27409 Mon Nov 25, 2024 NYT by Dena R. Witkes

Across Clues :

1. Spongy scrubber, 6. He-Man's twin sister, 11. 72, on many golf courses, 14. Harsh on the nose, 15. Capital of Vietnam, 16. "I'll take that as ___", 17. *Corporate investor, 19. Boxer's stat, for short, 20. Problem with an old sock, 21. Wows, 22. Cancels plans at the last minute, 24. Corn ___ (fall festival attraction), 26. Birthstone for a January baby, 27. *Difficult to wrangle, per an idiom, 32. Delta Center in Salt Lake City or United Center in Chicago, 33. Sch. with campuses in Boston and Worcester, 34. Implore, 35. Cleaned up after a haircut, 37. Pie ___ mode, 40. Really bothered, 42. Prepared to throw a dart, 44. *Advice to someone seeking happiness, 49. Crater Lake's state, 50. 100 centavos, 51. Harvard, to Yale, 52. Alan of "Marriage Story", 54. Dog docs, 58. Miss Piggy's pronoun, 59. Modern networking aid, as suggested by the starts of the answers to the starred clues, 62. Ginger ___, 63. One of 10 in a decathlon, 64. Roller coasters and log flumes, 65. Went first, 66. "Tell me if this needs salt", 67. Tuck away for safekeeping

Down Clues :

1. Mascara target, 2. Seis + dos, 3. ___ arguments, section of a Supreme Court case, 4. Members of New York's Bravest, e.g., 5. Suffix with Gator or hater, 6. Brief rainstorm, 7. Fit as a fiddle, 8. Bread loaf butts, 9. ___ v. Wade, 10. Inflatable auto safety devices, 11. Green coating on a statue, 12. Piece of jewelry that might complement a toe ring, 13. Perches in a coop, 18. Foggy mental state, 23. Rainbows and parentheses, shapewise, 25. "It all makes sense now!", 26. Pesky insect, 27. Hands-on science class, 28. Fury, 29. Brewery barrel, 30. As a result of, 31. Pesky kid, 35. Stitched up, 36. "Get out of my ___!", 37. Friend, en français, 38. Paul for whom a guitar is named, 39. Content between songs on Spotify, 40. Bit of pond scum, 41. One might include a hammer, wrench and screwdriver, 42. Components of a six-pack, 43. "Big fan!", 44. Like a black-tie wedding, 45. State bird of Maryland, 46. Imposed, as a tax, 47. Make more modern, 48. Unlike a figment of the imagination, 52. Las Vegas A's, 53. Jacket fuzz, 55. Icelandic literary saga, 56. No-win/no-lose situations, 57. Girl Scout's accessory, 60. Eggs at an I.V.F. clinic, 61. "The Marvelous ___ Maisel"

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 25, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

New York Times, Monday, November 25, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Spongy scrubber. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LOOFA

  Possible Answer : loofah, loufah_sponge, luffa, loofa




• The clue is 6. He-Man's twin sister. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SHERA




• The clue is 11. 72, on many golf courses. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PAR

  Possible Answer : par, equality, equivalence, equation




• The clue is 14. Harsh on the nose. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ACRID

  Possible Answer : pungent, acid, sulphurous, virulent, acerbic, caustic, vitriolic, bitter, blistering, acerb, acrid, sulfurous




• The clue is 15. Capital of Vietnam. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HANOI

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Vietnam, Hanoi




• The clue is 16. "I'll take that as ___". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ANO

  Possible Answer : Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, Abu_Nidal_Organization, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Black_September, ANO, Fatah-RC, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades




• The clue is 17. *Corporate investor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SHAREHOLDER

  Possible Answer : stockholder, shareholder, shareowner




• The clue is 19. Boxer's stat, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TKO

  Possible Answer : TKO, technical_knockout




• The clue is 20. Problem with an old sock. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HOLE

  Possible Answer : mess, hole, pickle, maw, gob, jam, golf_hole, yap, cakehole, hole_out, hollow, kettle_of_fish, trap, muddle, fix




• The clue is 21. Wows. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AWES

  Possible Answer : fear, awe, veneration, reverence




• The clue is 22. Cancels plans at the last minute. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BAILS

  Possible Answer : bail_bond, bond, bail




• The clue is 24. Corn ___ (fall festival attraction). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: MAZE

