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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (41 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. Jokes (around) | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Not very spicy | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Super 8 or Red Roof Inn | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Paper cut? | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Big name in laptops | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Public relations concern | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Steamy segment in a movie | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Fruit that makes your lips pucker | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Tennis skirt feature | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Lack of light | 8 |
| 11A | 23. Locale for a plastic flamingo | 4 |
| 12A | 26. Yoga studio essential | 3 |
| 13A | 27. De-tension center? | 3 |
| 14A | 30. Variety of chili that can reach a Scoville score of 1+ million | 11 |
| 15A | 36. European ski destination | 4 |
| 16A | 38. Volcanic spew | 3 |
| 17A | 39. Sample collected by Ancestry.com | 6 |
| 18A | 40. Daily Planet reporter Lois | 4 |
| 19A | 41. Show the ropes | 5 |
| 20A | 43. "___ sesame!" | 4 |
| 21A | 44. Comfortable | 6 |
| 22A | 46. Anguish | 3 |
| 23A | 47. Manage, as a bar | 4 |
| 24A | 48. California national park known for its dryness | 11 |
| 25A | 51. Pigs' digs | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Number starting a countdown | 3 |
| 27A | 53. Sitting on | 4 |
| 28A | 55. Bring dishonor upon | 8 |
| 29A | 60. "I'm sleepy" signals | 5 |
| 30A | 64. Ancient Mexican empire | 5 |
| 31A | 65. 1980s hit with the lyric "Me mind on fire, me soul on fire" ... or how one might describe 17-, 30- and 48-Across? | 9 |
| 32A | 68. Back of a car or front of an elephant | 5 |
| 33A | 69. Orchestral woodwind | 4 |
| 34A | 70. Place of buzziness? | 4 |
| 35A | 71. Most watches have three of these | 5 |
| 36A | 72. Japanese electronics giant | 4 |
| 37A | 73. An estimated 25% of modern phone calls | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Jokes (around)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a young person of either sex
- Similar words include: child, jolly, kidskin
- Opposite of: parent
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Answer: KIDS
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2A: "5. Not very spicy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
- Similar words include: meek, balmy, modest
- Opposite of: intense
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Answer: MILD
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3A: "9. Super 8 or Red Roof Inn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a motor hotel
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOTEL
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4A: "14. Paper cut?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: redact, delete, cut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIT
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5A: "15. Big name in laptops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- Similar words include: genus Acer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACER
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6A: "16. Public relations concern"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an iconic mental representation
- Similar words include: envision, effigy, simulacrum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMAGE
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7A: "17. Steamy segment in a movie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOVESCENE
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8A: "19. Fruit that makes your lips pucker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
- Similar words include: lemon yellow, maize, Citrus limon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEMON
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9A: "20. Tennis skirt feature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
- Similar words include: plait, plicate, ruffle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLEAT
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10A: "21. Lack of light"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that absence of light or illumination
- Similar words include: dark, iniquity, wickedness
- Opposite of: lightness, light
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Answer: DARKNESS
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11A: "23. Locale for a plastic flamingo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a field of cultivated and mowed grass
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAWN
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12A: "26. Yoga studio essential"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Similar words include: matted, lusterlessness, matte
- Opposite of: disentangle, unsnarl
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Answer: MAT
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13A: "27. De-tension center?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: watering place, health club, watering hole
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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14A: "30. Variety of chili that can reach a Scoville score of 1+ million"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: GHOSTPEPPER
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15A: "36. European ski destination"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Similar words include: the Alps, alp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPS
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16A: "38. Volcanic spew"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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17A: "39. Sample collected by Ancestry.com"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- Similar words include: spittle, spit
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALIVA
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18A: "40. Daily Planet reporter Lois"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow way or road
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LANE
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19A: "41. Show the ropes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an english pirate who operated in the caribbean and off the atlantic coast of north america (died in 1718)
- Similar words include: instruct, learn, Thatch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEACH
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20A: "43. "___ sesame!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: undefendable, receptive, surface
- Opposite of: fold, closed
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Answer: OPEN
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21A: "44. Comfortable"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATEASE
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22A: "46. Anguish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that misery resulting from affliction
- Similar words include: suffering, woefulness
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WOE
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23A: "47. Manage, as a bar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- Similar words include: incline, lean, be given
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEND
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24A: "48. California national park known for its dryness"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DEATHVALLEY
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25A: "51. Pigs' digs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: pigsty, eye infection, pigpen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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26A: "52. Number starting a countdown"
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: decade, x, X
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN
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27A: "53. Sitting on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on, to, or at the top
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOP
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28A: "55. Bring dishonor upon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- Similar words include: asperse, sully, denigrate
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BESMIRCH
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29A: "60. "I'm sleepy" signals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
- Similar words include: yaw, oscitancy, yawn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YAWNS
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30A: "64. Ancient Mexican empire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the nahuatl people who established an empire in mexico that was overthrown by cortes in 1519
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AZTEC
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31A: "65. 1980s hit with the lyric "Me mind on fire, me soul on fire" ... or how one might describe 17-, 30- and 48-Across?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HOTHOTHOT
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32A: "68. Back of a car or front of an elephant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
- Similar words include: tree trunk, proboscis, torso
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRUNK
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33A: "69. Orchestral woodwind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBOE
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34A: "70. Place of buzziness?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a teeming multitude
- Similar words include: beehive
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HIVE
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35A: "71. Most watches have three of these"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- Similar words include: helping hand, bridge player, handwriting
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HANDS
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36A: "72. Japanese electronics giant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SONY
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37A: "73. An estimated 25% of modern phone calls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a canned meat made largely from pork
- Similar words include: junk e-mail
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAM
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Seaweed in an underwater forest | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Revered figure | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Go off the deep end? | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Incredible bargain | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Kraft ___ & Cheese | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Lead-in to maker or breaker | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Give, but expect back | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Experienced during sleep | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Frothy drink often served with boba | 7 |
