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Thursday, October 2, 2025

All NYT Across Clues October 02, 2025 - 39 Horizontal Answers with Hints

Today's Across Crossword NYT October 02, 2025 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 39 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for October 02, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Thursday, October 02, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date October 02, 2025
Day of Week Thursday
Total Across Clues 39 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Challenging

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 39 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so"
2 Across 5. Abbr. that often follows a comma
3 Across 8. Hardly anyone counts on this anymore
4 Across 14. Shakespearean villain
5 Across 15. Zip
6 Across 16. Wine and dine
7 Across 17. How something distinctive appears
8 Across 19. Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own"
9 Across 20. Leveled the playing field, say?
10 Across 21. Fight night sites
11 Across 22. Shortage of a sort
12 Across 25. Cardinal's honorific
13 Across 27. Suppose
14 Across 29. Feel 41-Across
15 Across 30. ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach
16 Across 33. Asian city one can view within Instagram?
17 Across 34. Among others, for short
18 Across 37. Well-informed
19 Across 39. Writer Zora ___ Hurston
20 Across 41. See 29-Across
21 Across 42. Its hands might be near one of yours
22 Across 43. Common daytime spots for first dates
23 Across 44. Part of a list at an awards show
24 Across 46. Biker's selection
25 Across 47. Doc seen for sinusitis
26 Across 48. Austin summer hrs.
27 Across 50. Board meeting handout
28 Across 52. Discusses at length
29 Across 55. Pin number?
30 Across 56. Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain"
31 Across 59. Sounds heard in haunted houses
32 Across 61. What might prompt someone to close a window
33 Across 62. Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?
34 Across 66. Eye, slangily
35 Across 67. Actress Long
36 Across 68. "You'll ___"
37 Across 69. Sabotage
38 Across 70. Lift a finger, so to speak
39 Across 71. Output of a social media algorithm

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: Y__H
  • Similar words: yea
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: not only so
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer YEAH

2 Across: "5. Abbr. that often follows a comma"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'C'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ETC

3 Across: "8. Hardly anyone counts on this anymore"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ABACUS

4 Across: "14. Shakespearean villain"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: I__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IAGO

5 Across: "15. Zip"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'L'
  • Similar words: cypher, null
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a quantity of no importance
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NIL

6 Across: "16. Wine and dine"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R____E
  • Similar words: treat
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: provide with choice or abundant food or drink
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer REGALE

7 Across: "17. How something distinctive appears"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P_________Y
  • Similar words: conspicuously
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: in a prominent way
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PROMINENTLY

8 Across: "19. Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M____E
  • Similar words: leatherneck, maritime
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a member of the United States Marine Corps
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MARINE

9 Across: "20. Leveled the playing field, say?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: M___D
  • Similar words: mop, cut down
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: cut with a blade or mower
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MOWED

10 Across: "21. Fight night sites"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • Similar words: area, sports stadium
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a particular environment or walk of life
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARENAS

11 Across: "22. Shortage of a sort"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: F____E
  • Similar words: dearth, shortage
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an acute insufficiency
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FAMINE

12 Across: "25. Cardinal's honorific"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: H_________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HISEMINENCE

13 Across: "27. Suppose"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: R____N
  • Similar words: forecast, count
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: expect
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RECKON

14 Across: "29. Feel 41-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
  • Similar words: garlic, pain
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: aromatic bulb used as seasoning
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AIL

15 Across: "30. ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: chuck, slick
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the sound made by a gentle blow
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAT

16 Across: "33. Asian city one can view within Instagram?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: A__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGRA

17 Across: "34. Among others, for short"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: E__L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ETAL

18 Across: "37. Well-informed"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A___E
  • Similar words: cognizant, mindful
  • Opposite of: unaware
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AWARE

19 Across: "39. Writer Zora ___ Hurston"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEALE

20 Across: "41. See 29-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
  • Similar words: sick, badly
  • Opposite of: well
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ILL

21 Across: "42. Its hands might be near one of yours"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: W___H
  • Similar words: determine, watch out
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small portable timepiece
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WATCH

22 Across: "43. Common daytime spots for first dates"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: C___S
  • Similar words: cafe, coffeehouse
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CAFES