  Possible Answer : labyrinth, snarl, maze, tangle




• The clue is 26. Birthstone for a January baby. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GARNET

  Possible Answer : garnet




• The clue is 27. *Difficult to wrangle, per an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: LIKEHERDINGCATS




• The clue is 32. Delta Center in Salt Lake City or United Center in Chicago. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARENA

  Possible Answer : field, orbit, arena, area, stadium, bowl, domain, scene_of_action, sphere, sports_stadium




• The clue is 33. Sch. with campuses in Boston and Worcester. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: UMASS




• The clue is 34. Implore. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BEG

  Possible Answer : implore, tap, beg, pray, solicit




• The clue is 35. Cleaned up after a haircut. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SWEPT

  Possible Answer : sweep_up, span, swing, drag, drag_in, swing_out, tangle, embroil, sail, brush, cross, swept, traverse, sweep, broom

  Possible Opposite Answer : unswept




• The clue is 37. Pie ___ mode. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ALA

  Possible Answer : ala




• The clue is 40. Really bothered. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ATEAT




• The clue is 42. Prepared to throw a dart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AIMED

  Possible Answer : purport, get, take, purpose, direct, train, aim, aspire, shoot_for, calculate, target, drive, propose, take_aim, draw_a_bead_on, point, place




• The clue is 44. *Advice to someone seeking happiness. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: FOLLOWYOURBLISS




• The clue is 49. Crater Lake's state. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: OREGON

  Possible Answer : OR, Oregon, Beaver_State




• The clue is 50. 100 centavos. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PESO

  Possible Answer : Guinea-Bissau_peso, Cuban_peso, Colombian_peso, Chilean_peso, Philippine_peso, Mexican_peso, peso, Uruguayan_peso, Dominican_peso




• The clue is 51. Harvard, to Yale. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: RIVAL

  Possible Answer : challenger, contender, rival, competition, touch, match, equal, competitor




• The clue is 52. Alan of "Marriage Story". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALDA




• The clue is 54. Dog docs. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: VETS

  Possible Answer : ex-serviceman, veterinarian, veteran, veterinary_surgeon, vet, veterinary




• The clue is 58. Miss Piggy's pronoun. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MOI




• The clue is 59. Modern networking aid, as suggested by the starts of the answers to the starred clues. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SOCIALMEDIA




• The clue is 62. Ginger ___. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer : ale




• The clue is 63. One of 10 in a decathlon. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EVENT

  Possible Answer : result, effect, outcome, case, upshot, event, consequence, issue




• The clue is 64. Roller coasters and log flumes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: RIDES

  Possible Answer : hinge_upon, bait, turn_on, depend_on, taunt, mount, cod, rag, ride, tantalise, hinge_on, drive, razz, depend_upon, disembarrass, twit, tease, free, rally, devolve_on, sit, rid, tantalize

  Possible Opposite Answer : walk




• The clue is 65. Went first. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LED

  Possible Answer : run, lead, moderate, guide, result, contribute, direct, leave, LED, precede, top, head, extend, light-emitting_diode, go, conduct, take, conduce, pass, chair

  Possible Opposite Answer : follow




• The clue is 66. "Tell me if this needs salt". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TASTE

  Possible Answer : tasting, preference, penchant, appreciation, gustation, sense_of_taste, taste, gustatory_modality, mouthful, sample, try_out, discernment, savor, predilection, smack, gustatory_perception, taste_perception, taste_sensation, gustatory_sensation, savour, try, perceptiveness




• The clue is 67. Tuck away for safekeeping. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STASH

  Possible Answer : hoard, lay_away, stash, cache, hive_up, squirrel_away

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Mascara target. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LASH

  Possible Answer: thong, trounce, eyelash, strap, flog, lather, cilium, whiplash, slash, lash, whip, welt

  Possible Opposite Answer : unlash

• The clue is 2. Seis + dos. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OCHO

• The clue is 3. ___ arguments, section of a Supreme Court case. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ORAL

  Possible Answer: viva_voce, oral_exam, oral, unwritten, oral_examination, viva

  Possible Opposite Answer : anal, aboral

• The clue is 4. Members of New York's Bravest, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: FIREMEN

  Possible Answer: fire_fighter, relief_pitcher, fire-eater, firefighter, stoker, reliever, fireman

