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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Today's Across Crossword NYT December 10, 2025 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained

Wednesday NYT Across Solutions December 10, 2025 - Every Horizontal Clue Decoded with Hints

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 37 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for December 10, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date December 10, 2025
Day of Week Wednesday
Total Across Clues 37 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Medium

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 37 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. "___ been had!"
2 Across 5. Shoo away, in a way
3 Across 11. Thunderbolt wielder
4 Across 15. First name in daring jumps
5 Across 16. City NE of Olympia
6 Across 17. Familiar with the tricks of
7 Across 18. Emulates a dog around the family dinner table
8 Across 19. Like voice mail messages, for example
9 Across 21. Red "Inside Out" character
10 Across 23. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE!
11 Across 24. J.F.K. Library architect
12 Across 25. Verbal hesitations
13 Across 27. "No ___!"
14 Across 31. Like some boarding school attire
15 Across 33. Green dispensaries?
16 Across 37. Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role
17 Across 38. Bit of condensation
18 Across 39. Type of flooded field
19 Across 42. Protected lands for plants and animals
20 Across 44. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
21 Across 45. One who is acting?
22 Across 46. Corp. money bigwig
23 Across 47. Some pearls of wisdom
24 Across 48. Third-party holding
25 Across 51. Used to have
26 Across 54. ___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader
27 Across 55. Time piece?
28 Across 56. Hole in the wall
29 Across 61. Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim"
30 Across 63. Love poem opener
31 Across 67. Article of pool equipment
32 Across 68. Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
33 Across 69. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD!
34 Across 70. Corn container
35 Across 71. Release steam
36 Across 72. Diocese assemblies
37 Across 73. Final boss in the game God of War

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. "___ been had!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: W__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WEVE

2 Across: "5. Shoo away, in a way"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: S____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SWATAT

3 Across: "11. Thunderbolt wielder"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'Z' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: Z__S
  • Similar words: genus Zeus
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ZEUS

4 Across: "15. First name in daring jumps"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: E__L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EVEL

5 Across: "16. City NE of Olympia"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: T____A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TACOMA

6 Across: "17. Familiar with the tricks of"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONTO

7 Across: "18. Emulates a dog around the family dinner table"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: B__S
  • Similar words: beg, implore
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: call upon in supplication; entreat
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEGS

8 Across: "19. Like voice mail messages, for example"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P_________D
  • Similar words: prerecord
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: record before presentation
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PRERECORDED

9 Across: "21. Red "Inside Out" character"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: A___R
  • Similar words: see red, angriness
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANGER

10 Across: "23. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE!"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P_____R
  • Similar words: pressman
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: someone whose occupation is printing
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PRINTER

11 Across: "24. J.F.K. Library architect"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'I'
  • Similar words: I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: United States architect (born in China in 1917)
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PEI

12 Across: "25. Verbal hesitations"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'S'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UHS

13 Across: "27. "No ___!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: D___T
  • Similar words: incertitude, question
  • Opposite of: certainty
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the state of being unsure of something
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOUBT

14 Across: "31. Like some boarding school attire"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P____Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PREPPY

15 Across: "33. Green dispensaries?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: atm, ATM
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATMS

16 Across: "37. Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (used as a combining form) recent or new
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEO

17 Across: "38. Bit of condensation"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: B__D
  • Similar words: drop, astragal
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small ball with a hole through the middle
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEAD

18 Across: "39. Type of flooded field"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: R_______Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RICEPADDY

19 Across: "42. Protected lands for plants and animals"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 14 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N____________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NATURERESERVES

20 Across: "44. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: E_______R
  • Similar words: moving stairway
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ESCALATOR

21 Across: "45. One who is acting?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: D__R
  • Similar words: worker, actor
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a person who acts and gets things done
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOER

22 Across: "46. Corp. money bigwig"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CFO

23 Across: "47. Some pearls of wisdom"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S__S
  • Similar words: adage, byword
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SAWS

24 Across: "48. Third-party holding"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'W'
  • Word pattern: E____W
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ESCROW

25 Across: "51. Used to have"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: O___D
  • Similar words: own, possess
  • Opposite of: unowned
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: have ownership or possession of
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OWNED

