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- 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: Moderate
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. Potpourri piece | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Bit of pandemic attire | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Cry from a crib, perhaps | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Came up | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Et ___ (and others) | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Some stadium shouts | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Give friendly bites, as a puppy might | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Heaps | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Wrangler on the road | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Hosp. hookups | 3 |
| 11A | 21. Far from any urban center, colloquially | 11 |
| 12A | 24. Trickster figure in Native American folklore | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Cousin of a cravat | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Add as an afterthought | 5 |
| 15A | 29. Lacking a conscience | 6 |
| 16A | 33. Potentially at risk, metaphorically | 10 |
| 17A | 36. Spanish gold | 3 |
| 18A | 37. Nashville has a "grand ole" one | 4 |
| 19A | 38. ___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle) | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Air passage | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Title for M.L.K. Jr. | 3 |
| 22A | 41. In a soaring mood, so to speak | 10 |
| 23A | 45. "Moving right along ..." | 6 |
| 24A | 47. Kind of fund | 5 |
| 25A | 48. Jump and shout for joy | 5 |
| 26A | 51. Ragamuffin | 6 |
| 27A | 54. Metaphor for a parent whose youngest has "launched" ... like the little bird whose progress is suggested by 21-, 33- and 41-Across | 11 |
| 28A | 58. Poem of praise | 3 |
| 29A | 59. "Captain" on Mount Ararat | 4 |
| 30A | 60. Chew as a beaver might | 4 |
| 31A | 61. "Yay me!" | 5 |
| 32A | 63. Doofus | 4 |
| 33A | 64. To be, in Toulouse | 4 |
| 34A | 65. Assuaged | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Corset component | 4 |
| 36A | 67. Medical measure | 4 |
| 37A | 68. In poor condition | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Potpourri piece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
- Similar words include: flower petal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETAL
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2A: "6. Bit of pandemic attire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- Similar words include: cloak, disguise, masque
- Opposite of: unmask
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Answer: MASK
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3A: "10. Cry from a crib, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a mother
- Similar words include: mom, mamma, ma
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAMA
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4A: "14. Came up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
- Similar words include: bob up, come up, get up
- Opposite of: turn in, go to bed
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Answer: AROSE
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5A: "15. Et ___ (and others)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALII
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6A: "16. Some stadium shouts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLES
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7A: "17. Give friendly bites, as a puppy might"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NIPAT
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8A: "18. Heaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large number or amount
- Similar words include: slews, a good deal, lashings
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOTS
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9A: "19. Wrangler on the road"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
- Similar words include: landrover
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JEEP
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10A: "20. Hosp. hookups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- Similar words include: quartet, 4, quaternary
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IVS
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11A: "21. Far from any urban center, colloquially"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: INTHESTICKS
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12A: "24. Trickster figure in Native American folklore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small wolf native to western north america
- Similar words include: brush wolf, Canis latrans, prairie wolf
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COYOTE
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13A: "26. Cousin of a cravat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASCOT
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14A: "27. Add as an afterthought"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAGON
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15A: "29. Lacking a conscience"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMORAL
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16A: "33. Potentially at risk, metaphorically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OUTONALIMB
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17A: "36. Spanish gold"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORO
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18A: "37. Nashville has a "grand ole" one"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPRY
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19A: "38. ___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REO
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20A: "39. Air passage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- Similar words include: channel, epithelial duct, canal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DUCT
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21A: "40. Title for M.L.K. Jr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: rpm, rev up, revolutions per minute
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REV
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22A: "41. In a soaring mood, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FLYINGHIGH
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23A: "45. "Moving right along ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANYHOO
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24A: "47. Kind of fund"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that partially melted snow
- Similar words include: splash, slosh, splosh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLUSH
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25A: "48. Jump and shout for joy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feel extreme happiness or elation
- Similar words include: triumph, jump for joy, walk on air
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EXULT
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26A: "51. Ragamuffin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that poor and often mischievous city child
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: URCHIN
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27A: "54. Metaphor for a parent whose youngest has "launched" ... like the little bird whose progress is suggested by 21-, 33- and 41-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: EMPTYNESTER
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28A: "58. Poem of praise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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29A: "59. "Captain" on Mount Ararat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOAH
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30A: "60. Chew as a beaver might"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bite or chew on with the teeth
- Similar words include: erode, eat at, wear away
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GNAW
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31A: "61. "Yay me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRULE
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32A: "63. Doofus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for marijuana
- Similar words include: weed, gage, skunk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOPE
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33A: "64. To be, in Toulouse"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETRE
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34A: "65. Assuaged"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move gently or carefully
- Similar words include: ease, alleviate, relieved
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EASED
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35A: "66. Corset component"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: halt, outride, delay
- Opposite of: change, depart
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Answer: STAY
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36A: "67. Medical measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
- Similar words include: VD, drug, window pane
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOSE
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37A: "68. In poor condition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that full of seeds
- Similar words include: poorly, sordid, squalid
- Opposite of: seedless
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Answer: SEEDY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Freak out | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "Wicked" co-star Cynthia ___ | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Downside-up | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Happy ___ lark | 3 |
