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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (31 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (41 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. Crush | 9 |
| 2A | 10. They get picked up at clubs | 4 |
| 3A | 14. Winning like crazy | 9 |
| 4A | 15. Surfing destinations, for short | 4 |
| 5A | 16. Places many Cubans are found | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Noggin | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Clumsy oafs | 4 |
| 8A | 20. "You better believe it!" | 8 |
| 9A | 22. Bad thing to have in a poker game | 4 |
| 10A | 25. Dumps | 5 |
| 11A | 26. Apple core? | 3 |
| 12A | 28. Confirmation from a maître d' | 3 |
| 13A | 30. "I didn't do it!" | 5 |
| 14A | 34. Stealthy flier | 10 |
| 15A | 39. Bummer at a casino game | 4 |
| 16A | 40. It often comes with the job | 15 |
| 17A | 42. ___ Slush (frozen fruit drink) | 4 |
| 18A | 43. "Watch your mouth!" | 10 |
| 19A | 44. Old-timey oath | 5 |
| 20A | 46. Firm up | 3 |
| 21A | 47. Eats | 3 |
| 22A | 48. Was rude on the road or the dance floor | 5 |
| 23A | 52. "Weed 'Em and ___," gardening book whose title is a spoonerism | 4 |
| 24A | 54. Led the charge | 8 |
| 25A | 57. Prepares for a wild night, maybe | 4 |
| 26A | 60. Monopoly token retired in 2017 | 4 |
| 27A | 61. He's great for the time being | 10 |
| 28A | 64. Be just chillin' | 4 |
| 29A | 65. "Beats me!" | 9 |
| 30A | 66. Jazz coda? | 4 |
| 31A | 67. Unpack for the night, in a way | 9 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Crush"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PUPPYLOVE
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2A: "10. They get picked up at clubs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
- Similar words include: tabloid, lozenge, tablet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TABS
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3A: "14. Winning like crazy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ONAHEATER
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4A: "15. Surfing destinations, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
- Similar words include: universal resource locator, uniform resource locator, URL
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URLS
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5A: "16. Places many Cubans are found"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CIGARBOXES
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6A: "18. Noggin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
- Similar words include: noggin, attic, edible bean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEAN
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7A: "19. Clumsy oafs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult castrated bull of the genus bos; especially bos taurus
- Similar words include: ox, wild ox
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OXES
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8A: "20. "You better believe it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HECKYEAH
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9A: "22. Bad thing to have in a poker game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- Similar words include: narrate, tell apart, differentiate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TELL
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10A: "25. Dumps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: pigsty, eye infection, hordeolum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STIES
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11A: "26. Apple core?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- Similar words include: central processor, C.P.U., processor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPU
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12A: "28. Confirmation from a maître d'"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUI
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13A: "30. "I didn't do it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOTME
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14A: "34. Stealthy flier"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: AIRMARSHAL
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15A: "39. Bummer at a casino game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that obscene terms for feces
- Similar words include: dirt, make, Irish bull
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAP
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16A: "40. It often comes with the job"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: BENEFITSPACKAGE
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17A: "42. ___ Slush (frozen fruit drink)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICEE
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18A: "43. "Watch your mouth!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DONTSASSME
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19A: "44. Old-timey oath"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NERTS
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20A: "46. Firm up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: pose, coiffure, stage set
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SET
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21A: "47. Eats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- Similar words include: possess, sustain, suffer
- Opposite of: abstain, refuse
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Answer: HAS
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22A: "48. Was rude on the road or the dance floor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CUTIN
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23A: "52. "Weed 'Em and ___," gardening book whose title is a spoonerism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gather, as of natural products
- Similar words include: harvest, glean, draw
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REAP
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24A: "54. Led the charge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- Similar words include: campaign, press, crusade
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CRUSADED
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25A: "57. Prepares for a wild night, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: pile, snooze, cat sleep
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAPS
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26A: "60. Monopoly token retired in 2017"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- Similar words include: iron boot, kick, charge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOOT
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27A: "61. He's great for the time being"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MRRIGHTNOW
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28A: "64. Be just chillin'"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Similar words include: slug, unwarranted, loose
- Opposite of: work, busy
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Answer: IDLE
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29A: "65. "Beats me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IVENOIDEA
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30A: "66. Jazz coda?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 26th letter of the roman alphabet
- Similar words include: Z, z, zee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZEES
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31A: "67. Unpack for the night, in a way"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SETUPCAMP
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Small bit, in Bogotá | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Windows alternative | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Something you have trouble putting down | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Gradually introduce, with "in" | 5 |
| 5D | 5. The Beatles' "___ Blues" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow | 3 |
| 7D | 7. "Then again ...," to a texter | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Puzzles | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Build | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Footwear that lacks defined heels | 9 |
| 11D | 11. An "A" in geometry | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Dull | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Often-redacted fig. | 3 |
| 14D | 17. Item that someone with cold feet might have | 3 |
| 15D | 21. Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_ | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Be just chillin' | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Vividly shocking | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Kind of fever | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Ballade or étude | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Analogy words | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Raccoon, humorously | 10 |
| 22D | 32. It's bubbling below the surface | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Pointers for some fighters? | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Rom-com plot points | 9 |
| 25D | 36. Channel offering deals | 3 |