23 Across: "44. Part of a list at an awards show"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N_____E
  • Similar words: campaigner, candidate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a politician who is running for public office
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOMINEE

24 Across: "46. Biker's selection"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: G__R
  • Similar words: cogwheel, power train
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GEAR

25 Across: "47. Doc seen for sinusitis"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENT

26 Across: "48. Austin summer hrs."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CDT

27 Across: "50. Board meeting handout"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: A____A
  • Similar words: docket, agendum
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGENDA

28 Across: "52. Discusses at length"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: G______O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOESINTO

29 Across: "55. Pin number?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: ten-spot, x
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TEN

30 Across: "56. Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: P____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POIROT

31 Across: "59. Sounds heard in haunted houses"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M___S
  • Similar words: moan, groan
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MOANS

32 Across: "61. What might prompt someone to close a window"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: U____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: news that updates your information
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UPDATE

33 Across: "62. Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: M_________R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MINESWEEPER

34 Across: "66. Eye, slangily"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P____R
  • Similar words: Peeping Tom, voyeur
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PEEPER

35 Across: "67. Actress Long"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NIA

36 Across: "68. "You'll ___""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: L__E
  • Similar words: lively, dwell
  • Opposite of: recorded
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LIVE

37 Across: "69. Sabotage"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: U_______E
  • Similar words: weaken, cave
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: destroy property or hinder normal operations
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UNDERMINE

38 Across: "70. Lift a finger, so to speak"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'Y'
  • Similar words: strain, hear
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRY

39 Across: "71. Output of a social media algorithm"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: F__D
  • Similar words: run, course
  • Opposite of: starve
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: food for domestic livestock
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FEED

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 39 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

About This Page: We provide comprehensive Across clues solutions and hints for the NYT Crossword to help you improve your solving skills. This site is not affiliated with The New York Times.

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October 02, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so" 4
2A 5. Abbr. that often follows a comma 3
3A 8. Hardly anyone counts on this anymore 6
4A 14. Shakespearean villain 4
5A 15. Zip 3
6A 16. Wine and dine 6
7A 17. How something distinctive appears 11
8A 19. Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own" 6
9A 20. Leveled the playing field, say? 5
10A 21. Fight night sites 6
11A 22. Shortage of a sort 6
12A 25. Cardinal's honorific 11
13A 27. Suppose 6
14A 29. Feel 41-Across 3
15A 30. ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach 3
16A 33. Asian city one can view within Instagram? 4
17A 34. Among others, for short 4
18A 37. Well-informed 5
19A 39. Writer Zora ___ Hurston 5
20A 41. See 29-Across 3
21A 42. Its hands might be near one of yours 5
22A 43. Common daytime spots for first dates 5
23A 44. Part of a list at an awards show 7
24A 46. Biker's selection 4
25A 47. Doc seen for sinusitis 3
26A 48. Austin summer hrs. 3
27A 50. Board meeting handout 6
28A 52. Discusses at length 8
29A 55. Pin number? 3
30A 56. Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain" 6
31A 59. Sounds heard in haunted houses 5
32A 61. What might prompt someone to close a window 6
33A 62. Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle? 11
34A 66. Eye, slangily 6
35A 67. Actress Long 3
36A 68. "You'll ___" 4
37A 69. Sabotage 9
38A 70. Lift a finger, so to speak 3
39A 71. Output of a social media algorithm 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not only so, but
  • Similar words include: yea
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: YEAH

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "5. Abbr. that often follows a comma"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETC

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "8. Hardly anyone counts on this anymore"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ABACUS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "14. Shakespearean villain"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IAGO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5A: "15. Zip"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quantity of no importance
  • Similar words include: zero, null, zilch
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NIL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6A: "16. Wine and dine"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that provide with choice or abundant food or drink
  • Similar words include: treat
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REGALE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7A: "17. How something distinctive appears"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in a prominent way
  • Similar words include: conspicuously
  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PROMINENTLY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8A: "19. Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own""

