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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (42 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (43 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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. Flying high | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Romulus and Remus, e.g., for short | 4 |
| 3A | 10. "Hey ...!" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Skateboarding trick | 5 |
| 5A | 15. "There is nothing on earth so powerful as an ___ whose time has come" (proverb) | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Bird related to the 46-Down | 4 |
| 7A | 17. City center, often | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Groups at the First Continental Congress in 1774 | 11 |
| 9A | 20. "Les ___" | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Open mic performer, often | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Setting of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" | 4 |
| 12A | 23. 10 Hamiltons | 8 |
| 13A | 25. American Revolution heroes | 8 |
| 14A | 27. Fig. at a bus depot | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Defeats convincingly | 7 |
| 16A | 31. Fancy Dan | 3 |
| 17A | 32. Daiquiri flavor | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Bit of lore | 4 |
| 19A | 35. Overdo it at the beach, say | 3 |
| 20A | 36. George Washington's presidential status on February 4, 1789 | 5 |
| 21A | 37. Chrome alternative | 6 |
| 22A | 39. Simple wooden shoes | 6 |
| 23A | 42. Last full year of John Adams's presidency | 5 |
| 24A | 46. Heart chart, for short | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Fail to engage | 4 |
| 26A | 50. Jewish mysticism | 6 |
| 27A | 52. "Nixon in China" tenor | 3 |
| 28A | 53. Periodic survey started under Secy. of State Thomas Jefferson | 8 |
| 29A | 55. Trunk part | 3 |
| 30A | 56. Disunites | 6 |
| 31A | 58. "Father of the Constitution" and his family | 8 |
| 32A | 60. Like the Revolutionary War battles led by John Paul Jones | 5 |
| 33A | 61. Apple Store offerings | 4 |
| 34A | 63. Show of friendliness | 3 |
| 35A | 64. First signer of the Declaration of Independence | 11 |
| 36A | 66. "The Divine ___" (showbiz nickname) | 5 |
| 37A | 68. Conglomeration | 4 |
| 38A | 69. Regarding, on a memo | 4 |
| 39A | 70. Soul singer Adams | 5 |
| 40A | 71. Angler's hope | 4 |
| 41A | 72. TV programmer's slate, in brief | 4 |
| 42A | 73. American settlement until 1776 ... or a hint to 13 squares in this puzzle | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Flying high"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- Similar words include: glad, well-chosen, felicitous
- Opposite of: unhappy
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Answer: HAPPY
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2A: "6. Romulus and Remus, e.g., for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person's brother or sister
- Similar words include: sibling, cognate, sib
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIBS
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3A: "10. "Hey ...!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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4A: "14. Skateboarding trick"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OLLIE
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5A: "15. "There is nothing on earth so powerful as an ___ whose time has come" (proverb)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Similar words include: theme, estimation, musical theme
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDEA
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6A: "16. Bird related to the 46-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Similar words include: Rhea americana, Pterocnemia pennata, nandu
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RHEA
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7A: "17. City center, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public square with room for pedestrians
- Similar words include: place, mall, shopping mall
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLAZA
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8A: "18. Groups at the First Continental Congress in 1774"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of representatives or delegates
- Similar words include: commission, delegacy, relegation
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DELEGATIONS
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9A: "20. "Les ___""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIZ
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10A: "21. Open mic performer, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POET
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11A: "22. Setting of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
- Similar words include: Ioway, IA, Hawkeye State
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOWA
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12A: "23. 10 Hamiltons"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
- Similar words include: benzoin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BENJAMIN
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13A: "25. American Revolution heroes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who loves and defends his or her country
- Similar words include: nationalist, patriot
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PATRIOTS
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14A: "27. Fig. at a bus depot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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15A: "28. Defeats convincingly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ACESOUT
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16A: "31. Fancy Dan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- Similar words include: fashion plate, clotheshorse, swell
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOP
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17A: "32. Daiquiri flavor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
- Similar words include: banana tree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BANANA
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18A: "34. Bit of lore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- Similar words include: narrative, fib, story
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TALE
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19A: "35. Overdo it at the beach, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english painter and art critic (1866-1934)
- Similar words include: nipper, electrocute, Roger Fry
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRY
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20A: "36. George Washington's presidential status on February 4, 1789"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an exclusive group of people
- Similar words include: chosen, elite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELECT
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21A: "37. Chrome alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an overland journey by hunters (especially in africa)
- Similar words include: hunting expedition, campaign
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAFARI
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22A: "39. Simple wooden shoes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shoe carved from a single block of wood
- Similar words include: patten, wooden shoe, geta
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SABOTS
