27403 Mon Nov 18, 2024 NYT by Rajeswari Rajamani

Across Clues :

1. Take a chill pill, 6. Welsh dog breed, 11. "Yuck!", 14. Self-evident truth, 15. Spheres of study, 16. July-August zodiac sign, 17. Personal bidding, in an idiom, 19. Part of a train … or an alternative to one, 20. ___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, 21. Museum info displayer, 23. Wee, informally, 24. ___ Moines, Iowa, 27. Take ___ (catch some Z's), 28. Who went "up the hill" in a nursery rhyme, 32. Glass fragment, 36. Suspend, 37. Great Plains tribe, 38. Speaking and pointing at objects, in a game of charades, 39. Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame, 40. High-fives, basically, 41. Actor Guinness, 42. Ooze, 43. Spanish babies, 44. Two-player offensive sequence in basketball, 47. Instructional talk at an expo, informally, 48. Facility at many a luxury resort, 49. Doughnut shapes, mathematically speaking, 53. Steamy literary genre, 56. Maneuvered (through), as traffic, 58. Bit of cricket gear, 59. Like a hard-to-believe story, 62. Broadway, for one: Abbr, 63. Corrected with Ctrl+Z, 64. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom), 65. "Certainly!", 66. Religious factions, 67. Adheres to, as a deadline

Down Clues :

1. Synagogue leader, 2. Put forth, as effort, 3. Permitted by law, 4. Perfectly fine, 5. Marvel Comics mutant, 6. Real scoundrel, 7. Soldier of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings", 8. "You ___ what you sow", 9. Like a brave knight, 10. One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan, 11. Iconic landmark in Yosemite Valley, 12. Partner of tear, 13. Boggle find, 18. Zippo, 22. Persuade with flattery, 25. Was bouncing off the walls?, 26. Performers of kickflips and boardslides, 28. Law school grads, in brief, 29. Subgenre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey, 30. Leisurely run, 31. "Sometimes ___ is more", 32. Finger-clicking sound, 33. Hindu festival of colors, 34. Amusing stories from a public speaker, 35. What goes up after a countdown?, 40. Weekend comedy show, for short, 42. Flavored ice treat, 45. ___ curiae (friend of the court), 46. On which croquet and cornhole are played, 49. On which Ping-Pong and air hockey are played, 50. Tiny egg, 51. Like the Olympic cauldron every four years, 52. Keeps the engine running, say, 53. Site where NWT = "New With Tags" and GU = "Gently Used", 54. Five-star review, 55. Rock band with an electric name, 57. Wax-coated cheese, 60. D.I.Y. purchase, 61. Distractions on many free apps

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 18, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, November 18, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Take a chill pill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELAX

  Possible Answer : loose, unbend, unwind, slow_down, loosen, unlax, slack, slacken, unstrain, slack_up, make_relaxed, loosen_up, decompress, relax

  Possible Opposite Answer : tense, stiffen, strain




• The clue is 6. Welsh dog breed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORGI

  Possible Answer : corgi, Welsh_corgi




• The clue is 11. "Yuck!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EWW




• The clue is 14. Self-evident truth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXIOM

  Possible Answer : maxim, axiom




• The clue is 15. Spheres of study. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREAS

  Possible Answer : field, arena, country, expanse, area, orbit, surface_area, region, domain, sphere




• The clue is 16. July-August zodiac sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer : Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion




• The clue is 17. Personal bidding, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BECKANDCALL




• The clue is 19. Part of a train … or an alternative to one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAR

  Possible Answer : auto, automobile, motorcar, railcar, railway_car, gondola, cable_car, railroad_car, elevator_car, car, machine




• The clue is 20. ___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRIANA




• The clue is 21. Museum info displayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLACARD

  Possible Answer : bill, poster, posting, notice, card, placard




• The clue is 23. Wee, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITTY




• The clue is 24. ___ Moines, Iowa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DES

  Possible Answer : diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, DE, stilbesterol, diethylstilbesterol, DES, stilboestrol, First_State, Diamond_State, Delaware, stilbestrol




• The clue is 27. Take ___ (catch some Z's). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANAP




