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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 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. What a leaky faucet has | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Hands, informally ... or coverings for hands | 5 |
| 3A | 10. "Not another peep out of you!" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Classical Persian poet | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Nebraska home of Creighton University | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Between cruise ports, say | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Intl. oil group | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Like streakers | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Deep blue | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Pale and sickly | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Have an "aha" moment about | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Urged (on) | 5 |
| 13A | 24. One of six, supposedly, for a seer | 5 |
| 14A | 25. "___ Were a Rich Man" | 3 |
| 15A | 26. Rear of a boat | 5 |
| 16A | 27. Lifeless | 9 |
| 17A | 30. Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Video game section | 5 |
| 19A | 34. Pen points | 4 |
| 20A | 38. Number on a dating profile | 3 |
| 21A | 39. Gallops into the sunset, say | 7 |
| 22A | 41. "I've seen better" | 3 |
| 23A | 42. Attend without a date | 6 |
| 24A | 44. Sound in polka music | 6 |
| 25A | 46. Strategic disk game played on a vertical board | 11 |
| 26A | 50. Music genre for James Brown | 4 |
| 27A | 51. Device once used with a Blockbuster rental | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Mission-driven grps., often | 4 |
| 29A | 54. "___ you listening?" | 3 |
| 30A | 55. Who said "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" | 5 |
| 31A | 57. May honoree | 3 |
| 32A | 59. Animal with a "mask" | 7 |
| 33A | 62. A step above amateur | 7 |
| 34A | 65. Peeved | 7 |
| 35A | 66. Like italic type | 7 |
| 36A | 67. With 68-Across, posable plaything ... or a verbal hint to each half of 4-, 7- and 10-Down and 46-Across | 6 |
| 37A | 68. See 67-Across | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. What a leaky faucet has"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- Similar words include: drip mold, dripping, dribble
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DRIP
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2A: "5. Hands, informally ... or coverings for hands"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- Similar words include: baseball mitt, manus, glove
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MITTS
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3A: "10. "Not another peep out of you!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poetic) tranquil silence
- Similar words include: stillness, silence, shut up
- Opposite of: louden
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Answer: HUSH
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4A: "14. Classical Persian poet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUMI
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5A: "15. Nebraska home of Creighton University"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
- Similar words include: Maha
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMAHA
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6A: "16. Between cruise ports, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the direction of the sea
- Similar words include: seawards, seaward
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASEA
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7A: "17. Intl. oil group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Similar words include: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPEC
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8A: "18. Like streakers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that completely unclothed
- Similar words include: au naturel, bare, defenseless
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NAKED
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9A: "19. Deep blue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
- Similar words include: US Navy, naval forces, United States Navy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAVY
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10A: "20. Pale and sickly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
- Similar words include: spiky
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEAKY
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11A: "22. Have an "aha" moment about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- Similar words include: beget, stimulate, puzzle
- Opposite of: leave, take away
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Answer: GET
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12A: "23. Urged (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that throw eggs at
- Similar words include: egg
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EGGED
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13A: "24. One of six, supposedly, for a seer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: mother wit, signified, horse sense
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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14A: "25. "___ Were a Rich Man""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IFI
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15A: "26. Rear of a boat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rear part of a ship
- Similar words include: behind, keister, grim
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STERN
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16A: "27. Lifeless"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
- Similar words include: nonliving, non-living, pulseless
- Opposite of: animate
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Answer: INANIMATE
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17A: "30. Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)
- Similar words include: Julius Marx, Chico, Arthur Marx
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARX
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18A: "33. Video game section"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- Similar words include: plane, tier, level off
- Opposite of: raise
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Answer: LEVEL
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19A: "34. Pen points"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the writing point of a pen
- Similar words include: beak, pen nib, pecker
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIBS
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20A: "38. Number on a dating profile"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: maturate, geezerhood, years
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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21A: "39. Gallops into the sunset, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RIDESON
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22A: "41. "I've seen better""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MEH
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23A: "42. Attend without a date"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOSTAG
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24A: "44. Sound in polka music"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OOMPAH
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25A: "46. Strategic disk game played on a vertical board"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CONNECTFOUR
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26A: "50. Music genre for James Brown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of nervous depression
- Similar words include: cringe, recoil, Casimir Funk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FUNK
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27A: "51. Device once used with a Blockbuster rental"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs
- Similar words include: videocassette recorder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VCR
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28A: "52. Mission-driven grps., often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
- Similar words include: NGO, nongovernmental organization
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NGOS
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29A: "54. "___ you listening?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: be, embody, ar
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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30A: "55. Who said "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for christianity (circa 4 bc - ad 29)
- Similar words include: Savior, Saviour, Jesus of Nazareth
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JESUS
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31A: "57. May honoree"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a mother
- Similar words include: mommy, mama, mummy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOM
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32A: "59. Animal with a "mask""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fur of the north american racoon
- Similar words include: racoon
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RACCOON
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33A: "62. A step above amateur"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis
- Similar words include: semiprofessional
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEMIPRO
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34A: "65. Peeved"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INASNIT
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35A: "66. Like italic type"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lie obliquely
- Similar words include: biased, coloured, colored
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SLANTED
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36A: "67. With 68-Across, posable plaything ... or a verbal hint to each half of 4-, 7- and 10-Down and 46-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- Similar words include: carry through, activity, accomplish
- Opposite of: inactivity, inactiveness
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Answer: ACTION
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37A: "68. See 67-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- Similar words include: project, compute, work out
- Opposite of: ground
