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Monday, December 16, 2024

2412 Mon Dec 16, 2024 NYT by Ailee Yoshida

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 16, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2024
New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2024


Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: USA

    Possible Answer : United_States, US, Army, United_States_of_America, USA, United_States_Army, America, U.S., U.S.A., US_Army, U._S._Army, the_States


  • The clue is 4. Ann ___, Mich.. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: ARBOR

    Possible Answer : bower, mandril, spindle, mandrel, arbour, pergola, arbor


  • The clue is 9. Some laptops. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: PCS

    Possible Answer : personal_computer, PC, microcomputer


  • The clue is 12. Director Ephron. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: NORA


  • The clue is 14. Real smooth. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: SUAVE

    Possible Answer : bland, debonaire, politic, debonair, suave, debonnaire, smooth


  • The clue is 15. What cilantro tastes like to some people. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: SOAP

    Possible Answer : Georgia_home_boy, grievous_bodily_harm, scoop, goop, liquid_ecstasy, lather, max, easy_lay, soap


  • The clue is 16. Enemy of the Jedi. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: SITH


  • The clue is 17. Sound of an unfortunate bird poop landing. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: SPLAT

    Possible Answer : splat


  • The clue is 18. Blab. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: TELL

    Possible Answer : William_Tell, order, tell_apart, Tell, narrate, severalise, secernate, say, differentiate, distinguish, assure, severalize, enjoin, secern, tell, evidence, state, separate, recount, recite


  • The clue is 19. Tidbit in a nutritious pudding. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: CHIASEED


  • The clue is 21. Bulgy belly button. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: OUTIE


  • The clue is 22. Hi-___ image. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: RES

    Possible Answer : atomic_number_75, re, Re, RES, Ra, rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial_system


  • The clue is 23. Department handling media inquiries. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: PRESSOFFICE


  • The clue is 26. Is distressing to. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: EATSAT


  • The clue is 28. End of a college URL. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: EDU


  • The clue is 29. Hornswoggle. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: CON

    Possible Answer : confidence_trick, confidence_game, gyp, hornswoggle, con, scam, memorise, bunko_game, sting, learn, gip, hustle, inmate, rook, short-change, defraud, con_game, yardbird, nobble, goldbrick, victimize, bunco, memorize, diddle, mulct, bunko, yard_bird, bunco_game, swindle, convict, flimflam

    Possible Opposite Answer : pro


  • The clue is 30. Habeas corpus, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: WRIT

    Possible Answer : writ, judicial_writ


  • The clue is 31. Like the direction of this answer. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: ACROSS

    Possible Answer : crossways, across, crosswise


  • The clue is 34. Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: COFFEEBREAK


  • The clue is 38. Bits of wisdom. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: PEARLS

    Possible Answer : drop, bone, off-white, pearl, bead, ivory


  • The clue is 39. Faller during fall. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: LEAF

    Possible Answer : riff, leaf, flick, foliage, flip, leafage, riffle, thumb, folio


  • The clue is 42. "Don't mind ___ do". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: IFI


  • The clue is 45. Prefix with -ceratops. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: TRI


  • The clue is 46. Packaging for a stack of cookies. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: SLEEVE

    Possible Answer : sleeve, arm


  • The clue is 48. Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: MISSAMERICA


  • The clue is 52. Gesture of approval. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: NOD

    Possible Answer : nod


  • The clue is 53. Carelessly sits (down). Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: PLOPS

    Possible Answer : plump, plop, plunk_down, plunk, plank, flump, plump_down, plonk


  • The clue is 54. Refined grace. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: ELEGANCE

    Possible Answer : elegance

    Possible Opposite Answer : inelegance


  • The clue is 56. Muppet with his own "world" on "Sesame Street". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: ELMO


  • The clue is 57. Blingy piece of neckwear. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: CHAIN

    Possible Answer : chain_of_mountains, range, strand, chain, Chain, Ernst_Boris_Chain, concatenation, Sir_Ernst_Boris_Chain, range_of_mountains, mountain_range, string, mountain_chain, chemical_chain

    Possible Opposite Answer : unchain


  • The clue is 59. Teddy Grahams shape. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: BEAR

    Possible Answer : endure, suffer, stand, assume, pay, yield, acquit, tolerate, bear, comport, put_up, give_birth, accept, support, deport, abide, birth, stomach, deliver, wear, hold, expect, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, turn_out, behave, brook, take_over, carry, gestate, stick_out, contain, have, conduct, digest

