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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Scoundrels | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Pointed end of a pen | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Parts not filled in | 4 |
| 4A | 12. Cookies with their name embossed on them | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Prefix with -metric | 3 |
| 6A | 15. Attracts | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Something to wave with pride? | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians | 5 |
| 9A | 20. "Absolument!" | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Fizzled out completely | 8 |
| 11A | 23. "Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish) | 3 |
| 12A | 24. In the style of | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Play loudly, as from a speaker | 5 |
| 15A | 29. Break away (from) | 6 |
| 16A | 33. [That looks delicious ...] | 5 |
| 17A | 36. Flashy cycling maneuvers | 9 |
| 18A | 38. Shared by us | 4 |
| 19A | 39. What a new hire might learn, with "the" | 5 |
| 20A | 40. "That's not good!" | 4 |
| 21A | 41. "Sunday Night Football" producer | 9 |
| 22A | 43. Floating markers | 5 |
| 23A | 44. Wet floor? | 6 |
| 24A | 45. "That's not good!" | 5 |
| 25A | 47. Opera excerpt | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Casual turndown | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Psychic's alleged ability, for short | 3 |
| 28A | 53. They're pulled to garner media attention, informally | 8 |
| 29A | 57. Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g. | 6 |
| 30A | 59. Sudden shocks | 5 |
| 31A | 60. Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across! | 9 |
| 32A | 62. Upside-down frown | 5 |
| 33A | 63. Exist | 3 |
| 34A | 64. Skip over, in speech | 5 |
| 35A | 65. Mimicked | 4 |
| 36A | 66. Perfect score in Olympic diving | 3 |
| 37A | 67. Many bills in tip jars | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Scoundrels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is morally reprehensible
- Similar words include: dog, heel, cad
- Pattern: ____
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2A: "5. Pointed end of a pen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the writing point of a pen
- Similar words include: beak, pen nib, pecker
- Pattern: ___
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3A: "8. Parts not filled in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- Similar words include: interruption, gap, crack
- Pattern: ____
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4A: "12. Cookies with their name embossed on them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie, oreo
- Pattern: _____
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5A: "14. Prefix with -metric"
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- Pattern: ___
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6A: "15. Attracts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- Similar words include: come-on, decoy, tempt
- Pattern: _____
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7A: "17. Something to wave with pride?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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8A: "19. Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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9A: "20. "Absolument!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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10A: "21. Fizzled out completely"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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11A: "23. "Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Similar words include: last, mesh, net profit
- Opposite of: gross
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12A: "24. In the style of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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13A: "26. Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
- Similar words include: abominable snowman
- Pattern: ____
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14A: "27. Play loudly, as from a speaker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Similar words include: toot, blaring, claxon
- Pattern: _____
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15A: "29. Break away (from)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that withdraw from an organization or communion
- Similar words include: splinter, break away
- Pattern: ______
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16A: "33. [That looks delicious ...]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pretentious or silly talk or writing
- Similar words include: dribble, salivate, humbug
- Pattern: _____
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17A: "36. Flashy cycling maneuvers"
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- Pattern: _________
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18A: "38. Shared by us"
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- Pattern: ____
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19A: "39. What a new hire might learn, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong line
- Similar words include: rope, roach, rophy
- Pattern: _____
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20A: "40. "That's not good!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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21A: "41. "Sunday Night Football" producer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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22A: "43. Floating markers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- Similar words include: buoy, buoy up
- Pattern: _____
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23A: "44. Wet floor?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bottom of a sea or ocean
- Similar words include: Davy Jones's locker, sea bottom, ocean floor
- Pattern: ______
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24A: "45. "That's not good!""
