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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 (42 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. Garam ___ (South Asian spice blend) | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Historic tree in Boston Common | 3 |
| 3A | 10. Stinging, as an odor | 5 |
| 4A | 15. Notices | 6 |
| 5A | 16. Not worth a ___ | 3 |
| 6A | 17. He-Man's superheroine twin sister | 5 |
| 7A | 18. Intentionally cause drama | 10 |
| 8A | 20. Classical Indian stringed instrument | 5 |
| 9A | 21. Painting and sculpture | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Actor McKellen who played Magneto | 3 |
| 11A | 23. "Don't you agree with me?," informally | 7 |
| 12A | 25. "Come to our rescue!" | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Learn all the latest info | 12 |
| 14A | 28. Image problem? | 4 |
| 15A | 30. "Say it ___ so!" | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Is awesome, in slang | 5 |
| 17A | 33. Online connection | 4 |
| 18A | 34. Tie-dyed bit of attire, often | 3 |
| 19A | 37. "Before we discuss other matters ..." or a hint to the starts of 18-, 26-, 47- and 60-Across | 16 |
| 20A | 42. Word after photo or covert | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Regrets | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Defeats going away | 5 |
| 23A | 45. Cheeky attitude | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Southern cornbread | 4 |
| 25A | 47. Promgoers' luxurious rides | 12 |
| 26A | 53. Kind of oil extracted from hemp, for short | 3 |
| 27A | 56. "They already left" | 7 |
| 28A | 57. Scorching | 3 |
| 29A | 58. Black bits in cookies and cream | 4 |
| 30A | 59. Beneath | 5 |
| 31A | 60. Present for an expectant mom or bride-to-be | 10 |
| 32A | 63. Brother's daughter | 5 |
| 33A | 64. Caller of balls and strikes | 3 |
| 34A | 65. Person with mainstream likes, pejoratively | 6 |
| 35A | 66. Residents of Edinburgh and Glasgow | 5 |
| 36A | 67. "The Tell-Tale Heart" author | 3 |
| 37A | 68. Sounds from baby robins | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Garam ___ (South Asian spice blend)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MASALA
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2A: "7. Historic tree in Boston Common"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
- Similar words include: elm tree, elmwood
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELM
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3A: "10. Stinging, as an odor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong and sharp
- Similar words include: acid, blistering, virulent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACRID
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4A: "15. Notices"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: descry, spy, spot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ESPIES
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5A: "16. Not worth a ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former french coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOU
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6A: "17. He-Man's superheroine twin sister"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHERA
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7A: "18. Intentionally cause drama"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STIRTHEPOT
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8A: "20. Classical Indian stringed instrument"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stringed instrument of india; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SITAR
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9A: "21. Painting and sculpture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Similar words include: artistry, fine art, artistic creation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTS
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10A: "22. Actor McKellen who played Magneto"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAN
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11A: "23. "Don't you agree with me?," informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMIRITE
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12A: "25. "Come to our rescue!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Similar words include: so, sol, soh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOS
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13A: "26. Learn all the latest info"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: GETUPTOSPEED
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14A: "28. Image problem?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hazy or indistinct representation
- Similar words include: glaze over, confuse, obnubilate
- Opposite of: focus
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Answer: BLUR
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15A: "30. "Say it ___ so!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AINT
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16A: "31. Is awesome, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Similar words include: smacking, slap, smack
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLAPS
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17A: "33. Online connection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the means of connection between things linked in series
- Similar words include: linkup, nexus, link up
- Opposite of: disconnectedness, disconnect
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Answer: LINK
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18A: "34. Tie-dyed bit of attire, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: football tee, tee up, teeing ground
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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19A: "37. "Before we discuss other matters ..." or a hint to the starts of 18-, 26-, 47- and 60-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: FIRSTTHINGSFIRST
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20A: "42. Word after photo or covert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPS
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21A: "43. Regrets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Similar words include: ruefulness, repent, Ruta graveolens
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUES
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22A: "44. Defeats going away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disorderly crowd of people
- Similar words include: rout, gouge, rabble
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROUTS
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23A: "45. Cheeky attitude"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- Similar words include: back talk, sassing, lip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SASS
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24A: "46. Southern cornbread"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
- Similar words include: cornpone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PONE
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25A: "47. Promgoers' luxurious rides"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: STRETCHLIMOS
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26A: "53. Kind of oil extracted from hemp, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CBD
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27A: "56. "They already left""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOOLATE
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28A: "57. Scorching"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- Similar words include: raging, blistering, red-hot
- Opposite of: cold
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Answer: HOT
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29A: "58. Black bits in cookies and cream"
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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30A: "59. Beneath"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that located below or beneath something else
- Similar words include: below, nether
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNDER
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31A: "60. Present for an expectant mom or bride-to-be"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SHOWERGIFT
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32A: "63. Brother's daughter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a daughter of your brother or sister
- Opposite of: nephew
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NIECE
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33A: "64. Caller of balls and strikes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an official at a baseball game
- Similar words include: umpire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UMP
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34A: "65. Person with mainstream likes, pejoratively"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NORMIE
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35A: "66. Residents of Edinburgh and Glasgow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the dialect of english used in scotland
- Similar words include: Scotch, Scottish, Scotsman
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCOTS
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36A: "67. "The Tell-Tale Heart" author"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer and poet (1809-1849)
- Similar words include: Edgar Allan Poe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POE
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37A: "68. Sounds from baby robins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
- Similar words include: twirp, twinge, tweet
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TWEETS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Flat-topped hills | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Houston ballplayer | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Raps freestyle, in slang | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Broadcasts | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Allow to | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Less rosy-cheeked | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Channel for collegiate sports fans | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Where to go in the U.K.? | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Changing genetically | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Basketball datum | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Cricket's call | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Knot again | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Absolutely steaming | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Showed some courage | 5 |
