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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (42 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. Punk rocker Joan | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Choctaw or Chickasaw | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Design detail | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "Up and ___!" (catchphrase for a physicist) | 4 |
| 5A | 15. In possession of | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Tibetan title | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Courting disaster, slangily | 18 |
| 8A | 21. Fraternity party order | 3 |
| 9A | 22. Symbol of protection | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Part of a window above the apron | 4 |
| 11A | 24. One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Sound of disapproval | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Concludes | 6 |
| 14A | 29. Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps | 16 |
| 15A | 34. Swindled | 5 |
| 16A | 35. Boxing champ Laila | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief | 3 |
| 18A | 37. Jot down | 4 |
| 19A | 38. Makes a noise like an electric fan | 6 |
| 20A | 40. Australian actor Eric | 4 |
| 21A | 44. "___ Father ..." | 3 |
| 22A | 46. Concert souvenir | 3 |
| 23A | 47. River to the Rio Grande | 5 |
| 24A | 48. They may have knowledge of corporate secrets | 16 |
| 25A | 51. Be defeated by | 6 |
| 26A | 52. "___ of the D'Urbervilles" | 4 |
| 27A | 53. Big name in London | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Big beginning? | 4 |
| 29A | 56. Servant of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings" | 3 |
| 30A | 57. Short flight | 3 |
| 31A | 60. Better choice, given the options ... or the circled squares vis-à-vis the shaded ones? | 16 |
| 32A | 64. Volunteer's words | 4 |
| 33A | 65. Completely immersed, perhaps | 6 |
| 34A | 66. Some colorful plastic items in the seasonal aisle in the spring | 4 |
| 35A | 67. Noted Punxsutawney resident | 4 |
| 36A | 68. Source of some aerial shots | 5 |
| 37A | 69. "Take ___!" | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Punk rocker Joan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JETT
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2A: "5. Choctaw or Chickasaw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- Similar words include: kindred, kin group, kinship group
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIBE
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3A: "10. Design detail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- Similar words include: specification
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPEC
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4A: "14. "Up and ___!" (catchphrase for a physicist)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Similar words include: speck, corpuscle, molecule
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOM
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5A: "15. In possession of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: hold, have got, feature
- Opposite of: abstain, lack
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Answer: HAVING
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6A: "17. Tibetan title"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
- Similar words include: genus Lama
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAMA
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7A: "18. Courting disaster, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: CRUISINFORABRUISIN
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8A: "21. Fraternity party order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity contained in a keg
- Similar words include: kegful
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEG
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9A: "22. Symbol of protection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Similar words include: Ark of the Covenant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARK
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10A: "23. Part of a window above the apron"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILL
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11A: "24. One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an athlete who plays for pay
- Similar words include: professional
- Opposite of: amateur, anti
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Answer: PRO
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12A: "25. Sound of disapproval"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
- Similar words include: fizzle, hoot, boo
- Opposite of: applaud
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Answer: HISS
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13A: "27. Concludes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
- Similar words include: come together, conclude, shut down
- Opposite of: open
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Answer: CLOSES
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14A: "29. Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: SINGSINTHESHOWER
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15A: "34. Swindled"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- Similar words include: burn, stick, steamed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STUNG
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16A: "35. Boxing champ Laila"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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17A: "36. Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Similar words include: National Security Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NSA
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18A: "37. Jot down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brief written record
- Similar words include: promissory note, observe, bank bill
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: NOTE
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19A: "38. Makes a noise like an electric fan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sound of something in rapid motion
- Similar words include: purr, birr, whizz
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WHIRRS
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20A: "40. Australian actor Eric"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BANA
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21A: "44. "___ Father ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUR
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22A: "46. Concert souvenir"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, tee up, football tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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23A: "47. River to the Rio Grande"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tributary of the rio grande that flows southeastward from new mexico through western texas
- Similar words include: Pecos River
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PECOS
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24A: "48. They may have knowledge of corporate secrets"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: BUSINESSINSIDERS
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25A: "51. Be defeated by"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOSETO
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26A: "52. "___ of the D'Urbervilles""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TESS
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27A: "53. Big name in London"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountain or tall hill
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BEN
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28A: "54. Big beginning?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEGA
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29A: "56. Servant of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORC
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30A: "57. Short flight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- Similar words include: record hop, skip, hops
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOP
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31A: "60. Better choice, given the options ... or the circled squares vis-à-vis the shaded ones?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: LESSEROFTWOEVILS
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32A: "64. Volunteer's words"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICAN
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33A: "65. Completely immersed, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that submerge in a liquid
- Similar words include: sop, intoxicate, loaded
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: SOAKED
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34A: "66. Some colorful plastic items in the seasonal aisle in the spring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- Similar words include: bollock, orchis, testicle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGGS
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35A: "67. Noted Punxsutawney resident"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PHIL
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36A: "68. Source of some aerial shots"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- Similar words include: radio-controlled aircraft, lagger, pilotless aircraft
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DRONE
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37A: "69. "Take ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Part of a royal flush | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Raison d'___ | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Metaphor for a challenging puzzle | 8 |
| 4D | 4. "Eww ... just eww" | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Want very much, with "for" | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Major, e.g. | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Reproductive option, for short | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Some paragraphs in playbills | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Improve | 6 |
