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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (35 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. Get-up | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Exhibiting a green face, stereotypically | 7 |
| 3A | 12. Children's book title character in a green suit | 5 |
| 4A | 13. Ambassador's aide | 7 |
| 5A | 14. Inheritance source, for good or ill | 14 |
| 6A | 16. "Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) | 6 |
| 7A | 17. Prefix with present | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Farm grazer | 3 |
| 9A | 19. "Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes) | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Velociraptor, e.g., informally | 4 |
| 11A | 22. ___ asada | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Followers of the guru Nanak | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Elate | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Some fragrant gifts | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Half ass reply? | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Microscopic | 4 |
| 17A | 32. Weight | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Style with spotty coverage? | 11 |
| 19A | 37. Good market news | 6 |
| 20A | 39. Slip material | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Tally: Abbr. | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Ex- | 4 |
| 23A | 44. Big name in cups | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Contents of a modern flood | 5 |
| 25A | 48. Lock | 5 |
| 26A | 50. Some camera moves | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Commedia dell'___ | 4 |
| 28A | 53. Needing no script | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Deuce follower | 4 |
| 30A | 56. "That's good to hear" | 6 |
| 31A | 58. Home of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block) | 14 |
| 32A | 61. Windflower | 7 |
| 33A | 62. Play again | 5 |
| 34A | 63. Cone holders | 7 |
| 35A | 64. Cost of a hand | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Get-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for clothing
- Similar words include: flop, turkey, dud
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DUDS
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2A: "5. Exhibiting a green face, stereotypically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that experiencing motion sickness
- Similar words include: carsick, airsick, air sick
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEASICK
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3A: "12. Children's book title character in a green suit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of french books for children
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BABAR
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4A: "13. Ambassador's aide"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
- Similar words include: attache case
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATTACHE
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5A: "14. Inheritance source, for good or ill"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: GENETICLOTTERY
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6A: "16. "Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- Similar words include: trust, hope, want
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DESIRE
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7A: "17. Prefix with present"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMNI
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8A: "18. Farm grazer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that female of domestic cattle:
- Similar words include: overawe, moo-cow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COW
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9A: "19. "Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes)"
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: emmet, pismire, ant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTS
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10A: "20. Velociraptor, e.g., informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DINO
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11A: "22. ___ asada"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CARNE
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12A: "24. Followers of the guru Nanak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adherent of sikhism
- Similar words include: Sikh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIKHS
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13A: "26. Elate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to go somewhere
- Similar words include: broadcast, ship, post
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEND
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14A: "28. Some fragrant gifts"
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, lei
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEIS
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15A: "29. Half ass reply?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEE
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16A: "30. Microscopic"
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: lilliputian, petite, flyspeck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TINY
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17A: "32. Weight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the striking of one body against another
- Similar words include: affect, touch, bear on
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMPACT
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18A: "34. Style with spotty coverage?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by georges seurat and his followers late in 19th century france
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: POINTILLISM
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19A: "37. Good market news"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upward movement or trend as in business activity
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPTURN
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20A: "39. Slip material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILK
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21A: "40. Tally: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
- Similar words include: atomic number 78, Pt, platinum
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTS
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22A: "43. Ex-"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time that has elapsed
- Similar words include: yesteryear, by, retiring
- Opposite of: present, future
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Answer: PAST
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23A: "44. Big name in cups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
- Similar words include: alone, unaccompanied
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOLO
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24A: "46. Contents of a modern flood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Similar words include: netmail, electronic mail, e-mail
- Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAIL
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25A: "48. Lock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- Similar words include: plait, twist, braid
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRESS
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26A: "50. Some camera moves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- Similar words include: pan, genus Pan, tear apart
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PANS
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27A: "52. Commedia dell'___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTE
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28A: "53. Needing no script"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
- Similar words include: over-the-counter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OTC
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29A: "54. Deuce follower"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADIN
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30A: "56. "That's good to hear""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMGLAD
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31A: "58. Home of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: PORTLANDOREGON
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32A: "61. Windflower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any woodland plant of the genus anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
- Similar words include: windflower, sea anemone
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANEMONE
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33A: "62. Play again"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REAIR
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34A: "63. Cone holders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
- Similar words include: retina
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RETINAS
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35A: "64. Cost of a hand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Pastry with Austrian origins, despite its name | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Cab alternative | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Passé | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Sanskrit honorific | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Certain ladder climber | 6 |
