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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 (40 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. Change entirely | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Like former secrets | 6 |
| 3A | 12. Make like a frog | 3 |
| 4A | 15. One who doesn't speak while in a cast | 5 |
| 5A | 16. Balkan state that's been independent since 2008 | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Like the name of former soccer star Mark De Man | 3 |
| 7A | 18. Cluster | 12 |
| 8A | 20. Density symbol | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Go for gold? | 3 |
| 10A | 22. It may be padded or slapped | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Do you read me? | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Veteran | 6 |
| 13A | 27. Agent | 9 |
| 14A | 31. Change logos, maybe | 7 |
| 15A | 33. "Bravo!" | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Dour | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Unnatural, in a way | 4 |
| 18A | 36. H.S. course covering integrals | 6 |
| 19A | 39. ___ trading | 3 |
| 20A | 40. Steam | 10 |
| 21A | 43. Sow, e.g. | 3 |
| 22A | 46. Black-and-orange bird | 6 |
| 23A | 47. Bob who painted "happy little trees" | 4 |
| 24A | 50. Jackie who co-starred in "Rush Hour" | 4 |
| 25A | 52. Top halves of centaurs | 3 |
| 26A | 53. They may be lifted ... or downed | 7 |
| 27A | 56. Gambit | 9 |
| 28A | 59. City with red buses | 6 |
| 29A | 60. Big or bad follower | 5 |
| 30A | 61. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants" | 4 |
| 31A | 63. Fripp & ___ (musical duo) | 3 |
| 32A | 64. ___ culpa | 3 |
| 33A | 65. Communication aid that helps make sense of the italicized clues | 12 |
| 34A | 70. Subj. for immigrants, maybe | 3 |
| 35A | 71. Training aids for a lab, say | 6 |
| 36A | 72. Plain | 5 |
| 37A | 73. ___ pad | 3 |
| 38A | 74. What headphones often play in | 6 |
| 39A | 75. Shark's mark | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Change entirely"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that device for resetting instruments or controls
- Similar words include: readjust
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RESET
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2A: "6. Like former secrets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have in common
- Similar words include: apportion, divided up, share
- Opposite of: unshared
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Answer: SHARED
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3A: "12. Make like a frog"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- Similar words include: record hop, skip, hop-skip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOP
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4A: "15. One who doesn't speak while in a cast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a minor actor in crowd scenes
- Similar words include: spear carrier, additional, supernumerary
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EXTRA
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5A: "16. Balkan state that's been independent since 2008"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a serbian province in southern serbia and montenegro populated predominantly by albanians
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KOSOVO
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6A: "17. Like the name of former soccer star Mark De Man"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Similar words include: minded, tending, given
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APT
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7A: "18. Cluster"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: CHARLIESHEEN
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8A: "20. Density symbol"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RHO
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9A: "21. Go for gold?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: tangent, suntan, topaz
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAN
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10A: "22. It may be padded or slapped"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Similar words include: articulatio genus, human knee, stifle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNEE
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11A: "23. Do you read me?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
- Similar words include: new, refreshing, fresh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOVEL
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12A: "25. Veteran"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OLDPRO
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13A: "27. Agent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALPHAMALE
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14A: "31. Change logos, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REBRAND
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15A: "33. "Bravo!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OLE
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16A: "34. Dour"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- Similar words include: dreary, downcast, dismal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRIM
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17A: "35. Unnatural, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that color with dye
- Similar words include: colored, bleached, dye
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DYED
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18A: "36. H.S. course covering integrals"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APCALC
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19A: "39. ___ trading"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- Similar words include: daytime, 24-hour interval, mean solar day
- Opposite of: night
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Answer: DAY
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20A: "40. Steam"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SIERRACLUB
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21A: "43. Sow, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that domestic swine
- Similar words include: grunter, Sus scrofa, bull
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIG
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22A: "46. Black-and-orange bird"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
- Similar words include: Old World oriole, American oriole, New World oriole
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORIOLE
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23A: "47. Bob who painted "happy little trees""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
- Similar words include: Betsy Ross, Sir John Ross, Nellie Ross
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSS
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24A: "50. Jackie who co-starred in "Rush Hour""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHAN
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25A: "52. Top halves of centaurs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the force of workers available
- Similar words include: work force, manpower, man
- Opposite of: woman, civilian
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Answer: MEN
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26A: "53. They may be lifted ... or downed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
- Similar words include: flavour, smell, liveliness
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SPIRITS
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27A: "56. Gambit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GOLFRANGE
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28A: "59. City with red buses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and largest city of england; located on the thames in southeastern england; financial and industrial and cultural center
- Similar words include: British capital, John Griffith Chaney, capital of the United Kingdom
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LONDON
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29A: "60. Big or bad follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- Similar words include: orchard apple tree, Malus pumila
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APPLE
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30A: "61. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Similar words include: Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAOS
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31A: "63. Fripp & ___ (musical duo)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO
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32A: "64. ___ culpa"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MEA
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33A: "65. Communication aid that helps make sense of the italicized clues"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: NATOALPHABET
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34A: "70. Subj. for immigrants, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESL
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35A: "71. Training aids for a lab, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: delicacy, goody, kickshaw
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TREATS
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36A: "72. Plain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that open and observable; not secret or hidden
- Similar words include: open
- Opposite of: covert
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Answer: OVERT
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37A: "73. ___ pad"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Similar words include: soh, so, sol
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOS
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38A: "74. What headphones often play in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
- Similar words include: stereophonic system, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STEREO
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39A: "75. Shark's mark"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- Similar words include: mark, gull, soft touch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PATSY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Church leader | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Took one's breath away? | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Remain loyal to | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Pronounce "aisle" as it's spelled, e.g. | 3 |
