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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (38 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
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. Widespread disorder | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Like the exteriors of armadillos | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Fall behind in payments | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Boxing locale | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Classic radio song | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Dessert with a crust | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Solid baseball hit | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Complete shocker | 9 |
| 9A | 20. Bicycle built for two | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Round Table title | 3 |
| 11A | 23. "___ time will tell" | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Prefix with physics or thermal | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Make into law | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Alternative to French fries | 9 |
| 15A | 31. Skill needed to solve sudoku | 5 |
| 16A | 35. Suffix with fail or forfeit | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Apple platform | 3 |
| 18A | 37. "Time flies like an [50-Down]; fruit flies like a ___" | 6 |
| 19A | 38. With 41-Across, ball hit out of the park by the very first batter for either side ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across | 7 |
| 20A | 41. See 38-Across | 7 |
| 21A | 42. Coconut Girl Scout cookies | 6 |
| 22A | 43. "La Cage ___ Folles" | 3 |
| 23A | 44. Frat member | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Liability's opposite | 5 |
| 25A | 46. Detonation region | 9 |
| 26A | 49. "___ I compare thee to a summer's day?": Shak. | 5 |
| 27A | 51. Before, poetically | 3 |
| 28A | 52. What's more | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Spoil | 3 |
| 30A | 56. Performs a stylish ballroom dance | 6 |
| 31A | 60. Tropical tree whose product is sometimes used as a meat substitute | 9 |
| 32A | 63. San Francisco ballplayer | 5 |
| 33A | 64. Actress de Armas | 3 |
| 34A | 65. "Take a look!" | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Helper for computer problems, informally | 5 |
| 36A | 67. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" | 3 |
| 37A | 68. Stockholm native | 5 |
| 38A | 69. Pursue | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Widespread disorder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that violent and needless disturbance
- Similar words include: mayhem
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAVOC
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2A: "6. Like the exteriors of armadillos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
- Similar words include: scaled, leprose, scabrous
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCALY
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3A: "11. Fall behind in payments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be obliged to pay or repay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWE
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4A: "14. Boxing locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Similar words include: bowl, scene of action, stadium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARENA
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5A: "15. Classic radio song"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a song that was formerly popular
- Similar words include: golden oldie
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OLDIE
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6A: "16. Dessert with a crust"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIE
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7A: "17. Solid baseball hit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- Similar words include: lining, ocean liner, line drive
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LINER
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8A: "18. Complete shocker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- Similar words include: thunderclap, thunderbolt
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BOMBSHELL
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9A: "20. Bicycle built for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
- Similar words include: in tandem, tandem bicycle, bicycle-built-for-two
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TANDEM
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10A: "22. Round Table title"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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11A: "23. "___ time will tell""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being the only one; single and isolated from others
- Similar words include: alone, exclusively, solitary
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONLY
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12A: "24. Prefix with physics or thermal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEO
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13A: "25. Make into law"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Similar words include: reenact, ordain, act out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENACT
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14A: "27. Alternative to French fries"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TATERTOTS
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15A: "31. Skill needed to solve sudoku"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
- Similar words include: system of logic, logical system
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOGIC
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16A: "35. Suffix with fail or forfeit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: URE
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17A: "36. Apple platform"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Similar words include: Io
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOS
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18A: "37. "Time flies like an [50-Down]; fruit flies like a ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
- Similar words include: banana tree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BANANA
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19A: "38. With 41-Across, ball hit out of the park by the very first batter for either side ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEADOFF
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20A: "41. See 38-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOMERUN
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21A: "42. Coconut Girl Scout cookies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of samoa in the south pacific
- Similar words include: Samoa i Sisifo, Western Samoa, Samoa
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAMOAS
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22A: "43. "La Cage ___ Folles""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AUX
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23A: "44. Frat member"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRO
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24A: "45. Liability's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
- Similar words include: plus
- Opposite of: liability
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Answer: ASSET
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25A: "46. Detonation region"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BLASTZONE
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26A: "49. "___ I compare thee to a summer's day?": Shak."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHALL
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27A: "51. Before, poetically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERE
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28A: "52. What's more"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: likewise, besides, too
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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29A: "55. Spoil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- Similar words include: decompose, guff, molder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROT
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30A: "56. Performs a stylish ballroom dance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ballroom dance of latin-american origin
- Similar words include: tango
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TANGOS
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31A: "60. Tropical tree whose product is sometimes used as a meat substitute"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that east indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
- Similar words include: jak, jack, Artocarpus heterophyllus
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: JACKFRUIT
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32A: "63. San Francisco ballplayer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any creature of exceptional size
- Similar words include: titan, gargantuan, goliath
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GIANT
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33A: "64. Actress de Armas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANA
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34A: "65. "Take a look!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOSEE
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35A: "66. Helper for computer problems, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITGUY
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36A: "67. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN
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37A: "68. Stockholm native"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of sweden
- Similar words include: rutabaga, rutabaga plant, turnip cabbage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWEDE
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38A: "69. Pursue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
- Similar words include: pursuit, chamfer, chase after
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHASE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Stop!" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Puccini's "O mio babbino caro," e.g. | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Kind of diagram with overlapping circles | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Antsy | 6 |
| 5D | 5. One's employment pursuit | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Bawl | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Places to hang clothes | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Forum overseers | 6 |
