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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (45 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (41 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. Replay technique, informally | 5 |
| 2A | 6. "Baby ___" (2008 comedy) | 4 |
| 3A | 10. "Fiddlesticks!" | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Woodworking machine | 6 |
| 5A | 14. Burden | 4 |
| 6A | 15. A big one might be challenging to work with | 3 |
| 7A | 16. Sewing/cooking class, informally | 6 |
| 8A | 17. User of the Force | 4 |
| 9A | 18. Mrs. in Spain | 3 |
| 10A | 19. Remove from power | 9 |
| 11A | 20. Boarding pass info | 3 |
| 12A | 21. Like cabernet sauvignon vis-à-vis white zinfandel | 5 |
| 13A | 23. Restaurant booking, for short | 3 |
| 14A | 24. "Shoulda listened to me!" | 3 |
| 15A | 26. Rang out | 6 |
| 16A | 27. Carrier based in Ben Gurion Airport | 4 |
| 17A | 29. Milan's La ___ | 5 |
| 18A | 32. Dole (out) | 4 |
| 19A | 33. Gomez's cousin on 1960s TV | 3 |
| 20A | 35. Bring shame upon | 8 |
| 21A | 37. "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; ___ for the arrow that flieth by day": Psalms | 3 |
| 22A | 38. Always there | 11 |
| 23A | 39. Lead-in to determined or destined | 3 |
| 24A | 40. Otolaryngologist, for short | 3 |
| 25A | 42. Estrange | 8 |
| 26A | 44. N.B.A. great ___ Archibald | 4 |
| 27A | 46. Wrath | 3 |
| 28A | 47. Cabernet sauvignon et zinfandel | 4 |
| 29A | 49. Golf gimme | 5 |
| 30A | 51. Center of a Scrabble board | 4 |
| 31A | 55. Puma's pad? | 6 |
| 32A | 57. D.O.J. bigwigs, in brief | 3 |
| 33A | 59. Bass, e.g. | 3 |
| 34A | 60. CVS Health subsidiary | 5 |
| 35A | 61. Law enforcer in Leicester | 9 |
| 36A | 63. Decide to deal with at a later time | 5 |
| 37A | 65. Labor Day follower: Abbr. | 3 |
| 38A | 66. With 68-Across, long-shot candidates ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle | 4 |
| 39A | 68. See 66-Across | 6 |
| 40A | 69. Prefix with -logue | 3 |
| 41A | 70. "You just made that up!" | 4 |
| 42A | 71. Feature of the Cyclops | 6 |
| 43A | 72. You might be asked for your "last four" of this, in brief | 3 |
| 44A | 73. With 58-Down, "Bugonia" actress | 4 |
| 45A | 74. Dips a toe in, say | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Replay technique, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLOMO
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2A: "6. "Baby ___" (2008 comedy)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a mother
- Similar words include: mummy, ma, mommy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAMA
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3A: "10. "Fiddlesticks!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAH
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4A: "13. Woodworking machine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who makes things
- Similar words include: maker, shaping machine
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHAPER
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5A: "14. Burden"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: encumbrance, burden, load
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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6A: "15. A big one might be challenging to work with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: self, egotism, self-importance
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGO
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7A: "16. Sewing/cooking class, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOMEEC
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8A: "17. User of the Force"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JEDI
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9A: "18. Mrs. in Spain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRA
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10A: "19. Remove from power"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- Similar words include: subvert, reverse, bring down
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OVERTHROW
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11A: "20. Boarding pass info"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- Similar words include: dustup, words, rowing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROW
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12A: "21. Like cabernet sauvignon vis-à-vis white zinfandel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- Similar words include: ironic, desiccant, teetotal
- Opposite of: wet, sweet
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Answer: DRIER
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13A: "23. Restaurant booking, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
- Similar words include: rhenium, Ra, re
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RES
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14A: "24. "Shoulda listened to me!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: realise, ascertain, learn
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE
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15A: "26. Rang out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ring recurrently
- Similar words include: ring, peal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PEALED
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16A: "27. Carrier based in Ben Gurion Airport"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELAL
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17A: "29. Milan's La ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCALA
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18A: "32. 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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19A: "33. Gomez's cousin on 1960s TV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITT
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20A: "35. Bring shame upon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of shame or disgrace
- Similar words include: shame, assault, dishonour
- Opposite of: honor
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Answer: DISHONOR
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21A: "37. "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; ___ for the arrow that flieth by day": Psalms"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOR
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22A: "38. Always there"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: EVERPRESENT
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23A: "39. Lead-in to determined or destined"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PRE
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24A: "40. Otolaryngologist, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENT
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25A: "42. Estrange"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- Similar words include: alien, estrange, disaffect
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ALIENATE
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26A: "44. N.B.A. great ___ Archibald"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATE
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27A: "46. Wrath"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: choler, wrath, ira
