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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 (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Forerunner of reggae | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Because | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Fluster with embarrassment | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Buddy | 3 |
| 5A | 15. "L'Orfeo" or "Idomeneo" | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Spoiled girl in "Finding Nemo" | 5 |
| 7A | 17. White rodent often used in lab research | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Hunter in the night sky | 5 |
| 9A | 20. "Cool!" | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Hit maker? | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Big name in pet food | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Complete fiasco | 5 |
| 13A | 26. "I suppose that's right" | 7 |
| 14A | 28. Some fancy finger painting | 7 |
| 15A | 30. Flavoring in an earthy whiskey | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Classic skin-care brand | 4 |
| 17A | 32. Film performers' union, for short | 3 |
| 18A | 34. Spanish appetizers | 5 |
| 19A | 38. Prospector's receptacle | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Music genre for the words hidden in this puzzle's circled letters ... or a punny description for them? | 7 |
| 21A | 42. German cry of dismay | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Old Ford Motor offering | 5 |
| 23A | 45. Site for hibernation ... or a Super Bowl party | 3 |
| 24A | 46. No more than | 4 |
| 25A | 47. Sources of quick $$$ | 4 |
| 26A | 50. Break up, as a group | 7 |
| 27A | 52. Someone's public identity | 7 |
| 28A | 55. Workout inspired by martial arts | 5 |
| 29A | 56. "Nobody doesn't like ___ Lee" (classic food slogan) | 4 |
| 30A | 57. Daddy-o | 4 |
| 31A | 59. "___ Jacques" (children's song) | 5 |
| 32A | 61. "The Addams Family" butler | 5 |
| 33A | 63. Spoken evaluations | 9 |
| 34A | 65. Island greeting | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Starts daydreaming, with "out" | 5 |
| 36A | 67. Sound heard at the door | 3 |
| 37A | 68. Amped up | 5 |
| 38A | 69. Call off the relationship | 5 |
| 39A | 70. Furtive | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Forerunner of reggae"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKA
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2A: "4. Because"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SINCE
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3A: "9. Fluster with embarrassment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- Similar words include: embarrass
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABASH
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4A: "14. Buddy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: pal up, brother, crony
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAL
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5A: "15. "L'Orfeo" or "Idomeneo""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Similar words include: opera house
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPERA
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6A: "16. Spoiled girl in "Finding Nemo""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DARLA
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7A: "17. White rodent often used in lab research"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALBINORAT
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8A: "19. Hunter in the night sky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
- Similar words include: Hunter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORION
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9A: "20. "Cool!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEATO
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10A: "21. Hit maker?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
- Similar words include: clenched fist
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FIST
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11A: "23. Big name in pet food"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IAMS
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12A: "24. Complete fiasco"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
- Similar words include: fucked-up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAFU
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13A: "26. "I suppose that's right""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GUESSSO
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14A: "28. Some fancy finger painting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NAILART
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15A: "30. Flavoring in an earthy whiskey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEAT
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16A: "31. Classic skin-care brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLAY
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17A: "32. Film performers' union, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shape that sags
- Similar words include: flag, sag down, swag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAG
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18A: "34. Spanish appetizers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
- Similar words include: tapa, tapa bark, tappa bark
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAPAS
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19A: "38. Prospector's receptacle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- Similar words include: cooking pan, goat god, pan out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAN
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20A: "39. Music genre for the words hidden in this puzzle's circled letters ... or a punny description for them?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in europe
- Similar words include: churrigueresco, churrigueresque, Baroque era
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BAROQUE
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21A: "42. German cry of dismay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACH
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22A: "43. Old Ford Motor offering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDSEL
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23A: "45. Site for hibernation ... or a Super Bowl party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: hideout, hideaway, lair
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEN
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24A: "46. No more than"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UPTO
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25A: "47. Sources of quick $$$"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: ATM, automated teller, cash machine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATMS
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26A: "50. Break up, as a group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to break up or cease to function
- Similar words include: dissolve
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DISBAND
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27A: "52. Someone's public identity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- Similar words include: part, image, character
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PERSONA
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28A: "55. Workout inspired by martial arts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAEBO
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29A: "56. "Nobody doesn't like ___ Lee" (classic food slogan)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARA
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30A: "57. Daddy-o"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: dada, pop music, toss off
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POPS
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31A: "59. "___ Jacques" (children's song)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRERE
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32A: "61. "The Addams Family" butler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unsteady uneven gait
- Similar words include: careen, pitching, shift
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LURCH
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33A: "63. Spoken evaluations"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ORALEXAMS
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34A: "65. Island 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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35A: "66. Starts daydreaming, with "out""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
- Similar words include: district, zone, geographical zone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZONES
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36A: "67. Sound heard at the door"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: tap, strike, rap music
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAP
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37A: "68. Amped up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide with electrical circuits
- Similar words include: pumped up, cable, electrify
- Opposite of: wireless, unwire
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Answer: WIRED
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38A: "69. Call off the relationship"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENDIT
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39A: "70. Furtive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by skill in deception
- Similar words include: knavish, foxy, cunning
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Distance from end to end | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Leafy side dish rich in vitamin K | 9 |
| 3D | 3. Residents of Tirana | 9 |
