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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Swiss currency | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Kind of clef used for the viola | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Command to Rover | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Word after lucky or little | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Reserve in advance | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Menzel with a Tony for "Wicked" | 5 |
| 8A | 18. ___ fresca (Latin American refreshment) | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Neural signal conductor | 4 |
| 10A | 20. One might involve a false account | 10 |
| 11A | 22. Judgmental sounds | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Outrage | 3 |
| 13A | 24. Grp. that adjusts oil production | 4 |
| 14A | 26. $100 bills, slangily | 6 |
| 15A | 30. Alias | 8 |
| 16A | 34. Casual greeting | 5 |
| 17A | 35. The Rev. Leonard Clement, in an Agatha Christie novel | 5 |
| 18A | 36. Hide ___ hair | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Emotional state | 4 |
| 20A | 38. Rash | 5 |
| 21A | 39. Target of Glade or Febreze | 4 |
| 22A | 40. Tidy updo, say | 3 |
| 23A | 41. Deices, as a road | 5 |
| 24A | 42. Wipe out | 5 |
| 25A | 43. Notable features of the Charleston, S.C., skyline | 8 |
| 26A | 45. Like some roofs | 6 |
| 27A | 46. Eye irritation | 4 |
| 28A | 47. Some small batteries | 3 |
| 29A | 48. Member of an ancient Peruvian empire | 4 |
| 30A | 50. Doesn't lie, exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | 13 |
| 31A | 57. Babe in a stable | 4 |
| 32A | 58. Nondairy spread | 4 |
| 33A | 59. "Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic | 5 |
| 34A | 60. Big rig | 4 |
| 35A | 61. Sit (down) heavily | 4 |
| 36A | 62. Montréal traffic sign | 5 |
| 37A | 63. Peak in Greek myth | 4 |
| 38A | 64. Huff and puff | 4 |
| 39A | 65. "Geez-o-Pete!" | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Swiss currency"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRANC
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2A: "6. Kind of clef used for the viola"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Similar words include: countertenor, contralto
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALTO
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3A: "10. Command to Rover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: stay put, delay, remain
- Opposite of: depart, change
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Answer: STAY
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4A: "14. Word after lucky or little"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judeo-christian and islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of god; tempter of mankind; master of hell
- Similar words include: ogre, annoy, Lucifer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEVIL
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5A: "15. Reserve in advance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- Similar words include: script, rule book, leger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOOK
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6A: "16. Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that correct by punishment or discipline
- Similar words include: naturalize, domesticise, domesticize
- Opposite of: wild
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Answer: TAME
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7A: "17. Menzel with a Tony for "Wicked""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDINA
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8A: "18. ___ fresca (Latin American refreshment)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- Similar words include: agua toad, Bufo marinus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGUA
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9A: "19. Neural signal conductor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
- Similar words include: axone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXON
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10A: "20. One might involve a false account"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: COVERSTORY
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11A: "22. Judgmental sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tsk, tut, tut-tut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSKS
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12A: "23. Outrage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: choler, ira, anger
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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13A: "24. Grp. that adjusts oil production"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Similar words include: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPEC
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14A: "26. $100 bills, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CSPOTS
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15A: "30. Alias"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FAKENAME
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16A: "34. Casual greeting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHHEY
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17A: "35. The Rev. Leonard Clement, in an Agatha Christie novel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roman catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VICAR
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18A: "36. Hide ___ hair"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOR
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19A: "37. Emotional state"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- Similar words include: temper, modality, climate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOOD
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20A: "38. Rash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that excessively quick
- Similar words include: precipitous, precipitant, overhasty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HASTY
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21A: "39. Target of Glade or Febreze"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: odour, aroma, scent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODOR
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22A: "40. Tidy updo, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- Similar words include: roll
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUN
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23A: "41. Deices, as a road"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
- Similar words include: saltiness, salt, table salt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALTS
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24A: "42. Wipe out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from memory or existence
- Similar words include: score out, wipe out, wipe off
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: ERASE
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25A: "43. Notable features of the Charleston, S.C., skyline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Similar words include: steeple, spire
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STEEPLES
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26A: "45. Like some roofs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall
- Opposite of: hipped
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GABLED
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27A: "46. Eye irritation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: hordeolum, eye infection, sty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE
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28A: "47. Some small batteries"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an associate degree in applied science
- Similar words include: Associate in Applied Science, AA, aa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAS
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29A: "48. Member of an ancient Peruvian empire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
- Similar words include: Inka, Incan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INCA
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30A: "50. Doesn't lie, exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: BENDSTHETRUTH
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31A: "57. Babe in a stable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a young horse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FOAL
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32A: "58. Nondairy spread"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- Similar words include: margarine, marge, oleomargarine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLEO
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33A: "59. "Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in mississippi and louisiana)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BAYOU
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34A: "60. Big rig"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Similar words include: trucking rig, articulated lorry, trailer truck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEMI
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35A: "61. Sit (down) heavily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
- Similar words include: plump down, plunk down, plump
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOP
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36A: "62. Montréal traffic sign"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARRET
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37A: "63. Peak in Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: operating system, osmium, atomic number 76
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSSA
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38A: "64. Huff and puff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
- Similar words include: heave, trouser, puff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PANT
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39A: "65. "Geez-o-Pete!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YEESH
