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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 (35 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Dawdler | 8 |
| 2A | 9. Cuts short | 6 |
| 3A | 15. Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon | 8 |
| 4A | 16. Kitsch | 6 |
| 5A | 17. Doing some theater work | 8 |
| 6A | 18. Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh | 6 |
| 7A | 19. One whose beauty is on the inside | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Whole kit and caboodle | 5 |
| 9A | 22. ___-Latin (like some modern coinages) | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Plant that's toxic to cats | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Some babysitters | 5 |
| 12A | 25. A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated) | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub | 3 |
| 14A | 27. Tuesday, in French | 5 |
| 15A | 28. Song commonly performed outdoors | 5 |
| 16A | 29. Food that can be prepared de canasta | 5 |
| 17A | 30. ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season) | 6 |
| 18A | 31. One toeing the line? | 15 |
| 19A | 35. Individually | 6 |
| 20A | 36. Editorialize | 5 |
| 21A | 37. Overly self-assertive | 5 |
| 22A | 38. Like a good sponge cake | 5 |
| 23A | 39. Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct" | 3 |
| 24A | 42. Singular, with or without its first letter | 4 |
| 25A | 43. Origin story family in DC Comics | 5 |
| 26A | 44. Facility | 4 |
| 27A | 45. Certain care provider, for short | 3 |
| 28A | 46. Re-fresh? | 5 |
| 29A | 47. It might be marked with an X | 5 |
| 30A | 48. Linked (with) | 6 |
| 31A | 50. Drive | 8 |
| 32A | 52. Harden and become resistant to change | 6 |
| 33A | 53. Life partner, perhaps? | 8 |
| 34A | 54. Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco | 6 |
| 35A | 55. Treated with respect | 8 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Dawdler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who moves slowly
- Similar words include: plodder, slowcoach, stick-in-the-mud
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SLOWPOKE
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2A: "9. Cuts short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- Similar words include: abort
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ABORTS
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3A: "15. Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drawstring bag for holding money
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MONEYBAG
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4A: "16. Kitsch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOWART
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5A: "17. Doing some theater work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
- Similar words include: show, usher
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: USHERING
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6A: "18. Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that parched crushed wheat
- Similar words include: bulgur wheat, bulghur
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BULGUR
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7A: "19. One whose beauty is on the inside"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GEODE
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8A: "20. Whole kit and caboodle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a complete extent or range:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GAMUT
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9A: "22. ___-Latin (like some modern coinages)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEO
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10A: "23. Plant that's toxic to cats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any liliaceous plant of the genus lilium having showy pendulous flowers
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LILY
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11A: "24. Some babysitters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NANAS
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12A: "25. A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a telephone connection
- Similar words include: yell, phone call, forebode
- Opposite of: put option
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Answer: CALL
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13A: "26. Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YTD
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14A: "27. Tuesday, in French"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MARDI
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15A: "28. Song commonly performed outdoors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
- Similar words include: Christmas carol
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAROL
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16A: "29. Food that can be prepared de canasta"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
- Similar words include: greaser, wetback, taco
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TACOS
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17A: "30. ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that grant remission of a sin to
- Similar words include: shrive, absolve
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHROVE
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18A: "31. One toeing the line?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: TIGHTROPEWALKER
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19A: "35. Individually"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
- Similar words include: to each one, from each one, for each one
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APIECE
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20A: "36. Editorialize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- Similar words include: animadvert, guess, imagine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPINE
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21A: "37. Overly self-assertive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that offensively bold
- Similar words include: cheeky, nervy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRASH
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22A: "38. Like a good sponge cake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slightly wet
- Similar words include: damp, dampish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOIST
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23A: "39. Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that extinct flightless bird of new zealand
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOA
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24A: "42. Singular, with or without its first letter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lacking companions or companionship
- Similar words include: lonesome, alone, sole
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LONE
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25A: "43. Origin story family in DC Comics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a county in southeastern england on the english channel; formerly an anglo-saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the romans
- Similar words include: Kent, Rockwell Kent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KENTS
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26A: "44. Facility"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something acquired without compensation
- Similar words include: invest, endow, endowment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GIFT
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27A: "45. Certain care provider, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMT
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28A: "46. Re-fresh?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fashion reminiscent of the past
- Similar words include: retroactive, ex post facto
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RETRO
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29A: "47. It might be marked with an X"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
- Similar words include: porn, pornography, smut
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PORNO
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30A: "48. Linked (with)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TIEDIN
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31A: "50. Drive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cherished desire
- Similar words include: aspiration, ambitiousness, dream
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AMBITION
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32A: "52. Harden and become resistant to change"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become bony
- Similar words include: petrify, rigidify
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OSSIFY
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33A: "53. Life partner, perhaps?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CELLMATE
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34A: "54. Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that formerly the basic unit of money in spain; equal to 100 centimos
- Similar words include: Spanish peseta
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PESETA
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35A: "55. Treated with respect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that regard highly; think much of
- Similar words include: repute, esteem, look upon
- Opposite of: disrespect, disesteem
