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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 (44 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. Intimidate, with "out" | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Bird's dramatic dive | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Place to store a lawn mower | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Hawaiian greeting | 5 |
| 5A | 16. ___ cold brew | 5 |
| 6A | 17. Concluding part of a song | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Rhyming advice to a spitting talker | 16 |
| 8A | 21. "Halt!" | 4 |
| 9A | 22. ___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity) | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Use, as machinery | 7 |
| 11A | 24. Lots and lots | 6 |
| 12A | 27. Acronym of affection in ASL | 3 |
| 13A | 28. E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" | 3 |
| 14A | 31. Rhyming advice to a gym rat | 12 |
| 15A | 36. Avoids, as capture | 6 |
| 16A | 38. French "not" | 3 |
| 17A | 39. Prefix that means "all" | 4 |
| 18A | 40. Garage jobs involving grease guns | 5 |
| 19A | 41. "If all ___ fails ..." | 4 |
| 20A | 43. Comic/TV host O'Brien | 5 |
| 21A | 44. Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward | 4 |
| 22A | 45. Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit | 6 |
| 24A | 47. Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes | 12 |
| 25A | 51. Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Massachusetts' Cape ___ | 3 |
| 27A | 53. Smooched | 6 |
| 28A | 55. "I'll take the blame here" | 7 |
| 29A | 59. Liquid that circulates in a plant | 3 |
| 30A | 60. Locale for Adam and Eve | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Rhyming advice to a procrastinator | 16 |
| 32A | 67. Fairy tale villain | 4 |
| 33A | 68. Lock of hair | 5 |
| 34A | 69. Leaf on a sushi tray | 5 |
| 35A | 70. Broad inlets | 4 |
| 36A | 71. Handle, as matters | 5 |
| 37A | 72. Conceal for the time being, as information | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Intimidate, with "out""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PSYCH
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2A: "6. Bird's dramatic dive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- Similar words include: swoop up, slide, pounce
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWOOP
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3A: "11. Place to store a lawn mower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- Similar words include: moult, slough, caducous
- Opposite of: persistent
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Answer: SHED
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4A: "15. Hawaiian greeting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Similar words include: ciao
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALOHA
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5A: "16. ___ cold brew"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NITRO
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6A: "17. Concluding part of a song"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the closing section of a musical composition
- Similar words include: finale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CODA
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7A: "18. Rhyming advice to a spitting talker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: SAYITDONTSPRAYIT
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8A: "21. "Halt!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something ending
- Similar words include: turn back, intercept, blockage
- Opposite of: start, continue
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Answer: STOP
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9A: "22. ___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECO
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10A: "23. Use, as machinery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- Similar words include: run, control, manoeuver
- Opposite of: disengage, malfunction
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Answer: OPERATE
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11A: "24. Lots and lots"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOMANY
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12A: "27. Acronym of affection in ASL"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ILY
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13A: "28. E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
- Similar words include: kiss of life, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPR
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14A: "31. Rhyming advice to a gym rat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: NOPAINNOGAIN
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15A: "36. Avoids, as capture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that escape, either physically or mentally
- Similar words include: fudge, evade, escape
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELUDES
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16A: "38. French "not""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
- Similar words include: protoactinium, atomic number 91, papa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAS
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17A: "39. Prefix that means "all""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMNI
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18A: "40. Garage jobs involving grease guns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
- Similar words include: lube, lubricant, lubricator
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUBES
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19A: "41. "If all ___ fails ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSE
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20A: "43. Comic/TV host O'Brien"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CONAN
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21A: "44. Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMIL
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22A: "45. Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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23A: "46. Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
- Similar words include: I, iodin, atomic number 53
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IODINE
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24A: "47. Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BEKINDREWIND
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25A: "51. Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OER
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26A: "52. Massachusetts' Cape ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: gull, fool, C.O.D.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COD
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27A: "53. Smooched"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
- Similar words include: snog, buss, osculate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KISSED
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28A: "55. "I'll take the blame here""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MYFAULT
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29A: "59. Liquid that circulates in a plant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- Similar words include: fool, muggins, tomfool
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAP
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30A: "60. Locale for Adam and Eve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Similar words include: heaven, promised land, paradise
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDEN
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31A: "64. Rhyming advice to a procrastinator"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: YOUSNOOZEYOULOSE
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32A: "67. Fairy tale villain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Similar words include: fiend, demon, monster
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGRE
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33A: "68. Lock of hair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- Similar words include: twist, plait, braid
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRESS
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34A: "69. Leaf on a sushi tray"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHISO
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35A: "70. Broad inlets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- Similar words include: bay, true laurel, bay tree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAYS
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36A: "71. Handle, as matters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEETO
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37A: "72. Conceal for the time being, as information"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SITON
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Get a grade other than an F | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Mattress supporter | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Toy that can go "around the world" | 4 |
| 4D | 4. You might let these "fall where they may" | 5 |
| 5D | 5. A chef might wear a puffy white one | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice" | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Baseball's Mel | 3 |
| 9D | 9. " ... in that range" | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun" | 7 |
| 11D | 11. So great it's unnerving | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Georgetown athlete | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Put in a good word, perhaps? | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Something circled on a calendar | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Presentations during a product unveiling | 5 |
| 16D | 20. Move, to a Realtor | 4 |
| 17D | 25. More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S. | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Plaints of puppies | 4 |
