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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (38 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (36 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Her breast milk created the Milky Way, in Greek myth | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Something passed at a charity event | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Bratty | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Some supermarkets, in brief | 4 |
| 5A | 15. What makes her hear? | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Island capital that's an anagram for a word meaning "steamy baths" | 6 |
| 7A | 17. *It may precede or follow "a million" | 8 |
| 8A | 19. *Line used in plotting points | 6 |
| 9A | 20. Dawn hrs. | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Succeeds without really trying | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Small grouse | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Nursery cry | 3 |
| 13A | 25. ZipRecruiter client | 5 |
| 14A | 26. Like some flaws | 5 |
| 15A | 28. By ___ (barely) | 5 |
| 16A | 30. *Trendy | 9 |
| 17A | 32. Pre-euro money | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Confection whose name is a contraction | 5 |
| 19A | 34. *Weapon in "Ivanhoe" | 7 |
| 20A | 38. *Second letter addendum, for short | 7 |
| 21A | 42. "Oz the Great and Powerful" director, 2013 | 5 |
| 22A | 44. Display, with "out" | 4 |
| 23A | 45. *Subs | 9 |
| 24A | 49. The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" | 5 |
| 25A | 50. Tablets that can't be swallowed | 5 |
| 26A | 51. Volkswagen compact | 5 |
| 27A | 53. "Who knew?!" | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Richard Branson, for one | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Tops of palaces? | 6 |
| 30A | 56. Unhealthy | 3 |
| 31A | 57. *Inventory clearance option | 6 |
| 32A | 60. "Forget it!" ... or a phonetic hint to aligning seven answers in this puzzle with their starred clues | 8 |
| 33A | 62. Like Alban Berg's opera "Lulu" | 6 |
| 34A | 63. When said five times, an Abba song | 3 |
| 35A | 64. Region that produces Riesling wine | 4 |
| 36A | 65. Core beliefs | 6 |
| 37A | 66. French possessive | 3 |
| 38A | 67. 35mm options | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Her breast milk created the Milky Way, in Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that queen of the olympian gods in ancient greek mythology; sister and wife of zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women zeus fell in love with; identified with roman juno
- Similar words include: Here
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HERA
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2A: "5. Something passed at a charity event"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAT
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3A: "8. Bratty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that naughtily or annoyingly playful
- Similar words include: prankish, pixilated, wicked
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMPISH
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4A: "14. Some supermarkets, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts
- Similar words include: IgA, immunoglobulin A
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IGAS
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5A: "15. What makes her hear?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANA
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6A: "16. Island capital that's an anagram for a word meaning "steamy baths""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital of the bahamas
- Similar words include: capital of the Bahamas
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NASSAU
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7A: "17. *It may precede or follow "a million""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TOMHANKS
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8A: "19. *Line used in plotting points"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
- Similar words include: axiom, maxim
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AXIOMS
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9A: "20. Dawn hrs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
- Similar words include: AM, amplitude modulation, Artium Magister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMS
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10A: "21. Succeeds without really trying"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shore of a sea or ocean
- Similar words include: glide, seashore, sea-coast
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COASTS
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11A: "23. Small grouse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIT
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12A: "24. Nursery cry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WAH
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13A: "25. ZipRecruiter client"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person responsible for hiring workers
- Similar words include: boss
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HIRER
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14A: "26. Like some flaws"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bringing death
- Similar words include: disastrous, fateful, black
- Opposite of: nonfatal
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Answer: FATAL
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15A: "28. By ___ (barely)"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANOSE
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16A: "30. *Trendy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALAMODOME
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17A: "32. Pre-euro money"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money on malta; equal to 100 cents
- Similar words include: Italian lira, Maltese lira, Turkish lira
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIRA
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18A: "33. Confection whose name is a contraction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMORE
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19A: "34. *Weapon in "Ivanhoe""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LANCOME
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20A: "38. *Second letter addendum, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POMPOMS
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21A: "42. "Oz the Great and Powerful" director, 2013"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAIMI
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22A: "44. Display, with "out""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slow pace of running
- Similar words include: jog, Trotskyite, clip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TROT
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23A: "45. *Subs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business
- Similar words include: home room, homeroom
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HOMEROOMS
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24A: "49. The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," to "Wouldn't It Be Nice""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BSIDE
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25A: "50. Tablets that can't be swallowed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IPADS
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26A: "51. Volkswagen compact"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JETTA
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27A: "53. "Who knew?!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
- Similar words include: g, g-force
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEE
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28A: "54. Richard Branson, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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29A: "55. Tops of palaces?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
- Similar words include: tiara
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TIARAS
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30A: "56. Unhealthy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: poorly, inauspicious, badly
- Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL
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31A: "57. *Inventory clearance option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that woman whose dancing beguiled herod into giving her the head of john the baptist
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALOME
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32A: "60. "Forget it!" ... or a phonetic hint to aligning seven answers in this puzzle with their starred clues"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NOCHANCE
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33A: "62. Like Alban Berg's opera "Lulu""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
- Similar words include: unkeyed
- Opposite of: tonal
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Answer: ATONAL
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34A: "63. When said five times, an Abba song"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDO
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35A: "64. Region that produces Riesling wine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAAR
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36A: "65. Core beliefs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Similar words include: tenet, dogma
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TENETS
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37A: "66. French possessive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
