27413 Thu Nov 28, 2024 NYY by Ricky J. Sirois

Across Clues :

1. Run down, 6. "Then again," in texts, 10. "Abbott Elementary" principal, 13. Nutrient-rich soil component, 14. Negative, 15. Editorial notation for an error, 16. Opt, 17. Considerable, 19. Common order at a hoagie shop, 21. Beyond the pale, 22. British designer Crawford awarded a C.B.E. in 2021, 23. Embellish, 25. Clip, 27. It might be mashed (in more ways than one!), 29. Grandiose, 33. Legal org., 34. 8 or 9, in a golf bag, 35. Haunted ___ (Halloween activity), 36. Doesn't have enough, 38. Grammy, in Germany, 39. Bumpkin, 40. Slam on the brakes, 41. Capitalized on an opportunity, 43. Actor Daniel ___ Kim, 44. Canadian fuel brand, 45. Hackneyed, 46. Figs. counted in some diets, 47. Praiseful poet, 49. Supermarket section, 51. Old Glory, 54. Ruse designed to disguise, 57. Amounts to nothing, as a plan, 60. "Key ___ " (Bogart movie), 61. R&B icon Rawls, 62. Ask for someone else's cig, 63. Natural dos, 64. Since January 1: Abbr., 65. French, in England, 66. Saw points

Down Clues :

1. Jazz great Baker, 2. Streaming giant, 3. Some coffee orders, 4. Feed like a baby, 5. ___ Park, Colo., 6. Abbr. in a birth announcement, 7. Vietnamese New Year, 8. Delivery person?, 9. Uprightness, 10. "You wish!", 11. "___ Las Vegas", 12. Big name in laptops, 14. Digital newsletter platform, 18. Color printer supplies, 20. Mythological creature with origins in Sherpa folklore, 23. Hanna-Barbera character who co-starred with Secret Squirrel, 24. Response to "Gracias", 25. Examine in great detail, as a text, 26. Is adjacent to, 28. Bakery byproducts, 30. Home away from home, 31. Best possible, 32. Yields, 34. Pancake order, 35. Place to find a needle, maybe, 37. Winds, 42. Trees along the National Mall, 45. '90s rapper with the hit "Still Not a Player", 46. Pitcher for the reds?, 48. Applies carelessly, as paint, 50. Flamboyant display, 51. Like many Christmas sweaters, 52. Flue residue, 53. Longstanding rivalry, 54. Factory chimney, 55. Showbiz awards acronym, 56. Nibble, 58. Qualifying abbreviation, 59. Bug

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 28, 2024

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

New York Times, Thursday, November 28, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Run down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHASE

  Possible Answer : Chase, chamfer, furrow, track, pursuit, Salmon_Portland_Chase, dog, chase_after, chase, following, go_after, give_chase, trail, tail, pursual, tag, Salmon_P._Chase




• The clue is 6. "Then again," in texts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOH




• The clue is 10. "Abbott Elementary" principal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVA




• The clue is 13. Nutrient-rich soil component. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUMUS

  Possible Answer : hommos, hummus, hoummos, humus, humous




• The clue is 14. Negative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBZERO




• The clue is 15. Editorial notation for an error. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIC

  Possible Answer : set, sic




• The clue is 16. Opt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELECT

  Possible Answer : elite, chosen, elect




• The clue is 17. Considerable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBSTANTIVE

  Possible Answer : meaty, essential, substantial, substantive

  Possible Opposite Answer : adjective




• The clue is 19. Common order at a hoagie shop. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TURKEYSUB




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

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

  The answer: TOOFAR




• The clue is 22. British designer Crawford awarded a C.B.E. in 2021. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILSE




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

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

  The answer: ADORN

  Possible Answer : embellish, deck, decorate, beautify, grace, invest, ornament, adorn, clothe




• The clue is 25. Clip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PACE

  Possible Answer : pace, stride, tread, yard, gait, step, rate, tempo, footstep




• The clue is 27. It might be mashed (in more ways than one!). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATER

  Possible Answer : Irish_potato, white_potato, tater, potato, murphy, spud




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

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

  The answer: EPIC

  Possible Answer : larger-than-life, heroic_poem, epic, epical, heroic, epic_poem, epos




• The clue is 33. Legal org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABA

  Possible Answer : aba




• The clue is 34. 8 or 9, in a golf bag. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SHORTIRON




• The clue is 35. Haunted ___ (Halloween activity). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYRIDE




• The clue is 36. Doesn't have enough. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: RUNSSHORT




