27395 Sat Nov 09, 2024 NY Times Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu

Across Clues :

1. Gets going, 11. Plant also known as Pisum sativum, 14. "Give me your worst!", 15. Certain cats, 16. Portmanteau for a moody and strong-willed toddler, 17. Actress Shawkat who played Maeby on "Arrested Development", 18. Domaine d'Agnès Varda, 19. Making a car payment, dusting the living room, scheduling a doctor's appointment, etc., 21. Sea shrunk by Soviet siphoning, 22. British sci-fi novelist McDonald, 24. Place for a mind or a ball, 25. Antacid brand, 27. Wrinkle of time?, 28. Moniker for 6'9" N.F.L. star Ed Jones, 30. Behold, in Latin, 31. It's a hole thing, 34. Get hot and bothered, 36. Work whose first installment spanned 352 pages and ended with "ant," in brief, 37. Guinness of "The Bridge on the River Kwai", 39. Fish in the flounder family, 41. Like i, say, 43. Professor Xavier's students, e.g., 47. Accomplish with precision, 48. Purchase on an island?, 49. Character name in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Downton Abbey", 50. Of the land, 52. Nearly-round figure, 53. Falsify, in a way, 54. Very short story?, 58. With faculty, 59. To-do following a business meeting, 60. Unit equivalent to one-thousandth of an inch, 61. Stadium section

Down Clues :

1. Ride arranged on one's own, 2. Mononymous baseball star who played 28 seasons professionally, 3. Body-related, 4. Pray in front of, as an altar, 5. Abbr. in many French church names, 6. Sin/cos, 7. Letters before a handle, 8. "King Lear" part, 9. In knots, 10. Something the floundering are said to be on, 11. Party person, 12. Height, 13. "Per our negotiations ...", 15. Spill, 20. Tyronn ___, N.B.A. champion as both player and coach, 22. Modest reply to a compliment, 23. So much cheaper than expected, say, 26. Greek island south of Naxos, 27. Accord alternative, 29. What "tutti" means on scores, 31. Producer of black-and-white footage?, 32. Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower, 33. Landlord's register, 35. Dirt road hazard, 38. Deep and hoarse, 40. Tex-Mex casserole, 42. Middle ___, 44. Replace with a new contract, in legalese, 45. Like scents and stencils, 46. "___ Lot", 48. Creatures in God's third plague in Exodus, 51. Musical counterpart of pizzicato, 55. "___ geht's?" (German "How's it going?"), 56. Shot one waits to knock back, 57. 1975 TV debut, in brief

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 09, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Gets going. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KICKSTARTS




• The clue is 11. Plant also known as Pisum sativum. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEA

  Possible Answer : pea, pea_plant




• The clue is 14. "Give me your worst!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICANTAKEIT




• The clue is 15. Certain cats. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOMS

  Possible Answer : gobbler, turkey_cock, tomcat, Tom, Uncle_Tom, tom_turkey, tom




• The clue is 16. Portmanteau for a moody and strong-willed toddler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THREENAGER




• The clue is 17. Actress Shawkat who played Maeby on "Arrested Development". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIA




• The clue is 18. Domaine d'Agnès Varda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CINE




• The clue is 19. Making a car payment, dusting the living room, scheduling a doctor's appointment, etc.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADULTING




• The clue is 21. Sea shrunk by Soviet siphoning. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAL




• The clue is 22. British sci-fi novelist McDonald. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IAN




• The clue is 24. Place for a mind or a ball. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUTTER

  Possible Answer : trough, sewer, gutter, toilet




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

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

  The answer: ROLAIDS

  Possible Answer : Rolaids




• The clue is 27. Wrinkle of time?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGELINE




• The clue is 28. Moniker for 6'9" N.F.L. star Ed Jones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOOTALL




• The clue is 30. Behold, in Latin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECCE




• The clue is 31. It's a hole thing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAR

  Possible Answer : par, equation, equivalence, equality




• The clue is 34. Get hot and bothered. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWELTER

  Possible Answer : swelter




• The clue is 36. Work whose first installment spanned 352 pages and ended with "ant," in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OED

  Possible Answer : O.E.D., Oxford_English_Dictionary, OED




• The clue is 37. Guinness of "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALEC




• The clue is 39. Fish in the flounder family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALIBUT

  Possible Answer : halibut, holibut




• The clue is 41. Like i, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONREAL




• The clue is 43. Professor Xavier's students, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUTANTS

  Possible Answer : mutant, variation, sport, mutation




• The clue is 47. Accomplish with precision. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOTOAT




• The clue is 48. Purchase on an island?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAS

  Possible Answer : bluster, gaseous_state, gas, throttle, tout, flatulency, brag, gasoline, boast, gasolene, gas_pedal, gasconade, accelerator, vaunt, petrol, blow, flatulence, natural_gas, accelerator_pedal, shoot_a_line, swash, gun




• The clue is 49. Character name in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Downton Abbey". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORA

  Possible Answer : Persephone, Despoina, Kore, Cora




• The clue is 50. Of the land. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGRARIAN

  Possible Answer : farming, agricultural, agrarian




• The clue is 52. Nearly-round figure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVAL

  Possible Answer : elliptic, ellipse, ovoid, elliptical, prolate, egg-shaped, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovate




• The clue is 53. Falsify, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COOK

  Possible Answer : misrepresent, falsify, ready, James_Cook, make, fudge, manipulate, fix, prepare, Captain_James_Cook, cook, fake, Cook, wangle, Captain_Cook




• The clue is 54. Very short story?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRAWLSPACE

  Possible Answer : crawlspace, crawl_space




• The clue is 58. With faculty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABLY

  Possible Answer : ably, capably, competently, aptly

  Possible Opposite Answer : incompetently




• The clue is 59. To-do following a business meeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACTIONITEM




• The clue is 60. Unit equivalent to one-thousandth of an inch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIL

  Possible Answer : Swedish_mile, cubic_centimeter, ml, milliliter, mil, millilitre, cubic_centimetre, cc, mile




• The clue is 61. Stadium section. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOSEBLEEDS

  Possible Answer : epistaxis, nosebleed

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Ride arranged on one's own. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KITCAR

• The clue is 2. Mononymous baseball star who played 28 seasons professionally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICHIRO

• The clue is 3. Body-related. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARNAL

  Possible Answer: animal, fleshly, sensual, carnal

• The clue is 4. Pray in front of, as an altar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNEELAT

• The clue is 5. Abbr. in many French church names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STE

• The clue is 6. Sin/cos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAN

  Possible Answer: topaz, tangent, suntan, burn, bronze, sunburn, tan

• The clue is 7. Letters before a handle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AKA

• The clue is 8. "King Lear" part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REGAN

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

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

  The answer: TIED

  Possible Answer: wed, fastened, draw, tied, laced, level, attach, bond, splice, connect, link_up, bind, trussed, link, marry, tie, even

  Possible Opposite Answer : unlaced, untied, untie, disconnect

• The clue is 10. Something the floundering are said to be on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STRUGGLEBUS

• The clue is 11. Party person. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POLITICO

  Possible Answer: politico, political_leader, pol, politician

• The clue is 12. Height. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMINENCE

  Possible Answer: eminence, tubercle, tuberosity, note, preeminence, distinction

• The clue is 13. "Per our negotiations ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASAGREED

• The clue is 15. Spill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATTLE

  Possible Answer: palaver, spill_the_beans, maunder, piffle, gibber, blab, prattle, tittle-tattle, blab_out, twaddle, babble, singing, clack, chatter, prate, tattle, telling, peach, blabber, babble_out, gabble, sing, talk, let_the_cat_out_of_the_bag

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_quiet

• The clue is 20. Tyronn ___, N.B.A. champion as both player and coach. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUE

• The clue is 22. Modest reply to a compliment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDOWHATICAN

• The clue is 23. So much cheaper than expected, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTEAL

• The clue is 26. Greek island south of Naxos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOS

  Possible Answer: Io

• The clue is 27. Accord alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTIMA

• The clue is 29. What "tutti" means on scores. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALL

  Possible Answer: completely, totally, entirely, all, altogether, whole, wholly

  Possible Opposite Answer : some, partly

• The clue is 31. Producer of black-and-white footage?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANDACAM

• The clue is 32. Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOOGOBI

• The clue is 33. Landlord's register. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENTROLL

• The clue is 35. Dirt road hazard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUT

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : anestrus

• The clue is 38. Deep and hoarse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CROAKY

  Possible Answer: croaky, guttural

• The clue is 40. Tex-Mex casserole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TACOPIE

• The clue is 42. Middle ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAR

  Possible Answer: auricle, pinna, ear, spike, capitulum

• The clue is 44. Replace with a new contract, in legalese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOVATE

  Possible Answer: novate

• The clue is 45. Like scents and stencils. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRACED

  Possible Answer: line, draw, retrace, hunt, decipher, follow, describe, delineate, hound, trace

• The clue is 46. "___ Lot". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALEMS

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Oregon, Salem

• The clue is 48. Creatures in God's third plague in Exodus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNATS

  Possible Answer: gnat

• The clue is 51. Musical counterpart of pizzicato. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARCO

  Possible Answer: arco

• The clue is 55. "___ geht's?" (German "How's it going?"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIE

• The clue is 56. Shot one waits to knock back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOB

  Possible Answer: lob

• The clue is 57. 1975 TV debut, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: 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. Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill	3
2A	4. Now	5
3A	9. Cook's garment	5
4A	14. Note after fa	3
5A	15. Beamed	5
6A	16. Easily fooled	5
7A	17. Microwaveable breakfast staple	9
8A	19. Frighten off	5
9A	20. Sephora competitor	4
10A	21. Uno + dos + tres	4
11A	23. Give temporarily	4
12A	24. Raise up	7
13A	27. ___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher)	4
14A	29. Dorm room meal in a cup	12
15A	34. Taste, metaphorically	6
16A	37. Emotional state	4
17A	38. Letters before an alias	3
18A	39. In ___ (unborn)	5
19A	40. Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee"	3
20A	41. Back street	5
21A	43. The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr.	3
22A	44. Bright, as highlighter colors	4
23A	46. Open green areas	6
24A	47. Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle"	12
25A	50. Give off	4
26A	51. Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons	7
27A	55. Graceful bird in a pond	4
28A	58. Sci. class in a lab	4
29A	60. Title of a list	4
30A	61. Flower in a Chinese pond	5
31A	63. Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across	9
32A	66. Elephant tusk material	5
33A	67. Normal	5
34A	68. "Whatevs"	3
35A	69. Viral internet jokes	5
36A	70. Helpful theorem, in math	5
37A	71. ___ Lanka	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the organ of sight
• Similar words include: center, oculus, optic
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EYE

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2A: "4. Now"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the present time or age
• Similar words include: now, nowadays
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TODAY

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3A: "9. Cook's garment"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
• Similar words include: forestage, proscenium
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APRON

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4A: "14. Note after fa"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Similar words include: colloidal suspension, colloidal solution, soh
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOL

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5A: "15. Beamed"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be bright by reflecting or casting light
• Similar words include: glisten, reflect, glint
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHONE

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6A: "16. Easily fooled"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
• Similar words include: uninstructed, naif, primitive
• Opposite of: sophisticated

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Answer: NAIVE

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7A: "17. Microwaveable breakfast staple"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: QUICKOATS

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8A: "19. Frighten off"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
• Similar words include: dissuade, discourage
• Opposite of: persuade

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Answer: DETER

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9A: "20. Sephora competitor"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ULTA

