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Thursday, October 30, 2025

NYT Across Clues Answers October 30, 2025 - All 41 Horizontal Solutions & Expert Hints

Across Clues NYT October 30, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 41 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for October 30, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Thursday, October 30, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date October 30, 2025
Day of Week Thursday
Total Across Clues 41 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Challenging

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 41 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Place for a pencil sharpener
2 Across 5. Argentine plain
3 Across 10. Prayer leader
4 Across 14. Droves
5 Across 15. Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world"
6 Across 16. Come to
7 Across 17. Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth
8 Across 18. What pulls out all the stops?
9 Across 19. Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers"
10 Across 20. Start illegally, say
11 Across 22. What every baseball inning starts with
12 Across 24. "Kind of" suffix
13 Across 25. Shore up the ranks
14 Across 27. Little pest
15 Across 28. Animal with a white rump
16 Across 30. Highlands hat
17 Across 31. Epitome of simplicity
18 Across 33. Binge
19 Across 35. "I'll ___ you!"
20 Across 36. Pop-pop
21 Across 39. Country sharing the world's longest international border
22 Across 41. Showed great pride, in a way
23 Across 42. Desirable Vegas couple?
24 Across 43. Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people
25 Across 47. ___ Blaster (toy)
26 Across 48. Inconsequential
27 Across 49. Journeys by foot
28 Across 50. Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?
29 Across 51. Exemplar
30 Across 53. Having a strong sense of direction?
31 Across 57. Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief
32 Across 58. Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins
33 Across 63. Like a revving engine
34 Across 64. Skater Midori
35 Across 65. Words after "ding, ding, ding"
36 Across 66. With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)
37 Across 68. See 66-Across
38 Across 70. Bronzed
39 Across 71. Not just yet
40 Across 72. Abjures
41 Across 73. Target of urban renewal, say

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Place for a pencil sharpener"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: D__K
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DESK

2 Across: "5. Argentine plain"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: P___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAMPA

3 Across: "10. Prayer leader"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: I__M
  • Similar words: imaum
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IMAM

4 Across: "14. Droves"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: A__N
  • Similar words: Aten
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATON

5 Across: "15. Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: A___L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARIEL

6 Across: "16. Come to"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: W__E
  • Similar words: arouse, heat
  • Opposite of: fall asleep
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WAKE

7 Across: "17. Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SHUE

8 Across: "18. What pulls out all the stops?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: D___O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DRANO

9 Across: "19. Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: O__A
  • Similar words: okra plant, lady's-finger
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OKRA

10 Across: "20. Start illegally, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: H_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HOTWIRE

11 Across: "22. What every baseball inning starts with"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: N_____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOONEON

12 Across: "24. "Kind of" suffix"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'H'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ISH

13 Across: "25. Shore up the ranks"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'F'
  • Word pattern: R_____F
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RESTAFF

14 Across: "27. Little pest"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: pismire, emmet
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANT

15 Across: "28. Animal with a white rump"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'K'
  • Similar words: European elk, Alces alces
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ELK

16 Across: "30. Highlands hat"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'M'
  • Similar words: tam-o'-shanter, tammy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a woolen cap of Scottish origin
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAM

17 Across: "31. Epitome of simplicity"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
  • Similar words: alphabet, ABCs
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ABC

18 Across: "33. Binge"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S___E
  • Similar words: fling
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a brief indulgence of your impulses
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SPREE

19 Across: "35. "I'll ___ you!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: litigate, process
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SUE

20 Across: "36. Pop-pop"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: G___P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GRAMP

21 Across: "39. Country sharing the world's longest international border"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: C____A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CANADA

22 Across: "41. Showed great pride, in a way"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: B____D
  • Similar words: radiate, beam
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEAMED

23 Across: "42. Desirable Vegas couple?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: adept, champion
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACES

24 Across: "43. Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: T___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAHOE

25 Across: "47. ___ Blaster (toy)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'F'
  • Word pattern: N__F
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NERF