• The clue is 28. Who went "up the hill" in a nursery rhyme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JACKANDJILL




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

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

  The answer: SHARD

  Possible Answer : fragment, shard, sherd




• The clue is 36. Suspend. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALT

  Possible Answer : stanch, halting, arrest, halt, freeze, stay, block, stoppage, gimpy, crippled, stem, kibosh, staunch, game, hitch, hold, lame, check, stop

  Possible Opposite Answer : start




• The clue is 37. Great Plains tribe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOE

  Possible Answer : Oto, Otoe




• The clue is 38. Speaking and pointing at objects, in a game of charades. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONOS




• The clue is 39. Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTT




• The clue is 40. High-fives, basically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAPS

  Possible Answer : slap, smack, smacking




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

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

  The answer: ALEC




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

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

  The answer: SEEP

  Possible Answer : ooze, seep




• The clue is 43. Spanish babies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NENES




• The clue is 44. Two-player offensive sequence in basketball. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PICKANDROLL




• The clue is 47. Instructional talk at an expo, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEMO

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




• The clue is 48. Facility at many a luxury resort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPA

  Possible Answer : spa, watering_hole, health_club, watering_place, resort_hotel, health_spa




• The clue is 49. Doughnut shapes, mathematically speaking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORI

  Possible Answer : torus, tore, toroid




• The clue is 53. Steamy literary genre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EROTICA

  Possible Answer : pornography, porno, erotica, smut, porn




• The clue is 56. Maneuvered (through), as traffic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEAVED

  Possible Answer : wind, weave, waver, tissue, wander, interweave, thread, meander

  Possible Opposite Answer : unweave




• The clue is 58. Bit of cricket gear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAT

  Possible Answer : at-bat, bat, clobber, chiropteran, flutter, cream, drub, lick, thrash, squash_racket, cricket_bat, squash_racquet




• The clue is 59. Like a hard-to-believe story. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COCKANDBULL




• The clue is 62. Broadway, for one: Abbr. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVE




• The clue is 63. Corrected with Ctrl+Z. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNDID

  Possible Answer : loosen, unmake, unwrap, untie, undo

  Possible Opposite Answer : wrap, make




• The clue is 64. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLIE




• The clue is 65. "Certainly!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer : yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no




• The clue is 66. Religious factions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SECTS

  Possible Answer : religious_sect, sect, religious_order, faction




• The clue is 67. Adheres to, as a deadline. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEETS

  Possible Answer : satisfy, encounter, assemble, match, run_across, fulfil, meet, get_together, conform_to, gather, fit, touch, fulfill, play, contact, forgather, suffer, see, come_across, take_on, run_into, receive, cope_with, sports_meeting, foregather, fill, converge, adjoin

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Synagogue leader. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RABBI

  Possible Answer: rabbi, Rabbi

• The clue is 2. Put forth, as effort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXERT

  Possible Answer: maintain, wield, exercise, exert

• The clue is 3. Permitted by law. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LICIT

  Possible Answer: lawful, legitimate, licit

  Possible Opposite Answer : illicit

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

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

  The answer: AOKAY

• The clue is 5. Marvel Comics mutant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XMAN

• The clue is 6. Real scoundrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAD

  Possible Answer: heel, bounder, cad, blackguard, computer-aided_design, CAD, hound, dog

• The clue is 7. Soldier of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORC

• The clue is 8. "You ___ what you sow". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REAP

  Possible Answer: glean, reap, draw, harvest

• The clue is 9. Like a brave knight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GALLANT

  Possible Answer: dandy, fop, knightly, lofty, swell, majestic, proud, gallant, sheik, beau, chivalrous, clotheshorse, dude, fashion_plate, squire, dashing

• The clue is 10. One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISLAND

  Possible Answer: island

• The clue is 11. Iconic landmark in Yosemite Valley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELCAPITAN

• The clue is 12. Partner of tear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEAR

  Possible Answer: wear_down, break, endure, outwear, wear_out, assume, don, wearing, fatigue, habiliment, bust, article_of_clothing, fag_out, wear, wearable, wear_off, put_on, weary, clothing, hold_out, tire_out, fag, bear, tire, wear_thin, get_into, wear_upon, have_on, jade, fall_apart, vesture

