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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (33 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Began | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Show faces? | 8 |
| 3A | 15. Bring back into the fold, so to speak | 6 |
| 4A | 16. Worth looking back on | 8 |
| 5A | 17. One from "Japan's kitchen" | 6 |
| 6A | 18. Appeal | 8 |
| 7A | 19. Bit of ceramic ware | 3 |
| 8A | 20. Cast off | 7 |
| 9A | 22. 7/ | 3 |
| 10A | 23. "Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python | 4 |
| 11A | 25. Rose Bowl Stadium athlete | 5 |
| 12A | 26. Big ring | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Patient privacy law, in brief | 5 |
| 14A | 29. World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr. | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Say "Hey," say | 5 |
| 16A | 31. "Speak up" | 12 |
| 17A | 34. Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially | 15 |
| 18A | 38. Hoedown get-down? | 12 |
| 19A | 39. Long-___ squid | 5 |
| 20A | 42. "Wayne's World" exclamation | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Christina of "Buffalo '66" | 5 |
| 22A | 44. Ring location | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Oil wells? | 5 |
| 24A | 47. Nickname for Eleanor | 4 |
| 25A | 48. Eye-catching stage prop | 3 |
| 26A | 49. "Got it?" | 7 |
| 27A | 51. Thru | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Underlining, e.g. | 8 |
| 29A | 54. Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oil | 6 |
| 30A | 56. Some back-and-forth | 8 |
| 31A | 57. Big name in fashion | 6 |
| 32A | 58. Go in the wrong way? | 8 |
| 33A | 59. "I beg you!" | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Began"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- Similar words include: come home, fall into place, dawn
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DAWNED
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2A: "7. Show faces?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TVACTORS
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3A: "15. Bring back into the fold, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REHIRE
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4A: "16. Worth looking back on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
- Similar words include: historical
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HISTORIC
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5A: "17. One from "Japan's kitchen""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OSAKAN
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6A: "18. Appeal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earnest or urgent request
- Similar words include: prayer, appeal
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ENTREATY
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7A: "19. Bit of ceramic ware"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- Similar words include: heap, toilet, throne
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POT
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8A: "20. Cast off"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SETSAIL
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9A: "22. 7/"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JUL
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10A: "23. "Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a canned meat made largely from pork
- Similar words include: junk e-mail
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAM
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11A: "25. Rose Bowl Stadium athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `reynard the fox'
- Similar words include: brown bear, Ursus arctos
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRUIN
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12A: "26. Big ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- Similar words include: pealing, rolling, roll
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEAL
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13A: "27. Patient privacy law, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HIPAA
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14A: "29. World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENG
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15A: "30. Say "Hey," say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- Similar words include: bellow, holloa, holler
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOLLA
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16A: "31. "Speak up""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ICANTHEARYOU
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17A: "34. Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: PALATECLEANSERS
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18A: "38. Hoedown get-down?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: TEXASTWOSTEP
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19A: "39. Long-___ squid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- Similar words include: gird, fortify, arm
- Opposite of: disarm, unarmed
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Answer: ARMED
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20A: "42. "Wayne's World" exclamation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
- Similar words include: non
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOT
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21A: "43. Christina of "Buffalo '66""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RICCI
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22A: "44. Ring location"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOBE
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23A: "45. Oil wells?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- Similar words include: centre, rivet, concentrate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PORES
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24A: "47. Nickname for Eleanor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NELL
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25A: "48. Eye-catching stage prop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Similar words include: feather boa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOA
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26A: "49. "Got it?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CAPISCE
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27A: "51. Thru"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIL
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28A: "52. Underlining, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that special importance or significance
- Similar words include: stress, vehemence, accent
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EMPHASIS
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29A: "54. Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of athens; identified with roman minerva
- Similar words include: Pallas, Pallas Athene, Pallas Athena
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATHENA
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30A: "56. Some back-and-forth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adroitness and cleverness in reply
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: REPARTEE
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31A: "57. Big name in fashion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAUREN
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32A: "58. Go in the wrong way?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
- Similar words include: violation, intrusion, intrude
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TRESPASS
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33A: "59. "I beg you!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give pleasure to or be pleasing to
- Similar words include: delight
- Opposite of: displease
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Answer: PLEASE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Cut out the middleman, for delivery | 8 |
| 2D | 2. Fabulous collection | 8 |
| 3D | 3. "You're the best!" | 8 |
