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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (42 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Daytona 500 org. | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Cloth shopping bags | 5 |
| 3A | 12. Advanced to the next round of musical chairs, say | 3 |
| 4A | 15. "Their exact words were ..." | 6 |
| 5A | 16. Toy company behind Frisbees and Hula Hoops | 5 |
| 6A | 17. "Sex and the City" network | 3 |
| 7A | 18. Narrow, focused perspective | 12 |
| 8A | 20. "___ for one and one for ___!" | 3 |
| 9A | 21. E, on a compass | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Villain in Shakespeare's "Othello" and Disney's "Aladdin" | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Assigned a job | 6 |
| 12A | 25. Pizzeria fixtures | 5 |
| 13A | 27. Blackjack player's request | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Magazine for the small screen since 1953 | 7 |
| 15A | 31. Parent's curt response to a kid's "But why?" | 7 |
| 16A | 33. Ballet dancer's handrail | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Unaccompanied | 4 |
| 18A | 35. "You can say ___ again!" | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Place for a seaweed body wrap | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Sign near a freshly applied coat | 8 |
| 21A | 42. Number represented by candles on a cake | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Toe treatment, in brief | 4 |
| 23A | 45. ___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac) | 4 |
| 24A | 46. ''You win! I give up!'' | 5 |
| 25A | 48. One might be sworn to it | 7 |
| 26A | 50. Golf count | 7 |
| 27A | 52. Dog harness attachment | 5 |
| 28A | 53. Beyond well-done | 5 |
| 29A | 54. Maker of skintight swimwear | 6 |
| 30A | 56. Exceptionally good, in Gen Z slang | 4 |
| 31A | 57. "Very funny!" | 4 |
| 32A | 61. Dallas N.B.A. player, for short | 3 |
| 33A | 62. What children should use at the library ... and a literal description of the circled letters in this puzzle | 12 |
| 34A | 65. Any number raised to the 0th power | 3 |
| 35A | 66. "Say cheese!" | 5 |
| 36A | 67. People with custody of things, typically | 6 |
| 37A | 68. Toothpaste type | 3 |
| 38A | 69. Evil spells | 5 |
| 39A | 70. Feel remorse about | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Daytona 500 org."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NASCAR
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2A: "7. Cloth shopping bags"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a capacious bag or basket
- Similar words include: add, add together, tally
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOTES
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3A: "12. Advanced to the next round of musical chairs, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: seat, sit around, Saturday
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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Answer: SAT
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4A: "15. "Their exact words were ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IQUOTE
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5A: "16. Toy company behind Frisbees and Hula Hoops"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WHAMO
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6A: "17. "Sex and the City" network"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HBO
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7A: "18. Narrow, focused perspective"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: TUNNELVISION
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8A: "20. "___ for one and one for ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- Similar words include: altogether, whole, totally
- Opposite of: partly, some
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Answer: ALL
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9A: "21. E, on a compass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- Similar words include: due east, eastward, E
- Opposite of: west
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Answer: EAST
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10A: "22. Villain in Shakespeare's "Othello" and Disney's "Aladdin""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IAGO
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11A: "23. Assigned a job"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that assign a task to
- Similar words include: task, tax
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TASKED
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12A: "25. Pizzeria fixtures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Similar words include: oven
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OVENS
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13A: "27. Blackjack player's request"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HITME
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14A: "28. Magazine for the small screen since 1953"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TVGUIDE
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15A: "31. Parent's curt response to a kid's "But why?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BECAUSE
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16A: "33. Ballet dancer's handrail"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BARRE
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17A: "34. Unaccompanied"
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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18A: "35. "You can say ___ again!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAT
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19A: "37. Place for a seaweed body wrap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: watering hole, watering place, health spa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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20A: "38. Sign near a freshly applied coat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WETPAINT
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21A: "42. Number represented by candles on a cake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: old age, geezerhood, mature
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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22A: "43. Toe treatment, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEDI
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23A: "45. ___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
- Similar words include: class, yr, twelvemonth
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YEAR
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24A: "46. ''You win! I give up!''"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- Opposite of: aunt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNCLE
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25A: "48. One might be sworn to it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the trait of keeping things secret
- Similar words include: privateness, concealment, silence
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SECRECY
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26A: "50. Golf count"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- Similar words include: slash, fortuity, virgule
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STROKES
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27A: "52. Dog harness attachment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- Similar words include: troika, tether, trine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEASH
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28A: "53. Beyond well-done"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that destroy by fire
- Similar words include: burned-out, burnt-out, fire
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BURNT
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29A: "54. Maker of skintight swimwear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPEEDO
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30A: "56. Exceptionally good, in Gen Z slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something burning (often destructive)
- Similar words include: evoke, give the axe, burn
- Opposite of: hire
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Answer: FIRE
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31A: "57. "Very funny!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAHA
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32A: "61. Dallas N.B.A. player, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAV
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33A: "62. What children should use at the library ... and a literal description of the circled letters in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: INSIDEVOICES
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34A: "65. Any number raised to the 0th power"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: matchless, I, unitary
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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35A: "66. "Say cheese!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- Similar words include: smiling, grinning, grin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMILE
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36A: "67. People with custody of things, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
- Similar words include: possessor, owner, proprietor
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OWNERS
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37A: "68. Toothpaste type"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Similar words include: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEL
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38A: "69. Evil spells"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an evil spell
- Similar words include: jinx, witch, hex
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEXES
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39A: "70. Feel remorse about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- Similar words include: ruefulness, rue, repent
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REGRET
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Evening, in ads | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Blue-green hue | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Pair orbited by the fictional planet Tatooine | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Use makeup to sculpt and define, as facial features | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Had a meal | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Depended (on) | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Tiny tree branches | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Very | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Word before chi or after mai | 3 |
