NYT0902 Monday Sep 02, 2024 - NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Spinning item for a circus performer, 6. Pollution portmanteau, 10. Does in, in mob slang, 14. Actress Hinds of "9-1-1", 15. Choco ___ (frozen treat with a rhyming name), 16. Penne ___ vodka, 17. Song character who comes "down the bunny trail", 20. Revered star, 21. Umpire's count after a ball and a strike, 22. Museum in N.Y.C.'s Central Park, with "the", 23. "Makes sense", 25. Narrows at the end, 27. Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically, 32. Engineered embankment, 33. Kwik-E-Mart operator on "The Simpsons", 34. National law enforcement officers, with "the", 38. Dedicated poem, 39. Stance, 43. Slime, 44. Gummy candy shape, 46. U.S. 101 or 66: Abbr., 47. "Bleeding Love" singer Lewis, 49. One having an ice time at the Olympics?, 53. Pop singer Grande, 56. The "m" of e = mc², 57. Sandoval of "Vanderpump Rules", 58. Rocky, 61. Senate affirmatives, 65. Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across, 68. City where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, 69. Put in the mail, 70. Kitchen gadget for apples, 71. River to Hades, 72. They may be graphic, 73. Black wood

Down Clues :

1. Spanish "daddy", 2. Told a fib, 3. Regarding, 4. Others similar, 5. Outsize feature of a bat's head, 6. Pot smoker, 7. Chess game's ending, 8. Eight: Prefix, 9. Hit the road, as a band, 10. Nondairy milk option, 11. Symbol in Tinder's logo, 12. Frequent-___ miles, 13. Seasons to taste, say, 18. Director Joel or Ethan, 19. Approach, 24. Ooze, 26. Common email attachment, 27. What one might do after making a birthday wish, 28. Second chance, 29. Finished, 30. Picky ___, 31. PC "brain", 35. Showbiz awards quartet, 36. Finished, 37. Fly high, 40. Musician in a cathedral, 41. Letters between R and V, 42. Lodge group since 1868, 45. Advanced deg. for creative types, 48. Gravy train gig, 50. Alaska native, 51. Corrects, as a text, 52. What a beach shower helps wash off, 53. One of the Three Musketeers, 54. Pigeon's perch, 55. Suggest indirectly, 59. Fencing sword, 60. Barn topper, 62. Croatian currency beginning in 2023, 63. "___ to that!" ("Totally agree!"), 64. Agile for one's age, 66. Word after White or Red, 67. Card above king

Monday Sep 02, 2024 - NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 02, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Spinning item for a circus performer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLATE

  Possible Answer : home_plate, photographic_plate, shell, denture, dental_plate, home, scale, home_base, crustal_plate, plateful, plate, collection_plate




• The clue is 6. Pollution portmanteau. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOG

  Possible Answer : smogginess, smog




• The clue is 10. Does in, in mob slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OFFS

  Possible Answer : polish_off, dispatch, remove, slay, murder, hit, bump_off, off




• The clue is 14. Actress Hinds of "9-1-1". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AISHA




• The clue is 15. Choco ___ (frozen treat with a rhyming name). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TACO

  Possible Answer : greaser, taco, wetback




• The clue is 16. Penne ___ vodka. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLA




• The clue is 17. Song character who comes "down the bunny trail". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETERCOTTONTAIL




• The clue is 20. Revered star. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDOL

  Possible Answer : perfection, god, matinee_idol, idol, graven_image, paragon, beau_ideal




• The clue is 21. Umpire's count after a ball and a strike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEONE




• The clue is 22. Museum in N.Y.C.'s Central Park, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer : forgather, fulfil, contact, see, gather, take_on, receive, touch, converge, fulfill, suffer, cope_with, conform_to, fit, foregather, come_across, get_together, encounter, run_into, fill, run_across, adjoin, meet, satisfy, play, assemble, match

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge




• The clue is 23. "Makes sense". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISEE




• The clue is 25. Narrows at the end. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAPERS

