27404 Tue Nov 19, 2024 NYT by Erik Agard

Across Clues :

1. Auctioneer's mallet, 6. Faucet fault, 10. Something dipped in a party dip, 14. Keep hope ___, 15. Saga sage since 1980, 16. Head over heels, 17. Find a way to avert disaster, 19. "Who ___?", 20. Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment, 21. Thin wedge, 23. Sweltering, 24. "The Walking Dead" channel, 25. Out of the ordinary, 27. Because someone challenged you to, 29. Helpful ads, in brief, 31. Cry of frustration, 33. W.N.B.A. star Brittney, 34. Having multiple levels, 37. Get ready to compete, 38. Have a sleepover, 41. "___ we?", 42. Gymnast Biles, 43. Guitarist Santana, 45. Thing to wring, 46. Common surname in Pakistan, 50. Sci-fi author Butler, 52. Grads-to-be: Abbr., 54. Soccer cheer, 55. Admirer, 56. C.F.O. or C.T.O., 58. Low tie score, 60. Gratis, 62. What 17- and 38-Across combine to form?, 64. Gets it wrong, 65. Type of earring, 66. Neutral color, 67. ___ golf, 68. Phoenix franchise, 69. Express contempt

Down Clues :

1. Piece of equipment that might read "Tighten until click", 2. They're set to go off, 3. Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off", 4. Steady, 5. Stop holding on, 6. Hue granter?, 7. Counterparts of cones, 8. ID is required when sending a letter there, 9. Shelling out, 10. Moviemaking tech, 11. Rosh ___, 12. "Don't bother with that", 13. Houndstooth or herringbone, 18. Made a safe bet, 22. First name in civil rights history, 26. Game of throws, 28. Mournful songs, 30. "How ___ Got Her Groove Back", 32. Common pronoun pair, 35. Head over heels, 36. Some band recordings, 38. Track-and-field star Richardson, 39. Law firm leaders, 40. "You got it!", 41. Expressed contempt, 44. Portions equal to roughly 17%, 47. Long sandwich, 48. Claim, 49. Half of a rhyming synonym of "haphazard", 51. Quintet found in a supervocalic word, 53. Overlooks disrespectfully, 57. "Stop being ridiculous!", 59. Biblical garden, 61. Key that's missing an "ape", 63. Some band recordings, informally

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 19, 2024

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

New York Times, Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Auctioneer's mallet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAVEL

  Possible Answer : gavel




• The clue is 6. Faucet fault. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRIP

  Possible Answer : drip_mold, drip_mould, drip, dribble, drop, trickle, dripping




• The clue is 10. Something dipped in a party dip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIP

  Possible Answer : potato_chip, cow_dung, scrap, buffalo_chip, micro_chip, break_off, Saratoga_chip, flake, nick, fleck, chipping, chip_shot, break_away, cut_off, bit, silicon_chip, chip_off, cow_chip, check, crisp, poker_chip, microprocessor_chip, splintering, come_off, chip, microchip, knap




• The clue is 14. Keep hope ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIVE

  Possible Answer : live, animated, awake, active, alive, alert

  Possible Opposite Answer : unanimated, dead




• The clue is 15. Saga sage since 1980. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YODA




• The clue is 16. Head over heels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer : doddering, dotty, crazy, doddery, wild, senile, gaga




• The clue is 17. Find a way to avert disaster. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: SAVETHEDAY




• The clue is 19. "Who ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISNT




• The clue is 20. Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRINGE

  Possible Answer : cower, quail, cringe, funk, crawl, wince, shrink, fawn, recoil, creep, squinch, grovel, flinch




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

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

  The answer: SHIM

  Possible Answer : shim




• The clue is 23. Sweltering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOT

  Possible Answer : live, red-hot, hot, blistering, spicy, raging

  Possible Opposite Answer : cold




• The clue is 24. "The Walking Dead" channel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMC




• The clue is 25. Out of the ordinary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODD

  Possible Answer : odd, funny, unpaired, left_over, peculiar, queer, uneven, unmated, rum, leftover, singular, left, unexpended, rummy, curious, unmatched, remaining

  Possible Opposite Answer : even




• The clue is 27. Because someone challenged you to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONADARE




• The clue is 29. Helpful ads, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSAS

  Possible Answer : prostate_specific_antigen, PSA




• The clue is 31. Cry of frustration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAH




• The clue is 33. W.N.B.A. star Brittney. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRINER




• The clue is 34. Having multiple levels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIERED

  Possible Answer : tiered




• The clue is 37. Get ready to compete. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAIN

  Possible Answer : caravan, trail, railroad_train, train, string, geartrain, civilise, gear, discipline, rail, wagon_train, cultivate, educate, coach, prepare, civilize, school, condition, power_train, gearing, check, take_aim, take, direct, groom, aim, develop




• The clue is 38. Have a sleepover. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: SPENDTHENIGHT




• The clue is 41. "___ we?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHALL




• The clue is 42. Gymnast Biles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIMONE




• The clue is 43. Guitarist Santana. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARLOS

  Possible Answer : Ilich_Ramirez_Sanchez, Taurus, Glen_Gebhard, Hector_Hevodidbon, Michael_Assat, Carlos, Ilich_Sanchez, Sanchez, Andres_Martinez, Salim, Carlos_the_Jackal




• The clue is 45. Thing to wring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOP

  Possible Answer : swob, mop, mow, wipe_up, pout, mop_up, swab




• The clue is 46. Common surname in Pakistan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAH

  Possible Answer : Shah_of_Iran, Shah




• The clue is 50. Sci-fi author Butler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTAVIA




• The clue is 52. Grads-to-be: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRS

  Possible Answer : steradian, atomic_number_38, Sr, strontium, sr




• The clue is 54. Soccer cheer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE




• The clue is 55. Admirer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer : sports_fan, lover, devotee, winnow, rooter, fan, buff




• The clue is 56. C.F.O. or C.T.O.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXEC

  Possible Answer : White_House, EXEC




• The clue is 58. Low tie score. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEALL




• The clue is 60. Gratis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FREE

  Possible Answer : loose, costless, destitute, unfreeze, gratuitous, unloose, devoid, exempt, barren, free_people, justify, innocent, spare, dislodge, complimentary, detached, relieve, free, liberate, give_up, resign, discharge, unblock, unloosen, liberal, absolve, rid, disengage, relinquish, gratis, disembarrass, release

  Possible Opposite Answer : obstruct, unfree, blame, enforce, lodge, confine, block, bound, freeze




• The clue is 62. What 17- and 38-Across combine to form?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: TIMEBUDGET




• The clue is 64. Gets it wrong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRS

  Possible Answer : stray, mistake, err, drift, slip




• The clue is 65. Type of earring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOP

  Possible Answer : wicket, hoop, basketball_hoop, ring, basket




• The clue is 66. Neutral color. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEIGE

  Possible Answer : ecru, beige




• The clue is 67. ___ golf. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISC

  Possible Answer : record, phonograph_recording, magnetic_disc, phonograph_record, platter, disk, magnetic_disk, saucer, disc




• The clue is 68. Phoenix franchise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNS

  Possible Answer : Sun, sunshine, Dominicus, solarize, sunbathe, Sunday, solarise, sun, sunlight, insolate, Lord's_Day




• The clue is 69. Express contempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNEER

  Possible Answer : leer, sneer

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Piece of equipment that might read "Tighten until click". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GASCAP

• The clue is 2. They're set to go off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALARMS

  Possible Answer: alarm, alarm_system, appall, warning_signal, alarm_clock, warning_device, consternation, alarum, dismay, horrify, appal, alert

• The clue is 3. Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIVICA

• The clue is 4. Steady. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVEN

  Possible Answer: still, flush, yet, level, even, even_out, regular, fifty-fifty, eve, tied, evening, eventide

  Possible Opposite Answer : odd, uneven

• The clue is 5. Stop holding on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETGO

• The clue is 6. Hue granter?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DYE

  Possible Answer: dye, dyestuff

• The clue is 7. Counterparts of cones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RODS

  Possible Answer: retinal_rod, pole, rod, rod_cell, perch, gat

• The clue is 8. ID is required when sending a letter there. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDAHO

  Possible Answer: Gem_State, ID, Idaho

• The clue is 9. Shelling out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAYING

  Possible Answer: paid, remunerative, yield, paying, ante_up, pay, bear, make_up, give, pay_up, pay_off, salaried, stipendiary, compensable, compensate, gainful, devote

  Possible Opposite Answer : default

• The clue is 10. Moviemaking tech. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CGI

• The clue is 11. Rosh ___. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: HASHANAH

• The clue is 12. "Don't bother with that". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: IGNOREIT

• The clue is 13. Houndstooth or herringbone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATTERN

  Possible Answer: form, traffic_pattern, rule, normal, model, practice, shape, pattern, convention, approach_pattern, design, radiation_diagram, blueprint, formula, radiation_pattern, figure

• The clue is 18. Made a safe bet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEDGED

  Possible Answer: weasel-worded, circumvent, skirt, parry, dodge, hedge_in, elude, hedged, put_off, sidestep, fudge, duck, evade, hedge

• The clue is 22. First name in civil rights history. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARTIN

  Possible Answer: martin, Mary_Martin, Dean_Martin, Steve_Martin, Martin, Dino_Paul_Crocetti, St._Martin

• The clue is 26. Game of throws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARTS

  Possible Answer: darts, scud, flash, dart, flit, shoot, dash, scoot, fleet, flutter

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

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

  The answer: DIRGES

  Possible Answer: threnody, requiem, coronach, lament, dirge

• The clue is 30. "How ___ Got Her Groove Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STELLA

  Possible Answer: Frank_Stella, Stella, Frank_Philip_Stella

• The clue is 32. Common pronoun pair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEHIM

• The clue is 35. Head over heels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLOVE

• The clue is 36. Some band recordings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEMOS

  Possible Answer: exhibit, demonstration, show, demo, demonstrate, present

• The clue is 38. Track-and-field star Richardson. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SHACARRI

• The clue is 39. Law firm leaders. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: PARTNERS

  Possible Answer: cooperator, married_person, partner, collaborator, pardner, spouse, better_half, mate

• The clue is 40. "You got it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPROB

• The clue is 41. Expressed contempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCOFFED

  Possible Answer: scoff, barrack, flout, gibe, jeer

• The clue is 44. Portions equal to roughly 17%. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIXTHS

  Possible Answer: one-sixth, sixth

• The clue is 47. Long sandwich. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOAGIE

  Possible Answer: Cuban_sandwich, hero_sandwich, submarine, wedge, bomber, hoagy, sub, hoagie, torpedo, submarine_sandwich, poor_boy, hero, zep, grinder, Italian_sandwich

• The clue is 48. Claim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLEGE

  Possible Answer: allege, aver, say

• The clue is 49. Half of a rhyming synonym of "haphazard". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELTER

• The clue is 51. Quintet found in a supervocalic word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AEIOU

• The clue is 53. Overlooks disrespectfully. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNUBS

  Possible Answer: rebuff, snub, cut, cold_shoulder, disregard, ignore, repulse, repel

• The clue is 57. "Stop being ridiculous!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CMON

• The clue is 59. Biblical garden. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer: Shangri-la, promised_land, nirvana, Garden_of_Eden, Eden, heaven, paradise

• The clue is 61. Key that's missing an "ape". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC

• The clue is 63. Some band recordings, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPS

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (35 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Something tapped at a bar	3
2A	4. ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.)	4
3A	8. Go caroling, say	4
4A	12. British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The"	9
5A	15. Devils' center, appropriately	4
6A	16. Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe	10
7A	18. Stead	4
8A	19. University just north of Harvard	5
9A	20. Overall impact	9
10A	22. Like drone photography	6
11A	23. "Look here …"	3
12A	24. Study of the mind, for short	6
13A	29. Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson	3
14A	31. Attire for a contemporary dancer	7
15A	33. Source of a certain essential oil	7
16A	37. R, as in a Rolls-Royce?	7
17A	38. Hush-hush	7
18A	39. What the shepherd heard, perhaps	5
19A	40. Highest level of minor-league baseball	3
20A	42. They spike during the holidays	5
21A	43. Apt name for a socialite?	3
22A	45. Some pre-streaming music purchases	3
23A	47. Goose of Hawaii	4
24A	48. Global movement to end violence against women	4
25A	51. That's unbelievable!	3
26A	53. "That's unbelievable!"	4
27A	55. Fish that can burrow into the seabed	3
28A	56. Subtle acknowledgment	3
29A	57. Carpenter or plumber's kit	7
30A	60. Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for	11
31A	63. Toilette water	3
32A	64. Like goods bought before they hit the shelves	10
33A	65. Alternative to AOL	3
34A	66. Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle	9
35A	67. When a plane is due in, in brief	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Something tapped at a bar"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the quantity contained in a keg
• Similar words include: kegful
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: KEG

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2A: "4. ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a river that rises in western new mexico and flows westward through southern arizona to become a tributary of the colorado river
• Similar words include: Gila River
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GILA

