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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (32 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (44 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. Appropriate answer for 1-Across | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Have the sense of | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Females shepherded by shepherds | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Fuel-bearing ship | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Leer at | 4 |
| 6A | 16. One piece of a three-piece suit | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief | 3 |
| 9A | 21. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song) | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Happen afterward | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Some limb-moving muscles | 9 |
| 12A | 27. Kids' items at a day care in Derby | 14 |
| 13A | 32. Pack tightly | 5 |
| 14A | 33. Spanish for "this" | 4 |
| 15A | 34. Pod tidbit | 3 |
| 16A | 35. Spoke to a convention, say | 6 |
| 17A | 37. Members of the aristocracy | 6 |
| 18A | 40. Establishment that might offer free breakfast | 3 |
| 19A | 41. Quaint lead-in to while | 4 |
| 20A | 45. Leads off | 5 |
| 21A | 46. Areas on a map of Manchester | 14 |
| 22A | 50. Sudden, widespread appearances of illness | 9 |
| 23A | 51. Live (in) | 5 |
| 24A | 54. "Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation) | 3 |
| 25A | 55. Butcher's discard | 3 |
| 26A | 58. "Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?" | 15 |
| 27A | 63. Laura of "Jurassic Park" | 4 |
| 28A | 64. A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly | 4 |
| 29A | 65. Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction | 5 |
| 30A | 66. Force holding us onto Earth, informally | 4 |
| 31A | 67. Pepsi alternative | 4 |
| 32A | 68. Be present | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Appropriate answer for 1-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the beginning of anything
- Similar words include: originate, bug out, pop
- Opposite of: finish, end
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Answer: START
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2A: "6. Have the sense of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intuitive awareness; or
- Similar words include: look, finger, flavour
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FEEL
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3A: "10. Females shepherded by shepherds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Similar words include: ewe, Ewe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWES
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4A: "14. Fuel-bearing ship"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a worker who oils engines or machinery
- Similar words include: tanker, oil well, tank ship
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OILER
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5A: "15. Leer at"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that look at with amorous intentions
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGLE
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6A: "16. One piece of a three-piece suit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
- Similar words include: robe, undershirt, invest
- Opposite of: divest
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Answer: VEST
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7A: "17. Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
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8A: "20. Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
- Similar words include: Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, Al
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALS
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9A: "21. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of address for a married woman
- Similar words include: Mrs., Mr., Mister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRS
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10A: "22. Happen afterward"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
- Similar words include: result
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENSUE
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11A: "23. Some limb-moving muscles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
- Similar words include: kidnapper, abductor muscle, snatcher
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ABDUCTORS
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12A: "27. Kids' items at a day care in Derby"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: COLOURINGBOOKS
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13A: "32. Pack tightly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JAMIN
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14A: "33. Spanish for "this""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESTE
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15A: "34. Pod tidbit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Similar words include: pea plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEA
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16A: "35. Spoke to a convention, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that talk pompously
- Similar words include: orate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORATED
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17A: "37. Members of the aristocracy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- Similar words include: elite, elite group
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELITES
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18A: "40. Establishment that might offer free breakfast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Similar words include: auberge, lodge, hostelry
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INN
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19A: "41. Quaint lead-in to while"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at a previous time
- Similar words include: erstwhile, once, formerly
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERST
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20A: "45. Leads off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: unfold, give, clear
- Opposite of: fold, close
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Answer: OPENS
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21A: "46. Areas on a map of Manchester"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a surrounding or nearby region
- Similar words include: neck of the woods, vicinity, locality
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: NEIGHBOURHOODS
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22A: "50. Sudden, widespread appearances of illness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- Similar words include: irruption, outbreak, eruption
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OUTBREAKS
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23A: "51. Live (in)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
- Similar words include: brood, inhabit, harp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DWELL
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24A: "54. "Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
- Similar words include: ml, Swedish mile, cc
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIL
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25A: "55. Butcher's discard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- Similar words include: rich, adipose tissue, blubber
- Opposite of: thin, leanness
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Answer: FAT
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26A: "58. "Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: OHYOUAREBRITISH
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27A: "63. Laura of "Jurassic Park""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DERN
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28A: "64. A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a statute in draft before it becomes law
- Similar words include: card, account, circular
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BILL
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29A: "65. Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that czech novelist who wrote in german about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
- Similar words include: Franz Kafka
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KAFKA
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30A: "66. Force holding us onto Earth, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONEG
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31A: "67. Pepsi alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- Similar words include: snow, C, Coca Cola
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COKE
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32A: "68. Be present"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have an existence, be extant
- Similar words include: live, be, survive
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EXIST
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Divan | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Tens or ones place? | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Lead-in to "poor Yorick!" | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Al Sharpton's title, for short | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut | 8 |
| 6D | 6. "Absolutely!" | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Sense of self | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Do-over at serving | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "Nevertheless ..." | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Marries | 4 |
| 12D | 12. One son of Isaac and Rebekah | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Bacterial eye malady | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Pakistani language | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Chervil or chive | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Touched down | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Stool pigeons, in police shorthand | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Explosive inits. | 3 |
| 19D | 26. Kind of arch in architecture | 4 |
| 20D | 27. ___ asada | 5 |
| 21D | 28. Resident of a Mideast sultanate | 5 |
| 22D | 29. Chose, with "for" | 5 |
| 23D | 30. Wails | 5 |
| 24D | 31. Give some lip to | 4 |
| 25D | 32. Sign up for | 4 |
