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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: Moderate
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. "OK," in modern slang | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Develop | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Postlarval insects | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Prefix with skeleton | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Ewok's home | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Blow, as 13-Down does repeatedly | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Top starter | 3 |
| 8A | 18. Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck | 11 |
| 9A | 20. "Semper Fidelis," for one | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Advantage | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Me-time destination | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Creature of Egyptian myth | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Bus schedule component | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Some landscaping equipment | 6 |
| 15A | 31. Worker who's behind the Times? | 6 |
| 16A | 35. Plow puller of old | 4 |
| 17A | 37. "Verb," ironically | 4 |
| 18A | 39. Part of a black suit | 5 |
| 19A | 40. Its three largest cities all have names starting with C | 4 |
| 20A | 41. Completely lost ... or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning | 5 |
| 21A | 43. Barely made (out) | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Chat, informally | 5 |
| 23A | 46. Old-timey "Listen!" | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Out of juice | 4 |
| 25A | 48. Paint options | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Permanent-press | 6 |
| 27A | 52. Part of many a shallow-water ecosystem | 4 |
| 28A | 54. Music genre for some yoga classes | 6 |
| 29A | 57. Suffix with devil | 3 |
| 30A | 60. Expresses approval, in a way | 5 |
| 31A | 63. Remove from its original packaging, say | 5 |
| 32A | 64. Equatorial ocean area notorious for lack of winds | 11 |
| 33A | 67. Consumed | 3 |
| 34A | 68. Character in "Monsters, Inc." | 5 |
| 35A | 69. Like many a campfire story | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Hiker to a QB: Abbr. | 3 |
| 37A | 71. Elevate, as a flag | 5 |
| 38A | 72. Shell out cash | 5 |
| 39A | 73. Word with sewing or starter | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "OK," in modern slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the money risked on a gamble
- Similar words include: depend, calculate, stake
- Pattern: ___
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2A: "4. Develop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that constitution of the human body
- Similar words include: physique, physical body, form
- Pattern: _____
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3A: "9. Postlarval insects"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
- Similar words include: pupa
- Pattern: _____
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4A: "14. Prefix with skeleton"
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- Pattern: ___
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5A: "15. Ewok's home"
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- Pattern: _____
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6A: "16. Blow, as 13-Down does repeatedly"
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- Think of something that start abruptly
- Similar words include: burst, flare up, take fire
- Pattern: _____
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7A: "17. Top starter"
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- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: whizz, adept, one
- Pattern: ___
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8A: "18. Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck"
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- Pattern: ___________
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9A: "20. "Semper Fidelis," for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a favorite saying of a sect or political group
- Similar words include: slogan, shibboleth, catchword
- Pattern: _____
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10A: "22. Advantage"
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- Pattern: _____
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11A: "23. Me-time destination"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: resort hotel, health club, watering hole
- Pattern: ___
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12A: "24. Creature of Egyptian myth"
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- Think of something that an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
- Pattern: ______
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13A: "26. Bus schedule component"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something ending
- Similar words include: full point, full stop, plosive speech sound
- Opposite of: start, continuant consonant
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14A: "28. Some landscaping equipment"
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- Think of something that a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
- Similar words include: edger
- Pattern: ______
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15A: "31. Worker who's behind the Times?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
- Similar words include: editor program, editor in chief
- Pattern: ______
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16A: "35. Plow puller of old"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
- Similar words include: scuff
- Pattern: ____
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17A: "37. "Verb," ironically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
- Pattern: ____
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18A: "39. Part of a black suit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- Similar words include: jigaboo, coon, nigra
- Pattern: _____
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19A: "40. Its three largest cities all have names starting with C"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Similar words include: Buckeye State, Ohio River, OH
- Pattern: ____
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20A: "41. Completely lost ... or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning"
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- Pattern: _____
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21A: "43. Barely made (out)"
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- Pattern: ____
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22A: "44. Chat, informally"
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- Pattern: _____
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23A: "46. Old-timey "Listen!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that listen; used mostly in the imperative
- Similar words include: harken, hearken
- Pattern: ____
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24A: "47. Out of juice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are no longer living
- Similar words include: abruptly, deadened, stagnant
- Opposite of: alive, living
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25A: "48. Paint options"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
- Similar words include: shininess, luster, lustre
- Pattern: ______
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26A: "50. Permanent-press"
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- Pattern: ______
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27A: "52. Part of many a shallow-water ecosystem"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- Similar words include: Witwatersrand, Rand
- Pattern: ____
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28A: "54. Music genre for some yoga classes"
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- Pattern: ______
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29A: "57. Suffix with devil"
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- Pattern: ___
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30A: "60. Expresses approval, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden very loud noise
- Similar words include: acclaim, eruption, bam
- Opposite of: boo
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31A: "63. Remove from its original packaging, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from a box
- Opposite of: box
- Pattern: _____
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32A: "64. Equatorial ocean area notorious for lack of winds"
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- Pattern: ___________
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33A: "67. Consumed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: eat on, consume, run through
- Pattern: ___
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34A: "68. Character in "Monsters, Inc.""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
- Similar words include: comma butterfly, Polygonia comma
- Pattern: _____
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35A: "69. Like many a campfire story"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- Similar words include: eery
- Pattern: _____
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36A: "70. Hiker to a QB: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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37A: "71. Elevate, as a flag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- Similar words include: lift, run up, wind
- Pattern: _____
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38A: "72. Shell out cash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass time in a specific way
- Similar words include: expend, drop, pass