    Possible Opposite Answer : bull


  • The clue is 60. Ingredient in bug spray. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: DEET


  • The clue is 61. Worth. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: VALUE

    Possible Answer : respect, evaluate, valuate, rate, measure, prize, treasure, esteem, appraise, note_value, prise, value, economic_value, time_value, assess, appreciate

    Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, disesteem


  • The clue is 62. Initials on an "Organic" sticker. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: USDA

    Possible Answer : USDA, Department_of_Agriculture, Agriculture_Department, Agriculture


  • The clue is 63. Make a mistake. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: ERR

    Possible Answer : slip, stray, drift, err, mistake


  • The clue is 64. Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: SIMMS


  • The clue is 65. Sun, in San Juan. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: SOL

    Possible Answer : Sol, soh, so, sol, colloidal_suspension, colloidal_solution


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Remove, as a bottle cap. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

    The answer: UNSCREW

    Possible Answer: unscrew

    Possible Opposite Answer : screw

  • The clue is 2. "That's the word on the street". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

    The answer: SOIHEAR

  • The clue is 3. Good with a paintbrush, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: ARTISTIC

    Possible Answer: aesthetic, artistic, esthetic

  • The clue is 4. Declare. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: ASSERT

    Possible Answer: verify, asseverate, swan, affirm, put_forward, avow, assert, swear, aver, insist, maintain

  • The clue is 5. Calcutta currency. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: RUPEE

    Possible Answer: Pakistani_rupee, Sri_Lanka_rupee, rupee, Mauritian_rupee, Nepalese_rupee, Seychelles_rupee, Indian_rupee

  • The clue is 6. Loses one's hair. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: BALDS

    Possible Answer: bald

  • The clue is 7. Egg cells. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: OVA

    Possible Answer: egg_cell, ovum

  • The clue is 8. No longer working: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: RET

    Possible Answer: ret

  • The clue is 9. Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: POETIC

    Possible Answer: poetical, poetic

  • The clue is 10. Cat with a colorful coat. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: CALICO

    Possible Answer: multicolor, multi-coloured, particolored, particoloured, multi-colour, varicoloured, motley, pied, multi-color, multicoloured, painted, varicolored, multicolored, multi-colored, multicolour, calico, piebald

  • The clue is 11. Bad temper. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: SPLEEN

    Possible Answer: irascibility, lien, spleen, quick_temper, short_temper

  • The clue is 13. "I've got it!". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: AHA

  • The clue is 15. Double ___ Oreos. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: STUF

  • The clue is 20. Place to get a cucumber mask. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: SPA

    Possible Answer: watering_place, watering_hole, resort_hotel, spa, health_club, health_spa

  • The clue is 21. Coming in handy. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: OFUSE

  • The clue is 24. Belgrade natives. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: SERBS

    Possible Answer: Serbian, Serb

  • The clue is 25. This stinks!. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: ODOR

    Possible Answer: odour, scent, odor, olfactory_perception, olfactory_sensation, olfactory_property, aroma, smell

  • The clue is 27. Word on the street?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: STOP

    Possible Answer: halt, break_off, hitch, plosive_speech_sound, give_up, quit, hold_back, cease, layover, closure, diaphragm, occlusive, intercept, stay, block_up, stoppage, plosive_consonant, plosive, period, stop_over, blockage, terminate, break, stop, barricade, point, blockade, full_stop, occlusion, discontinue, stop_consonant, hold_on, full_point, bar, block, finish, check, lay_off, kibosh, turn_back, arrest, block_off, contain, end, catch, stopover

    Possible Opposite Answer : continuant_consonant, start, continue, begin

  • The clue is 31. Eagle's nest. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: AERIE

    Possible Answer: aerie, eyry, aery, eyrie

  • The clue is 32. Animation frame. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: CEL

  • The clue is 33. Discount offer. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: SALE

    Possible Answer: sales_agreement, cut-rate_sale, sales_event, sale

  • The clue is 35. Crumbly Greek cheeses. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: FETAS

  • The clue is 36. U-pick locale. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: FARM

    Possible Answer: grow, farm, raise, produce

  • The clue is 37. Observant quality. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: KEENNESS

    Possible Answer: avidness, acuteness, keenness, eagerness, avidity, sharpness, acuity

    Possible Opposite Answer : dullness

  • The clue is 40. Guacamole ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

    The answer: AVOCADO

    Possible Answer: avocado_tree, Persea_Americana, aguacate, avocado_pear, avocado, alligator_pear

