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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (44 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. "Chocolate" pets | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Genome component | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Breaks in winter weather | 5 |
| 4A | 13. ___ vera | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Gave a hand | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Greet someone informally | 5 |
| 7A | 17. "Easy-peasy!" | 16 |
| 8A | 20. Attire for an infant | 6 |
| 9A | 21. Awe-inspiring solar phenomenon | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Severity | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Urban environmental hazard | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Pen tips | 4 |
| 13A | 28. Clean with a rough spray | 9 |
| 14A | 31. Blood ___ | 5 |
| 15A | 32. Acorn producer | 3 |
| 16A | 33. The 12 angry men in "12 Angry Men," e.g. | 6 |
| 17A | 34. Finish flamboyantly ... like 17-, 28-, 43- and 56-Across? | 14 |
| 18A | 40. 2000-09, with "the" | 6 |
| 19A | 41. ___ and haw | 3 |
| 20A | 42. Jumbo | 5 |
| 21A | 43. Colorful taffy candy brand | 9 |
| 22A | 49. Laptop brand | 4 |
| 23A | 50. Tons | 4 |
| 24A | 51. Not having quite enough money | 5 |
| 25A | 53. "Really?" | 6 |
| 26A | 55. Backside | 6 |
| 27A | 56. 2023 double-platinum Chappell Roan record | 16 |
| 28A | 60. Toyota hybrid | 5 |
| 29A | 61. Plumbing fixture found under the sink | 5 |
| 30A | 62. Things assayers assay | 4 |
| 31A | 63. Reactions akin to "OMG!" | 5 |
| 32A | 64. Pigs' digs | 3 |
| 33A | 65. Fill up | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Chocolate" pets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Similar words include: research laboratory, laboratory, science laboratory
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LABS
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2A: "5. Genome component"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Similar words include: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DNA
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3A: "8. Breaks in winter weather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: warming, melt, dissolve
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THAWS
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4A: "13. ___ vera"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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5A: "14. Gave a hand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- Similar words include: portion out, share, deal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEALT
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6A: "16. Greet someone informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAYHI
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7A: "17. "Easy-peasy!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: BADABINGBADABOOM
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8A: "20. Attire for an infant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONESIE
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9A: "21. Awe-inspiring solar phenomenon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first light of day
- Similar words include: morning, dawning, cockcrow
- Opposite of: sunset
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Answer: AURORA
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10A: "22. Severity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something hard to endure
- Similar words include: hardness, asperity, rigorousness
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RIGOR
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11A: "23. Urban environmental hazard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
- Similar words include: smogginess
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SMOG
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12A: "24. Pen tips"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the writing point of a pen
- Similar words include: neb, pen nib, bill
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIBS
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13A: "28. Clean with a rough spray"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blast of wind laden with sand
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SANDBLAST
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14A: "31. Blood ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
- Similar words include: blood serum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SERUM
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15A: "32. Acorn producer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- Similar words include: oak tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAK
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16A: "33. The 12 angry men in "12 Angry Men," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
- Similar words include: juryman, jurywoman, juror
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: JURORS
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17A: "34. Finish flamboyantly ... like 17-, 28-, 43- and 56-Across?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: GOOUTWITHABANG
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18A: "40. 2000-09, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: cipher, goose egg, nix
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AUGHTS
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19A: "41. ___ and haw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Similar words include: ahem
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEM
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20A: "42. Jumbo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment size for a large person
- Similar words include: with child, vauntingly, declamatory
- Opposite of: little, small
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Answer: LARGE
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21A: "43. Colorful taffy candy brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STARBURST
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22A: "49. Laptop brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- Similar words include: genus Acer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACER
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23A: "50. Tons"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOT
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24A: "51. Not having quite enough money"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- Similar words include: forgetful, abruptly, poor
- Opposite of: tall, long
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Answer: SHORT
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25A: "53. "Really?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OHYEAH
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26A: "55. Backside"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HEINIE
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27A: "56. 2023 double-platinum Chappell Roan record"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: REDWINESUPERNOVA
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28A: "60. Toyota hybrid"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRIUS
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29A: "61. Plumbing fixture found under the sink"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PTRAP
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30A: "62. Things assayers assay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Similar words include: ore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORES
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31A: "63. Reactions akin to "OMG!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- Similar words include: puff, gasp, pant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GASPS
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32A: "64. Pigs' digs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: pigpen, stye, pigsty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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33A: "65. Fill up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill to satisfaction
- Similar words include: satiate, replete, fill
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SATE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Hard work | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Morissette with the 1996 hit "Ironic" | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Corner store | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Fall, e.g. | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Reading room | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Subjects of some Billboard charts | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Old Russian ruler | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Cuban dance style | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Actress Edebiri | 3 |
| 11D | 11. "Which person are you referring to?" | 3 |
| 12D | 12. ___ card | 3 |
| 13D | 14. A standard one has 21 pips | 3 |
| 14D | 15. Fortune-telling deck | 5 |
| 15D | 18. Aviary inhabitant | 4 |
| 16D | 19. Hound | 3 |
| 17D | 25. It's "pumped" by bodybuilders | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Town | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Texting format, in brief | 3 |
| 20D | 29. Many internet spammers | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Rule | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Teacher for a day | 3 |
| 23D | 33. Part of a doorframe | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Tortilla chip dip, informally | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Shrek, e.g. | 4 |
| 26D | 36. "Wow, real mature" | 8 |
| 27D | 37. Sport-___ | 3 |
| 28D | 38. "Ow! Watch it!" | 8 |
