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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (41 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (35 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. Prized gem in Chinese culture | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Long (for) | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Wise one | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Lyft competitor | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Trims, say | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Bullet point on an agenda | 4 |
| 7A | 17. ___ Scotia | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Actress Judi with an Oscar and a Tony | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Hawaiian bird with a reduplicative name | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Smooths (over) | 7 |
| 11A | 22. Pest at a comedy club | 7 |
| 12A | 24. Soda bottle units | 6 |
| 13A | 25. Food court locale | 4 |
| 14A | 26. "This American Life" host Glass | 3 |
| 15A | 27. Suffix in the names of many languages | 3 |
| 16A | 28. "Please don't go!" | 4 |
| 17A | 30. French cosmetics company founded in 1909 | 6 |
| 18A | 32. "For ___ a jolly good fellow ..." | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Crafts' partner | 4 |
| 20A | 36. "A Whole New ___" ("Aladdin" song) | 5 |
| 21A | 37. CVS rival ... or a phonetic hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter | 9 |
| 22A | 40. "What a shame!" | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Chopped down | 4 |
| 24A | 44. Broody music genre | 3 |
| 25A | 47. Hardest substance in the human body | 6 |
| 26A | 49. Aide: Abbr. | 4 |
| 27A | 51. Sound from a pound | 3 |
| 28A | 53. Energy-carrying chemical found in all living things, in brief | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Santa makes one | 4 |
| 30A | 56. Pompadour or pigtails | 6 |
| 31A | 58. "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the ___ one of all?" | 7 |
| 32A | 60. Site of a paper jam | 7 |
| 33A | 61. Milkshake flavor | 4 |
| 34A | 62. ___ dish (lab item) | 5 |
| 35A | 64. Father | 4 |
| 36A | 65. "___ I a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech) | 4 |
| 37A | 66. Plastic wrap brand | 5 |
| 38A | 67. Colleges, to Aussies | 4 |
| 39A | 68. Stuff growing on a tree trunk | 4 |
| 40A | 69. Acidic ingredient in guacamole | 4 |
| 41A | 70. Money maker | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Prized gem in Chinese culture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
- Similar words include: hussy, wear, fornicatress
- Opposite of: refresh
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Answer: JADE
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2A: "5. Long (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a coniferous tree
- Similar words include: yen, languish, yearn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PINE
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3A: "9. Wise one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- Similar words include: sage-green, salvia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAGE
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4A: "13. Lyft competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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5A: "14. Trims, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: redact, edit, blue-pencil
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDITS
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6A: "16. Bullet point on an agenda"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- Similar words include: token, detail, particular
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITEM
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7A: "17. ___ Scotia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOVA
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8A: "18. Actress Judi with an Oscar and a Tony"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DENCH
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9A: "19. Hawaiian bird with a reduplicative name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NENE
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10A: "20. Smooths (over)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- Similar words include: colour, polish, semblance
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GLOSSES
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11A: "22. Pest at a comedy club"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
- Similar words include: badgerer
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HECKLER
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12A: "24. Soda bottle units"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
- Similar words include: cubic decimetre, cubic decimeter, litre
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LITERS
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13A: "25. Food court locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- Similar words include: promenade, shopping centre, center
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MALL
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14A: "26. "This American Life" host Glass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: individual retirement account, Provos, anger
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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15A: "27. Suffix in the names of many languages"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
- Similar words include: east southeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESE
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16A: "28. "Please don't go!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: appease, quell, persist
- Opposite of: depart, change
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Answer: STAY
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17A: "30. French cosmetics company founded in 1909"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOREAL
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18A: "32. "For ___ a jolly good fellow ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Similar words include: helium, atomic number 2, He
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HES
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19A: "34. Crafts' partner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Similar words include: artistic creation, humanistic discipline, nontextual matter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTS
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20A: "36. "A Whole New ___" ("Aladdin" song)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that everything that exists anywhere
- Similar words include: existence, humanity, reality
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WORLD
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21A: "37. CVS rival ... or a phonetic hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WALGREENS
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22A: "40. "What a shame!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOSAD
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23A: "43. Chopped down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make or shape as with an axe
- Similar words include: hew out, hew, hand-hewn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HEWN
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24A: "44. Broody music genre"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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25A: "47. Hardest substance in the human body"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
- Similar words include: tooth enamel
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENAMEL
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26A: "49. Aide: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASST
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27A: "51. Sound from a pound"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARF
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28A: "53. Energy-carrying chemical found in all living things, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
- Similar words include: adenosine triphosphate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATP
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29A: "54. Santa makes one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- Similar words include: heel, listing, lean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIST
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30A: "56. Pompadour or pigtails"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- Similar words include: coiffure, hair style, coif
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HAIRDO
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31A: "58. "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the ___ one of all?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
- Similar words include: mediocre, bonny, sightly
- Opposite of: foul, unfair
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Answer: FAIREST
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32A: "60. Site of a paper jam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone whose occupation is printing
- Similar words include: printing machine, pressman
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PRINTER
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33A: "61. Milkshake flavor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREO
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34A: "62. ___ dish (lab item)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETRI
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35A: "64. Father"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- Similar words include: generate, engender, bring forth
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIRE
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36A: "65. "___ I a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AINT
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37A: "66. Plastic wrap brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SARAN
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38A: "67. Colleges, to Aussies"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNIS
