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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (34 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (42 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. ___ Spiegel (German magazine) | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Animal that ranges around Peru | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Pointed, as a weapon | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Lumberjack's tool | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Cameroon neighbor | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Yell "#$%!" | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Swells up | 6 |
| 9A | 21. Number in a septet | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Pb, in chemistry | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Own (up) | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Freeze's opposite | 4 |
| 13A | 28. Whirling water | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Up to, as a certain time | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Take fowl foully | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Canapé or deviled egg, for example | 11 |
| 17A | 34. Clears of charges | 7 |
| 18A | 38. A million gazillion | 7 |
| 19A | 39. Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics | 11 |
| 20A | 41. Leave stunned | 5 |
| 21A | 42. Monk's counterpart | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Cut of pork or lamb | 4 |
| 23A | 47. Spa service on the toes, in brief | 4 |
| 24A | 48. "Please, no more!" | 4 |
| 25A | 50. "That is so funny" | 4 |
| 26A | 51. Braid | 5 |
| 27A | 53. Helping for someone very, very hungry | 6 |
| 28A | 55. Insignificant amount | 15 |
| 29A | 59. Tired from overexposure | 5 |
| 30A | 60. "It was the ___ I could do" | 5 |
| 31A | 61. Big part of an elephant | 3 |
| 32A | 62. Storage places for lawn mowers | 5 |
| 33A | 63. Go kaboom, as a volcano | 5 |
| 34A | 64. Deadpan | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. ___ Spiegel (German magazine)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
- Similar words include: five hundred, d, 500
- Pattern: ___
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2A: "4. Animal that ranges around Peru"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- Pattern: _____
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3A: "9. Pointed, as a weapon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- Similar words include: purpose, point, aim
- Pattern: _____
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4A: "14. Lumberjack's tool"
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- Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Similar words include: ax
- Pattern: ___
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5A: "15. Cameroon neighbor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic on the west coast of africa
- Similar words include: Gabun, Gabonese Republic
- Pattern: _____
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6A: "16. Yell "#$%!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter obscenities or profanities
- Similar words include: curse, affirm, depose
- Opposite of: mistrust
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7A: "17. Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard"
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- Pattern: _______________
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8A: "20. Swells up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
- Similar words include: bloat
- Pattern: ______
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9A: "21. Number in a septet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
- Similar words include: sevener, 7, septet
- Pattern: _____
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10A: "22. Pb, in chemistry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- Similar words include: atomic number 82, tether, pass
- Opposite of: follow, deficit
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11A: "23. Own (up)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
- Similar words include: Fes, fesse, Fez
- Pattern: ____
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12A: "24. Freeze's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: unfreeze, melting, dethaw
- Pattern: ____
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13A: "28. Whirling water"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- Similar words include: Mary Baker Eddy, swirl, Mary Morse Baker Eddy
- Pattern: ____
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14A: "29. Up to, as a certain time"
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- Pattern: ___
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15A: "30. Take fowl foully"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hunt illegally
- Pattern: _____
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16A: "31. Canapé or deviled egg, for example"
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- Pattern: ___________
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17A: "34. Clears of charges"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- Similar words include: behave, carry, acquit
- Opposite of: convict
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18A: "38. A million gazillion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that innumerable but many
- Similar words include: umteen
- Pattern: _______
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19A: "39. Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics"
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- Pattern: ___________
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20A: "41. Leave stunned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affect with wonder
- Similar words include: flummox, puzzle, beat
- Pattern: _____
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21A: "42. Monk's counterpart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman religious
- Similar words include: nun buoy, conical buoy
- Pattern: ___
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22A: "43. Cut of pork or lamb"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- Similar words include: chopper, hack, chop up
- Pattern: ____
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23A: "47. Spa service on the toes, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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24A: "48. "Please, no more!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something ending
- Similar words include: full point, cease, block off
- Opposite of: begin, start
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25A: "50. "That is so funny""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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26A: "51. Braid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- Similar words include: tress, braid, pleat
- Pattern: _____
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27A: "53. Helping for someone very, very hungry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
- Similar words include: tierce, third base, third gear
- Pattern: ______
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28A: "55. Insignificant amount"
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- Pattern: _______________
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29A: "59. Tired from overexposure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- Similar words include: weary, fag, jade
- Opposite of: refresh
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30A: "60. "It was the ___ I could do""
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- Think of something that something that is of no importance
- Similar words include: to the lowest degree
- Opposite of: most
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31A: "61. Big part of an elephant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: spike, pinna, capitulum
- Pattern: ___
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32A: "62. Storage places for lawn mowers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- Similar words include: throw off, drop, moult
- Pattern: _____
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33A: "63. Go kaboom, as a volcano"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that start abruptly
- Similar words include: push through, irrupt, ignite
- Pattern: _____
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34A: "64. Deadpan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- Similar words include: juiceless, teetotal, ironic
- Opposite of: sweet, phlegmy
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Practice casually, with "in" | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Kicked out, as from a country | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Fill with more ammunition | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Pride letters | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Vientiane is its capital | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Lawyers' org. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Tasty little bites | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Peruvian mountains | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Tennis star Arthur | 4 |
| 10D | 10. "Don't involve me anymore" | 8 |