| 5D | 5. "Forgive and forget" | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Barley product | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Hi in HI | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Loci | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Source of some Jumbotron entertainment | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Cuban rum cocktail | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Actor Guinness | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Like the ones who shall inherit the earth, in Matthew 5:5 | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Horned vipers | 4 |
| 14D | 22. Like some highlighter colors | 4 |
| 15D | 23. ___ of the Unknown Soldier | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Like some cookies and milk | 4 |
| 17D | 28. Not, colloquially | 4 |
| 18D | 30. Engage in boisterous activity | 10 |
| 19D | 31. St. Louis landmark | 4 |
| 20D | 32. Area to build on | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Request from a dentist | 4 |
| 22D | 34. Floral ring | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Charged particles | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Singer Rita | 3 |
| 25D | 39. Chip shape | 4 |
| 26D | 41. Cunning, like Mr. Tod or Swiper | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Chillaxed, say | 7 |
| 28D | 43. It's binding | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Gets a move on | 7 |
| 30D | 46. Possible pronoun pairing | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Slowly, in scores | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Did diddly-squat | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Tending to cling | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Winds up | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Debatable | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Cry from a crib, perhaps | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Britishly precious | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Issa of "The Lovebirds" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Freak out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- Similar words include: terror, scare, affright
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PANIC
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2D: "2. "Wicked" co-star Cynthia ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERIVO
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3D: "3. Downside-up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TOPSYTURVY
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4D: "4. Happy ___ lark"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASA
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5D: "5. "Forgive and forget""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LETITGO
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6D: "6. Barley product"
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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7D: "7. Hi in HI"
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: ciao
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALOHA
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8D: "8. Loci"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
- Similar words include: sit, model, ride
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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Answer: SITES
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9D: "9. Source of some Jumbotron entertainment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KISSCAM
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10D: "10. Cuban rum cocktail"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOJITO
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11D: "11. Actor Guinness"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALEC
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12D: "12. Like the ones who shall inherit the earth, in Matthew 5:5"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- Similar words include: spiritless, tame, mild
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEEK
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13D: "13. Horned vipers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Similar words include: Naja haje, Egyptian cobra, Vipera aspis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASPS
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14D: "22. Like some highlighter colors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: atomic number 10, Ne
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEON
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15D: "23. ___ of the Unknown Soldier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- Similar words include: grave
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOMB
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16D: "25. Like some cookies and milk"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OATY
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17D: "28. Not, colloquially"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NARY
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18D: "30. Engage in boisterous activity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that engage in rough or disorderly play
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROUGHHOUSE
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19D: "31. St. Louis landmark"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- Similar words include: puckish, arc, patronising
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARCH
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20D: "32. Area to build on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: mickle, mass, stack
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOT
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21D: "33. Request from a dentist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: exposed, undecided, undetermined
- Opposite of: unreceptive, covert
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Answer: OPEN
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22D: "34. Floral ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Similar words include: garland, coronal, leu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEI
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23D: "35. Charged particles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- Similar words include: ion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IONS
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24D: "37. Singer Rita"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: Os, operating system, OS
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORA
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25D: "39. Chip shape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- Similar words include: platter, magnetic disk, magnetic disc
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DISC
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26D: "41. Cunning, like Mr. Tod or Swiper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by skill in deception
- Similar words include: tricksy, crafty, tricky
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FOXY
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27D: "42. Chillaxed, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sit or recline comfortably
- Similar words include: lollygag, linger, lallygag
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOUNGED
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28D: "43. It's binding"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- Similar words include: paste, gum, mucilage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLUE
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29D: "44. Gets a move on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- Similar words include: hurriedness, rush, hurry
- Opposite of: delay
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Answer: HURRIES
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30D: "46. Possible pronoun pairing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HETHEY
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31D: "49. Slowly, in scores"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of tempo) slow
- Similar words include: slowly
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LENTO
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32D: "50. Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: tsar, czar, tzar
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TSARS
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33D: "52. Did diddly-squat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that run disconnected or idle
- Similar words include: stagnate, tick over, idle
- Opposite of: work, run
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Answer: IDLED
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34D: "53. Tending to cling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that needy people collectively
- Similar words include: indigent, impoverished, destitute
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEEDY
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35D: "54. Winds up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
- Similar words include: cease, terminate, final stage
- Opposite of: begin, beginning
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Answer: ENDS
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36D: "55. Debatable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- Similar words include: turn over, arguable, debate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOOT
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37D: "56. Cry from a crib, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: pop, dada, dad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAPA
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38D: "57. Britishly precious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affectedly dainty or refined
- Similar words include: niminy-piminy, dainty, prim
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TWEE
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39D: "62. Issa of "The Lovebirds""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAE
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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