No. 27,384 Tue Oct 29, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Kathy Lowden

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 29, 2024

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

Tue Oct 29, 2024 NY Times Crossword

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Alternatives to Ubers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CABS

  Possible Answer : cabriolet, taxicab, cab, hack, taxi




• The clue is 5. Game also called "hoops". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BBALL




• The clue is 10. "I'll drink to ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAT




• The clue is 14. Eleven, in Évian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONZE




• The clue is 15. Stan's partner in old comedy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLLIE




• The clue is 16. ___ cava (blood line to the heart). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VENA

  Possible Answer : vein, venous_blood_vessel, vena




• The clue is 17. Whole bunch at a family reunion?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOZENSOFCOUSINS




• The clue is 20. Give for safekeeping. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRUST

  Possible Answer : commit, entrust, trust, leave, confide, intrust




• The clue is 21. Titular film character who lives in a swamp. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHREK




• The clue is 22. Parent company of Instagram. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: META




• The clue is 24. Kerfuffle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADO

  Possible Answer : hustle, stir, flurry, ado, bustle, fuss




• The clue is 25. Large array for a desk?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCORESOFDRAWERS




• The clue is 33. Author Horatio. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALGER

  Possible Answer : Alger, Horatio_Alger




• The clue is 34. "___ the season!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIS

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_22, Cordyline_terminalis, si, ti, titanium, te, Ti




• The clue is 35. Customizable Nintendo avatar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MII




• The clue is 36. Kind of salad with celery, apples, walnuts and grapes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WALDORF




• The clue is 39. Performing group at a homecoming game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEPBAND




• The clue is 42. Uno + due. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRE




• The clue is 43. The sun or the moon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORB

  Possible Answer : revolve, globe, orb, eyeball, orbit, ball




• The clue is 45. You might ask for one at an annual review. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAISE

  Possible Answer : heighten, upraise, enhance, parent, set_up, upgrade, climb, ascent, acclivity, farm, enkindle, conjure_up, leaven, bring_up, hike, resurrect, rise, lift, grow, stir, wage_hike, produce, promote, salary_increase, advance, raise, nurture, get_up, call_forth, wage_increase, conjure, invoke, kick_upstairs, heave, kindle, put_forward, erect, evoke, fire, recruit, elicit, levy, arouse, put_up, prove, elevate, rear, provoke, call_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : level, descent, lower, demote




• The clue is 46. Big group in a dog show?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OODLESOFPOODLES




• The clue is 51. Word before cream or crystals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICE

  Possible Answer : methamphetamine_hydrochloride, sparkler, ice, water_ice, ice-skating_rink, glass, icing, ice_rink, chalk, shabu, frosting, frost, chicken_feed, internal-combustion_engine, crank, ICE, meth, frappe, Methedrine, methamphetamine, deoxyephedrine, trash




• The clue is 52. Mattress specification. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIRM

  Possible Answer : unbendable, steady, steadfast, unfluctuating, loyal, unwaveringly, unshakable, business_firm, strong, immobile, unfaltering, house, stiff, truehearted, fast, firm, steadfastly, solid, firmly, tauten, unwavering




• The clue is 53. Lead-in to soprano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEZZO

  Possible Answer : mezzo, mezzo-soprano




• The clue is 56. Suddenly started speaking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIPEDUP




• The clue is 61. Massive collection for an alchemist?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCEANSOFPOTIONS




• The clue is 65. Blacken on the grill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAR

  Possible Answer : blacken, charr, sear, charwoman, coal, char, cleaning_woman, scorch, cleaning_lady, woman




• The clue is 66. Be behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAIL

  Possible Answer : give_chase, lead, dog, get_behind, train, track, drag, drop_back, chase_after, chase, hang_back, go_after, shack, tail, trail, drop_behind, tag




• The clue is 67. Boring routines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUTS

  Possible Answer : groove, furrow, rut, estrus, heat, oestrus

  Possible Opposite Answer : anestrus




• The clue is 68. Word after "Going once, going twice!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOLD

  Possible Answer : trade, betray, sell, sold, deal

  Possible Opposite Answer : buy, unsold




• The clue is 69. Tube-shaped pasta. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENNE

  Possible Answer : penne




• The clue is 70. Achievement for Elton John and John Legend, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. With 28-Down, emergency status. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CODE

  Possible Answer: codification, write_in_code, computer_code, encipher, inscribe, cypher, cipher, code, encrypt

• The clue is 2. Unknown writer, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANON

  Possible Answer: anon

• The clue is 3. [Wrong answer!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BZZT

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

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

  The answer: SEER

  Possible Answer: illusionist, vaticinator, prophet, seer, prophesier, visionary, oracle

• The clue is 5. Office heads. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOSSES

  Possible Answer: knob, chief, honcho, hirer, boss, party_boss, gaffer, emboss, foreman, stamp, political_boss

• The clue is 6. Drunk as a skunk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOTTO

  Possible Answer: soused, blotto, smashed, pixilated, sloshed, loaded, wet, cockeyed, crocked, blind_drunk, plastered, tight, sozzled, stiff, fuddled, pissed, slopped, besotted, soaked, squiffy, pie-eyed

• The clue is 7. Sitcom extraterrestrial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALF

• The clue is 8. D.M.V. document: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIC

• The clue is 9. Virgo preceder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer: Lion, Leo_the_Lion, Leo

• The clue is 10. "Nashville" or "Atlanta," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TVSHOW

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

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

  The answer: HEIR

  Possible Answer: inheritor, heritor, successor, heir

• The clue is 12. Name shared by two of King Henry VIII's wives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNE

  Possible Answer: Anne

• The clue is 13. Job. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASK

  Possible Answer: chore, task, project, undertaking, labor, tax, job

• The clue is 18. Uno or due. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUMERO

• The clue is 19. Org. that grades meat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USDA

  Possible Answer: Agriculture, USDA, Agriculture_Department, Department_of_Agriculture

• The clue is 23. Fore's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFT

  Possible Answer: astern, aft, abaft

  Possible Opposite Answer : fore

• The clue is 24. Rear end, in London's West End. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARSE

  Possible Answer: behind, butt, stern, fundament, can, tush, keister, asshole, buns, backside, bum, tooshie, bottom, posterior, tail_end, buttocks, prat, nates, arse, tail, ass, seat, bunghole, fanny, arsehole, rump, hind_end, hindquarters, rear, derriere, rear_end

• The clue is 25. Took care of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAWTO

• The clue is 26. "Of course!," in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLARO

  Possible Answer: claro

• The clue is 27. Looked at rudely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGLED

  Possible Answer: ogle

• The clue is 28. See 1-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RED

  Possible Answer: Marxist, Red_River, cherry, violent, redness, ruddy, red, red_ink, cerise, crimson, ruby, Bolshevik, Red, blood-red, reddish, flushed, cherry-red, bolshie, bolshy, red-faced, reddened, carmine, ruby-red, scarlet, loss

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain

• The clue is 29. Guacamole or hummus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIP

  Possible Answer: drop, magnetic_dip, fall, magnetic_inclination, douse, cutpurse, dim, free_fall, plunge, pickpocket, inclination, dip, duck, souse, sink, dunk, angle_of_dip

• The clue is 30. It might be spam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMAIL

  Possible Answer: netmail, email, e-mail, electronic_mail

  Possible Opposite Answer : snail_mail

• The clue is 31. Lather, ___, repeat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RINSE

  Possible Answer: wash, gargle, rinse_off, rinse, rinsing

• The clue is 32. Diner add-ons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIDES

  Possible Answer: side_of_meat, side, incline, position, slope, face, English

• The clue is 37. Warm pink hue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROSE

  Possible Answer: climb_up, heighten, jump, blush_wine, uprise, climb, rebel, ascend, resurrect, roseate, rise, lift, grow, originate, come_up, move_up, wax, arise, develop, pink_wine, stand_up, rosiness, go_up, get_up, rose, rosebush, rose_wine, rosaceous, turn_out, prove, surface, rise_up, mount, rear, spring_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : fall, turn_in, go_to_bed, wane, sit_down, set

• The clue is 38. To and ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRO

• The clue is 40. Not tardy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROMPT

  Possible Answer: immediate, prompt, quick, actuate, move, prompting, motivate, instigate, remind, command_prompt, propel, incite, inspire, cue, straightaway

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

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

  The answer: BAD

  Possible Answer: spoilt, spoiled, speculative, defective, regretful, forged, tough, uncollectible, bad, high-risk, badness, unfit, unsound, badly, big, risky, sorry

  Possible Opposite Answer : goodness, unregretful, good

• The clue is 44. Very good pal, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BFF

• The clue is 47. ___ brain (source of our primal instincts, it's said). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIZARD

  Possible Answer: lounge_lizard, lizard

• The clue is 48. Supply-and-demand subj.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECON

• The clue is 49. Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIPPIN

  Possible Answer: Pippin

• The clue is 50. Baltimore ballplayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORIOLE

  Possible Answer: oriole, American_oriole, Old_World_oriole, New_World_oriole

• The clue is 53. Slipperlike shoes, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOCS

• The clue is 54. Repeat word for word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer: reverberate, repeat, resound, recall, Echo, ring, sound_reflection, reverberation, echo, replication

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

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

  The answer: ZEAL

  Possible Answer: zeal, ardour, elan, eagerness, forwardness, readiness, ardor

• The clue is 57. Ireland, to the Irish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EIRE

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Ireland, Irish_Republic, Ireland, Eire

• The clue is 58. ___ Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOUG

• The clue is 59. "For ___ us a child is born". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNTO

• The clue is 60. Vowelless attention-getter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSST

• The clue is 62. Pit stop brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STP

  Possible Answer: STP, s.t.p.

