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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 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: 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. Playbill groups | 5 |
| 2A | 6. "He's very modest — he has a lot to be modest about," e.g. | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Like an enthusiast | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Tokyo-based brewery | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Musical instrument whose second syllable sounds like a part of other musical instruments | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Snackable seaweed | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Put all the bold letters in this clue together? | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Aussie greeting | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Paper view? | 4 |
| 10A | 21. One reason to pucker up | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Its antlers can grow up to an inch per day | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Cheese tested as cannon ammunition on "MythBusters" (it didn't work) | 4 |
| 13A | 25. How two people might walk | 7 |
| 14A | 29. Put all the bold letters in this clue together? | 14 |
| 15A | 32. Get into a get-up | 6 |
| 16A | 33. Mamá's boy | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Gold, at the Milano Cortina Olympics | 3 |
| 18A | 35. "Dagnabbit!" | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Sheriff's backup | 5 |
| 20A | 38. Tech review site | 4 |
| 21A | 39. "I love," in Italian and Spanish | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Veg out in a spa? | 4 |
| 23A | 41. Works out, say | 6 |
| 24A | 43. Put all the bold letters in this clue together? | 14 |
| 25A | 46. Russian revolutionary of the early 1900s | 7 |
| 26A | 47. Longtime Yankee nickname | 4 |
| 27A | 48. "___ to the West Wind" | 3 |
| 28A | 49. Isle in Scotland's Inner Hebrides | 4 |
| 29A | 51. "It's fun to stay at the ___" (1978 lyric) | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Presidential power | 4 |
| 31A | 57. Put all the bold letters in this clue together? | 10 |
| 32A | 59. Blizzard ingredient | 4 |
| 33A | 60. English singer Parks | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Potato-based Hanukkah serving | 5 |
| 35A | 62. Heartfelt, say | 4 |
| 36A | 63. Cat's cry | 4 |
| 37A | 64. Parts of a copse | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Playbill groups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the actors in a play
- Similar words include: purge, plaster bandage, plaster cast
- Opposite of: keep down
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Answer: CASTS
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2A: "6. "He's very modest — he has a lot to be modest about," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- Similar words include: dig, agree, jibe
- Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: GIBE
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3A: "10. Like an enthusiast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- Similar words include: greedy, esurient, devouring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVID
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4A: "14. Tokyo-based brewery"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASAHI
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5A: "15. Musical instrument whose second syllable sounds like a part of other musical instruments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBOE
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6A: "16. Snackable seaweed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NORI
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7A: "17. Put all the bold letters in this clue together?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MAKEASTINK
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8A: "19. Aussie greeting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GDAY
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9A: "20. Paper view?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPED
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10A: "21. One reason to pucker up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- Similar words include: osculation, osculate, candy kiss
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KISS
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11A: "22. Its antlers can grow up to an inch per day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Similar words include: American elk, moose, Alces alces
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELK
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12A: "23. Cheese tested as cannon ammunition on "MythBusters" (it didn't work)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDAM
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13A: "25. How two people might walk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
- Similar words include: au fait, au courant, up on
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ABREAST
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14A: "29. Put all the bold letters in this clue together?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: CREATEAMONSTER
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15A: "32. Get into a get-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide with clothes or put clothes on
- Similar words include: adorn, drape, garment
- Opposite of: undress
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Answer: CLOTHE
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16A: "33. Mamá's boy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINO
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17A: "34. Gold, at the Milano Cortina Olympics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORO
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18A: "35. "Dagnabbit!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: shit, stinker, scab
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RATS
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19A: "36. Sheriff's backup"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a temporary police force
- Similar words include: posse comitatus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POSSE
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20A: "38. Tech review site"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CNET
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21A: "39. "I love," in Italian and Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMO
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22A: "40. Veg out in a spa?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
- Similar words include: cucumber
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUKE
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23A: "41. Works out, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
- Similar words include: power train, trail, groom
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRAINS
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24A: "43. Put all the bold letters in this clue together?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: FORMANALLIANCE
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25A: "46. Russian revolutionary of the early 1900s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that russian revolutionary and communist theorist who helped lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the communist party by stalin and eventually assassinated in mexico (1879-1940)
- Similar words include: Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Leon Trotsky
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TROTSKY
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26A: "47. Longtime Yankee nickname"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AROD
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27A: "48. "___ to the West Wind""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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28A: "49. Isle in Scotland's Inner Hebrides"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKYE
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29A: "51. "It's fun to stay at the ___" (1978 lyric)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YMCA
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30A: "55. Presidential power"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vote that blocks a decision
- Similar words include: forbid, nix, blackball
- Opposite of: allow, permit
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Answer: VETO
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31A: "57. Put all the bold letters in this clue together?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BUILDABEAR
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32A: "59. Blizzard ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREO
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33A: "60. English singer Parks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARLO
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34A: "61. Potato-based Hanukkah serving"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
- Similar words include: potato pancake
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATKE
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35A: "62. Heartfelt, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that get warm or warmer
- Similar words include: ardent, lovesome, affectionate
- Opposite of: cool
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Answer: WARM
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36A: "63. Cat's cry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- Similar words include: miaul, miaow, miaou