| 5D | 5. It often leans left or right | 9 |
| 6D | 6. ___-Ball | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Joel follows it | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Flame's remains | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Lumpsucker eggs | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Biblical second coming? | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Prima ___ | 5 |
| 12D | 12. University of Cambridge | 7 |
| 13D | 13. "Hamlet" noblewoman | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Developer of a geocentric model of the universe | 7 |
| 15D | 19. Words after cash or zero | 4 |
| 16D | 24. [Horrors!] | 3 |
| 17D | 26. Org. leader | 4 |
| 18D | 28. One who knows all the shortcuts, maybe | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Puts down | 6 |
| 20D | 30. Where Dante's path to paradise begins | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Panama's ___ National Park | 6 |
| 22D | 37. That's the whole point! | 5 |
| 23D | 38. Seller of knickknacks | 9 |
| 24D | 41. Gospel singer Franklin | 4 |
| 25D | 42. Like a zoomer after 1997 | 4 |
| 26D | 43. Minecraft and World of Warcraft | 7 |
| 27D | 44. "If we're lucky!" | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Rhyming name for a certain group of friends | 7 |
| 29D | 48. It's not the main part of the action | 7 |
| 30D | 49. High achievers? | 7 |
| 31D | 51. Notable org. with 32 members | 3 |
| 32D | 54. Sit (down) heavily | 4 |
| 33D | 55. Arrogant | 6 |
| 34D | 57. Lets | 5 |
| 35D | 58. Really please | 5 |
| 36D | 62. Plus | 4 |
| 37D | 66. It might be left hanging | 3 |
| 38D | 67. Most common letter in this clue | 3 |
| 39D | 68. Boat propeller | 3 |
| 40D | 69. Director DuVernay | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Church leader"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- Similar words include: curate, parson, minister
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RECTOR
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2D: "2. Took one's breath away?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give out (breath or an odor)
- Similar words include: emanate, expire, give forth
- Opposite of: inhale
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Answer: EXHALED
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3D: "3. Remain loyal to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that can be relied on when needed
- Similar words include: understudy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STANDBY
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4D: "4. Pronounce "aisle" as it's spelled, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: mistake, slip, stray
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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5D: "5. It often leans left or right"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TALKRADIO
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6D: "6. ___-Ball"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKEE
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7D: "7. Joel follows it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a minor hebrew prophet (8th century bc)
- Similar words include: Book of Hosea
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOSEA
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8D: "8. Flame's remains"
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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9D: "9. Lumpsucker eggs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- Similar words include: hard roe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROE
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10D: "10. Biblical second coming?"
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: evening, even, eventide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVE
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11D: "11. Prima ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an italian woman of rank
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DONNA
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12D: "12. University of Cambridge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a university in massachusetts
- Similar words include: John Harvard, Harvard University
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HARVARD
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13D: "13. "Hamlet" noblewoman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OPHELIA
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14D: "14. Developer of a geocentric model of the universe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late renaissance
- Similar words include: Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolemaic dynasty
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PTOLEMY
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15D: "19. Words after cash or zero"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INON
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16D: "24. [Horrors!]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OMG
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17D: "26. Org. leader"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PRES
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18D: "28. One who knows all the shortcuts, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
- Similar words include: topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, local anaesthetic
- Opposite of: general, national
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Answer: LOCAL
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19D: "29. Puts down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Similar words include: billet, rate, office
- Opposite of: divest
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Answer: PLACES
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20D: "30. Where Dante's path to paradise begins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any place of pain and turmoil
- Similar words include: netherworld, sin, underworld
- Opposite of: Heaven
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Answer: HELL
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21D: "32. Panama's ___ National Park"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DARIEN
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22D: "37. That's the whole point!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pointed projection
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRONG
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23D: "38. Seller of knickknacks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CURIOSHOP
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24D: "41. Gospel singer Franklin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERMA
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25D: "42. Like a zoomer after 1997"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british nuclear physicist (born in germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
- Similar words include: endure, innate, have a bun in the oven
- Opposite of: unborn
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Answer: BORN
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26D: "43. Minecraft and World of Warcraft"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PCGAMES
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27D: "44. "If we're lucky!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IHOPESO
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28D: "45. Rhyming name for a certain group of friends"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GALPALS
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29D: "48. It's not the main part of the action"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SIDEBET
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30D: "49. High achievers?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
- Similar words include: lapidator, stoner
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STONERS
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31D: "51. Notable org. with 32 members"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NFL
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32D: "54. 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: plunk, plank, plump down
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOP
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33D: "55. Arrogant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -laurent le sage
- Similar words include: persnickety, bigheaded, uppish
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNOTTY
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34D: "57. Lets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- Similar words include: rip, engage, take
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RENTS
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35D: "58. Really please"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Similar words include: lift up, uplift, pick up
- Opposite of: depress
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Answer: ELATE
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36D: "62. Plus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: too, likewise, as well
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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37D: "66. It might be left hanging"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Similar words include: artistry, artwork, graphics
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART
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38D: "67. Most common letter in this clue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, football tee, tee up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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39D: "68. Boat propeller"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAR
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40D: "69. Director DuVernay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVA
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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.
Use Cross-References
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
39 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
79 Total Clues
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