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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 (43 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Life story, in brief | 3 |
| 2A | 4. The "S" of NASA | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Where Shrek lives | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Kerfuffle | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Outer limits | 5 |
| 6A | 16. They're contained within books | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Is severely underpaid | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Andean animal with a long neck | 5 |
| 9A | 21. Earth goddess | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Condé ___ (magazine publisher) | 4 |
| 11A | 23. "Tsk! Tsk!" | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Humorist Bombeck | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Motown or RCA | 11 |
| 14A | 32. Particular place | 4 |
| 15A | 35. Stephen of "V for Vendetta" | 3 |
| 16A | 36. Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest | 5 |
| 17A | 38. Chicago trains | 3 |
| 18A | 39. Seating area for 12 peers | 7 |
| 19A | 42. Piece of Grubhub info, for short | 3 |
| 20A | 43. Stringed instrument that rests on the ground | 5 |
| 21A | 45. Tin Man's need | 3 |
| 22A | 46. Like the Mariana Trench | 4 |
| 23A | 47. Works that are heard rather than read | 11 |
| 24A | 51. Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women" | 4 |
| 25A | 52. Gives the ax | 5 |
| 26A | 55. Soaks (up) | 4 |
| 27A | 58. Puppy sounds | 4 |
| 28A | 61. Fundamental belief | 5 |
| 29A | 63. Description for an ideal partner ... or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create? | 15 |
| 30A | 66. Put on TV | 5 |
| 31A | 67. Molars and canines | 5 |
| 32A | 68. Signal for an actor to go onstage | 3 |
| 33A | 69. Pumpkin, e.g. | 5 |
| 34A | 70. "Alas ..." | 5 |
| 35A | 71. TV's "___ Lasso" | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Life story, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIO
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2A: "4. The "S" of NASA"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- Similar words include: place, blank, outer space
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPACE
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3A: "9. Where Shrek lives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
- Similar words include: swampland, flood, deluge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWAMP
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4A: "14. Kerfuffle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid active commotion
- Similar words include: flurry, stir, bustle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADO
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5A: "15. Outer limits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the boundary of a surface
- Similar words include: butt against, inch, butt on
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDGES
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6A: "16. They're contained within books"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- Similar words include: paginate, foliate, Page
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PAGES
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7A: "17. Is severely underpaid"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: WORKSFORPEANUTS
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8A: "20. Andean animal with a long neck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LLAMA
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9A: "21. Earth goddess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
- Similar words include: Gaea, Ge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAIA
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10A: "22. Condé ___ (magazine publisher)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states political cartoonist (1840-1902)
- Similar words include: Thomas Nast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAST
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11A: "23. "Tsk! Tsk!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- Similar words include: ignominy, dishonor, pity
- Opposite of: honor
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Answer: SHAME
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12A: "25. Humorist Bombeck"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERMA
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13A: "27. Motown or RCA"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: RECORDLABEL
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14A: "32. Particular place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Similar words include: descry, smear, bit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPOT
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15A: "35. Stephen of "V for Vendetta""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REA
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16A: "36. Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small landlocked asian country high in the himalayas between india and china
- Similar words include: Kingdom of Nepal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEPAL
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17A: "38. Chicago trains"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Similar words include: elevated railway, elevated railroad, ALT
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELS
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18A: "39. Seating area for 12 peers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: JURYBOX
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19A: "42. Piece of Grubhub info, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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20A: "43. Stringed instrument that rests on the ground"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
- Similar words include: violoncello
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CELLO
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21A: "45. Tin Man's need"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Similar words include: fossil oil, vegetable oil, crude oil
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OIL
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22A: "46. Like the Mariana Trench"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
- Similar words include: oceanic abyss, bass, deeply
- Opposite of: shallow
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Answer: DEEP
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23A: "47. Works that are heard rather than read"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BOOKSONTAPE
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24A: "51. Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 2nd letter of the hebrew alphabet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BETH
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25A: "52. Gives the ax"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something burning (often destructive)
- Similar words include: go off, flak, elicit
- Opposite of: hire
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Answer: FIRES
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26A: "55. Soaks (up)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- Similar words include: sop, SOP, standard procedure
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOPS
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27A: "58. Puppy sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARFS
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28A: "61. Fundamental belief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Similar words include: dogma
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TENET
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29A: "63. Description for an ideal partner ... or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: THETOTALPACKAGE
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30A: "66. Put on TV"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expose to fresh air
- Similar words include: air out, broadcast, publicise
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AIRED
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31A: "67. Molars and canines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
- Similar words include: tooth, dentition
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEETH
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32A: "68. Signal for an actor to go onstage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Similar words include: cue stick, clue, remind
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUE
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33A: "69. Pumpkin, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- Similar words include: gourd vine, calabash
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOURD
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34A: "70. "Alas ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in an unfortunate way
- Similar words include: woefully, deplorably, lamentably
- Opposite of: happily
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Answer: SADLY
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35A: "71. TV's "___ Lasso""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Similar words include: Teddy boy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TED
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Cry like a baby | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Admired figures | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Kind of bagel | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Many a PC file | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Really eager | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Actor Michael of "Arrested Development" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Caught sight of | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Place to be pampered | 3 |
| 10D | 10. 1996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Water, in Colombia | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Team that plays at Citi Field | 4 |
| 13D | 13. "Over here!" | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Onetime retail chain giant | 5 |