• The clue is 5. Suffix with Gator or hater. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ADE

  Possible Answer: ade, fruit_drink

• The clue is 6. Brief rainstorm. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SHOWER

  Possible Answer: exhibitioner, shower, shower_down, cascade, rain_shower, exhibitor, shower_bath, lavish

• The clue is 7. Fit as a fiddle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HALE

  Possible Answer: coerce, George_Ellery_Hale, Nathan_Hale, Edward_Everett_Hale, haul, drag, Hale, whole, cart, pressure, squeeze, force, hale

• The clue is 8. Bread loaf butts. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ENDS

  Possible Answer: remnant, stop, finish, ending, final_stage, goal, terminate, cease, end, last, destruction, remainder, closing, oddment, close, death, conclusion, terminal

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning

• The clue is 9. ___ v. Wade. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ROE

  Possible Answer: roe, hard_roe

• The clue is 10. Inflatable auto safety devices. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: AIRBAGS

• The clue is 11. Green coating on a statue. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: PATINA

  Possible Answer: patina

• The clue is 12. Piece of jewelry that might complement a toe ring. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ANKLET

  Possible Answer: bobbysocks, anklet, bobbysock, anklets, ankle_bracelet

• The clue is 13. Perches in a coop. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ROOSTS

  Possible Answer: roost, perch, rest

• The clue is 18. Foggy mental state. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HAZE

  Possible Answer: fog, daze, haze

• The clue is 23. Rainbows and parentheses, shapewise. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ARCS

  Possible Answer: curve, electric_arc, electric_discharge, arch, discharge, arc, spark, bow

• The clue is 25. "It all makes sense now!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: AHA

• The clue is 26. Pesky insect. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GNAT

  Possible Answer: gnat

• The clue is 27. Hands-on science class. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LAB

  Possible Answer: science_laboratory, research_lab, science_lab, research_laboratory, laboratory, lab

• The clue is 28. Fury. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: IRE

  Possible Answer: ira, anger, choler, ire, wrath

• The clue is 29. Brewery barrel. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: KEG

  Possible Answer: kegful, keg

• The clue is 30. As a result of. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DUETO

• The clue is 31. Pesky kid. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: IMP

  Possible Answer: brownie, hob, scamp, pixie, scallywag, rapscallion, scalawag, pixy, gremlin, imp, elf, rascal, monkey

• The clue is 35. Stitched up. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SEWN

  Possible Answer: tailor-make, sewn, stitch, stitched, tailor, sewed, run_up, sew, sew_together

• The clue is 36. "Get out of my ___!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: WAY

  Possible Answer: direction, right_smart, room, elbow_room, mode, style, fashion, path, manner, means, agency, way_of_life, way

• The clue is 37. Friend, en français. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: AMI

• The clue is 38. Paul for whom a guitar is named. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LES

  Possible Answer: lupus_erythematosus, LE

• The clue is 39. Content between songs on Spotify. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ADS

  Possible Answer: advertising, advertizing, advert, advertisement, advertizement, ad

• The clue is 40. Bit of pond scum. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALGA

  Possible Answer: algae, alga

• The clue is 41. One might include a hammer, wrench and screwdriver. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: TOOLSET

• The clue is 42. Components of a six-pack. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ABS

  Possible Answer: abdominal, group_AB, Av, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, Ab, ab, type_AB, BA, Bachelor_of_Arts, Artium_Baccalaurens, ABS, AB, abdominal_muscle

• The clue is 43. "Big fan!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ILOVEIT

• The clue is 44. Like a black-tie wedding. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: FORMAL

  Possible Answer: formal, conventional, stately, dinner_dress, evening_gown, schematic, dinner_gown, ball, courtly

  Possible Opposite Answer : informal

• The clue is 45. State bird of Maryland. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ORIOLE

  Possible Answer: Old_World_oriole, American_oriole, New_World_oriole, oriole

• The clue is 46. Imposed, as a tax. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: LEVIED

  Possible Answer: raise, impose, recruit, levy

• The clue is 47. Make more modern. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: UPDATE

  Possible Answer: update

• The clue is 48. Unlike a figment of the imagination. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: REAL

  Possible Answer: literal, rattling, tangible, veridical, substantial, really, actual, real_number, very, real, genuine, existent, material