| 6D | 6. ___ collar | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Ghost story? | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Didn't play | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Place where customers get their licks in? | 14 |
| 10D | 10. Persistent | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Home of the Ernest Hemingway House | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Hidden gem | 14 |
| 13D | 14. One who might say "You wish!" | 5 |
| 14D | 15. Site of America's first roller coaster | 11 |
| 15D | 16. T, in Morse code | 4 |
| 16D | 21. "___ it?" | 4 |
| 17D | 23. Locale for 11 Winter Olympics | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Mix up | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Tzatziki ingredient | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Quality establishments? | 4 |
| 21D | 33. M.C.'s need | 4 |
| 22D | 35. Baseball trio | 4 |
| 23D | 36. Symbol of courage | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Satisfactory | 7 |
| 25D | 38. Epic beginning | 7 |
| 26D | 41. Saturn satellite | 5 |
| 27D | 42. Runners carry it | 4 |
| 28D | 45. Puts in one's two cents | 6 |
| 29D | 47. Smith who has won the Triple Crown of Acting | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Do business? | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Obstacle for Odysseus | 5 |
| 32D | 55. ___ Point, Calif. | 4 |
| 33D | 57. Central point | 4 |
| 34D | 59. "OMG, stop!" | 3 |
| 35D | 60. Pray, in Latin | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Pastry with Austrian origins, despite its name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a scandinavian language that is the official language of denmark
- Similar words include: danish pastry
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DANISH
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2D: "2. Cab alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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3D: "3. Passé"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go on a date with
- Similar words include: go out, date stamp, date
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DATED
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4D: "4. Sanskrit honorific"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRI
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5D: "5. Certain ladder climber"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
- Similar words include: Salmon River, pink-orange, pinkish-orange
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALMON
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6D: "6. ___ collar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETON
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7D: "7. Ghost story?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- Similar words include: dome, Classical Greek, garret
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATTIC
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8D: "8. Didn't play"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: posture, Saturday, model
- Opposite of: stand, arise
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Answer: SAT
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9D: "9. Place where customers get their licks in?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: ICECREAMPARLOR
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10D: "10. Persistent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
- Similar words include: continuing, inveterate
- Opposite of: acute
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Answer: CHRONIC
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11D: "11. Home of the Ernest Hemingway House"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KEYWEST
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12D: "12. Hidden gem"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: BESTKEPTSECRET
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13D: "14. One who might say "You wish!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the koran and believed by muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
- Similar words include: jinni, djinny, djinn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GENIE
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14D: "15. Site of America's first roller coaster"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CONEYISLAND
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15D: "16. T, in Morse code"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distinctive and stylish elegance
- Similar words include: smash, frighten off, flash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DASH
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16D: "21. "___ it?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISNT
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17D: "23. Locale for 11 Winter Olympics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Similar words include: alp, the Alps
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPS
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18D: "25. Mix up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Similar words include: stimulate, arouse, evoke
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STIR
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19D: "27. Tzatziki ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that aromatic old world herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
- Similar words include: Anethum graveolens, dill weed
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DILL
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20D: "31. Quality establishments?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Similar words include: hostel, auberge, inn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INNS
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21D: "33. M.C.'s need"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
- Similar words include: microphone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIKE
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22D: "35. Baseball trio"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- Similar words include: come out, come out of the closet, out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OUTS
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23D: "36. Symbol of courage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
- Similar words include: Panthera leo, Leo, king of beasts
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LION
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24D: "37. Satisfactory"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UPTOPAR
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25D: "38. Epic beginning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PARTONE
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26D: "41. Saturn satellite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- Similar words include: colossus, giant, heavyweight
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TITAN
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27D: "42. Runners carry it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Similar words include: sleigh, sledge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLED
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28D: "45. Puts in one's two cents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- Similar words include: animadvert, speak out, suppose
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OPINES
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29D: "47. Smith who has won the Triple Crown of Acting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAGGIE
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30D: "49. Do business?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gallery where works of art can be displayed
- Similar words include: beauty parlor, beauty salon, beauty parlour
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALON
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31D: "51. Obstacle for Odysseus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
- Similar words include: temptress, femme fatale, enchantress
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIREN
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32D: "55. ___ Point, Calif."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that celtic goddess who was the mother of the tuatha de danann; identified with the welsh don
- Similar words include: Danu
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DANA
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33D: "57. Central point"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
- Similar words include: essence, nub, heart and soul
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEAT
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34D: "59. "OMG, stop!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TMI
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35D: "60. Pray, in Latin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: OS, Os, os
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORA
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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
35 Across Clues
35 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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