| 26D | 36. Some are said to be "swimming" in this | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Resemble | 8 |
| 28D | 39. Ways to raise capital, in brief | 4 |
| 29D | 42. Lowe on TV | 3 |
| 30D | 43. Big ___, West Coast tourist destination | 3 |
| 31D | 44. Shake with fear | 7 |
| 32D | 47. Sandlot QB's order to a receiver | 6 |
| 33D | 48. Streaming service owned by Disney | 4 |
| 34D | 49. Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Birdbrain | 4 |
| 36D | 52. "At what time?" | 4 |
| 37D | 53. Brontë heroine | 4 |
| 38D | 55. Popular female poodle name | 4 |
| 39D | 56. Inquires | 4 |
| 40D | 57. Word after "Copy" or "Fancy" | 4 |
| 41D | 59. Airer of "The View" | 3 |
| 42D | 60. Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration | 3 |
| 43D | 61. Wapiti, by another name | 3 |
| 44D | 62. Put a burden on | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Divan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upholstered seat for more than one person
- Similar words include: lounge, couch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOFA
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2D: "2. Tens or ones place?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- Similar words include: cashbox, public treasury, trough
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TILL
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3D: "3. Lead-in to "poor Yorick!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Similar words include: regrettably, unluckily, ala
- Opposite of: fortunately, luckily
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Answer: ALAS
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4D: "4. Al Sharpton's title, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: rpm, revolutions per minute, rev up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REV
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5D: "5. Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a u-shaped slide
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TROMBONE
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6D: "6. "Absolutely!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FORSURE
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7D: "7. Sense of self"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: self-importance, self, egotism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGO
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8D: "8. Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Similar words include: pixy, gremlin, extremely low frequency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELF
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9D: "9. Do-over at serving"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Similar words include: Army of the Pure, lease, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
- Opposite of: disallow, prevent
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Answer: LET
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10D: "10. "Nevertheless ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EVENSO
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11D: "11. Marries"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
- Similar words include: splice, Midweek, hook up with
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WEDS
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12D: "12. One son of Isaac and Rebekah"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESAU
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13D: "13. Bacterial eye malady"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: sty, eye infection, hordeolum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE
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14D: "18. Pakistani language"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the official literary language of pakistan, closely related to hindi; widely used in india (mostly by moslems); written in arabic script
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URDU
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15D: "19. Chervil or chive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
- Similar words include: herbaceous plant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HERB
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16D: "23. Touched down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIT
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17D: "24. Stool pigeons, in police shorthand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
- Similar words include: Commonwealth of Independent States, curie, Ci
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CIS
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18D: "25. Explosive inits."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Similar words include: trinitrotoluene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TNT
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19D: "26. Kind of arch in architecture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a molding that (in section) has the shape of an s with the convex part above and the concave part below
- Similar words include: cyma reversa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGEE
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20D: "27. ___ asada"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CARNE
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21D: "28. Resident of a Mideast sultanate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of oman
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMANI
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22D: "29. Chose, with "for""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that select as an alternative over another
- Similar words include: choose, opt, prefer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPTED
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23D: "30. Wails"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
- Similar words include: keen, lament
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KEENS
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24D: "31. Give some lip to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- Similar words include: lip, back talk, Special Air Service
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SASS
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25D: "32. Sign up for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- Similar words include: articulation, joint, junction
- Opposite of: disjoin
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Answer: JOIN
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26D: "36. Some are said to be "swimming" in this"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of owing something (especially money)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEBT
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27D: "38. Resemble"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOOKLIKE
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28D: "39. Ways to raise capital, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Similar words include: initial offering, initial public offering, IPO
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPOS
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29D: "42. Lowe on TV"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- Similar words include: overcharge, gazump, soak
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: ROB
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30D: "43. Big ___, West Coast tourist destination"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
- Similar words include: Tyre
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUR
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31D: "44. Shake with fear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- Similar words include: shake, shiver
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TREMBLE
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32D: "47. Sandlot QB's order to a receiver"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOLONG
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33D: "48. Streaming service owned by Disney"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HULU
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34D: "49. Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
- Similar words include: hairsbreadth, pilus, hair's-breadth
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAIR
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35D: "51. Birdbrain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
- Similar words include: fogy, fogey, Raphus cucullatus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DODO
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36D: "52. "At what time?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WHEN
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37D: "53. Brontë heroine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Similar words include: Lake Eyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYRE
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38D: "55. Popular female poodle name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FIFI
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39D: "56. Inquires"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inquire about
- Similar words include: expect, demand, ask
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: ASKS
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40D: "57. Word after "Copy" or "Fancy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAT
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41D: "59. Airer of "The View""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Similar words include: alphabet, ABC's, rudiment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABC
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42D: "60. Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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43D: "61. Wapiti, by another name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Similar words include: Alces alces, wapiti, red deer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELK
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44D: "62. Put a burden on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
- Similar words include: revenue enhancement, assess, taxation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAX
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Today's Puzzle Stats
32 Across Clues
44 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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