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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 (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. "Don't ___ me!" | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Alternative to check or card | 4 |
| 3A | 10. World traveler's need | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Old Hollywood nickname that sounds like a golf term | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Birthplace of seven U.S. presidents | 4 |
| 6A | 16. They can be bruised or inflated | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Quip, part 1 | 10 |
| 8A | 19. "Golly!" | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Epitome of smoothness | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Nail-biting sports periods, for short | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Bone that squeaks, maybe | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Takes care of | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Implied | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Quip, part 2 | 12 |
| 15A | 31. Apple pan ___ (baked pastry) | 5 |
| 16A | 34. Waze ways: Abbr. | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Go a-courtin'? | 3 |
| 18A | 36. Airline predictions, for short | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Stores selling Snödrottning pillowcases | 5 |
| 20A | 39. Scottish caps | 4 |
| 21A | 40. "Fear ___" | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Either of two wives of Henry VIII | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Vault in a mummy movie | 5 |
| 24A | 43. Quip, part 3 | 12 |
| 25A | 47. Cry from a bandleader | 5 |
| 26A | 48. "Wow, cool!" | 6 |
| 27A | 51. Leave undisturbed | 6 |
| 28A | 53. Environmentally friendly: Prefix | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Word before market or collar | 4 |
| 30A | 56. Tennis legend Arthur | 4 |
| 31A | 57. Quip, part 4 | 10 |
| 32A | 60. Awaken slowly | 4 |
| 33A | 61. Mine finds | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Awaken rudely | 5 |
| 35A | 63. Cheek | 4 |
| 36A | 64. "Ramona the ___" (Beverly Cleary book) | 4 |
| 37A | 65. Nash who wrote "Who wants my jellyfish? / I'm not sellyfish!" | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Don't ___ me!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: goddam, infernal, incrimination
- Opposite of: absolve
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Answer: BLAME
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2A: "6. Alternative to check or card"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that money in the form of bills or coins
- Similar words include: immediate payment, hard currency, hard cash
- Opposite of: credit
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Answer: CASH
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3A: "10. World traveler's need"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VISA
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4A: "14. Old Hollywood nickname that sounds like a golf term"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an evil spirit
- Similar words include: bogey, bogy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOGIE
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5A: "15. Birthplace of seven U.S. presidents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Similar words include: Buckeye State, OH, Ohio River
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHIO
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6A: "16. They can be bruised or inflated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: ego, self-importance, self
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOS
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7A: "17. Quip, part 1"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: QUICKSTART
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8A: "19. "Golly!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOSH
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9A: "20. Epitome of smoothness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILK
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10A: "21. Nail-biting sports periods, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTS
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11A: "22. Bone that squeaks, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOGTOY
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12A: "24. Takes care of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEESTO
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13A: "26. Implied"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that implied by or inferred from actions or statements
- Similar words include: understood, silent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TACIT
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14A: "27. Quip, part 2"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: YOUNGATHEART
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15A: "31. Apple pan ___ (baked pastry)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british marshal of the raf who commanded the british air defense forces that defeated the luftwaffe during the battle of britain (1882-1970)
- Similar words include: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, pandowdy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOWDY
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16A: "34. Waze ways: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RTES
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17A: "35. Go a-courtin'?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Similar words include: Eugene Sue, process, litigate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUE
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18A: "36. Airline predictions, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: eta, ETA, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAS
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19A: "37. Stores selling Snödrottning pillowcases"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IKEAS
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20A: "39. Scottish caps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woolen cap of scottish origin
- Similar words include: tam-o'-shanter, tammy, tam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAMS
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21A: "40. "Fear ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
- Similar words include: non
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOT
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22A: "41. Either of two wives of Henry VIII"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANNE
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23A: "42. Vault in a mummy movie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRYPT
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24A: "43. Quip, part 3"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SECONDINLINE
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25A: "47. Cry from a bandleader"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HITIT
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26A: "48. "Wow, cool!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OHNEAT
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27A: "51. Leave undisturbed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LETLIE
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28A: "53. Environmentally friendly: Prefix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECO
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29A: "54. Word before market or collar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLEA
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30A: "56. Tennis legend Arthur"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
- Similar words include: Arthur Robert Ashe, Arthur Ashe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASHE
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31A: "57. Quip, part 4"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PAYUPFRONT
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32A: "60. Awaken slowly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Similar words include: fuss, touch, flurry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STIR
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33A: "61. Mine finds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Similar words include: ore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORES
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34A: "62. Awaken rudely"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROUST
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35A: "63. Cheek"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- Similar words include: backtalk, Special Air Service, back talk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SASS
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36A: "64. "Ramona the ___" (Beverly Cleary book)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Similar words include: plague, gadfly, cuss
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEST
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37A: "65. Nash who wrote "Who wants my jellyfish? / I'm not sellyfish!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english psychologist who collaborated with i. a. richards in designing basic english (1889-1957)
- Similar words include: Charles Kay Ogden, C. K. Ogden
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OGDEN
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Outdoor events with grills, for short | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Julia ___-Dreyfus of "Veep" | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Light on one's feet | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Happy Meal chain, informally | 8 |
