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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (46 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. Cattle calls | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Visible sign of hard work | 5 |
| 3A | 10. El ___ (precursor of the Expressionists) | 5 |
| 4A | 15. Novelist Quindlen who wrote "One True Thing" | 4 |
| 5A | 16. One of five ... or maybe six? | 5 |
| 6A | 17. Like darts | 5 |
| 7A | 18. *Oft-quoted advice in Matthew 7:7 | 18 |
| 8A | 21. Herb related to parsley | 5 |
| 9A | 22. Part of L.G.B.T.Q. | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Races longer than marathons, informally | 6 |
| 11A | 24. First name in rap? | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Stat for Aaron Judge | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Puts the finishing touches on, in a way | 4 |
| 14A | 28. *24/7/365 | 14 |
| 15A | 32. Some scanners, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 35. Jan. 1 through today | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Oodles of time | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Elate | 4 |
| 19A | 38. Nobelist Joliot-Curie who synthesized radioactive isotopes | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Stereotypical dog | 4 |
| 21A | 42. Bases of shipbuilding | 5 |
| 22A | 43. Sol, but not Luna | 4 |
| 23A | 44. Word with sponge or fish | 4 |
| 24A | 45. Quarterback's asset | 3 |
| 25A | 46. Shiny little platters | 3 |
| 26A | 47. *Evening spent playing with the kids, say | 15 |
| 27A | 52. Stare in astonishment | 4 |
| 28A | 53. Just peachy | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Possible response to "Tu veux du chocolat?" | 3 |
| 30A | 55. Idiomatic partner of "lose" | 6 |
| 31A | 58. Disney still | 3 |
| 32A | 60. Directive written in currants in "Alice in Wonderland" | 5 |
| 33A | 62. Tendency to reinforce one's established beliefs ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's starred clues | 16 |
| 34A | 65. Playwright Chekhov | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Following | 5 |
| 36A | 67. "Sorry ... hard pass" | 4 |
| 37A | 68. Corporate musical chairs, for short | 5 |
| 38A | 69. Rib | 5 |
| 39A | 70. Quinceañera celebrant, e.g. | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Cattle calls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a cow or bull
- Similar words include: moo, low
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOOS
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2A: "5. Visible sign of hard work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
- Similar words include: fret, elbow grease, perspire
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWEAT
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3A: "10. El ___ (precursor of the Expressionists)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spanish painter (born in greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
- Similar words include: El Greco, Domenikos Theotocopoulos
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRECO
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4A: "15. Novelist Quindlen who wrote "One True Thing""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former copper coin of pakistan and india
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANNA
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5A: "16. One of five ... or maybe six?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: mother wit, sensation, sensory faculty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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6A: "17. Like darts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- Similar words include: shoot for, take aim, take
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AIMED
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7A: "18. *Oft-quoted advice in Matthew 7:7"
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- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: SEEKANDYESHALLFIND
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8A: "21. Herb related to parsley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that native to egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
- Similar words include: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum, aniseed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANISE
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9A: "22. Part of L.G.B.T.Q."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- Similar words include: homo, jolly, festive
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAY
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10A: "23. Races longer than marathons, informally"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ULTRAS
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11A: "24. First name in rap?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIL
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12A: "25. Stat for Aaron Judge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- Similar words include: run batted in
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RBI
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13A: "27. Puts the finishing touches on, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: water ice, internal-combustion engine, shabu
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICES
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14A: "28. *24/7/365"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: ALLDAYEVERYDAY
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15A: "32. Some scanners, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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16A: "35. Jan. 1 through today"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YTD
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17A: "36. Oodles of time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the longest division of geological time
- Similar words include: aeon, eon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EONS
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18A: "37. Elate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to go somewhere
- Similar words include: ship, air, institutionalize
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEND
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19A: "38. Nobelist Joliot-Curie who synthesized radioactive isotopes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRENE
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20A: "41. Stereotypical dog"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FIDO
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21A: "42. Bases of shipbuilding"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- Similar words include: keel, lurch, careen
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KEELS
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22A: "43. Sol, but not Luna"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brief written record
- Similar words include: bank bill, distinction, mention
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: NOTE
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23A: "44. Word with sponge or fish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- Similar words include: bar, patty, coat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAKE
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24A: "45. Quarterback's asset"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Similar words include: fortify, sleeve, limb