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Answer: ESTEEMED
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. How a supervillain might brag | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Flip | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Waiting for support, maybe | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Like untended plots | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Funeral ___ | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Broad band? | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Royal Australian Air Force insignia | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Competition that combines speed with balance | 15 |
| 9D | 9. Professor Dumbledore | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Contest | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___ | 3 |
| 12D | 12. The world's end, in Norse mythology | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Mr. or Ms. Right | 8 |
| 14D | 14. Baby sitter? | 8 |
| 15D | 21. Half of a classic rum cocktail's name | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Component of a nautilus shell | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me" | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Stick by a fireplace | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Mantra | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Nearby things | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Like the pope's guards | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Area on which to eat or play cards | 8 |
| 23D | 32. "You can absolutely count on me" | 8 |
| 24D | 33. Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g. | 8 |
| 25D | 34. Great illustrations | 8 |
| 26D | 38. Connected | 3 |
| 27D | 39. Sister of Moses | 6 |
| 28D | 40. Worth considering | 6 |
| 29D | 41. Made up | 6 |
| 30D | 43. Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind" | 5 |
| 31D | 44. "Understood?" | 5 |
| 32D | 46. Big break | 4 |
| 33D | 47. Stack (up) | 4 |
| 34D | 49. Casting need | 3 |
| 35D | 51. Short diner order | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. How a supervillain might brag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in a smug manner
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SMUGLY
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2D: "2. Flip"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOSEIT
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3D: "3. Waiting for support, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONHOLD
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4D: "4. Like untended plots"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that abounding with or resembling weeds
- Similar words include: underweight, scraggy, boney
- Opposite of: weedless
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Answer: WEEDY
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5D: "5. Funeral ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
- Similar words include: funeral pyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PYRE
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6D: "6. Broad band?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
- Similar words include: obeah
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OBI
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7D: "7. Royal Australian Air Force insignia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of australia and new guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: KANGAROO
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8D: "8. Competition that combines speed with balance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: EGGANDSPOONRACE
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9D: "9. Professor Dumbledore"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALBUS
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10D: "10. Contest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- Similar words include: bust, turn, tear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOUT
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11D: "11. Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- Similar words include: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWL
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12D: "12. The world's end, in Norse mythology"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
- Similar words include: Gotterdammerung, Twilight of the Gods
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RAGNAROK
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13D: "13. Mr. or Ms. Right"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person loved by another person
- Similar words include: steady, sweetheart, sweetie
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TRUELOVE
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14D: "14. Baby sitter?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who walks at a leisurely pace
- Similar words include: baby carriage, perambulator, carriage
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STROLLER
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15D: "21. Half of a classic rum cocktail's name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAI
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16D: "24. Component of a nautilus shell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- Similar words include: mother-of-pearl
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NACRE
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17D: "25. Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CARLE
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18D: "27. Stick by a fireplace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- Similar words include: mates, catch, equal
- Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: MATCH
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19D: "28. Mantra"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- Similar words include: tone, intonate, intone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHANT
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20D: "29. Nearby things"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THESE
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21D: "30. Like the pope's guards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the natives or inhabitants of switzerland
- Similar words include: Swiss people
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWISS
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22D: "31. Area on which to eat or play cards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the top horizontal work surface of a table
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TABLETOP
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23D: "32. "You can absolutely count on me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IPROMISE
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24D: "33. Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female giant
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GIANTESS
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25D: "34. Great illustrations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a standard or typical example
- Similar words include: paradigm, image, prototype
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EPITOMES
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26D: "38. Connected"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come together
- Similar words include: converge, conform to, see
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MET
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27D: "39. Sister of Moses"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MIRIAM
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28D: "40. Worth considering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OFNOTE
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29D: "41. Made up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make amends for
- Similar words include: repent, atone, expiate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATONED
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30D: "43. Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in eastern africa; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the great rift valley in kenya
- Similar words include: Republic of Kenya
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KENYA
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31D: "44. "Understood?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOTME
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32D: "46. Big break"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gap between cloud masses
- Similar words include: rupture, break, severance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIFT
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33D: "47. Stack (up)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Similar words include: quite a little, flock, spile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PILE
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34D: "49. Casting need"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- Similar words include: snuff it, fail, cash in one's chips
- Opposite of: be born
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Answer: DIE
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35D: "51. Short diner order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BLT
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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
35 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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