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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (39 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. "Let's not forget ..." | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Singer/actress Bareilles | 4 |
| 3A | 9. First part of a musical | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Close by | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Post-bath wrap | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Vegetable on a cob | 4 |
| 7A | 16. Electric vehicle from Japan | 10 |
| 8A | 18. God with a bow and arrow | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Brief | 5 |
| 10A | 20. Investment option for old age, in brief | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Mail carrier's assignment: Abbr. | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Signaling, as a performer | 5 |
| 13A | 24. Total mess | 9 |
| 14A | 27. Contents of a sleeve | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Birthstones for some Libras | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Quick kiss | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Movie princess with "space buns" | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Rapper ___ Kim | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Mercury, Venus or Mars | 5 |
| 20A | 35. Unpredictable emotional shift | 9 |
| 21A | 38. Striped kitty | 5 |
| 22A | 40. Main element in pewter | 3 |
| 23A | 41. "No ___, no foul" | 4 |
| 24A | 45. Olympic sword with a guarded tip | 4 |
| 25A | 46. Thick heads of hair | 5 |
| 26A | 48. Furious | 3 |
| 27A | 49. Celtics legend nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick" | 9 |
| 28A | 51. Kicks off, as a concert | 5 |
| 29A | 53. Singer Grande, informally | 3 |
| 30A | 54. Part of the Holy Trinity | 3 |
| 31A | 55. Tony winner Menzel | 5 |
| 32A | 56. ___-Cola | 4 |
| 33A | 58. Positioned precariously ... or where the ends of 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across can all be found | 10 |
| 34A | 62. Those, in Spanish | 4 |
| 35A | 63. Lollipop holder | 5 |
| 36A | 64. Great Plains tribe | 4 |
| 37A | 65. "Late Night" host Meyers | 4 |
| 38A | 66. ___ off (miffed) | 4 |
| 39A | 67. Little kid | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Let's not forget ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: as well, likewise, besides
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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2A: "5. Singer/actress Bareilles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARA
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3A: "9. First part of a musical"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACTI
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4A: "13. Close by"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move towards
- Similar words include: most, cheeseparing, close
- Opposite of: far
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Answer: NEAR
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5A: "14. Post-bath wrap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOWEL
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6A: "15. Vegetable on a cob"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in america in many varieties; the principal cereal in mexico and central and south america since pre-columbian times
- Similar words include: corn whiskey, Zea mays, edible corn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CORN
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7A: "16. Electric vehicle from Japan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NISSANLEAF
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8A: "18. God with a bow and arrow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
- Similar words include: physical attraction, sexual desire, concupiscence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EROS
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9A: "19. Brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- Similar words include: myopic, poor, curtly
- Opposite of: retentive, long
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Answer: SHORT
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10A: "20. Investment option for old age, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: Irish Republican Army, Provos, Provisional IRA
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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11A: "22. Mail carrier's assignment: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RTE
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12A: "23. Signaling, as a performer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- Similar words include: cue, remind, prompt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CUING
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13A: "24. Total mess"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MARESNEST
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14A: "27. Contents of a sleeve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Similar words include: build up, fortify, branch
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM
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15A: "28. Birthstones for some Libras"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
- Similar words include: opal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPALS
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16A: "30. Quick kiss"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: batch, peck at, hatful
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PECK
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17A: "31. Movie princess with "space buns""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEIA
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18A: "33. Rapper ___ Kim"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIL
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19A: "34. Mercury, Venus or Mars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
- Similar words include: immortal, god, divinity
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEITY
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20A: "35. Unpredictable emotional shift"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MOODSWING
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21A: "38. Striped kitty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
- Similar words include: tabby cat, brindle, brinded
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TABBY
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22A: "40. Main element in pewter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: cannister, atomic number 50, tin can
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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23A: "41. "No ___, no foul""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- Similar words include: scathe, hurt, impairment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HARM
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24A: "45. Olympic sword with a guarded tip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPEE
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25A: "46. Thick heads of hair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a persian prophet who founded manichaeism (216-276)
- Similar words include: head of hair, mane, man
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MANES
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26A: "48. Furious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that roused to anger; - mark twain
- Similar words include: demented, disturbed, delirious
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAD
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27A: "49. Celtics legend nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LARRYBIRD
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28A: "51. Kicks off, as a concert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Similar words include: unfold, spread out, out-of-doors
- Opposite of: close, fold
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Answer: OPENS
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29A: "53. Singer Grande, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARI
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30A: "54. Part of the Holy Trinity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male human offspring
- Similar words include: Logos, boy, Word
- Opposite of: girl, daughter
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Answer: SON
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31A: "55. Tony winner Menzel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDINA
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32A: "56. ___-Cola"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a south american shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the andes; a source of cocaine
- Similar words include: Imogene Coca, coca plant, Erythroxylon coca
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COCA
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33A: "58. Positioned precariously ... or where the ends of 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across can all be found"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OUTONALIMB
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34A: "62. Those, in Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESOS
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35A: "63. Lollipop holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement consisting of a length of wood
- Similar words include: wedge, baffle, pin
- Opposite of: dislodge, move
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Answer: STICK
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36A: "64. Great Plains tribe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
- Similar words include: Oto
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOE
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37A: "65. "Late Night" host Meyers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
- Similar words include: Set
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SETH
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38A: "66. ___ off (miffed)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place on a tee
- Similar words include: tee up, tee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEED
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39A: "67. Little kid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native of yorkshire
- Similar words include: nestling, shaver, tike
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TYKE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Tom Lake" novelist Patchett | 3 |
| 2D | 2. It isn't working | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Raw fish dish at a Japanese restaurant | 7 |