- Similar words include: atomic number 52, ti, te
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TES
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38A: "67. 35mm options"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLRS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Was unable to go further | 8 |
| 2D | 2. Extreme boastfulness | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Instrument heard at Rosh Hashana services | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Wood used in making guitar bodies | 3 |
| 5D | 5. World capital known as the "City for Peace" | 5 |
| 6D | 6. World capital that's home to the Kocatepe Mosque | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Attachments to mortarboards | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Lead-in to much | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Late psychedelic artist Peter | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Fraternity letter | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Understands, despite efforts at concealment | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Dr. Seuss character in a red hat | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Step on it | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Post-marathon problem | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Disney street-smart mutt | 5 |
| 16D | 26. Bit of red tape | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Old pros | 6 |
| 18D | 29. Hallowed | 6 |
| 19D | 31. ___ shu pork | 3 |
| 20D | 35. Dinghy gear | 4 |
| 21D | 36. "O ___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria) | 3 |
| 22D | 37. Thumbs Up or Thinking Face | 5 |
| 23D | 39. First out | 8 |
| 24D | 40. Item in a miniature collector's collection | 8 |
| 25D | 41. Team with the most Super Bowl wins in the 1970s | 8 |
| 26D | 43. "Seriously!" | 7 |
| 27D | 45. Alternative to boo | 6 |
| 28D | 46. Analgesic agent | 6 |
| 29D | 47. Brando with two Oscars | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Took big steps | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Big blowout | 4 |
| 32D | 52. ___ de asador (Mexican meal) | 5 |
| 33D | 55. Some info on bus. cards | 4 |
| 34D | 58. Apt letters missing from j_i_ _d | 3 |
| 35D | 59. Tumbler's surface | 3 |
| 36D | 61. Ding-dong | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Was unable to go further"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HITAWALL
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2D: "2. Extreme boastfulness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EGOMANIA
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3D: "3. Instrument heard at Rosh Hashana services"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RAMSHORN
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4D: "4. Wood used in making guitar bodies"
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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5D: "5. World capital known as the "City for Peace""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
- Similar words include: capital of Vietnam
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HANOI
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6D: "6. World capital that's home to the Kocatepe Mosque"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital of turkey; located in west-central turkey; it was formerly known as angora and is the home of angora goats
- Similar words include: capital of Turkey, Angora, Turkish capital
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANKARA
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7D: "7. Attachments to mortarboards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
- Similar words include: tassel
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TASSELS
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8D: "8. Lead-in to much"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INAS
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9D: "9. Late psychedelic artist Peter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- Similar words include: goop, soap, easy lay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAX
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10D: "10. Fraternity letter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure
- Similar words include: pounds per square inch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PSI
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11D: "11. Understands, despite efforts at concealment"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISONTO
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12D: "12. Dr. Seuss character in a red hat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAMIAM
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13D: "13. Step on it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- Similar words include: ado, flimflam, gyp
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HUSTLE
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14D: "18. Post-marathon problem"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Similar words include: languish, smart, pine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACHE
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15D: "22. Disney street-smart mutt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disreputable vagrant
- Similar words include: hiking, hobo, hiker
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRAMP
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16D: "26. Bit of red tape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- Similar words include: manakin, course, organize
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FORM
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17D: "27. Old pros"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- Similar words include: whizz, wizard, wiz
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADEPTS
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18D: "29. Hallowed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that concerned with religion or religious purposes
- Similar words include: sanctified, hallowed, consecrated
- Opposite of: profane
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Answer: SACRED
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19D: "31. ___ shu pork"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a cow or bull
- Similar words include: low
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOO
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20D: "35. Dinghy gear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Similar words include: oar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OARS
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21D: "36. "O ___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIO
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22D: "37. Thumbs Up or Thinking Face"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMOJI
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23D: "39. First out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- Similar words include: archetype, master copy, pilot
- Opposite of: unoriginal
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Answer: ORIGINAL
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24D: "40. Item in a miniature collector's collection"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MODELCAR
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25D: "41. Team with the most Super Bowl wins in the 1970s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STEELERS
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26D: "43. "Seriously!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IMEANIT
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27D: "45. Alternative to boo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HISSAT
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28D: "46. Analgesic agent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OPIATE
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29D: "47. Brando with two Oscars"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MARLON
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30D: "48. Took big steps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that walk with long steps
- Similar words include: stride
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRODE
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31D: "49. Big blowout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vigorous blow
- Similar words include: smash, brawl, knock
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BASH
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32D: "52. ___ de asador (Mexican meal)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
- Similar words include: wetback, greaser, taco
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TACOS
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33D: "55. Some info on bus. cards"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TELS
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34D: "58. Apt letters missing from j_i_ _d"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: unity, single, I
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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35D: "59. Tumbler's surface"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Similar words include: matte, matting, tangle
- Opposite of: disentangle, unsnarl
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Answer: MAT
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36D: "61. Ding-dong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: tail, rear, bottom
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASS
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
38 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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