| 10D | 10. A ladybug landing on you is considered a good one | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Opposite of wild | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Alter ___ (other selves) | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Camera shop purchase | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Adult male deer | 4 |
| 15D | 22. A hardened criminal might have a long one | 8 |
| 16D | 24. "Yeah, yeah" | 8 |
| 17D | 25. Missing part of the Great Sphinx of Giza | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Leafy lunch order | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Piece of armadillo armor | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Common sleep disorder | 5 |
| 21D | 31. Item worn over the shoulders | 5 |
| 22D | 32. "The ___ thickens ..." | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Vocal cords, informally | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Happening | 5 |
| 25D | 35. Singer Newman with the hit "You've Got a Friend in Me" | 5 |
| 26D | 37. Chair or pew | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Coke or Pepsi | 4 |
| 28D | 45. Gimmicky routines | 7 |
| 29D | 49. Dried poblanos used in mole sauce | 6 |
| 30D | 50. Toy on a string | 4 |
| 31D | 54. Trails | 5 |
| 32D | 55. Relaxing soak | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Book just after Ezekiel, alphabetically | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Flabbergast | 4 |
| 35D | 58. Patch up | 4 |
| 36D | 59. Drifter in search of work | 4 |
| 37D | 61. What to do with egg whites when making meringue | 4 |
| 38D | 62. Luminous stellar explosion | 4 |
| 39D | 63. Women in ___ (educational advocacy group) | 4 |
| 40D | 66. Colossal quantity | 3 |
| 41D | 67. "Yoo-hoo!" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Seaweed in an underwater forest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KELP
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2D: "2. Revered figure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
- Similar words include: god, paragon, graven image
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDOL
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3D: "3. Go off the deep end?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
- Similar words include: plunk, nosedive, plunge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIVE
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4D: "4. Incredible 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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5D: "5. Kraft ___ & Cheese"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
- Similar words include: mack, macintosh, mackintosh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAC
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6D: "6. Lead-in to maker or breaker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: crank, deoxyephedrine, meth
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICE
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7D: "7. Give, but expect back"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bestow a quality on
- Similar words include: bring, contribute, add
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LEND
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8D: "8. Experienced during sleep"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- Similar words include: daydream, dream, stargaze
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DREAMT
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9D: "9. Frothy drink often served with boba"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MILKTEA
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10D: "10. A ladybug landing on you is considered a good one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
- Similar words include: portend, predict, foretell
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMEN
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11D: "11. Opposite of wild"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that correct by punishment or discipline
- Similar words include: reclaim, meek, cultivate
- Opposite of: wild
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Answer: TAME
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12D: "12. Alter ___ (other selves)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: ego, egotism, self
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOS
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13D: "13. Camera shop purchase"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- Similar words include: lens of the eye, lense, genus Lens
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LENS
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14D: "18. Adult male deer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- Similar words include: grass, hart, rat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAG
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15D: "22. A hardened criminal might have a long one"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RAPSHEET
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16D: "24. "Yeah, yeah""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
- Similar words include: whatsoever, any
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WHATEVER
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17D: "25. Missing part of the Great Sphinx of Giza"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- Similar words include: intrude, poke, scent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOSE
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18D: "27. Leafy lunch order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALAD
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19D: "28. Piece of armadillo armor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- Similar words include: crustal plate, home base, home
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLATE
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20D: "29. Common sleep disorder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that transient cessation of respiration
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APNEA
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21D: "31. Item worn over the shoulders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHAWL
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22D: "32. "The ___ thickens ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- Similar words include: plot of ground, secret plan, diagram
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOT
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23D: "33. Vocal cords, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
- Similar words include: pipe up, pip, mop up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PIPES
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24D: "34. Happening"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that happens at a given place and time
- Similar words include: issue, case, outcome
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVENT
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25D: "35. Singer Newman with the hit "You've Got a Friend in Me""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feeling great sexual desire
- Similar words include: horny, aroused, turned on
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RANDY
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26D: "37. Chair or pew"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- Similar words include: derriere, bum, nates
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAT
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27D: "42. Coke or Pepsi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
- Similar words include: El Salvadoran colon, Colon, colon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COLA
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28D: "45. Gimmicky routines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (yiddish) a little; a piece
- Similar words include: schtick, shtick, schtik
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHTICKS
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29D: "49. Dried poblanos used in mole sauce"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANCHOS
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30D: "50. Toy on a string"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOYO
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31D: "54. Trails"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a course of conduct
- Similar words include: itinerary, path, route
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PATHS
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32D: "55. Relaxing soak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- Similar words include: bathe, bathroom, tub
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BATH
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33D: "56. Book just after Ezekiel, alphabetically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a jewish priest and scribe sent by the persian king to restore jewish law and worship in jerusalem
- Similar words include: Book of Ezra
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EZRA
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34D: "57. Flabbergast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- Similar words include: daze, stupefy, sandbag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STUN
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35D: "58. Patch up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- Similar words include: doctor, reparation, repair
- Opposite of: break
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Answer: MEND
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36D: "59. Drifter in search of work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disreputable vagrant
- Similar words include: bum, tramp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOBO
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37D: "61. What to do with egg whites when making meringue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- Similar words include: welt, trounce, pip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WHIP
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38D: "62. Luminous stellar explosion"
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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39D: "63. Women in ___ (educational advocacy group)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- Similar words include: stalk, shank, stem turn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEM
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40D: "66. Colossal quantity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Similar words include: net ton, long ton, short ton
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TON
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41D: "67. "Yoo-hoo!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEY
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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