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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (41 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (38 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. "I'm afraid not," quaintly | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Food brand for Fido | 4 |
| 3A | 11. Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr. | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Cash in | 6 |
| 5A | 16. Avocado dip, informally | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Take a risk | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Audience's reverent response to a symphony finale? | 11 |
| 8A | 20. Keenly interested | 4 |
| 9A | 21. Shakespearean "soon" | 4 |
| 10A | 22. That certain je ne sais quoi in Beethoven's "Moonlight"? | 11 |
| 11A | 24. Commotion | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Measure of college readiness, for short | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Knuckled rub to the scalp | 6 |
| 14A | 27. Publishing house workers: Abbr. | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Goal | 3 |
| 16A | 29. Wood-shaping hand tool | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Tagging symbols | 3 |
| 18A | 32. ___-Magnon | 3 |
| 19A | 33. Vegas opener? | 3 |
| 20A | 34. Perry of pop | 4 |
| 21A | 36. Opportunity for a choral understudy? | 12 |
| 22A | 39. Belgrade native | 4 |
| 23A | 40. "Beats me," in a text | 3 |
| 24A | 41. Caviar, essentially | 3 |
| 25A | 42. Miss Piggy, for one | 3 |
| 26A | 43. Assns. | 4 |
| 27A | 45. Extended comedic riff | 3 |
| 28A | 46. Hindi for "rule" | 3 |
| 29A | 49. Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot" | 6 |
| 30A | 51. Girl in Glasgow | 4 |
| 31A | 52. Alias initialism | 3 |
| 32A | 53. When to play a note with sudden strong emphasis? | 11 |
| 33A | 56. "Groovy, man" | 4 |
| 34A | 57. Popular flavor of bubble tea | 4 |
| 35A | 58. "What's Opera, Doc?," e.g.? | 11 |
| 36A | 60. Volunteer's offer | 4 |
| 37A | 61. Hits hard | 4 |
| 38A | 62. Respond, as a pupil might | 6 |
| 39A | 63. Ending with kitchen | 4 |
| 40A | 64. Painter Paul | 4 |
| 41A | 65. Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4 | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "I'm afraid not," quaintly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALASNO
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2A: "7. Food brand for Fido"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPO
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3A: "11. Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INTL
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4A: "15. Cash in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that save from sins
- Similar words include: ransom, pay off, save
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REDEEM
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5A: "16. Avocado dip, informally"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GUAC
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6A: "17. Take a risk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
- Similar words include: make bold, defy, presume
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DARE
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7A: "18. Audience's reverent response to a symphony finale?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CODASILENCE
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8A: "20. Keenly interested"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- Similar words include: zealous, greedy, devouring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVID
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9A: "21. Shakespearean "soon""
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- Think of something that at another time
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANON
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10A: "22. That certain je ne sais quoi in Beethoven's "Moonlight"?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SONATATHING
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11A: "24. Commotion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Similar words include: blaring, clamor, commotion
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIN
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12A: "25. Measure of college readiness, for short"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSAT
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13A: "26. Knuckled rub to the scalp"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOOGIE
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14A: "27. Publishing house workers: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
- Similar words include: male erecticle dysfunction, ED, explosive detection system
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDS
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15A: "28. Goal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Similar words include: point, intent, direct
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AIM
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16A: "29. Wood-shaping hand tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uttering in an irritated tone
- Similar words include: rasping, wood file
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASP
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17A: "31. Tagging symbols"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
- Similar words include: At, atomic number 85, astatine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATS
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18A: "32. ___-Magnon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
- Similar words include: cathode-ray oscilloscope, oscilloscope, scope
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CRO
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19A: "33. Vegas opener?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
- Similar words include: Louisiana, lanthanum, La
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAS
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20A: "34. Perry of pop"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KATY
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21A: "36. Opportunity for a choral understudy?"
