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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 (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Deep sleeps | 5 |
| 2A | 6. High-speed Amtrak train | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Word with punching or sleeping | 3 |
| 4A | 14. One of a battery's poles | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Older but ___ | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Under the weather | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Day-___ paint | 3 |
| 9A | 20. "Garfield" dog | 4 |
| 10A | 21. "It's freezing!" | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Typical "Survivor" locales | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Rapper ___ Uzi Vert | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for two | 11 |
| 14A | 28. Fish that may have an electric charge | 3 |
| 15A | 29. Stammering sounds | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Indignation | 7 |
| 17A | 31. What each U.S. senator represents | 5 |
| 18A | 33. Raggedy ___ | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Breyers competitor | 4 |
| 20A | 35. Some exams allow them | 9 |
| 21A | 39. Cops, slangily | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Rode the bench | 3 |
| 23A | 43. Yoga pose | 5 |
| 24A | 47. Enjoying great success | 7 |
| 25A | 49. What electric cars don't use | 3 |
| 26A | 51. Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty" | 3 |
| 27A | 52. Overly fussy | 11 |
| 28A | 54. Bit of forensic evidence | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Pink ___ (rock band) | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Singer DiFranco | 3 |
| 31A | 57. Bill | 4 |
| 32A | 58. Mideast export | 3 |
| 33A | 59. Cheat ... or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters | 11 |
| 34A | 63. French "a" | 3 |
| 35A | 64. Hearing-related | 5 |
| 36A | 65. Playwright Chekhov | 5 |
| 37A | 66. Kind of lamp that's energy-efficient | 3 |
| 38A | 67. Easily irritated | 5 |
| 39A | 68. Romeo and Juliet, agewise | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Deep sleeps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
- Similar words include: coma, comatoseness
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COMAS
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2A: "6. High-speed Amtrak train"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACELA
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3A: "11. Word with punching or sleeping"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flexible container with a single opening
- Similar words include: suitcase, pocketbook, travelling bag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAG
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4A: "14. One of a battery's poles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- Opposite of: cathode
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANODE
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5A: "15. Older but ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- Similar words include: saucy, fresh, impudent
- Opposite of: foolish
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Answer: WISER
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6A: "16. Under the weather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: ailment, poorly, ominous
- Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL
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7A: "17. Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: JAZZQUARTET
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8A: "19. Day-___ paint"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GLO
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9A: "20. "Garfield" dog"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIE
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10A: "21. "It's freezing!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRR
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11A: "22. Typical "Survivor" locales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small island
- Similar words include: isle, islet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ISLES
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12A: "24. Rapper ___ Uzi Vert"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIL
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13A: "25. Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: JEDIMASTERS
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14A: "28. Fish that may have an electric charge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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15A: "29. Stammering sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
- Similar words include: emergency room, ER, erbium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERS
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16A: "30. Indignation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of righteous anger
- Similar words include: scandalise, appal, desecrate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OUTRAGE
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17A: "31. What each U.S. senator represents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- Similar words include: land, say, nation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STATE
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18A: "33. Raggedy ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANN
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19A: "34. Breyers competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDYS
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20A: "35. Some exams allow them"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OPENNOTES
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21A: "39. Cops, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POPO
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22A: "42. Rode the bench"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: sit around, seat, pose
- Opposite of: stand, arise
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Answer: SAT
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23A: "43. Yoga pose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASANA
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24A: "47. Enjoying great success"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONATEAR
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25A: "49. What electric cars don't use"
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: bluster, petrol, gun
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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26A: "51. Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- Similar words include: miserable, lowly, downhearted
- Opposite of: high
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Answer: LOW
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27A: "52. Overly fussy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -laurent le sage
- Similar words include: snot-nosed, bigheaded, pernickety
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: PERSNICKETY
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28A: "54. Bit of forensic evidence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Similar words include: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DNA
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29A: "55. Pink ___ (rock band)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FLOYD
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30A: "56. Singer DiFranco"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANI
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31A: "57. Bill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- Similar words include: pecker, snoot, nib
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEAK
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32A: "58. Mideast export"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Similar words include: anele, crude, fossil oil
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OIL
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33A: "59. Cheat ... or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SHORTCHANGE
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34A: "63. French "a""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNE
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35A: "64. Hearing-related"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AURAL
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36A: "65. Playwright Chekhov"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANTON
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37A: "66. Kind of lamp that's energy-efficient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Similar words include: light-emitting diode, leave, top
- Opposite of: follow
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Answer: LED
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38A: "67. Easily irritated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that easily irritated or annoyed
- Similar words include: cranky, tetchy, irritable
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESTY
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39A: "68. Romeo and Juliet, agewise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
- Similar words include: adolescent, teenager, stripling
