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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (32 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (30 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Fling | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Garment with a loose, flowing end known as a "pallu" | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Longtime airer of "The Young and the Restless" | 3 |
| 4A | 12. Nocturnal sounds in the woods | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Waffle | 9 |
| 6A | 16. Woodard with multiple Emmys | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Author and illustrator of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" | 9 |
| 8A | 18. Slippery slope | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Crowd (in) | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Summertime top | 11 |
| 11A | 23. Group of reps | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Kind of coating applied to metal | 8 |
| 13A | 25. Go for again | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Load from the dock | 6 |
| 15A | 28. University of California campus site | 5 |
| 16A | 29. Locals call it Mongibello ("the mountain of mountains") | 4 |
| 17A | 30. O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" | 4 |
| 18A | 31. Braided rope made of rawhide | 5 |
| 19A | 33. Limited | 6 |
| 20A | 35. "Comprende?" | 5 |
| 21A | 36. They're taken off for boudoir photos | 8 |
| 22A | 38. Relieved response | 3 |
| 23A | 39. Greek dish made with an abundance of spinach | 11 |
| 24A | 42. La ___ Tar Pits | 4 |
| 25A | 44. Instrument measuring liquid density | 10 |
| 26A | 45. French beauty | 9 |
| 27A | 47. Section of a golf bag | 5 |
| 28A | 48. Pawn-capturing move | 9 |
| 29A | 49. Hard French cheese | 5 |
| 30A | 50. Map lines: Abbr. | 3 |
| 31A | 51. Giant bird of Chinese mythology that is transformed from a fish called Kun | 4 |
| 32A | 52. Capone's foe | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Fling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of flipping a coin
- Similar words include: chuck out, convulse, thrash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOSS
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2A: "5. Garment with a loose, flowing end known as a "pallu""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Similar words include: saree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARI
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3A: "9. Longtime airer of "The Young and the Restless""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CBS
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4A: "12. Nocturnal sounds in the woods"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- Similar words include: shit, hiss, tinker's damn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOOTS
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5A: "14. Waffle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HEMANDHAW
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6A: "16. Woodard with multiple Emmys"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALFRE
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7A: "17. Author and illustrator of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ERICCARLE
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8A: "18. Slippery slope"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: WATERSLIDE
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9A: "20. Crowd (in)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Similar words include: batch, lot, mint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PILE
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10A: "21. Summertime top"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SLEEVELESST
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11A: "23. Group of reps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: mark, correct, lot
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SET
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12A: "24. Kind of coating applied to metal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ANTIRUST
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13A: "25. Go for again"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hear or try a court case anew
- Similar words include: rehear
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RETRY
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14A: "27. Load from the dock"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STEEVE
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15A: "28. University of California campus site"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english navigator who explored the arctic while searching for the northwest passage (1550-1605)
- Similar words include: John Davys, Davys, Miles Dewey Davis Jr.