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh

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

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

  The answer: WORD

  Possible Answer: news, countersign, Bible, word_of_honor, Holy_Writ, Son, Scripture, tidings, give_voice, Book, word, Logos, password, watchword, Word_of_God, Good_Book, formulate, parole, articulate, give-and-take, Holy_Scripture, phrase, Word, discussion, intelligence, Christian_Bible

• The clue is 18. Zippo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NADA

  Possible Answer: aught, nix, zero, nil, cipher, cypher, naught, zip, goose_egg, null, zippo, nada, zilch, nothing

• The clue is 22. Persuade with flattery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAJOLE

  Possible Answer: sweet-talk, inveigle, cajole, palaver, wheedle, blarney, coax

• The clue is 25. Was bouncing off the walls?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHOED

  Possible Answer: reverberate, repeat, ring, resound, echo, recall

• The clue is 26. Performers of kickflips and boardslides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKATERS

  Possible Answer: skater

• The clue is 28. Law school grads, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JDS

• The clue is 29. Subgenre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTPOP

• The clue is 30. Leisurely run. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOPE

  Possible Answer: canter, trot, lope, jog

• The clue is 31. "Sometimes ___ is more". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LESS

  Possible Answer: to_a_lesser_extent, less

  Possible Opposite Answer : more

• The clue is 32. Finger-clicking sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer: snatch_up, crack, grab, snap, snatch, shot, lose_it, snap_fastener, bust, ginger_snap, picnic, catch, duck_soup, cracking, piece_of_cake, snapshot, shoot, break_down, photograph, elasticity, centering, snap_bean, pushover, snarl, gingersnap, ginger_nut, child's_play, tear, click, press_stud, walkover, rupture, cinch, flick, breeze

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

• The clue is 33. Hindu festival of colors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOLI

• The clue is 34. Amusing stories from a public speaker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANECDOTES

  Possible Answer: anecdote

• The clue is 35. What goes up after a countdown?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROCKET

  Possible Answer: skyrocket, projectile, roquette, rocket, garden_rocket, arugula, rocket_salad, Eruca_vesicaria_sativa, Eruca_sativa, rocket_engine

• The clue is 40. Weekend comedy show, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

• The clue is 42. Flavored ice treat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOCONE

• The clue is 45. ___ curiae (friend of the court). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMICUS

• The clue is 46. On which croquet and cornhole are played. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAWN

  Possible Answer: lawn

• The clue is 49. On which Ping-Pong and air hockey are played. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TABLE

  Possible Answer: shelve, prorogue, table, tabular_array, hold_over, tabularise, put_over, put_off, set_back, mesa, remit, tabularize, postpone, tabulate, defer, board

• The clue is 50. Tiny egg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVULE

  Possible Answer: ovule

• The clue is 51. Like the Olympic cauldron every four years. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELIT

• The clue is 52. Keeps the engine running, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDLES

  Possible Answer: stagnate, laze, tick_over, idle, slug

  Possible Opposite Answer : work, run

• The clue is 53. Site where NWT = "New With Tags" and GU = "Gently Used". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBAY

• The clue is 54. Five-star review. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAVE

  Possible Answer: rabbit_on, gush, mouth_off, rant, spout, rave, jabber

• The clue is 55. Rock band with an electric name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACDC

• The clue is 57. Wax-coated cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDAM

  Possible Answer: Edam

• The clue is 60. D.I.Y. purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIT

  Possible Answer: outfit, kit, kit_up, kit_out

• The clue is 61. Distractions on many free apps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADS

  Possible Answer: advert, advertising, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing, ad