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23A: "42. Last full year of John Adams's presidency"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MDCCC
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24A: "46. Heart chart, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
- Similar words include: EKG, cardiogram, electrocardiogram
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECG
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25A: "49. Fail to engage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who evokes boredom
- Similar words include: tire, digest, have a bun in the oven
- Opposite of: interest
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Answer: BORE
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26A: "50. Jewish mysticism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an esoteric or occult matter resembling the kabbalah that is traditionally secret
- Similar words include: kabbalah, kabala, qabala
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CABALA
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27A: "52. "Nixon in China" tenor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
- Similar words include: Mao Zedong, Mao Tsetung, monoamine oxidase
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAO
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28A: "53. Periodic survey started under Secy. of State Thomas Jefferson"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: USCENSUS
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29A: "55. Trunk part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that support resembling the rib of an animal
- Similar words include: make fun, blackguard, roast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIB
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30A: "56. Disunites"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that undo the ties of
- Similar words include: unbrace, untie, loosen
- Opposite of: tie
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Answer: UNTIES
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31A: "58. "Father of the Constitution" and his family"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 4th president of the united states; member of the continental congress and rapporteur at the constitutional convention in 1776; helped frame the bill of rights (1751-1836)
- Similar words include: President Madison, capital of Wisconsin, Madison
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MADISONS
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32A: "60. Like the Revolutionary War battles led by John Paul Jones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NAVAL
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33A: "61. Apple Store offerings"
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: MACS
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34A: "63. Show of friendliness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tight or amorous embrace
- Similar words include: squeeze, bosom, clinch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUG
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35A: "64. First signer of the Declaration of Independence"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: JOHNHANCOCK
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36A: "66. "The Divine ___" (showbiz nickname)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MISSM
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37A: "68. Conglomeration"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLIO
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38A: "69. Regarding, on a memo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INRE
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39A: "70. Soul singer Adams"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OLETA
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40A: "71. Angler's hope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- Similar words include: chomp, seize with teeth, morsel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BITE
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41A: "72. TV programmer's slate, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKED
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42A: "73. American settlement until 1776 ... or a hint to 13 squares in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- Similar words include: settlement, dependency
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COLONY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Word with bar or bunny | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Unadulterated by plastic, say | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Ordinary | 9 |
| 4D | 4. You knead dough to make it | 5 |
| 5D | 5. A word of support | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Location of "Sloop John B" on the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Just chillaxing | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Salad ingredient often paired with goat cheese | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Long account | 4 |
| 10D | 10. A ___ | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Hot dog on a roll? | 7 |
| 12D | 12. One whose qualifications are enumerated in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Some coll. instructors | 3 |
| 14D | 19. Uneasy giggle | 6 |
| 15D | 21. Printing size | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Two-time Tony winner Neuwirth | 4 |
| 17D | 24. "Yowza!" | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Comedian Poundstone | 5 |
| 19D | 26. Bug exterminator? | 3 |
| 20D | 29. ___ Island | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Graceless ones | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Gets going | 4 |
| 23D | 37. Ticked off | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Website that added podcast info in 2021 | 4 |
| 25D | 40. Granada grandma | 6 |
| 26D | 41. Pears used for cooking | 5 |
| 27D | 43. Musical with the song "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" | 8 |
| 28D | 44. Doesn't let go of | 8 |
| 29D | 45. Street fleet | 4 |
| 30D | 46. World's second-tallest bird | 3 |
| 31D | 47. Trattoria treat in a shell | 7 |
| 32D | 48. Doubled, say | 7 |
| 33D | 50. Things to chew on | 4 |
| 34D | 51. Start to live and breathe? | 3 |
| 35D | 54. Kissed or whacked | 7 |
| 36D | 57. Rowena's love, in fiction | 7 |
| 37D | 59. 1970 Neil Diamond song about an imaginary childhood friend | 5 |
| 38D | 61. One living an orderly life? | 4 |
| 39D | 62. 4,840 square yards | 4 |
| 40D | 64. ZipRecruiter listing | 3 |
| 41D | 65. CBS drama starting in 2003 | 4 |
| 42D | 66. Soft slip-on, for short | 3 |
| 43D | 67. Lots of | 4 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Word with bar or bunny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- Similar words include: hop-skip, skip, hops
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOP
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2D: "2. Unadulterated by plastic, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ALLMETAL
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3D: "3. Ordinary"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PLAINJANE
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4D: "4. You knead dough to make it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese
- Similar words include: pizza pie
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PIZZA
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5D: "5. A word of support"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Similar words include: yeah
- Opposite of: nay
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Answer: YEA