| 5D | 5. "Yikes!" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Second wedding anniversary material | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Moments of understanding | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Walter Scott or Isaac Newton | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Occasions for getting gussied up | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Kind of burger that lacks meat | 6 |
| 11D | 11. "Listen, hear me out on this ..." | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Meh | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Like a burnt-out firepit | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Annual D.C. address, for short | 4 |
| 15D | 23. Phil who sang the protest song "The War Is Over" | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Kind of burger that lacks meat | 3 |
| 17D | 26. "Toodle-oo!" | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Environmentally friendly | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Rear end | 4 |
| 20D | 30. Word repeated while trying out a microphone | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Cozy rooms | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Midwestern native | 4 |
| 23D | 33. "Look what I can do!" | 9 |
| 24D | 37. Genre that combines mainstream and underground music | 8 |
| 25D | 38. Do some crafting | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Amphibian with specialized toe pads | 8 |
| 27D | 41. Opposed | 4 |
| 28D | 42. MS NOW competitor | 3 |
| 29D | 44. Edmonton's hockey team | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Swarming insect | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Restaurant chain with locations in more than a dozen countries, thus justifying the first letter in its name | 4 |
| 32D | 49. So others can hear | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Nervous | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Gal in Glasgow | 4 |
| 35D | 52. "Cómo ___ usted?" | 4 |
| 36D | 53. What hearts represent in the face of a love emoji | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Subject line abbr. | 4 |
| 38D | 58. "How ___ you?" | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Natural hairstyle, for short | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Outdoor events with grills, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BBQS
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2D: "2. Julia ___-Dreyfus of "Veep""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
- Similar words include: Joseph Louis Barrow, Joe Louis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOUIS
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3D: "3. Light on one's feet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
- Similar words include: quick, nimble, spry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGILE
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4D: "4. Happy Meal chain, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MICKEYDS
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5D: "5. "Yikes!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEK
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6D: "6. Second wedding anniversary material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
- Similar words include: cotton wool, cotton fiber, cotton plant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COTTON
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7D: "7. Moments of understanding"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHAS
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8D: "8. Walter Scott or Isaac Newton"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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9D: "9. Occasions for getting gussied up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HOTDATES
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10D: "10. Kind of burger that lacks meat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
- Similar words include: vegetable, veg
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: VEGGIE
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11D: "11. "Listen, hear me out on this ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IGOTTASAY
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12D: "12. Meh"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOSO
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13D: "13. Like a burnt-out 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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14D: "18. Annual D.C. address, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOTU
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15D: "23. Phil who sang the protest song "The War Is Over""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states newspaper publisher (1858-1935)
- Similar words include: Adolph Simon Ochs
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OCHS
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16D: "25. Kind of burger that lacks meat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- Similar words include: soybean plant, Glycine max, soja bean
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOY
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17D: "26. "Toodle-oo!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATA
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18D: "28. Environmentally friendly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- Similar words include: viridity, putting green, William Green
- Opposite of: ripe
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Answer: GREEN
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19D: "29. Rear end"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- Similar words include: rear end, posterior, hind end
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUMP
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20D: "30. Word repeated while trying out a microphone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that trying something to find out about it
- Similar words include: psychometric test, trial run, exam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEST
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21D: "31. Cozy rooms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: den, hideaway, lair
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DENS
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22D: "32. Midwestern native"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
- Similar words include: Oto
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOE
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23D: "33. "Look what I can do!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WATCHTHIS
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24D: "37. Genre that combines mainstream and underground music"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: INDIEPOP
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25D: "38. Do some crafting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fabric made by knitting
- Similar words include: cockle, pucker, plain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNIT
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26D: "39. Amphibian with specialized toe pads"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TREEFROG
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27D: "41. Opposed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- Opposite of: pro
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTI
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28D: "42. MS NOW competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CNN
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29D: "44. Edmonton's hockey team"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a worker who oils engines or machinery
- Similar words include: tank ship, oil tanker, oiler
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OILERS
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30D: "45. Swarming insect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- Similar words include: locust tree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOCUST
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31D: "46. Restaurant chain with locations in more than a dozen countries, thus justifying the first letter in its name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IHOP
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32D: "49. So others can hear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that using the voice; not silently
- Similar words include: loudly, loud, out loud
- Opposite of: softly
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Answer: ALOUD
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33D: "50. Nervous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- Similar words include: strain, tense up
- Opposite of: relax, relaxed
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Answer: TENSE
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34D: "51. Gal in Glasgow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- Similar words include: lassie, jeune fille, young girl
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LASS
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35D: "52. "Cómo ___ usted?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESTA
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36D: "53. What hearts represent in the face of a love emoji"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that opinion or judgment
- Similar words include: middle, optic, oculus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYES
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37D: "55. Subject line abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTN
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38D: "58. "How ___ you?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: ar, cost, constitute
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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39D: "59. Natural hairstyle, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRO
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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