| 10D | 10. 8-) or ;-P | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Beethoven's "Moonlight ___" | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Burger chain with custard-based drinks | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Ready, willing and ___ | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Spilled the beans | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Rooftop accessory often shaped like a rooster atop an arrow | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Salacious material | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Oceanfront room feature | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Prefix with pad or port | 4 |
| 19D | 28. One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr. | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Uses an e-cigarette | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Stage of education | 10 |
| 22D | 31. Tusked swine | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Bird on Mexico's flag | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Fix, at the vet's | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Some concert souvenirs | 4 |
| 26D | 39. "Look this way, class" | 8 |
| 27D | 40. The "T" in STEM, informally | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Go sour, as milk | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Slurpee alternative | 4 |
| 30D | 47. Potentially suspicious response to "What are you doing?" | 7 |
| 31D | 49. Red bit in a salad | 6 |
| 32D | 50. "You betcha!" | 4 |
| 33D | 51. The ___ Project (mental health organization for LGBTQ+ youth) | 6 |
| 34D | 53. ___ one's time (waits patiently) | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Skyline haze | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Window section | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Submit one's taxes | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Taiwanese PC maker | 4 |
| 39D | 59. "Present!" | 4 |
| 40D | 60. The "A" in T.A.: Abbr. | 4 |
| 41D | 63. Highest roll of a standard die | 3 |
| 42D | 64. Have debts | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Evening, in ads"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NITE
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2D: "2. Blue-green hue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shade of blue tinged with green
- Similar words include: peacock blue, cobalt blue, aquamarine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AQUA
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3D: "3. Pair orbited by the fictional planet Tatooine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
- Similar words include: Sunday, Dominicus, sunbathe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SUNS
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4D: "4. Use makeup to sculpt and define, as facial features"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
- Similar words include: contour line, form, shape
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CONTOUR
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5D: "5. Had a meal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: run through, eat on, corrode
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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6D: "6. Depended (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have confidence or faith in
- Similar words include: swear, bank, rely
- Opposite of: mistrust
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Answer: RELIED
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7D: "7. Tiny tree branches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- Similar words include: cotton on, sprig, branchlet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TWIGS
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8D: "8. Very"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHSO
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9D: "9. Word before chi or after mai"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
- Similar words include: Thai, Siamese
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAI
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10D: "10. 8-) or ;-P"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EMOTICON
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11D: "11. Beethoven's "Moonlight ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SONATA
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12D: "12. Burger chain with custard-based drinks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SHAKESHACK
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13D: "13. Ready, willing and ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Similar words include: capable, able-bodied
- Opposite of: unable
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Answer: ABLE
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14D: "14. Spilled the beans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express in words
- Similar words include: state, secern, enjoin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOLD
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15D: "19. Rooftop accessory often shaped like a rooster atop an arrow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
- Similar words include: blade, weather vane, weathervane
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VANE
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16D: "24. Salacious material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- Similar words include: vulgarism, carbon black, smut fungus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SMUT
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17D: "26. Oceanfront room feature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- Similar words include: sentiment, purview, aspect
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VIEW
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18D: "27. Prefix with pad or port"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HELI
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19D: "28. One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TBSP
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20D: "29. Uses an e-cigarette"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VAPES
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21D: "30. Stage of education"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GRADELEVEL
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22D: "31. Tusked swine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that old world wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in united states
- Similar words include: Sus scrofa, wild boar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOAR
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23D: "32. Bird on Mexico's flag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- Similar words include: bird of Jove, double birdie
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EAGLE
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24D: "34. Fix, at the vet's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove the ovaries of
- Similar words include: neuter, alter, castrate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAY
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25D: "36. Some concert souvenirs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: tee, teeing ground, golf tee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEES
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26D: "39. "Look this way, class""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EYESONME
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27D: "40. The "T" in STEM, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- Similar words include: technical school
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TECH
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28D: "41. Go sour, as milk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a circular segment of a curve
- Similar words include: release, round, change by reversal
- Opposite of: unbend
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Answer: TURN
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29D: "44. Slurpee alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICEE
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30D: "47. Potentially suspicious response to "What are you doing?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: nix, nada, goose egg
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOTHING
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31D: "49. Red bit in a salad"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pungent fleshy edible root
- Similar words include: daikon, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, Japanese radish
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RADISH
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32D: "50. "You betcha!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- Similar words include: trusted, certainly, indisputable
- Opposite of: unsure, uncertain
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Answer: SURE
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33D: "51. The ___ Project (mental health organization for LGBTQ+ youth)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TREVOR
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34D: "53. ___ one's time (waits patiently)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that propose a payment
- Similar words include: call, press, abide
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BIDES
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35D: "54. Skyline haze"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
- Similar words include: smogginess
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SMOG
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36D: "55. Window section"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
- Similar words include: acid, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, paneling
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PANE
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37D: "56. Submit one's taxes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- Similar words include: register, charge, data file
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FILE
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38D: "58. Taiwanese PC maker"
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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39D: "59. "Present!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the present location; this place
- Similar words include: Hera, hither
- Opposite of: there
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Answer: HERE
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40D: "60. The "A" in T.A.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASST
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41D: "63. Highest roll of a standard die"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- Similar words include: sextet, sixer, half dozen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIX
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42D: "64. Have debts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be obliged to pay or repay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWE
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
42 Down Clues
81 Total Clues
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