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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 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. Big ones can be difficult to manage | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Urge | 4 |
| 3A | 9. British John | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Nincompoop | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Surrounding glow | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Who "wants to be defeated" in "Beat It" | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Where some monster home runs land | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Language of the Vikings | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Rich deposits of ore | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Home of the Buckeyes, for short | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Muslim holiday, informally | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Scoped out with intent to rob | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Pretty long time, in an idiom | 9 |
| 14A | 28. Battery fill | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Capital of Yemen | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Copied | 4 |
| 17A | 31. "You ___!" ("Absolutely!") | 3 |
| 18A | 32. Terse | 4 |
| 19A | 33. "I ___ U" (candy heart message) | 3 |
| 20A | 35. Another plateful from the buffet, say | 13 |
| 21A | 40. Deposit/withdrawal site, in brief | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Board appointee, for short | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Work unit | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Chief god of Valhalla | 4 |
| 25A | 47. European viper | 5 |
| 26A | 49. Greek goddess of the earth | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Position of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B. | 9 |
| 28A | 52. Storage units | 5 |
| 29A | 53. Dad on "Black-ish" | 3 |
| 30A | 54. Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks" | 3 |
| 31A | 55. Indie rock singer ___ O | 5 |
| 32A | 56. Couch | 5 |
| 33A | 58. Wedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do? | 9 |
| 34A | 62. Unconcealed | 5 |
| 35A | 63. Toll unit on some roads | 4 |
| 36A | 64. Tour de France entry | 4 |
| 37A | 65. "Cooties" | 5 |
| 38A | 66. Hitch up on a farm | 4 |
| 39A | 67. Ice cream brand that's a cousin of Dreyer's | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Big ones can be difficult to manage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: self-importance, egotism, self
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOS
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2A: "5. Urge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- Similar words include: egg on, goading, poke at
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PROD
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3A: "9. British John"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELTON
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4A: "14. Nincompoop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for marijuana
- Similar words include: cola, pot, sens
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOPE
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5A: "15. Surrounding glow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Similar words include: glory, halo, gloriole
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AURA
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6A: "16. Who "wants to be defeated" in "Beat It""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOONE
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7A: "17. Where some monster home runs land"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: UPPERDECK
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8A: "19. Language of the Vikings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inhabitant of scandinavia
- Similar words include: Scandinavian language, Norseman, Northman
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NORSE
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9A: "20. Rich deposits of ore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- Similar words include: lode, load
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LODES
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10A: "21. Home of the Buckeyes, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OSU
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11A: "23. Muslim holiday, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EID
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12A: "24. Scoped out with intent to rob"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that look over, usually with the intention to rob
- Similar words include: encase, incase, incased
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CASED
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13A: "25. Pretty long time, in an idiom"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HOTMINUTE
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14A: "28. Battery fill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Similar words include: Zen, acidulent, bitter
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACID
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15A: "29. Capital of Yemen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and largest city of yemen; on the central plateau
- Similar words include: Sana, Sana'a
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SANAA
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16A: "30. Copied"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- Similar words include: ape, caricature
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APED
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17A: "31. "You ___!" ("Absolutely!")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the money risked on a gamble
- Similar words include: stake, wager, count
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BET
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18A: "32. Terse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- Similar words include: terse, crisp, brusque
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CURT
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19A: "33. "I ___ U" (candy heart message)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LUV
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20A: "35. Another plateful from the buffet, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SECONDHELPING
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21A: "40. Deposit/withdrawal site, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: automatic teller machine, automatic teller, automated teller
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATM
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22A: "41. Board appointee, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the chief executive department of the united states government
- Similar words include: White House
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXEC
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23A: "42. Work unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERG
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24A: "44. Chief god of Valhalla"
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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25A: "47. European viper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who adds numbers
- Similar words include: common viper, Vipera berus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADDER
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26A: "49. Greek goddess of the earth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
- Similar words include: Ge, Gaia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAEA
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27A: "50. Position of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
- Similar words include: left, left field
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LEFTFIELD
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28A: "52. Storage units"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- Similar words include: byte
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BYTES
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29A: "53. Dad on "Black-ish""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DRE
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30A: "54. Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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31A: "55. Indie rock singer ___ O"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the tibeto-burman language spoken in the thailand and burmese borderlands
- Similar words include: Karenic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KAREN
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32A: "56. Couch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
- Similar words include: diwan
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DIVAN
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33A: "58. Wedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: JOINHANDS
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34A: "62. Unconcealed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that open and observable; not secret or hidden
- Similar words include: open
- Opposite of: covert
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Answer: OVERT
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35A: "63. Toll unit on some roads"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXLE
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36A: "64. Tour de France entry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Similar words include: team up, squad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEAM
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37A: "65. "Cooties""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that provides inspiration for later work
- Similar words include: germ, source, seed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GERMS
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38A: "66. Hitch up on a farm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- Similar words include: coupling, couplet, link
- Opposite of: unyoke
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Answer: YOKE