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEOW
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37A: "64. Parts of a copse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
- Similar words include: shoetree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, tree diagram
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREES
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Hunter's attire, informally | 4 |
| 2D | 2. "Like, now!" | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Drink that's often served hot in the winter | 4 |
| 4D | 4. When and where, in slang | 8 |
| 5D | 5. One-named singer with the 2022 hit "Unstoppable" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. The moment of truth | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Bird with a long, downward-curving bill | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Brest besties | 8 |
| 9D | 9. "Holy cannoli!" | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Geometers' calculations | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Clear cocktail often served with lime | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Apt letters missing from ret_ _ement pl_n | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Like some remodels, for short | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Genre for Blink-182 and Sum 41 | 9 |
| 15D | 22. Toy inventer Rubik | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Bit of Morse code | 3 |
| 17D | 26. Completely beat | 9 |
| 18D | 27. Like a glassy lake | 6 |
| 19D | 28. Puts on display, with "out" | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Tumult | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Big name in plumbing | 10 |
| 22D | 31. Photographer Adams | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Woodworking or glass blowing | 5 |
| 24D | 37. "All right, I'm convinced" | 8 |
| 25D | 38. Milky Way or Mars | 8 |
| 26D | 40. Suit, e.g. | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Indian P.M. of the 1990s | 3 |
| 28D | 44. Destination for Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Tried not to draw attention | 6 |
| 30D | 50. Letter between Juliet and Lima | 4 |
| 31D | 52. Dole (out) | 4 |
| 32D | 53. Order for a wedding reception | 4 |
| 33D | 54. One of the Twelve Olympians | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Promise | 3 |
| 35D | 56. Pitching stat | 3 |
| 36D | 57. Comic book onomatopoeia | 3 |
| 37D | 58. Music genre prefix | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Hunter's attire, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
- Similar words include: camouflage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAMO
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2D: "2. "Like, now!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that as soon as possible
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASAP
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3D: "3. Drink that's often served hot in the winter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reason for wanting something done
- Similar words include: rice beer, saki, interest
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAKE
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4D: "4. When and where, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: THEDEETS
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5D: "5. One-named singer with the 2022 hit "Unstoppable""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIA
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6D: "6. The moment of truth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOTIME
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7D: "7. Bird with a long, downward-curving bill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IBIS
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8D: "8. Brest besties"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BONSAMIS
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9D: "9. "Holy cannoli!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEK
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10D: "10. Geometers' calculations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- Similar words include: slant, fish, angle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANGLES
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11D: "11. Clear cocktail often served with lime"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: VODKATONIC
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12D: "12. Apt letters missing from ret_ _ement pl_n"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: ire, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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13D: "13. Like some remodels, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIY
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14D: "18. Genre for Blink-182 and Sum 41"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SKATEPUNK
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15D: "22. Toy inventer Rubik"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERNO
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16D: "24. Bit of Morse code"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
- Similar words include: dash
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAH
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17D: "26. Completely beat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BONETIRED
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18D: "27. Like a glassy lake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not agitated; without losing self-possession
- Similar words include: calm, unagitated, tranquil
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERENE
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19D: "28. Puts on display, with "out""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slow pace of running
- Similar words include: Trotskyist, lope, Trotskyite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TROTS
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20D: "29. Tumult"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Similar words include: din, clamouring, hue and cry
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CLAMOR
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21D: "30. Big name in plumbing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROTOROOTER
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22D: "31. Photographer Adams"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANSEL
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23D: "32. Woodworking or glass blowing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- Similar words include: trade, craftiness, slyness
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRAFT
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24D: "37. "All right, I'm convinced""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OKAYSURE
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25D: "38. Milky Way or Mars"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CANDYBAR
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26D: "40. Suit, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an occurrence of something
- Similar words include: typesetter's case, showcase, lawsuit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CASE
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27D: "42. Indian P.M. of the 1990s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAO
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28D: "44. Destination for Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MTDOOM
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29D: "45. Tried not to draw attention"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAYLOW
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30D: "50. Letter between Juliet and Lima"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: kilogram, kg
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KILO
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31D: "52. Dole (out)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line that indicates a boundary
- Similar words include: border, delimitation, borderline
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: METE
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32D: "53. Order for a wedding reception"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- Similar words include: bar, coat, patty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAKE
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33D: "54. One of the Twelve Olympians"
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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34D: "55. Promise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- Similar words include: consecrate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VOW
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35D: "56. Pitching stat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: epoch, geological era, earned run average
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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36D: "57. Comic book onomatopoeia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
- Similar words include: blast, eruption, bang
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAM
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37D: "58. Music genre prefix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Similar words include: elevation, EL, altitude
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALT
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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