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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (32 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (34 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. Volume of tourists | 11 |
| 2A | 12. Company that made the world's first two-nanometer chip in 2021 | 3 |
| 3A | 15. High-tech means of seeing oneself into work | 11 |
| 4A | 16. Might | 3 |
| 5A | 17. Part of a make-up routine? | 11 |
| 6A | 18. Pitcher's output | 3 |
| 7A | 19. Cytologists' study | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Preferred piece of commercial real estate | 9 |
| 9A | 22. Civil rights activist Baker | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Drummer Peart | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Dish of stuffed grape leaves | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Groan-worthy, say, as a joke | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Know-it-all who might have a ball? | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Equilibrium | 6 |
| 15A | 29. Nissan Stadium team | 6 |
| 16A | 31. Viva voce | 6 |
| 17A | 32. Devices for disc jockeys | 6 |
| 18A | 33. So-called "father of macroeconomics" | 6 |
| 19A | 34. They're protected by scabbards | 6 |
| 20A | 35. Minor crashes? | 4 |
| 21A | 36. Blows a mean horn | 5 |
| 22A | 37. 1988 Best Country Song Grammy winner for "Hold Me" | 5 |
| 23A | 39. Staff addition | 4 |
| 24A | 40. Word with flat or tax | 4 |
| 25A | 44. Musical production that might include grunts, groans, thwops, snorts and barks | 9 |
| 26A | 46. Voguing sequence | 5 |
| 27A | 47. Babe | 3 |
| 28A | 48. "Man, that's loud!" | 11 |
| 29A | 50. Valuable city-building resource in Catan | 3 |
| 30A | 51. Take it back! | 11 |
| 31A | 52. Jazz guitarist Montgomery | 3 |
| 32A | 53. Intuitive alarm bells, informally | 11 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Volume of tourists"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TRAVELGUIDE
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2A: "12. Company that made the world's first two-nanometer chip in 2021"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IBM
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3A: "15. High-tech means of seeing oneself into work"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: RETINALSCAN
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4A: "16. Might"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following april and preceding june
- Similar words include: whitethorn, Crataegus oxycantha, Crataegus laevigata
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAY
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5A: "17. Part of a make-up routine?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: APOLOGYCARD
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6A: "18. Pitcher's output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: advertising, advertisement, advertizement
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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7A: "19. Cytologists' study"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any small compartment
- Similar words include: cell, cellular telephone, cellphone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CELLS
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8A: "20. Preferred piece of commercial real estate"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CORNERLOT
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9A: "22. Civil rights activist Baker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELLA
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10A: "23. Drummer Peart"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEIL
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11A: "24. Dish of stuffed grape leaves"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOLMA
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12A: "25. Groan-worthy, say, as a joke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
- Similar words include: platitudinal, bromidic, platitudinous
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CORNY
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13A: "26. Know-it-all who might have a ball?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
- Similar words include: illusionist, oracle, vaticinator
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEER
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14A: "27. Equilibrium"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STASIS
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15A: "29. Nissan Stadium team"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- Similar words include: giant, Titan, behemoth
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TITANS
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16A: "31. Viva voce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express in speech
- Similar words include: verbalize, utter, mouth
- Opposite of: written
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Answer: SPOKEN
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17A: "32. Devices for disc jockeys"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FADERS
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18A: "33. So-called "father of macroeconomics""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)
- Similar words include: John Maynard Keynes
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KEYNES
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19A: "34. They're protected by scabbards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
- Similar words include: saber, sabre, cavalry sword
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SABERS
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20A: "35. Minor crashes?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: nap, snooze, forty winks
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAPS
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21A: "36. Blows a mean horn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cry of sorrow and grief
- Similar words include: lament, lamentation, wail
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WAILS
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22A: "37. 1988 Best Country Song Grammy winner for "Hold Me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSLIN
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23A: "39. Staff addition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a newly hired employee
- Similar words include: take, employ, charter
- Opposite of: fire
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Answer: HIRE
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24A: "40. Word with flat or tax"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
- Similar words include: value, range, grade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RATE
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25A: "44. Musical production that might include grunts, groans, thwops, snorts and barks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WHALESONG
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26A: "46. Voguing sequence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
- Similar words include: impersonate, stick, present
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POSES
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27A: "47. Babe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HON
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28A: "48. "Man, that's loud!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WHATARACKET
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29A: "50. Valuable city-building resource in Catan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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30A: "51. Take it back!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TIMEMACHINE
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31A: "52. Jazz guitarist Montgomery"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WES
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32A: "53. Intuitive alarm bells, informally"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SPIDEYSENSE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Leave no ___ (camping tenet) | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Put off | 5 |
| 3D | 3. One of 32 in the country of Kiribati | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Country rental | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Biblical figure said to have fathered Kenan at age 90 | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Gamer's frustration | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Compound in some soaps | 8 |