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39A: "67. Ice cream brand that's a cousin of Dreyer's"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDYS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Address ending that's not .com, .org or .gov | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Reach great heights in life | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Like black and white | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Numbered in a tournament bracket | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Always at the pharmacy? | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Regret | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Middle-earth foe | 3 |
| 8D | 8. ___ Territory, 1861-89 | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Ho-hum feeling | 5 |
| 10D | 10. British john | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Ripped to pieces | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Like not-work-from-home days | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Had to have | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Visibly embarrassed, say | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Like subcompacts vis-à-vis compacts | 7 |
| 16D | 24. What can travel a fare distance? | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Brain-busting | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Just between us | 7 |
| 19D | 27. Blue race in "Avatar" | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Raisin brand whose containers feature a girl in a red bonnet | 7 |
| 21D | 32. Hotel request | 3 |
| 22D | 34. Scanned lines, for short | 3 |
| 23D | 36. "If you ___ stand the heat ..." | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Crossed (out) | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Made nice? | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot" | 8 |
| 27D | 43. Pit stop refill | 3 |
| 28D | 44. Subject of a saying about new tricks | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Infer (from) | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Perhaps not at all | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Spinner of tunes | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Move like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video | 6 |
| 33D | 51. Courier and Century Gothic, for two | 5 |
| 34D | 52. "Nuts!" | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Pitcher's asset | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Kitchen brand that could be an unsuccessful tic-tac-toe line | 3 |
| 38D | 60. Sort | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Texting format, for short | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Address ending that's not .com, .org or .gov"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU
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2D: "2. Reach great heights in life"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GOPLACES
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3D: "3. Like black and white"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
- Similar words include: antonym, inverse, paired
- Opposite of: synonym, alternate
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Answer: OPPOSITE
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4D: "4. Numbered in a tournament bracket"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go to seed; shed seeds
- Similar words include: seed, sow, sown
- Opposite of: unseeded
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Answer: SEEDED
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5D: "5. Always at the pharmacy?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- Similar words include: domiciliation, digs, embroider
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PADS
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6D: "6. Regret"
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: repent, regret, ruefulness
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUE
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7D: "7. Middle-earth foe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORC
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8D: "8. ___ Territory, 1861-89"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people of the northern mississippi valley; commonly called the sioux
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DAKOTA
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9D: "9. Ho-hum feeling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Similar words include: boredom, tedium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENNUI
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10D: "10. British john"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toilet in britain
- Similar words include: water closet, W.C., closet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOO
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11D: "11. Ripped to pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOREUP
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12D: "12. Like not-work-from-home days"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONSITE
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13D: "13. Had to have"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that require as useful, just, or proper
- Similar words include: want, require, necessitate
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: NEEDED
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14D: "18. Visibly embarrassed, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Similar words include: bolshy, violent, red-faced
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: RED
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15D: "22. Like subcompacts vis-à-vis compacts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small or little relative to something else
- Similar words include: humble, littler, pocket-sized
- Opposite of: large, big
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Answer: SMALLER
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16D: "24. What can travel a fare distance?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- Similar words include: cabriolet, taxi, taxicab
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAB
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17D: "25. Brain-busting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- Similar words include: laborious, grueling, tough
- Opposite of: easy, voiced
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Answer: HARD
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18D: "26. Just between us"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONTHEDL
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19D: "27. Blue race in "Avatar""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAVI
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20D: "29. Raisin brand whose containers feature a girl in a red bonnet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SUNMAID
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21D: "32. Hotel request"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sheath worn to protect a finger
- Similar words include: camp bed, fingerstall, crib
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COT
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22D: "34. Scanned lines, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UPC
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23D: "36. "If you ___ stand the heat ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
- Similar words include: bevel, slang, vernacular
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CANT
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24D: "37. Crossed (out)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXED
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25D: "38. Made nice?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put (things or places) in order
- Similar words include: straighten, square away, neaten
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NEATENED
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26D: "39. Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GREENDAY
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27D: "43. Pit stop refill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: gun, bluster, flatulence
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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28D: "44. Subject of a saying about new tricks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OLDDOG
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29D: "45. Infer (from)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- Similar words include: gain, come, descend
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DERIVE
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30D: "46. Perhaps not at all"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IFEVER
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31D: "48. Spinner of tunes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DEEJAY
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32D: "49. Move like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to wind or move in a spiral course
- Similar words include: reel, spiral, coil
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GYRATE
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33D: "51. Courier and Century Gothic, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a specific size and style of type within a type family
- Similar words include: baptistry, baptismal font, case
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FONTS
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34D: "52. "Nuts!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAH
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35D: "55. Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Similar words include: human knee, knee joint, articulatio genus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNEE
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36D: "57. Pitcher's asset"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Similar words include: limb, sleeve, fortify
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM
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37D: "59. Kitchen brand that could be an unsuccessful tic-tac-toe line"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OXO
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38D: "60. Sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of person
- Similar words include: like
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ILK
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39D: "61. Texting format, for short"
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, atomic number 62, Master of Science
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SMS
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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