| 11D | 11. French for "sea" | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Gobble down | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Medical pros: Abbr. | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Noblewoman | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Rival of Walgreens | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Winning a blue ribbon | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Possess | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day | 4 |
| 19D | 27. "___ in doubt ..." | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Pre-K enrollees | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Enlivens, with "up" | 4 |
| 22D | 31. ___-and-seek | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Unearthed | 5 |
| 24D | 33. Rain clouds, to some | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Rapper ___ Rocky | 4 |
| 26D | 35. "___ as you are" | 4 |
| 27D | 36. College courtyard | 4 |
| 28D | 37. Opened, as a fly | 8 |
| 29D | 40. Request from someone craving more | 7 |
| 30D | 43. Fashionable | 4 |
| 31D | 44. Listened, poetically | 6 |
| 32D | 45. "Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across | 6 |
| 33D | 46. Croissant, éclair or Danish | 6 |
| 34D | 48. The "S" of S.F. | 3 |
| 35D | 49. Mr., Ms. or Mrs. | 5 |
| 36D | 52. Tube tops? | 4 |
| 37D | 53. Recipe amt. | 4 |
| 38D | 54. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) | 4 |
| 39D | 55. Party pros playing tunes | 3 |
| 40D | 56. "Go team!" | 3 |
| 41D | 57. Poem of praise | 3 |
| 42D | 58. Contents of l'océan | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Practice casually, with "in""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- Similar words include: smatter, paddle, splash around
- Pattern: ______
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2D: "2. Kicked out, as from a country"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expel from a country
- Similar words include: exile, expatriate, deport
- Opposite of: repatriate
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3D: "3. Fill with more ammunition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place a new load on
- Similar words include: recharge
- Pattern: ______
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4D: "4. Pride letters"
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- Pattern: ____
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5D: "5. Vientiane is its capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Similar words include: Laotian, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lao
- Pattern: ____
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6D: "6. Lawyers' org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- Pattern: ___
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7D: "7. Tasty little bites"
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- Think of something that a small quantity of anything
- Similar words include: morsel, bit, bite
- Pattern: _______
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8D: "8. Peruvian mountains"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific coast
- Pattern: _____
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9D: "9. Tennis star Arthur"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
- Similar words include: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
- Pattern: ____
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10D: "10. "Don't involve me anymore""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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11D: "11. French for "sea""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
- Similar words include: one thousand, thousand, 1000
- Pattern: ___
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12D: "12. Gobble down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take in solid food
- Similar words include: feed, run through, exhaust
- Pattern: ___
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13D: "13. Medical pros: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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14D: "18. Noblewoman"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a polite name for any woman
- Similar words include: noblewoman, ma'am, madam
- Opposite of: Lord, nobleman
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15D: "19. Rival of Walgreens"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a summary of your academic and work history
- Similar words include: resume, CV, curriculum vitae
- Pattern: ___
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16D: "23. Winning a blue ribbon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first or highest in an ordering or series
- Similar words include: offset, first of all, world-class
- Opposite of: middle, last
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17D: "25. Possess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who possesses great material wealth
- Similar words include: make, give, birth
- Opposite of: abstain, refuse
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18D: "26. Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akko, Akka, Accho
- Pattern: ____
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19D: "27. "___ in doubt ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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20D: "29. Pre-K enrollees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
- Similar words include: tot up, summate, tally
- Pattern: ____
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21D: "30. Enlivens, with "up""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liveliness and energy
- Similar words include: peppiness, pep, ginger
- Pattern: ____
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22D: "31. ___-and-seek"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- Similar words include: obliterate, hide out, enshroud
- Opposite of: show
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23D: "32. Unearthed"
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- Pattern: _____
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24D: "33. Rain clouds, to some"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
- Similar words include: presage, predict, forecast
- Pattern: ____
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25D: "34. Rapper ___ Rocky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that as soon as possible
- Pattern: ____
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26D: "35. "___ as you are""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- Similar words include: descend, ejaculate, fare
- Opposite of: go, leave
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27D: "36. College courtyard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- Similar words include: quadriceps, musculus quadriceps femoris, quadrangle
- Pattern: ____
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28D: "37. Opened, as a fly"
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- Think of something that open the zipper of
- Similar words include: unzip
- Opposite of: zip up
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29D: "40. Request from someone craving more"
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- Think of something that any of various alternatives; some other
- Similar words include: some other
- Pattern: _______
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30D: "43. Fashionable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- Similar words include: chichi, stylishness, last word
- Pattern: ____
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31D: "44. Listened, poetically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that listen; used mostly in the imperative
- Similar words include: harken, hearken, hark
- Pattern: ______
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32D: "45. "Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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33D: "46. Croissant, éclair or Danish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dough of flour and water and shortening
- Similar words include: pastry dough
- Pattern: ______
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34D: "48. The "S" of S.F."
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- Pattern: ___
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35D: "49. Mr., Ms. or Mrs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- Similar words include: entitle, deed of conveyance, claim
- Pattern: _____
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36D: "52. Tube tops?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- Similar words include: palpebra, chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ____
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37D: "53. Recipe amt."
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- Pattern: ____
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38D: "54. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain)"
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- Pattern: ____
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39D: "55. Party pros playing tunes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
- Similar words include: dj, disk-jockey, disc jockey
- Pattern: ___
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40D: "56. "Go team!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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41D: "57. Poem of praise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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42D: "58. Contents of l'océan"
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- Pattern: ___
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