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- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: STANZACHANCE
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22A: "39. Belgrade native"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a slavic people who settled in serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- Similar words include: Serbian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SERB
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23A: "40. "Beats me," in a text"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDK
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24A: "41. Caviar, essentially"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- Similar words include: hard roe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROE
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25A: "42. Miss Piggy, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult female hog
- Similar words include: inseminate, seed, sow in
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOW
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26A: "43. Assns."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORGS
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27A: "45. Extended comedic riff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece or quantity of something
- Similar words include: second, piece, act
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIT
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28A: "46. Hindi for "rule""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british dominion over india (1757-1947)
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAJ
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29A: "49. Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OLEOLE
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30A: "51. Girl in Glasgow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- Similar words include: young girl, lassie, jeune fille
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LASS
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31A: "52. Alias initialism"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AKA
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32A: "53. When to play a note with sudden strong emphasis?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FORZAMOMENT
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33A: "56. "Groovy, man""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDIG
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34A: "57. Popular flavor of bubble tea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- Similar words include: dasheen, Colocasia esculenta, dalo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TARO
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35A: "58. "What's Opera, Doc?," e.g.?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: ARIAKIDDING
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36A: "60. Volunteer's offer"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICAN
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37A: "61. Hits hard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- Similar words include: Aries the Ram, ram, read/write memory
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAMS
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38A: "62. Respond, as a pupil might"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become wider
- Similar words include: exposit, elaborate, distend
- Opposite of: contract
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Answer: DILATE
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39A: "63. Ending with kitchen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETTE
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40A: "64. Painter Paul"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swiss painter influenced by kandinsky (1879-1940)
- Similar words include: Paul Klee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KLEE
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41A: "65. Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMINOR
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Covered passageway | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Meteor in a November shower | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Enhancing accessories | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Actor Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" films | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Original Super Mario Bros. console | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Oversight | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Author's representative | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Moon over Managua | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Treaty | 4 |
| 10D | 10. What Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa are both believed to have | 6 |
| 11D | 11. The Gem State | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Find one's way | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Dublin college founded in 1592 | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Apartment planter sites, perhaps | 6 |
| 15D | 19. Good gardening soil | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Traditional samurai hairstyles | 8 |
| 17D | 25. Graph of y = ax2 + bx + c, for example | 8 |
| 18D | 29. Frame for a game of pool | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Forehead marking at the start of Lent | 3 |
| 20D | 32. Convention bldg., in a mailing address | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Dudes, in British English | 4 |
| 22D | 35. Big name in hardware stores | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Underground scurrier | 8 |
| 24D | 37. Half of a darting motion | 3 |
| 25D | 38. Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leader | 8 |
| 26D | 39. One-man band, for example | 7 |
| 27D | 42. Sentimental sort | 6 |
| 28D | 44. Comment | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Make ___ (earn vast sums) | 4 |
| 30D | 46. Unit of angular measurement | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Like | 6 |
| 32D | 48. Rolling Stones frontman | 6 |
| 33D | 50. Absorber of UV light | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Charter | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Word with cavity or contraceptive | 4 |
| 36D | 55. One acting rather quiet? | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Savory South Asian rice cake | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Lower, as lights | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Covered passageway"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
- Similar words include: colonnade
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARCADE
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2D: "2. Meteor in a November shower"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEONID
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3D: "3. Enhancing accessories"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADDONS
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4D: "4. Actor Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" films"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAN
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5D: "5. Original Super Mario Bros. console"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: Nebraska, Ne, nor'-east
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NES
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6D: "6. Oversight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mistake resulting from neglect
- Similar words include: deletion, skip
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OMISSION
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7D: "7. Author's representative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Similar words include: agentive role, broker, federal agent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGENT
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8D: "8. Moon over Managua"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of greek selene
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUNA
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9D: "9. Treaty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- Similar words include: accord, treaty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PACT
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10D: "10. What Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa are both believed to have"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- Similar words include: ocean, sea
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OCEANS
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11D: "11. The Gem State"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Similar words include: Gem State, ID
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDAHO
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12D: "12. Find one's way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- Similar words include: pilot, sail, voyage
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NAVIGATE
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13D: "13. Dublin college founded in 1592"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Similar words include: deuce-ace, tercet, III
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRINITY
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14D: "14. Apartment planter sites, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
- Similar words include: shelf, ledge
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEDGES
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15D: "19. Good gardening soil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOAM
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16D: "23. Traditional samurai hairstyles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair
- Similar words include: topknot
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TOPKNOTS
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17D: "25. Graph of y = ax2 + bx + c, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PARABOLA
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18D: "29. Frame for a game of pool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that framework for holding objects
- Similar words include: extort, scud, squeeze
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RACK
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19D: "30. Forehead marking at the start of Lent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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20D: "32. Convention bldg., in a mailing address"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CTR
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21D: "33. Dudes, in British English"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boy or man
- Similar words include: fellow, fella, cub
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LADS
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22D: "35. Big name in hardware stores"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: genius, single, sensation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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23D: "36. Underground scurrier"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SEWERRAT
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24D: "37. Half of a darting motion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- Similar words include: zigzag, zag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZIG
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25D: "38. Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leader"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ARISTIDE
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26D: "39. One-man band, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SOLOACT
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27D: "42. Sentimental sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
- Similar words include: softy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOFTIE
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28D: "44. Comment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- Similar words include: observe, notice, input
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REMARK
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29D: "45. Make ___ (earn vast sums)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- Similar words include: banking company, coin bank, rely
- Opposite of: withdraw, mistrust
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Answer: BANK
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30D: "46. Unit of angular measurement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the unit of plane angle adopted under the systeme international d'unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
- Similar words include: rad
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RADIAN
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31D: "47. Like"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AKINTO
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32D: "48. Rolling Stones frontman"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english rock star (born in 1943)
- Similar words include: Mick Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: JAGGER
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33D: "50. Absorber of UV light"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless gas (o3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OZONE
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34D: "51. Charter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
- Similar words include: take, rental, letting
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEASE
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35D: "54. Word with cavity or contraceptive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
- Similar words include: unwritten, viva, oral exam
- Opposite of: aboral, anal
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Answer: ORAL
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36D: "55. One acting rather quiet?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
- Similar words include: dumb show, pantomime, mimer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIME
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37D: "56. Savory South Asian rice cake"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDLI
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38D: "59. Lower, as lights"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- Similar words include: shadowy, wispy, blind
- Opposite of: undimmed, focus
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Answer: DIM
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Today's Puzzle Stats
41 Across Clues
38 Down Clues
79 Total Clues
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