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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (38 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Brazilian berry | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Monster whose gaze remained lethal after her death | 6 |
| 3A | 11. Genre for many a mixtape | 3 |
| 4A | 14. It's not hard! | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Came down, in a way | 6 |
| 6A | 16. Like some angsty teens | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Article of furniture on which a plate of oats might be set? | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Justice's domain | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Deserving a D, say | 4 |
| 10A | 21. 1,000 G's | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Difficult weather condition for driving | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Thick, spiked outer covering? | 12 |
| 13A | 27. Pay attention to, as warnings | 4 |
| 14A | 30. Casting rod? | 4 |
| 15A | 31. ___ Lady (translation of "Notre Dame") | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Number indicating position: Abbr. | 3 |
| 17A | 33. Uttered | 4 |
| 18A | 34. Teenager's response to a dad joke, perhaps | 6 |
| 19A | 37. Relatives in a sty? | 7 |
| 20A | 39. "Throne" for a lion king? | 7 |
| 21A | 40. Arctic fishing shelter | 6 |
| 22A | 41. Dirk Nowitzki's longtime team, to fans | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Sustainability prefix | 3 |
| 24A | 43. Chum | 3 |
| 25A | 44. Royal term of address | 4 |
| 26A | 45. Functions | 4 |
| 27A | 46. Walk from one coop to another? | 12 |
| 28A | 50. Vegetable resembling a spring onion | 4 |
| 29A | 51. Vegas's airport code | 3 |
| 30A | 52. Letters in an envelope? | 4 |
| 31A | 55. Co. name ending | 3 |
| 32A | 56. Being flipped on its back, e.g.? | 11 |
| 33A | 60. Lead-in to ✔ on a boarding pass | 3 |
| 34A | 61. Commercial charges | 6 |
| 35A | 62. Cookie containing about 50 calories | 4 |
| 36A | 63. Tegan vis-Ã -vis Sara, in pop's Tegan and Sara | 3 |
| 37A | 64. Tyrannical ruler | 6 |
| 38A | 65. Keep ___ on | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Brazilian berry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACAI
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2A: "5. Monster whose gaze remained lethal after her death"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a woman transformed into a gorgon by athena; she was slain by perseus
- Similar words include: medusan, medusoid
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MEDUSA
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3A: "11. Genre for many a mixtape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: belt, pat, whack
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAP
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4A: "14. It's not hard!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that yielding readily to pressure or weight
- Similar words include: balmy, flabby, mild
- Opposite of: unvoiced, loud
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Answer: SOFT
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5A: "15. Came down, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that precipitate as rain
- Similar words include: rain, rain down
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAINED
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6A: "16. Like some angsty teens"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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7A: "17. Article of furniture on which a plate of oats might be set?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: HORSESTABLE
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8A: "19. Justice's domain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
- Similar words include: police, practice of law, legal philosophy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAW
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9A: "20. Deserving a D, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- Similar words include: pitiable, poor people, wretched
- Opposite of: rich, rich people
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Answer: POOR
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10A: "21. 1,000 G's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
- Similar words include: milliliter, Swedish mile, millilitre
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIL
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11A: "22. Difficult weather condition for driving"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- Similar words include: fog, daze
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAZE
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12A: "23. Thick, spiked outer covering?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: DRAGONSLAYER
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13A: "27. Pay attention to, as warnings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
- Similar words include: regard, listen, paying attention
- Opposite of: inattentiveness
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Answer: HEED
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14A: "30. Casting rod?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rod used by a magician or water diviner
- Similar words include: baton, verge, sceptre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WAND
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15A: "31. ___ Lady (translation of "Notre Dame")"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUR
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16A: "32. Number indicating position: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORD
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17A: "33. Uttered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express in words
- Similar words include: read, allege, say
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAID
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18A: "34. Teenager's response to a dad joke, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOLAME
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19A: "37. Relatives in a sty?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leather from the skin of swine
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PIGSKIN
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20A: "39. "Throne" for a lion king?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CATSCAN
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21A: "40. Arctic fishing shelter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICEHUT
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22A: "41. Dirk Nowitzki's longtime team, to fans"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAVS
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23A: "42. Sustainability prefix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECO
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24A: "43. Chum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: buddy, crony, sidekick
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAL
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25A: "44. Royal term of address"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- Similar words include: engender, beget, generate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIRE
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26A: "45. Functions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: economic consumption, employ, United States of America
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USES
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27A: "46. Walk from one coop to another?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: CHICKENSTRIP
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28A: "50. Vegetable resembling a spring onion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
- Similar words include: scallion, Allium porrum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEEK
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29A: "51. Vegas's airport code"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
- Similar words include: atomic number 57, LA, lanthanum
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAS
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30A: "52. Letters in an envelope?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RSVP
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31A: "55. Co. name ending"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
- Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INC
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32A: "56. Being flipped on its back, e.g.?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TURTLESHELL
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33A: "60. Lead-in to ✔ on a boarding pass"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PRE
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34A: "61. Commercial charges"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADFEES
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35A: "62. Cookie containing about 50 calories"
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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36A: "63. Tegan vis-Ã -vis Sara, in pop's Tegan and Sara"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
- Similar words include: silicon, SI unit, ti
- Opposite of: brother
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Answer: SIS
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37A: "64. Tyrannical ruler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cruel and oppressive dictator
- Similar words include: autocrat, tyrant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DESPOT
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38A: "65. Keep ___ on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
- Similar words include: tablet, chit, lozenge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TABS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. It goes down in flames | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Member-owned business | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Hairstyle popular among the Black Panther Party | 4 |
| 4D | 4. "How strange ..." | 6 |
| 5D | 5. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel hit) | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Score points in Pac-Man, say | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Baseball venue | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Remove the ropes from, perhaps | 6 |
