| 21A | 40. Go viral | 5 |
| 22A | 41. "Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 3 |
| 23A | 42. Introductory dissection subject | 4 |
| 24A | 43. Plane on a diamond | 5 |
| 25A | 44. ___ Hadley, "Clever Girl" novelist | 5 |
| 26A | 46. Certain put-back shot | 5 |
| 27A | 48. Golden ratio symbol | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Rx dosages | 3 |
| 29A | 52. Extend | 8 |
| 30A | 54. Their talent may not be as important as their last names | 10 |
| 31A | 58. Awed reactions | 4 |
| 32A | 59. One who enjoys the high C's? | 9 |
| 33A | 60. Slow ___ (response from the unamused) | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Disparities studied by economists | 8 |
| 35A | 62. High-fat diet, informally | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Fashion designer Schiaparelli"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSA
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2A: "5. Boomer playing in a band"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BASSDRUM
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3A: "13. Things that may be connected"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very small circular shape
- Similar words include: battery-acid, disperse, scatter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOTS
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4A: "14. 2023 musical with a Tony for Best Choreography"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ILLINOISE
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5A: "15. Some arthritis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
- Similar words include: urarthritis, gouty arthritis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOUT
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6A: "16. Climbed without ropes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FREESOLOED
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7A: "17. Fire in one's belly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cherished desire
- Similar words include: ambitiousness, dream, aspiration
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AMBITION
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8A: "19. Old money, for short?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: ire, Provisional IRA, wrath
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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9A: "20. Jewish honorific"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
- Similar words include: greyback, Johnny, Johnny Reb
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REB
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10A: "21. They work around the clock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- Similar words include: hand, script, pass
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HANDS
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11A: "23. Big Apple athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KNICK
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12A: "27. Home ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- Similar words include: terminal, storehouse, entrepot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEPOT
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13A: "29. Summer Olympics event"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPEE
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14A: "31. Gram alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your grandmother
- Similar words include: Nan River, naan, grandma
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAN
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15A: "32. Trusted one, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is older than you are
- Similar words include: older, senior, sr.
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELDER
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16A: "33. Mr. Right, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IDEALMATE
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17A: "35. Silver of the Silver Bulletin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATE
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18A: "36. Deduce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- Similar words include: extrapolate, deduce, guess
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INFER
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19A: "37. L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIE
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20A: "38. Suddenly kicks the bucket"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DROPSDEAD
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21A: "40. Go viral"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general direction in which something tends to move
- Similar words include: tendency, veer, slew
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREND
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22A: "41. "Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: eld, geezerhood, long time
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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23A: "42. Introductory dissection subject"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla annelida and chaetognatha and nematoda and nemertea and platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- Similar words include: writhe, insect, dirt ball
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WORM
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24A: "43. Plane on a diamond"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinct feature or element in a problem
- Similar words include: aspect
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FACET
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25A: "44. ___ Hadley, "Clever Girl" novelist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESSA
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26A: "46. Certain put-back shot"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIPIN
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27A: "48. Golden ratio symbol"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHI
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28A: "50. Rx dosages"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
- Similar words include: atomic number 12, milligram, Mg
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MGS
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29A: "52. Extend"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make longer
- Opposite of: shorten
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LENGTHEN
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30A: "54. Their talent may not be as important as their last names"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NEPOBABIES
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31A: "58. Awed reactions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: aah, ooh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOHS
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32A: "59. One who enjoys the high C's?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a patron of the opera
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OPERAGOER
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33A: "60. Slow ___ (response from the unamused)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden very loud noise
- Similar words include: acclaim, bam, applaud
- Opposite of: boo
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Answer: CLAP
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34A: "61. Disparities studied by economists"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WAGEGAPS
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35A: "62. High-fat diet, informally"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KETO
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Annual mystery award | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Had an outsize presence | 11 |
| 3D | 3. They may recently have been in a jam | 11 |
| 4D | 4. Prosecco relative | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Results of some remarriages | 15 |
| 6D | 6. Yard sale? | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Afirmativa enfática | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Swim with the fishes? | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Larry ___, longtime owner of the Cleveland Guardians | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Grande opening? | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Fair ___ (concept in copyright law) | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Kind of school | 3 |