  Possible Opposite Answer : insubstantial, unreal, nominal

• The clue is 52. Las Vegas A's. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ACES

  Possible Answer: virtuoso, Allied_Command_Europe, whizz, ace, hotshot, sensation, whiz, adept, nail, superstar, wiz, star, I, sweep_through, ACE, breeze_through, single, champion, 1, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, maven, sail_through, mavin, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, unity, wizard, one, genius, pass_with_flying_colors

• The clue is 53. Jacket fuzz. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LINT

  Possible Answer: lint

• The clue is 55. Icelandic literary saga. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EDDA

  Possible Answer: dasheen, edda, taro_root, cocoyam, taro, Edda

• The clue is 56. No-win/no-lose situations. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TIES

  Possible Answer: tie-up, sleeper, affiliation, marry, link_up, splice, connect, link, wed, draw, railroad_tie, necktie, crosstie, tie, bind, tie-in, bond, tie_beam, linkup, standoff, association, attach

  Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

• The clue is 57. Girl Scout's accessory. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SASH

  Possible Answer: waistcloth, waistband, cincture, sash, window_sash, girdle

• The clue is 60. Eggs at an I.V.F. clinic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OVA

  Possible Answer: egg_cell, ovum

• The clue is 61. "The Marvelous ___ Maisel". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MRS

  Possible Answer: Mrs, Mr, Mr., Mister, Mrs.

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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 (41 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. Vegas attraction, with "the"	5
2A	6. Bitter-smelling	5
3A	11. Cell signal unit	3
4A	14. Pleasant smell	5
5A	15. Heavyweight African animal, informally	5
6A	16. Application	3
7A	17. Circle, cone, cube, cylinder, heart, pentagon, star, triangle	11
8A	19. So-so, in modern slang	3
9A	20. Scrapes (out), as a living	4
10A	21. Mental slip-up	5
11A	22. Univ. degrees for executives	4
12A	23. Many a prom tuxedo	6
13A	25. Train track part	4
14A	27. Airheads, Dots, Fun Dip, Heath, Kit Kat, Life Savers, M&M's, Milk Duds, Nerds, Oh Henry!, Peeps, Pez, Rolo, Skittles, Twix, Twizzlers	12
15A	33. Growth in a fish tank	5
16A	36. Steaming mad	5
17A	37. Girlfriend or boyfriend, informally	3
18A	38. Gruesome	4
19A	39. Cooks just the outsides of	5
20A	40. Nuisance	4
21A	41. A narcissist has a big one	3
22A	42. Giving the go-ahead	5
23A	43. Keto and Paleo, for two	5
24A	44. Boot, good, loom, moon, pool, rook, woof	12
25A	47. In one's birthday suit	4
26A	48. Skeptic's remark	6
27A	52. Home of a "500" race, familiarly	4
28A	54. Great ___ National Park (Nevada attraction)	5
29A	58. Shoe's bottom	4
30A	59. Play-___	3
31A	60. Andrew, Ketanji Brown, Mahalia, Reggie, Stonewall	11
32A	62. Musical Yoko	3
33A	63. With everything on the line	5
34A	64. Like a pyramid or sphere	5
35A	65. Femur and fibula site	3
36A	66. Not sharp, as a pencil	5
37A	67. Vulgar	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Vegas attraction, with "the""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relatively long narrow piece of something
• Similar words include: pillage, disrobe, uncase
• Opposite of: dress

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Answer: STRIP

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2A: "6. Bitter-smelling"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strong and sharp
• Similar words include: acid, blistering, caustic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACRID

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3A: "11. Cell signal unit"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Similar words include: stripe, ginmill, relegate
• Opposite of: unbar

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Answer: BAR

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4A: "14. Pleasant smell"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: scent, smell, perfume
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AROMA

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5A: "15. Heavyweight African animal, informally"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
• Similar words include: rhinoceros
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RHINO

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6A: "16. Application"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of using
• Similar words include: enjoyment, use of goods and services, role
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: USE

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7A: "17. Circle, cone, cube, cylinder, heart, pentagon, star, triangle"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: FIGUREEIGHT

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8A: "19. So-so, in modern slang"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that used in combination to denote the middle
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MID

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9A: "20. Scrapes (out), as a living"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EKES

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10A: "21. Mental slip-up"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mistake resulting from inattention
• Similar words include: oversight, sink, reversion
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LAPSE