26 Across: "54. ___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'I'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SRI

27 Across: "55. Time piece?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
  • Similar words: geological era, epoch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERA

28 Across: "56. Hole in the wall"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: R_____P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a difficult entangling situation
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RATTRAP

29 Across: "61. Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: T___C
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TUPAC

30 Across: "63. Love poem opener"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: R_________D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROSESARERED

31 Across: "67. Article of pool equipment"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: R__K
  • Similar words: torture, extort
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: framework for holding objects
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RACK

32 Across: "68. Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: E__C
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERIC

33 Across: "69. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD!"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: T____T
  • Similar words: pot, can
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOILET

34 Across: "70. Corn container"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: S__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SILO

35 Across: "71. Release steam"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'V' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: V__T
  • Similar words: vent-hole, outlet
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a hole for the escape of gas or air
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer VENT

36 Across: "72. Diocese assemblies"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • Similar words: synod
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SYNODS

37 Across: "73. Final boss in the game God of War"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: ar, are
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARES

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 37 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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December 10, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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. "___ been had!" 4
2A 5. Shoo away, in a way 6
3A 11. Thunderbolt wielder 4
4A 15. First name in daring jumps 4
5A 16. City NE of Olympia 6
6A 17. Familiar with the tricks of 4
7A 18. Emulates a dog around the family dinner table 4
8A 19. Like voice mail messages, for example 11
9A 21. Red "Inside Out" character 5
10A 23. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE! 7
11A 24. J.F.K. Library architect 3
12A 25. Verbal hesitations 3
13A 27. "No ___!" 5
14A 31. Like some boarding school attire 6
15A 33. Green dispensaries? 4
16A 37. Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role 3
17A 38. Bit of condensation 4
18A 39. Type of flooded field 9
19A 42. Protected lands for plants and animals 14
20A 44. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! 9
21A 45. One who is acting? 4
22A 46. Corp. money bigwig 3
23A 47. Some pearls of wisdom 4
24A 48. Third-party holding 6
25A 51. Used to have 5
26A 54. ___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader 3
27A 55. Time piece? 3
28A 56. Hole in the wall 7
29A 61. Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim" 5
30A 63. Love poem opener 11
31A 67. Article of pool equipment 4
32A 68. Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 4
33A 69. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD! 6
34A 70. Corn container 4
35A 71. Release steam 4
36A 72. Diocese assemblies 6
37A 73. Final boss in the game God of War 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "___ been had!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WEVE

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2A: "5. Shoo away, in a way"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SWATAT

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3A: "11. Thunderbolt wielder"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient greek mythology; son of rhea and cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of hera; brother of poseidon and hades; father of many gods; counterpart of roman jupiter
  • Similar words include: genus Zeus
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ZEUS

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4A: "15. First name in daring jumps"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EVEL

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5A: "16. City NE of Olympia"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in west central washington on an arm of puget sound to the south of seattle
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TACOMA

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6A: "17. Familiar with the tricks of"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONTO

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7A: "18. Emulates a dog around the family dinner table"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that call upon in supplication; entreat
  • Similar words include: pray, tap, beg
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEGS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8A: "19. Like voice mail messages, for example"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that record before presentation, as of a broadcast
  • Similar words include: prerecord
  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PRERECORDED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "21. Red "Inside Out" character"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
  • Similar words include: choler, ire, angriness
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANGER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10A: "23. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE!"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone whose occupation is printing
  • Similar words include: printing machine, pressman
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PRINTER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11A: "24. J.F.K. Library architect"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states architect (born in china in 1917)
  • Similar words include: Ieoh Ming Pei, I. M. Pei
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PEI

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12A: "25. Verbal hesitations"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: UHS

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13A: "27. "No ___!""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the state of being unsure of something
  • Similar words include: dubiety, incertitude, question
  • Opposite of: certainty
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOUBT

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14A: "31. Like some boarding school attire"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PREPPY

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15A: "33. Green dispensaries?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
  • Similar words include: ATM, standard pressure, automated teller machine
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATMS

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16A: "37. Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NEO