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM
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25A: "46. Shiny little platters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
- Similar words include: CD, standard candle, atomic number 48
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CDS
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26A: "47. *Evening spent playing with the kids, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FAMILYGAMENIGHT
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27A: "52. Stare in astonishment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an expression of openmouthed astonishment
- Similar words include: yaw, gawk, gawp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAPE
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28A: "53. Just peachy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AOK
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29A: "54. Possible response to "Tu veux du chocolat?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUI
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30A: "55. Idiomatic partner of "lose""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
- Similar words include: cat sleep, drowse, doze
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNOOZE
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31A: "58. Disney still"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CEL
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32A: "60. Directive written in currants in "Alice in Wonderland""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EATME
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33A: "62. Tendency to reinforce one's established beliefs ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's starred clues"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: CONFIRMATIONBIAS
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34A: "65. Playwright Chekhov"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANTON
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35A: "66. Following"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that located farther aft
- Similar words include: later on, later, afterwards
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AFTER
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36A: "67. "Sorry ... hard pass""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UMNO
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37A: "68. Corporate musical chairs, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REORG
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38A: "69. Rib"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- Similar words include: teaser, badger, tantalize
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEASE
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39A: "70. Quinceañera celebrant, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Similar words include: teenaged, adolescent, stripling
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEEN
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Indian spice blend | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Low soccer score | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Food writer Molly | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Fifth Avenue store | 4 |
| 5D | 5. W-9 fig. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. One method of sibling torture | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Oscar-nominated singer/songwriter for "May It Be" (2001) | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Like a used firepit | 4 |
| 9D | 9. What might give you a brewed awakening? | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Narrow kitchen | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Results of feuds | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Title for any male in the House of Saud | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Actor John who has granted more than 650 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Sportsbook calculation | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Make bubbly | 6 |
| 16D | 20. Created Yoda, he did | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Brief letters? | 3 |
| 18D | 27. Fig. on a driver's license | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Unit of force | 4 |
| 20D | 30. Energy-healing practice | 5 |
| 21D | 31. Fluctuate between normal singing and falsetto | 5 |
| 22D | 32. Bit of concert merch | 3 |
| 23D | 33. Show that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, in brief | 3 |
| 24D | 34. About a third of an N.F.L. broadcast | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Highway behemoth | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Fortune competitor | 3 |
| 27D | 39. 5.5 yards | 3 |
| 28D | 40. Subject of astrobiology, in brief | 3 |
| 29D | 41. Star quality | 4 |
| 30D | 42. Seattle N.H.L. team | 6 |
| 31D | 44. April fool, e.g. | 5 |
| 32D | 45. Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address | 3 |
| 33D | 47. Throwing for a loop | 6 |
| 34D | 48. Bulldog supporters | 6 |
| 35D | 49. The moment of truth | 6 |
| 36D | 50. "The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being ___": Mahatma Gandhi | 6 |
| 37D | 51. Dons, as an apron | 6 |
| 38D | 52. Really try to get | 5 |
| 39D | 55. C-section reminder | 4 |
| 40D | 56. Nada | 4 |
| 41D | 57. Not fooled by | 4 |
| 42D | 58. Where the coffee and Wi-Fi might both be strong | 4 |
| 43D | 59. "At Last" singer James | 4 |
| 44D | 61. Adjoin | 4 |
| 45D | 63. Place to strike a pose? | 3 |
| 46D | 64. Seam contents | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Indian spice blend"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MASALA
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2D: "2. Low soccer score"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONENIL
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3D: "3. Food writer Molly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONEILL
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4D: "4. Fifth Avenue store"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAKS
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5D: "5. W-9 fig."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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6D: "6. One method of sibling torture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shoe with a wedge heel
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WEDGIE
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7D: "7. Oscar-nominated singer/songwriter for "May It Be" (2001)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENYA
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8D: "8. Like a used firepit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of a light grey
- Similar words include: ash-grey, ash-gray
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASHY
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9D: "9. What might give you a brewed awakening?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Similar words include: teatime, Camellia sinensis, tea leaf
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEA
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10D: "10. Narrow kitchen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the mediterranean for war and trading
- Similar words include: cookhouse, caboose, ship's galley
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GALLEY