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11A: "22. Univ. degrees for executives"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a master's degree in business
• Similar words include: Master in Business Administration, MBA, Master in Business
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MBAS

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12A: "23. Many a prom tuxedo"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: letting, lease, renting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RENTAL

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13A: "25. Train track part"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
• Similar words include: rails, train, vilify
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RAIL

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14A: "27. Airheads, Dots, Fun Dip, Heath, Kit Kat, Life Savers, M&M's, Milk Duds, Nerds, Oh Henry!, Peeps, Pez, Rolo, Skittles, Twix, Twizzlers"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: SWEETSIXTEEN

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15A: "33. Growth in a fish tank"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
• Similar words include: alga
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALGAE

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16A: "36. Steaming mad"

5 letters Category: Common Word

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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17A: "37. Girlfriend or boyfriend, informally"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BAE

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18A: "38. Gruesome"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that covered with blood
• Similar words include: sanguinary, slaughterous, butcherly
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GORY

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19A: "39. Cooks just the outsides of"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make very hot and dry
• Similar words include: sear, singe, blacken
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEARS

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20A: "40. Nuisance"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Similar words include: pesterer, cuss, gadfly
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEST

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21A: "41. A narcissist has a big one"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

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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22A: "42. Giving the go-ahead"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OKING

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23A: "43. Keto and Paleo, for two"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
• Similar words include: dieting, diet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DIETS

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24A: "44. Boot, good, loom, moon, pool, rook, woof"

12 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: DOUBLEOSEVEN

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25A: "47. In one's birthday suit"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a painting of a naked human figure
• Similar words include: nude person, nude painting, nude sculpture
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NUDE

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26A: "48. Skeptic's remark"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IFEVER

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27A: "52. Home of a "500" race, familiarly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INDY

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28A: "54. Great ___ National Park (Nevada attraction)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
• Similar words include: basinful, drainage area, washbowl
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BASIN

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29A: "58. Shoe's bottom"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the underside of footwear or a golf club
• Similar words include: exclusive, resole, solitary
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOLE

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30A: "59. Play-___"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• Similar words include: ut, do
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOH

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31A: "60. Andrew, Ketanji Brown, Mahalia, Reggie, Stonewall"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: JACKSONFIVE

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32A: "62. Musical Yoko"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Yoko Ono
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONO

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33A: "63. With everything on the line"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALLIN

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34A: "64. Like a pyramid or sphere"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
• Similar words include: substantial, strong, whole
• Opposite of: liquid, hollow

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Answer: SOLID

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35A: "65. Femur and fibula site"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Similar words include: peg, wooden leg, pegleg
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LEG

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36A: "66. Not sharp, as a pencil"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make less intense
• Similar words include: outspoken, stark, plainspoken
• Opposite of: sharpen, enliven

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Answer: BLUNT

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37A: "67. Vulgar"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CRASS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Less risky	5
2D	2. Tot's three-wheeler	5
3D	3. Comic actor Seth	5
4D	4. "If you want me to be honest ..."	8
5D	5. Golfing standard	3
6D	6. Region	4
7D	7. Intel product	4
8D	8. Makes unfair, in a way	4
9D	9. Receives from a will	8
10D	10. Nickname for Dorothy	3
11D	11. Insect that stings	9
12D	12. Home to Hanoi and Hong Kong	4
13D	13. Cincinnati team	4
14D	18. ___ Woods, "Legally Blonde" protagonist	4
15D	22. Sch. with a T station	3
16D	24. Amazement	3
17D	26. Lumberjack's tool	3
18D	28. Letters before "And on that farm ..."	5
19D	29. The "T" of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+	5
20D	30. Platoon V.I.P.	5
21D	31. Sunrise direction	4
22D	32. Ping-Pong dividers	4
23D	33. Like most cheeses with rinds	4
24D	34. Nike's swoosh, e.g.	4
25D	35. Punxsutawney Phil, for one	9
26D	39. Classic arcade game with bull's-eye rings	8
27D	40. Strongly desires	8
28D	42. Like a centenarian	3
29D	43. "For suresies"	3
30D	45. Purchase	3
31D	46. Bottle served at a trattoria	4
32D	49. Exclamation while pulling a rabbit from a hat	5
33D	50. The King of Rock and Roll	5
34D	51. Marsh plants	5
35D	52. Object of adoration	4
36D	53. Zero	4
37D	55. Rights advocacy org. since 1920	4
38D	56. Dermatologist's focus	4
39D	57. "It ___ that simple ..."	4
40D	60. Quick punch	3
41D	61. Foreign policy grp.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Less risky"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that free from danger or the risk of harm
• Similar words include: dependable, secure, safe
• Opposite of: out, dangerous