| 13D | 14. Wrinkle remover | 4 |
| 14D | 16. Diktat | 4 |
| 15D | 18. Repeated role for Chris Hemsworth | 4 |
| 16D | 22. Word with dating or skating | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Bad place to be while gambling | 11 |
| 18D | 25. Fictional companion of Thing One and Thing Two | 11 |
| 19D | 26. Hit below the belt, in a way | 5 |
| 20D | 28. Easter basket treat | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Pitch catcher? | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Wrap up by | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Like He and Xe | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Windy City exchange, in brief | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Altar-ed statement? | 3 |
| 26D | 39. Expo take-home | 7 |
| 27D | 40. Zesty flavor | 4 |
| 28D | 43. Parts of submarines also known as fairwaters | 4 |
| 29D | 45. D.I.Y. dessert item | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Pressure source | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Source of motivation, informally | 5 |
| 32D | 51. It's a long story | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Half time? | 4 |
| 34D | 54. When you're reading this | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Grp. with geologists and biologists | 3 |
| 36D | 56. Piece in the game Battleship | 3 |
| 37D | 57. Genre for Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Annual mystery award"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDGAR
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2D: "2. Had an outsize presence"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: LOOMEDLARGE
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3D: "3. They may recently have been in a jam"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: STUBBEDTOES
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4D: "4. Prosecco relative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTI
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5D: "5. Results of some remarriages"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: BLENDEDFAMILIES
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6D: "6. Yard sale?"
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. Afirmativa enfática"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SISI
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8D: "8. Swim with the fishes?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water
- Similar words include: breather, schnorkel, schnorchel
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SNORKEL
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9D: "9. Larry ___, longtime owner of the Cleveland Guardians"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOLAN
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10D: "10. Grande opening?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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11D: "11. Fair ___ (concept in copyright law)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: expend, economic consumption, utilize
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE
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12D: "12. Kind of school"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in education
- Similar words include: Master of Education
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MED
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13D: "14. Wrinkle remover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- Similar words include: smoothing iron, atomic number 26, iron out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRON
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14D: "16. Diktat"
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: order, edict, rescript
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FIAT
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15D: "18. Repeated role for Chris Hemsworth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THOR
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16D: "22. Word with dating or skating"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distance travelled per unit time
- Similar words include: hie, swiftness, amphetamine
- Opposite of: decelerate, linger
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Answer: SPEED
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17D: "24. Bad place to be while gambling"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: INADEEPHOLE
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18D: "25. Fictional companion of Thing One and Thing Two"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CATINTHEHAT
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19D: "26. Hit below the belt, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KNEED
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20D: "28. Easter basket treat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the short weak cry of a young bird
- Similar words include: chirrup, chirp, cheep
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEEP
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21D: "30. Pitch catcher?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: auricle, capitulum, pinna
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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22D: "32. Wrap up by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENDAT
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23D: "33. Like He and Xe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unable to move or resist motion
- Similar words include: indifferent, sluggish, soggy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INERT
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24D: "34. Windy City exchange, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MERC
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25D: "36. Altar-ed statement?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDO
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26D: "39. Expo take-home"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SWAGBAG
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27D: "40. Zesty flavor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tart spicy quality
- Similar words include: piquance, savour, sea tangle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TANG
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28D: "43. Parts of submarines also known as fairwaters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- Similar words include: pentad, five, Phoebe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FINS
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29D: "45. D.I.Y. dessert item"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMORE
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30D: "47. Pressure source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- Similar words include: equal, match, compeer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEER
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31D: "49. Source of motivation, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INSPO
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32D: "51. It's a long story"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAGA
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33D: "53. Half time?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOCK
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34D: "54. When you're reading this"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the momentary present
- Similar words include: forthwith, right away, directly
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOW
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35D: "55. Grp. with geologists and biologists"
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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36D: "56. Piece in the game Battleship"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Similar words include: nail, oarlock, rowlock
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEG
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37D: "57. Genre for Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- Similar words include: sock, bebop, whop
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOP
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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