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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 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: 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. Expressions of disbelief or exasperation | 9 |
| 2A | 10. What "margarita" means in Spanish | 5 |
| 3A | 15. Reputable, in a way | 9 |
| 4A | 16. What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora" | 5 |
| 5A | 17. Too late, say | 9 |
| 6A | 18. Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat | 5 |
| 7A | 19. People often manage with them, in brief | 4 |
| 8A | 20. You might say "Hmm" when something is this | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Toppings blended with ice cream | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Anti-troll measure | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Tchotchke | 10 |
| 12A | 25. Protection from drops | 8 |
| 13A | 26. With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledge | 3 |
| 14A | 28. City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Demure | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Plant with psychoactive leaves | 4 |
| 17A | 32. Offload (on) | 5 |
| 18A | 33. Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Tall and thin | 5 |
| 20A | 35. Revel (in) | 4 |
| 21A | 36. One of five in a typical big band | 3 |
| 22A | 37. Archetypes | 5 |
| 23A | 38. "All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric) | 3 |
| 24A | 39. Artificially unsophisticated | 8 |
| 25A | 41. Units for a high-resolution camera | 10 |
| 26A | 43. Interval | 3 |
| 27A | 46. Setups for some elaborate group pictures | 6 |
| 28A | 47. Subject to careful appraisal | 3 |
| 29A | 48. Lawyer's assignment | 4 |
| 30A | 49. Not budging | 5 |
| 31A | 50. Ones running along a road | 9 |
| 32A | 52. Bracket contents | 5 |
| 33A | 53. Where someone's height may be stretched? | 9 |
| 34A | 54. With 39-Down, pretentiously creative | 5 |
| 35A | 55. What antiperspirants can prevent | 9 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Expressions of disbelief or exasperation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FACEPALMS
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2A: "10. What "margarita" means in Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DAISY
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3A: "15. Reputable, in a way"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BRANDNAME
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4A: "16. What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
- Similar words include: run off
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELOPE
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5A: "17. Too late, say"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OUTOFTIME
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6A: "18. Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that russian founder of the bolsheviks and leader of the russian revolution and first head of the ussr (1870-1924)
- Similar words include: Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Lenin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LENIN
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7A: "19. People often manage with them, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in business
- Similar words include: Master in Business Administration, Master in Business, MBA
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MBAS
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8A: "20. You might say "Hmm" when something is this"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not divisible by two
- Similar words include: rummy, remaining, leftover
- Opposite of: even
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Answer: ODD
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9A: "21. Toppings blended with ice cream"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MIXINS
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10A: "22. Anti-troll measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
- Similar words include: banning, cast out, blackball
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAN
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11A: "23. Tchotchke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small inexpensive mass-produced article
- Similar words include: whatnot, knickknackery, novelty
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: KNICKKNACK
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12A: "25. Protection from drops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a water-resistant coat
- Similar words include: waterproof
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RAINCOAT
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13A: "26. With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- Similar words include: dictation, play, entreat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BID
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14A: "28. City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a town at the southern tip of illinois at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers
- Similar words include: Al Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAIRO
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15A: "30. Demure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- Similar words include: overmodest, demure
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COY
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16A: "31. Plant with psychoactive leaves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a south american shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the andes; a source of cocaine
- Similar words include: Erythroxylon coca, Imogene Coca, coca plant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COCA
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17A: "32. Offload (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to force onto another
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FOIST
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18A: "33. Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MLK
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19A: "34. Tall and thin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- Similar words include: rangy, gangly, gangling
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LANKY
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20A: "35. Revel (in)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- Similar words include: relish, enjoy, savor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BASK
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21A: "36. One of five in a typical big band"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
- Similar words include: Adolphe Sax, saxophone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAX
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22A: "37. Archetypes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- Similar words include: work, shape, moulding
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOLDS
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23A: "38. "All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: sick, ailment, poorly
- Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL
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24A: "39. Artificially unsophisticated"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FAUXNAIF
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25A: "41. Units for a high-resolution camera"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MEGAPIXELS
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26A: "43. Interval"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- Similar words include: col, disruption, breach
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAP
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27A: "46. Setups for some elaborate group pictures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who rises (especially from bed)
- Similar words include: riser pipeline, riser, riser pipe
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RISERS
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28A: "47. Subject to careful appraisal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- Similar words include: veterinary surgeon, veterinarian, ex-serviceman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VET
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29A: "48. Lawyer's assignment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an occurrence of something
- Similar words include: eccentric, font, pillow slip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CASE
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30A: "49. Not budging"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unable to move or resist motion
- Similar words include: neutral, sluggish, torpid
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INERT
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31A: "50. Ones running along a road"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
- Similar words include: pavement, sidewalk
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SIDEWALKS
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32A: "52. Bracket contents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Similar words include: team, squad, team up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEAMS
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33A: "53. Where someone's height may be stretched?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TINDERBIO
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34A: "54. With 39-Down, pretentiously creative"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARTSY
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35A: "55. What antiperspirants can prevent"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PITSTAINS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Crude thing to drop, familiarly | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Westernmost territory of the Netherlands | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Board game with resources | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Grandson of Eve | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Many an attachment | 3 |
| 6D | 6. ___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Made, as an easy basketball shot | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals | 15 |
| 9D | 9. Spy | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Use a roller on, as a jacket | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Digital assistant | 5 |
| 12D | 12. In which opposites attract | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Flashy taekwondo moves | 9 |
| 14D | 14. Cravings | 4 |
| 15D | 21. "All right," folksily | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Super Mario ___ | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Eccentric | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Cybersecurity assessment | 4 |
| 19D | 27. See 26-Across | 3 |
| 20D | 28. Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons" | 9 |
| 21D | 29. Cabin choice | 9 |
| 22D | 31. Baby rhino | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Part of the D.O.J. | 3 |
| 24D | 33. So-called "Valley Isle" | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Writer Lowry | 4 |
| 26D | 36. Good marks? | 4 |
| 27D | 37. Egg cream alternatives | 7 |
| 28D | 39. See 54-Across | 6 |
| 29D | 40. Quaint contraction | 6 |
| 30D | 42. Gentlemen, jocularly | 5 |
| 31D | 43. Korean barbecue rib dish | 5 |
| 32D | 44. Greet hospitably at the door | 5 |
| 33D | 45. Dough at a taquerÃa | 5 |
| 34D | 46. Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale" | 4 |
| 35D | 48. Beloved, in Italian | 4 |
| 36D | 50. Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate | 3 |
| 37D | 51. Like the weather in much of Equatorial Guinea | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Crude thing to drop, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FBOMB
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2D: "2. Westernmost territory of the Netherlands"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a popular island resort in the netherlands antilles
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARUBA
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3D: "3. Board game with resources"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CATAN
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4D: "4. Grandson of Eve"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENOS
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5D: "5. Many an attachment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDF
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6D: "6. ___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANTONIO
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7D: "7. Made, as an easy basketball shot"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAIDIN
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8D: "8. Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
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9D: "9. Spy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: go steady, realize, catch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE
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10D: "10. Use a roller on, as a jacket"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DELINT
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11D: "11. Digital assistant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEXA
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12D: "12. In which opposites attract"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IONICBOND
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13D: "13. Flashy taekwondo moves"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPINKICKS
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14D: "14. Cravings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: pine, languish, ache
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YENS
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15D: "21. "All right," folksily"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MKAY
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16D: "23. Super Mario ___"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KART
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17D: "24. Eccentric"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
- Similar words include: odd fish, odd fellow, queer duck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KOOK
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18D: "25. Cybersecurity assessment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- Similar words include: gamble, lay on the line, peril
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RISK
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19D: "27. See 26-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- Similar words include: sidereal day, twenty-four hour period, Clarence Day
- Opposite of: night
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Answer: DAY
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20D: "28. Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: COALMINER
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21D: "29. Cabin choice"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AISLESEAT
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22D: "31. Baby rhino"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that young of domestic cattle
- Similar words include: sura, calfskin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CALF
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23D: "32. Part of the D.O.J."
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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24D: "33. So-called "Valley Isle""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the second largest of the hawaiian islands
- Similar words include: Maui Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAUI
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25D: "34. Writer Lowry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOIS
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26D: "36. Good marks?"
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: sap, play out, blackjack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAPS
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27D: "37. Egg cream alternatives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a milkshake made with malt powder
- Similar words include: malted, malted milk, malt
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MALTEDS
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28D: "39. See 54-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FARTSY
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29D: "40. Quaint contraction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEEDNT
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30D: "42. Gentlemen, jocularly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that provides inspiration for later work
- Similar words include: source, microbe, germ
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GERMS
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31D: "43. Korean barbecue rib dish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GALBI
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32D: "44. Greet hospitably at the door"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASKIN
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33D: "45. Dough at a taquerÃa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
- Similar words include: Colombian peso, Guinea-Bissau peso, Mexican peso
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PESOS
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34D: "46. Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RITA
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35D: "48. Beloved, in Italian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CARA
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36D: "50. Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard temperature and pressure
- Similar words include: s.t.p.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STP
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37D: "51. Like the weather in much of Equatorial Guinea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wetness caused by water
- Similar words include: blind drunk, loaded, crocked
- Opposite of: dry
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Answer: WET
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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
35 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
72 Total Clues
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