  Possible Answer : point, wick, candle, wax_light, taper, sharpen




• The clue is 27. Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: BROKENRECORD




• The clue is 32. Engineered embankment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEVEE

  Possible Answer : levee




• The clue is 33. Kwik-E-Mart operator on "The Simpsons". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APU




• The clue is 34. National law enforcement officers, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEDS

  Possible Answer : Federal_Reserve_System, Federal_Reserve, federal_official, FRS, Fed, Federal




• The clue is 38. Dedicated poem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODE

  Possible Answer : ode




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

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

  The answer: POSTURE

  Possible Answer : military_strength, pose, sit, posture, military_capability, military_posture, model, strength, position, carriage, bearing, stance, attitude




• The clue is 43. Slime. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOO

  Possible Answer : gook, goop, goo, guck, gunk, sludge, muck, ooze, slime




• The clue is 44. Gummy candy shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORM

  Possible Answer : louse, writhe, squirm, dirt_ball, wrestle, worm, twist, insect, wriggle




• The clue is 46. U.S. 101 or 66: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RTE




• The clue is 47. "Bleeding Love" singer Lewis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEONA




• The clue is 49. One having an ice time at the Olympics?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FIGURESKATER




• The clue is 53. Pop singer Grande. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARIANA

  Possible Answer : Ariana




• The clue is 56. The "m" of e = mc². Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MASS

  Possible Answer : deal, stack, hatful, bulk, heap, plenty, raft, quite_a_little, aggregative, batch, the_great_unwashed, great_deal, muckle, mint, lot, masses, passel, multitude, pot, people, flock, peck, sight, hoi_polloi, mass, Mass, mess, slew, mickle, wad, aggregated, spate, volume, good_deal, mountain, pile, tidy_sum, aggregate




• The clue is 57. Sandoval of "Vanderpump Rules". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOM

  Possible Answer : Tom, Uncle_Tom, tom, gobbler, tomcat, turkey_cock, tom_turkey




• The clue is 58. Rocky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNEVEN

  Possible Answer : odd, spotty, scratchy, uneven, mismatched

  Possible Opposite Answer : even




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

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

  The answer: YEAS

  Possible Answer : yea

  Possible Opposite Answer : nay




• The clue is 65. Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOPSKIPANDAJUMP




• The clue is 68. City where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer : Christiania, Oslo, capital_of_Norway




• The clue is 69. Put in the mail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEND

  Possible Answer : mail, send_out, commit, transmit, send, get_off, ship, send_off, beam, air, station, institutionalize, institutionalise, direct, charge, broadcast, post, place, transport




• The clue is 70. Kitchen gadget for apples. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORER

  Possible Answer : corer




• The clue is 71. River to Hades. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYX

  Possible Answer : Styx, River_Styx




• The clue is 72. They may be graphic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEES

  Possible Answer : golf_tee, teeing_ground, tee_up, football_tee, tee




• The clue is 73. Black wood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBONY

  Possible Answer : pitch_black, ebony, soot_black, ebony_tree, ebon, Diospyros_ebenum, sable, jet_black, coal_black

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Spanish "daddy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAPI

• The clue is 2. Told a fib. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIED

  Possible Answer: lie_in, dwell, lied, rest, lie_down, consist, lie

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

• The clue is 3. Regarding. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTO

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

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

  The answer: THELIKE

• The clue is 5. Outsize feature of a bat's head. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAR

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

• The clue is 6. Pot smoker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONER

  Possible Answer: lapidator, stone, stoner

• The clue is 7. Chess game's ending. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATE

  Possible Answer: better_half, twin, spouse, copulate, Ilex_paraguariensis, married_person, match, partner, pair, checkmate, couple, fellow, mate, first_mate, teammate, Paraguay_tea

• The clue is 8. Eight: Prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTO

• The clue is 9. Hit the road, as a band. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOONTOUR

• The clue is 10. Nondairy milk option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer: oat

• The clue is 11. Symbol in Tinder's logo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAME

  Possible Answer: flare, fire, flame, flaming

• The clue is 12. Frequent-___ miles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLIER

  Possible Answer: airman, flyer, flier, aviator, broadsheet, bill, circular, handbill, throwaway, aeronaut, broadside

• The clue is 13. Seasons to taste, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALTS

  Possible Answer: table_salt, Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks, SALT, common_salt, salt, salinity, saltiness

• The clue is 18. Director Joel or Ethan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COEN

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

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

  The answer: NEAR

  Possible Answer: approximate, come_near, come_on, nearly, near, draw_close, draw_near, about, go_up, almost, nigh, cheeseparing, well-nigh, close, penny-pinching, approach, good, skinny, most, virtually, dear

  Possible Opposite Answer : far

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

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

  The answer: SEEP

  Possible Answer: seep, ooze

• The clue is 26. Common email attachment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PDF

• The clue is 27. What one might do after making a birthday wish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOW

  Possible Answer: bollocks_up, bluster, C, bobble, brag, foul_up, bump, shock, fumble, drift, gasconade, swash, vaunt, bollix, blow_out, setback, gust, mess_up, bollocks, black_eye, boast, muff, blow, nose_candy, suck, spoil, shoot_a_line, tout, waste, muck_up, shove_along, screw_up, ball_up, botch, be_adrift, shove_off, reversal, bumble, gas, blast, puff, reverse, bodge, botch_up, bungle, bollix_up, mishandle, louse_up, burn_out, fuck_up, coke, flub, float, snow, fellate, fluff, go_down_on, squander

  Possible Opposite Answer : conserve

• The clue is 28. Second chance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDO

  Possible Answer: reconstruct, remodel, remake, make_over, refashion, redo

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

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

  The answer: OVER

  Possible Answer: all_over, complete, concluded, ended, terminated, o'er, over

• The clue is 30. Picky ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EATER

  Possible Answer: eater, feeder

• The clue is 31. PC "brain". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CPU

  Possible Answer: CPU, C.P.U., central_processor, mainframe, processor, central_processing_unit

• The clue is 35. Showbiz awards quartet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

• The clue is 36. Finished. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONE

  Possible Answer: come, perform, execute, arrange, dress, manage, make_out, practice, coiffe, do, make, cause, practise, suffice, behave, serve, get_along, act, through, fare, through_with, coif, set, exercise, done, coiffure, answer

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmake

• The clue is 37. Fly high. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOAR

  Possible Answer: soar_upwards, sailplane, soar_up, surge, zoom, soar, hang_glide

• The clue is 40. Musician in a cathedral. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORGANIST

  Possible Answer: organist

• The clue is 41. Letters between R and V. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STU

• The clue is 42. Lodge group since 1868. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELKS

  Possible Answer: American_elk, red_deer, European_elk, wapiti, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis, elk, Alces_alces, moose, Cervus_elaphus

• The clue is 45. Advanced deg. for creative types. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer: MFA, Master_of_Fine_Arts

• The clue is 48. Gravy train gig. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASYJOB

• The clue is 50. Alaska native. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INUK

• The clue is 51. Corrects, as a text. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMENDS

  Possible Answer: emend

• The clue is 52. What a beach shower helps wash off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAND

  Possible Answer: George_Sand, grit, gumption, Sand, Amandine_Aurore_Lucie_Dupin, sandpaper, moxie, Baroness_Dudevant, backbone, guts, sand

• The clue is 53. One of the Three Musketeers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATHOS

  Possible Answer: Mount_Athos, Athos

• The clue is 54. Pigeon's perch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOST

  Possible Answer: perch, roost, rest

• The clue is 55. Suggest indirectly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMPLY

  Possible Answer: incriminate, inculpate, involve, entail, connote, imply, mean

• The clue is 59. Fencing sword. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPEE

  Possible Answer: epee

• The clue is 60. Barn topper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VANE

  Possible Answer: web, wind_vane, weather_vane, blade, weathervane, vane

• The clue is 62. Croatian currency beginning in 2023. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EURO