• The clue is 63. Something crushed during a gold rush. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORE

  Possible Answer: ore

• The clue is 64. Devotee. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAN

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

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (31 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (39 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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. Adjusts, as text	6
2A	7. [Get away!]	3
3A	10. Lecture setting	4
4A	14. "Can anyone explain this?!"	15
5A	17. "Let me try to explain ..."	15
6A	18. Gal pal	3
7A	19. Appeal in defense	4
8A	20. Coat on a tip?	6
9A	21. Round striker	4
10A	22. Where 22-Across is	4
11A	23. Pilots' tools	6
12A	26. Grocery stores?	8
13A	30. Seaweed-based gels	5
14A	31. Strikes out on one's own	9
15A	32. So-called "Champagne of Spain"	4
16A	33. ___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist	5
17A	34. Fuss	4
18A	35. Targets of some regulations	9
19A	37. Something a toddler might grow out of	5
20A	38. Fuji, e.g.	8
21A	39. Energizes	6
22A	40. Something you can see right through	4
23A	41. Not so rich, so to speak	4
24A	42. Remit, say	6
25A	45. New wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future"	4
26A	46. Destination	3
27A	49. Provide proactive help, in a way	15
28A	52. "Keep me out of it"	15
29A	53. Opposite of "stay silent"	4
30A	54. "___ y plata" (Montana's motto)	3
31A	55. Southwestern dwellings	6

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Adjusts, as text"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make improvements or corrections to
• Similar words include: emend
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EMENDS

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2A: "7. [Get away!]"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GRR

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3A: "10. Lecture setting"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• Similar words include: soapbox, rostrum, pulpit
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DAIS

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4A: "14. "Can anyone explain this?!""

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: MAKEITMAKESENSE

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5A: "17. "Let me try to explain ...""

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: THEWAYILOOKATIT

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6A: "18. Gal pal"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
• Similar words include: SI system, Systeme International d'Unites, International System
• Opposite of: brother

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Answer: SIS

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7A: "19. Appeal in defense"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
• Similar words include: supplication
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PLEA

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8A: "20. Coat on a tip?"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property of being smooth and shiny
• Similar words include: smoothen, finish, cultivation
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POLISH

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9A: "21. Round striker"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEEN

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10A: "22. Where 22-Across is"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the present location; this place
• Similar words include: Hera, hither
• Opposite of: there

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Answer: HERE

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11A: "23. Pilots' tools"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
• Similar words include: radiolocation, radar, radio detection and ranging
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RADARS

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12A: "26. Grocery stores?"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
• Similar words include: larder, buttery, pantry
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PANTRIES

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13A: "30. Seaweed-based gels"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
• Similar words include: agar, nutrient agar, agar-agar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AGARS

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14A: "31. Strikes out on one's own"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: FLIESSOLO

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15A: "32. So-called "Champagne of Spain""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CAVA

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16A: "33. ___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROALD

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17A: "34. Fuss"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Similar words include: bustle, conjure up, bring up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STIR

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18A: "35. Targets of some regulations"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
• Similar words include: emanation, discharge, expelling
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: EMISSIONS

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19A: "37. Something a toddler might grow out of"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Similar words include: form, stage, phase angle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PHASE

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20A: "38. Fuji, e.g."

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: REDAPPLE

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21A: "39. Energizes"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• Similar words include: goofball, twat, zany
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GOOSES

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22A: "40. Something you can see right through"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
• Similar words include: fleur-de-lis, sword lily, iris diaphragm
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IRIS

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23A: "41. Not so rich, so to speak"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having relatively few calories
• Similar words include: light, calorie-free, low-cal
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LITE

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24A: "42. Remit, say"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MAILIN

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25A: "45. New wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEVO

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26A: "46. Destination"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Similar words include: target, direct, object
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AIM

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27A: "49. Provide proactive help, in a way"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: RUNINTERFERENCE

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28A: "52. "Keep me out of it""

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: IDONTWANTTOKNOW

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29A: "53. Opposite of "stay silent""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SING

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30A: "54. "___ y plata" (Montana's motto)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORO

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31A: "55. Southwestern dwellings"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)
• Similar words include: William Benjamin Hogan, hogan, Hogan
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HOGANS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Triage pros	4
2D	2. Dorado fish, informally	4
3D	3. Scrapes (out)	4
4D	4. Just out	3
5D	5. Attire that may snap on	7
6D	6. Does up, in a way	6
7D	7. Big do	4
8D	8. Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne"	3
9D	9. Came out of bankruptcy, say	8
10D	10. What might give a hand in a casino?	11
11D	11. Opposed	4
12D	12. Deity with a temple in Pompeii	4
13D	13. Actor Gilliam of "The Wire"	4
14D	15. Attitude	4
15D	16. Some athleisure bottoms	6
16D	21. Modern water sport	11
17D	22. Summons	5
18D	23. 500 competitor	5
19D	24. Top form	5
20D	25. Biblical shepherd-turned-king	5
21D	26. Kind of figure	5
22D	27. I I I	5
23D	28. ___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys"	5
24D	29. Painful spots	5
25D	31. People not to argue with, they say	5
26D	33. Forcibly halve	8
27D	36. Dash	6
28D	37. Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP	7
29D	39. Biblical verb	6
30D	41. Blue side, with "the"	4
31D	42. Med. diagnostics	4
32D	43. Maker of the Q3	4
33D	44. ___ a secret	4
34D	45. Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE	4
35D	46. Pioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman	4
36D	47. Forbidden subject in Islamic art	4
37D	48. Row houses, to Brits	4
38D	50. Canal entry	3
39D	51. Med. diagnostic	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Triage pros"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EMTS

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2D: "2. Dorado fish, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MAHI

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3D: "3. Scrapes (out)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EKES

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4D: "4. Just out"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
• Similar words include: raw, newfangled, freshly
• Opposite of: old, worn

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Answer: NEW

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5D: "5. Attire that may snap on"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
• Similar words include: nappy, diaper, napkin
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DIAPERS

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6D: "6. Does up, in a way"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
• Similar words include: trend, expressive style, style
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STYLES

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7D: "7. Big do"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gay festivity
• Similar words include: jamboree, gala affair, blowout
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GALA

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8D: "8. Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RKO

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9D: "9. Came out of bankruptcy, say"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that open again or anew
• Similar words include: reopen
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: REOPENED

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10D: "10. What might give a hand in a casino?"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: DEALERSSHOE

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11D: "11. Opposed"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• Opposite of: pro
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANTI

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12D: "12. Deity with a temple in Pompeii"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
• Similar words include: Inter-Services Intelligence, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISIS

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13D: "13. Actor Gilliam of "The Wire""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Similar words include: Set
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SETH

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14D: "15. Attitude"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dignified manner or conduct
• Similar words include: comportment, bearing, presence
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MIEN

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15D: "16. Some athleisure bottoms"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SKORTS

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16D: "21. Modern water sport"

11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gliding in a parasail
• Similar words include: paragliding
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: PARASAILING

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17D: "22. Summons"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
• Similar words include: acclaim, come, hail
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HAILS

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18D: "23. 500 competitor"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
• Similar words include: automobile driver, racing car, race driver
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RACER

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19D: "24. Top form"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AGAME

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20D: "25. Biblical shepherd-turned-king"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that patron saint of wales (circa 520-600)
• Similar words include: St. David, Jacques Louis David, Saint David
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DAVID

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21D: "26. Kind of figure"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
• Similar words include: airplane, flat, sheet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PLANE

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22D: "27. I I I"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Similar words include: smidgin, tittle, scintilla
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IOTAS

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23D: "28. ___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELISE

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24D: "29. Painful spots"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an open skin infection
• Similar words include: sore
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SORES

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25D: "31. People not to argue with, they say"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who lacks good judgment
• Similar words include: arse around, befool, tomfool
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FOOLS

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26D: "33. Forcibly halve"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RIPINTWO

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27D: "36. Dash"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quick run
• Similar words include: dash
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPRINT

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28D: "37. Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that australian rat kangaroos
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: POTOROO

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29D: "39. Biblical verb"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GIVETH

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30D: "41. Blue side, with "the""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
• Similar words include: left field, pull up stakes, unexpended
• Opposite of: center, right

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Answer: LEFT

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31D: "42. Med. diagnostics"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Similar words include: magnetic resonance imaging, MRI
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MRIS

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32D: "43. Maker of the Q3"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AUDI

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33D: "44. ___ a secret"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INON

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34D: "45. Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DRNO

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35D: "46. Pioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a former copper coin of pakistan and india
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANNA

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36D: "47. Forbidden subject in Islamic art"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Similar words include: ikon, image, picture
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ICON

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37D: "48. Row houses, to Brits"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
• Similar words include: mew gull, Larus canus, meow
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEWS

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38D: "50. Canal entry"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Similar words include: capitulum, auricle, pinna
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EAR

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39D: "51. Med. diagnostic"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
• Similar words include: cardiogram, electrocardiogram, ECG
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EKG

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

31 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

70 Total Clues

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