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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (36 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
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. Big name in pickup trucks | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Criminal suspects, informally | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Giant container | 3 |
| 4A | 12. Map out | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Love of Italy? | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Performer who's lost for words? | 4 |
| 7A | 16. Smaller than small | 4 |
| 8A | 17. Completely change course, in business jargon | 5 |
| 9A | 18. Enthusiastic | 4 |
| 10A | 19. Gathering for this puzzle's attendees | 11 |
| 11A | 22. Stipulation for some keto dieters | 7 |
| 12A | 24. Ninja's quality | 7 |
| 13A | 27. Grant the power | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Paddle people | 6 |
| 15A | 29. Hint | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Marketplace of ancient Greece | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy | 3 |
| 18A | 35. Gathering for this puzzle's attendees | 13 |
| 19A | 40. Falco of "The Sopranos" | 4 |
| 20A | 41. Article in hip-hop titles | 3 |
| 21A | 42. Make some changes | 4 |
| 22A | 43. Gathering for this puzzle's attendees | 9 |
| 23A | 46. Suffering from memory loss, in a way | 7 |
| 24A | 49. It's a big hit | 7 |
| 25A | 53. Name on luxury fashion apparel | 4 |
| 26A | 54. Marginalia, e.g. | 5 |
| 27A | 56. John of wrestling fame | 4 |
| 28A | 57. Bloom that's green | 5 |
| 29A | 59. Mess around a sty | 3 |
| 30A | 60. Lead, as a meeting | 5 |
| 31A | 61. With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees | 5 |
| 32A | 62. Grp. that carries badges | 3 |
| 33A | 63. See 61-Across | 5 |
| 34A | 64. "That makes sense now!" | 4 |
| 35A | 65. Hanker (for) | 3 |
| 36A | 66. Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Big name in pickup trucks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- Similar words include: read/write memory, ram down, cram
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAM
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2A: "4. Criminal suspects, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PERPS
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3A: "9. Giant container"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
- Similar words include: ad valorem tax, value-added tax, tub
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAT
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4A: "12. Map out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- Similar words include: project, program, contrive
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLAN
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5A: "14. Love of Italy?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMORE
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6A: "15. Performer who's lost for words?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
- Similar words include: dumb show, mimer, pantomime
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIME
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7A: "16. Smaller than small"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very short skirt
- Similar words include: miniskirt
- Opposite of: midi
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Answer: MINI
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8A: "17. Completely change course, in business jargon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
- Similar words include: pivot man, pin, swivel
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PIVOT
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9A: "18. Enthusiastic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- Similar words include: devouring, zealous, greedy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVID
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10A: "19. Gathering for this puzzle's attendees"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SQUAREDANCE
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11A: "22. Stipulation for some keto dieters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOCARBS
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12A: "24. Ninja's quality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that avoiding detection by moving carefully
- Similar words include: stealing
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STEALTH
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13A: "27. Grant the power"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that render capable or able for some task
- Opposite of: disable
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENABLE
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14A: "28. Paddle people"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who rows a boat
- Similar words include: oarsman, rower
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROWERS
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15A: "29. Hint"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Similar words include: bakshis, slant, tilt
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIP
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16A: "30. Marketplace of ancient Greece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in israel
- Similar words include: public square
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGORA
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17A: "34. Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN
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18A: "35. Gathering for this puzzle's attendees"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: CELLRECEPTION
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19A: "40. Falco of "The Sopranos""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIE
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20A: "41. Article in hip-hop titles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THA
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21A: "42. Make some changes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: redact, delete, cut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIT
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22A: "43. Gathering for this puzzle's attendees"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BOXSOCIAL
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23A: "46. Suffering from memory loss, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person suffering from amnesia
- Similar words include: amnestic, amnesiac
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMNESIC
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24A: "49. It's a big hit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOMERUN
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25A: "53. Name on luxury fashion apparel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the new look (1905-1957)
- Similar words include: Christian Dior
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIOR
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26A: "54. Marginalia, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brief written record
- Similar words include: billet, observe, remark
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: NOTES
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27A: "56. John of wrestling fame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CENA
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28A: "57. Bloom that's green"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- Similar words include: alga
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALGAE
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29A: "59. Mess around a sty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- Similar words include: mire, muck up, clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MUD
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30A: "60. Lead, as a meeting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a seat for one person, with a support for the back
- Similar words include: chairperson, moderate, president
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHAIR
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31A: "61. With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- Similar words include: occlusion, embarrass, blank out
- Opposite of: remember, unstuff
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Answer: BLOCK
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32A: "62. Grp. that carries badges"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the department of justice
- Similar words include: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FBI
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33A: "63. See 61-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization to gain political power
- Similar words include: company, political party
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PARTY
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34A: "64. "That makes sense now!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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35A: "65. Hanker (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: pine, hankering, ache
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN
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36A: "66. Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: automated teller, automatic teller machine, atm
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATMS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Engine stat, in brief | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Sports star who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up" | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Engaged in some grooming | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Fairy tale character with a hard bed | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Arab leaders | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Wander aimlessly | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Needles, maybe | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Try to catch someone with guile | 8 |
| 9D | 9. Cry of loyalty in old France | 9 |
| 10D | 10. "___ crazy?" | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame | 3 |
| 12D | 13. Veil worn by Muslim women | 5 |
| 13D | 15. Colorful parrot | 5 |
| 14D | 20. Certain address, for short | 3 |
| 15D | 21. Lead-in to liberalism | 3 |
| 16D | 22. Ending for many a 20-Down | 3 |
| 17D | 23. How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Site of a historic council | 5 |
| 19D | 26. Channel similar to QVC | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Lies down on the couch, say | 9 |
| 21D | 32. Nueve menos uno | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say | 9 |
| 23D | 36. One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship" | 8 |
| 24D | 37. Most August babies | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more" | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Small talk | 8 |
| 27D | 44. Mark, as an option on a questionnaire | 3 |
| 28D | 45. Apple device letters | 3 |
| 29D | 46. Not very much | 4 |
| 30D | 47. Prefix meaning "one-thousandth" | 5 |
| 31D | 48. Ideas that don't work out | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Supply with more weaponry | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Condo building's inventory | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Hardly | 4 |
| 35D | 55. Straw, e.g. | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Squeak (out) | 3 |
| 37D | 60. Book reviewer, for short | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Engine stat, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: revolutions per minute, rev
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RPM
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2D: "2. Sports star who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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3D: "3. Engaged in some grooming"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MANSCAPED
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4D: "4. Fairy tale character with a hard bed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PAPABEAR
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5D: "5. Arab leaders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
- Similar words include: emir, ameer, amir
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMIRS
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6D: "6. Wander aimlessly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- Similar words include: cast, stray, swan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROVE
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7D: "7. Needles, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- Similar words include: jab, spurring, goad
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRODS
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8D: "8. Try to catch someone with guile"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SETATRAP
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9D: "9. Cry of loyalty in old France"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: VIVELEROI
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10D: "10. "___ crazy?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMI
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11D: "11. Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
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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12D: "13. Veil worn by Muslim women"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant muslim women
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NIQAB
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13D: "15. Colorful parrot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of central america and south america; among the largest and showiest of parrots
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MACAW
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14D: "20. Certain address, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
- Similar words include: uniform resource locator, universal resource locator
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: URL
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15D: "21. Lead-in to liberalism"
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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16D: "22. Ending for many a 20-Down"
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: lucre, cyberspace, web
- Opposite of: gross
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Answer: NET
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17D: "23. How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONICE
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18D: "25. Site of a historic council"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a river in central england that flows generally northeastward to join with the ouse river and form the humber
- Similar words include: Trent River, River Trent, Trento
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRENT
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19D: "26. Channel similar to QVC"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HSN
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20D: "31. Lies down on the couch, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GETSCOMFY
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21D: "32. Nueve menos uno"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OCHO
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22D: "33. Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: REACHEDIN
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23D: "36. One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LIBERACE
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24D: "37. Most August babies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Similar words include: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEOS
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25D: "38. Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Similar words include: team up, squad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEAM
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26D: "39. Small talk"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IDLECHAT
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27D: "44. Mark, as an option on a questionnaire"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: XIN
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28D: "45. Apple device letters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Similar words include: Io
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOS
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29D: "46. Not very much"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADAB
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30D: "47. Prefix meaning "one-thousandth""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MILLI
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31D: "48. Ideas that don't work out"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOGOS
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32D: "50. Supply with more weaponry"
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: re-arm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REARM
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33D: "51. Condo building's inventory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Similar words include: unit of measurement, social unit, building block
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNITS
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34D: "52. Hardly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NARY
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35D: "55. Straw, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- Similar words include: electron tube, subway system, tubing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUBE
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36D: "58. Squeak (out)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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37D: "60. Book reviewer, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
- Similar words include: certified public accountant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPA
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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
36 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
73 Total Clues
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