| 4D | 4. "Citizen Kane" director Welles | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Sun, in Spanish | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Astounded state | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Shows again, as a broadcast | 6 |
| 8D | 8. "Clemency" actress Woodard | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Card that may be hidden "up one's sleeve" | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "You're right!" | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Russian revolutionary Leon | 7 |
| 12D | 12. City map next to a state map, e.g. | 5 |
| 13D | 14. Explosive block in Minecraft | 3 |
| 14D | 17. Mythical Greek ship | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Tree with "quaking" leaves | 5 |
| 16D | 23. Baseball great Ripken | 3 |
| 17D | 24. ___ Marian, Robin Hood's beloved | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Outstanding athlete | 7 |
| 19D | 26. Sound from the horse's mouth | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Cunning tactic | 4 |
| 21D | 32. "Jurassic Park" insect casing | 5 |
| 22D | 34. Eat by candlelight, say | 4 |
| 23D | 36. Follows an order | 5 |
| 24D | 37. Sailboat propeller | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Hybrid flower named after a drink | 7 |
| 26D | 39. Kind of jam in a Sacher torte | 7 |
| 27D | 42. In-room safe or a chocolate on the pillow, say | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Went hog wild | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Some E.R. workers | 3 |
| 30D | 46. Time piece? | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Sweet, fizzy drink | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Roller skate strings | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Give a leg up | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Amelia Earhart, for one | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Squid's defensive output | 3 |
| 36D | 57. Residue on a grill | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Reason for overtime | 3 |
| 38D | 60. Anxious condition, in brief | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Hive occupant | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Tom Lake" novelist Patchett"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANN
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2D: "2. It isn't working"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that time available for ease and relaxation
- Similar words include: leisure time
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEISURE
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3D: "3. Raw fish dish at a Japanese restaurant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that very thinly sliced raw fish
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SASHIMI
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4D: "4. "Citizen Kane" director Welles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORSON
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5D: "5. Sun, in Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- Similar words include: soh, so, colloidal suspension
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOL
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6D: "6. Astounded state"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
- Similar words include: veneration, reverence, fear
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWE
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7D: "7. Shows again, as a broadcast"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REAIRS
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8D: "8. "Clemency" actress Woodard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALFRE
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9D: "9. Card that may be hidden "up one's sleeve""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: 1, wizard, super
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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10D: "10. "You're right!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make right or correct
- Similar words include: make up, objurgate, counterbalance
- Opposite of: incorrect, wrong
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Answer: CORRECT
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11D: "11. Russian revolutionary Leon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that russian revolutionary and communist theorist who helped lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the communist party by stalin and eventually assassinated in mexico (1879-1940)
- Similar words include: Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Leon Trotsky
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TROTSKY
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12D: "12. City map next to a state map, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- Similar words include: gusset, insert
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INSET
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13D: "14. Explosive block in Minecraft"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Similar words include: trinitrotoluene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TNT
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14D: "17. Mythical Greek ship"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGO
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15D: "21. Tree with "quaking" leaves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several trees of the genus populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASPEN
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16D: "23. Baseball great Ripken"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAL
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17D: "24. ___ Marian, Robin Hood's beloved"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female domestic
- Similar words include: maidservant, amah, housemaid
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAID
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18D: "25. Outstanding athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ALLSTAR
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19D: "26. Sound from the horse's mouth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- Similar words include: whinny, nicker, whicker
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEIGH
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20D: "29. Cunning tactic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- Similar words include: stratagem, gambit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOY
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21D: "32. "Jurassic Park" insect casing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep yellow color
- Similar words include: gold, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMBER
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22D: "34. Eat by candlelight, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have supper; eat dinner
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DINE
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23D: "36. Follows an order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be obedient to
- Similar words include: obey
- Opposite of: disobey
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Answer: OBEYS
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24D: "37. Sailboat propeller"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- Similar words include: wind instrument, wrap, twist
- Opposite of: unwind
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Answer: WIND
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25D: "38. Hybrid flower named after a drink"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEAROSE
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26D: "39. Kind of jam in a Sacher torte"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
- Similar words include: peach, yellowish pink, apricot tree
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: APRICOT
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27D: "42. In-room safe or a chocolate on the pillow, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
- Similar words include: agreeableness
- Opposite of: disagreeableness
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Answer: AMENITY
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28D: "43. Went hog wild"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RANAMOK
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29D: "44. Some E.R. workers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (md is the current symbol for mendelevium but mv was formerly the symbol)
- Similar words include: Free State, atomic number 101, Mv
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MDS
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30D: "46. Time piece?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- Similar words include: minute of arc, infinitesimal, instant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MINUTE
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31D: "47. Sweet, fizzy drink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Similar words include: soda ash, sal soda, sodium carbonate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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32D: "49. Roller skate strings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Similar words include: intertwine, plait, twine
- Opposite of: untwine
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Answer: LACES
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33D: "50. Give a leg up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of giving hope or support to someone
- Similar words include: rise, hike up, encourage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOOST
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34D: "52. Amelia Earhart, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- Similar words include: pilot burner, buffer, pilot program
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PILOT
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35D: "55. Squid's defensive output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INK
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36D: "57. Residue on a grill"
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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37D: "59. Reason for overtime"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Similar words include: link up, wed, splice
- Opposite of: untie, disconnect
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Answer: TIE
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38D: "60. Anxious condition, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OCD
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39D: "61. Hive occupant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BEE
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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