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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Take a quick turn | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Sound from a monitor | 4 |
| 3A | 8. One who's definitely not being invited to the party | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Letters indicating a texter's P.O.V. | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Fried side dish with catfish, perhaps | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Cough drop brand whose name is yodeled in its commercials | 6 |
| 7A | 17. Mafia members, e.g. | 8 |
| 8A | 19. Gave a talking to? | 6 |
| 9A | 20. Tiptoed, say | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Bamboozle | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr. | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Messenger | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Alimony recipients, say | 9 |
| 14A | 28. Boil ... or a sign of boiling | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Important travel info, in brief | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Dessert often eaten before the ides of March | 3 |
| 17A | 33. Hold up | 5 |
| 18A | 35. "Light" weapon | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Verbalized shivers | 4 |
| 20A | 41. Drinks at a pub | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Kind of bean used in Egyptian falafel | 4 |
| 22A | 44. ___ Ingebrigtsen, track gold medalist at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics | 5 |
| 23A | 46. Teary-eyed expression | 5 |
| 24A | 48. In need of training, say | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Collect over and over, as resources in a video game | 4 |
| 26A | 51. Pass, as time doing something | 5 |
| 27A | 53. 11th of a noted 12 | 8 |
| 28A | 57. Was especially wintry | 6 |
| 29A | 60. Part of a slider | 3 |
| 30A | 61. ___ Roy, "Succession" role for which Kieran Culkin won an Emmy | 5 |
| 31A | 63. "It is not enough to be industrious; ___ the ants": Henry David Thoreau | 5 |
| 32A | 64. Smallest member of the genus Lynx | 6 |
| 33A | 66. Evaluating, as an opponent ... or a hint to "fitting" the answers to the italicized clues into the grid | 8 |
| 34A | 68. Uncommon color on the red carpet | 6 |
| 35A | 69. Draw together, as brows | 4 |
| 36A | 70. Decline cookies, say, with "out" | 3 |
| 37A | 71. Soaked up the sun | 6 |
| 38A | 72. ___ Pictures (media giant) | 4 |
| 39A | 73. Last term in a math lecture series? | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Take a quick turn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- Similar words include: zig, zigzag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZAG
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2A: "4. Sound from a monitor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- Similar words include: blare, toot, claxon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEEP
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3A: "8. One who's definitely not being invited to the party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is rejected (from society or home)
- Similar words include: Ishmael, outcast, castaway
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PARIAH
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4A: "14. Letters indicating a texter's P.O.V."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Similar words include: International Maritime Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMO
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5A: "15. Fried side dish with catfish, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Similar words include: okra plant, gumbo, lady's-finger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKRA
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6A: "16. Cough drop brand whose name is yodeled in its commercials"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RICOLA
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7A: "17. Mafia members, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a criminal who is a member of gang
- Similar words include: gangster, mobster
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MOBSTERS
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8A: "19. Gave a talking to?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that talk pompously
- Similar words include: orate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORATED
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9A: "20. Tiptoed, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- Similar words include: cringe, mouse, cower
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CREPT
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10A: "21. Bamboozle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
- Similar words include: pulpit, rostrum, ambo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STUMP
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11A: "23. Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVE
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12A: "24. Messenger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (formal) a person who announces important news
- Similar words include: forerunner, trumpeter, precursor
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HERALD
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13A: "26. Alimony recipients, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: EXSPOUSES
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14A: "28. Boil ... or a sign of boiling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
- Similar words include: steam clean, steamer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEAM
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15A: "30. Important travel info, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
- Similar words include: explosive trace detection, ETD
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETDS
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16A: "31. Dessert often eaten before the ides of March"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIE
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17A: "33. Hold up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- Similar words include: stand, stalling, shillyshally
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STALL
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18A: "35. "Light" weapon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
- Similar words include: sabre, cavalry sword
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SABER
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19A: "39. Verbalized shivers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRRS
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20A: "41. Drinks at a pub"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Similar words include: ale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALES
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21A: "43. Kind of bean used in Egyptian falafel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FAVA
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22A: "44. ___ Ingebrigtsen, track gold medalist at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JAKOB
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23A: "46. Teary-eyed expression"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMSAD
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24A: "48. In need of training, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- Similar words include: newfangled, novel, newly
- Opposite of: worn, old
