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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (41 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 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. Actress Longoria or Mendes | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Word after op or pop | 3 |
| 3A | 7. Jabbers on a plane? | 6 |
| 4A | 13. Hip-hop's ___ Wayne | 3 |
| 5A | 14. "If I ___ a Carpenter" | 4 |
| 6A | 16. First-year professional athlete | 6 |
| 7A | 17. Illegal | 8 |
| 8A | 19. Meal, formally | 6 |
| 9A | 20. Not working, as a phone | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Tool for winter fishing | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Affirmative | 3 |
| 12A | 24. To be, in Barcelona | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Made level | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Apple all-in-one computer | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Contribute something more | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Hoppy brews, for short | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Dependable, upstanding guy | 6 |
| 18A | 37. Key often near Caps Lock | 3 |
| 19A | 38. Bog down | 4 |
| 20A | 39. What a hen lays | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Robes tied with obis | 7 |
| 22A | 43. Bit of acne, informally | 3 |
| 23A | 44. How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 | 4 |
| 24A | 46. ___ and Driver (magazine) | 3 |
| 25A | 47. "Holy cannoli!" | 6 |
| 26A | 49. Fret | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Kipling novel or its young hero | 3 |
| 28A | 51. Singer Bareilles | 4 |
| 29A | 52. "Beats me!" | 6 |
| 30A | 55. Indian princes | 5 |
| 31A | 58. Rotor speed fig. | 3 |
| 32A | 61. Ordered (around) | 6 |
| 33A | 63. Carry | 4 |
| 34A | 64. Wizard's mixture | 6 |
| 35A | 66. Not now, but later | 8 |
| 36A | 68. Cut out | 6 |
| 37A | 69. List, as in a reference | 4 |
| 38A | 70. Yea's opposite | 3 |
| 39A | 71. Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling | 6 |
| 40A | 72. "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!") | 3 |
| 41A | 73. Org. checking carry-on bags | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Actress Longoria or Mendes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVA
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2A: "4. Word after op or pop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Similar words include: prowess, artistry, fine art
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART
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3A: "7. Jabbers on a plane?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
- Similar words include: elbow, articulatio cubiti, cubitus
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELBOWS
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4A: "13. Hip-hop's ___ Wayne"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIL
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5A: "14. "If I ___ a Carpenter""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- Similar words include: follow, make up, live
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: WERE
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6A: "16. First-year professional athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
- Similar words include: cub, greenhorn
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROOKIE
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7A: "17. Illegal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
- Similar words include: wrongful, outlaw, unconventional
- Opposite of: lawful
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Answer: UNLAWFUL
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8A: "19. Meal, formally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the food served and eaten at one time
- Similar words include: meal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REPAST
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9A: "20. Not working, as a phone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are no longer living
- Similar words include: absolutely, drained, perfectly
- Opposite of: living, live
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Answer: DEAD
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10A: "21. Tool for winter fishing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICESAW
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11A: "23. Affirmative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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12A: "24. To be, in Barcelona"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESTAR
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13A: "26. Made level"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make level or straight
- Similar words include: even, flush, level
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EVENED
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14A: "28. Apple all-in-one computer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMAC
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15A: "30. Contribute something more"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: add up, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain damage
- Opposite of: subtract, take away
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Answer: ADD
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16A: "31. Hoppy brews, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPAS
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17A: "35. Dependable, upstanding guy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics
- Similar words include: mensh
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MENSCH
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18A: "37. Key often near Caps Lock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
- Similar words include: lozenge, check, tab key
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAB
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19A: "38. Bog down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- Similar words include: quagmire, entangle, morass
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIRE
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20A: "39. What a hen lays"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
- Similar words include: ballock, testis, nut
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGG
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21A: "40. Robes tied with obis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by japanese
- Similar words include: kimono
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KIMONOS
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22A: "43. Bit of acne, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- Similar words include: pimple, hickey
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZIT
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23A: "44. How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
- Similar words include: unaccompanied, alone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOLO
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24A: "46. ___ and Driver (magazine)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Similar words include: automobile, railroad car, railway car
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAR
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25A: "47. "Holy cannoli!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YOWZAH
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26A: "49. Fret"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
- Similar words include: sweat, lather, swither
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEW
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27A: "50. Kipling novel or its young hero"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KIM
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28A: "51. Singer Bareilles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARA
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29A: "52. "Beats me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOCLUE
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30A: "55. Indian princes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prince or king in india
- Similar words include: genus Raja, raja, rajah
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAJAS
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31A: "58. Rotor speed fig."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: revolutions per minute, rev
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RPM
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32A: "61. Ordered (around)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that raise in a relief
- Similar words include: stamp, boss, emboss
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BOSSED
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33A: "63. Carry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a capacious bag or basket
- Similar words include: carryall, lug, tote bag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOTE
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34A: "64. Wizard's mixture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
- Similar words include: philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELIXIR
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35A: "66. Not now, but later"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: INAWHILE
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36A: "68. Cut out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove or make invisible
- Similar words include: cancel, edit, erase
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: DELETE
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37A: "69. List, as in a reference"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- Similar words include: quote, reference, name
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CITE
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38A: "70. Yea's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not this merely but also; not only so but
- Opposite of: yea
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAY
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39A: "71. Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port city of south central ukraine on an arm of the black sea
- Similar words include: Odesa
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ODESSA
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40A: "72. "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take in solid food
- Similar words include: corrode, eat up, feed
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAT
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41A: "73. Org. checking carry-on bags"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Deftly avoid | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Plants with tendrils | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Electric with excitement | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Cry over a newborn | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Home loan overhaul, in brief | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Halt to hostilities | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Some gofers | 10 |
| 8D | 8. Handbag fashion label from Madrid | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Playful knock on the noggin | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Give the thumbs-up | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Sagacious | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Divisions in a tennis match | 4 |
| 13D | 15. Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares | 13 |
| 14D | 18. President after Washington | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Alternative to a convertible or station wagon | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Hat holder | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Barely visible, as light from a star | 3 |
| 18D | 29. Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band | 10 |
| 19D | 32. Dive offering slices | 10 |
| 20D | 33. Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g. | 4 |
| 21D | 34. Meyers of late night | 4 |
| 22D | 35. Clutter | 4 |
| 23D | 36. Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short | 4 |
| 24D | 41. Slips in a slot at the post office | 5 |
| 25D | 42. Fly to new heights | 4 |
| 26D | 45. Dominate, in sports slang | 3 |
| 27D | 48. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake | 5 |
| 28D | 53. Passing notices, informally | 5 |
| 29D | 54. Counting-out rhyme opener | 5 |
| 30D | 56. Book made obsolescent by GPS | 5 |
| 31D | 57. "Buh-bye!" | 5 |
| 32D | 58. Attempt anew | 4 |
| 33D | 59. Said "guilty," say | 4 |
| 34D | 60. One of 26 in a marathon | 4 |
| 35D | 62. Contents of an Excel spreadsheet | 4 |
| 36D | 65. Kisses, symbolically | 3 |
| 37D | 67. Like some dog kisses | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Deftly avoid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that escape, either physically or mentally
- Similar words include: escape, dodge, evade
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELUDE
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2D: "2. Plants with tendrils"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
- Similar words include: vine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VINES
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3D: "3. Electric with excitement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ALLATINGLE
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4D: "4. Cry over a newborn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWW
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5D: "5. Home loan overhaul, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REFI
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6D: "6. Halt to hostilities"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
- Similar words include: cease-fire, armistice
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRUCE
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7D: "7. Some gofers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ERRANDBOYS
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8D: "8. Handbag fashion label from Madrid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states composer (born in austria) who collaborated with lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
- Similar words include: Frederick Loewe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOEWE
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9D: "9. Playful knock on the noggin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- Similar words include: Federal Bureau of Prisons, sock, bebop
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOP
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10D: "10. Give the thumbs-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an endorsement
- Similar words include: fine, hunky-dory, okey
- Opposite of: disapprove
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Answer: OKAY
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11D: "11. Sagacious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a way of doing or being
- Similar words include: fresh, impertinent, overbold
- Opposite of: foolish
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Answer: WISE
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12D: "12. Divisions in a tennis match"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: Set, determine, typeset
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SETS
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13D: "15. Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: ELEVATORMUSIC
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14D: "18. President after Washington"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that american revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the boston tea party and signer of the declaration of independence (1722-1803)
- Similar words include: President John Adams, President John Quincy Adams, go
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADAMS
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15D: "22. Alternative to a convertible or station wagon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- Similar words include: sedan chair, saloon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEDAN
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16D: "25. Hat holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that framework for holding objects
- Similar words include: wring, single-foot, squeeze
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RACK
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17D: "27. Barely visible, as light from a star"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- Similar words include: slow, dull, slur
- Opposite of: undimmed, focus
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Answer: DIM
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18D: "29. Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CHICKCOREA
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19D: "32. Dive offering slices"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PIZZAJOINT
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20D: "33. Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARIA
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21D: "34. Meyers of late night"
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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22D: "35. Clutter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Similar words include: stack, great deal, messiness
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MESS
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23D: "36. Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOT
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24D: "41. Slips in a slot at the post office"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- Similar words include: ring armor, chain armour, post
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAILS
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25D: "42. Fly to new heights"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of rising upward into the air
- Similar words include: soar up, hang glide, surge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOAR
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26D: "45. Dominate, in sports slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have ownership or possession of
- Similar words include: possess, ain, have
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWN
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27D: "48. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
- Similar words include: ire, ira, anger
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WRATH
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28D: "53. Passing notices, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- Similar words include: obituary, necrology, obit
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OBITS
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29D: "54. Counting-out rhyme opener"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENIE
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30D: "56. Book made obsolescent by GPS"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- Similar words include: telamon, atlas vertebra, book of maps
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATLAS
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31D: "57. "Buh-bye!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEYA
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32D: "58. Attempt anew"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
- Similar words include: remake, reconstruct, remodel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDO
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33D: "59. Said "guilty," say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that appeal or request earnestly
- Similar words include: plead
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLED
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34D: "60. One of 26 in a marathon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- Similar words include: mi, knot, sea mile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MILE
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35D: "62. Contents of an Excel spreadsheet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- Similar words include: datum, information, data point
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DATA
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36D: "65. Kisses, symbolically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
- Similar words include: atomic number 54, 10, ex
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: XES
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37D: "67. Like some dog kisses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wetness caused by water
- Similar words include: stiff, pixilated, blind drunk
- Opposite of: dry
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Answer: WET
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Decode the Clues
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Today's Puzzle Stats
41 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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