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Bank-protecting agcy. | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Make over | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Tel ___ | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Number of digits in a Social Security number | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Transparent quality | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Taper off | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Apple's apple, for one | 4 |
| 8D | 8. College campus offering | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "All right! Enough already!" | 8 |
| 10D | 10. New York's ___ Island | 6 |
| 11D | 11. One might involve false accounts | 10 |
| 12D | 12. In a frenzy | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Yearnings | 4 |
| 14D | 21. Yearbook div. | 3 |
| 15D | 25. For each | 3 |
| 16D | 26. Detangles, in a way | 5 |
| 17D | 27. Big whoop | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Bad calls? | 10 |
| 19D | 29. It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition | 3 |
| 20D | 30. They may be raised in defiance | 5 |
| 21D | 31. Follower of the Gospels? | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Most dangerous animal in Maine, it's said | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Messed up | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Word of farewell in old Rome | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Comet discovered in 1995 | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Globe | 3 |
| 27D | 41. Secretly watch, with "on" | 3 |
| 28D | 42. Region of Oakland and Alameda | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Plus other things, in Latin | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Rip-roaring good time | 3 |
| 31D | 47. Take in a stray, say | 5 |
| 32D | 48. "In that event ..." | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Vetoes | 4 |
| 34D | 51. Jazzy Fitzgerald | 4 |
| 35D | 52. Like the color of a safety vest, typically | 4 |
| 36D | 53. "Hyde and ___" (1955 Bugs Bunny short) | 4 |
| 37D | 54. Literary Jane | 4 |
| 38D | 55. Things stepped on by bad ballroom dancers | 4 |
| 39D | 56. The "R" of R.B.G. | 4 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Bank-protecting agcy."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
- Similar words include: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FDIC
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2D: "2. Make over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
- Similar words include: reconstruct, refashion, remake
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDO
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3D: "3. Tel ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVIV
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4D: "4. Number of digits in a Social Security number"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Similar words include: ennead, ball club, club
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINE
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5D: "5. Transparent quality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- Similar words include: limpidity, lucidness, clearness
- Opposite of: unclearness, opacity
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Answer: CLARITY
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6D: "6. Taper off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make less active or intense
- Similar words include: slack, slake, die away
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABATE
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7D: "7. Apple's apple, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a company emblem or device
- Similar words include: logotype
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOGO
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8D: "8. College campus offering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- Similar words include: duty tour, go, term of enlistment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOUR
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9D: "9. "All right! Enough already!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OKAYOKAY
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10D: "10. New York's ___ Island"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STATEN
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11D: "11. One might involve false accounts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TAXSCANDAL
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12D: "12. In a frenzy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that frenzied as if possessed by a demon
- Similar words include: possessed, demoniac, berserk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMOK
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13D: "13. Yearnings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: yen, yearn, ache
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YENS
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14D: "21. Yearbook div."
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, atomic number 38, sr
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRS
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15D: "25. For each"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PER
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16D: "26. Detangles, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- Similar words include: cockscomb, coxcomb, disentangle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COMBS
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17D: "27. Big whoop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- Similar words include: call out, holler, squall
- Opposite of: whisper
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Answer: SHOUT
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18D: "28. Bad calls?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PHONESCAMS
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19D: "29. It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
- Similar words include: Oxford English Dictionary, O.E.D.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OED
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20D: "30. They may be raised in defiance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
- Similar words include: fist, clenched fist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FISTS
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21D: "31. Follower of the Gospels?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Similar words include: represent, pretend, bit
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTS
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22D: "32. Most dangerous animal in Maine, it's said"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Similar words include: elk, European elk, Alces alces
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOOSE
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23D: "33. Messed up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: err, stray, slip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERRED
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24D: "35. Word of farewell in old Rome"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
- Similar words include: valley
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VALE
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25D: "38. Comet discovered in 1995"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HALEBOPP
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26D: "39. Globe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- Similar words include: ball, globe, revolve
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORB
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27D: "41. Secretly watch, with "on""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- Similar words include: sleuth, espy, snoop
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPY
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28D: "42. Region of Oakland and Alameda"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EASTBAY
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29D: "44. Plus other things, in Latin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETALIA
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30D: "45. Rip-roaring good time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: shoot a line, gasconade, gasolene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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31D: "47. Take in a stray, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- Similar words include: embrace, take in, dramatize
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADOPT
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32D: "48. "In that event ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IFSO
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33D: "49. Vetoes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- Similar words include: no, atomic number 102, No
- Opposite of: yes
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Answer: NOES
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34D: "51. Jazzy Fitzgerald"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELLA
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35D: "52. Like the color of a safety vest, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: Ne, atomic number 10
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEON
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36D: "53. "Hyde and ___" (1955 Bugs Bunny short)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- Similar words include: rabbit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HARE
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37D: "54. Literary Jane"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Similar words include: Lake Eyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYRE
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38D: "55. Things stepped on by bad ballroom dancers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
- Similar words include: toe, toenail
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOES
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39D: "56. The "R" of R.B.G."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
- Similar words include: pathos, Sultan of Swat, commiseration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUTH
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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