• The clue is 38. Grammy, in Germany. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMA




• The clue is 39. Bumpkin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYSEED

  Possible Answer : chawbacon, rube, hick, yahoo, yokel, hayseed, bumpkin




• The clue is 40. Slam on the brakes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: STOPSHORT




• The clue is 41. Capitalized on an opportunity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADEHAY




• The clue is 43. Actor Daniel ___ Kim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAE




• The clue is 44. Canadian fuel brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSO




• The clue is 45. Hackneyed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANAL

  Possible Answer : banal, old-hat, trite, hackneyed, timeworn, shopworn, commonplace, stock, threadbare, well-worn, tired




• The clue is 46. Figs. counted in some diets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CALS




• The clue is 47. Praiseful poet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODIST

  Possible Answer : odist




• The clue is 49. Supermarket section. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEAT

  Possible Answer : kernel, substance, essence, meat, inwardness, nub, sum, nitty-gritty, center, centre, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, pith, marrow, core




• The clue is 51. Old Glory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USFLAG




• The clue is 54. Ruse designed to disguise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOKESCREEN

  Possible Answer : smoke_screen, smokescreen




• The clue is 57. Amounts to nothing, as a plan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOESUPINSMOKE




• The clue is 60. "Key ___ " (Bogart movie). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARGO

  Possible Answer : largo




• The clue is 61. R&B icon Rawls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOU




• The clue is 62. Ask for someone else's cig. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: BUMASMOKE




• The clue is 63. Natural dos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFROS

  Possible Answer : Afro_hairdo, Afro




• The clue is 64. Since January 1: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YTD




• The clue is 65. French, in England. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOG

  Possible Answer : snog, buss, osculate, kiss




• The clue is 66. Saw points. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEETH

  Possible Answer : tooth, teeth, dentition

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Jazz great Baker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHET

• The clue is 2. Streaming giant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HULU

• The clue is 3. Some coffee orders. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMERICANOS

• The clue is 4. Feed like a baby. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUCKLE

  Possible Answer: suck, suckle, give_suck, wet-nurse, breastfeed, lactate, nurse

  Possible Opposite Answer : bottlefeed

• The clue is 5. ___ Park, Colo.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTES

• The clue is 6. Abbr. in a birth announcement. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OZS

• The clue is 7. Vietnamese New Year. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TET

  Possible Answer: Tet

• The clue is 8. Delivery person?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORATOR

  Possible Answer: speechifier, orator, public_speaker, speechmaker, rhetorician

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

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

  The answer: HONOR

  Possible Answer: pureness, accolade, purity, laurels, honor, respect, abide_by, reward, observe, honour, award

  Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, dishonor

• The clue is 10. "You wish!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIF

• The clue is 11. "___ Las Vegas". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIVA

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

• The clue is 12. Big name in laptops. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACER

  Possible Answer: genus_Acer, Acer

• The clue is 14. Digital newsletter platform. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBSTACK

• The clue is 18. Color printer supplies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TONERS

  Possible Answer: toner

• The clue is 20. Mythological creature with origins in Sherpa folklore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YETI

  Possible Answer: abominable_snowman, yeti

• The clue is 23. Hanna-Barbera character who co-starred with Secret Squirrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOMANT

• The clue is 24. Response to "Gracias". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENADA

• The clue is 25. Examine in great detail, as a text. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARSE

  Possible Answer: parse

• The clue is 26. Is adjacent to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABUTS

  Possible Answer: march, adjoin, butt_on, edge, butt_against, butt, border, abut

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

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

  The answer: AROMAS

  Possible Answer: odour, smell, aroma, perfume, scent, fragrance, olfactory_property, odor

• The clue is 30. Home away from home. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIEDATERRE

• The clue is 31. Best possible. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEAL

  Possible Answer: nonsuch, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, idealistic, paragon

• The clue is 32. Yields. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEDES

  Possible Answer: surrender, deliver, grant, concede, cede, give_up, yield

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

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

  The answer: SHORTSTACK

• The clue is 35. Place to find a needle, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAYSTACK

  Possible Answer: haystack, rick, hayrick

• The clue is 37. Winds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOOLS

  Possible Answer: spool, bobbin, reel

• The clue is 42. Trees along the National Mall. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELMS

  Possible Answer: elm, elm_tree, elmwood

• The clue is 45. '90s rapper with the hit "Still Not a Player". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGPUN

• The clue is 46. Pitcher for the reds?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARAFE

  Possible Answer: decanter, carafe

• The clue is 48. Applies carelessly, as paint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAUBS

  Possible Answer: smirch, blot, slur, plaster, smudge, smear, daub, spot

• The clue is 50. Flamboyant display. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECLAT

  Possible Answer: eclat, acclamation, pomp, acclaim, plaudit, plaudits

• The clue is 51. Like many Christmas sweaters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGLY

  Possible Answer: slimy, unworthy, despicable, wretched, frightful, surly, horrible, atrocious, horrifying, vile, worthless, ugly

  Possible Opposite Answer : beautiful

• The clue is 52. Flue residue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOOT

  Possible Answer: soot, smut, carbon_black, lampblack, crock

• The clue is 53. Longstanding rivalry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEUD

  Possible Answer: feud

• The clue is 54. Factory chimney. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOKESTACK

  Possible Answer: stack, smokestack

• The clue is 55. Showbiz awards acronym. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

• The clue is 56. Nibble. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOSH

  Possible Answer: nosh, snack

• The clue is 58. Qualifying abbreviation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMO

  Possible Answer: International_Maritime_Organization, IMO

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

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

  The answer: NAG

  Possible Answer: jade, hack, peck, scold, common_scold, scolder, nag, hen-peck, plug, nagger

NYT Mini Crossword Today - August 15 Quick Solutions | Daily Mini Puzzle

NYT Mini Crossword Today - Quick Puzzle Solutions for August 15, 2025

Published: Friday, August 15, 2025

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Overview

Solve today's NYT Mini Crossword with our carefully selected 8 across and 8 down clues. Perfect for a quick brain workout with strategic hints and letter frequency analysis.

Quick Navigation

• Puzzle Statistics
• Across Clues (8)
• Down Clues (8)
• Letter Frequency Analysis
• Quick Solving Tips

Mini Crossword Statistics

Today's Mini Puzzle Metrics

Metric	Value	Details
Total Clues	16	8 Across + 8 Down
Total Letters	68	All answer letters combined
Unique Letters	20	Distinct letters used
Average Word Length	4.2	Letters per answer
Difficulty Level	Medium	Based on word complexity

Across Clues - Mini Selection

8 Selected Across Clues with Hints

#	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1A	26. Didn't follow	3	Starts with 'L' (3 letters) Similar to: chair	Reveal LED
2A	19. Engage in pugilism	3	Starts with 'B' (3 letters) Similar to: loge	Reveal BOX
3A	45. One of four suits in a tarot deck	4	Starts with 'C' (4 letters) Similar to: cupful	Reveal CUPS
4A	38. That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine"	5	Starts with 'A' (5 letters)	Reveal AMORE
5A	35. A real piece of work	3	Starts with 'J' (3 letters) Similar to: farm out	Reveal JOB
6A	52. Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation	5	Starts with 'C' (5 letters) Similar to: Salmon Portland Chase	Reveal CHASE
7A	20. Rock alternative	5	Starts with 'P' (5 letters) Similar to: report	Reveal PAPER
8A	41. Some sky lights, in brief	4	Starts with 'U' (4 letters) Similar to: UFO	Reveal UFOS

Down Clues - Mini Selection

8 Selected Down Clues with Hints

#	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1D	12. Like old voice mail messages	6	Starts with 'O' (6 letters)	Reveal ONTAPE
2D	2. Younger Simpson sister	6	Starts with 'A' (6 letters)	Reveal ASHLEE
3D	46. Cause for stitches	4	Starts with 'G' (4 letters) Similar to: slash	Reveal GASH
4D	49. P.I.	3	Starts with 'T' (3 letters) Similar to: investigator	Reveal TEC
5D	31. "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 2024	5	Starts with 'F' (5 letters)	Reveal FAUCI
6D	48. Hits up, as on TikTok	3	Starts with 'D' (3 letters) Similar to: diabetes mellitus	Reveal DMS
7D	24. Favoritism	4	Starts with 'B' (4 letters) Similar to: predetermine	Reveal BIAS
8D	42. "On the contrary …"	5	Starts with 'B' (5 letters)	Reveal BUTNO

Letter Frequency Analysis

Letter Frequency Bar Graph - Mini Crossword

A	8 (11.76%)
E	8 (11.76%)
S	7 (10.29%)
O	6 (8.82%)
B	4 (5.88%)
C	4 (5.88%)
P	4 (5.88%)
U	4 (5.88%)
H	3 (4.41%)
T	3 (4.41%)