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10A: "21. Uno + dos + tres"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEIS

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11A: "23. Give temporarily"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bestow a quality on
• Similar words include: bring, add, bestow
• Opposite of: borrow

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Answer: LEND

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12A: "24. Raise up"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• Similar words include: kick upstairs, get up, raise
• Opposite of: demote, lower

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Answer: ELEVATE

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13A: "27. ___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher)"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KOOL

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14A: "29. Dorm room meal in a cup"

12 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: INSTANTRAMEN

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15A: "34. Taste, metaphorically"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
• Similar words include: roof of the mouth
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PALATE

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16A: "37. Emotional state"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• Similar words include: humour, mode, modality
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MOOD

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17A: "38. Letters before an alias"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AKA

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18A: "39. In ___ (unborn)"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: UTERO

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19A: "40. Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YEW

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20A: "41. Back street"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ALLEY

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21A: "43. The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
• Similar words include: Venus's curse, social disease, Doctor of Sacred Theology
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: STD

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22A: "44. Bright, as highlighter colors"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Similar words include: atomic number 10, Ne
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NEON

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23A: "46. Open green areas"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
• Similar words include: playing field, sphere, champaign
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FIELDS

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24A: "47. Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle""

12 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: HASTYPUDDING

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25A: "50. Give off"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
• Similar words include: give out, give off, utter
• Opposite of: absorb

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Answer: EMIT

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26A: "51. Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ITSABOY

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27A: "55. Graceful bird in a pond"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Similar words include: swear, cast, ramble
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SWAN

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28A: "58. Sci. class in a lab"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHEM

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29A: "60. Title of a list"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TODO

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30A: "61. Flower in a Chinese pond"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that native to eastern asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
• Similar words include: Egyptian water lily, Indian lotus, sacred lotus
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOTUS

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31A: "63. Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: FASTFOODS

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32A: "66. Elephant tusk material"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Similar words include: tusk, bone, off-white
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IVORY

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33A: "67. Normal"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
• Similar words include: common
• Opposite of: unusual

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Answer: USUAL

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34A: "68. "Whatevs""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MEH

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35A: "69. Viral internet jokes"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
• Similar words include: meme
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MEMES

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36A: "70. Helpful theorem, in math"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
• Similar words include: flowering glume
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEMMA

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37A: "71. ___ Lanka"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRI

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Suffix with Kafka or Roman	5
2D	2. "___ thank me later!"	5
3D	3. Like Stanford and Harvard	5
4D	4. Cluck of disapproval	3
5D	5. "Well, looky here!"	3
6D	6. Complete one round of reps	6
7D	7. Poker buy-in	4
8D	8. "That's not news to me"	8
9D	9. Furthermore	3
10D	10. Spanish rice dish	6
11D	11. Bar mitzvah, e.g.	4
12D	12. Chamber under a stovetop	4
13D	13. Bookish type, stereotypically	4
14D	18. Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce	6
15D	22. Explorer Hernando de ___	4
16D	25. All, for nothing, e.g.	7
17D	26. China's Mao ___-tung	3
18D	28. Decrees	7
19D	30. Revise	5
20D	31. The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn.	4
21D	32. Scraped (out)	4
22D	33. Opposing votes	4
23D	34. Pull's opposite	4
24D	35. "___ girl!"	4
25D	36. Certain electric bulbs, in brief	4
26D	40. Energetic, perhaps	8
27D	42. Smoothly, in music	6
28D	45. More than awesome	4
29D	46. In good physical shape	3
30D	48. Assistant professor's goal	6
31D	49. Chinese small plates	6
32D	52. Prosperous periods	5
33D	53. More bizarre	5
34D	54. Nintendo dinosaur	5
35D	55. Like your chances of winning the lottery	4
36D	56. Made a rug, e.g.	4
37D	57. Molecule bit	4
38D	59. Simplicity	4
39D	62. The "S" of GPS: Abbr.	3
40D	64. Scottish cap	3
41D	65. Miami's home: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Suffix with Kafka or Roman"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESQUE

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2D: "2. "___ thank me later!""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YOULL

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3D: "3. Like Stanford and Harvard"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
• Similar words include: elite group, elect
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELITE

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4D: "4. Cluck of disapproval"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Similar words include: tut, tut-tut
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSK

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5D: "5. "Well, looky here!""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OHO

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6D: "6. Complete one round of reps"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DOASET

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7D: "7. Poker buy-in"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANTE

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8D: "8. "That's not news to me""

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: YESIKNOW

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9D: "9. Furthermore"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AND

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10D: "10. Spanish rice dish"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PAELLA

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11D: "11. Bar mitzvah, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
• Similar words include: religious rite, ritual
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RITE

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12D: "12. Chamber under a stovetop"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OVEN

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13D: "13. Bookish type, stereotypically"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Similar words include: wonk, grind, dweeb
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NERD

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14D: "18. Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
• Similar words include: caviare
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CAVIAR

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15D: "22. Explorer Hernando de ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOTO

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16D: "25. All, for nothing, e.g."

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
• Similar words include: opposite, opposite word
• Opposite of: synonym

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Answer: ANTONYM

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17D: "26. China's Mao ___-tung"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSE

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18D: "28. Decrees"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Similar words include: ordain, ordinate, consecrate
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ORDAINS

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19D: "30. Revise"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make amendments to
• Similar words include: ameliorate, remediate, remedy
• Opposite of: worsen

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Answer: AMEND

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20D: "31. The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Similar words include: shopping centre, shopping center, center
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MALL

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21D: "32. Scraped (out)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EKED

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22D: "33. Opposing votes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: nay
• Opposite of: yea
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NAYS

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23D: "34. Pull's opposite"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of applying force in order to move something away
• Similar words include: energy, crusade, fight
• Opposite of: pull

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Answer: PUSH

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24D: "35. "___ girl!""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATTA

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25D: "36. Certain electric bulbs, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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: light-emitting diode, LED
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LEDS

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26D: "40. Energetic, perhaps"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
• Similar words include: vernal, young
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: YOUTHFUL

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27D: "42. Smoothly, in music"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
• Similar words include: smooth
• Opposite of: staccato

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Answer: LEGATO

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28D: "45. More than awesome"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Similar words include: heroic, epic poem, larger-than-life
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EPIC

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29D: "46. In good physical shape"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a display of bad temper
• Similar words include: agree, outfit, convulsion
• Opposite of: unfit, disagree

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Answer: FIT

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30D: "48. Assistant professor's goal"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the term during which some position is held
• Similar words include: term of office, land tenure, incumbency
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TENURE

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31D: "49. Chinese small plates"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DIMSUM

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32D: "52. Prosperous periods"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
• Similar words include: gravy, windfall, bonanza
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BOOMS

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33D: "53. More bizarre"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not divisible by two
• Similar words include: odd, unpaired, peculiar
• Opposite of: even

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Answer: ODDER

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34D: "54. Nintendo dinosaur"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YOSHI

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35D: "55. Like your chances of winning the lottery"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take off weight
• Similar words include: thin, melt off, reduce
• Opposite of: gain

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Answer: SLIM

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36D: "56. Made a rug, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that interlace by or as if by weaving
• Similar words include: wind, waver, weave
• Opposite of: unweave

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Answer: WOVE

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37D: "57. Molecule bit"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Similar words include: molecule, particle, speck
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATOM

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38D: "59. Simplicity"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Similar words include: simpleness, rest, relaxation
• Opposite of: difficulty

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Answer: EASE

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39D: "62. The "S" of GPS: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SYS

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40D: "64. Scottish cap"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a woolen cap of scottish origin
• Similar words include: tam-o'-shanter, tammy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAM

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41D: "65. Miami's home: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: FLA

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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