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17A: "38. Bit of condensation"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small ball with a hole through the middle
  • Similar words include: drop, astragal, pearl
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEAD

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18A: "39. Type of flooded field"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RICEPADDY

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19A: "42. Protected lands for plants and animals"

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NATURERESERVES

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20A: "44. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
  • Similar words include: escalator clause, moving stairway, moving staircase
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ESCALATOR

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21A: "45. One who is acting?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who acts and gets things done
  • Similar words include: worker, actor
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOER

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22A: "46. Corp. money bigwig"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
  • Similar words include: chief financial officer
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: CFO

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23A: "47. Some pearls of wisdom"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  • Similar words include: sawing machine, proverb, adage
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAWS

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24A: "48. Third-party holding"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ESCROW

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25A: "51. Used to have"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have ownership or possession of
  • Similar words include: possess, own, have
  • Opposite of: unowned
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Answer: OWNED

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26A: "54. ___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRI

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27A: "55. Time piece?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Similar words include: geological era, epoch, earned run average
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA

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28A: "56. Hole in the wall"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a difficult entangling situation
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: RATTRAP

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29A: "61. Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TUPAC

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30A: "63. Love poem opener"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: ROSESARERED

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31A: "67. Article of pool equipment"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that framework for holding objects
  • Similar words include: single-foot, gouge, wheel
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RACK

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32A: "68. Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIC

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33A: "69. OUT OF ORDER! 🚫🚫🚫 USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD!"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • Similar words include: can, sewer, privy
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOILET

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34A: "70. Corn container"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILO

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35A: "71. Release steam"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hole for the escape of gas or air
  • Similar words include: outlet, vent-hole, volcano
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: VENT

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36A: "72. Diocese assemblies"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
  • Similar words include: synod
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SYNODS

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37A: "73. Final boss in the game God of War"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
  • Similar words include: are, ar
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARES

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Software accessed via an online browser 6
2D 2. Game-tying goal 6
3D 3. Healthier version of a breakfast side dish 11
4D 4. "Or ___ what?" 4
5D 5. Longtime NASCAR sponsor 3
6D 6. Alters the shape of 5
7D 7. Dell competitor 4
8D 8. Singer Amos 4
9D 9. "You can say that again!" 4
10D 10. Sensitivity 4
11D 11. Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega 5
12D 12. Ax, so to speak 3
13D 13. Beehive State athlete 3
14D 14. Grassy section 3
15D 20. Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short 3
16D 22. Performer of the 1992 dance song "Supermodel (You Better Work)" 6
17D 26. Greek figures with multiple heads 6
18D 28. Status of 23-, 44- and 69-Across, as indicated by their clues and placement in the grid 11
19D 29. Trampoline mats 4
20D 30. Elf product 3
21D 32. Org. opposed to "speciesism" 4
22D 33. Common street sign symbol 5
23D 34. Several things in a pagoda 5
24D 35. Party starters, in brief 3
25D 36. Sowing machine 6
26D 40. "To your health!," in Germany 6
27D 41. ___ gaz (carbonated: Fr.) 4
28D 42. [Don't open this at the office!] 4
29D 43. One of four rhyming letters 3
30D 44. Modern prefix with village 3
31D 49. "The Matrix" character, with "the" 6
32D 50. Nuts 6
33D 52. Standing 5
34D 53. Aachen article 3
35D 54. "There is more to life than increasing its ___": Gandhi 5
36D 57. Some needle work, in brief 4
37D 58. "Community" character played by Donald Glover 4
38D 59. Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _ 4
39D 60. Songwriter Guthrie 4
40D 62. ___ Minor 4
41D 63. Fire up 3
42D 64. Prize that a prospector pries 3
43D 65. Sloth, e.g. 3
44D 66. Some N.F.L. linemen 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Software accessed via an online browser"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: WEBAPP

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2D: "2. Game-tying goal"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that divisible by two
  • Similar words include: fifty-fifty, even, tied
  • Opposite of: odd, uneven
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Answer: EVENER

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3D: "3. Healthier version of a breakfast side dish"

11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: VEGGIEBACON

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4D: "4. "Or ___ what?""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSE

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5D: "5. Longtime NASCAR sponsor"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that standard temperature and pressure
  • Similar words include: s.t.p.
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: STP

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6D: "6. Alters the shape of"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
  • Similar words include: distort, warping, deflection
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: WARPS

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7D: "7. Dell competitor"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
  • Similar words include: genus Acer
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACER

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8D: "8. Singer Amos"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
  • Similar words include: toroid, torus, tore
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORI

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9D: "9. "You can say that again!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
  • Similar words include: Amon, Amun
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMEN

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10D: "10. Sensitivity"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
  • Similar words include: tactfulness
  • Opposite of: tactlessness
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Answer: TACT

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11D: "11. Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZORRO

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12D: "12. Ax, so to speak"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
  • Similar words include: ending, stop, remnant
  • Opposite of: beginning, begin
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Answer: END

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13D: "13. Beehive State athlete"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: UTE

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14D: "14. Grassy section"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
  • Similar words include: sodomite, superoxide dismutase, bugger
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOD

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15D: "20. Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
  • Similar words include: O.E.D., Oxford English Dictionary
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OED

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16D: "22. Performer of the 1992 dance song "Supermodel (You Better Work)""

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: RUPAUL

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17D: "26. Greek figures with multiple heads"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
  • Similar words include: Snake, hydra, Hydra
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: HYDRAS

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18D: "28. Status of 23-, 44- and 69-Across, as indicated by their clues and placement in the grid"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: UNDERREPAIR

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19D: "29. Trampoline mats"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
  • Similar words include: have a go at it, lie with, layer
  • Opposite of: turn out, get up
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Answer: BEDS

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20D: "30. Elf product"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artifact designed to be played with
  • Similar words include: dally, plaything, diddle
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOY

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21D: "32. Org. opposed to "speciesism""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PETA

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22D: "33. Common street sign symbol"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mark to indicate a direction or relation
  • Similar words include: pointer
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARROW

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23D: "34. Several things in a pagoda"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  • Similar words include: grade, level, tier up
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIERS

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24D: "35. Party starters, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that one million periods per second
  • Similar words include: megahertz, megacycle, MHz
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: MCS

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25D: "36. Sowing machine"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who seeds clouds
  • Similar words include: cloud seeder
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEEDER

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26D: "40. "To your health!," in Germany"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PROSIT

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27D: "41. ___ gaz (carbonated: Fr.)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVEC

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28D: "42. [Don't open this at the office!]"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NSFW

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29D: "43. One of four rhyming letters"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
  • Similar words include: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA

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30D: "44. Modern prefix with village"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECO

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31D: "49. "The Matrix" character, with "the""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an authoritative person who divines the future
  • Similar words include: vaticinator, prophesier, prophet
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORACLE

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32D: "50. Nuts"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
  • Similar words include: whacko, wacko, nutter
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WACKOS

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33D: "52. Standing"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that construct, build, or erect
  • Similar words include: rear, raise, put up
  • Opposite of: level, unerect
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Answer: ERECT

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34D: "53. Aachen article"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
  • Similar words include: coney, DA, hyrax
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAS

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35D: "54. "There is more to life than increasing its ___": Gandhi"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that distance travelled per unit time
  • Similar words include: hie, zip, swiftness
  • Opposite of: linger, decelerate
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Answer: SPEED

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36D: "57. Some needle work, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
  • Similar words include: Thematic Apperception Test, tackiness, intertwine
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATS

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37D: "58. "Community" character played by Donald Glover"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
  • Similar words include: Ilion, troy weight, Ilium
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TROY

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38D: "59. Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
  • Similar words include: rein in, rule, harness
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REIN

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39D: "60. Songwriter Guthrie"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARLO

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40D: "62. ___ Minor"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: URSA

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41D: "63. Fire up"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
  • Similar words include: rpm, revolutions per minute, rev up
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: REV

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42D: "64. Prize that a prospector pries"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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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43D: "65. Sloth, e.g."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that estrangement from god
  • Similar words include: sinning, trespass, hell
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIN

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44D: "66. Some N.F.L. linemen"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
  • Similar words include: delirium tremens
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DTS

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37 Across Clues
44 Down Clues
81 Total Clues

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