| 26D | 37. There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr. | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Industrial cutter | 5 |
| 28D | 41. Oscar winner Blanchett | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Shady, in modern parlance | 3 |
| 30D | 49. Flat hat | 3 |
| 31D | 50. Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela | 5 |
| 32D | 51. "Some ___!" | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Shenanigan | 5 |
| 34D | 54. Java ingredient? | 4 |
| 35D | 55. Listing on a jobs website | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Losing effort | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Wilde thing | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Cashless transaction | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Ad or show follower | 3 |
| 40D | 62. African grazer | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Small bit, in Bogotá"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POCO
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2D: "2. Windows alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that trademark for a powerful operating system
- Similar words include: UNIX system, UNIX operating system
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNIX
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3D: "3. Something you have trouble putting down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PAGETURNER
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4D: "4. Gradually introduce, with "in""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- Similar words include: stage, phase angle, form
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHASE
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5D: "5. The Beatles' "___ Blues""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YER
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6D: "6. Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Similar words include: laboratory, science lab, research laboratory
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAB
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7D: "7. "Then again ...," to a texter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOH
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8D: "8. Puzzles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Similar words include: pose, mystify, beat
- Opposite of: reassure
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Answer: VEXES
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9D: "9. Build"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that construct, build, or erect
- Similar words include: vertical, set up, tumid
- Opposite of: level, unerect
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Answer: ERECT
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10D: "10. Footwear that lacks defined heels"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TUBESOCKS
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11D: "11. An "A" in geometry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: sphere, surface area, region
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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12D: "12. Dull"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Similar words include: rant, claptrap, bombast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLAH
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13D: "13. Often-redacted fig."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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14D: "17. Item that someone with cold feet might have"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKI
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15D: "21. Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: yearn, hankering, pine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN
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16D: "23. Be just chillin'"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
- Similar words include: loiter, fuck off, lurk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOAF
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17D: "24. Vividly shocking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that horrible in fierceness or savagery
- Similar words include: shocking
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LURID
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18D: "26. Kind of fever"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CABIN
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19D: "27. Ballade or étude"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a separate part of a whole
- Similar words include: assemble, composition, pick
- Opposite of: disassemble
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Answer: PIECE
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20D: "29. Analogy words"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISTO
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21D: "31. Raccoon, humorously"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRASHPANDA
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22D: "32. It's bubbling below the surface"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that molten rock in the earth's crust
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAGMA
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23D: "33. Pointers for some fighters?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- Similar words include: epee
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EPEES
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24D: "35. Rom-com plot points"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MEETCUTES
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25D: "36. Channel offering deals"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HSN
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26D: "37. There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APTS
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27D: "38. Industrial cutter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
- Similar words include: optical maser
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LASER
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28D: "41. Oscar winner Blanchett"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CATE
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29D: "45. Shady, in modern parlance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the suidae
- Similar words include: genus Sus
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUS
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30D: "49. Flat hat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woolen cap of scottish origin
- Similar words include: tammy, tam-o'-shanter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAM
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31D: "50. Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDRIS
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32D: "51. "Some ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
- Similar words include: mettle, nervus, spunk
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NERVE
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33D: "53. Shenanigan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- Similar words include: prank, caper, put-on
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANTIC
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34D: "54. Java ingredient?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- Similar words include: codification, encipher, write in code
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CODE
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35D: "55. Listing on a jobs website"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- Similar words include: purpose, function, office
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROLE
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36D: "56. Losing effort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
- Similar words include: dieting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIET
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37D: "58. Wilde thing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
- Similar words include: verse form
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POEM
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38D: "59. Cashless transaction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an equal exchange
- Similar words include: trade, swop, barter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAP
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39D: "60. Ad or show follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your occupation or line of work
- Similar words include: game
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIZ
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40D: "62. African grazer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
- Similar words include: wildebeest
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GNU
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41D: "63. Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- Similar words include: skip, record hop, hop-skip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOP
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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
31 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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