27427 Sat Dec 14, 2024 NY Times by Owen Bergstein

Across Clues :

1. The 20th-century king Peter the Liberator, for one, 5. Electric Nissan model, 9. Chips and such, 13. Cutesy expression borrowed from French, 16. Prefix meaning "other", 17. Under-the-table alliance, 18. Sound preceding a ripple, 19. Expiate, with "for", 20. Like the biggest stars, 22. Titular TV role for Sandra Oh, 23. Panini, e.g., 24. Grp. whose first letter is now outdated, 25. Team in the N.H.L.'s Atlantic Division, 27. A Swiftie might have a favorite one, 28. Put-down, 29. Brainwave-amplifying headpiece worn by Marvel's Professor X, 30. Post-run celebrations, 32. Subject of United States v. Windsor (2013), 33. Fashion aesthetic with flower crowns and rustic dresses, 34. Service providers, 35. Tone, 36. Boy band whose members include Suga, Jimin and Jungkook, 39. Matched up, 40. Many graders, for short, 41. Whom God asked "Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?", 42. Something taken from waiters to get waters?, 43. Arabic for "greater", 45. Grub, 46. "Wrong!", 48. What might come up organically, 50. Spanish cheers, 51. Laundry room leftover, 52. "Dear ___ …", 53. One giveaway for the wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood", 54. Indoor-grown marijuana, in slang

Down Clues :

1. A little bit of everything?, 2. New Hampshire school, 3. Soft drink since 1905, 4. Feeling overworked, with "out", 5. Rent, 6. They really take a toll nowadays, 7. Doja Cat's given first name, for which her debut album is named, 8. Central points, 9. Bug, 10. Award-winning journalist Linda, 11. Symbols much seen on March 17, 12. "Fingers crossed!", 14. Take in, 15. "This relationship could be the one", 21. Rare and then some, 24. Midwest city named in an attempt to attract German settlers, 26. Fawn relative, 28. Annual NASCAR race, familiarly, 29. Electric vehicle's need, 30. Slyly spiteful, 31. Before, 32. Tea supplier, 33. Sicilian treat, 34. Uprights, e.g., 36. Devoid of all life, 37. Recorded, in a way, 38. Leave la-la land, 40. Country singer Tucker, 41. Store, 44. Drip … or drill, 45. Mexican pop's ___ Temerarios, 47. Lead character in "Stranger Things"?, 49. ___ Fields

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 14, 2024

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

New York Times, Saturday, December 14, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. The 20th-century king Peter the Liberator, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERB

  Possible Answer : Serbian, Serb




• The clue is 5. Electric Nissan model. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAF

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




• The clue is 9. Chips and such. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TECH

  Possible Answer : technical_school, tech




• The clue is 13. Cutesy expression borrowed from French. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXCUSEZMOI




• The clue is 16. Prefix meaning "other". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLO




• The clue is 17. Under-the-table alliance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SECRETPACT




• The clue is 18. Sound preceding a ripple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOP

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




• The clue is 19. Expiate, with "for". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATONE

  Possible Answer : repent, aby, expiate, atone, abye




• The clue is 20. Like the biggest stars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIST




• The clue is 22. Titular TV role for Sandra Oh. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVE

  Possible Answer : eventide, even, eve, Eve, evening




• The clue is 23. Panini, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELT

  Possible Answer : thawing, melt, mellow, evaporate, fade, unthaw, disappear, melting, run, melt_down, thaw, meld, dethaw, dissolve, mellow_out, unfreeze




• The clue is 24. Grp. whose first letter is now outdated. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BSA




• The clue is 25. Team in the N.H.L.'s Atlantic Division. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SABRES

  Possible Answer : cavalry_sword, saber, sabre




• The clue is 27. A Swiftie might have a favorite one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer : ERA, era, earned_run_average, epoch, geological_era




• The clue is 28. Put-down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIS

  Possible Answer : Dis, Orcus




• The clue is 29. Brainwave-amplifying headpiece worn by Marvel's Professor X. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEREBRO




• The clue is 30. Post-run celebrations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASTPARTIES




• The clue is 32. Subject of United States v. Windsor (2013). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAYMARRIAGE




• The clue is 33. Fashion aesthetic with flower crowns and rustic dresses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTTAGECORE




• The clue is 34. Service providers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASTORS

  Possible Answer : Pastor, parson, curate, rector, subgenus_Pastor, minister, minister_of_religion, pastor