26 Across: "48. Inconsequential"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M__E
  • Similar words: bare, simple
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small pond of standing water
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MERE

27 Across: "49. Journeys by foot"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • Similar words: trek
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TREKS

28 Across: "50. Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: D__S
  • Similar words: MD, medico
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a licensed medical practitioner
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOCS

29 Across: "51. Exemplar"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: P_____N
  • Similar words: idol, nonesuch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PARAGON

30 Across: "53. Having a strong sense of direction?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: B___Y
  • Similar words: magisterial, peremptory
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BOSSY

31 Across: "57. Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARO

32 Across: "58. Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O___S
  • Similar words: sea wolf, grampus
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ORCAS

33 Across: "63. Like a revving engine"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: A___R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AROAR

34 Across: "64. Skater Midori"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ITO

35 Across: "65. Words after "ding, ding, ding""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: T___T
  • Similar words: wassail, pledge
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: slices of bread that have been toasted
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOAST

36 Across: "66. With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: D_____G
  • Similar words: defy, withstand
  • Opposite of: lend oneself
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: resist or confront with resistance
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DEFYING

37 Across: "68. See 66-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: G_____Y
  • Similar words: gravitation, solemnity
  • Opposite of: levity
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GRAVITY

38 Across: "70. Bronzed"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: G_____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOTATAN

39 Across: "71. Not just yet"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: L_____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LATERON

40 Across: "72. Abjures"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E_____S
  • Similar words: eschew, shun
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ESCHEWS

41 Across: "73. Target of urban renewal, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: something very ugly and offensive
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EYESORE

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 41 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

About This Page: We provide comprehensive Across clues solutions and hints for the NYT Crossword to help you improve your solving skills. This site is not affiliated with The New York Times.

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October 30, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

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. Place for a pencil sharpener 4
2A 5. Argentine plain 5
3A 10. Prayer leader 4
4A 14. Droves 4
5A 15. Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world" 5
6A 16. Come to 4
7A 17. Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth 4
8A 18. What pulls out all the stops? 5
9A 19. Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers" 4
10A 20. Start illegally, say 7
11A 22. What every baseball inning starts with 7
12A 24. "Kind of" suffix 3
13A 25. Shore up the ranks 7
14A 27. Little pest 3
15A 28. Animal with a white rump 3
16A 30. Highlands hat 3
17A 31. Epitome of simplicity 3
18A 33. Binge 5
19A 35. "I'll ___ you!" 3
20A 36. Pop-pop 5
21A 39. Country sharing the world's longest international border 6
22A 41. Showed great pride, in a way 6
23A 42. Desirable Vegas couple? 4
24A 43. Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people 5
25A 47. ___ Blaster (toy) 4
26A 48. Inconsequential 4
27A 49. Journeys by foot 5
28A 50. Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally? 4
29A 51. Exemplar 7
30A 53. Having a strong sense of direction? 5
31A 57. Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief 3
32A 58. Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins 5
33A 63. Like a revving engine 5
34A 64. Skater Midori 3
35A 65. Words after "ding, ding, ding" 5
36A 66. With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right) 7
37A 68. See 66-Across 7
38A 70. Bronzed 7
39A 71. Not just yet 7
40A 72. Abjures 7
41A 73. Target of urban renewal, say 7

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Place for a pencil sharpener"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DESK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "5. Argentine plain"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PAMPA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "10. Prayer leader"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for shiites an imam is a recognized authority on islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
  • Similar words include: imaum
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IMAM

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "14. Droves"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
  • Similar words include: Aten
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATON

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5A: "15. Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARIEL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6A: "16. Come to"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
  • Similar words include: viewing, ignite, fire up
  • Opposite of: sleep, cause to sleep
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WAKE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7A: "17. Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHUE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8A: "18. What pulls out all the stops?"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DRANO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "19. Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
  • Similar words include: gumbo, lady's-finger, okra plant
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OKRA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10A: "20. Start illegally, say"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HOTWIRE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11A: "22. What every baseball inning starts with"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOONEON

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12A: "24. "Kind of" suffix"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ISH

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13A: "25. Shore up the ranks"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RESTAFF

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14A: "27. Little pest"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Similar words include: pismire, emmet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15A: "28. Animal with a white rump"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

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: moose, Cervus elaphus canadensis, Alces alces
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ELK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16A: "30. Highlands hat"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a woolen cap of scottish origin
  • Similar words include: tammy, tam-o'-shanter
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TAM

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17A: "31. Epitome of simplicity"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
  • Similar words include: first principle, ABCs, rudiment
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ABC

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18A: "33. Binge"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a brief indulgence of your impulses
  • Similar words include: fling
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPREE

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19A: "35. "I'll ___ you!""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
  • Similar words include: action, process, Eugene Sue
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUE

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20A: "36. Pop-pop"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRAMP

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21A: "39. Country sharing the world's longest international border"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a nation in northern north america; the french were the first europeans to settle in mainland canada
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: CANADA

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22A: "41. Showed great pride, in a way"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
  • Similar words include: beam, radiate, broadcast
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: BEAMED

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23A: "42. Desirable Vegas couple?"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: adept, sensation, nail
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACES

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24A: "43. Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAHOE

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25A: "47. ___ Blaster (toy)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NERF

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26A: "48. Inconsequential"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small pond of standing water
  • Similar words include: simple, bare
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MERE

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27A: "49. Journeys by foot"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
  • Similar words include: trek
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREKS

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28A: "50. Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
  • Similar words include: Department of Commerce, medico, Commerce Department
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOCS

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29A: "51. Exemplar"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
  • Similar words include: perfection, nonsuch, nonpareil
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: PARAGON

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30A: "53. Having a strong sense of direction?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
  • Similar words include: dominating, peremptory, high-and-mighty
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOSSY

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31A: "57. Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARO

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32A: "58. Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • Similar words include: orca, sea wolf, killer
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORCAS

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33A: "63. Like a revving engine"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: AROAR

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34A: "64. Skater Midori"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO

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35A: "65. Words after "ding, ding, ding""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that slices of bread that have been toasted
  • Similar words include: salute, crispen, goner
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOAST

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36A: "66. With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that resist or confront with resistance
  • Similar words include: withstand, refuse, dare
  • Opposite of: lend oneself
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Answer: DEFYING

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37A: "68. See 66-Across"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; ; ; --albert einstein
  • Similar words include: gravitational attraction, soberness, gravitational force
  • Opposite of: levity
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Answer: GRAVITY

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38A: "70. Bronzed"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOTATAN

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39A: "71. Not just yet"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: LATERON

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40A: "72. Abjures"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
  • Similar words include: shun, eschew
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: ESCHEWS

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41A: "73. Target of urban renewal, say"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something very ugly and offensive
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: EYESORE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Soup stock in Japanese cuisine 5
2D 2. *The ones over there 5
3D 3. Washington, Jefferson or Madison 10
4D 4. Already heard, say 4
5D 5. *One selling commercial time, informally 5
6D 6. Takes in 7
7D 7. The Marlins, on scoreboards 3
8D 8. Lewis Carroll or George Orwell 7
9D 9. *It's used to scrub in the tub 5
10D 10. Jubilant postgame report 4
11D 11. Show up unannounced? 10
12D 12. *Some Scandinavian money 5
13D 13. Indicated 5
14D 21. Irritated 5
15D 23. Old enough 5
16D 26. Symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius 3
17D 29. *Stand before a meeting 5
18D 32. *Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher 5
19D 33. One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised" 4
20D 34. Rate 4
21D 37. Chicago exchange, for short 4
22D 38. Certain attachments 4
23D 40. Flour used in Indian flatbreads 4
24D 41. Kiss in a telenovela 4
25D 44. Calls to court 8
26D 45. *Your home 5
27D 46. Voice command to an Android device 8
28D 51. Fool's gold 6
29D 52. Write, as music 6
30D 53. Symbol of authority 5
31D 54. Small dessert sandwiches 5
32D 55. Left of center? 5
33D 56. Get ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhaps 5
34D 59. Wanders 5
35D 60. World capital on the world's longest river 5
36D 61. Family name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York City 5
37D 62. Composer Jule 5
38D 67. Slangy refusal 3
39D 69. Fish also known as a batomorph 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Soup stock in Japanese cuisine"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DASHI