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Answer: NEW
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25A: "49. Collect over and over, as resources in a video game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
- Similar words include: grow, raise, produce
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FARM
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26A: "51. Pass, as time doing something"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass time in a specific way
- Similar words include: pass, drop, expend
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPEND
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27A: "53. 11th of a noted 12"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in aquarius
- Similar words include: Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AQUARIUS
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28A: "57. Was especially wintry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fall as snow
- Similar words include: snow, bamboozle, lead by the nose
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNOWED
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29A: "60. Part of a slider"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- Similar words include: roll
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUN
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30A: "61. ___ Roy, "Succession" role for which Kieran Culkin won an Emmy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a resident of modern rome
- Similar words include: romish, popish, papistic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROMAN
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31A: "63. "It is not enough to be industrious; ___ the ants": Henry David Thoreau"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOARE
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32A: "64. Smallest member of the genus Lynx"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small lynx of north america
- Similar words include: Lynx rufus, bay lynx
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BOBCAT
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33A: "66. Evaluating, as an opponent ... or a hint to "fitting" the answers to the italicized clues into the grid"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SIZINGUP
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34A: "68. Uncommon color on the red carpet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
- Similar words include: orangeness, orange tree, Orange River
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORANGE
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35A: "69. Draw together, as brows"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fabric made by knitting
- Similar words include: pucker, plain, rumple
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNIT
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36A: "70. Decline cookies, say, with "out""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that select as an alternative over another
- Similar words include: choose, prefer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPT
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37A: "71. Soaked up the sun"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- Similar words include: bronze, suntanned, bronzed
- Opposite of: untanned
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Answer: TANNED
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38A: "72. ___ Pictures (media giant)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SONY
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39A: "73. Last term in a math lecture series?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Similar words include: n-th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NTH
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. 0 | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Love of Bologna | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Fly off the handle | 9 |
| 4D | 4. They might have deposits | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Pull (out), as a narrow victory | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Makes an oopsie | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Sticky stuff | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Query for Claude, e.g. | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Apple accessory announced alongside the removal of the iPhone's headphone jack | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Record label owned by 72-Across | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Littlest bits | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Motrin alternative | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Epitome of a hot place | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Reacted to a bad taste, perhaps | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Like a bike without wheels | 7 |
| 16D | 25. "Gold" of the 21st century | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Org. focused on cloud security? | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Five stars on a scale, typically | 7 |
| 19D | 31. Sandwich that may be a bit crunchy, for short | 3 |
| 20D | 32. Apt name for an investor | 3 |
| 21D | 34. A.I. that has been trained with massive amounts of text, in brief | 3 |
| 22D | 36. Something to jump on | 9 |
| 23D | 37. Many a sleepless night | 3 |
| 24D | 38. Untapped, as talent | 3 |
| 25D | 40. Casual gaming site? | 4 |
| 26D | 42. Drains the life out of | 4 |
| 27D | 45. Overwhelming stream | 7 |
| 28D | 47. Compactness | 7 |
| 29D | 50. Ran amok | 6 |
| 30D | 52. Lunchtime, say | 4 |
| 31D | 53. Monastic superior | 5 |
| 32D | 54. Website that describes itself as "a place to share knowledge and better understand the world" | 5 |
| 33D | 55. Allow to post on a forum again, e.g. | 5 |
| 34D | 56. Uses caution while in public during flu season, say | 5 |
| 35D | 58. Go off with a bang | 5 |
| 36D | 59. Consideration when diving | 5 |
| 37D | 62. El ___ | 4 |
| 38D | 65. Channel that pioneered 24-hour TV reporting | 3 |
| 39D | 67. Grape whose "white" wine is actually pink, informally | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. 0"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: null, cipher, zip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZILCH
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2D: "2. Love of Bologna"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMORE
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3D: "3. Fly off the handle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GOBERSERK
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4D: "4. They might have deposits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- Similar words include: bottleful, bottle, feeding bottle
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BOTTLES
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5D: "5. Pull (out), as a narrow victory"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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6D: "6. Makes an oopsie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: drift, mistake, slip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERRS
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7D: "7. Sticky stuff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- Similar words include: glue, spread, library paste
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PASTE
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8D: "8. Query for Claude, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