| 8D | 8. About half of all these are made in Philadelphia, for short | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Nickelodeon series whose episode titles all start with the same letter as the show itself | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Tend to, as some holes | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Wrapped | 5 |
| 12D | 12. "Start talking" | 9 |
| 13D | 13. The number 4 and the gift of a clock, in Chinese culture | 8 |
| 14D | 14. "Dearie me!" | 7 |
| 15D | 21. Play list? | 6 |
| 16D | 23. Prominent features on goblin sharks | 5 |
| 17D | 25. What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine | 4 |
| 18D | 27. High-level intelligence assets? | 9 |
| 19D | 28. Neighbor of the uvula | 6 |
| 20D | 29. Put off | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Midmonth marker | 4 |
| 22D | 31. Coast | 8 |
| 23D | 32. It's up for grabs | 8 |
| 24D | 33. Skillfulness | 7 |
| 25D | 34. Like John, Paul or George, but not Ringo | 7 |
| 26D | 36. Existentialist's inquiry | 6 |
| 27D | 38. Axolotl lookalikes | 5 |
| 28D | 40. Tamiflu manufacturer | 5 |
| 29D | 41. Welcome to one's home | 5 |
| 30D | 42. Many first-time voters | 5 |
| 31D | 43. The "E" of the New York Stock Exchange's "EL" | 5 |
| 32D | 45. Transport | 4 |
| 33D | 46. Orgs. with "war chests" | 4 |
| 34D | 49. 2004 biopic for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Leave no ___ (camping tenet)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a just detectable amount
- Similar words include: decipher, describe, hunt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRACE
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2D: "2. Put off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to move back by force or influence
- Similar words include: force back, disgust, drive back
- Opposite of: attract
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Answer: REPEL
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3D: "3. One of 32 in the country of Kiribati"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATOLL
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4D: "4. Country rental"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
- Similar words include: Pancho Villa, Francisco Villa, Doroteo Arango
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VILLA
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5D: "5. Biblical figure said to have fathered Kenan at age 90"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENOS
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6D: "6. Gamer's frustration"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of slowing down or falling behind
- Similar words include: meanwhile, put behind bars, interim
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAG
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7D: "7. Compound in some soaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
- Similar words include: glycerol, glycerine
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GLYCERIN
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8D: "8. About half of all these are made in Philadelphia, for short"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: USCOINS
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9D: "9. Nickelodeon series whose episode titles all start with the same letter as the show itself"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICARLY
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10D: "10. Tend to, as some holes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something of little value
- Similar words include: mend, damn, red cent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DARN
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11D: "11. Wrapped"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- Similar words include: terminate, all over, end
- Opposite of: begin
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Answer: ENDED
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12D: "12. "Start talking""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IMALLEARS
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13D: "13. The number 4 and the gift of a clock, in Chinese culture"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BADOMENS
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14D: "14. "Dearie me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MYSTARS
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15D: "21. Play list?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a list of names
- Similar words include: roll
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROSTER
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16D: "23. Prominent features on goblin sharks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- Similar words include: nuzzle, olfactory organ, pry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOSES
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17D: "25. What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- Similar words include: patty, coat, bar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAKE
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18D: "27. High-level intelligence assets?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPYPLANES
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19D: "28. Neighbor of the uvula"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
- Similar words include: palatine tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TONSIL
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20D: "29. Put off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of data arranged in rows and columns
- Similar words include: prorogue, set back, put off
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TABLE
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21D: "30. Midmonth marker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDES
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22D: "31. Coast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shore of a sea or ocean
- Similar words include: coast, sea-coast, seacoast
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SEASHORE
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23D: "32. It's up for grabs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FAIRGAME
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24D: "33. Skillfulness"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KNOWHOW
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25D: "34. Like John, Paul or George, but not Ringo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hold sacred
- Similar words include: saintlike, canonise, canonize
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAINTED
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26D: "36. Existentialist's inquiry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WHOAMI
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27D: "38. Axolotl lookalikes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
- Similar words include: newt, triton
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEWTS
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28D: "40. Tamiflu manufacturer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROCHE
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29D: "41. Welcome to one's home"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASKIN
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30D: "42. Many first-time voters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
- Similar words include: adolescent, stripling, teen
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEENS
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31D: "43. The "E" of the New York Stock Exchange's "EL""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESTEE
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32D: "45. Transport"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- Similar words include: send, transport, embark
- Opposite of: disembark
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Answer: SHIP
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33D: "46. Orgs. with "war chests""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
- Similar words include: political action committee, PAC
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PACS
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34D: "49. 2004 biopic for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
- Similar words include: light beam, electron beam, re
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAY
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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
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Build Vocabulary
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Today's Puzzle Stats
32 Across Clues
34 Down Clues
66 Total Clues
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