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the united states marine corps
  • Similar words include: nautical, maritime, devil dog
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MARINE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "20. Leveled the playing field, say?"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cut with a blade or mower
  • Similar words include: mop, pout, mow
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MOWED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10A: "21. Fight night sites"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
  • Similar words include: stadium, domain, field
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARENAS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11A: "22. Shortage of a sort"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an acute insufficiency
  • Similar words include: dearth, shortage
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FAMINE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12A: "25. Cardinal's honorific"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HISEMINENCE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13A: "27. Suppose"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that expect, believe, or suppose
  • Similar words include: work out, see, cipher
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RECKON

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14A: "29. Feel 41-Across"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
  • Similar words include: garlic, pain, trouble
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AIL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15A: "30. ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound made by a gentle blow
  • Similar words include: rap, dab, slick
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PAT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16A: "33. Asian city one can view within Instagram?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGRA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17A: "34. Among others, for short"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETAL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18A: "37. Well-informed"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
  • Similar words include: mindful, cognizant, cognisant
  • Opposite of: unmindful, unaware
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AWARE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19A: "39. Writer Zora ___ Hurston"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NEALE

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20A: "41. See 29-Across"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • Similar words include: inauspicious, poorly, complaint
  • Opposite of: well
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ILL

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21A: "42. Its hands might be near one of yours"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small portable timepiece
  • Similar words include: lookout, spotter, look on
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: WATCH

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22A: "43. Common daytime spots for first dates"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
  • Similar words include: coffee shop, coffeehouse, cafe
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAFES

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23A: "44. Part of a list at an awards show"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a politician who is running for public office
  • Similar words include: campaigner, candidate
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOMINEE

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24A: "46. Biker's selection"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • Similar words include: gearing, pitch, appurtenance
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: GEAR

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25A: "47. Doc seen for sinusitis"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENT

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26A: "48. Austin summer hrs."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: CDT

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27A: "50. Board meeting handout"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
  • Similar words include: order of business, schedule, agendum
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: AGENDA

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28A: "52. Discusses at length"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: GOESINTO

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29A: "55. Pin number?"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
  • Similar words include: tenner, decade, x
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN

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30A: "56. Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain""

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: POIROT

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31A: "59. Sounds heard in haunted houses"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  • Similar words include: groan, moan
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOANS

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32A: "61. What might prompt someone to close a window"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that news that updates your information
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPDATE

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33A: "62. Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines
  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MINESWEEPER

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34A: "66. Eye, slangily"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
  • Similar words include: Peeping Tom, voyeur
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PEEPER

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35A: "67. Actress Long"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIA

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36A: "68. "You'll ___""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
  • Similar words include: be, experience, springy
  • Opposite of: recorded, dead
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Answer: LIVE

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37A: "69. Sabotage"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that destroy property or hinder normal operations
  • Similar words include: countermine, weaken, sabotage
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: UNDERMINE

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38A: "70. Lift a finger, so to speak"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  • Similar words include: essay, examine, taste
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRY

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39A: "71. Output of a social media algorithm"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that food for domestic livestock
  • Similar words include: prey, provender, run
  • Opposite of: starve
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Answer: FEED

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Sound from a puppy 3
2D 2. Balance aid 3
3D 3. What might come after many years? 3
4D 4. Ad ___ 7
5D 5. Interweave 7
6D 6. Scrabble rackful 5
7D 7. Half of a noted crime duo 5
8D 8. Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week 6
9D 9. Cousin of a Danish 8
10D 10. Match, as subject and verb 5
11D 11. Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear" 4
12D 12. Bone with a radial notch 4
13D 13. Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch 4
14D 18. Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A. 4
15D 22. Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history 6
16D 23. Greece's largest airline 6
17D 24. Only video game to sell 300 million copies 9
18D 26. Selfish cry before an evil laugh 11
19D 28. Moolah 4
20D 30. One of four awarded to Bill Nye 6
21D 31. Crane's place, maybe 6
22D 32. Where the film "Argo" is set 6
23D 35. Features of some windows 5
24D 36. Spanish phone greeting 3
25D 38. Job listing info 4
26D 40. Moped alternative 8
27D 45. Erode 7
28D 49. Figure out 9
29D 51. Out of the park 4
30D 52. Certain Kool-Aid flavor 5
31D 53. On the horizon 8
32D 54. Polite refusal 5
33D 56. ___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering) 4
34D 57. Doing business 4
35D 58. Carded 4
36D 60. The "s" in the acronym "scuba" 4
37D 63. Pizza, e.g. 3
38D 64. Christmas ___ 3
39D 65. Like Malbec wine 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Sound from a puppy"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
  • Similar words include: yap, yelp, yelping
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: YIP