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEENS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Persuades with flattery | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Doing keto, perhaps | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Woodworking tool | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Orderly arrangement: Abbr. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Oscars and Grammys, e.g. | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Wispy clouds | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Approx. | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Monet or Manet | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Don't blow it! | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Reaction to pollen, e.g. | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Shiny coatings | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Lyft competitor | 4 |
| 15D | 23. Heart attack risk factor | 6 |
| 16D | 25. Cherokee maker | 4 |
| 17D | 26. "The kissing disease" | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Em, to Dorothy | 4 |
| 19D | 32. Foot, in baby talk | 6 |
| 20D | 33. Word after fire or carpenter | 3 |
| 21D | 36. Actor Morales | 4 |
| 22D | 37. Drug agent, informally | 4 |
| 23D | 38. "No sweat!" | 4 |
| 24D | 39. Ball batted up and behind the catcher, say | 7 |
| 25D | 40. Length of a pithy joke | 7 |
| 26D | 41. Released from jail early | 7 |
| 27D | 44. Pasta preference | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Nine-sided figure | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Stirs from sleep | 7 |
| 30D | 48. Is over by | 6 |
| 31D | 49. With a light touch | 6 |
| 32D | 50. Suffix with problem | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Gold standard | 5 |
| 34D | 57. Scourge | 4 |
| 35D | 60. Shade of color | 3 |
| 36D | 61. Surgery sites, in brief | 3 |
| 37D | 62. Beanie or bowler | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Persuades with flattery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- Similar words include: inveigle, palaver, blarney
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CAJOLES
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2D: "2. Doing keto, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONADIET
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3D: "3. Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MOZILLA
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4D: "4. Woodworking tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
- Similar words include: adz
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADZE
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5D: "5. Orderly arrangement: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEQ
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6D: "6. Oscars and Grammys, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grant made by a law court
- Similar words include: prize, honour, award
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AWARDS
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7D: "7. Wispy clouds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that usually coiled
- Similar words include: cirrus, cirrus cloud, cirrhus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CIRRI
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8D: "8. Approx."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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9D: "9. Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Henry Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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10D: "10. Monet or Manet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
- Similar words include: creative person
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARTIST
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11D: "11. Don't blow it!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BIGLEAD
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12D: "12. Reaction to pollen, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
- Similar words include: allergic reaction
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ALLERGY
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13D: "13. Shiny coatings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- Similar words include: color, colour, polish
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GLOSSES
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14D: "18. Lyft competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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15D: "23. Heart attack risk factor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- Similar words include: tension, accentuate, strain
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRESS
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16D: "25. Cherokee maker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
- Similar words include: landrover
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JEEP
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17D: "26. "The kissing disease""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- Similar words include: glandular fever, monophonic, infectious mononucleosis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MONO
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18D: "27. Em, to Dorothy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- Similar words include: auntie, aunty
- Opposite of: uncle
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Answer: AUNT
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19D: "32. Foot, in baby talk"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOOTSY
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20D: "33. Word after fire or carpenter"
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: emmet, pismire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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21D: "36. Actor Morales"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESAI
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22D: "37. Drug agent, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
- Similar words include: narcotics agent, nark
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NARC
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23D: "38. "No sweat!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- Similar words include: well-situated, promiscuous, slowly
- Opposite of: difficult, quickly
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Answer: EASY
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24D: "39. Ball batted up and behind the catcher, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POPFOUL
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25D: "40. Length of a pithy joke"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONELINE
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26D: "41. Released from jail early"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that release a criminal from detention and place him on parole
- Similar words include: parole
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PAROLED
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27D: "44. Pasta preference"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ALDENTE
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28D: "45. Nine-sided figure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nine-sided polygon
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NONAGON
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29D: "46. Stirs from sleep"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to become awake or conscious
- Similar words include: awake, rouse, wake up
- Opposite of: cause to sleep, fall asleep
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Answer: AWAKENS
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30D: "48. Is over by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENDSAT
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31D: "49. With a light touch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in a gradual manner
- Similar words include: mildly, lightly, softly
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GENTLY
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32D: "50. Suffix with problem"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATIC
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33D: "53. Gold standard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
- Similar words include: kt, carat
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KARAT
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34D: "57. Scourge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something causing misery or death
- Similar words include: nemesis, scourge, curse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BANE
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35D: "60. Shade of color"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Similar words include: chromaticity, imbue
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUE
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36D: "61. Surgery sites, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Similar words include: Oregon, operating theatre, operating theater
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORS
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37D: "62. Beanie or bowler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAT
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Decode the Clues
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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