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- 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. Org. that organizes rec leagues | 4 |
| 2A | 5. ___ Seton, author of "Foxfire" and "Katherine" | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Interloper whom no one seems to know, informally | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Audio sensors | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Ring on a coaster? | 10 |
| 6A | 17. It offers a narrow point of view | 4 |
| 7A | 18. "At this point, that's no surprise" | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Price-ending digits, often | 5 |
| 9A | 21. Gets into a tight spot | 9 |
| 10A | 22. City west of Knoxville | 8 |
| 11A | 24. Knights of ___, ancient cult in the "Star Wars" universe | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Group that protects the QB | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Cruising, say | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Bussing on the street, e.g., in brief | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Halves of Hamiltons | 4 |
| 16A | 32. Superman's mother | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Some stream settings | 5 |
| 18A | 36. Zip | 15 |
| 19A | 39. Divert | 5 |
| 20A | 40. "I ___ bored!" | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Word that may precede itself? | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Bad singer? | 3 |
| 23A | 43. Many a popular TikTok | 4 |
| 24A | 45. Fantasy author Bardugo | 5 |
| 25A | 47. Amazon wrapper | 3 |
| 26A | 48. Thermostat display, informally | 8 |
| 27A | 51. Gets dragged along on a beach trip? | 9 |
| 28A | 55. What many wine corks do | 5 |
| 29A | 56. March Madness group | 10 |
| 30A | 58. Trace | 4 |
| 31A | 59. Put on a finishing touch | 10 |
| 32A | 60. Man's name that describes a radio that's lost half its frequencies? | 4 |
| 33A | 61. Pitch one might try to perfect | 5 |
| 34A | 62. List abbr. | 4 |
| 35A | 63. Certain wings | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Org. that organizes rec leagues"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YMCA
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2A: "5. ___ Seton, author of "Foxfire" and "Katherine""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANYA
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3A: "9. Interloper whom no one seems to know, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RANDO
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4A: "14. Audio sensors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: pinna, capitulum, ear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARS
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5A: "15. Ring on a coaster?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: LOOPDELOOP
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6A: "17. It offers a narrow point of view"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrow opening
- Similar words include: incision, cunt, pussy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLIT
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7A: "18. "At this point, that's no surprise""
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: IMUSEDTOIT
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8A: "19. Price-ending digits, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: ball club, baseball club, Nina from Carolina
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NINES
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9A: "21. Gets into a tight spot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- Similar words include: shoehorn
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHOEHORNS
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10A: "22. City west of Knoxville"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OAKRIDGE
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11A: "24. Knights of ___, ancient cult in the "Star Wars" universe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN
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12A: "25. Group that protects the QB"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OLINE
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13A: "26. Cruising, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the direction of the sea
- Similar words include: seaward, seawards
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASEA
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14A: "28. Bussing on the street, e.g., in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- Similar words include: personal digital assistant, organizer, organiser
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDA
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15A: "31. Halves of Hamiltons"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABES
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16A: "32. Superman's mother"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LARA
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17A: "34. Some stream settings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open river valley (in a hilly area)
- Similar words include: dale
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DALES
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18A: "36. Zip"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: JACKDIDDLYSQUAT
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19A: "39. Divert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- Similar words include: disport, divert
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMUSE
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20A: "40. "I ___ bored!""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMSO
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21A: "41. Word that may precede itself?"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNTO
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22A: "42. Bad singer?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: bum, puke, betrayer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAT
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23A: "43. Many a popular TikTok"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEME
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24A: "45. Fantasy author Bardugo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english film actress (1913-1967)
- Similar words include: Vivien Leigh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEIGH
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25A: "47. Amazon wrapper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Similar words include: feather boa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOA
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26A: "48. Thermostat display, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ROOMTEMP
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27A: "51. Gets dragged along on a beach trip?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WATERSKIS
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28A: "55. What many wine corks do"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- Similar words include: wax light, candle, point
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAPER
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29A: "56. March Madness group"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ELITEEIGHT
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30A: "58. Trace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Similar words include: scintilla, whit, smidgin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOTA
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31A: "59. Put on a finishing touch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DOTTEDTHEI
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32A: "60. Man's name that describes a radio that's lost half its frequencies?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOAM
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33A: "61. Pitch one might try to perfect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
- Similar words include: line of gab, play, patter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPIEL
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34A: "62. List abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAL
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35A: "63. Certain wings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
- Similar words include: ell
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELLS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Unambiguous question type | 5 |
