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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (36 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. "Handy" kitchen item | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Smears with goo | 6 |
| 3A | 11. Music genre with offbeat rhythms | 3 |
| 4A | 14. So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Action on the front lines | 6 |
| 6A | 16. Hunk of cash | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding? | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Word aptly hidden in "moldy" | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Some marksmen | 7 |
| 10A | 21. Stringed instruments of old | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Inc. alternative | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Kind of whale | 6 |
| 13A | 27. Wedding feast delivery from India's capital? | 13 |
| 14A | 31. Unwelcome responsibility | 4 |
| 15A | 33. Rawboned | 5 |
| 16A | 34. "Deadline" for a rush order | 3 |
| 17A | 35. Bit of tailoring | 3 |
| 18A | 36. Writer Rand | 3 |
| 19A | 38. Great Leap Forward leader | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Celestial sphere | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Hold power, as a ruler | 5 |
| 23A | 43. "You said it!" | 4 |
| 24A | 44. Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival? | 13 |
| 25A | 48. One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface | 6 |
| 26A | 49. Part of NATO: Abbr. | 3 |
| 27A | 50. When repeated, "You get the gist" | 5 |
| 28A | 52. Enter furtively | 7 |
| 29A | 56. Mysterious sight at night | 3 |
| 30A | 57. "Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.? | 11 |
| 31A | 61. Scratch the surface of, say | 3 |
| 32A | 62. Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe | 6 |
| 33A | 63. Stock market unveilings, for short | 4 |
| 34A | 64. "___ you done?" | 3 |
| 35A | 65. Luxury transports | 6 |
| 36A | 66. Common workout target | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Handy" kitchen item"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- Similar words include: baseball glove, hand, paw
- Pattern: ____
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2A: "5. Smears with goo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
- Similar words include: slime, reduce, goo
- Opposite of: gain
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3A: "11. Music genre with offbeat rhythms"
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- Pattern: ___
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4A: "14. So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- Similar words include: genus Acer
- Pattern: ____
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5A: "15. Action on the front lines"
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- Think of something that an engagement fought between two military forces
- Similar words include: fight, fighting, armed combat
- Pattern: ______
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6A: "16. Hunk of cash"
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- Think of something that a small mass of soft material
- Similar words include: mass, slew, pot
- Pattern: ___
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7A: "17. Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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8A: "19. Word aptly hidden in "moldy""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
- Similar words include: honest-to-goodness, sometime, one-time
- Opposite of: young, new
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9A: "20. Some marksmen"
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- Think of something that a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
- Similar words include: sniper
- Pattern: _______
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10A: "21. Stringed instruments of old"
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- Think of something that a harp used by ancient greeks for accompaniment
- Similar words include: lyre
- Pattern: _____
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11A: "23. Inc. alternative"
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- Pattern: ___
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12A: "24. Kind of whale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
- Similar words include: whalebone
- Pattern: ______
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13A: "27. Wedding feast delivery from India's capital?"
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- Pattern: _____________
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14A: "31. Unwelcome responsibility"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: incumbrance, load, burden
- Pattern: ____
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15A: "33. Rawboned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- Similar words include: cadaverous, haggard, emaciated
- Pattern: _____
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16A: "34. "Deadline" for a rush order"
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- Think of something that the momentary present
- Similar words include: at once, straight off, forthwith
- Pattern: ___
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17A: "35. Bit of tailoring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Similar words include: ahem
- Pattern: ___
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18A: "36. Writer Rand"
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- Pattern: ___
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19A: "38. Great Leap Forward leader"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
- Similar words include: Mao Tsetung, monoamine oxidase, Mao Zedong
- Pattern: ___
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20A: "39. Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards"
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- Pattern: ___
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21A: "40. Celestial sphere"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- Similar words include: orbit, globe, eyeball
- Pattern: ___
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22A: "41. Hold power, as a ruler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- Similar words include: prevail, predominate, sovereignty
- Pattern: _____
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23A: "43. "You said it!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
- Similar words include: Amon, Amun
- Pattern: ____
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24A: "44. Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival?"