  • The clue is 41. The "F" of F.B.I.. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

    The answer: FEDERAL

    Possible Answer: Federal, Fed, federal, Union, Union_soldier, Federal_soldier, federal_official

    Possible Opposite Answer : unitary

  • The clue is 42. Stand in the way of. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: IMPEDE

    Possible Answer: hinder, occlude, block, close_up, jam, impede, obstruct, obturate

    Possible Opposite Answer : free

  • The clue is 43. Lip-plumping injection. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: FILLER

    Possible Answer: makeweight, filler

  • The clue is 44. Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: ISOMER

    Possible Answer: isomer

  • The clue is 46. Behind the ___. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: SCENES

    Possible Answer: conniption, scene, vista, prospect, view, scenery, fit, shot, setting, picture, aspect, tantrum, panorama

  • The clue is 47. Fall behind. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: LAG

    Possible Answer: interim, lag, remand, meanwhile, immure, fall_behind, incarcerate, jug, imprison, gaol, put_behind_bars, dawdle, meantime, retardation, fall_back, jail, stave, put_away, slowdown

  • The clue is 49. Espy. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: SPOT

    Possible Answer: smudge, maculation, spy, tell_apart, spot, situation, descry, blot, recognize, pick_out, blob, smirch, espy, pip, topographic_point, touch, smear, place, billet, dapple, distinguish, fleck, discern, blemish, daub, point, stain, bit, patch, recognise, berth, make_out, speckle, slur, office, post, spotlight, position

  • The clue is 50. King's domain. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: REALM

    Possible Answer: land, kingdom, realm, region

  • The clue is 51. Pelvic bone. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: ILIUM

    Possible Answer: ilium, Troy, Ilion, Ilium

  • The clue is 55. ___ Dhabi. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: ABU

  • The clue is 57. Drugstore that prints famously long receipts. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: CVS

    Possible Answer: curriculum_vitae, CV, resume

  • The clue is 58. Yes, in Japanese. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: HAI

Monday, August 12, 2024

NYT Monday, August 12, 2024 | Crossword Clues Solution Blog

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 12, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Major purchase when furnishing a dining room. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: TABLE

    Possible Answer : postpone, defer, put_over, remit, set_back, tabular_array, tabularise, tabulate, tabularize, put_off, mesa, shelve, board, table, hold_over, prorogue


  • The clue is 6. Reprimanding sounds. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: TSKS

    Possible Answer : tut, tsk, tut-tut


  • The clue is 10. ___ de gallo (salsa variety). Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: PICO


  • The clue is 14. White wetland wader. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: EGRET

    Possible Answer : egret


  • The clue is 15. Company name aptly found in "The bookcase came together like a charm!". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: IKEA


  • The clue is 16. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: EVAN


  • The clue is 17. *One leaving money under a pillow. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

    The answer: TOOTHFAIRY


  • The clue is 19. Southern cornbread. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: PONE

    Possible Answer : cornpone, pone


  • The clue is 20. Noisy bedmate. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: SNORER

    Possible Answer : snorer


  • The clue is 21. Sean who played Rudy in "Rudy". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: ASTIN


  • The clue is 22. *Hobbes, vis-à-vis Calvin. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: IMAGINARYFRIEND


  • The clue is 26. Submission to a record label in the 1990s. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: DEMOCD


  • The clue is 27. "Humble" home. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: ABODE

    Possible Answer : suffer, stomach, brook, abide, support, habitation, stand, bide, bear, domicile, tolerate, endure, stay, stick_out, dwelling, home, put_up, abode, dwelling_house, residence, digest


  • The clue is 28. Narcissist's flaw. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: EGO

    Possible Answer : self-importance, ego, self, egotism


  • The clue is 29. Toe woe. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: BUNION

    Possible Answer : bunion


  • The clue is 32. "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

    The answer: AREYOUFORREAL


  • The clue is 38. One on maternity leave. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: NEWMOM


  • The clue is 39. California's Monterey ___ Aquarium. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

    The answer: BAY

    Possible Answer : embayment, bay_tree, Laurus_nobilis, bay_laurel, alcove, quest, bay, true_laurel


  • The clue is 41. Indian yogurt drink. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: LASSI


  • The clue is 43. Frozen ocean water. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: SEAICE


  • The clue is 46. *Cryptid in the Scottish Highlands. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

    The answer: LOCHNESSMONSTER


  • The clue is 50. Prefix with -naut. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: ASTRO


  • The clue is 51. Period of one's prime. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