| 15D | 19. Have a meal | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Abbey residents | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Sudden burst of wind | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Advil targets | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Vinyl records, familiarly | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Where to catch a Bay Area flight | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Stiff upper ___ | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Eldest von Trapp daughter in "The Sound of Music" | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Genre for wannabe sleuths | 9 |
| 24D | 35. Winter setting in D.C. | 3 |
| 25D | 36. Sci-fi space travelers | 3 |
| 26D | 38. Plot of land | 5 |
| 27D | 39. Keeps from being publicly known | 8 |
| 28D | 40. Some natural hairstyles, informally | 4 |
| 29D | 41. + or – particle | 3 |
| 30D | 45. Looks slack-jawed (at) | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Like a cocktail with an extra shot | 6 |
| 32D | 47. Leaves shocked | 5 |
| 33D | 48. What accompanies gin and a lime wedge | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Event with cowboys and clowns | 5 |
| 35D | 50. Vote into office | 5 |
| 36D | 51. "With any luck ..." | 5 |
| 37D | 52. Cut the grass | 3 |
| 38D | 54. Prove appropriate for | 5 |
| 39D | 55. Lavishes love (on) | 5 |
| 40D | 58. Shrek, e.g. | 4 |
| 41D | 61. Type of medical network, for short | 3 |
| 42D | 62. Part of a seat assignment | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Flat-topped hills"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
- Similar words include: mesa, table, Mesa
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MESAS
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2D: "2. Houston ballplayer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTRO
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3D: "3. Raps freestyle, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPITSBARS
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4D: "4. Broadcasts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
- Similar words include: publicise, send, aura
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AIRS
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5D: "5. Allow to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Similar words include: Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, get, net ball
- Opposite of: prevent, disallow
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Answer: LET
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6D: "6. Less rosy-cheeked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of a light grey
- Similar words include: ash-gray, ashy, ash-grey
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASHIER
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7D: "7. Channel for collegiate sports fans"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESPNU
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8D: "8. Where to go in the U.K.?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toilet in britain
- Similar words include: W.C., closet, water closet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOO
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9D: "9. Changing genetically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that undergo mutation
- Similar words include: mutate
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MUTATING
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10D: "10. Basketball datum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- Similar words include: serve, assistance, help
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASSIST
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11D: "11. Cricket's call"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
- Similar words include: tweedle, chirrup, cheep
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHIRP
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12D: "12. Knot again"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tie again or anew
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RETIE
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13D: "13. Absolutely steaming"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feeling or showing extreme anger
- Similar words include: ireful
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRATE
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14D: "14. Showed some courage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- Similar words include: make bold, presume, dare
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DARED
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15D: "19. Have a meal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take in solid food
- Similar words include: consume, run through, corrode
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAT
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16D: "24. Abbey residents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- Similar words include: Thelonious Sphere Monk, monastic, Thelonious Monk
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MONKS
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17D: "26. Sudden burst of wind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong current of air
- Similar words include: blow, blast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GUST
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18D: "27. Advil targets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- Similar words include: trouble, pain in the neck, anguish
- Opposite of: pleasure
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Answer: PAINS
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19D: "29. Vinyl records, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- Similar words include: LP, L-P
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LPS
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20D: "31. Where to catch a Bay Area flight"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SFO
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21D: "32. Stiff upper ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- Similar words include: back talk, sassing, backtalk
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIP
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22D: "33. Eldest von Trapp daughter in "The Sound of Music""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIESL
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23D: "34. Genre for wannabe sleuths"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TRUECRIME
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24D: "35. Winter setting in D.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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25D: "36. Sci-fi space travelers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETS
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26D: "38. Plot of land"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extended area of land
- Similar words include: nerve tract, parcel, nerve pathway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRACT
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27D: "39. Keeps from being publicly known"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HUSHESUP
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28D: "40. Some natural hairstyles, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FROS
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29D: "41. + or – particle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ION
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30D: "45. Looks slack-jawed (at)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fixed look with eyes open wide
- Similar words include: gaze, stare, asterisk
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STARES
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31D: "46. Like a cocktail with an extra shot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having great influence
- Similar words include: virile, strong, stiff
- Opposite of: impotent
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Answer: POTENT
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32D: "47. Leaves shocked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- Similar words include: sandbag, stupefy, stun
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STUNS
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33D: "48. What accompanies gin and a lime wedge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
- Similar words include: brisk, pop, quinine water
- Opposite of: atonic
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Answer: TONIC
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34D: "49. Event with cowboys and clowns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an exhibition of cowboy skills
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RODEO
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35D: "50. Vote into office"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an exclusive group of people
- Similar words include: elite, chosen
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELECT
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36D: "51. "With any luck ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IHOPE
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37D: "52. Cut the grass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loft in a barn where hay is stored
- Similar words include: haymow, hayloft, cut down
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOW
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38D: "54. Prove appropriate for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that accord or comport with
- Similar words include: suit, beseem
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEFIT
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39D: "55. Lavishes love (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be foolish or senile due to old age
- Similar words include: dust, disperse, dot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOTES
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40D: "58. Shrek, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Similar words include: fiend, monster, devil
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGRE
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41D: "61. Type of medical network, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
- Similar words include: health maintenance organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HMO
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42D: "62. Part of a seat assignment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- Similar words include: words, rowing, quarrel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROW
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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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
42 Down Clues
79 Total Clues
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