| 4D | 4. No-good ending? | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Diamond figs. | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Leftmost star of the Summer Triangle | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover | 15 |
| 8D | 8. Dressing group | 12 |
| 9D | 9. Gamgee player in "Lord of the Rings" | 5 |
| 10D | 10. ___-C | 4 |
| 11D | 11. The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Toothache care option | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Communion, e.g. | 6 |
| 14D | 14. Charybdis' man-eating opposite, in myth | 6 |
| 15D | 21. Upper regions of forests | 12 |
| 16D | 24. Sea cow | 7 |
| 17D | 26. French Baroque artist Nicolas | 7 |
| 18D | 28. Challenged on X, say | 5 |
| 19D | 30. Scout's follower? | 5 |
| 20D | 32. Bad spell | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Partner of pitch and roll | 3 |
| 22D | 35. "You get the point" | 8 |
| 23D | 36. Kicks back, in a way | 8 |
| 24D | 37. Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories | 8 |
| 25D | 39. Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005 | 6 |
| 26D | 40. Certain tenant | 6 |
| 27D | 41. French soccer superstar Kylian | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Some bow ties | 5 |
| 29D | 46. Where roots take hold | 5 |
| 30D | 49. Complain | 4 |
| 31D | 50. Citation shortener | 4 |
| 32D | 53. Tricks | 3 |
| 33D | 55. Orange or lime | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Cut out the middleman, for delivery"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DROPSHIP
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2D: "2. Fabulous collection"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AESOPICA
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3D: "3. "You're the best!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WHATAPAL
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4D: "4. No-good ending?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIK
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5D: "5. Diamond figs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: epoch, ERA, earned run average
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERAS
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6D: "6. Leftmost star of the Summer Triangle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the brightest star in cygnus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DENEB
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7D: "7. Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: THESUNALSORISES
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8D: "8. Dressing group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic
- Similar words include: sauce vinaigrette, vinaigrette, French dressing
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: VINAIGRETTES
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9D: "9. Gamgee player in "Lord of the Rings""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTIN
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10D: "10. ___-C"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CTRL
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11D: "11. The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
- Similar words include: toenail
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOE
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12D: "12. Toothache care option"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORAJEL
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13D: "13. Communion, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any customary observance or practice
- Similar words include: rite
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RITUAL
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14D: "14. Charybdis' man-eating opposite, in myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCYLLA
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15D: "21. Upper regions of forests"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: TREECANOPIES
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16D: "24. Sea cow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of america; the flat tail is rounded
- Similar words include: Trichechus manatus
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MANATEE
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17D: "26. French Baroque artist Nicolas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french painter in the classical style (1594-1665)
- Similar words include: Nicolas Poussin
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POUSSIN
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18D: "28. Challenged on X, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATTED
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19D: "30. Scout's follower?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- Similar words include: honour, purity, pureness
- Opposite of: dishonor, disrespect
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Answer: HONOR
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20D: "32. Bad spell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an evil spell
- Similar words include: curse, bewitch, glamour
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEX
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21D: "33. Partner of pitch and roll"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an erratic deflection from an intended course
- Similar words include: gape, swerve, yawn
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YAW
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22D: "35. "You get the point""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same
- Similar words include: etc., and so forth, and so on
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ETCETERA
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23D: "36. Kicks back, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move the upper body backwards and down
- Similar words include: repose, lean back, recumb
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RECLINES
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24D: "37. Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
- Similar words include: Mickey Spillane, Frank Morrison Spillane
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SPILLANE
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25D: "39. Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prince consort of queen victoria of england (1819-1861)
- Similar words include: Prince Albert, Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALBERT
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26D: "40. Certain tenant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tenant in someone's house
- Similar words include: boarder, lodger
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROOMER
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27D: "41. French soccer superstar Kylian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MBAPPE
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28D: "45. Some bow ties"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
- Similar words include: alimentary paste
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PASTA
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29D: "46. Where roots take hold"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the skin that covers the top of the head
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCALP
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30D: "49. Complain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- Similar words include: chicane, cavil
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CARP
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31D: "50. Citation shortener"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAL
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32D: "53. Tricks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- Similar words include: feature, make, let
- Opposite of: abstain, refuse
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Answer: HAS
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33D: "55. Orange or lime"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Similar words include: imbue, chromaticity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUE
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
33 Across Clues
33 Down Clues
66 Total Clues
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