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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: Moderate
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. Bold way to go when bluffing | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Blade brand | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Mocked, in a way | 4 |
| 4A | 14. One of approximately three million in Finland (for a population of less than six million) | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Artery | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Place for a hero | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Giving up one's amateur status | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Valhalla V.I.P. | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Ben Jonson wrote one to himself | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Name repeated in a hit 1963 rock song | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Emulate Cicero | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Frantic rushes | 12 |
| 13A | 25. Apple variety named for the state it was developed in | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Daffy Duck characteristic | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Thing to rule, proverbially | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Moon's path | 5 |
| 17A | 33. Largest human cells | 3 |
| 18A | 36. Rapper born Tracy Lauren Marrow | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Good source of vitamin C | 5 |
| 20A | 38. Thunderstruck | 4 |
| 21A | 39. Ballpark fig. | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Liam Neeson action trilogy | 5 |
| 23A | 41. Many a rosé wine | 5 |
| 24A | 42. Budget airline of Ireland, informally | 4 |
| 25A | 44. Word with college or message | 6 |
| 26A | 45. Something it's good to pass with | 12 |
| 27A | 50. Places for hot dates? | 5 |
| 28A | 51. Moves pawn to e4, e.g. | 5 |
| 29A | 52. "Hazy" drink | 3 |
| 30A | 55. One flying in to the coast, maybe | 4 |
| 31A | 56. Competitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across ... or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters | 10 |
| 32A | 58. Mortarboard wearer | 4 |
| 33A | 59. Steve with nine N.B.A. titles as a player and coach | 4 |
| 34A | 60. Island country that's an anagram of TAHITI minus T | 5 |
| 35A | 61. Major export of Ghana | 4 |
| 36A | 62. Brit's exclamation | 4 |
| 37A | 63. Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Bold way to go when bluffing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLIN
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2A: "6. Blade brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATRA
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3A: "10. Mocked, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- Similar words include: caricature, ape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APED
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4A: "14. One of approximately three million in Finland (for a population of less than six million)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
- Similar words include: sweat room
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAUNA
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5A: "15. Artery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- Similar words include: route
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROAD
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6A: "16. Place for a hero"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- Similar words include: delicatessen, food shop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DELI
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7A: "17. Giving up one's amateur status"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TURNINGPRO
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8A: "19. Valhalla V.I.P."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIN
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9A: "20. Ben Jonson wrote one to himself"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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10A: "21. Name repeated in a hit 1963 rock song"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOUIE
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11A: "22. Emulate Cicero"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that talk pompously
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORATE
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12A: "23. Frantic rushes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MADSCRAMBLES
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13A: "25. Apple variety named for the state it was developed in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- Similar words include: conglomerate, imperium
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMPIRE
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14A: "28. Daffy Duck characteristic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
- Similar words include: list-processing language
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LISP
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15A: "29. Thing to rule, proverbially"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- Similar words include: rest, perch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROOST
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16A: "30. Moon's path"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- Similar words include: range, compass, cranial orbit
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORBIT
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17A: "33. Largest human cells"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Similar words include: egg cell, ovum
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OVA
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18A: "36. Rapper born Tracy Lauren Marrow"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICET
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19A: "37. Good source of vitamin C"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
- Similar words include: yield
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FRUIT
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20A: "38. Thunderstruck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inspire awe in
- Similar words include: awestricken, awful, awe
- Opposite of: unawed
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Answer: AWED
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21A: "39. Ballpark fig."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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22A: "40. Liam Neeson action trilogy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that require (time or space)
- Similar words include: rent, film, select
- Opposite of: disclaim, abstain
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Answer: TAKEN
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23A: "41. Many a rosé wine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an occurrence of thorough mixing
- Similar words include: blending, portmanteau, commingle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLEND
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24A: "42. Budget airline of Ireland, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RYAN
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25A: "44. Word with college or message"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the stage of a theater
- Similar words include: display panel, plank, add-in
- Opposite of: get off
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Answer: BOARDS
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26A: "45. Something it's good to pass with"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: FLYINGCOLORS
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27A: "50. Places for hot dates?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Similar words include: haven, oasis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OASES
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28A: "51. Moves pawn to e4, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: afford, outdoors, spread out
- Opposite of: fold, close
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Answer: OPENS
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29A: "52. "Hazy" drink"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IPA
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30A: "55. One flying in to the coast, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- Similar words include: patsy, mug, mark
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GULL
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31A: "56. Competitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across ... or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SPEEDCUBER
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32A: "58. Mortarboard wearer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one-hundredth of a right angle
- Similar words include: alum, alumna, grade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRAD
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33A: "59. Steve with nine N.B.A. titles as a player and coach"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KERR
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34A: "60. Island country that's an anagram of TAHITI minus T"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- Similar words include: Republic of Haiti, Hispaniola, Hayti
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAITI
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35A: "61. Major export of Ghana"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible tuber of any of several yams
- Similar words include: yam plant, yam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YAMS
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36A: "62. Brit's exclamation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISAY
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37A: "63. Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESSA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Regarding | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Hail | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Draw | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Days or Knights follower | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Finger painting? | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Many-eyed giant of Greek myth | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Hot ___ (fast-fashion company) | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Like triplets vis-à-vis twins | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Botheration | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Cute to the max | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Standard bicycle propulsion | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Upper echelon | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Patronizes a four-star restaurant, say | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Central point | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Pass over | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Atomizer output | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Came to rest | 4 |
