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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (35 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: 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. Man's name that, like Otto, is also an Italian number | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Missing unexpectedly | 4 |
| 3A | 8. Times up | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Vet's report | 8 |
| 5A | 16. Poogle or Cybunny | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Movie trailer narrator's first words, often | 8 |
| 7A | 18. Fresh Rolls, for example? | 6 |
| 8A | 19. Prominent ingredient in a Taiwanese chicken soup | 9 |
| 9A | 21. 2014 historical drama in which Stephan James plays the civil rights activist John Lewis | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Swarm | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Roti alternative | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Last name in magazine publishing | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Whiz | 3 |
| 14A | 29. "French" or "sliced" haircut | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Music recording space, informally | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Old political slogan of the women's suffrage and labor movements | 13 |
| 17A | 36. "No more games!" | 13 |
| 18A | 37. Drinks popular among bodybuilders | 13 |
| 19A | 38. Quintana ___, easternmost of Mexico's 31 states | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Peaceful, so to speak | 3 |
| 21A | 40. What's represented by a jiggled thumbs-up, in sign language | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Org. that includes the Forest Service | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Agency-issued rules, for short | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Prosperous period | 4 |
| 25A | 50. Express misgivings | 5 |
| 26A | 52. Mutual aid event that originated in 1920s Harlem | 9 |
| 27A | 55. Like Marilyn Monroe's beauty mark | 6 |
| 28A | 57. Gathering with grills and grilles | 8 |
| 29A | 58. Popular export from Islay or Speyside | 6 |
| 30A | 59. Part of a cabinet that's made overseas | 8 |
| 31A | 60. Osaka's island | 6 |
| 32A | 61. Word used in conditional coding | 4 |
| 33A | 62. Settings for some residents, for short | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Man's name that, like Otto, is also an Italian number"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRE
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2A: "4. Missing unexpectedly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who is away or absent without leave
- Similar words include: truant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AWOL
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3A: "8. Times up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATBATS
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4A: "14. Vet's report"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WARSTORY
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5A: "16. Poogle or Cybunny"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEOPET
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6A: "17. Movie trailer narrator's first words, often"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: INAWORLD
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7A: "18. Fresh Rolls, for example?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEWCAR
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8A: "19. Prominent ingredient in a Taiwanese chicken soup"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SESAMEOIL
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9A: "21. 2014 historical drama in which Stephan James plays the civil rights activist John Lewis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a town in central alabama on the alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register black voters
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SELMA
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10A: "22. Swarm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be teeming, be abuzz
- Similar words include: swarm, pullulate, stream
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEEM
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11A: "23. Roti alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leavened bread baked in a clay oven in india; usually shaped like a teardrop
- Similar words include: nan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAAN
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12A: "25. Last name in magazine publishing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states political cartoonist (1840-1902)
- Similar words include: Thomas Nast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAST
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13A: "26. Whiz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an athlete who plays for pay
- Similar words include: professional
- Opposite of: con, anti
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Answer: PRO
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14A: "29. "French" or "sliced" haircut"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former monetary unit in great britain
- Similar words include: British shilling, shilling, cork
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOB
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15A: "31. Music recording space, informally"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STU
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16A: "32. Old political slogan of the women's suffrage and labor movements"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: BREADANDROSES
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17A: "36. "No more games!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: PLAYTIMESOVER
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18A: "37. Drinks popular among bodybuilders"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: PROTEINSHAKES
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19A: "38. Quintana ___, easternmost of Mexico's 31 states"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROO
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20A: "39. Peaceful, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that school of mahayana buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; china and japan
- Similar words include: back breaker, dose, dot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZEN
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21A: "40. What's represented by a jiggled thumbs-up, in sign language"
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: X, 10, ten-spot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN
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22A: "41. Org. that includes the Forest Service"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
- Similar words include: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Agriculture Department
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USDA
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23A: "43. Agency-issued rules, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REGS
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24A: "46. Prosperous period"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
- Similar words include: godsend, microphone boom, gravy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOOM
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25A: "50. Express misgivings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- Similar words include: except, demurral, demurrer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEMUR
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26A: "52. Mutual aid event that originated in 1920s Harlem"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RENTPARTY
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27A: "55. Like Marilyn Monroe's beauty mark"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relating to or having the characteristics on an icon
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICONIC
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28A: "57. Gathering with grills and grilles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
- Similar words include: tailboard
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TAILGATE
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29A: "58. Popular export from Islay or Speyside"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- Similar words include: foil, frustrate, frugal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCOTCH
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30A: "59. Part of a cabinet that's made overseas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- Similar words include: parson, rector, government minister
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MINISTER
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31A: "60. Osaka's island"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the central and largest of the four main islands of japan; between the sea of japan and the pacific ocean; regarded as the japanese mainland
- Similar words include: Hondo
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HONSHU
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32A: "61. Word used in conditional coding"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSE
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33A: "62. Settings for some residents, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
- Similar words include: Er, ER, erbium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Switcheroo | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Flying ___ (train between Mumbai and Surat) | 5 |