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3A: "8. Go caroling, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that deliver by singing
• Similar words include: whistle, spill the beans, peach
• Opposite of: keep quiet

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Answer: SING

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4A: "12. British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an expert in the science of economics
• Similar words include: economic expert
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ECONOMIST

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5A: "15. Devils' center, appropriately"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that morally objectionable behavior
• Similar words include: wickedness, iniquity, malign
• Opposite of: goodness, good

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Answer: EVIL

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6A: "16. Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: PROUDPAPAS

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7A: "18. Stead"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Similar words include: position, place, stead
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LIEU

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8A: "19. University just north of Harvard"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
• Similar words include: tuft, tussock
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TUFTS

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9A: "20. Overall impact"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: NETEFFECT

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10A: "22. Like drone photography"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
• Similar words include: aeriform, aery, transmitting aerial
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AERIAL

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11A: "23. "Look here …""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Similar words include: project, check, understand
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEE

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12A: "24. Study of the mind, for short"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: COGSCI

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13A: "29. Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MOE

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14A: "31. Attire for a contemporary dancer"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance
• Similar words include: body suit, leotard, cat suit
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: UNITARD

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15A: "33. Source of a certain essential oil"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TEATREE

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16A: "37. R, as in a Rolls-Royce?"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relation of direct opposition
• Similar words include: reverse gear, blow, rescind
• Opposite of: forward, obverse

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Answer: REVERSE

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17A: "38. Hush-hush"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ONTHEDL

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18A: "39. What the shepherd heard, perhaps"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
• Similar words include: baa, blate, blat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BLEAT

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19A: "40. Highest level of minor-league baseball"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AAA

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20A: "42. They spike during the holidays"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
• Similar words include: sales agreement, gross sales, cut-rate sale
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALES

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21A: "43. Apt name for a socialite?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a young woman making her debut into society
• Similar words include: debutante
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEB

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22A: "45. Some pre-streaming music purchases"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• Similar words include: cadmium, CD, compact disc
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CDS

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23A: "47. Goose of Hawaii"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NENE

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24A: "48. Global movement to end violence against women"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VDAY

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25A: "51. That's unbelievable!"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Similar words include: dwell, prevarication, Trygve Lie
• Opposite of: arise, stand

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Answer: LIE

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26A: "53. "That's unbelievable!""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WHOA

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27A: "55. Fish that can burrow into the seabed"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EEL

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28A: "56. Subtle acknowledgment"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOD

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29A: "57. Carpenter or plumber's kit"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TOOLSET

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30A: "60. Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
• Similar words include: dwarf mulberry, cloudberry, baked-apple berry
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: SALMONBERRY

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31A: "63. Toilette water"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EAU

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32A: "64. Like goods bought before they hit the shelves"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: PREORDERED

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33A: "65. Alternative to AOL"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MSN

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34A: "66. Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
• Similar words include: imbalance, dissymmetry
• Opposite of: symmetry

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Answer: ASYMMETRY

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35A: "67. When a plane is due in, in brief"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

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: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ETA

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Didn't tell, as a secret	4
2D	2. Light beige	4
3D	3. Blooper	4
4D	4. Combatants in the Titanomachy	4
5D	5. Teacher's pest	3
6D	6. Former NPR host Hansen	5
7D	7. In line with	5
8D	8. Beginning of consciousness?	4
9D	9. Group of elite colleges	5
10D	10. Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps	5
11D	11. Largest human muscle, informally	5
12D	13. Little fastener	3
13D	14. Comic actor Jacques	4
14D	17. Sailors	6
15D	21. A&W specialties	6
16D	22. Broadcasts	4
17D	24. Where the sidewalk ends	4
18D	25. First-year legal student, informally	4
19D	26. Donate	4
20D	27. Like a good sharpshooter's hand	6
21D	28. À la ___	5
22D	30. Renewable gasoline additive	7
23D	32. Anti-trafficking org.	3
24D	33. ___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence)	4
25D	34. Cry to a captor	9
26D	35. Idyllic spot	4
27D	36. Ultimatum word	4
28D	41. ___ in the hole	3
29D	44. Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears	6
30D	46. Cutlass, e.g.	5
31D	48. Italian scooter brand	5
32D	49. Darlings	5
33D	50. Spot for cats and rats	5
34D	52. "My gut says …"	5
35D	54. Today, in Tijuana	3
36D	56. What you'd expect when you're expecting?	4
37D	57. Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily	4
38D	58. Big ___ (college conference)	4
39D	59. Common sushi fish	4
40D	61. Certain parent	3
41D	62. Make a typo, say	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Didn't tell, as a secret"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
• Similar words include: continue, hold open, prevent
• Opposite of: lose, broken