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Wood turner	5
2A	6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life"	5
3A	11. Yuletide beverage	3
4A	14. Storyteller of antiquity	5
5A	15. How tuna may be packed	5
6A	16. Card game that involves shouting its name	3
7A	17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for?	11
8A	19. Palindromic woman's name	3
9A	20. "Already accomplished!"	6
10A	21. Dodge	5
11A	23. Product in high demand	7
12A	26. Material for a pub quiz	6
13A	27. During a tiebreaker, informally	4
14A	28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?	10
15A	31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed	5
16A	33. Move like the Blob	4
17A	34. Informal top	3
18A	35. *Primate with perfect pitch?	9
19A	39. Puppet alien of TV	3
20A	42. Greek cheese	4
21A	43. Underground waterway	5
22A	47. *Kelley Blue Book?	10
23A	51. "Tootsie" actress Garr	4
24A	52. "Unfortunately that's wrong"	6
25A	53. Sleazy hotel	7
26A	55. "Shush!"	5
27A	56. "No more for me, thanks"	6
28A	58. Something found in a pen or octopus	3
29A	59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues	11
30A	64. Year in Spain	3
31A	65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio	5
32A	66. "Unfortunately ..."	5
33A	67. Declares, informally	3
34A	68. Teeny-tiny	5
35A	69. Run-down	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Wood turner"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LATHE

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2A: "6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states film maker (1897-1991)
• Similar words include: genus Capra, Frank Capra
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CAPRA

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3A: "11. Yuletide beverage"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Similar words include: peg
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOG

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4A: "14. Storyteller of antiquity"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AESOP

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5A: "15. How tuna may be packed"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INOIL

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6A: "16. Card game that involves shouting its name"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UNO

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7A: "17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CROWCONTROL

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8A: "19. Palindromic woman's name"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that your grandmother
• Similar words include: naan, granny, grandma
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAN

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9A: "20. "Already accomplished!""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DONEIT

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10A: "21. Dodge"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
• Similar words include: skirt, parry, hedge
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EVADE

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11A: "23. Product in high demand"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HOTITEM

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12A: "26. Material for a pub quiz"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something of small importance
• Similar words include: triviality, small beer, trivium
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TRIVIA

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13A: "27. During a tiebreaker, informally"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INOT

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14A: "28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: GARBAGEUMP

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15A: "31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either of two welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head
• Similar words include: Welsh corgi
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CORGI

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16A: "33. Move like the Blob"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
• Similar words include: exudate, exude, transude
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OOZE

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17A: "34. Informal top"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Similar words include: teeing ground, football tee, golf tee
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TEE

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18A: "35. *Primate with perfect pitch?"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ONKEYKONG

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19A: "39. Puppet alien of TV"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALF

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20A: "42. Greek cheese"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FETA

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21A: "43. Underground waterway"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
• Similar words include: gutter, sewerage, cloaca
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEWER

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22A: "47. *Kelley Blue Book?"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: CARCATALOG

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23A: "51. "Tootsie" actress Garr"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TERI

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24A: "52. "Unfortunately that's wrong""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALASNO

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25A: "53. Sleazy hotel"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a run-down hotel
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FLEABAG

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26A: "55. "Shush!""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CANIT

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27A: "56. "No more for me, thanks""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IMFULL

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28A: "58. Something found in a pen or octopus"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INK

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29A: "59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: ITSADELIGHT

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30A: "64. Year in Spain"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Similar words include: Black September, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Fatah-RC
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANO

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31A: "65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in libra
• Similar words include: Balance, Libra the Scales, Libra the Balance
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIBRA

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32A: "66. "Unfortunately ...""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IFEAR

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33A: "67. Declares, informally"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEZ

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34A: "68. Teeny-tiny"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EENSY

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35A: "69. Run-down"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that full of seeds
• Similar words include: unwell, under the weather, sleazy
• Opposite of: seedless