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11D: "11. Results of feuds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gap between cloud masses
- Similar words include: severance, rift, breach
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RIFTS
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12D: "12. Title for any male in the House of Saud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
- Similar words include: amir, ameer, emeer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMIR
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13D: "13. Actor John who has granted more than 650 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CENA
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14D: "14. Sportsbook calculation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Similar words include: betting odds
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODDS
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15D: "19. Make bubbly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expose to fresh air
- Similar words include: air, air out, oxygenize
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AERATE
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16D: "20. Created Yoda, he did"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
- Similar words include: George Lucas
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUCAS
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17D: "26. Brief letters?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that trademark for men's underwear
- Similar words include: BVD's
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BVD
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18D: "27. Fig. on a driver's license"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDNO
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19D: "29. Unit of force"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DYNE
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20D: "30. Energy-healing practice"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REIKI
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21D: "31. Fluctuate between normal singing and falsetto"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
- Similar words include: warble, descant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YODEL
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22D: "32. Bit of concert merch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: football tee, tee up, teeing ground
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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23D: "33. Show that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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24D: "34. About a third of an N.F.L. broadcast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: ad, advertising, advertizing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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25D: "37. Highway behemoth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Similar words include: trailer truck, tractor trailer, semitrailer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEMI
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26D: "38. Fortune competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
- Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INC
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27D: "39. 5.5 yards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Similar words include: gat, rod cell, retinal rod
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROD
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28D: "40. Subject of astrobiology, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETS
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29D: "41. Star quality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- Similar words include: celebrity, renown
- Opposite of: infamy
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Answer: FAME
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30D: "42. Seattle N.H.L. team"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KRAKEN
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31D: "44. April fool, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous plants of the genus capparis
- Similar words include: gambol, capriole, job
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAPER
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32D: "45. Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gone by; or in the past
- Similar words include: agone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AGO
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33D: "47. Throwing for a loop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that disturb the composure of
- Similar words include: unsettle, enervate, faze
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FAZING
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34D: "48. Bulldog supporters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YALIES
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35D: "49. The moment of truth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOTIME
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36D: "50. "The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being ___": Mahatma Gandhi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
- Similar words include: humanist, humanistic
- Opposite of: inhumane
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Answer: HUMANE
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37D: "51. Dons, as an apron"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TIESON
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38D: "52. Really try to get"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOFOR
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39D: "55. C-section reminder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- Similar words include: pit, cicatrice, scrape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAR
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40D: "56. Nada"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NONE
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41D: "57. Not fooled by"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONTO
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42D: "58. Where the coffee and Wi-Fi might both be strong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- Similar words include: coffeehouse, coffee bar, coffee shop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAFE
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43D: "59. "At Last" singer James"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETTA
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44D: "61. Adjoin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- Similar words include: edge, butt on, border
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABUT
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45D: "63. Place to strike a pose?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Similar words include: flat, matt-up, matte
- Opposite of: disentangle, unsnarl
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Answer: MAT
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46D: "64. Seam contents"
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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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
39 Across Clues
46 Down Clues
85 Total Clues
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