| 9D | 9. "Sex ___" (adage) | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Ending with lemon or lime | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Competitions with anchors | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Wow | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Outlet store? | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Muff | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Massive amounts of winnings, so to speak | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Anticipate | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Laundry detergent brand | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Plunders | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Southwest people whose name means "peaceful" | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Children's author Carle | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Toeholds in solving jigsaw puzzles | 10 |
| 22D | 33. Sneak around | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Word after space or screen | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Repellent spray | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Son of Seth | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Humble home | 5 |
| 27D | 39. Mobile food vendor's station | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Stumble | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Wolfs (down) | 6 |
| 30D | 45. What it all comes down to | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Assortment to view on YouTube | 5 |
| 32D | 47. Painter Matisse | 5 |
| 33D | 48. Avoid, as capture | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Org. authorized by the 16th Amendment | 3 |
| 35D | 53. Designer Wang | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Commoner, informally | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Skosh | 3 |
| 38D | 57. Many an August birth | 3 |
| 39D | 58. Winter setting in N.Y.C. | 3 |
| 40D | 59. DÃa de ___ Muertos | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. It goes down in flames"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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2D: "2. Member-owned business"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farm building for housing poultry
- Similar words include: cage, chicken coop, henhouse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COOP
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3D: "3. Hairstyle popular among the Black Panther Party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Similar words include: Afro hairdo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFRO
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4D: "4. "How strange ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ITSODD
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5D: "5. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel hit)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of address for a married woman
- Similar words include: Mr, Mister, Mrs.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRS
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6D: "6. Score points in Pac-Man, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take in solid food
- Similar words include: wipe out, corrode, deplete
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAT
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7D: "7. Baseball venue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- Similar words include: baseball field, adamant, infield
- Opposite of: outfield
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Answer: DIAMOND
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8D: "8. Remove the ropes from, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that untie or unfasten
- Opposite of: bind
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UNBIND
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9D: "9. "Sex ___" (adage)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the activity of persuading someone to buy
- Similar words include: sell, betray, deal
- Opposite of: buy
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Answer: SELLS
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10D: "10. Ending with lemon or lime"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADE
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11D: "11. Competitions with anchors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: RELAYRACES
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12D: "12. Wow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affect with wonder
- Similar words include: nonplus, perplex, mystify
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMAZE
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13D: "13. Outlet store?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that possession of controlling influence
- Similar words include: major power, mogul, might
- Opposite of: inability, powerlessness
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Answer: POWER
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14D: "18. Muff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: slip, stray, drift
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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15D: "22. Massive amounts of winnings, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of drawing or hauling something
- Similar words include: catch, haulage, cart
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAULS
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16D: "24. Anticipate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that look forward to the probable occurrence of
- Similar words include: wait, look, expect
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AWAIT
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17D: "25. Laundry detergent brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity that is added
- Similar words include: addition, make headway, advance
- Opposite of: loss, fall back
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Answer: GAIN
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18D: "26. Plunders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goods or money obtained illegally
- Similar words include: bread, dinero, dough
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOOTS
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19D: "27. Southwest people whose name means "peaceful""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of northeastern arizona
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOPI
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20D: "28. Children's author Carle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIC
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21D: "29. Toeholds in solving jigsaw puzzles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: EDGEPIECES
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22D: "33. Sneak around"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- Similar words include: lurk, malinger
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SKULK
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23D: "34. Word after space or screen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who saves something from danger or violence
- Similar words include: rescuer, recoverer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAVER
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24D: "35. Repellent spray"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
- Similar words include: macer, macebearer, Chemical Mace
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MACE
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25D: "36. Son of Seth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENOS
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26D: "38. Humble home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- Similar words include: domiciliate, domicile, hut
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHACK
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27D: "39. Mobile food vendor's station"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
- Similar words include: go-cart, drag, haul
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CART
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28D: "41. Stumble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- Similar words include: trip, stumble, trip-up
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MISSTEP
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29D: "44. Wolfs (down)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make off with belongings of others
- Similar words include: nobble, snarf, swipe
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNARFS
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30D: "45. What it all comes down to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- Similar words include: event, issue, result
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPSHOT
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31D: "46. Assortment to view on YouTube"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- Similar words include: nip off, crop, curtail
- Opposite of: unclip
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Answer: CLIPS
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32D: "47. Painter Matisse"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HENRI
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33D: "48. Avoid, as capture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that escape, either physically or mentally
- Similar words include: dodge, parry, circumvent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELUDE
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34D: "49. Org. authorized by the 16th Amendment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
- Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRS
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35D: "53. Designer Wang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VERA
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36D: "54. Commoner, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the common people
- Similar words include: plebeian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLEB
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37D: "56. Skosh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slight amount or degree of difference
- Similar words include: shade
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAD
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38D: "57. Many an August birth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Similar words include: Leo the Lion, Lion
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEO
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39D: "58. Winter setting in N.Y.C."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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40D: "59. DÃa de ___ Muertos"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOS
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Today's Puzzle Stats
38 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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