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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28A: "47. Cabernet sauvignon et zinfandel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VINS
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29A: "49. Golf gimme"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAPIN
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30A: "51. Center of a Scrabble board"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: champion, lead, principal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAR
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31A: "55. Puma's pad?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests
- Similar words include: innersole
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INSOLE
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32A: "57. D.O.J. bigwigs, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- Similar words include: silver, Ag, atomic number 47
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AGS
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33A: "59. Bass, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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34A: "60. CVS Health subsidiary"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AETNA
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35A: "61. Law enforcer in Leicester"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- Similar words include: John Constable, police constable
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CONSTABLE
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36A: "63. Decide to deal with at a later time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of data arranged in rows and columns
- Similar words include: tabular array, tabularize, tabulate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TABLE
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37A: "65. Labor Day follower: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUE
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38A: "66. With 68-Across, long-shot candidates ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that absence of light or illumination
- Similar words include: benighted, drab, dark-skinned
- Opposite of: light, day
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Answer: DARK
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39A: "68. See 66-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- Similar words include: horse, horse cavalry, gymnastic horse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HORSES
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40A: "69. Prefix with -logue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Similar words include: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPI
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41A: "70. "You just made that up!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- Similar words include: prevaricator
- Opposite of: square shooter
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Answer: LIAR
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42A: "71. Feature of the Cyclops"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONEEYE
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43A: "72. You might be asked for your "last four" of this, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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44A: "73. With 58-Down, "Bugonia" actress"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMMA
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45A: "74. Dips a toe in, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that trying something to find out about it
- Similar words include: exam, test, try
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESTS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. This might be ground-breaking | 6 |
| 2D | 2. San Diego suburb | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Person reached by dialing 0: Abbr. | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Comes face to face with | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Choreograph | 11 |
| 6D | 6. Magic power | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Freshly | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Stuff that's slung | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Parenthetical remark | 5 |
| 10D | 10. "That's enough out of you!" | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Accept the terms of | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Pack rat | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Summer vacation locale | 5 |
| 14D | 20. Letter in support, informally | 3 |
| 15D | 22. "Blitzkrieg Bop" band | 7 |
| 16D | 25. Approximate no. | 3 |
| 17D | 26. Winning hit at Wimbledon, maybe | 11 |
| 18D | 28. Endures | 7 |
| 19D | 30. Media sales agent, in brief | 5 |
| 20D | 31. Be on one's back | 3 |
| 21D | 34. Face card's value, often | 3 |
| 22D | 36. One-named artist who sang the U.S. national anthem at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony | 3 |
| 23D | 38. Real genius | 8 |
| 24D | 39. Org. often concerned with fund-raising | 3 |
| 25D | 41. Super Mario Bros. platform | 3 |
| 26D | 42. Performs at a Thunderbirds show | 7 |
| 27D | 43. Lists of starters | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Packed it in | 3 |
| 29D | 46. Big Dutch bank | 3 |
| 30D | 48. Leif, to Eric the Red | 3 |
| 31D | 50. "Deadwood" actor McShane | 3 |
| 32D | 52. Typewriter feature | 6 |
| 33D | 53. Spots where pins are dropped? | 6 |
| 34D | 54. Pee Wee of baseball | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Serve, as soup | 5 |
| 36D | 58. See 73-Across | 5 |
| 37D | 61. Pack it in? | 4 |
| 38D | 62. Gumbo ingredient | 4 |
| 39D | 64. Enemy of Wonder Woman | 4 |
| 40D | 67. Bocce player's skill | 3 |
| 41D | 68. Trendy | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. This might be ground-breaking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
- Similar words include: power shovel, digger, spadeful
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHOVEL
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2D: "2. San Diego suburb"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAMESA
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3D: "3. Person reached by dialing 0: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPER
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4D: "4. Comes face to face with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- Similar words include: fulfil, meet, take on
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MEETS
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5D: "5. Choreograph"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that write an orchestra score for
- Similar words include: organize, engineer, organise
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: ORCHESTRATE
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6D: "6. Magic power"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a magic power or magic spell
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOJO
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7D: "7. Freshly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that again but in a new or different way