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2D: "2. Balance aid"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  • Similar words include: auricle, pinna, spike
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR

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3D: "3. What might come after many years?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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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4D: "4. Ad ___"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOMINEM

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5D: "5. Interweave"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tie or link together
  • Similar words include: knit, interlace, intertwine
  • Opposite of: untwine
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Answer: ENTWINE

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6D: "6. Scrabble rackful"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
  • Similar words include: tile, roofing tile
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TILES

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7D: "7. Half of a noted crime duo"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a river in western scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the firth of clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as glasgow
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: CLYDE

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8D: "8. Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARMANI

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9D: "9. Cousin of a Danish"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: BEARCLAW

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10D: "10. Match, as subject and verb"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement
  • Similar words include: concord, tally, harmonise
  • Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: AGREE

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11D: "11. Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old testament) cain and abel were the first children of adam and eve born after the fall of man; cain killed abel out of jealousy and was exiled by god
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAIN

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12D: "12. Bone with a radial notch"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
  • Similar words include: elbow bone
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ULNA

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13D: "13. Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • Similar words include: experience, ensure, visit
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEES

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14D: "18. Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A."

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOHO

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15D: "22. Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a republic in western europe; the largest country wholly in europe
  • Similar words include: Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault, French Republic, Anatole France
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: FRANCE

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16D: "23. Greece's largest airline"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an arm of the mediterranean between greece and turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of crete and greece and rome and persia
  • Similar words include: Aegean Sea
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: AEGEAN

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17D: "24. Only video game to sell 300 million copies"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: MINECRAFT

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18D: "26. Selfish cry before an evil laugh"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MINEALLMINE

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19D: "28. Moolah"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that informal terms for money
  • Similar words include: cabbage, borecole, loot
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: KALE

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20D: "30. One of four awarded to Bill Nye"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  • Similar words include: apparent, letters patent, plain
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PATENT

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21D: "31. Crane's place, maybe"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
  • Similar words include: colonnade
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARCADE

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22D: "32. Where the film "Argo" is set"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the capital and largest city of iran; located in northern iran
  • Similar words include: Teheran, Iranian capital, capital of Iran
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEHRAN

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23D: "35. Features of some windows"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  • Similar words include: tint, touch, tincture
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TINTS

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24D: "36. Spanish phone greeting"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALO

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25D: "38. Job listing info"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that remunerates
  • Similar words include: salary, remuneration, engage
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: WAGE

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26D: "40. Moped alternative"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: ESCOOTER

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27D: "45. Erode"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: EATAWAY

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28D: "49. Figure out"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  • Similar words include: square up, influence, mold
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: DETERMINE

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29D: "51. Out of the park"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • Similar words include: get, run, move
  • Opposite of: malfunction, stay in place
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Answer: GONE

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30D: "52. Certain Kool-Aid flavor"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various juicy fruit of the genus vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
  • Similar words include: grape vine, grapevine, grapeshot
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRAPE

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31D: "53. On the horizon"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that close in time; about to occur
  • Similar words include: close at hand, impendent, impending
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: IMMINENT

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32D: "54. Polite refusal"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOSIR

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33D: "56. ___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUPU

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34D: "57. Doing business"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
  • Similar words include: heart-to-heart, undefended, undetermined
  • Opposite of: fold, covert
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Answer: OPEN

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35D: "58. Carded"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDED

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36D: "60. The "s" in the acronym "scuba""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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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37D: "63. Pizza, e.g."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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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38D: "64. Christmas ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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: even, evening, eventide
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EVE

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39D: "65. Like Malbec wine"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  • Similar words include: loss, cerise, Marxist
  • Opposite of: gain
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RED

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues

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