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2D: "2. *The ones over there"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETHOS

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3D: "3. Washington, Jefferson or Madison"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an american who lives in the south
  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: SOUTHERNER

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4D: "4. Already heard, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
  • Similar words include: recognize, have it away, roll in the hay
  • Opposite of: ignore
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KNEW

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5D: "5. *One selling commercial time, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a chaplain in one of the military services
  • Similar words include: Father, Holy Joe, military chaplain
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PADRE

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6D: "6. Takes in"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
  • Similar words include: nail, nab, apprehend
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARRESTS

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7D: "7. The Marlins, on scoreboards"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIA

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8D: "8. Lewis Carroll or George Orwell"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: PENNAME

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9D: "9. *It's used to scrub in the tub"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that remote in manner
  • Similar words include: distant, upstage
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALOOF

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10D: "10. Jubilant postgame report"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IWON

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11D: "11. Show up unannounced?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAKEACAMEO

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12D: "12. *Some Scandinavian money"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in northeastern ohio; the heart of the united states rubber industry
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AKRON

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13D: "13. Indicated"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that mean or intend to express or convey
  • Similar words include: signify, think of, think
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MEANT

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14D: "21. Irritated"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irritate or vex
  • Similar words include: irk, gall
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRKED

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15D: "23. Old enough"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OFAGE

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16D: "26. Symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAU

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17D: "29. *Stand before a meeting"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
  • Similar words include: let, rental, engage
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEASE

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18D: "32. *Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a name given to a product or service
  • Similar words include: brandmark, post, blade
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRAND

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19D: "33. One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
  • Similar words include: bunco, gyp, con
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SCAM

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20D: "34. Rate"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
  • Similar words include: footstep, gait, rate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PACE

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21D: "37. Chicago exchange, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MERC

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22D: "38. Certain attachments"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PDFS

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23D: "40. Flour used in Indian flatbreads"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATTA

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24D: "41. Kiss in a telenovela"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BESO

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25D: "44. Calls to court"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that call before a court to answer an indictment
  • Similar words include: arraign
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARRAIGNS

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26D: "45. *Your home"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the locus of feelings and intuitions
  • Similar words include: affectionateness, heart and soul, spunk
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HEART

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27D: "46. Voice command to an Android device"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: OKGOOGLE

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28D: "51. Fool's gold"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
  • Similar words include: iron pyrite, fool's gold
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PYRITE

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29D: "52. Write, as music"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that put into notation, as of music or choreography
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOTATE

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30D: "53. Symbol of authority"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BADGE

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31D: "54. Small dessert sandwiches"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
  • Similar words include: oreo, oreo cookie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OREOS

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32D: "55. Left of center?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOFTC

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33D: "56. Get ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhaps"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SAYAH

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34D: "59. Wanders"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • Similar words include: stray, tramp, roll
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ROVES

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35D: "60. World capital on the world's longest river"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a town at the southern tip of illinois at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers
  • Similar words include: Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt, Al Qahira
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CAIRO

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36D: "61. Family name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York City"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
  • Similar words include: Viscountess Astor, John Jacob Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASTOR

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37D: "62. Composer Jule"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STYNE

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38D: "67. Slangy refusal"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NAW

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39D: "69. Fish also known as a batomorph"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
  • Similar words include: beam, irradiate, shaft of light
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAY

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

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

Use Cross-References

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

Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

41 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
80 Total Clues

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