| 3D | 3. DO NOT ___ | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Nuclide, e.g. | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Abraded | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Fabric debuted by DuPont in the 1940s | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Olympic golf gold medalist ___ Ko | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Princess played by Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Some gift shop merch | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Former "S.N.L." comic ___ Yang | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Students might get credit from them | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Semi professional? | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Low-level cloud | 7 |
| 14D | 15. Rodent that lives in South American marshes | 8 |
| 15D | 20. Mideast yogurt dip eaten with pita | 6 |
| 16D | 24. Acknowledges, in a way | 6 |
| 17D | 27. Singer Jessie with the hit 2020 album "Before Love Came to Kill Us" | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Like Cheerios vis-à-vis Lucky Charms, say | 6 |
| 19D | 30. Strapped for cash | 5 |
| 20D | 32. Color effect of a lunar eclipse | 9 |
| 21D | 33. Evening call to kids playing in the yard | 6 |
| 22D | 34. Early hrs. | 3 |
| 23D | 35. They hold roasts | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Italian sparkling wine | 8 |
| 25D | 37. Pearl-clutching | 7 |
| 26D | 42. High-ranking women in "The Handmaid's Tale" | 5 |
| 27D | 44. "See what I mean?" | 5 |
| 28D | 45. Perpetual homebody? | 5 |
| 29D | 47. Make a delivery, in a way | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Mammal with webbed feet | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Personality test co-inventor Isabel Briggs ___ | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Rolling in it | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Popcorn holders | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Ballet term from the French for "folded" | 4 |
| 35D | 56. "Wicked" director Jon M. ___ | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Switcheroo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unforeseen development
- Similar words include: flex, spin, deform
- Opposite of: untwist, unbend
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Answer: TWIST
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2D: "2. Flying ___ (train between Mumbai and Surat)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (the feminine of raja) a hindu princess or the wife of a raja
- Similar words include: rani
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RANEE
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3D: "3. DO NOT ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from memory or existence
- Similar words include: wipe off, score out, delete
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: ERASE
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4D: "4. Nuclide, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Similar words include: particle, mote, speck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOM
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5D: "5. Abraded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be dressed in
- Similar words include: bust, tire, jade
- Opposite of: refresh
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Answer: WORE
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6D: "6. Fabric debuted by DuPont in the 1940s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with orlon yarns
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORLON
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7D: "7. Olympic golf gold medalist ___ Ko"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient region on the coast of western asia minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the persians in 546 bc
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LYDIA
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8D: "8. Princess played by Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANN
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9D: "9. Some gift shop merch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: golf tee, tee up, teeing ground
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEES
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10D: "10. Former "S.N.L." comic ___ Yang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOWEN
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11D: "11. Students might get credit from them"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: APCLASSES
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12D: "12. Semi professional?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
- Similar words include: trucker, truck driver
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TEAMSTER
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13D: "13. Low-level cloud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large dark low cloud
- Similar words include: stratus cloud
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STRATUS
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14D: "15. Rodent that lives in South American marshes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SWAMPRAT
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15D: "20. Mideast yogurt dip eaten with pita"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LABNEH
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16D: "24. Acknowledges, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NODSAT
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17D: "27. Singer Jessie with the hit 2020 album "Before Love Came to Kill Us""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REYEZ
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18D: "28. Like Cheerios vis-à-vis Lucky Charms, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OATIER
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19D: "30. Strapped for cash"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become separated into pieces or fragments
- Similar words include: bust, break in, recrudesce
- Opposite of: keep, conform to
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Answer: BROKE
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20D: "32. Color effect of a lunar eclipse"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BLOODMOON
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21D: "33. Evening call to kids playing in the yard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
- Similar words include: dinner party
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DINNER
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22D: "34. Early hrs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
- Similar words include: americium, MA, Artium Magister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMS
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23D: "35. They hold roasts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OVENBAGS
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24D: "36. Italian sparkling wine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PROSECCO
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25D: "37. Pearl-clutching"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that exaggeratedly proper
- Similar words include: tight-laced, priggish, prissy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PRUDISH
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26D: "42. High-ranking women in "The Handmaid's Tale""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- Similar words include: aunty, aunt, auntie
- Opposite of: uncle
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Answer: AUNTS
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27D: "44. "See what I mean?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GETME
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28D: "45. Perpetual homebody?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
- Similar words include: escargot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAIL
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29D: "47. Make a delivery, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that talk pompously
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORATE
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30D: "48. Mammal with webbed feet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fur of an otter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OTTER
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31D: "49. Personality test co-inventor Isabel Briggs ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MYERS
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32D: "51. Rolling in it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
- Similar words include: robust, ample, racy
- Opposite of: poor, lean
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Answer: RICH
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33D: "53. Popcorn holders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: Sn, can, canister
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TINS
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34D: "54. Ballet term from the French for "folded""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLIE
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35D: "56. "Wicked" director Jon M. ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHU
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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
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
33 Across Clues
35 Down Clues
68 Total Clues
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