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Answer: FIGURE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Is released, as an album | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Currency in Mumbai | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Clarifying phrase | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Interception returned for a touchdown | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Start of the workweek: Abbr. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Saw in one's mind's eye | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Break for a few minutes | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially | 8 |
| 9D | 9. Bummed out | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Surf with one's toes off the front of the board | 7 |
| 11D | 11. What an electric meter measures | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Cut completely | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Joseph called "Father of the Symphony" | 5 |
| 14D | 21. Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era | 3 |
| 15D | 23. Latin "is" | 3 |
| 16D | 28. Put in a row | 5 |
| 17D | 29. Unapproachable | 5 |
| 18D | 30. Newsstand purchase, informally | 3 |
| 19D | 31. In the past | 3 |
| 20D | 32. Feline adoption option | 9 |
| 21D | 35. Spur-of-the-moment | 9 |
| 22D | 36. Arthur of "The Golden Girls" | 3 |
| 23D | 37. "Zip it!" | 3 |
| 24D | 39. Place in a hierarchy | 4 |
| 25D | 40. Midnight's opposite | 4 |
| 26D | 43. Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities | 3 |
| 27D | 45. Starbucks keepsake, perhaps | 3 |
| 28D | 47. Hurdles or high jump, e.g. | 5 |
| 29D | 48. Loops in, digitally | 3 |
| 30D | 49. Secure tightly | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Swiss currency | 5 |
| 32D | 53. How you may feel after a workout vis-à-vis before | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Operatic solo | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Become a member of | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Subject of introspection | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Preset camera option | 4 |
| 37D | 60. ___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries' expectations for forensics) | 3 |
| 38D | 61. Yoko who participated in a bed-in | 3 |
| 39D | 63. ___ tai | 3 |
| 40D | 64. Bank with a lion in its logo | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Is released, as an album"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shape that is spherical and small
- Similar words include: swing, degenerate, sink
- Opposite of: sharpen, attend to
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Answer: DROPS
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2D: "2. Currency in Mumbai"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in sri lanka; equal to 100 cents
- Similar words include: Indian rupee, Nepalese rupee, Pakistani rupee
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RUPEE
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3D: "3. Clarifying phrase"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMEAN
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4D: "4. Interception returned for a touchdown"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PICKSIX
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5D: "5. Start of the workweek: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the second day of the week; the first working day
- Similar words include: Monday
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MON
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6D: "6. Saw in one's mind's eye"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- Similar words include: envisage, opine, suppose
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IMAGINED
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7D: "7. Break for a few minutes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TAKEFIVE
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8D: "8. Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: THETIMES
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9D: "9. Bummed out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
- Similar words include: pitiful, deplorable, lamentable
- Opposite of: glad
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Answer: SAD
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10D: "10. Surf with one's toes off the front of the board"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HANGTEN
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11D: "11. What an electric meter measures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: utilisation, custom, utilization
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USAGE
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12D: "12. Cut completely"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that set or keep apart
- Similar words include: discerp, lop, break up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEVER
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13D: "13. Joseph called "Father of the Symphony""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prolific austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
- Similar words include: Franz Joseph Haydn, Joseph Haydn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAYDN
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14D: "21. Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: pine, hankering, yearn
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN
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15D: "23. Latin "is""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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16D: "28. Put in a row"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- Similar words include: adjust, coordinate, ordinate
- Opposite of: skew
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Answer: ALIGN
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17D: "29. Unapproachable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remote in manner
- Similar words include: upstage, distant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALOOF
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18D: "30. Newsstand purchase, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- Similar words include: magazine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAG
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19D: "31. 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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20D: "32. Feline adoption option"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RESCUECAT
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21D: "35. Spur-of-the-moment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extemporaneous speech or remark
- Similar words include: off-the-cuff, extemporary, ad lib
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IMPROMPTU
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22D: "36. Arthur of "The Golden Girls""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BEA
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23D: "37. "Zip it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SHH
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24D: "39. Place in a hierarchy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- Similar words include: social station, glaring, social rank
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RANK
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25D: "40. Midnight's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the middle of the day
- Similar words include: twelve noon, high noon, noontide
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOON
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26D: "43. Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Similar words include: long ton, net ton, short ton
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TON
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27D: "45. Starbucks keepsake, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity that can be held in a mug
- Similar words include: smiler, fool, patsy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MUG
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28D: "47. Hurdles or high jump, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that happens at a given place and time
- Similar words include: consequence, result, outcome
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVENT
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29D: "48. Loops in, digitally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
- Similar words include: millilitre, cubic centimeter, milliliter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CCS
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30D: "49. Secure tightly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
- Similar words include: bind, tie up, tie down
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRUSS
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31D: "50. Swiss currency"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRANC
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32D: "53. How you may feel after a workout vis-à-vis before"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that causing misery or pain or distress
- Similar words include: painful, mad, sensitive
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SORER
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33D: "54. Operatic solo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARIA
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34D: "55. Become a member of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- Similar words include: link, junction, articulation
- Opposite of: disjoin
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Answer: JOIN
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35D: "56. Subject of introspection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your consciousness of your own identity
- Similar words include: ego
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SELF
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36D: "58. Preset camera option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
- Similar words include: modal value, manner, musical mode
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MODE
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37D: "60. ___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries' expectations for forensics)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CSI
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38D: "61. Yoko who participated in a bed-in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Yoko Ono
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONO
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39D: "63. ___ tai"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAI
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40D: "64. Bank with a lion in its logo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ING
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
77 Total Clues
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