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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (43 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. Uber alternative | 4 |
| 2A | 5. The class of '26, at the beginning of '26 | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Hosp. triage specialists | 6 |
| 4A | 14. One acting on impulse? | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Pittsburgh Pirates mascot | 6 |
| 7A | 17. *Peers | 8 |
| 8A | 19. Order to relax | 6 |
| 9A | 20. Group of reps | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Back-comb, in a way | 5 |
| 11A | 23. ___ mater | 4 |
| 12A | 24. *Number of years between Summer Olympics | 12 |
| 13A | 27. Brews | 6 |
| 14A | 30. Heated competition? | 4 |
| 15A | 31. Kilauea output | 4 |
| 16A | 32. Some porcelain pieces | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Shiba ___ (dog breed) | 3 |
| 18A | 37. *Number of Supreme Court justices | 15 |
| 19A | 41. Ethane or methane | 3 |
| 20A | 42. Belittle | 5 |
| 21A | 43. Conscious of systemic societal problems | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Big inits. in frozen desserts | 4 |
| 23A | 45. They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel | 6 |
| 24A | 47. *Guns N' Roses guitarist | 12 |
| 25A | 52. Beauty supply chain | 4 |
| 26A | 53. "Swell!" | 5 |
| 27A | 54. Under the weather | 3 |
| 28A | 57. Jackal-headed Egyptian deity | 6 |
| 29A | 60. What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match | 8 |
| 30A | 62. It was discovered by the Curies | 6 |
| 31A | 63. Kind of line at the beach | 3 |
| 32A | 64. Try a new course, say | 4 |
| 33A | 65. TikTok phenomena | 6 |
| 34A | 66. Guileful | 3 |
| 35A | 67. Drink with junmai and nigori variants | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Uber alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- Similar words include: cab, taxicab, hack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAXI
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2A: "5. The class of '26, at the beginning of '26"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
- Similar words include: atomic number 38, strontium, Sr
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRS
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3A: "8. Hosp. triage specialists"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ERDOCS
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4A: "14. One acting on impulse?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
- Similar words include: axone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXON
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5A: "15. Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Similar words include: pea plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEA
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6A: "16. Pittsburgh Pirates mascot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PARROT
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7A: "17. *Peers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PLUSSIGN
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8A: "19. Order to relax"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATEASE
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9A: "20. Group of reps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: fixed, set up, localize
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SET
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10A: "21. Back-comb, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- Similar words include: razz, coquette, vamper
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEASE
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11A: "23. ___ mater"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALMA
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12A: "24. *Number of years between Summer Olympics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: DOLLARSYMBOL
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13A: "27. Brews"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a steep place (as on a hill)
- Similar words include: steep, engross, infuse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STEEPS
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14A: "30. Heated competition?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- Similar words include: play, contact, get together
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MEET
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15A: "31. Kilauea output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAVA
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16A: "32. Some porcelain pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern asia; the most populous country in the world
- Similar words include: Red China, Nationalist China, mainland China
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHINA
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17A: "34. Shiba ___ (dog breed)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INU
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18A: "37. *Number of Supreme Court justices"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: OPENPARENTHESIS
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19A: "41. Ethane or methane"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: boast, gun, accelerator pedal
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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20A: "42. Belittle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- Similar words include: humiliate, mortify, humble
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABASE
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21A: "43. Conscious of systemic societal problems"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be awake, be alert, be there
- Similar words include: stir up, awake, wake
- Opposite of: fall asleep, cause to sleep
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Answer: WOKE
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22A: "44. Big inits. in frozen desserts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TCBY
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23A: "45. They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
- Similar words include: wheel spoke, spoke, radius
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPOKES
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24A: "47. *Guns N' Roses guitarist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: QUESTIONMARK
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25A: "52. Beauty supply chain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ULTA
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26A: "53. "Swell!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEATO
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27A: "54. Under the weather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: badly, complaint, sick
- Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL
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28A: "57. Jackal-headed Egyptian deity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal
- Similar words include: Anpu
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANUBIS
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29A: "60. What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SHIFTKEY
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30A: "62. It was discovered by the Curies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
- Similar words include: Ra, atomic number 88
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RADIUM
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31A: "63. Kind of line at the beach"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Similar words include: tangent, suntan, topaz
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAN
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32A: "64. Try a new course, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- Similar words include: swerve, trend, slue
- Opposite of: back
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Answer: VEER
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33A: "65. TikTok phenomena"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general direction in which something tends to move
- Similar words include: drift, veer, trend
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRENDS
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34A: "66. Guileful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by skill in deception
- Similar words include: foxy, dodgy, knavish
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLY
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35A: "67. Drink with junmai and nigori variants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reason for wanting something done
- Similar words include: rice beer, interest, saki
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAKE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Array behind the counter at a tavern | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Wheel assembly component | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Strike from a list | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Important contacts | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Many fast pitches | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Majestic | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Fuel economy org. | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Tattletale | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Imagined while sleeping | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Toothbrush handle? | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Cranberry-tinged cocktail | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Criminally good deal | 5 |
| 14D | 18. "Quit it!" | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Its fur might trim a royal robe | 6 |
| 16D | 24. College faculty head | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Email status | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Opposite of "nah" | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Real grind | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Seville snack | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Holiday preceders | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Handout with a kids' menu | 6 |