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Answer: SEEDY

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fond du ___, Wis.	3
2D	2. ___ Lingus	3
3D	3. General on a Chinese menu	3
4D	4. "Was your performance a success?"	8
5D	5. Disney park with Spaceship Earth	5
6D	6. Movie house	6
7D	7. Opposing	4
8D	8. Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left	4
9D	9. Locale of an annual Carnaval	3
10D	10. Pollen, cat hair, etc.	9
11D	11. Largest and most northern Canadian territory	7
12D	12. One way to stop	7
13D	13. Flipped out	7
14D	18. Earth's pull, in brief	4
15D	22. Struggle	3
16D	23. Sound of a drinker in comics	3
17D	24. Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance"	3
18D	25. Crag	3
19D	26. Big name in tea	4
20D	29. Befitting a king or queen	5
21D	30. ___ choy	3
22D	32. Babyish	9
23D	36. Low-carb kind of diet	4
24D	37. H, to Homer	3
25D	38. "Oh. Come. On!"	8
26D	39. Some pod-bearing trees	7
27D	40. Fitness guru Jack	7
28D	41. Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show"	7
29D	44. Fly catcher	3
30D	45. Time in history	3
31D	46. Big truck	3
32D	48. CBS forensic drama	3
33D	49. When nothing goes right	6
34D	50. Sticky stuff	4
35D	54. ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor	5
36D	56. ID for a library volume	4
37D	57. Planet whose name is also a candy company	4
38D	60. Bit of apparel that often has stripes	3
39D	61. "Golly!"	3
40D	62. Owned	3
41D	63. Attempt	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Fond du ___, Wis."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAC

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2D: "2. ___ Lingus"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AER

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3D: "3. General on a Chinese menu"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSO

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4D: "4. "Was your performance a success?""

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HOWDITGO

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5D: "5. Disney park with Spaceship Earth"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EPCOT

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6D: "6. Movie house"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a medium that disseminates moving pictures
• Similar words include: movie theatre, film, movie house
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CINEMA

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7D: "7. Opposing"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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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8D: "8. Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
• Similar words include: larboard, port wine, interface
• Opposite of: starboard

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Answer: PORT

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9D: "9. Locale of an annual Carnaval"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RIO

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10D: "10. Pollen, cat hair, etc."

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any substance that can cause an allergy
• Similar words include: allergen
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ALLERGENS

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11D: "11. Largest and most northern Canadian territory"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an arctic territory in northern canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the northwest territories and most of the islands of the arctic archipelago
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: NUNAVUT

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12D: "12. One way to stop"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ONADIME

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13D: "13. Flipped out"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: GONEAPE

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14D: "18. Earth's pull, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONEG

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15D: "22. Struggle"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
• Similar words include: compete, contend
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VIE

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16D: "23. Sound of a drinker in comics"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HIC

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17D: "24. Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Yoko Ono
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONO

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18D: "25. Crag"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOR

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19D: "26. Big name in tea"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TAZO

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20D: "29. Befitting a king or queen"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
• Similar words include: purple, imperial, royal stag
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROYAL

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21D: "30. ___ choy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BOK

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22D: "32. Babyish"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that indicating a lack of maturity
• Similar words include: childish
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: INFANTILE

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23D: "36. Low-carb kind of diet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KETO

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24D: "37. H, to Homer"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Similar words include: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ETA

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25D: "38. "Oh. Come. On!""

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GETALIFE

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26D: "39. Some pod-bearing trees"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus acacia
• Similar words include: acacia
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ACACIAS

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27D: "40. Fitness guru Jack"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: LALANNE

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28D: "41. Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FRANKOZ

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29D: "44. Fly catcher"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
• Similar words include: World Wide Web, entanglement, vane
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WEB

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30D: "45. Time in history"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: earned run average, epoch, geological era
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERA

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31D: "46. Big truck"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
• Similar words include: set up, tackle, semi
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RIG

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32D: "48. CBS forensic drama"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CSI

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33D: "49. When nothing goes right"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OFFDAY

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34D: "50. Sticky stuff"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
• Similar words include: paste, mucilage, gum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GLUE

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35D: "54. ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated thor in a wrestling match
• Similar words include: Elli
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELLIS

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36D: "56. ID for a library volume"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISBN

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37D: "57. Planet whose name is also a candy company"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
• Similar words include: March, spoil, mutilate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MARS

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38D: "60. Bit of apparel that often has stripes"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Similar words include: draw, link up, association
• Opposite of: disconnect, untie

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Answer: TIE

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39D: "61. "Golly!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Similar words include: g, g-force
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GEE

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40D: "62. Owned"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
• Similar words include: possess, take in, bear
• Opposite of: lack, abstain

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Answer: HAD

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41D: "63. Attempt"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Similar words include: endeavour, hear, adjudicate
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TRY

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Decode the Clues

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

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Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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