- Similar words include: quick, propel, instigate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PROMPT
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9D: "9. Apple accessory announced alongside the removal of the iPhone's headphone jack"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AIRPODS
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10D: "10. Record label owned by 72-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RCA
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11D: "11. Littlest bits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Similar words include: smidgin, smidgen, smidgeon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IOTAS
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12D: "12. Motrin alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks aleve and anaprox and aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
- Similar words include: Anaprox, naproxen sodium, Aflaxen
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEVE
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13D: "13. Epitome of a hot place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of zeus and husband of persephone
- Similar words include: infernal region, Pluto, Hell
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HADES
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14D: "18. Reacted to a bad taste, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
- Similar words include: spatter, pitter-patter, patter
- Opposite of: boo
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Answer: SPAT
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15D: "22. Like a bike without wheels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
- Opposite of: useful
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: USELESS
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16D: "25. "Gold" of the 21st century"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- Similar words include: information, datum, data point
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DATA
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17D: "27. Org. focused on cloud security?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the airforce of the united states of america; the agency that defends the united states through control and exploitation of air and space
- Similar words include: Air Force, US Air Force, United States Air Force
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USAF
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18D: "29. Five stars on a scale, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest possible quantity
- Similar words include: uttermost, level best, maximal
- Opposite of: minimum, minimal
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Answer: MAXIMUM
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19D: "31. Sandwich that may be a bit crunchy, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PBJ
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20D: "32. Apt name for an investor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: wrath, anger, ire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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21D: "34. A.I. that has been trained with massive amounts of text, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advanced law degree
- Similar words include: Master of Laws
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LLM
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22D: "36. Something to jump on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a popular trend that attracts growing support
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BANDWAGON
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23D: "37. Many a sleepless night"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: evening, eventide, even
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVE
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24D: "38. Untapped, as talent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for nakedness
- Similar words include: new, bare-assed, naked as a jaybird
- Opposite of: cooked
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Answer: RAW
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25D: "40. Casual gaming site?"
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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26D: "42. Drains the life out of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- Similar words include: saphead, sap, muggins
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAPS
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27D: "45. Overwhelming stream"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- Similar words include: bombardment, shelling, battery
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BARRAGE
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28D: "47. Compactness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the amount per unit size
- Similar words include: concentration, compactness, denseness
- Opposite of: distribution
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Answer: DENSITY
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29D: "50. Ran amok"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
- Similar words include: riot, roister, carouse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIOTED
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30D: "52. Lunchtime, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the middle of the day
- Similar words include: noontide, noonday, midday
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOON
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31D: "53. Monastic superior"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the superior of an abbey of monks
- Similar words include: archimandrite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABBOT
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32D: "54. Website that describes itself as "a place to share knowledge and better understand the world""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: QUORA
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33D: "55. Allow to post on a forum again, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNBAN
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34D: "56. Uses caution while in public during flu season, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- Similar words include: masquerade party, block out, dissemble
- Opposite of: unmask
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Answer: MASKS
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35D: "58. Go off with a bang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that start abruptly
- Similar words include: come out, belch, ignite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERUPT
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36D: "59. Consideration when diving"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extent downward or backward or inward
- Similar words include: astuteness, profoundness, profundity
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEPTH
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37D: "62. El ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINO
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38D: "65. Channel that pioneered 24-hour TV reporting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CNN
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39D: "67. Grape whose "white" wine is actually pink, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZIN
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
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