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Answer: SAFER

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2D: "2. Tot's three-wheeler"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• Similar words include: tricycle, velocipede
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRIKE

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3D: "3. Comic actor Seth"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROGEN

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4D: "4. "If you want me to be honest ...""

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IMUSTSAY

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5D: "5. Golfing standard"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
• Similar words include: equality, equation, equivalence
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAR

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6D: "6. Region"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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: field, orbit, arena
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AREA

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7D: "7. Intel product"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
• Similar words include: bit, chipping, micro chip
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHIP

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8D: "8. Makes unfair, in a way"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
• Similar words include: getup, articulated lorry, set up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RIGS

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9D: "9. Receives from a will"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that obtain from someone after their death
• Similar words include: inherit
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: INHERITS

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10D: "10. Nickname for Dorothy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very small circular shape
• Similar words include: acid, battery-acid, point
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOT

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11D: "11. Insect that stings"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
• Similar words include: humblebee
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BUMBLEBEE

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12D: "12. Home to Hanoi and Hong Kong"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASIA

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13D: "13. Cincinnati team"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Similar words include: bolshy, loss, Marxist
• Opposite of: gain

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Answer: REDS

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14D: "18. ___ Woods, "Legally Blonde" protagonist"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELLE

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15D: "22. Sch. with a T station"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an engineering university in cambridge
• Similar words include: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MIT

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16D: "24. Amazement"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Similar words include: fear, reverence, veneration
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AWE

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17D: "26. Lumberjack's tool"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Similar words include: ax
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AXE

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18D: "28. Letters before "And on that farm ...""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EIEIO

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19D: "29. The "T" of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRANS

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20D: "30. Platoon V.I.P."

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SARGE

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21D: "31. Sunrise direction"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Similar words include: eastern United States, eastward, due east
• Opposite of: west

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Answer: EAST

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22D: "32. Ping-Pong dividers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Similar words include: profit, net profit, net income
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NETS

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23D: "33. Like most cheeses with rinds"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that people who are old collectively
• Similar words include: cured, maturate, elderly
• Opposite of: rejuvenate, young

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Answer: AGED

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24D: "34. Nike's swoosh, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a company emblem or device
• Similar words include: logotype
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOGO

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25D: "35. Punxsutawney Phil, for one"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reddish brown north american marmot
• Similar words include: woodchuck, Marmota monax
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: GROUNDHOG

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26D: "39. Classic arcade game with bull's-eye rings"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SKEEBALL

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27D: "40. Strongly desires"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PINESFOR

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28D: "42. Like a centenarian"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: quondam, sometime, one-time
• Opposite of: young, new

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLD

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29D: "43. "For suresies""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEF

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30D: "45. Purchase"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an advantageous purchase
• Similar words include: corrupt, bribe, purchase
• Opposite of: sell

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Answer: BUY

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31D: "46. Bottle served at a trattoria"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fermented juice (of grapes especially)
• Similar words include: wine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VINO

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32D: "49. Exclamation while pulling a rabbit from a hat"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VOILA

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33D: "50. The King of Rock and Roll"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
• Similar words include: acid, Zen, battery-acid
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELVIS

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34D: "51. Marsh plants"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Similar words include: beating-reed instrument, Walter Reed, reed
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REEDS

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35D: "52. Object of adoration"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
• Similar words include: matinee idol, god, paragon
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IDOL

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36D: "53. Zero"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NONE

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37D: "55. Rights advocacy org. since 1920"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACLU

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38D: "56. Dermatologist's focus"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
• Similar words include: shinny, pelt, struggle
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SKIN

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39D: "57. "It ___ that simple ...""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISNT

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40D: "60. Quick punch"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Similar words include: thrust, dig, jabbing
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JAB

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41D: "61. Foreign policy grp."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the central intelligence agency
• Similar words include: National Security Council
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NSC

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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