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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Write on stone, maybe | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Request at the bottom of an invitation | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Follower of Jah, informally | 5 |
| 4A | 14. "Me neither" | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Great Plains tribe | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Set of moral principles | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Famous ___ cookies | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Downfall in pinball | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Course for future therapists, for short | 5 |
| 10A | 20. Spot to work out knotted muscles | 12 |
| 11A | 23. U.F.O. occupants, in brief | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Yank | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Reach quickly, as a conclusion | 6 |
| 14A | 29. Internet meme feline | 6 |
| 15A | 31. "___ your mouth!" | 4 |
| 16A | 33. Stadium cheer | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally | 3 |
| 18A | 35. Memphis barbecue staple | 9 |
| 19A | 37. Military rank above cpl. | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Tusked animals | 5 |
| 21A | 39. Squiggle shape | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Key to Aladdin's success | 9 |
| 23A | 42. ___ Paulo, Brazil | 3 |
| 24A | 43. Before, poetically | 3 |
| 25A | 44. Acorn growers | 4 |
| 26A | 45. Dress seen at Oktoberfest | 6 |
| 27A | 48. Black ___ (some spiders) | 6 |
| 28A | 50. Mental cloud | 3 |
| 29A | 51. Drag performer's accessory | 3 |
| 30A | 52. "Ah, that's where things get difficult" ... or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across? | 12 |
| 31A | 56. Singer Baker | 5 |
| 32A | 59. When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables" | 4 |
| 33A | 60. Block toy with its own chain of theme parks | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Bathroom door sign | 5 |
| 35A | 62. Occasion for a teen to rent a tux | 4 |
| 36A | 63. Spot for a wolf pack | 4 |
| 37A | 64. Weapon in a scabbard | 5 |
| 38A | 65. Manager of an apt. bldg. | 4 |
| 39A | 66. Squeaks (by) | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Write on stone, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make an etching of
- Similar words include: engrave
- Pattern: ____
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2A: "5. Request at the bottom of an invitation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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3A: "9. Follower of Jah, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that follower of rastafarianism
- Similar words include: Rastafarian
- Pattern: _____
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4A: "14. "Me neither""
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- Pattern: ____
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5A: "15. Great Plains tribe"
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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6A: "16. Set of moral principles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
- Similar words include: value orientation, ethical code, moral principle
- Pattern: _____
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7A: "17. Famous ___ cookies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
- Similar words include: Book of Amos
- Pattern: ____
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8A: "18. Downfall in pinball"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- Similar words include: angle, disceptation, leaning
- Pattern: ____
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9A: "19. Course for future therapists, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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10A: "20. Spot to work out knotted muscles"
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- Pattern: ____________
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11A: "23. U.F.O. occupants, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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12A: "24. Yank"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden abrupt pull
- Similar words include: tugboat, labour, tower
- Pattern: ___
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13A: "25. Reach quickly, as a conclusion"
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- Pattern: ______
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14A: "29. Internet meme feline"
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- Pattern: ______
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15A: "31. "___ your mouth!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- Similar words include: shut out, keep out, closed
- Opposite of: admit, open
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16A: "33. Stadium cheer"
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- Pattern: ___
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17A: "34. Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally"
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- Pattern: ___
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18A: "35. Memphis barbecue staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that baked or roasted with a spicy sauce
- Similar words include: sparerib, barbecued spareribs
- Pattern: _________
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19A: "37. Military rank above cpl."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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20A: "38. Tusked animals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that old world wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in united states
- Similar words include: boar, Sus scrofa, wild boar
- Pattern: _____
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21A: "39. Squiggle shape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
- Similar words include: atomic number 99, Es, E
- Pattern: ___
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22A: "40. Key to Aladdin's success"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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23A: "42. ___ Paulo, Brazil"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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24A: "43. Before, poetically"
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- Pattern: ___
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25A: "44. Acorn growers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- Similar words include: oak, oak tree
- Pattern: ____
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26A: "45. Dress seen at Oktoberfest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a full skirt with a gathered waistband
- Pattern: ______
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27A: "48. Black ___ (some spiders)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- Similar words include: widow woman, widow
- Pattern: ______
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28A: "50. Mental cloud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
- Similar words include: murkiness, obnubilate, obscure
- Pattern: ___
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29A: "51. Drag performer's accessory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Similar words include: feather boa
- Pattern: ___
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30A: "52. "Ah, that's where things get difficult" ... or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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31A: "56. Singer Baker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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32A: "59. When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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33A: "60. Block toy with its own chain of theme parks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
- Similar words include: Lego set
- Pattern: ____
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34A: "61. Bathroom door sign"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
- Similar words include: womanhood, charwoman, fair sex
- Opposite of: man
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35A: "62. Occasion for a teen to rent a tux"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- Similar words include: promenade
- Pattern: ____
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36A: "63. Spot for a wolf pack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: den
- Pattern: ____
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37A: "64. Weapon in a scabbard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- Similar words include: blade, brand, steel
- Pattern: _____
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38A: "65. Manager of an apt. bldg."