| 10D | 10. High-end camera, for short | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Penniless one | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Mideast leaders | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Spot to play baccarat | 6 |
| 14D | 16. Gas units | 7 |
| 15D | 19. Talking back to | 7 |
| 16D | 20. Is really bad, in slang | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Formed from molten lava | 7 |
| 18D | 28. Sunken treasure sites | 7 |
| 19D | 29. You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr. | 3 |
| 20D | 30. "What was ___ think?" | 3 |
| 21D | 31. "Yeah, right!" | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Ruling class | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Fathers | 5 |
| 24D | 38. Dickens and Dickinson | 7 |
| 25D | 39. Varnish ingredient | 5 |
| 26D | 41. Card game clarification | 8 |
| 27D | 42. Neither's partner | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Buffoon | 3 |
| 29D | 45. "I'm at your disposal" | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Bishop, e.g. | 5 |
| 31D | 48. Japanese word that's sometimes translated as "planted in a pot" | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Commentator's call after a missed field goal | 6 |
| 33D | 50. Took steps | 6 |
| 34D | 51. Medieval cure-all | 5 |
| 35D | 53. Radar operator's concern | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Over yonder | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Wilson of the Frat Pack | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Actress Kurylenko | 4 |
| 39D | 59. "Over here!" | 4 |
| 40D | 61. Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief | 3 |
| 41D | 62. Fight-ending letters | 3 |
| 42D | 63. Screen, as a candidate | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Part of a royal flush"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small worthless amount
- Similar words include: mariner, diddly, old salt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JACK
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2D: "2. Raison d'___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETRE
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3D: "3. Metaphor for a challenging puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TOUGHNUT
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4D: "4. "Eww ... just eww""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TMI
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5D: "5. Want very much, with "for""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a physiological need to drink
- Similar words include: lust, hungriness, crave
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THIRST
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6D: "6. Major, e.g."
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 status, social rank, absolute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RANK
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7D: "7. Reproductive option, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IVF
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8D: "8. Some paragraphs in playbills"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIOS
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9D: "9. Improve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make better or improve in quality
- Opposite of: impoverish, deprive
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENRICH
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10D: "10. High-end camera, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLR
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11D: "11. Penniless one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is very poor
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PAUPER
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12D: "12. Mideast leaders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
- Similar words include: ameer, emeer, emir
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMIRS
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13D: "13. Spot to play baccarat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public building for gambling and entertainment
- Similar words include: gambling casino, cassino
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CASINO
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14D: "16. Gas units"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
- Similar words include: gallon, gal, congius
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GALLONS
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15D: "19. Talking back to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- Similar words include: back talk, mouth, sass
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SASSING
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16D: "20. Is really bad, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- Similar words include: setback, bobble, fuck up
- Opposite of: conserve
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Answer: BLOWS
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17D: "26. Formed from molten lava"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that produced under conditions involving intense heat
- Similar words include: pyrogenic, eruptive, pyrogenous
- Opposite of: aqueous
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Answer: IGNEOUS
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18D: "28. Sunken treasure sites"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bottom of a sea or ocean
- Similar words include: sea floor, seabed, sea bottom
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEABEDS
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19D: "29. You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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20D: "30. "What was ___ think?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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21D: "31. "Yeah, right!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAH
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22D: "32. Ruling class"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- Similar words include: elite group, elect
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELITE
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23D: "33. Fathers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- Similar words include: get, sire, generate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIRES
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24D: "38. Dickens and Dickinson"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- Similar words include: author, writer
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WRITERS
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25D: "39. Varnish ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
- Similar words include: rosin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RESIN
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26D: "41. Card game clarification"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ACESHIGH
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27D: "42. Neither's partner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOR
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28D: "43. Buffoon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: tush, nookie, AS
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASS
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29D: "45. "I'm at your disposal""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USEME
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30D: "47. Bishop, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a separate part of a whole
- Similar words include: set up, composition, tack together
- Opposite of: disassemble
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Answer: PIECE
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31D: "48. Japanese word that's sometimes translated as "planted in a pot""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BONSAI
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32D: "49. Commentator's call after a missed field goal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOGOOD
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33D: "50. Took steps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that walk with long steps
- Similar words include: stride
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRODE
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34D: "51. Medieval cure-all"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- Similar words include: phlebotomize, bloodsucker, phlebotomise
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEECH
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35D: "53. Radar operator's concern"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- Similar words include: radar target, pip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLIP
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36D: "55. Over yonder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFAR
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37D: "56. Wilson of the Frat Pack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
- Similar words include: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OWEN
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38D: "58. Actress Kurylenko"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLGA
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39D: "59. "Over here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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40D: "61. Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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41D: "62. Fight-ending letters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
- Similar words include: technical knockout
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TKO
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42D: "63. Screen, as a candidate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- Similar words include: veterinarian, veterinary, ex-serviceman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VET
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
42 Down Clues
79 Total Clues
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