| 9D | 9. The Scales, zodiacally | 5 |
| 10D | 10. "Definitely!" | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Certain golf or tennis tournament | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Funny Ferrell or Rogers | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Slippery | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Scorcher | 6 |
| 15D | 21. Recurring thematic elements | 6 |
| 16D | 26. Happy as a ___ | 4 |
| 17D | 27. City NE of Oklahoma City | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Fields | 5 |
| 19D | 29. The N.H.L. has 32 | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Cartoon brawl sound effect | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Actress Greta of "Queen Christina" | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Store, as ashes | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Dugout, e.g. | 5 |
| 24D | 37. Complete series, maybe | 6 |
| 25D | 39. Gets by | 6 |
| 26D | 40. Solemn vow | 4 |
| 27D | 41. ___ Guofeng, successor of Mao Zedong | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Like the score going into extra innings | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Top to accompany a skirt | 6 |
| 30D | 47. Like the fate of Ophelia | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Peak | 6 |
| 32D | 50. See 37-Across | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Cracked slightly, as a door | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Word following bike or memory | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Look at carefully | 4 |
| 36D | 57. "Shallow" singer Lady ___ | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Burden | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Ailment that aptly rhymes with "eye" | 4 |
| 39D | 61. N.F.L. three-pointers: Abbr. | 3 |
| 40D | 62. Top to accompany shorts | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Stop!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of inactivity following an interruption
- Similar words include: lame, stoppage, stem
- Opposite of: start
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Answer: HALT
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2D: "2. Puccini's "O mio babbino caro," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARIA
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3D: "3. Kind of diagram with overlapping circles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english logician who introduced venn diagrams (1834-1923)
- Similar words include: John Venn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VENN
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4D: "4. Antsy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONEDGE
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5D: "5. One's employment pursuit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
- Similar words include: life history, calling, vocation
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CAREER
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6D: "6. Bawl"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dyspneic condition
- Similar words include: bastard, asshole, sobbing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOB
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7D: "7. Places to hang clothes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
- Similar words include: W.C., closet, loo
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CLOSETS
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8D: "8. Forum overseers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADMINS
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9D: "9. The Scales, zodiacally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in libra
- Similar words include: Balance, Libra the Scales, Libra the Balance
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIBRA
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10D: "10. "Definitely!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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11D: "11. Certain golf or tennis tournament"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: out-of-doors, give, heart-to-heart
- Opposite of: closed, fold
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Answer: OPEN
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12D: "12. Funny Ferrell or Rogers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - george meredith
- Similar words include: testament, bequeath, volition
- Opposite of: disinherit
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Answer: WILL
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13D: "13. Slippery"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EELY
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14D: "19. Scorcher"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOTONE
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15D: "21. Recurring thematic elements"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- Similar words include: theme, motive, motif
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOTIFS
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16D: "26. Happy as a ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- Similar words include: one dollar bill, dollar, buck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLAM
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17D: "27. City NE of Oklahoma City"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a major city of northeastern oklahoma on the arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TULSA
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18D: "28. Fields"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: arena, orbit, surface area
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AREAS
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19D: "29. The N.H.L. has 32"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Similar words include: team up, team, squad
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEAMS
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20D: "30. Cartoon brawl sound effect"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OOF
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21D: "32. Actress Greta of "Queen Christina""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states film actress (born in sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- Similar words include: Greta Louisa Gustafsson, Greta Garbo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GARBO
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22D: "33. Store, as ashes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INURN
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23D: "34. Dugout, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CANOE
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24D: "37. Complete series, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BOXSET
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25D: "39. Gets by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOESOK
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26D: "40. Solemn vow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Similar words include: swearing, curse word, curse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OATH
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27D: "41. ___ Guofeng, successor of Mao Zedong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an islamic fundamentalist group in pakistan that fought the soviet union in afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in kashmir and seeks kashmir's accession by pakistan
- Similar words include: HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUA
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28D: "43. Like the score going into extra innings"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ALLTIED
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29D: "46. Top to accompany a skirt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a top worn by women
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BLOUSE
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30D: "47. Like the fate of Ophelia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
- Similar words include: tragical
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRAGIC
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31D: "48. Peak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- Opposite of: nadir
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ZENITH
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32D: "50. See 37-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mark to indicate a direction or relation
- Similar words include: pointer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARROW
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33D: "52. Cracked slightly, as a door"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slightly open
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AJAR
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34D: "53. Word following bike or memory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow way or road
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LANE
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35D: "54. Look at carefully"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- Similar words include: skim, run down, read
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAN
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36D: "57. "Shallow" singer Lady ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally or physically infirm with age
- Similar words include: doddering, senile, dotty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAGA
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37D: "58. Burden"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: incumbrance, load, burden
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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38D: "59. Ailment that aptly rhymes with "eye""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: eye infection, hordeolum, sty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE
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39D: "61. N.F.L. three-pointers: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FGS
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40D: "62. Top to accompany shorts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, golf tee, football tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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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.
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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
38 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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