• The clue is 35. Tone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUE

  Possible Answer : imbue, chromaticity, hue




• The clue is 36. Boy band whose members include Suga, Jimin and Jungkook. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BTS




• The clue is 39. Matched up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INSYNC




• The clue is 40. Many graders, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAS

  Possible Answer : tantalum, atomic_number_73, Ta




• The clue is 41. Whom God asked "Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAIN

  Possible Answer : Cain




• The clue is 42. Something taken from waiters to get waters?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANI

  Possible Answer : ani




• The clue is 43. Arabic for "greater". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AKBAR




• The clue is 45. Grub. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARVA

  Possible Answer : larva




• The clue is 46. "Wrong!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPE




• The clue is 48. What might come up organically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONGMOCROP




• The clue is 50. Spanish cheers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLES




• The clue is 51. Laundry room leftover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRYERSHEET




• The clue is 52. "Dear ___ …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIRS

  Possible Answer : Sir, sir




• The clue is 53. One giveaway for the wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARS

  Possible Answer : ear, spike, capitulum, pinna, auricle




• The clue is 54. Indoor-grown marijuana, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENDO

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. A little bit of everything?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SESAME

  Possible Answer: Sesamum_indicum, benne, benni, sesame, benny

• The clue is 2. New Hampshire school. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXETER

• The clue is 3. Soft drink since 1905. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RCCOLA

• The clue is 4. Feeling overworked, with "out". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BURNT

  Possible Answer: sting, burn_down, burn, burn_up, glow, incinerate, cauterize, burnt, burnt-out, cut, fire, bite, sunburn, combust, cauterise, burned, burn_off, burned-out, burned-over

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

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

  The answer: LET

  Possible Answer: Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, get, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Army_of_the_Pure, allow, let, LET, rent, countenance, lease, net_ball, have, Army_of_the_Righteous, permit

  Possible Opposite Answer : forbid, prevent, disallow

• The clue is 6. They really take a toll nowadays. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EZPASSTAGS

• The clue is 7. Doja Cat's given first name, for which her debut album is named. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMALA

• The clue is 8. Central points. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOCI

  Possible Answer: focal_point, focussing, direction, centering, stress, focus, focusing, nidus

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

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

  The answer: TAP

  Possible Answer: intercept, hydrant, dab, tapdance, rap, beg, solicit, wiretap, bug, water_faucet, spigot, knock, tip, water_tap, tap, strike, exploit, pink, pat

• The clue is 10. Award-winning journalist Linda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLERBEE

• The clue is 11. Symbols much seen on March 17. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLOVERS

  Possible Answer: trefoil, clover

• The clue is 12. "Fingers crossed!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOPESO

• The clue is 14. Take in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEE

  Possible Answer: understand, hear, watch, run_into, encounter, ascertain, ensure, attend, go_through, construe, project, run_across, view, take_care, figure, look, come_across, go_steady, get_a_line, see_to_it, go_out, experience, learn, reckon, consider, date, determine, escort, examine, image, witness, realise, control, check, see, envision, fancy, catch, visualise, get_wind, pick_up, regard, visit, insure, realize, interpret, meet, take_in, assure, find, discover, find_out, get_word, visualize, picture

• The clue is 15. "This relationship could be the one". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSSERIOUS

• The clue is 21. Rare and then some. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARTARE

• The clue is 24. Midwest city named in an attempt to attract German settlers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BISMARCKND

• The clue is 26. Fawn relative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEIGE

  Possible Answer: beige, ecru

• The clue is 28. Annual NASCAR race, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAYTONA

• The clue is 29. Electric vehicle's need. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARCHARGER

• The clue is 30. Slyly spiteful. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATTY

  Possible Answer: cattie, catty, bitchy, cattish

• The clue is 31. Before. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRE

• The clue is 32. Tea supplier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOSSIPER

  Possible Answer: rumourmonger, gossipmonger, newsmonger, gossip, gossiper, rumormonger

• The clue is 33. Sicilian treat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANNOLI

• The clue is 34. Uprights, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIANOS

  Possible Answer: pianoforte, forte-piano, piano, pianissimo

• The clue is 36. Devoid of all life. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARREN

  Possible Answer: free, barren, devoid, desolate, destitute, innocent, bare, stark, waste, bleak, wasteland

• The clue is 37. Recorded, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIVOED

• The clue is 38. Leave la-la land. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAPTO

• The clue is 40. Country singer Tucker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANYA

• The clue is 41. Store. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CACHE

  Possible Answer: memory_cache, stash, hoard, cache, hive_up, squirrel_away, lay_away

• The clue is 44. Drip … or drill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORE

  Possible Answer: tire, support, take_over, deport, calibre, bore-hole, bear, hold, dullard, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, tidal_bore, endure, pay, give_birth, carry, gestate, yield, tolerate, eager, wear, suffer, digest, comport, have, contain, stand, drill, expect, birth, acquit, bore, abide, accept, gauge, stick_out, caliber, conduct, brook, aegir, stomach, turn_out, assume, eagre, deliver, drill_hole, behave, put_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

• The clue is 45. Mexican pop's ___ Temerarios. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOS

• The clue is 47. Lead character in "Stranger Things"?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESS

  Possible Answer: einsteinium, atomic_number_99, Es, E

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

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

  The answer: MRS

  Possible Answer: Mr., Mister, Mrs, Mr, Mrs.

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (40 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Improvises during a gig"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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🧩 2A: "6. Consider"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• Similar words include: hold, take for, view as
• Pattern: ____

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🧩 3A: "10. Workers alongside R.N.s"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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Answer: DRS

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🧩 4A: "13. Loved to bits"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that love intensely
• Similar words include: idolised, worshipped, adore
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ADORED

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🧩 5A: "15. "You are something ___!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: ELSE

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🧩 6A: "16. "Yipes!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: EEK

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🧩 7A: "17. Independence Day banger"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
• Similar words include: cracker, banger
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: FIRECRACKER

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🧩 8A: "19. Tuna type in a poke bowl"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AHI

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🧩 9A: "20. Apt anagram of NOTE"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
• Similar words include: tone up, tincture, tint
• Opposite of: atonicity

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Answer: TONE

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🧩 10A: "21. Tissue torn by some athletes, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: ACL

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🧩 11A: "22. "I couldn't ___ less""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
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Answer: CARE

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🧩 12A: "24. Handle some personal baggage?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: STOW

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🧩 13A: "25. Rush hour snarl"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: __________

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Answer: TRAFFICJAM

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🧩 14A: "29. Big gulp"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that a large and hurried swallow
• Similar words include: draft, draught, slog
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SWIG

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🧩 15A: "31. Great Lake with the most consumable 26-Down"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• 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
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Answer: ERIE

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🧩 16A: "32. Dance in which the guest of honor is often raised in a chair"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HORA

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🧩 17A: "33. In good physical shape"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that a display of bad temper
• Similar words include: burst, conniption, agree
• Opposite of: disagree, unfit

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Answer: FIT

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🧩 18A: "35. "Cómo ___ usted?""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESTA

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🧩 19A: "37. Channel with a call to order?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HSN

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🧩 20A: "38. Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MINIFIG

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🧩 21A: "42. Warm greeting to a spouse or partner"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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Answer: HIHONEY

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🧩 22A: "44. Chowed down"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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🧩 23A: "45. Herbal refreshments"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Similar words include: tea, Camellia sinensis, afternoon tea
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEAS

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🧩 24A: "47. Actor Levy of "Schitt's Creek""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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Answer: DAN

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🧩 25A: "48. Actor Damon of the "Bourne" movies"

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🧩 26A: "50. ___ Way, block in Lower Manhattan where a popular cookie originated"

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🧩 27A: "52. Religious faction"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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🧩 28A: "55. Recipient of two Golden Globe Best Actress nominations for Netflix's "GLOW""

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🧩 29A: "58. Dry, like Champagne"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that (of champagne) extremely dry
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRUT

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🧩 30A: "60. Some hoppy brews, in brief"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IPAS

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🧩 31A: "61. Thickness of wood or paper"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
• Similar words include: provide, supply, run
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PLY

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🧩 32A: "62. Yesteryear"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that time long past
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YORE

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🧩 33A: "63. ___ Paulo, Brazil"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAO

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🧩 34A: "64. Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tray on which cheeses are served
• Similar words include: cheese tray
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CHEESEBOARD

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🧩 35A: "68. Tonsil-examining M.D."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ENT

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🧩 36A: "69. Astronomically long time"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the supreme being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
• Similar words include: eon
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AEON

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🧩 37A: "70. Completed an alley-oop"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
• Similar words include: dip, plunge, douse
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DUNKED