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- Pattern: ____
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39A: "66. Squeaks (by)"
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- Pattern: ____
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Tooth covering | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable | 6 |
| 3D | 3. One way to sit while meditating | 11 |
| 4D | 4. Snake's warning | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Cheap hooch | 6 |
| 6D | 6. ___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Bygone electric Chevy | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Filled to the gills | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Completely lost | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Not likely to make the first move, say | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Unconscious mannerism | 3 |
| 13D | 13. German outburst | 3 |
| 14D | 21. Slightly | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses | 5 |
| 16D | 26. Escape from jail | 11 |
| 17D | 27. Clickables at the top of a computer screen | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Exclamations of surprise | 3 |
| 19D | 30. Commercial lead-in to card | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Inundates with junk mail | 5 |
| 21D | 32. Musical instrument in the Guinness logo | 4 |
| 22D | 35. Luxuriate in a bathtub | 4 |
| 23D | 36. "___ Window" | 4 |
| 24D | 37. South Asian dress | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Nonchalant | 5 |
| 26D | 40. Kitten's call | 3 |
| 27D | 41. Ranch worker | 7 |
| 28D | 42. [Oh, well] | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Serve a jail sentence | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Dance craze of the 2010s | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Hercules had 12 of these | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Playful aquatic animal | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Camera lens setting | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Light beige | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Woods of "Legally Blonde" | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Reactions to something adorable | 3 |
| 38D | 57. "Immediately!" | 3 |
| 39D | 58. "If you ask me ...," to a texter | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Tooth covering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
- Similar words include: tooth enamel
- Pattern: ______
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2D: "2. Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
- Similar words include: Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant, love apple
- Pattern: ______
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3D: "3. One way to sit while meditating"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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4D: "4. Snake's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
- Similar words include: razz, fizzle, hushing
- Opposite of: applaud
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5D: "5. Cheap hooch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality
- Pattern: ______
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6D: "6. ___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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7D: "7. Bygone electric Chevy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
- Similar words include: V
- Pattern: ____
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8D: "8. Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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9D: "9. Filled to the gills"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill to satisfaction
- Similar words include: sate, full, instinct
- Pattern: _______
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10D: "10. Completely lost"
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- Pattern: _____
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11D: "11. Not likely to make the first move, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quick throw
- Similar words include: diffident, timid, unsure
- Opposite of: confident
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12D: "12. Unconscious mannerism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
- Pattern: ___
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13D: "13. German outburst"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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14D: "21. Slightly"
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- Pattern: ____
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15D: "22. Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hazy or indistinct representation
- Similar words include: slur, blur, obnubilate
- Opposite of: focus
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16D: "26. Escape from jail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an escape from jail
- Similar words include: breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak
- Pattern: ___________
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17D: "27. Clickables at the top of a computer screen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
- Similar words include: tabloid, chit, tablet
- Pattern: ____
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18D: "28. Exclamations of surprise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Similar words include: Ohio, OH, Buckeye State
- Pattern: ___
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19D: "30. Commercial lead-in to card"
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- Pattern: ____
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20D: "31. Inundates with junk mail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a canned meat made largely from pork
- Similar words include: Spam, spam, junk e-mail
- Pattern: _____
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21D: "32. Musical instrument in the Guinness logo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- Similar words include: mouth organ, mouth harp, dwell
- Pattern: ____
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22D: "35. Luxuriate in a bathtub"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- Similar words include: surcharge, sop, dowse
- Opposite of: undercharge
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23D: "36. "___ Window""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the back of a military formation or procession
- Similar words include: tooshie, tail end, hind end
- Opposite of: front, head
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24D: "37. South Asian dress"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Similar words include: saree
- Pattern: ____
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25D: "38. Nonchalant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
- Similar words include: bored, worldly
- Pattern: _____
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26D: "40. Kitten's call"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- Similar words include: sea mew, miaou, meow
- Pattern: ___
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27D: "41. Ranch worker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- Similar words include: cowherd, puncher, cowpuncher
- Pattern: _______
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28D: "42. [Oh, well]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an utterance made by exhaling audibly
- Similar words include: suspire, suspiration
- Pattern: ____
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29D: "45. Serve a jail sentence"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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30D: "46. Dance craze of the 2010s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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31D: "47. Hercules had 12 of these"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- Similar words include: Labour, task, labor movement
- Pattern: ______
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32D: "49. Playful aquatic animal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fur of an otter
- Pattern: _____
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33D: "50. Camera lens setting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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34D: "53. Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: knap, pink, knock
- Pattern: ____
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35D: "54. Light beige"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light brown
- Similar words include: beige
- Pattern: ____
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36D: "55. Woods of "Legally Blonde""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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37D: "56. Reactions to something adorable"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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38D: "57. "Immediately!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the momentary present
- Similar words include: straightaway, straight off, nowadays
- Pattern: ___
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39D: "58. "If you ask me ...," to a texter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Similar words include: International Maritime Organization
- Pattern: ___
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