| 29D | 39. "___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke) | 3 |
| 30D | 40. In the manner of | 3 |
| 31D | 43. Power-saving computer mode | 5 |
| 32D | 44. They're often made at weddings | 6 |
| 33D | 45. One may accept the terms and conditions | 4 |
| 34D | 46. Heavyweight beasts, familiarly | 6 |
| 35D | 47. Mexican state bordering Chihuahua | 6 |
| 36D | 48. Hot pot holder | 6 |
| 37D | 50. Novelist Rand | 3 |
| 38D | 52. Backcomb | 5 |
| 39D | 54. Cat's warning | 4 |
| 40D | 55. Old-school term for "cool" | 3 |
| 41D | 56. World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief | 3 |
| 42D | 57. Long period | 3 |
| 43D | 58. Put down | 3 |
| 44D | 59. Salary | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Hard work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- Similar words include: fag, toil, DoL
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LABOR
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2D: "2. Morissette with the 1996 hit "Ironic""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALANIS
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3D: "3. Corner store"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BODEGA
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4D: "4. Fall, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
- Similar words include: flavor, harden, flavour
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEASON
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5D: "5. Reading room"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: hideout, hideaway, lair
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEN
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6D: "6. Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in southern japan on kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on august 9, 1945 nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NAGASAKI
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7D: "7. Subjects of some Billboard charts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
- Similar words include: album, record album
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALBUMS
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8D: "8. Old Russian ruler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: tzar, czar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSAR
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9D: "9. Cuban dance style"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HABANERA
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10D: "10. Actress Edebiri"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AYO
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11D: "11. "Which person are you referring to?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
- Similar words include: World Health Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WHO
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12D: "12. ___ card"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIM
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13D: "14. A standard one has 21 pips"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- Similar words include: give-up the ghost, drop dead, buy the farm
- Opposite of: be born
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Answer: DIE
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14D: "15. Fortune-telling deck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
- Similar words include: tarot card
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAROT
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15D: "18. Aviary inhabitant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- Similar words include: birdwatch, hiss, snort
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIRD
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16D: "19. Hound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- Similar words include: go after, cad, chase after
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOG
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17D: "25. It's "pumped" by bodybuilders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- Similar words include: atomic number 26, iron out, Fe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRON
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18D: "26. Town"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that colloquial american term for a town
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BURG
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19D: "27. Texting format, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- Similar words include: Sm, MS, Master of Science
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SMS
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20D: "29. Many internet spammers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Similar words include: bot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOTS
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21D: "30. Rule"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
- Similar words include: legal philosophy, police, natural law
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAW
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22D: "31. Teacher for a day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
- Similar words include: substitute, Cuban sandwich, submarine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUB
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23D: "33. Part of a doorframe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JAMB
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24D: "34. Tortilla chip dip, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GUAC
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25D: "35. Shrek, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Similar words include: monster, fiend, demon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGRE
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26D: "36. "Wow, real mature""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OHGROWUP
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27D: "37. Sport-___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UTE
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28D: "38. "Ow! Watch it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: THATHURT
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29D: "39. "___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HER
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30D: "40. In the manner of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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31D: "43. Power-saving computer mode"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- Similar words include: eternal sleep, nap, kip
- Opposite of: wake
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Answer: SLEEP
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32D: "44. They're often made at weddings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slices of bread that have been toasted
- Similar words include: toast, drink, salute
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOASTS
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33D: "45. One may accept the terms and conditions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Similar words include: substance abuser, drug user, exploiter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USER
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34D: "46. Heavyweight beasts, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
- Similar words include: rhino, rhinoceros
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RHINOS
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35D: "47. Mexican state bordering Chihuahua"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ground snakes
- Similar words include: genus Sonora
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SONORA
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36D: "48. Hot pot holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRIVET
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37D: "50. Novelist Rand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AYN
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38D: "52. Backcomb"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- Similar words include: minx, twit, ribbing
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEASE
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39D: "54. Cat's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
- Similar words include: snort, whoosh, bird
- Opposite of: applaud
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Answer: HISS
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40D: "55. Old-school term for "cool""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informed about the latest trends
- Similar words include: hip, hip to
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEP
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41D: "56. World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RPG
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42D: "57. Long period"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: geological era, earned run average, epoch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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43D: "58. Put down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
- Similar words include: Orcus
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIS
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44D: "59. Salary"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that remunerates
- Similar words include: make up, earnings, yield
- Opposite of: default
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Answer: PAY
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Today's Puzzle Stats
33 Across Clues
44 Down Clues
77 Total Clues
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