- Similar words include: afresh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANEW
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8D: "8. Stuff that's slung"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- Similar words include: mire, muck, clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MUD
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9D: "9. Parenthetical remark"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- Similar words include: away, divagation, parenthesis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASIDE
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10D: "10. "That's enough out of you!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BESILENT
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11D: "11. Accept the terms of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AGREETO
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12D: "12. Pack rat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOARDER
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13D: "13. Summer vacation locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the land along the edge of a body of water
- Similar words include: prop up, set ashore, land
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHORE
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14D: "20. Letter in support, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REC
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15D: "22. "Blitzkrieg Bop" band"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RAMONES
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16D: "25. Approximate no."
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 Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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17D: "26. Winning hit at Wimbledon, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: PASSINGSHOT
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18D: "28. Endures"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LIVESON
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19D: "30. Media sales agent, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADREP
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20D: "31. Be on one's back"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- Similar words include: rest, Trygve Lie, lie in
- Opposite of: stand, arise
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Answer: LIE
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21D: "34. Face card's value, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Similar words include: decade, ten-spot, tenner
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN
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22D: "36. One-named artist who sang the U.S. national anthem at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HER
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23D: "38. Real genius"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that physicist born in germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
- Similar words include: brain, Albert Einstein, brainiac
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EINSTEIN
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24D: "39. Org. often concerned with fund-raising"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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25D: "41. Super Mario Bros. platform"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: Ne, Cornhusker State, atomic number 10
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NES
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26D: "42. Performs at a Thunderbirds show"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that operate an airplane
- Similar words include: fly, aviate, pilot
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AVIATES
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27D: "43. Lists of starters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
- Similar words include: lineup, batting order, card
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LINEUPS
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28D: "45. Packed it in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: eat on, deplete, feed
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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29D: "46. Big Dutch bank"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ING
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30D: "48. Leif, to Eric the Red"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male human offspring
- Similar words include: Logos, Word, boy
- Opposite of: daughter, girl
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Answer: SON
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31D: "50. "Deadwood" actor McShane"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAN
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32D: "52. Typewriter feature"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TABSET
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33D: "53. Spots where pins are dropped?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow street with walls on both sides
- Similar words include: skittle alley, alleyway, bowling alley
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALLEYS
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34D: "54. Pee Wee of baseball"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REESE
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35D: "56. Serve, as soup"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- Similar words include: lade, laden
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LADLE
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36D: "58. See 73-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- Similar words include: rock, pit, Harlan Fisk Stone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STONE
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37D: "61. Pack it in?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that crowd or pack to capacity
- Similar words include: swot up, swot, chock up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAM
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38D: "62. Gumbo ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Similar words include: Abelmoschus esculentus, lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKRA
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39D: "64. Enemy of Wonder Woman"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
- Similar words include: ar, are
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARES
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40D: "67. Bocce player's skill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Similar words include: heading, intent, draw a bead on
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AIM
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41D: "68. Trendy"
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: red-hot, live, blistering
- Opposite of: cold
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Answer: HOT
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Today's Puzzle Stats
45 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
86 Total Clues
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