| 18D | 25. The "E" in HOMES | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Some comfy kicks | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Spoken-word event | 10 |
| 21D | 30. Mork's planet on an old sitcom | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Narrator on "Euphoria" | 3 |
| 23D | 32. Storage container | 3 |
| 24D | 34. Peddle | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Tacks on | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Vampire double feature? | 4 |
| 27D | 38. "What a pity!" | 4 |
| 28D | 40. Catches some rays | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Sour soup | 7 |
| 30D | 43. Rates of return | 6 |
| 31D | 44. Whom Austin Powers parodies | 4 |
| 32D | 45. Like San Francisco, frequently | 5 |
| 33D | 46. Early 2000s first lady | 5 |
| 34D | 47. Hangs in there | 5 |
| 35D | 48. Work with a libretto | 5 |
| 36D | 49. Distrustful | 5 |
| 37D | 52. Sacred bird of ancient Egypt | 4 |
| 38D | 53. Contents of some carriers | 4 |
| 39D | 54. Highlight of a 48-Down | 4 |
| 40D | 56. Word with run or lift | 3 |
| 41D | 57. Burj Khalifa's home, in brief | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Regarding"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTO
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2D: "2. Hail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that praise, glorify, or honor
- Similar words include: extol, exalt, proclaim
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAUD
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3D: "3. Draw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- Similar words include: tempt, enticement, come-on
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LURE
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4D: "4. Days or Knights follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Similar words include: lodge, hostel, auberge
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INN
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5D: "5. Finger painting?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NAILART
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6D: "6. Many-eyed giant of Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer io and was slain by hermes
- Similar words include: argus pheasant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARGUS
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7D: "7. Hot ___ (fast-fashion company)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- Similar words include: theme, issue, matter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOPIC
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8D: "8. Like triplets vis-à-vis twins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Similar words include: rarefied, uncommon, rare
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RARER
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9D: "9. Botheration"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid active commotion
- Similar words include: bustle, fuss, stir
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADO
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10D: "10. Cute to the max"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADORBS
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11D: "11. Standard bicycle propulsion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PEDALPOWER
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12D: "12. Upper echelon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- Similar words include: elect, elite group
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELITE
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13D: "13. Patronizes a four-star restaurant, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have supper; eat dinner
- Similar words include: boom, din, dine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DINES
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14D: "18. Central point"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a connecting point at which several lines come together
- Similar words include: thickening, client, guest
- Opposite of: antinode
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Answer: NODE
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15D: "22. Pass over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- Similar words include: drop, neglect, except
- Opposite of: include, attend to
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Answer: OMIT
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16D: "23. Atomizer output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin fog with condensation near the ground
- Similar words include: haze over, obscure, befog
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIST
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17D: "24. Came to rest"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIT
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18D: "25. The "E" in HOMES"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Similar words include: Lake Erie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIE
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19D: "26. Some comfy kicks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOCS
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20D: "27. Spoken-word event"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: POETRYSLAM
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21D: "30. Mork's planet on an old sitcom"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORK
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22D: "31. Narrator on "Euphoria""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Similar words include: Ruta graveolens, regret, sorrow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUE
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23D: "32. Storage container"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a container; usually has a lid
- Similar words include: binful, ABA transit number, bank identification number
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIN
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24D: "34. Peddle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sell or offer for sale from place to place
- Similar words include: hawk, huckster, monger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VEND
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25D: "35. Tacks on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: impart, tot, tote up
- Opposite of: take away, subtract
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Answer: ADDS
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26D: "37. Vampire double feature?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bantu language spoken in cameroon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FANG
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27D: "38. "What a pity!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Similar words include: regrettably, unluckily, unfortunately
- Opposite of: fortunately, luckily
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Answer: ALAS
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28D: "40. Catches some rays"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: suntan, tangent, burn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TANS
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29D: "41. Sour soup"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a russian or polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation
- Similar words include: bortsch, borsht, borsch
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BORSCHT
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30D: "43. Rates of return"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that production of a certain amount
- Similar words include: cede, move over, take
- Opposite of: survive, stand
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Answer: YIELDS
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31D: "44. Whom Austin Powers parodies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an electrical force linking atoms
- Similar words include: adhesiveness, stick to, tie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOND
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32D: "45. Like San Francisco, frequently"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- Similar words include: bleary, groggy, misty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FOGGY
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33D: "46. Early 2000s first lady"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAURA
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34D: "47. Hangs in there"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
- Similar words include: get by, apprehend, manage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COPES
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35D: "48. Work with a libretto"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Similar words include: opera house
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPERA
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36D: "49. Distrustful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- Similar words include: untrusting, mistrustful, wary
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEERY
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37D: "52. Sacred bird of ancient Egypt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IBIS
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38D: "53. Contents of some carriers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- Similar words include: dearie, deary, favourite
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PETS
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39D: "54. Highlight of a 48-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARIA
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40D: "56. Word with run or lift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKI
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41D: "57. Burj Khalifa's home, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UAE
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Decode the Clues
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Build Vocabulary
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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