Letter Distribution Table

Top 15 Most Frequent Letters

Rank	Letter	Count	Percentage	Usage Level
1	A	8	11.76%	High
2	E	8	11.76%	High
3	S	7	10.29%	High
4	O	6	8.82%	High
5	B	4	5.88%	High
6	C	4	5.88%	Medium
7	P	4	5.88%	Medium
8	U	4	5.88%	Medium
9	H	3	4.41%	Medium
10	T	3	4.41%	Medium
11	D	2	2.94%	Low
12	F	2	2.94%	Low
13	I	2	2.94%	Low
14	L	2	2.94%	Low
15	M	2	2.94%	Low

Quick Mini Crossword Solving Tips

Strategy Guide for Today's Puzzle

• Start with Short Words: Look for 3-4 letter answers first - they're usually the easiest entry points
• Common Letters First: Based on today's frequency analysis, focus on words with E, T, A, O, I, N
• Cross-Reference: Use intersecting letters from completed answers to solve harder clues
• Fill-in-the-Blanks: These clues (with underscores) are typically the most straightforward
• Word Patterns: Common endings like -ING, -TION, -NESS can help you work backwards
• Theme Recognition: Mini puzzles often have subtle themes - look for connections

Time-Saving Techniques

1. Scan all clues first before starting
2. Fill in definite answers immediately
3. Use pencil marks for uncertain letters
4. Check crossing letters for validation
5. Don't overthink simple clues

Common Mini Crossword Words

Here are frequently appearing words in NYT Mini puzzles:

Category	Common Words
3 Letters	ERA, ORE, ATE, ICE, ACE, EGO, AGE, ART
4 Letters	AREA, IDEA, EASE, ARIA, ANTE, IDLE, ORAL, IRON
5 Letters	ARENA, ERODE, AISLE, EMAIL, ESSAY, IDEAL, OCEAN, ALIEN

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Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 15, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Friday, August 15, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Like the culture depicted in Safiya Sinclair's best-selling memoir "How to Say Babylon""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that follower of rastafarianism
• Similar words include: Rastafarian
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RASTA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "6. English translation of the Dutch "klompen""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that footwear usually with wooden soles
• Similar words include: choke, sabot, patten
• Opposite of: unclog

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CLOGS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3A: "11. Robotic error message"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOESNOTCOMPUTE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4A: "15. Sooner rather than later"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INTHENEARFUTURE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "17. Preps for a photo shoot, say"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STYLES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6A: "18. Rest areas"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: watering place, resort hotel, health club
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPAS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7A: "19. Engage in pugilism"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
• Similar words include: loge, corner, package
• Opposite of: unbox

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOX

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8A: "20. Rock alternative"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
• Similar words include: wallpaper, newspaper, composition
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAPER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9A: "21. X, as in Mexico"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BESO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10A: "22. In"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Similar words include: voguish, chicness, smartness
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHIC

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🧩 11A: "23. Touching event?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPEE

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🧩 12A: "24. Forecast"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that indicate by signs
• Similar words include: forecast, auspicate, prognosticate
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BODE

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🧩 13A: "25. Some like it hot"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAUCE

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🧩 14A: "26. Didn't follow"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Similar words include: guide, lead, precede
• Opposite of: follow

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LED

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🧩 15A: "27. Itsy-bitsy"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very short skirt
• Similar words include: miniskirt
• Opposite of: midi

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MINI

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🧩 16A: "28. Like one part of the SAT"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that communicated in the form of words
• Opposite of: numerical
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VERBAL

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🧩 17A: "29. Typical yearbook photos"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a photograph of a person's head
• Similar words include: headshot
• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEADSHOTS

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🧩 18A: "31. Sisal and others"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
• Similar words include: roughage, fibre, character
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FIBERS

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🧩 19A: "34. It can add up"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
• Similar words include: maths, mathematics
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MATH

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🧩 20A: "35. A real piece of work"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
• Similar words include: business, caper, chore
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOB

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🧩 21A: "38. That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMORE

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🧩 22A: "39. Word before piece and after peace"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an instance or single occasion for some event
• Similar words include: meter, clock, fourth dimension
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIME

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🧩 23A: "40. Glazier's replacement"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Similar words include: window glass, dose, panelling
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PANE

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🧩 24A: "41. Some sky lights, in brief"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
• Similar words include: flying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UFOS

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🧩 25A: "42. Person with fire power"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who exercises control over workers
• Similar words include: honcho, emboss, political boss
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOSS

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🧩 26A: "43. Miso soup base"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DASHI