  Possible Answer: euro

• The clue is 63. "___ to that!" ("Totally agree!"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMEN

  Possible Answer: Amon, Amen, Amun

• The clue is 64. Agile for one's age. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPRY

  Possible Answer: nimble, spry, agile, quick

• The clue is 66. Word after White or Red. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOX

• The clue is 67. Card above king. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACE

  Possible Answer: breeze_through, adept, single, sensation, whiz, I, maven, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, first-rate, one, genius, topnotch, mavin, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, nail, tiptop, superstar, tops, ACE, sweep_through, unity, whizz, A-one, super, virtuoso, star, wizard, Allied_Command_Europe, pass_with_flying_colors, crack, 1, ace, wiz, hotshot, champion, sail_through, top-notch

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 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: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. What's paid	4
2A	5. Slowpoke in a "mobile home"	5
3A	10. Figure that might be measured in acres	4
4A	14. What a diaper pail helps minimize	4
5A	15. ___ bear (cuddly toy)	5
6A	16. Device used in a lactation room	4
7A	17. Size between mini and maxi	4
8A	18. Humiliate	5
9A	19. Ancient Peruvian society	4
10A	20. Idler along the seashore	8
11A	22. "Pumpkin eater" in a nursery rhyme	5
12A	23. Speak at the top of one's lungs	4
13A	24. Needle-working craft	7
14A	26. Kitchen appliance for desserts	13
15A	30. Division in a supermarket	5
16A	31. Travel like slime	4
17A	32. One lacking refinement	3
18A	35. Chess game's end	4
19A	36. Children's author A.A. ___	5
20A	38. Throw with force	4
21A	39. ___ constrictor	3
22A	40. Phase in which users help catch bugs	4
23A	41. Instrument on which reveille is played	5
24A	42. Series that may feature forensics experts	13
25A	46. Ninja's quality	7
26A	48. ___ whiskey	4
27A	49. Surgery that leaves the patient looking better?	5
28A	50. Adjective describing 20-, 26- and 42-Across	8
29A	54. Guesstimates for when planes are due, for short	4
30A	55. Donation at some Red Cross events	5
31A	57. "Best Dad ___" (message on a mug)	4
32A	58. "The King" in soccer	4
33A	59. Competitive thing to "bring"	5
34A	60. Still red, as steak	4
35A	61. Uno + dos	4
36A	62. All gone from the dinner plate	5
37A	63. Winter forecast	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. What's paid"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
• Similar words include: price, monetary value, be
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COST

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2A: "5. Slowpoke in a "mobile home""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
• Similar words include: escargot
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SNAIL

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3A: "10. Figure that might be measured in acres"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Similar words include: domain, field, surface area
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AREA

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4A: "14. What a diaper pail helps minimize"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: olfactory perception, olfactory property, scent
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODOR

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5A: "15. ___ bear (cuddly toy)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TEDDY

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6A: "16. Device used in a lactation room"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
• Similar words include: heart, ticker
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PUMP

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7A: "17. Size between mini and maxi"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the southern part of france
• Similar words include: musical instrument digital interface
• Opposite of: maxi

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Answer: MIDI

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8A: "18. Humiliate"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
• Similar words include: chagrin, mortify, humiliate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ABASE

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9A: "19. Ancient Peruvian society"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Similar words include: Inka, Incan
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INCA

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10A: "20. Idler along the seashore"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BEACHBUM

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11A: "22. "Pumpkin eater" in a nursery rhyme"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
• Similar words include: shaft, dick, prick
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PETER

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12A: "23. Speak at the top of one's lungs"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• Similar words include: vociferation, squall, holler
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YELL

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13A: "24. Needle-working craft"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
• Similar words include: hook, crocheting
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CROCHET

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14A: "26. Kitchen appliance for desserts"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: ICECREAMMAKER

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15A: "30. Division in a supermarket"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
• Similar words include: gangway
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AISLE

