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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (41 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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. Landon who ran against F.D.R. in 1936 | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Big dust-up [1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002] | 5 |
| 3A | 9. "All That ___" | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Broadway actress Phillipa | 3 |
| 5A | 14. Alter, in a way, as a waistband | 6 |
| 6A | 16. It may be big or bright | 4 |
| 7A | 17. In the past | 3 |
| 8A | 18. Big dust-up [1998, 2018] | 6 |
| 9A | 19. Tam-tam, e.g. | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Kind of dish for culturing micro-organisms | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Longs (for) | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Mars, notably [1978, 1986, 2022] | 6 |
| 13A | 27. Comes to | 5 |
| 14A | 31. Little dust-up | 4 |
| 15A | 33. Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Not at all | 6 |
| 17A | 35. Michelin product | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Cinco de Mayo birth, e.g. [1930, 1950] | 6 |
| 19A | 38. Basketball position for a team's tallest player, usually: Abbr. | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Donations for the poor | 4 |
| 21A | 40. How you might feel after a marathon | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Three-player card game | 4 |
| 23A | 42. "Born" in Haiti | 3 |
| 24A | 43. "Lady Bird" director Greta [1954, 1974, 1990, 2014] | 6 |
| 25A | 44. Dog in "The Thin Man" | 4 |
| 26A | 45. Cousin of a flugelhorn | 6 |
| 27A | 47. Suffix with serpent | 3 |
| 28A | 48. Tribe of the Colorado Plateau | 4 |
| 29A | 49. Result | 5 |
| 30A | 50. Japan Airlines hub [1934, 1938, 1982, 2006] | 6 |
| 31A | 52. Ghostly pale | 5 |
| 32A | 55. Univ. of Maryland athletes | 5 |
| 33A | 58. Used one | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Get back for [1966] | 6 |
| 35A | 64. Vietnamese holiday | 3 |
| 36A | 65. Suit in a certain suite | 4 |
| 37A | 66. First name of TV's Mrs. Maisel | 6 |
| 38A | 67. Seat of White Pine County, Nev. | 3 |
| 39A | 68. Deliver up | 4 |
| 40A | 69. Awards for Shohei Ohtani and Caitlin Clark [2010] | 5 |
| 41A | 70. Stereotypical dog's name | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Landon who ran against F.D.R. in 1936"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALF
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2A: "4. Big dust-up [1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an uproarious party
- Similar words include: wrangle, bash, do
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRAWL
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3A: "9. "All That ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- Similar words include: make love, get laid, eff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JAZZ
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4A: "13. Broadway actress Phillipa"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOO
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5A: "14. Alter, in a way, as a waistband"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LETOUT
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6A: "16. It may be big or bright"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Similar words include: theme, thought, estimation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDEA
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7A: "17. In the past"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gone by; or in the past
- Similar words include: agone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AGO
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8A: "18. Big dust-up [1998, 2018]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that noisy quarrel
- Similar words include: fray, ruffle, disturbance
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AFFRAY
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9A: "19. Tam-tam, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
- Similar words include: chime, bell, tam-tam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GONG
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10A: "20. Kind of dish for culturing micro-organisms"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETRI
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11A: "22. Longs (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong sexual desire
- Similar words include: lust, lecherousness, starve
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LUSTS
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12A: "24. Mars, notably [1978, 1986, 2022]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WARGOD
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13A: "27. Comes to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
- Similar words include: awaken, come alive, wake
- Opposite of: sleep, fall asleep
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Answer: WAKES
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14A: "31. Little dust-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
- Similar words include: spatter, spit out, patter
- Opposite of: boo
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Answer: SPAT
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15A: "33. Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENC
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16A: "34. Not at all"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in no manner
- Similar words include: to no degree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOWISE
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17A: "35. Michelin product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
- Similar words include: pall, fag, sap
- Opposite of: refresh, interest
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Answer: TIRE
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18A: "36. Cinco de Mayo birth, e.g. [1930, 1950]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that venezuelan master terrorist raised by a marxist-leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
- Similar words include: Hector Hevodidbon, Sanchez, Bull
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TAURUS
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19A: "38. Basketball position for a team's tallest player, usually: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CTR
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20A: "39. Donations for the poor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that money or goods contributed to the poor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALMS
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21A: "40. How you might feel after a marathon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rub with a circular motion
- Similar words include: wipe, pass over
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WIPED
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22A: "41. Three-player card game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKAT
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23A: "42. "Born" in Haiti"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE
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24A: "43. "Lady Bird" director Greta [1954, 1974, 1990, 2014]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GERWIG
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25A: "44. Dog in "The Thin Man""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTA
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26A: "45. Cousin of a flugelhorn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- Similar words include: horn, trump, trumpet
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CORNET
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27A: "47. Suffix with serpent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INE
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28A: "48. Tribe of the Colorado Plateau"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Similar words include: Ute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UTES
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29A: "49. Result"
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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30A: "50. Japan Airlines hub [1934, 1938, 1982, 2006]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NARITA
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31A: "52. Ghostly pale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - mary w. shelley
- Similar words include: white, blanched, livid
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASHEN
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32A: "55. Univ. of Maryland athletes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TERPS
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33A: "58. Used one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an article deposited as security
- Similar words include: soak, cat's-paw, hock
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAWN
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34A: "61. Get back for [1966]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take revenge for a perceived wrong
- Similar words include: retaliate, revenge
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AVENGE
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35A: "64. Vietnamese holiday"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TET
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36A: "65. Suit in a certain suite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the chief executive department of the united states government
- Similar words include: White House
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXEC
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37A: "66. First name of TV's Mrs. Maisel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MIRIAM
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38A: "67. Seat of White Pine County, Nev."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELY
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39A: "68. Deliver up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- Similar words include: concede, grant, yield
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CEDE
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40A: "69. Awards for Shohei Ohtani and Caitlin Clark [2010]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: espy, spy, descry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESPYS
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41A: "70. Stereotypical dog's name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- Similar words include: king, male monarch
- Opposite of: female monarch, queen
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Answer: REX
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Quickly!" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Balcony section | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Fluffy slippers, e.g. | 11 |
| 4D | 4. ___ House, residence for visiting dignitaries in Washington | 5 |
| 5D | 5. One making calls, informally | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Antismuggling grp. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Global "club" with only eight members, each of which appears in circled letters with its country code | 15 |
| 8D | 8. Feast offering lomi salmon | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Wikipedia's logo, e.g. | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Hullabaloo | 3 |
| 11D | 11. In a ___ state (fully present) | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Veer quickly | 3 |
| 13D | 15. Notes of appreciation, in online parlance | 3 |
| 14D | 21. Money market account figures | 5 |
| 15D | 23. Deuces | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Lose a water balloon fight, say | 6 |
| 17D | 26. Studio sign | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Online crowdfunding platform | 11 |
| 19D | 29. Biltmore ___, America's largest privately owned home | 6 |
| 20D | 30. Some mattresses | 6 |
| 21D | 31. Batter's position | 6 |
| 22D | 32. Keep adding to a heap | 6 |
| 23D | 34. Motivator, of a sort | 6 |
| 24D | 37. Madrid's ___ Sofía Museum | 5 |
| 25D | 41. Prepare, in a way, as zucchini | 5 |
| 26D | 43. Thousands, in slang | 4 |
| 27D | 46. Subtle difference | 6 |
| 28D | 51. Total count in an online shopping cart | 5 |
| 29D | 53. Sandwich meat option | 3 |
| 30D | 54. "Howards End" daughter | 4 |
| 31D | 56. Only player on three victorious teams in this puzzle | 4 |
| 32D | 57. "Dread river of oath," per Homer | 4 |
| 33D | 58. Upper-body muscle, for short | 3 |
| 34D | 59. Let go | 3 |
| 35D | 60. Hump day: Abbr. | 3 |
| 36D | 62. Chill in the air | 3 |
| 37D | 63. Cheerful | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Quickly!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that as soon as possible
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASAP
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2D: "2. Balcony section"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
- Similar words include: box
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOGE
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3D: "3. Fluffy slippers, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FOOTWARMERS
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4D: "4. ___ House, residence for visiting dignitaries in Washington"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
- Similar words include: Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Tony Blair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLAIR
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5D: "5. One making calls, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
- Similar words include: referee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REF
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6D: "6. Antismuggling grp."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the treasury department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
- Similar words include: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATF
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7D: "7. Global "club" with only eight members, each of which appears in circled letters with its country code"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: WORLDCUPWINNERS
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8D: "8. Feast offering lomi salmon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUAU
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9D: "9. Wikipedia's logo, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut
- Similar words include: fretsaw, scroll saw, saber saw
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: JIGSAW
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10D: "10. Hullabaloo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid active commotion
- Similar words include: fuss, hustle, flurry
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADO
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11D: "11. In a ___ state (fully present)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that school of mahayana buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; china and japan
- Similar words include: superman, battery-acid, loony toons
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZEN
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12D: "12. Veer quickly"
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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13D: "15. Notes of appreciation, in online parlance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TYS
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14D: "21. Money market account figures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)
- Similar words include: shit, rank, pace
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RATES
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15D: "23. Deuces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: 2, two, II
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TWOS
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16D: "25. Lose a water balloon fight, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GETWET
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17D: "26. Studio sign"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONAIR
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18D: "28. Online crowdfunding platform"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: KICKSTARTER
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19D: "29. Biltmore ___, America's largest privately owned home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
- Similar words include: estate of the realm, landed estate, demesne
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ESTATE
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20D: "30. Some mattresses"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERTAS
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21D: "31. Batter's position"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standing posture
- Similar words include: position, posture
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STANCE
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22D: "32. Keep adding to a heap"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PILEON
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23D: "34. Motivator, of a sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who nudges; someone who gives a gentle push
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NUDGER
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24D: "37. Madrid's ___ Sofía Museum"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REINA
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25D: "41. Prepare, in a way, as zucchini"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dish of sauteed food
- Similar words include: sauteed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAUTE
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26D: "43. Thousands, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
- Similar words include: gee, g-force, g
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GEES
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27D: "46. Subtle difference"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- Similar words include: shade, nicety, refinement
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NUANCE
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28D: "51. Total count in an online shopping cart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- Similar words include: item, token, detail
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITEMS
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29D: "53. Sandwich meat option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- Similar words include: ham actor, ham it up, jambon
- Opposite of: underact
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Answer: HAM
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30D: "54. "Howards End" daughter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVIE
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31D: "56. Only player on three victorious teams in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PELE
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32D: "57. "Dread river of oath," per Homer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a river in hades across which charon carried dead souls
- Similar words include: River Styx
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYX
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33D: "58. Upper-body muscle, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEC
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34D: "59. Let go"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Similar words include: ax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AXE
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35D: "60. Hump day: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
- Similar words include: get hitched with, Midweek, splice
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WED
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36D: "62. Chill in the air"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small drink of liquor
- Similar words include: zest, flavor, snip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIP
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37D: "63. Cheerful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- Similar words include: cheery, homo, jocund
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAY
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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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
37 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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