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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 (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. What's paid | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Slowpoke in a "mobile home" | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Figure that might be measured in acres | 4 |
| 4A | 14. What a diaper pail helps minimize | 4 |
| 5A | 15. ___ bear (cuddly toy) | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Device used in a lactation room | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Size between mini and maxi | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Humiliate | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Ancient Peruvian society | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Idler along the seashore | 8 |
| 11A | 22. "Pumpkin eater" in a nursery rhyme | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Speak at the top of one's lungs | 4 |
| 13A | 24. Needle-working craft | 7 |
| 14A | 26. Kitchen appliance for desserts | 13 |
| 15A | 30. Division in a supermarket | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Travel like slime | 4 |
| 17A | 32. One lacking refinement | 3 |
| 18A | 35. Chess game's end | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Children's author A.A. ___ | 5 |
| 20A | 38. Throw with force | 4 |
| 21A | 39. ___ constrictor | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Phase in which users help catch bugs | 4 |
| 23A | 41. Instrument on which reveille is played | 5 |
| 24A | 42. Series that may feature forensics experts | 13 |
| 25A | 46. Ninja's quality | 7 |
| 26A | 48. ___ whiskey | 4 |
| 27A | 49. Surgery that leaves the patient looking better? | 5 |
| 28A | 50. Adjective describing 20-, 26- and 42-Across | 8 |
| 29A | 54. Guesstimates for when planes are due, for short | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Donation at some Red Cross events | 5 |
| 31A | 57. "Best Dad ___" (message on a mug) | 4 |
| 32A | 58. "The King" in soccer | 4 |
| 33A | 59. Competitive thing to "bring" | 5 |
| 34A | 60. Still red, as steak | 4 |
| 35A | 61. Uno + dos | 4 |
| 36A | 62. All gone from the dinner plate | 5 |
| 37A | 63. Winter forecast | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. What's paid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- Similar words include: price, monetary value, be
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COST
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2A: "5. Slowpoke in a "mobile home""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
- Similar words include: escargot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAIL
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3A: "10. Figure that might be measured in acres"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: domain, field, surface area
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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4A: "14. What a diaper pail helps minimize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: olfactory perception, olfactory property, scent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODOR
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5A: "15. ___ bear (cuddly toy)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
- Similar words include: chemise, shift, slip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEDDY
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6A: "16. Device used in a lactation room"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- Similar words include: heart, ticker
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUMP
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7A: "17. Size between mini and maxi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the southern part of france
- Similar words include: musical instrument digital interface
- Opposite of: maxi
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Answer: MIDI
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8A: "18. Humiliate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- Similar words include: chagrin, mortify, humiliate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABASE
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9A: "19. Ancient Peruvian society"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
- Similar words include: Inka, Incan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INCA
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10A: "20. Idler along the seashore"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BEACHBUM
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11A: "22. "Pumpkin eater" in a nursery rhyme"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
- Similar words include: shaft, dick, prick
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETER
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12A: "23. Speak at the top of one's lungs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- Similar words include: vociferation, squall, holler
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YELL
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13A: "24. Needle-working craft"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
- Similar words include: hook, crocheting
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CROCHET
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14A: "26. Kitchen appliance for desserts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: ICECREAMMAKER
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15A: "30. Division in a supermarket"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- Similar words include: gangway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AISLE
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16A: "31. Travel like slime"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
- Similar words include: transude, exudate, gunk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOZE
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17A: "32. One lacking refinement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward stupid person
- Similar words include: lubber, clod, lump
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAF
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18A: "35. Chess game's end"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- Similar words include: partner, married person, twin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MATE
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19A: "36. Children's author A.A. ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
- Similar words include: Alan Alexander Milne, A. A. Milne
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MILNE
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20A: "38. Throw with force"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a violent throw
- Similar words include: hurtle, lunge, cast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HURL
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21A: "39. ___ constrictor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Similar words include: feather boa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOA
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22A: "40. Phase in which users help catch bugs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
- Similar words include: genus Beta
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BETA
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23A: "41. Instrument on which reveille is played"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
- Similar words include: bugleweed
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BUGLE
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24A: "42. Series that may feature forensics experts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: TRUECRIMESHOW
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25A: "46. Ninja's quality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that avoiding detection by moving carefully
- Similar words include: stealing
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STEALTH
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26A: "48. ___ whiskey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a milkshake made with malt powder
- Similar words include: malt liquor, malted milk, malted
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MALT
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27A: "49. Surgery that leaves the patient looking better?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea
- Similar words include: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LASIK
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28A: "50. Adjective describing 20-, 26- and 42-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
- Similar words include: scarey, temperature reduction, scary
- Opposite of: heat
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Answer: CHILLING
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29A: "54. Guesstimates for when planes are due, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: ETA, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, eta
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAS
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30A: "55. Donation at some Red Cross events"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- Similar words include: parentage, lineage, blood line
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLOOD
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31A: "57. "Best Dad ___" (message on a mug)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at any time
- Similar words include: always, e'er, ever so
- Opposite of: never
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Answer: EVER
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32A: "58. "The King" in soccer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PELE
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33A: "59. Competitive thing to "bring""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGAME
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34A: "60. Still red, as steak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Similar words include: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RARE
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35A: "61. Uno + dos"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRES
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36A: "62. All gone from the dinner plate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take in solid food
- Similar words include: exhaust, feed, run through
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EATEN
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37A: "63. Winter forecast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
- Similar words include: pull the wool over someone's eyes, Baron Snow of Leicester, bamboozle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNOW
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Head-scratcher? | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Garfield's perky-eared canine buddy | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Coke or Pepsi | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Toddler's wheels | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Horses' hangout | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Cosmic cloud | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Eve's man | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Passports and driver's licenses, for short | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Aid in making soap | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Per individual | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Rehearsal | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Host with a mic | 5 |
| 13D | 13. A world ___ | 5 |
| 14D | 21. "Present!" | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Hawaiian seafood dish | 4 |
| 16D | 24. "Let's go, man!" | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Demolish | 4 |
| 18D | 26. First two syllables of "I am what I am," aptly | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Farewell in Florence | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Opportunity to buy some antiques | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Back tooth | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Guthrie who sang "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant" | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Went by plane | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Convene | 4 |
| 25D | 37. What a mosquito bite causes | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Swindling sorts | 8 |
| 27D | 40. Swoleness | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Taco ___ | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Rewards for excellent employees | 6 |
| 30D | 44. Stereotypical cry after "Honey ..." | 6 |
| 31D | 45. ___ voyage (first trip) | 6 |
| 32D | 46. Caught some Z's | 5 |
| 33D | 47. Product of Maine or Idaho, informally | 5 |
| 34D | 50. Jacket | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Pavlov known for canine experiments | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Roman emperor who competed in the Olympics (and "won" every event he was in) | 4 |
| 37D | 53. Got bigger | 4 |
| 38D | 55. Snookums | 3 |
| 39D | 56. Alternative to JFK and EWR | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Head-scratcher?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- Similar words include: disentangle, cockscomb, ransack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COMB
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2D: "2. Garfield's perky-eared canine buddy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIE
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3D: "3. Coke or Pepsi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Similar words include: soda ash, sal soda, sodium carbonate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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4D: "4. Toddler's wheels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
- Similar words include: trike, velocipede
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TRICYCLE
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5D: "5. Horses' hangout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- Similar words include: static, horse barn, unchanging
- Opposite of: unstable
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Answer: STABLE
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6D: "6. Cosmic cloud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEBULA
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7D: "7. Eve's man"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Similar words include: disco biscuit, cristal, X
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADAM
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8D: "8. Passports and driver's licenses, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Similar words include: Idaho, id, I.D.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDS
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9D: "9. Aid in making soap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LYE
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10D: "10. Per individual"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
- Similar words include: for each one, each, to each one
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APIECE
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11D: "11. Rehearsal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: RUNTHROUGH
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12D: "12. Host with a mic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- Similar words include: master of ceremonies, host, compere
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMCEE
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13D: "13. A world ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
- Similar words include: obscure, asunder, isolated
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APART
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14D: "21. "Present!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the present location; this place
- Similar words include: Hera, hither
- Opposite of: there
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Answer: HERE
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15D: "22. Hawaiian seafood dish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- Similar words include: lagger, slug, poking
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POKE
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16D: "24. "Let's go, man!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CMON
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17D: "25. Demolish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- Similar words include: tear down, rase, level
- Opposite of: raise
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Answer: RAZE
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18D: "26. First two syllables of "I am what I am," aptly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- Similar words include: iambus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IAMB
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19D: "27. Farewell in Florence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Similar words include: aloha
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CIAO
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20D: "28. Opportunity to buy some antiques"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ESTATESALE
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21D: "29. Back tooth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
- Similar words include: grinder
- Opposite of: molecular
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Answer: MOLAR
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22D: "33. Guthrie who sang "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARLO
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23D: "34. Went by plane"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that travel through the air; be airborne
- Similar words include: vanish, vaporize, aviate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLEW
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24D: "36. Convene"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- Similar words include: play, foregather, cope with
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MEET
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25D: "37. What a mosquito bite causes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Similar words include: itchiness, spoil, rub
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITCH
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26D: "38. Swindling sorts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- Similar words include: hooker, floozie, wheeler dealer
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HUSTLERS
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27D: "40. Swoleness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- Similar words include: mass, majority, bulge
- Opposite of: minority
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Answer: BULK
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28D: "41. Taco ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- Similar words include: Vanessa Stephen, campana, ship's bell
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BELL
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29D: "43. Rewards for excellent employees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the amount a salary is increased
- Similar words include: climb, ascent, salary increase
- Opposite of: lower, descent
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Answer: RAISES
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30D: "44. Stereotypical cry after "Honey ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMHOME
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31D: "45. ___ voyage (first trip)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- Similar words include: initiatory, maid, inaugural
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAIDEN
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32D: "46. Caught some Z's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be able to accommodate for sleeping
- Similar words include: slumber, log Z's, kip
- Opposite of: wake
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Answer: SLEPT
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33D: "47. Product of Maine or Idaho, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edible tuber native to south america; a staple food of ireland
- Similar words include: Irish potato, white potato, murphy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TATER
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34D: "50. Jacket"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- Similar words include: coating, cake, pelage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COAT
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35D: "51. Pavlov known for canine experiments"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IVAN
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36D: "52. Roman emperor who competed in the Olympics (and "won" every event he was in)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- Similar words include: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NERO
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37D: "53. Got bigger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- Similar words include: grow, spring up, maturate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GREW
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38D: "55. Snookums"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAE
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39D: "56. Alternative to JFK and EWR"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LGA
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Expert Solving Strategies
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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