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🧩 38A: "71. Total jerk"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Similar words include: fuck, butt, arse
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ASS

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🧩 39A: "72. This is not working!"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
• Similar words include: lie, rest period, sleep
• Opposite of: change, be active

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Answer: REST

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🧩 40A: "73. Short-tempered"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that easily irritated or annoyed
• Similar words include: pettish, petulant, fractious
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TESTY

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Vessels that may be propelled with poles"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: gobs, dozens, mint
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAFTS

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🧩 2D: "2. "Complete ___ Guides" (how-to series)"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person of subnormal intelligence
• Similar words include: imbecile, cretin, idiot
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IDIOTS

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🧩 3D: "3. "Unless something changes …""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FORNOW

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🧩 4D: "4. Typical hotel or library amenity"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FREEWIFI

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🧩 5D: "5. One of 60 in a min."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: s, second, Securities and Exchange Commission
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEC

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🧩 6D: "6. State with certainty"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that state emphatically and authoritatively
• Similar words include: announce, hold, adjudge
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DECLARE

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🧩 7D: "7. Reindeer relative"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Similar words include: Alces alces, European elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELK

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🧩 8D: "8. WNW's opposite"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
• Similar words include: east southeast
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ESE

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🧩 9D: "9. Gracias : Spanish :: ___ : French"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MERCI

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🧩 10D: "10. Salutation in a breakup letter"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DEARJOHN

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🧩 11D: "11. Practice for opening night"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that engage in a rehearsal (of)
• Similar words include: practise, practice
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: REHEARSE

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🧩 12D: "12. Bit of Winter Olympics gear"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SKI

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🧩 13D: "14. "Shucks!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DRAT

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🧩 14D: "18. 43,560 square feet"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
• Similar words include: Akko, Akka, Accho
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACRE

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🧩 15D: "23. German cry of annoyance"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACH

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🧩 16D: "26. See 31-Across"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
• Similar words include: Pisces the Fishes, angle, Pisces
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FISH

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🧩 17D: "27. Stinking to high heaven"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that offensively malodorous
• Similar words include: funky, smelly, stinking
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FETID

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🧩 18D: "28. Quite a few"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
• Opposite of: few
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MANY

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🧩 19D: "30. Special talent"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something acquired without compensation
• Similar words include: endowment, giving, give
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GIFT

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🧩 20D: "34. Attach with string"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TIEON

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🧩 21D: "36. Sounds of realization"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AHAS

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🧩 22D: "38. Parental term that is phonetically more difficult to say than "dada""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for a mother
• Similar words include: mammy, mamma, mum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MAMA

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🧩 23D: "39. Citizens of Venice and Verona"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of italy
• Similar words include: Italian
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITALIANS

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🧩 24D: "40. Nasal irrigation devices"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NETIPOTS

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🧩 25D: "41. Attire"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
• Similar words include: garment, enclothe, fit out
• Opposite of: undress

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Answer: GARB

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🧩 26D: "43. In single file"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONEBYONE

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🧩 27D: "46. Craftiest animal in the Garden of Eden"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
• Similar words include: ophidian, snake
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SERPENT

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🧩 28D: "49. PreCheck org."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSA

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🧩 29D: "51. Deep fryer liquids"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
• Similar words include: inunct, anele, fossil oil
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OILS

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🧩 30D: "53. Chorus from frogs"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
• Similar words include: pass away, murmur, pop off
• Opposite of: be born

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Answer: CROAKS

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🧩 31D: "54. Small tower on a castle"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small tower extending above a building
• Similar words include: gun turret, gun enclosure
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TURRET

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🧩 32D: "56. Muppet who lives in a trash can"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
• Similar words include: Academy Award
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OSCAR

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🧩 33D: "57. Gave a look"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
• Similar words include: eye, eyeball
• Opposite of: eyeless

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EYED

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🧩 34D: "59. Stereotypical name for a stuffed bear"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
• Similar words include: shimmy, shift, teddy bear
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEDDY

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🧩 35D: "63. ___ of Galilee"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Similar words include: ocean
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEA

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🧩 36D: "65. Tee-___ (giggle)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEE

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🧩 37D: "66. Dawn goddess"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EOS

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🧩 38D: "67. Conjunction that might start an objection"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that and nothing more
• Similar words include: only, merely, just
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BUT

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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🔤 Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

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Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

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38 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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