- Pattern: _____
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39A: "73. Word with sewing or starter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a case for containing a set of articles
- Similar words include: outfit, kit up, kit out
- Pattern: ___
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Has a happy face | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Former member of the force | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Stand barefoot in formation along seams of deck planks | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Fit in | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Game in which players draw and skip | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Big celebrity | 4 |
| 7D | 7. When repeated, leading only to bad outcomes | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Leftovers | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Stir-fry add-ins | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Decorative vessel | 3 |
| 11D | 11. "Sofa, so good" and such | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Each | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Sicilian smoker | 4 |
| 14D | 19. ___ as a bug's ear | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Drift with the natural flow of currents | 8 |
| 16D | 25. TV's "Warrior Princess" | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change | 8 |
| 18D | 29. I.R.A. classification | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Lazy ___ | 5 |
| 20D | 32. Flattened against the masts in a changing wind | 10 |
| 21D | 33. Roman theaters | 4 |
| 22D | 34. Comedian Foxx | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Soft leather shoes, for short | 4 |
| 24D | 36. "That's not good" | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Fiddler-emperor, legend has it | 4 |
| 26D | 42. Similar | 4 |
| 27D | 45. Minimal paint job | 7 |
| 28D | 49. Promote | 4 |
| 29D | 51. Not just thrown away, say | 6 |
| 30D | 53. Gradually tapered cuts | 5 |
| 31D | 55. Jailed New York crime boss | 5 |
| 32D | 56. Wield, as authority | 5 |
| 33D | 57. Bite reminder, maybe | 4 |
| 34D | 58. "Get away!" | 4 |
| 35D | 59. Prefix with sphere | 4 |
| 36D | 61. Dice peppers, e.g. | 4 |
| 37D | 62. Positive | 4 |
| 38D | 65. Personally contacts online, for short | 3 |
| 39D | 66. Max's opposite | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Has a happy face"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- Similar words include: ray, irradiation, shaft of light
- Pattern: _____
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2D: "2. Former member of the force"
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- Pattern: _____
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3D: "3. Stand barefoot in formation along seams of deck planks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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4D: "4. Fit in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be owned by; be in the possession of
- Similar words include: go, belong to
- Pattern: ______
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5D: "5. Game in which players draw and skip"
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- Pattern: ___
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6D: "6. Big celebrity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
- Similar words include: god, graven image, beau ideal
- Pattern: ____
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7D: "7. When repeated, leading only to bad outcomes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- Similar words include: misplace, mislay, fall back
- Opposite of: find, win
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8D: "8. Leftovers"
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- Think of something that sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
- Similar words include: settlings, dreg
- Pattern: _____
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9D: "9. Stir-fry add-ins"
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- Pattern: _______
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10D: "10. Decorative vessel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- Pattern: ___
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11D: "11. "Sofa, so good" and such"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humorous play on words
- Similar words include: punning, wordplay, pun
- Pattern: ____
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12D: "12. Each"
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- Pattern: ____
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13D: "13. Sicilian smoker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Similar words include: bunsen burner, bunsen, Mount Etna
- Pattern: ____
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14D: "19. ___ as a bug's ear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
- Similar words include: precious, cunning
- Pattern: ____
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15D: "21. Drift with the natural flow of currents"
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- Pattern: ________
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16D: "25. TV's "Warrior Princess""
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- Pattern: ____
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17D: "27. Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change"
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- Pattern: ________
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18D: "29. I.R.A. classification"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer whose novels portray middle-class jewish life (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Philip Milton Roth, Philip Roth
- Pattern: ____
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19D: "30. Lazy ___"
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- Pattern: _____
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20D: "32. Flattened against the masts in a changing wind"
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- Pattern: __________
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21D: "33. Roman theaters"
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- Pattern: ____
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22D: "34. Comedian Foxx"
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- Pattern: ____
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23D: "35. Soft leather shoes, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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24D: "36. "That's not good""
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- Pattern: ____
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25D: "38. Fiddler-emperor, legend has it"
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: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
- Pattern: ____
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26D: "42. Similar"
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- Think of something that similar in quality or character
- Similar words include: cognate, consanguineal, kin
- Pattern: ____
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27D: "45. Minimal paint job"
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- Pattern: _______
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28D: "49. Promote"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the activity of persuading someone to buy
- Similar words include: betray, trade, deal
- Opposite of: buy
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29D: "51. Not just thrown away, say"
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- Think of something that use again after processing
- Similar words include: reprocess, recycle, reuse
- Pattern: ______
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30D: "53. Gradually tapered cuts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- Similar words include: slice, wither, blow over
- Pattern: _____
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31D: "55. Jailed New York crime boss"
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- Pattern: _____
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32D: "56. Wield, as authority"
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- Think of something that have and exercise
- Similar words include: maintain, wield, exercise
- Pattern: _____
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33D: "57. Bite reminder, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Similar words include: spoil, itchiness, itching
- Pattern: ____
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34D: "58. "Get away!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that drive away by crying `shoo!'
- Similar words include: shoo off, shoo away
- Pattern: ____
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35D: "59. Prefix with sphere"
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- Pattern: ____
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36D: "61. Dice peppers, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- Similar words include: preparation, homework
- Pattern: ____
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37D: "62. Positive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- Similar words include: certain, surely, trusted
- Opposite of: uncertain, unsure
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38D: "65. Personally contacts online, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- Similar words include: decimeter, DM, decimetre
- Pattern: ___
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39D: "66. Max's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- Similar words include: Hokkianese, Fukien, minute
- Pattern: ___
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