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Answer: KEPT

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2D: "2. Light beige"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light brown
• Similar words include: beige
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ECRU

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3D: "3. Blooper"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
• Similar words include: clown, zany, blunder
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GOOF

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4D: "4. Combatants in the Titanomachy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
• Similar words include: Supreme Being, immortal, divinity
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GODS

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5D: "5. Teacher's pest"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Similar words include: monkey, scalawag, elf
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IMP

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6D: "6. Former NPR host Hansen"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIANE

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7D: "7. In line with"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in turkey
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASPER

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8D: "8. Beginning of consciousness?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that your consciousness of your own identity
• Similar words include: ego
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SELF

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9D: "9. Group of elite colleges"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that old world vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
• Similar words include: common ivy, ivy, Hedera helix
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IVIES

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10D: "10. Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a daughter of your brother or sister
• Opposite of: nephew
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NIECE

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11D: "11. Largest human muscle, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh
• Similar words include: gluteal muscle, gluteus, gluteus muscle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GLUTE

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12D: "13. Little fastener"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that usually large hard-shelled seed
• Similar words include: nut case, orchis, junkie
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NUT

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13D: "14. Comic actor Jacques"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french filmmaker (1908-1982)
• Similar words include: Jacques Tati, Jacques Tatischeff
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TATI

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14D: "17. Sailors"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a man who serves as a sailor
• Similar words include: Jack-tar, old salt, seafarer
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SEAMEN

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15D: "21. A&W specialties"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
• Similar words include: be adrift, float, drift
• Opposite of: sink

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Answer: FLOATS

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16D: "22. Broadcasts"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
• Similar words include: publicize, air out, airwave
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AIRS

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17D: "24. Where the sidewalk ends"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
• Similar words include: restrict, moderate, check
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CURB

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18D: "25. First-year legal student, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONEL

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19D: "26. Donate"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
• Similar words include: gift, founder, open
• Opposite of: take, starve

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Answer: GIVE

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20D: "27. Like a good sharpshooter's hand"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person loved by another person
• Similar words include: unbendable, regular, calm
• Opposite of: unsteadily, unsteady

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Answer: STEADY

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21D: "28. À la ___"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Similar words include: carte du jour, card, bill of fare
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CARTE

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22D: "30. Renewable gasoline additive"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
• Similar words include: ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, fermentation alcohol
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ETHANOL

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23D: "32. Anti-trafficking org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
• Similar words include: Drug Enforcement Agency, Drug Enforcement Administration
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEA

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24D: "33. ___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Similar words include: toad frog, batrachian, anuran
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TOAD

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25D: "34. Cry to a captor"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: RELEASEME

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26D: "35. Idyllic spot"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Similar words include: Shangri-la, promised land, Garden of Eden
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDEN

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27D: "36. Ultimatum word"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELSE

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28D: "41. ___ in the hole"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: Allied Command Europe, I, hotshot
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACE

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29D: "44. Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person with fair skin and hair
• Similar words include: blond, light-haired
• Opposite of: brunet

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Answer: BLONDE

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30D: "46. Cutlass, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
• Similar words include: brand, steel, blade
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SWORD

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31D: "48. Italian scooter brand"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that type genus of the vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
• Similar words include: genus Vespa
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: VESPA

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32D: "49. Darlings"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
• Similar words include: honey, lamb, love
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DEARS

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33D: "50. Spot for cats and rats"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrow street with walls on both sides
• Similar words include: alleyway, bowling alley, skittle alley
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALLEY

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34D: "52. "My gut says …""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IDBET

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35D: "54. Today, in Tijuana"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
• Similar words include: barge, flatboat, lighter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HOY

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36D: "56. What you'd expect when you're expecting?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Similar words include: average
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NORM

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37D: "57. Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: terzetto, ternion, trio
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TREY

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38D: "58. Big ___ (college conference)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: EAST

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39D: "59. Common sushi fish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
• Similar words include: Anguilla sucklandii, tunny, Opuntia tuna
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TUNA

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40D: "61. Certain parent"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for a mother
• Similar words include: mamma, ma, momma
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MOM

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41D: "62. Make a typo, say"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Similar words include: slip, stray, drift
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERR

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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