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16A: "31. Travel like slime"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
• Similar words include: transude, exudate, gunk
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OOZE

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17A: "32. One lacking refinement"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward stupid person
• Similar words include: lubber, clod, lump
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OAF

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18A: "35. Chess game's end"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the officer below the master on a commercial ship
• Similar words include: partner, married person, twin
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MATE

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19A: "36. Children's author A.A. ___"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
• Similar words include: Alan Alexander Milne, A. A. Milne
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MILNE

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20A: "38. Throw with force"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a violent throw
• Similar words include: hurtle, lunge, cast
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HURL

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21A: "39. ___ constrictor"

3 letters Category: Common Word

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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Answer: BOA

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22A: "40. Phase in which users help catch bugs"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
• Similar words include: genus Beta
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BETA

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23A: "41. Instrument on which reveille is played"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
• Similar words include: bugleweed
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BUGLE

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24A: "42. Series that may feature forensics experts"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: TRUECRIMESHOW

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25A: "46. Ninja's quality"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that avoiding detection by moving carefully
• Similar words include: stealing
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: STEALTH

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26A: "48. ___ whiskey"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a milkshake made with malt powder
• Similar words include: malt liquor, malted milk, malted
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MALT

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27A: "49. Surgery that leaves the patient looking better?"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea
• Similar words include: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LASIK

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28A: "50. Adjective describing 20-, 26- and 42-Across"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
• Similar words include: scarey, temperature reduction, scary
• Opposite of: heat

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Answer: CHILLING

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29A: "54. Guesstimates for when planes are due, for short"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Similar words include: ETA, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, eta
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETAS

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30A: "55. Donation at some Red Cross events"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
• Similar words include: parentage, lineage, blood line
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BLOOD

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31A: "57. "Best Dad ___" (message on a mug)"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at any time
• Similar words include: always, e'er, ever so
• Opposite of: never

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Answer: EVER

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32A: "58. "The King" in soccer"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PELE

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33A: "59. Competitive thing to "bring""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AGAME

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34A: "60. Still red, as steak"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Similar words include: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RARE

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35A: "61. Uno + dos"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRES

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36A: "62. All gone from the dinner plate"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take in solid food
• Similar words include: exhaust, feed, run through
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EATEN

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37A: "63. Winter forecast"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• Similar words include: pull the wool over someone's eyes, Baron Snow of Leicester, bamboozle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SNOW

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Head-scratcher?	4
2D	2. Garfield's perky-eared canine buddy	4
3D	3. Coke or Pepsi	4
4D	4. Toddler's wheels	8
5D	5. Horses' hangout	6
6D	6. Cosmic cloud	6
7D	7. Eve's man	4
8D	8. Passports and driver's licenses, for short	3
9D	9. Aid in making soap	3
10D	10. Per individual	6
11D	11. Rehearsal	10
12D	12. Host with a mic	5
13D	13. A world ___	5
14D	21. "Present!"	4
15D	22. Hawaiian seafood dish	4
16D	24. "Let's go, man!"	4
17D	25. Demolish	4
18D	26. First two syllables of "I am what I am," aptly	4
19D	27. Farewell in Florence	4
20D	28. Opportunity to buy some antiques	10
21D	29. Back tooth	5
22D	33. Guthrie who sang "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant"	4
23D	34. Went by plane	4
24D	36. Convene	4
25D	37. What a mosquito bite causes	4
26D	38. Swindling sorts	8
27D	40. Swoleness	4
28D	41. Taco ___	4
29D	43. Rewards for excellent employees	6
30D	44. Stereotypical cry after "Honey ..."	6
31D	45. ___ voyage (first trip)	6
32D	46. Caught some Z's	5
33D	47. Product of Maine or Idaho, informally	5
34D	50. Jacket	4
35D	51. Pavlov known for canine experiments	4
36D	52. Roman emperor who competed in the Olympics (and "won" every event he was in)	4
37D	53. Got bigger	4
38D	55. Snookums	3
39D	56. Alternative to JFK and EWR	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Head-scratcher?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
• Similar words include: disentangle, cockscomb, ransack
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COMB