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- Pattern: _____________
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25A: "48. One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who etches
- Pattern: ______
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26A: "49. Part of NATO: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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27A: "50. When repeated, "You get the gist""
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- Pattern: _____
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28A: "52. Enter furtively"
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- Pattern: _______
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29A: "56. Mysterious sight at night"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
- Similar words include: flying saucer, unidentified flying object
- Pattern: ___
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30A: "57. "Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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31A: "61. Scratch the surface of, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
- Similar words include: spoil, vitiate, defect
- Pattern: ___
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32A: "62. Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a scandinavian language that is the official language of denmark
- Similar words include: danish pastry
- Pattern: ______
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33A: "63. Stock market unveilings, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Similar words include: initial offering, initial public offering, IPO
- Pattern: ____
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34A: "64. "___ you done?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: equal, cost, constitute
- Opposite of: differ
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35A: "65. Luxury transports"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- Similar words include: racing yacht, yacht
- Pattern: ______
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36A: "66. Common workout target"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
- Similar words include: nitty-gritty, pith, substance
- Pattern: ____
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. The "m" in many a physics equation | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Self-assured words | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Actress Polo | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Sear | 6 |
| 6D | 6. "___ of luck!" | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Quick communications, in brief | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Postgraduate deg. with management courses | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Musician's asset | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Stylish shoe feature | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Someone you will never stop despising | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Green smoothie staple | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Tosses in | 4 |
| 14D | 18. "Little" Dickens girl | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Up to this point | 3 |
| 16D | 24. ___-free (plastics label) | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live" | 6 |
| 18D | 26. Singer ___ Del Rey | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Longtime Hogwarts headmaster | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Set aflame | 6 |
| 21D | 29. Wander | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Graceful bird | 4 |
| 23D | 31. "Pick me! Pick me!" | 4 |
| 24D | 32. Infamous Roman ruler | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Attractive plus-one | 8 |
| 26D | 37. "You said it!" | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Canine warning | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Like a cherub | 7 |
| 29D | 45. "___ be a real honor" | 3 |
| 30D | 46. Transforms | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K. | 4 |
| 32D | 50. Arizona city or county | 4 |
| 33D | 51. At a distance | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Cops, in slang | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Iconic lab assistant of film | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD" | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Battery for a mouse | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Anti-apartheid org. | 3 |
| 40D | 60. U.S. medical research agcy. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. The "m" in many a physics equation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- Similar words include: slew, pot, lot
- Pattern: ____
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2D: "2. Self-assured words"
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- Pattern: ____
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3D: "3. Actress Polo"
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- Pattern: ____
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4D: "4. Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- Similar words include: trio, three-bagger, treble
- Pattern: _______
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5D: "5. Sear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a surface burn
- Similar words include: char, blacken, sear
- Pattern: ______
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6D: "6. "___ of luck!""
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- Think of something that a large number or amount
- Similar words include: mass, slew, circle
- Pattern: ____
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7D: "7. Quick communications, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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8D: "8. Postgraduate deg. with management courses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in business
- Similar words include: Master in Business Administration, Master in Business
- Pattern: ___
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9D: "9. Musician's asset"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: capitulum, auricle, spike
- Pattern: ___
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10D: "10. Stylish shoe feature"
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- Think of something that a small dagger with a tapered blade
- Pattern: ________
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11D: "11. Someone you will never stop despising"
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- Pattern: __________
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12D: "12. Green smoothie staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for money
- Similar words include: dinero, boodle, Brassica oleracea acephala
- Pattern: ____
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13D: "13. Tosses in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: hyperkinetic syndrome, MBD, add up
- Opposite of: take away, subtract
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14D: "18. "Little" Dickens girl"
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- Pattern: ____
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15D: "22. Up to this point"
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- Think of something that up to the present time
- Similar words include: as yet, even, heretofore
- Pattern: ___
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16D: "24. ___-free (plastics label)"
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- Pattern: ___
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17D: "25. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live""
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- Think of something that a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- Similar words include: alum, grad, alumnus
- Pattern: ______
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18D: "26. Singer ___ Del Rey"
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- Pattern: ____
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19D: "27. Longtime Hogwarts headmaster"
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- Pattern: __________
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20D: "28. Set aflame"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- Similar words include: take fire, inflame, combust
- Opposite of: extinguish
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21D: "29. Wander"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- Similar words include: roam, ramble, swan
- Pattern: ____
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22D: "30. Graceful bird"
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- Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Similar words include: roam, ramble, avow
- Pattern: ____
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23D: "31. "Pick me! Pick me!""
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- Pattern: ____
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24D: "32. Infamous Roman ruler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- Similar words include: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
- Pattern: ____
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25D: "36. Attractive plus-one"
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- Pattern: ________
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26D: "37. "You said it!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not only so, but
- Similar words include: yea
- Pattern: ____
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27D: "42. Canine warning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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28D: "43. Like a cherub"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- Similar words include: saintlike, saintly, cherubic
- Pattern: _______
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29D: "45. "___ be a real honor""
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- Pattern: ___
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30D: "46. Transforms"
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- Think of something that cause to change shape in a computer animation
- Similar words include: morph
- Pattern: ______
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31D: "47. Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K."
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- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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32D: "50. Arizona city or county"
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- Think of something that a member of the north american indian people of arizona and adjacent mexico and california
- Pattern: ____
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33D: "51. At a distance"
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- Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
- Pattern: ____
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34D: "52. Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes"
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- Think of something that the actors in a play
- Similar words include: cat, ramble, throw up
- Opposite of: keep down
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35D: "53. Cops, in slang"
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- Pattern: ____
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36D: "54. Iconic lab assistant of film"
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- Pattern: ____
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37D: "55. Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stock exchange in new york
- Similar words include: big board, N. Y. Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange
- Pattern: ____
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38D: "58. Battery for a mouse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pattern: ___
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39D: "59. Anti-apartheid org."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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40D: "60. U.S. medical research agcy."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- Similar words include: National Institutes of Health
- Pattern: ___
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