| 19D | 28. One with many Insta followers, perhaps | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Fancy feather | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Toy cube inventor Erno | 5 |
| 22D | 32. Scottish negative | 3 |
| 23D | 33. Test an OB may perform in the second trimester | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Silly | 5 |
| 25D | 35. Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush | 5 |
| 26D | 37. Where meats and cheeses are often displayed | 9 |
| 27D | 41. Blunder | 3 |
| 28D | 42. Vegetable that looks like a large scallion | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science) | 4 |
| 30D | 45. Incomplete sets on sale | 7 |
| 31D | 46. Source of motivation, in modern lingo | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Verb preceder, typically | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Most sagacious | 6 |
| 34D | 50. Parent's declaration in response to defiance | 6 |
| 35D | 54. New ___, capital of India | 5 |
| 36D | 55. "Get outta my hair!," in a text | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Discipline for the flexible | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Rage | 4 |
| 39D | 58. Ripped (up) | 4 |
| 40D | 61. Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare | 4 |
| 41D | 62. Canadian gas brand | 4 |
| 42D | 63. Element with the symbol Ne | 4 |
| 43D | 65. Last of 26 letters | 3 |
| 44D | 66. Initialism on a Navy carrier | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Get a grade other than an F"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- Similar words include: perish, drop dead, authorize
- Opposite of: failing, be born
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Answer: PASS
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2D: "2. Mattress supporter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin strip (wood or metal)
- Similar words include: spline
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAT
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3D: "3. Toy that can go "around the world""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOYO
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4D: "4. You might let these "fall where they may""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strips of potato fried in deep fat
- Similar words include: microprocessor chip, cow dung, silicon chip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHIPS
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5D: "5. A chef might wear a puffy white one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAT
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6D: "6. Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNOCAP
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7D: "7. Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WINONA
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8D: "8. Baseball's Mel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTT
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9D: "9. " ... in that range""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORSO
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10D: "10. Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POPPINS
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11D: "11. So great it's unnerving"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SCARYGOOD
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12D: "12. Georgetown athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any plant of the genus hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOYA
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13D: "13. Put in a good word, perhaps?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: edit out, cut, delete
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIT
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14D: "14. Something circled on a calendar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the specified day of the month
- Similar words include: go out, escort, engagement
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DATE
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15D: "19. Presentations during a product unveiling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a visual presentation showing how something works
- Similar words include: demonstration, exhibit, show
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEMOS
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16D: "20. Move, to a Realtor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RELO
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17D: "25. More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: ace, 1, one
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONES
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18D: "26. Plaints of puppies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
- Similar words include: yelping, yap, yip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YIPS
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19D: "28. One with many Insta followers, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CELEB
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20D: "29. Fancy feather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
- Similar words include: rob, gazump, dress
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: PLUME
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21D: "30. Toy cube inventor Erno"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RUBIK
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22D: "32. Scottish negative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAE
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23D: "33. Test an OB may perform in the second trimester"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
- Similar words include: amniocentesis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMNIO
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24D: "34. Silly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that devoid of intelligence
- Similar words include: vacuous, mindless, asinine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INANE
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25D: "35. Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: IX, Nina from Carolina, 9
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NINER
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26D: "37. Where meats and cheeses are often displayed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DELICASES
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27D: "41. Blunder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: slip, drift, mistake
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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28D: "42. Vegetable that looks like a large scallion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
- Similar words include: Allium porrum, scallion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEEK
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29D: "43. Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- Similar words include: cypher, encrypt, computer code
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CODE
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30D: "45. Incomplete sets on sale"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ODDLOTS
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31D: "46. Source of motivation, in modern lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INSPO
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32D: "48. Verb preceder, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOUN
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33D: "49. Most sagacious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- Similar words include: judicious, heady, wise to
- Opposite of: foolish
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Answer: WISEST
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34D: "50. Parent's declaration in response to defiance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISAYSO
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35D: "54. New ___, capital of India"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in north central india
- Similar words include: Old Delhi
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DELHI
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36D: "55. "Get outta my hair!," in a text"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MYOB
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37D: "56. Discipline for the flexible"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOGA
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38D: "57. Rage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of intense anger
- Similar words include: frenzy, Erinyes, madness
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FURY
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39D: "58. Ripped (up)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
- Similar words include: deplume, shoot down, torus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORE
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40D: "61. Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOIT
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41D: "62. Canadian gas brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESSO
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42D: "63. Element with the symbol Ne"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: atomic number 10, Ne
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEON
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43D: "65. Last of 26 letters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 26th letter of the roman alphabet
- Similar words include: z, ezed, izzard
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZEE
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44D: "66. Initialism on a Navy carrier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: U.S., USA, United States
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USS
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
44 Down Clues
81 Total Clues
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