| 2D | 2. One of Time magazine's "Most Influential Teens" during the 2010s | 10 |
| 3D | 3. Style of French fries | 10 |
| 4D | 4. They may go in for cursing | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Phrase on some seasoning labels | 5 |
| 7D | 7. "That's what I said!" | 15 |
| 8D | 8. Lhasa ___ | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Wilma Flintstone and Jane Jetson, for two | 8 |
| 10D | 10. ___ Brown, host on the Food Network | 5 |
| 11D | 11. 2021 science fiction novel by Nnedi Okorafor | 4 |
| 12D | 12. "Whatcha ___?" | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Makes a choice | 4 |
| 14D | 16. John with some ground-breaking inventions | 5 |
| 15D | 20. Cardinal ___ | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Spot for a sub | 4 |
| 17D | 27. "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Cold bathhouse amenity | 10 |
| 19D | 29. Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars | 10 |
| 20D | 30. Concerning | 4 |
| 21D | 31. "The soul should always stand ___": Emily Dickinson | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Leading man? | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Historical region of southwestern France | 9 |
| 24D | 37. Best performances by an actor in a short film? | 8 |
| 25D | 38. "No day but today!" | 4 |
| 26D | 44. Let up | 5 |
| 27D | 46. First responder, for short | 3 |
| 28D | 47. Hollywood icon Davis | 5 |
| 29D | 49. Actor ___ Jackson Jr. | 5 |
| 30D | 50. British baby buggies | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Officially joins | 4 |
| 32D | 52. Off-kilter | 4 |
| 33D | 53. South American monkey with a reduplicative name | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Wind-up toy? | 4 |
| 35D | 57. What may appear after dusk and before dawn | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Unambiguous question type"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YESNO
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2D: "2. One of Time magazine's "Most Influential Teens" during the 2010s"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MALIAOBAMA
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3D: "3. Style of French fries"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CRINKLECUT
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4D: "4. They may go in for cursing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a star-shaped character * used in printing
- Similar words include: asterisk, star
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ASTERISKS
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5D: "5. Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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6D: "6. Phrase on some seasoning labels"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOMSG
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7D: "7. "That's what I said!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: YOUHEARDMERIGHT
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8D: "8. Lhasa ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APSO
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9D: "9. Wilma Flintstone and Jane Jetson, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who has red hair
- Similar words include: redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, redheaded woodpecker
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: REDHEADS
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10D: "10. ___ Brown, host on the Food Network"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALTON
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11D: "11. 2021 science fiction novel by Nnedi Okorafor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOOR
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12D: "12. "Whatcha ___?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOIN
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13D: "13. Makes a choice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that select as an alternative over another
- Similar words include: opt, prefer, choose
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPTS
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14D: "16. John with some ground-breaking inventions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
- Similar words include: John Deere
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEERE
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15D: "20. Cardinal ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that estrangement from god
- Similar words include: blunder, sine, drop the ball
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIN
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16D: "23. Spot for a sub"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- Similar words include: food shop, delicatessen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DELI
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17D: "27. "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SALS
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18D: "28. Cold bathhouse amenity"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PLUNGEPOOL
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19D: "29. Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DEATHMETAL
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20D: "30. Concerning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTO
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21D: "31. "The soul should always stand ___": Emily Dickinson"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slightly open
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AJAR
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22D: "33. Leading man?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Similar words include: go, X, hug drug
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADAM
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23D: "35. Historical region of southwestern France"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a region of southwestern france between bordeaux and the pyrenees
- Similar words include: Aquitania
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AQUITAINE
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24D: "37. Best performances by an actor in a short film?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DEMOREEL
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25D: "38. "No day but today!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOLO
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26D: "44. Let up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move gently or carefully
- Similar words include: facilitate, relieve, allay
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EASED
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27D: "46. First responder, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMT
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28D: "47. Hollywood icon Davis"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BETTE
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29D: "49. Actor ___ Jackson Jr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSHEA
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30D: "50. British baby buggies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- Similar words include: baby carriage, stroller, go-cart
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRAMS
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31D: "51. Officially joins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
- Similar words include: splice, marry, Midweek
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WEDS
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32D: "52. Off-kilter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOP
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33D: "53. South American monkey with a reduplicative name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern united states having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
- Similar words include: Oxydendrum arboreum, buckwheat tree, sourwood
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TITI
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34D: "54. Wind-up toy?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KITE
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35D: "57. What may appear after dusk and before dawn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIL
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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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