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39A: "68. Stuff growing on a tree trunk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOSS
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40A: "69. Acidic ingredient in guacamole"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- Similar words include: linden, lime hydrate, calcium oxide
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIME
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41A: "70. Money maker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: hatful, strike, great deal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MINT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Jaguar's home | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Totally ban | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Faithful follower | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Clear, as a board | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Base of a statue | 8 |
| 6D | 6. March 15, e.g. | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Diarist Anaïs | 3 |
| 8D | 8. ___ Sketch (classic drawing toy) | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Kitchen fixture that might have a double or single basin | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Artist's workshop | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Army leader | 7 |
| 12D | 12. May birthstone | 7 |
| 13D | 15. Shape of conchiglie pasta | 5 |
| 14D | 21. Cohort above jrs. | 3 |
| 15D | 23. Ronald McDonald, e.g. | 5 |
| 16D | 25. "This one's on me!" | 7 |
| 17D | 29. Cry of frustration | 4 |
| 18D | 31. "Titanic" heroine | 4 |
| 19D | 33. Did the backstroke, say | 4 |
| 20D | 35. Works with a needle | 4 |
| 21D | 38. One-named "Hello" singer | 5 |
| 22D | 39. Induct into a hall of fame, perhaps | 8 |
| 23D | 40. Froth seen at the beach | 7 |
| 24D | 41. Most populous Canadian province | 7 |
| 25D | 42. 2014 nonfiction best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind" | 7 |
| 26D | 45. "Shaken, not stirred" drink | 7 |
| 27D | 46. Use DoorDash or Grubhub, e.g. | 7 |
| 28D | 48. Some speech impediments | 5 |
| 29D | 50. ___ chi (Chinese martial art) | 3 |
| 30D | 52. Not see the ___ for the trees | 6 |
| 31D | 55. Amazing bargain | 5 |
| 32D | 57. "To recap ..." | 5 |
| 33D | 59. Decays | 4 |
| 34D | 60. British baby carriage | 4 |
| 35D | 63. The first "T" in TNT | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Jaguar's home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
- Similar words include: hobo camp
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: JUNGLE
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2D: "2. Totally ban"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that do away with
- Similar words include: get rid of
- Opposite of: establish
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Answer: ABOLISH
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3D: "3. Faithful follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ardent follower and admirer
- Similar words include: buff, fan, lover
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DEVOTEE
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4D: "4. Clear, as a board"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from memory or existence
- Similar words include: score out, wipe out, rub out
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: ERASE
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5D: "5. Base of a statue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a support or foundation
- Similar words include: plinth, stand, base
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PEDESTAL
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6D: "6. March 15, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDES
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7D: "7. Diarist Anaïs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIN
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8D: "8. ___ Sketch (classic drawing toy)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETCHA
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9D: "9. Kitchen fixture that might have a double or single basin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- Similar words include: bury, swallow hole, sump
- Opposite of: source, float
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Answer: SINK
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10D: "10. Artist's workshop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a studio especially for an artist or designer
- Similar words include: artist's workroom
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATELIER
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11D: "11. Army leader"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general officer of the highest rank
- Similar words include: superior general, ecumenical, cosmopolitan
- Opposite of: particular, specific
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Answer: GENERAL
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12D: "12. May birthstone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EMERALD
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13D: "15. Shape of conchiglie pasta"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- Similar words include: casing, scale, vanquish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHELL
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14D: "21. Cohort above jrs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
- Similar words include: Sr, steradian, atomic number 38
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRS
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15D: "23. Ronald McDonald, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rude or vulgar fool
- Similar words include: merry andrew, goof, clown around
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CLOWN
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16D: "25. "This one's on me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MYTREAT
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17D: "29. Cry of frustration"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGH
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18D: "31. "Titanic" heroine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
- Similar words include: stand up, develop, prove
- Opposite of: turn in, set
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Answer: ROSE
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19D: "33. Did the backstroke, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that travel through water
- Similar words include: drown, swim, float
- Opposite of: sink
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Answer: SWAM
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20D: "35. Works with a needle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: sew, run up, stitch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEWS
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21D: "38. One-named "Hello" singer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADELE
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22D: "39. Induct into a hall of fame, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that enclose in a shrine
- Similar words include: shrine, saint
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ENSHRINE
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23D: "40. Froth seen at the beach"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEAFOAM
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24D: "41. Most populous Canadian province"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest of the great lakes
- Similar words include: Lake Ontario
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONTARIO
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25D: "42. 2014 nonfiction best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to or characteristic of homo sapiens
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAPIENS
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26D: "45. "Shaken, not stirred" drink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MARTINI
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27D: "46. Use DoorDash or Grubhub, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ORDERIN
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28D: "48. Some speech impediments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
- Similar words include: list-processing language, lisp, LISP
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LISPS
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29D: "50. ___ chi (Chinese martial art)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
- Similar words include: Thai, Siamese
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAI
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30D: "52. Not see the ___ for the trees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- Similar words include: wood, timberland, timber
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FOREST
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31D: "55. Amazing bargain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advantageous purchase
- Similar words include: slip, buy, bargain
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEAL
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32D: "57. "To recap ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INSUM
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33D: "59. Decays"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- Similar words include: guff, molder, hogwash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROTS
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34D: "60. British baby carriage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- Similar words include: stroller, baby buggy, go-cart
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PRAM
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35D: "63. The first "T" in TNT"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRI
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Decode the Clues
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Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
41 Across Clues
35 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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