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🧩 27A: "44. Director's cry"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a share of the profits
• Similar words include: slash, trim back, thin
• Opposite of: unmown, untrimmed

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUT

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🧩 28A: "45. One of four suits in a tarot deck"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
• Similar words include: cup, transfuse, cupful
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUPS

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🧩 29A: "46. Source of schadenfreude?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person of german nationality
• Similar words include: High German, German language
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GERMAN

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🧩 30A: "47. "Let me handle this""

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ILLDOTHETALKING

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🧩 31A: "50. Small businesses that generally don't require permits"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEMONADESTANDS

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🧩 32A: "51. Sensitive subject?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GSPOT

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🧩 33A: "52. Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• Similar words include: give chase, trail, Salmon Portland Chase
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHASE

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Corrected autocorrect, say"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RETYPED

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🧩 2D: "2. Younger Simpson sister"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASHLEE

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🧩 3D: "3. Mean mien"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
• Similar words include: leer
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNEER

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🧩 4D: "4. Freight weights"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: gobs, gross ton, net ton
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TONS

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🧩 5D: "5. Had one's cake, say"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: feed, deplete, eat up
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATE

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🧩 6D: "6. Body of Agatha Christie's work?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the dead body of a human being
• Similar words include: cadaver, clay, remains
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CORPSE

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🧩 7D: "7. "u r freaking hilarious!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LMFAO

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🧩 8D: "8. Work with a number"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a musical work that has been created
• Similar words include: piece, musical composition, composition
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPUS

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🧩 9D: "9. Eviscerate"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
• Similar words include: intestine, bowel, catgut
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GUT

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🧩 10D: "10. Ticket exchange site since 2000"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STUBHUB

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🧩 11D: "11. Banish"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
• Similar words include: turn back, run off, chase away
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DISPEL

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🧩 12D: "12. Like old voice mail messages"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONTAPE

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🧩 13D: "13. Order in the court?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CASEDISMISSED

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🧩 14D: "14. Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EROICA

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🧩 15D: "16. Office program"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that distinguish oneself
• Similar words include: stand out, surpass
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EXCEL

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🧩 16D: "21. My word!"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an electrical force linking atoms
• Similar words include: Julian Bond, bail, tie
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOND

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🧩 17D: "22. Saturn and Mercury"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: railway car, gondola, railcar
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CARS

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🧩 18D: "24. Favoritism"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• Similar words include: prejudice, predetermine, diagonal
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BIAS

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🧩 19D: "25. First name in late-night"

📏 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: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SETH

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🧩 20D: "27. Just"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small pond of standing water
• Similar words include: bare, simple
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MERE

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🧩 21D: "28. Primary action"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Similar words include: voting, voter turnout, right to vote
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VOTE

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🧩 22D: "29. Partner of his"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HERS

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🧩 23D: "30. They can be cured"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Similar words include: ham, overplay, Ham
• Opposite of: underact

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAMS

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🧩 24D: "31. "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 2024"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FAUCI

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🧩 25D: "32. "Nothing more for me, thank you""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IMFULL

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🧩 26D: "33. Illegal musical recording, e.g."

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
• Similar words include: black, contraband, smuggled
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOOTLEG

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🧩 27D: "35. Fragrant flower whose name means "gift from God""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several shrubs and vines of the genus jasminum chiefly native to asia
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JASMINE

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🧩 28D: "36. In stock"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONHAND

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🧩 29D: "37. They're alive"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state or fact of existing
• Similar words include: organism, existence, beingness
• Opposite of: nonexistence, nonbeing

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEINGS

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🧩 30D: "39. Bit of attire that might accompany a cane"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOPHAT

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🧩 31D: "40. Some products sold by Patagonia"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a british term)
• Similar words include: windbreaker, windcheater, parka
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PARKAS

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🧩 32D: "42. "On the contrary …""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BUTNO

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🧩 33D: "43. Area around a mouth"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELTA

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🧩 34D: "45. Place to brood"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a farm building for housing poultry
• Similar words include: cage, hencoop, chicken coop
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COOP

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🧩 35D: "46. Cause for stitches"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wound made by cutting
• Similar words include: slash, cut, slice
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GASH

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🧩 36D: "48. Hits up, as on TikTok"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
• Similar words include: decimeter, DM, diabetes mellitus
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DMS

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🧩 37D: "49. P.I."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a police officer who investigates crimes
• Similar words include: detective, police detective, investigator
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEC

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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🔤 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.

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33 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

70 Total Clues

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