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2D: "2. Garfield's perky-eared canine buddy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODIE

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3D: "3. Coke or Pepsi"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Similar words include: soda ash, sal soda, sodium carbonate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SODA

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4D: "4. Toddler's wheels"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• Similar words include: trike, velocipede
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TRICYCLE

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5D: "5. Horses' hangout"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
• Similar words include: static, horse barn, unchanging
• Opposite of: unstable

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Answer: STABLE

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6D: "6. Cosmic cloud"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NEBULA

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7D: "7. Eve's man"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
• Similar words include: disco biscuit, cristal, X
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ADAM

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8D: "8. Passports and driver's licenses, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in the rocky mountains
• Similar words include: Idaho, id, I.D.
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IDS

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9D: "9. Aid in making soap"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LYE

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10D: "10. Per individual"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
• Similar words include: for each one, each, to each one
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: APIECE

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11D: "11. Rehearsal"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: RUNTHROUGH

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12D: "12. Host with a mic"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
• Similar words include: master of ceremonies, host, compere
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EMCEE

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13D: "13. A world ___"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
• Similar words include: obscure, asunder, isolated
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APART

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14D: "21. "Present!""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the present location; this place
• Similar words include: Hera, hither
• Opposite of: there

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Answer: HERE

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15D: "22. Hawaiian seafood dish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
• Similar words include: lagger, slug, poking
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: POKE

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16D: "24. "Let's go, man!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CMON

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17D: "25. Demolish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• Similar words include: tear down, rase, level
• Opposite of: raise

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Answer: RAZE

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18D: "26. First two syllables of "I am what I am," aptly"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
• Similar words include: iambus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IAMB

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19D: "27. Farewell in Florence"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: aloha
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CIAO

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20D: "28. Opportunity to buy some antiques"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ESTATESALE

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21D: "29. Back tooth"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
• Similar words include: grinder
• Opposite of: molecular

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Answer: MOLAR

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22D: "33. Guthrie who sang "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARLO

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23D: "34. Went by plane"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that travel through the air; be airborne
• Similar words include: vanish, vaporize, aviate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FLEW

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24D: "36. Convene"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Similar words include: play, foregather, cope with
• Opposite of: diverge

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Answer: MEET

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25D: "37. What a mosquito bite causes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
• Similar words include: itchiness, spoil, rub
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ITCH

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26D: "38. Swindling sorts"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
• Similar words include: hooker, floozie, wheeler dealer
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HUSTLERS

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27D: "40. Swoleness"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
• Similar words include: mass, majority, bulge
• Opposite of: minority

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Answer: BULK

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28D: "41. Taco ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
• Similar words include: Vanessa Stephen, campana, ship's bell
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BELL

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29D: "43. Rewards for excellent employees"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the amount a salary is increased
• Similar words include: climb, ascent, salary increase
• Opposite of: lower, descent

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Answer: RAISES

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30D: "44. Stereotypical cry after "Honey ...""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IMHOME

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31D: "45. ___ voyage (first trip)"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
• Similar words include: initiatory, maid, inaugural
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MAIDEN

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32D: "46. Caught some Z's"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be able to accommodate for sleeping
• Similar words include: slumber, log Z's, kip
• Opposite of: wake

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Answer: SLEPT

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33D: "47. Product of Maine or Idaho, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an edible tuber native to south america; a staple food of ireland
• Similar words include: Irish potato, white potato, murphy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TATER

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34D: "50. Jacket"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
• Similar words include: coating, cake, pelage
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COAT

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35D: "51. Pavlov known for canine experiments"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IVAN

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36D: "52. Roman emperor who competed in the Olympics (and "won" every event he was in)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
• Similar words include: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NERO

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37D: "53. Got bigger"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• Similar words include: grow, spring up, maturate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GREW

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38D: "55. Snookums"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BAE

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39D: "56. Alternative to JFK and EWR"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LGA

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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