| 23D | 33. Bulls and bucks | 3 |
| 24D | 34. Avoids injury, say | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Personification of victory | 4 |
| 26D | 36. Wields | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Formal accord | 4 |
| 28D | 39. Actress Jacobson of "Broad City" | 4 |
| 29D | 40. Furry "Star Wars" creature | 4 |
| 30D | 44. Container at an airport checkpoint, for short | 6 |
| 31D | 45. Smooth and glossy | 6 |
| 32D | 46. Seminar head, informally | 4 |
| 33D | 47. Ice cream purchase | 5 |
| 34D | 48. Forearm-related, in a way | 5 |
| 35D | 49. Practice piece | 5 |
| 36D | 50. Tree "houses" | 5 |
| 37D | 51. Palace, in Hindi | 5 |
| 38D | 54. Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance | 4 |
| 39D | 55. Garlic relative | 4 |
| 40D | 56. Strings of yore | 4 |
| 41D | 58. T-shaped birth control insert | 3 |
| 42D | 59. Texting inits. | 3 |
| 43D | 61. Fixtures at sports bars | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Array behind the counter at a tavern"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (military) signal to turn the lights out
- Similar words include: beg, hydrant, tap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAPS
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2D: "2. Wheel assembly component"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXLE
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3D: "3. Strike from a list"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: XOUT
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4D: "4. Important contacts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Similar words include: In, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Hoosier State
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INS
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5D: "5. Many fast pitches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
- Similar words include: patter, spiel, play
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPIELS
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6D: "6. Majestic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- Similar words include: royal, imperial, majestic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REGAL
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7D: "7. Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SANSA
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8D: "8. Fuel economy org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Similar words include: Environmental Protection Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPA
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9D: "9. Tattletale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: dirty dog, lowlife, git
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAT
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10D: "10. Imagined while sleeping"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- Similar words include: woolgather, dream, stargaze
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DREAMT
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11D: "11. Toothbrush handle?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORALB
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12D: "12. Cranberry-tinged cocktail"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COSMO
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13D: "13. Criminally good deal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advantageous purchase
- Similar words include: slip, bargain, buy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEAL
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14D: "18. "Quit it!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something ending
- Similar words include: cease, stop consonant, period
- Opposite of: begin, continuant consonant
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Answer: STOP
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15D: "22. Its fur might trim a royal robe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the expensive white fur of the ermine
- Similar words include: shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ERMINE
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16D: "24. College faculty head"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
- Similar words include: James Byron Dean, James Dean, doyen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEAN
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17D: "25. Email status"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 100 senti equal 1 kroon in estonia
- Similar words include: get off, charge, send off
- Opposite of: unsent
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Answer: SENT
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18D: "26. Opposite of "nah""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not only so, but
- Similar words include: yea
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YEAH
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19D: "27. Real grind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that work doggedly or persistently
- Similar words include: slug, pad, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLOG
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20D: "28. Seville snack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
- Similar words include: tapa bark, tappa bark, tappa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAPA
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21D: "29. Holiday preceders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: evening, eventide, even
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVES
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22D: "32. Handout with a kids' menu"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
- Similar words include: wax crayon
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRAYON
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23D: "33. Bulls and bucks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Similar words include: atomic number 2, helium, he
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HES
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24D: "34. Avoids injury, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISOK
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25D: "35. Personification of victory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIKE
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26D: "36. Wields"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: habit, purpose, usage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USES
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27D: "38. Formal accord"
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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28D: "39. Actress Jacobson of "Broad City""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABBI
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29D: "40. Furry "Star Wars" creature"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWOK
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30D: "44. Container at an airport checkpoint, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TSABIN
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31D: "45. Smooth and glossy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- Similar words include: silky, sleek, slick
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SATINY
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32D: "46. Seminar head, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
- Similar words include: professor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PROF
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33D: "47. Ice cream purchase"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united states liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- Similar words include: dry quart
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: QUART
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34D: "48. Forearm-related, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relating to or near the ulna
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ULNAR
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35D: "49. Practice piece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETUDE
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36D: "50. Tree "houses""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- Similar words include: nestle, draw close, nest
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NESTS
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37D: "51. Palace, in Hindi"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAHAL
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38D: "54. Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IKEA
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39D: "55. Garlic relative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
- Similar words include: Allium porrum, scallion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEEK
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40D: "56. Strings of yore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a harp used by ancient greeks for accompaniment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYRE
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41D: "58. T-shaped birth control insert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus
- Similar words include: intrauterine device
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IUD
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42D: "59. Texting inits."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- Similar words include: Sm, samarium, Master of Science
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SMS
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43D: "61. Fixtures at sports bars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - ernie kovacs
- Similar words include: telly, television set, TV
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TVS
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Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
43 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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