| 4D | 4. "Oh, that stupid little punk ..." | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Wall Street debut, for short | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Toy brand with foam ammo | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Daniel of the "Knives Out" movies | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Devours | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Fuss and flurry | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Many a Starbucks employee | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Highlights of a 15-Across | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Smartphone video effect | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Film composer Zimmer | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Boot out of Europe? | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Item stored in a small hole in a golf cart | 3 |
| 16D | 25. ___ Major | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Fill fully | 4 |
| 18D | 28. "Uh-uh" | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Material for a roof repair | 3 |
| 20D | 33. Mars, but not Earth | 3 |
| 21D | 35. Tough-but-loving fathers, informally | 9 |
| 22D | 36. "Don't be so weird!" | 9 |
| 23D | 37. Equipped with footwear | 4 |
| 24D | 39. Sandwiches often on toasted bread | 4 |
| 25D | 40. Proof-ending inits. | 3 |
| 26D | 41. Troop group | 4 |
| 27D | 44. Aural ailment | 7 |
| 28D | 46. Standard option on a rideshare app | 5 |
| 29D | 48. Shaggy head of hair | 3 |
| 30D | 49. Get some Z's | 6 |
| 31D | 51. Least risky | 6 |
| 32D | 52. Physicist Wolfgang who proposed the "exclusion principle" | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Blunder | 5 |
| 34D | 54. Front part of a stage | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Barbecue side dish | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Material in a classical timepiece | 4 |
| 37D | 60. Sneak a peek at | 4 |
| 38D | 62. Suckered | 3 |
| 39D | 64. Ring of flowers | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Distance from end to end"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the complete duration of something
- Similar words include: distich, duet, yoke
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAN
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2D: "2. Leafy side dish rich in vitamin K"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: KALESALAD
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3D: "3. Residents of Tirana"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of albania
- Similar words include: Albanian
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALBANIANS
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4D: "4. "Oh, that stupid little punk ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SONOFA
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5D: "5. Wall Street debut, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Similar words include: initial public offering, initial offering
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IPO
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6D: "6. Toy brand with foam ammo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NERF
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7D: "7. Daniel of the "Knives Out" movies"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRAIG
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8D: "8. Devours"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EATSUP
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9D: "9. Fuss and flurry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid active commotion
- Similar words include: stir, flurry, fuss
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADO
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10D: "10. Many a Starbucks employee"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BARISTA
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11D: "11. Highlights of a 15-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Similar words include: aria
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARIAS
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12D: "12. Smartphone video effect"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLOMO
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13D: "13. Film composer Zimmer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Similar words include: Han dynasty, Han
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HANS
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14D: "18. Boot out of Europe?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in southern europe on the italian peninsula; was the core of the roman republic and the roman empire between the 4th century bc and the 5th century ad
- Similar words include: Italia, Italian Republic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITALY
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15D: "22. Item stored in a small hole in a golf cart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, golf tee, tee up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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16D: "25. ___ Major"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URSA
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17D: "27. Fill fully"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill to satisfaction
- Similar words include: replete, satiate, fill
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SATE
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18D: "28. "Uh-uh""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOPE
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19D: "29. Material for a roof repair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Similar words include: mariner, Jack-tar, pitch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAR
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20D: "33. Mars, but not Earth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
- Similar words include: immortal, deity, divinity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOD
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21D: "35. Tough-but-loving fathers, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PAPABEARS
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22D: "36. "Don't be so weird!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ACTNORMAL
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23D: "37. Equipped with footwear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that furnish with shoes
- Similar words include: shodden, calced, shoe
- Opposite of: discalced, unshod
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Answer: SHOD
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24D: "39. Sandwiches often on toasted bread"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, BLT
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLTS
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25D: "40. Proof-ending inits."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
- Similar words include: quantum electrodynamics
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: QED
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26D: "41. Troop group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Similar words include: building block, unit of measurement, whole
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNIT
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27D: "44. Aural ailment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
- Similar words include: otalgia
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EARACHE
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28D: "46. Standard option on a rideshare app"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UBERX
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29D: "48. Shaggy head of hair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- Similar words include: swab, swob, mow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOP
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30D: "49. Get some Z's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
- Similar words include: forty winks, doze, short sleep
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNOOZE
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31D: "51. Least risky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free from danger or the risk of harm
- Similar words include: good, dependable, safe
- Opposite of: dangerous, out
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Answer: SAFEST
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32D: "52. Physicist Wolfgang who proposed the "exclusion principle""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states physicist (born in austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958)
- Similar words include: Wolfgang Pauli
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PAULI
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33D: "53. Blunder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Similar words include: mistake, wrongdoing, erroneous belief
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERROR
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34D: "54. Front part of a stage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- Similar words include: proscenium, forestage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APRON
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35D: "56. Barbecue side dish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that basically shredded cabbage
- Similar words include: coleslaw
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAW
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36D: "58. Material in a classical timepiece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- Similar words include: moxie, sandpaper, grit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAND
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37D: "60. Sneak a peek at"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: descry, spy, spot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPY
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38D: "62. Suckered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: let, birth, make
- Opposite of: refuse, lack
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Answer: HAD
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39D: "64. Ring of flowers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Similar words include: chaplet, coronal, leu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEI
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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