| 15D | 19. ___ Grey tea | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Very light brown | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Tail-less cat | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Above, in poetry | 3 |
| 19D | 29. Synthetic fiber | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Fencing sword | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Not on time | 4 |
| 22D | 32. "Gimme a ___!" | 3 |
| 23D | 33. Commoner | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Norway's capital | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Two lengths of a pool | 3 |
| 26D | 39. What a punch line may end | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine | 3 |
| 28D | 41. "Frozen" snowman | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Seafood with claws | 7 |
| 30D | 46. Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame | 5 |
| 31D | 48. Rushing yards, e.g., informally | 4 |
| 32D | 49. "Well, dang it!" | 6 |
| 33D | 50. Slightly out of tune | 6 |
| 34D | 53. Put into law | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Move smoothly to another topic | 5 |
| 36D | 55. Without a date | 4 |
| 37D | 56. River past Cincinnati | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Lima's land | 4 |
| 39D | 59. Tiny canine pest | 4 |
| 40D | 60. Drove over the legal limit | 4 |
| 41D | 62. Ticked (off) | 4 |
| 42D | 64. Peculiar | 3 |
| 43D | 65. The Falcons, on a scoreboard | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Cry like a baby"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that shout loudly and without restraint
- Similar words include: bellow, yawp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAWL
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2D: "2. Admired figures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
- Similar words include: paragon, idol, matinee idol
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDOLS
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3D: "3. Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OORAH
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4D: "4. Kind of bagel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
- Similar words include: benny, benni, benne
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SESAME
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5D: "5. Many a PC file"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDF
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6D: "6. Really eager"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that highly excited
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGOG
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7D: "7. Actor Michael of "Arrested Development""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CERA
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8D: "8. Caught sight of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: descry, spot, spy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ESPIED
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9D: "9. Place to be pampered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: watering place, resort hotel, watering hole
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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10D: "10. 1996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ambitious and aspiring young person
- Similar words include: aspirant, hopeful, wannabee
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WANNABE
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11D: "11. Water, in Colombia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- Similar words include: agua toad, Bufo marinus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGUA
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12D: "12. Team that plays at Citi Field"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: METS
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13D: "13. "Over here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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14D: "18. Onetime retail chain giant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KMART
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15D: "19. ___ Grey tea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARL
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16D: "24. Very light brown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light brown
- Similar words include: beige
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECRU
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17D: "26. Tail-less cat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ancient gaelic formerly spoken on the isle of man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions
- Similar words include: Manx cat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MANX
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18D: "28. Above, in poetry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OER
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19D: "29. Synthetic fiber"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a synthetic silklike fabric
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAYON
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20D: "30. Fencing sword"
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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21D: "31. Not on time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- Similar words include: belatedly, recently, belated
- Opposite of: early
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Answer: LATE
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22D: "32. "Gimme a ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: secant, s, Securities and Exchange Commission
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEC
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23D: "33. Commoner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the common people
- Similar words include: plebeian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLEB
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24D: "34. Norway's capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
- Similar words include: capital of Norway, Christiania
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSLO
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25D: "37. Two lengths of a pool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- Similar words include: lick, overlap, swosh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAP
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26D: "39. What a punch line may end"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- Similar words include: jocularity, caper, trick
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JOKE
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27D: "40. Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece or quantity of something
- Similar words include: routine, mo, moment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIT
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28D: "41. "Frozen" snowman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLAF
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29D: "44. Seafood with claws"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flesh of a lobster
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOBSTER
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30D: "46. Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEREK
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31D: "48. Rushing yards, e.g., informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAT
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32D: "49. "Well, dang it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OHRATS
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33D: "50. Slightly out of tune"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
- Similar words include: resiny, sooty, coal-black
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PITCHY
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34D: "53. Put into law"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Similar words include: ordain, act out, reenact
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENACT
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35D: "54. Move smoothly to another topic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEGUE
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36D: "55. Without a date"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- Similar words include: rat, denounce, spy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAG
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37D: "56. River past Cincinnati"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Similar words include: Ohio River, OH, Buckeye State
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHIO
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38D: "57. Lima's land"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in western south america; achieved independence from spain in 1821; was the heart of the inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
- Similar words include: Republic of Peru
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PERU
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39D: "59. Tiny canine pest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLEA
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40D: "60. Drove over the legal limit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move faster
- Similar words include: zip, speed, accelerate
- Opposite of: linger, decelerate
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Answer: SPED
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41D: "62. Ticked (off)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place on a tee
- Similar words include: tee up, tee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEED
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42D: "64. Peculiar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not divisible by two
- Similar words include: unmated, left, peculiar
- Opposite of: even
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Answer: ODD
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43D: "65. The Falcons, on a scoreboard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATL
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
43 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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