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- Pattern: _____
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25A: "47. Opera excerpt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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26A: "49. Casual turndown"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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27A: "50. Psychic's alleged ability, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: extrasensory perception, second sight, clairvoyance
- Pattern: ___
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28A: "53. They're pulled to garner media attention, informally"
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- Pattern: ________
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29A: "57. Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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30A: "59. Sudden shocks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden jarring impact
- Similar words include: shock, jerking, jounce
- Pattern: _____
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31A: "60. Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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32A: "62. Upside-down frown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- Similar words include: grinning, grin, smiling
- Pattern: _____
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33A: "63. Exist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: be, follow, constitute
- Opposite of: differ
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34A: "64. Skip over, in speech"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leave or strike out
- Pattern: _____
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35A: "65. Mimicked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- Similar words include: caricature, ape
- Pattern: ____
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36A: "66. Perfect score in Olympic diving"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Similar words include: ten-spot, x, tenner
- Pattern: ___
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37A: "67. Many bills in tip jars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: one, single, I
- Pattern: ____
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. The eyes of an emoticon, typically | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Make a case (for) | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Opposite of credit | 5 |
| 4D | 4. "And ___ bed" | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Nothing | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street" | 4 |
| 7D | 7. 4 on a par 3, e.g. | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Like good omens | 10 |
| 10D | 10. College instructor, for short | 4 |
| 11D | 11. "To thine own ___ be true" | 4 |
| 12D | 13. Sudden, powerful gust of wind | 6 |
| 13D | 16. Used a stool, say | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Athleisure brand originally from Italy | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Homes on branches | 5 |
| 16D | 25. ___ Day (April observance) | 5 |
| 17D | 27. Climactic fight in a video game | 10 |
| 18D | 28. 0% filled | 5 |
| 19D | 30. Fun word to shout into a canyon | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Fashion inits. in Manhattan | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Those, en español | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Puts on, as a jacket | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Yokel | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Apex predator of the ocean | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Marks, as a ballot square | 5 |
| 26D | 39. "The Thinker" sculptor | 5 |
| 27D | 42. Pored over | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Not act up | 6 |
| 29D | 46. ___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean) | 4 |
| 30D | 48. Making a plate appearance | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Fuzzy-feeling leather | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Extremes of the earth | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Nightwear, informally | 3 |
| 35D | 54. Oblong tomato type | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Lose traction | 4 |
| 37D | 56. "OK, go ahead" | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Casual collared shirt | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Desire | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. The eyes of an emoticon, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
- Similar words include: El Salvadoran colon, Costa Rican colon, Aspinwall
- Pattern: _____
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2D: "2. Make a case (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that present reasons and arguments
- Similar words include: indicate, contend, reason
- Pattern: _____
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3D: "3. Opposite of credit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
- Similar words include: debit entry
- Opposite of: credit
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4D: "4. "And ___ bed""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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5D: "5. Nothing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: null, zip, zippo
- Pattern: ___
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6D: "6. Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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7D: "7. 4 on a par 3, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an evil spirit
- Similar words include: bogy, bogie
- Pattern: _____
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8D: "8. Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
- Similar words include: glister, gleam, scintillation
- Pattern: _______
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9D: "9. Like good omens"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- Opposite of: inauspicious
- Pattern: __________
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10D: "10. College instructor, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
- Similar words include: professor
- Pattern: ____
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11D: "11. "To thine own ___ be true""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your consciousness of your own identity
- Similar words include: ego
- Pattern: ____
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12D: "13. Sudden, powerful gust of wind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
- Similar words include: shout, scream, shout out
- Pattern: ______
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13D: "16. Used a stool, say"
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: model, sit down, Sabbatum
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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14D: "18. Athleisure brand originally from Italy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
- Similar words include: filum, filament
- Pattern: ____
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15D: "22. Homes on branches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- Similar words include: snuggle, nuzzle, draw close
- Pattern: _____
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16D: "25. ___ Day (April observance)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tree (as opposed to shrub)
- Similar words include: spindle, mandrel, bower
- Pattern: _____
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17D: "27. Climactic fight in a video game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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18D: "28. 0% filled"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a container that has been emptied
- Similar words include: evacuate, vacuous, discharge
- Opposite of: full, fill
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19D: "30. Fun word to shout into a canyon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- Similar words include: reverberation, replication, resound
- Pattern: ____
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20D: "31. Fashion inits. in Manhattan"
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- Pattern: ____
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21D: "32. Those, en español"
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- Pattern: ____
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22D: "33. Puts on, as a jacket"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spanish gentleman or nobleman
- Similar words include: father, don, Don
- Pattern: ____
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23D: "34. Yokel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- Similar words include: chawbacon, hayseed, yokel
- Pattern: ____
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24D: "35. Apex predator of the ocean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Similar words include: grampus, sea wolf, killer whale
- Pattern: ____
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25D: "37. Marks, as a ballot square"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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26D: "39. "The Thinker" sculptor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
- Similar words include: Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Auguste Rodin
- Pattern: _____
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27D: "42. Pored over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that examine or consider with attention and in detail
- Similar words include: peruse
- Pattern: _______
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28D: "43. Not act up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- Similar words include: carry, conduct, do
- Opposite of: misbehave
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29D: "46. ___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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30D: "48. Making a plate appearance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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31D: "50. Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that king of northumbria who was converted to christianity (585-633)
- Pattern: _____
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32D: "51. Fuzzy-feeling leather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leather with a napped surface
- Similar words include: suede leather, suede cloth
- Pattern: _____
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33D: "52. Extremes of the earth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- Similar words include: pole, terminal, Pole
- Pattern: _____
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34D: "53. Nightwear, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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35D: "54. Oblong tomato type"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern india but now are living on all continents (but mostly in europe, north africa, and north america)
- Similar words include: read-only storage, Romany, Gipsy
- Pattern: ____
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36D: "55. Lose traction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a socially awkward or tactless act
- Similar words include: cutting, mooring, splay
- Pattern: ____
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37D: "56. "OK, go ahead""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- Similar words include: sure as shooting, sure enough, for certain
- Opposite of: unsure, uncertain
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38D: "58. Casual collared shirt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)
- Similar words include: Marco Polo
- Pattern: ____
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39D: "61. Desire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: languish, hankering, ache
- Pattern: ___
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