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6D: "6. Location of "Sloop John B" on the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SIDEONE
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7D: "7. Just chillaxing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Similar words include: slug, unused, light
- Opposite of: busy, work
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Answer: IDLE
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8D: "8. Salad ingredient often paired with goat cheese"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- Similar words include: common beet, beetroot, Beta vulgaris
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEET
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9D: "9. Long account"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAGA
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10D: "10. A ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PRIORI
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11D: "11. Hot dog on a roll?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHOWOFF
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12D: "12. One whose qualifications are enumerated in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a senate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SENATOR
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13D: "13. Some coll. instructors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
- Similar words include: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAS
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14D: "19. Uneasy giggle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nervous restrained laugh
- Similar words include: giggle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TITTER
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15D: "21. Printing size"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
- Similar words include: pica em, em, genus Pica
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PICA
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16D: "23. Two-time Tony winner Neuwirth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEBE
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17D: "24. "Yowza!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- Similar words include: humankind, human race, valet
- Opposite of: civilian, woman
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Answer: MAN
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18D: "25. Comedian Poundstone"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PAULA
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19D: "26. Bug exterminator?"
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: snoop, sight, spot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPY
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20D: "29. ___ Island"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STATEN
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21D: "30. Graceless ones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward stupid person
- Similar words include: gawk, lout, lummox
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAFS
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22D: "33. Gets going"
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: human activity, dissemble, do
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTS
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23D: "37. Ticked off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open skin infection
- Similar words include: mad, tender, painful
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SORE
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24D: "38. Website that added podcast info in 2021"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMDB
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25D: "40. Granada grandma"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ABUELA
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26D: "41. Pears used for cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that greenish-yellow pear
- Similar words include: bosc
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOSCS
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27D: "43. Musical with the song "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- Similar words include: whirligig, roundabout, carrousel
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CAROUSEL
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28D: "44. Doesn't let go of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CLINGSTO
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29D: "45. Street fleet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- Similar words include: hack, taxi, cab
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CABS
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30D: "46. World's second-tallest bird"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Similar words include: Emu novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMU
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31D: "47. Trattoria treat in a shell"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CANNOLI
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32D: "48. Doubled, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOTAHIT
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33D: "50. Things to chew on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
- Similar words include: wad, chew, chaw
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUDS
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34D: "51. Start to live and breathe?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASI
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35D: "54. Kissed or whacked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that deliver a hard blow to
- Similar words include: peck, thwack, smack
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SMACKED
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36D: "57. Rowena's love, in fiction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IVANHOE
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37D: "59. 1970 Neil Diamond song about an imaginary childhood friend"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHILO
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38D: "61. One living an orderly life?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- Similar words include: Thelonious Sphere Monk, Thelonious Monk, monastic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MONK
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39D: "62. 4,840 square yards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akko, Akka, Accho
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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40D: "64. ZipRecruiter listing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- Similar words include: caper, line of work, line
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JOB
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41D: "65. CBS drama starting in 2003"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NCIS
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42D: "66. Soft slip-on, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOC
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43D: "67. Lots of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- Opposite of: few
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MANY
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Today's Puzzle Stats
42 Across Clues
43 Down Clues
85 Total Clues
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