    The answer: HEYDAY

    Possible Answer : heyday, blossom, efflorescence, flush, peak, prime, flower, bloom


  • The clue is 52. Arnaz who loved Lucy. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: DESI


  • The clue is 53. *"Ho, ho, ho!" hollerer. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

    The answer: SANTACLAUS


  • The clue is 57. British boarding school. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: ETON


  • The clue is 58. "Keep it down!". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: HUSH

    Possible Answer : still, pipe_down, silence, quiesce, hush_up, quiet, shut_up, quieten, hush, stillness, quiet_down

    Possible Opposite Answer : louden


  • The clue is 59. Rwandan minority. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: TUTSI

    Possible Answer : Tutsi, Watutsi, Watusi


  • The clue is 60. 0%. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: NONE

    Possible Answer : none


  • The clue is 61. Dollar bills. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

    The answer: ONES

    Possible Answer : 1, single, ace, I, one, unity


  • The clue is 62. Finger-painting smudge. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

    The answer: SMEAR

    Possible Answer : smear, slander, daub, smirch, defame, slur, smutch, blot, besmirch, asperse, cytologic_smear, spot, vilification, calumniate, malignment, smudge, denigrate, sully, cytosmear, blur, stain


Down Clues and Answers:

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 21, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

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Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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Across Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1A: "1. 50 things on the Argo"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
  • Similar words include: oar
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: OARS

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2A: "5. Units equal to nine inches"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the complete duration of something
  • Similar words include: cross, yoke, sweep
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPANS

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3A: "10. Needing more salt, perhaps"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
  • Similar words include: frozen, arctic, frigid
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ICIER

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4A: "15. Swiss-born artist whose name sounds like an art medium"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that swiss painter influenced by kandinsky (1879-1940)
  • Similar words include: Paul Klee
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: KLEE

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5A: "16. What pronouns and their antecedents should do"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement
  • Similar words include: tally, concord, correspond
  • Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: AGREE

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6A: "17. *Person who persists in a hopeless cause"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BITTERENDER

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7A: "18. Destroyer of Hindu cosmogony"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later hindu pantheon
  • Similar words include: Shiva
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIVA

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8A: "19. *Wildlife parks"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
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Answer: GAMERESERVES

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9A: "20. Layer of bricks"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that american revolutionary leader from virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the bill of rights (1725-1792)
  • Similar words include: George Mason, stonemason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MASON

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10A: "21. Show obeisance"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOWTO

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11A: "23. Smart TV features"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DVRS

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12A: "25. Eye covering"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
  • Similar words include: chapeau, eyelid, hat
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: LID

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13A: "26. *Enjoy the moment, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: TAKEITIN

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14A: "27. Name on a check"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person to whom money is paid
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PAYEE

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15A: "29. Porter of Broadway"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
  • Similar words include: kail, kale, borecole
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: COLE

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16A: "30. Sucker's lament"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: IBEENHAD

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17A: "32. Repeat"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAYOVER

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18A: "34. Cheryl of "Charlie's Angels""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: LADD

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19A: "35. Bit of Q.E.D."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERAT

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20A: "37. Features of some stadia"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
  • Similar words include: bonce, domed stadium, attic
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOMES

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21A: "38. Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: WHATGOESUP

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22A: "41. Big name in Russian ballet"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: KIROV

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23A: "43. Capital on the Mediterranean"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EURO

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24A: "44. Blew away"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that inspire awe in
  • Similar words include: awestricken, awe, awful
  • Opposite of: unawed
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Answer: AWED

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25A: "48. Legislative bodies"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that assembly possessing high legislative powers
  • Similar words include: senate, United States Senate, US Senate
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: SENATES

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26A: "50. Old wide-screen format"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: CINERAMA

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27A: "52. Crime show extra, informally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PERP

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28A: "53. Lead-in to "they""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: HESHE

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29A: "55. *Storm-tracking aid"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: LIVERADAR

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30A: "56. Brew designed to survive trips to the subcontinent, in brief"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: IPA

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31A: "57. Early PC game whose nonsense working title stuck"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZORK

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32A: "58. Partner of older"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
  • Similar words include: heady, fresh, sassy
  • Opposite of: foolish
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Answer: WISER

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33A: "59. Guardian spirits"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
  • Similar words include: mastermind, wizardry, maven
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: GENII

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34A: "61. *Musical appreciation?"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: TONYAWARD

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35A: "64. Deity with the raven familiars Huginn and Muninn"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIN

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36A: "66. *Forming a union"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that create (as an entity)
  • Similar words include: form, unionize, get up
  • Opposite of: disorganize, disorganise
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Answer: ORGANIZING

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37A: "67. ___ Day (April celebration)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tree (as opposed to shrub)
  • Similar words include: mandril, spindle, bower
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARBOR

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38A: "68. A or B, e.g."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a brief written record
  • Similar words include: preeminence, note of hand, line
  • Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: NOTE

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39A: "69. Yani ___, youngest pro golfer to win five major championships (age 22)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TSENG

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40A: "70. Score keeper?"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a support or foundation
  • Similar words include: put up, digest, fend
  • Opposite of: sit, yield
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Answer: STAND

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41A: "71. Peeved state"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of agitated irritation
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNIT

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Down Clues - Strategic Hints (40 clues)

1D: "1. Gives a "go""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state in south central united states
  • Similar words include: okeh, Sooner State, Oklahoma
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OKS

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2D: "2. Fictional character with a famous opening line"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: ALIBABA

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3D: "3. Took back"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
  • Similar words include: countermand, reverse, lift
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: REVOKED

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4D: "4. Sushi treatment that's also a spa treatment"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SEAWEEDWRAP

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5D: "5. Palm starch"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAGO

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6D: "6. ___ Tour"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PGA

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7D: "7. What's off to the side in a selfie"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
  • Similar words include: build up, subdivision, gird
  • Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM

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8D: "8. Demanding attention"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that needy people collectively
  • Similar words include: destitute, impoverished, indigent
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEEDY

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9D: "9. Waits on"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
  • Similar words include: answer, assist, wait on
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERVES

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10D: "10. Watson and Deep Blue, for two"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IBMS

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11D: "11. Grp. aptly hidden in "special ops""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
  • Similar words include: Central Intelligence Agency
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: CIA

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12D: "12. "We're head over heels!""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITSLOVE

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13D: "13. Prima ballerinas"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: ETOILES

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14D: "14. Melt down"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
  • Similar words include: provide, submit, picture
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: RENDER

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15D: "22. ___ can, item first made and patented in Britain in 1810"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
  • Similar words include: put up, atomic number 50, canister
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN

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16D: "24. Turns the page, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: READSON

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17D: "26. Up to"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIL

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18D: "27. Take leave of each other"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something determined in relation to something that includes it
  • Similar words include: take off, portion, partially
  • Opposite of: wholly
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Answer: PART

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19D: "28. Just saying?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  • Similar words include: byword, proverb, saw
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADAGE

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20D: "29. Taste tests, e.g."

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of examining resemblances
  • Similar words include: comparing, comparison, compare
  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: COMPARISONS

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21D: "31. Boot"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: HEAVEHO

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22D: "33. Pronoun repeated in "___ do ___""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: YOU

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23D: "36. Graze"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the event of something coming in contact with the body
  • Similar words include: rival, pinch, speck
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOUCH

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24D: "39. Above 500 on the Scoville scale"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
  • Similar words include: live, raging, red-hot
  • Opposite of: cold
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Answer: HOT

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25D: "40. Lake that's home to Kelleys Island"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
  • Similar words include: Lake Erie
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIE

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26D: "41. Best candidates for permanent relationships"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone in charge of other people
  • Similar words include: custodian, keeper, steward
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: KEEPERS

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27D: "42. Callable, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: INRANGE

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28D: "45. Gestured to keep moving"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: WAVEDON

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29D: "46. Some retired faculty"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: EMERITI

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30D: "47. ___ es Salaam"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAR

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31D: "48. Tap"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a plug for a bunghole in a cask
  • Similar words include: faucet, tap
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPIGOT

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32D: "49. Certain mattresses"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERTAS

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33D: "51. Name that means "my God" in Hebrew"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI

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34D: "54. Bit of hybrid field hockey attire"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SKORT

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35D: "57. Criticize wittily"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
  • Similar words include: dynamism, oomph, pizzazz
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZING

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36D: "58. District"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
  • Similar words include: Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, hospital ward, cellblock
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: WARD

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37D: "60. Holm or McKellen of "The Hobbit""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAN

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38D: "62. Wizards' org."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NBA

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39D: "63. Over there"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
  • Similar words include: yonder
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: YON

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40D: "65. Mesh"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
  • Similar words include: net income, net profit, earnings
  • Opposite of: gross
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Answer: NET

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40 Down Clues
81 Total Clues

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