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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 (37 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. Fill the role of | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Informed | 4 |
| 3A | 10. River in which baby Moses was found | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Comedians' event | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Sword with a bowl-shaped guard | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Burden to bear | 4 |
| 7A | 17. https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil? | 10 |
| 8A | 19. "Ism" that might result from a schism | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Conditionally released | 8 |
| 10A | 21. Tropical fruit with black seeds | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Some N.F.L. blockers: Abbr. | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Org. for Martina Hingis and Martina Navratilova | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Noted magnate on the Titanic | 5 |
| 14A | 26. https://www.hot-dog.org? | 11 |
| 15A | 29. Risky bets | 6 |
| 16A | 32. Convened | 3 |
| 17A | 33. Shakespearean father of three | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Dings on a car | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Out of patience, with "up" | 3 |
| 20A | 37. Green sauce | 5 |
| 21A | 38. Prone to throwing caution to the wind | 4 |
| 22A | 39. Unfavorable review | 3 |
| 23A | 40. Split, as the Red Sea | 6 |
| 24A | 41. https://www.zillow.com? | 11 |
| 25A | 44. Plants that have been around on Earth for 375+ million years | 5 |
| 26A | 45. O'Hare posting, for short | 3 |
| 27A | 46. "My guy!" | 3 |
| 28A | 49. Dabble in | 6 |
| 29A | 51. Psychedelic experience | 8 |
| 30A | 53. Like Javan rhinos | 4 |
| 31A | 54. https://www.congress.gov? | 10 |
| 32A | 56. Ilhan in Congress | 4 |
| 33A | 57. Bad to the bone | 4 |
| 34A | 58. "Not gonna happen!" | 5 |
| 35A | 59. Pickle | 4 |
| 36A | 60. Secluded valley | 4 |
| 37A | 61. Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Fill the role of"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACTAS
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2A: "6. Informed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express in words
- Similar words include: distinguish, tell apart, enjoin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOLD
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3A: "10. River in which baby Moses was found"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
- Similar words include: Nile River
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NILE
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4A: "14. Comedians' event"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- Similar words include: blackguard, laugh at, jest at
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROAST
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5A: "15. Sword with a bowl-shaped guard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPEE
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6A: "16. Burden to bear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: burden, encumbrance, load
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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7A: "17. https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BURIALSITE
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8A: "19. "Ism" that might result from a schism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a subdivision of a larger religious group
- Similar words include: faction, religious sect, religious order
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SECT
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9A: "20. Conditionally released"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ONPAROLE
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10A: "21. Tropical fruit with black seeds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tropical american shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
- Similar words include: Carica papaya, papaia, pawpaw
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PAPAYA
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11A: "23. Some N.F.L. blockers: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RTS
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12A: "24. Org. for Martina Hingis and Martina Navratilova"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WTA
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13A: "25. Noted magnate on the Titanic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
- Similar words include: Nancy Witcher Astor, John Jacob Astor, Viscountess Astor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTOR
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14A: "26. https://www.hot-dog.org?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SAUSAGELINK
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15A: "29. Risky bets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who travels by air
- Similar words include: flyer, bill, flier
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FLIERS
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16A: "32. Convened"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come together
- Similar words include: take on, gather, fulfil
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MET
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17A: "33. Shakespearean father of three"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Similar words include: Edward Lear, King Lear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAR
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18A: "35. Dings on a car"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- Similar words include: nick, dent, gouge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DENTS
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19A: "36. Out of patience, with "up""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any federal law-enforcement officer
- Similar words include: give, eat, run
- Opposite of: starve
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Answer: FED
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20A: "37. Green sauce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and parmesan cheese in olive oil
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PESTO
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21A: "38. Prone to throwing caution to the wind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any red eruption of the skin
- Similar words include: reckless, foolhardy, roseola
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASH
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22A: "39. Unfavorable review"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- Similar words include: genus Pan, trash, pan out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAN
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23A: "40. Split, as the Red Sea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go one's own way; move apart
- Similar words include: set forth, set out, start
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PARTED
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24A: "41. https://www.zillow.com?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: HOMEADDRESS
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25A: "44. Plants that have been around on Earth for 375+ million years"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
- Similar words include: fern
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FERNS
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26A: "45. O'Hare posting, 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: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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27A: "46. "My guy!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRO
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28A: "49. Dabble in"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PLAYAT
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29A: "51. Psychedelic experience"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ACIDTRIP
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30A: "53. Like Javan rhinos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Similar words include: rarefied, rarified, uncommon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RARE
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31A: "54. https://www.congress.gov?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SENATEPAGE
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32A: "56. Ilhan in Congress"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMAR
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33A: "57. Bad to the bone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that morally objectionable behavior
- Similar words include: malign, vicious, immorality
- Opposite of: goodness, good
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Answer: EVIL
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34A: "58. "Not gonna happen!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not ever; at no time in the past or future
- Similar words include: ne'er
- Opposite of: ever
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Answer: NEVER
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35A: "59. Pickle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Similar words include: flock, pickle, heap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MESS
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36A: "60. Secluded valley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small wooded hollow
- Similar words include: dingle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DELL
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37A: "61. Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADELA
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Shady spot | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Dracula, for one | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Camping covers | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Where Uzbeks and Uyghurs live | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Highest-grossing movie of the 1970s | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Magnetic induction units | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Andy Taylor's boy on old TV | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Cry on a tennis court | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Firmly held | 7 |
| 10D | 10. "Don't ruin the ending for me!" | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Genuinely | 9 |
| 12D | 12. "Peanuts" girl | 4 |
| 13D | 13. This, in Tijuana | 4 |
| 14D | 18. HBO's "The White ___" | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Locale of Coca-Cola's headquarters: Abbr. | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Like fine wine | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Amy Poehler's onetime partner on "Weekend Update" | 10 |
| 18D | 27. Update, perhaps | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Model Moss | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Four-term prez | 3 |
| 21D | 30. Wife of Jacob | 4 |
| 22D | 31. To the degree that | 9 |
| 23D | 34. Fishing pole | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Fidget spinners and Labubu dolls, for two | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Rose Bowl city | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Pulled down a pair? | 7 |
| 27D | 40. Like un homme with a Napoleon complex | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Distinct stretch of years | 3 |
| 29D | 43. Think back on | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Push through | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Orion's left-foot star | 5 |
| 32D | 48. "Norma" or "Tosca" | 5 |
| 33D | 49. Senior event | 4 |
| 34D | 50. Uncool | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Indigo dye | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Rolled out unannounced? | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Preceding night | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Shady spot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tree (as opposed to shrub)
- Similar words include: arbour, spindle, mandril
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARBOR
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2D: "2. Dracula, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the total number counted
- Similar words include: weigh, counting, matter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COUNT
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3D: "3. Camping covers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that waterproofed canvas
- Similar words include: tarpaulin, tarp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TARPS
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4D: "4. Where Uzbeks and Uyghurs live"
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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5D: "5. Highest-grossing movie of the 1970s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STARWARS
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6D: "6. Magnetic induction units"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
- Similar words include: tesla, Tesla, Nikola Tesla
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TESLAS
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7D: "7. Andy Taylor's boy on old TV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPIE
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8D: "8. Cry on a tennis court"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Similar words include: have, permit, countenance
- Opposite of: forbid, prevent
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Answer: LET
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9D: "9. Firmly held"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DEEPSET
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10D: "10. "Don't ruin the ending for me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NOSPOILERS
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11D: "11. Genuinely"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INEARNEST
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12D: "12. "Peanuts" girl"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern ethiopia in 1974
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUCY
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13D: "13. This, in Tijuana"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESTA
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14D: "18. HBO's "The White ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that native to eastern asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- Similar words include: white lily, white lotus, Indian lotus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOTUS
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15D: "22. Locale of Coca-Cola's headquarters: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATL
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16D: "25. Like fine wine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are old collectively
- Similar words include: senesce, older, get on
- Opposite of: young, rejuvenate
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Answer: AGED
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17D: "26. Amy Poehler's onetime partner on "Weekend Update""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SETHMEYERS
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18D: "27. Update, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make amendments to
- Similar words include: ameliorate, remediate, rectify
- Opposite of: worsen
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Answer: AMEND
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19D: "28. Model Moss"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KATE
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20D: "29. Four-term prez"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 32nd president of the united states; elected four times; instituted new deal to counter the great depression and led country during world war ii (1882-1945)
- Similar words include: President Franklin Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FDR
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21D: "30. Wife of Jacob"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAH
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22D: "31. To the degree that"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INSOFARAS
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23D: "34. Fishing pole"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Similar words include: pole, gat, rod cell
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROD
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24D: "36. Fidget spinners and Labubu dolls, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Similar words include: rage, fad, furore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FADS
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25D: "37. Rose Bowl city"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in southwestern california to the east of los angeles
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PASADENA
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26D: "39. Pulled down a pair?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PANTSED
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27D: "40. Like un homme with a Napoleon complex"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PETIT
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28D: "42. Distinct stretch of years"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: earned run average, geological era, epoch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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29D: "43. Think back on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- Similar words include: recollect, return, come back
- Opposite of: forget, issue
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Answer: RECALL
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30D: "46. Push through"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a north american indian warrior
- Similar words include: courageous, brave out, weather
- Opposite of: timid, cowardly
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Answer: BRAVE
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31D: "47. Orion's left-foot star"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the brightest star in orion
- Similar words include: Beta Orionis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RIGEL
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32D: "48. "Norma" or "Tosca""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Similar words include: opera house
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPERA
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33D: "49. Senior event"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- Similar words include: promenade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PROM
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34D: "50. Uncool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- Similar words include: feeble, gimpy, cripple
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAME
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35D: "51. Indigo dye"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
- Similar words include: Indigofera anil, Indigofera suffruticosa, indigo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANIL
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36D: "52. Rolled out unannounced?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TPED
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37D: "55. Preceding night"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: evening, even, eventide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVE
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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