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DAVIS
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16A: "29. Locals call it Mongibello ("the mountain of mountains")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Similar words include: Mt Etna, bunsen burner, Mount Etna
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETNA
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17A: "30. O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (new testament) the sages who visited jesus and mary and joseph shortly after jesus was born; the gospel according to matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
- Similar words include: magus, Wise Men
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAGI
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18A: "31. Braided rope made of rawhide"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long noosed rope used to catch animals
- Similar words include: lasso, lariat, reata
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RIATA
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19A: "33. Limited"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- Opposite of: infinite
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FINITE
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20A: "35. "Comprende?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GETME
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21A: "36. They're taken off for boudoir photos"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LENSCAPS
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22A: "38. Relieved response"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: ooh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAH
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23A: "39. Greek dish made with an abundance of spinach"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SPANAKOPITA
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24A: "42. La ___ Tar Pits"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BREA
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25A: "44. Instrument measuring liquid density"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid
- Similar words include: gravimeter
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HYDROMETER
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26A: "45. French beauty"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BELLEAMIE
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27A: "47. Section of a golf bag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal shackles; for hands or legs
- Similar words include: Fe, iron out, press
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRONS
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28A: "48. Pawn-capturing move"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ENPASSANT
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29A: "49. Hard French cheese"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
- Similar words include: Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte, Auguste Comte
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COMTE
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30A: "50. Map lines: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RDS
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31A: "51. Giant bird of Chinese mythology that is transformed from a fish called Kun"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PENG
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32A: "52. Capone's foe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- Similar words include: cape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NESS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Warms up | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "Fancy!" | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Warms up, say | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Word-of-mouth promoters | 10 |
| 5D | 5. Investment bond in W.W. II | 7 |
| 6D | 6. During | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Tries to outrun | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Forbes competitor | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Corpus ___ | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Ostentatious spenders, in slang | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Term of endearment, in one spelling | 6 |
| 12D | 13. Napkins, to Brits | 10 |
| 13D | 14. Damn fine | 7 |
| 14D | 15. Repeated greeting in the Key & Peele sketch "Obama Meet & Greet" | 3 |
| 15D | 19. Court name | 6 |
| 16D | 22. Displaying a wide range of emotions, say | 10 |
| 17D | 26. Founder of Argentina's first female-led political party, familiarly | 10 |
| 18D | 28. Big name in comfortable footwear | 6 |
| 19D | 30. Tower with daily calls to prayer | 7 |
| 20D | 31. Hit from behind | 7 |
| 21D | 32. Words following a suggestion to try something | 7 |
| 22D | 33. Warding (off) | 7 |
| 23D | 34. Perfect example | 7 |
| 24D | 35. Person you practically have to drag out of a party, say | 6 |
| 25D | 36. One requesting simpler terms? | 6 |
| 26D | 37. Channel inserts | 6 |
| 27D | 40. Short-lived interest | 5 |
| 28D | 41. Parliamentary seats? | 5 |
| 29D | 43. Per | 3 |
| 30D | 46. For a medium, it's easy! | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Warms up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: warming, thaw, unthaw
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THAWS
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2D: "2. "Fancy!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OOLALA
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3D: "3. Warms up, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make (images or sounds) soft or softer
- Similar words include: soften, yield, buffer
- Opposite of: stand, harden
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Answer: SOFTENS
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4D: "4. Word-of-mouth promoters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STREETTEAM
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5D: "5. Investment bond in W.W. II"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SERIESE
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6D: "6. During"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMIDST
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7D: "7. Tries to outrun"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any competition
- Similar words include: race, bucket along, run
- Opposite of: linger
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Answer: RACES
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8D: "8. Forbes competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
- Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INC
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9D: "9. Corpus ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CHRISTI
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10D: "10. Ostentatious spenders, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BALLERS
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11D: "11. Term of endearment, in one spelling"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SWEETY
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12D: "13. Napkins, to Brits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
- Similar words include: table napkin, serviette, napkin
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SERVIETTES
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13D: "14. Damn fine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HELLUVA
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14D: "15. Repeated greeting in the Key & Peele sketch "Obama Meet & Greet""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAP
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15D: "19. Court name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERENA
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16D: "22. Displaying a wide range of emotions, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
- Similar words include: tragicomical
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRAGICOMIC
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17D: "26. Founder of Argentina's first female-led political party, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: EVITAPERON
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18D: "28. Big name in comfortable footwear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DANSKO
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19D: "30. Tower with daily calls to prayer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slender tower with balconies
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MINARET
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20D: "31. Hit from behind"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REAREND
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21D: "32. Words following a suggestion to try something"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITHELPS
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22D: "33. Warding (off)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that try to manage without help
- Similar words include: stand, resist, fend
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FENDING
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23D: "34. Perfect example"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a standard or typical example
- Similar words include: prototype, paradigm, image
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EPITOME
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24D: "35. Person you practically have to drag out of a party, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GABBER
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25D: "36. One requesting simpler terms?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- Similar words include: layperson, secular
- Opposite of: clergyman
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Answer: LAYMAN
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26D: "37. Channel inserts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
- Similar words include: stent
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STENTS
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27D: "40. Short-lived interest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- Similar words include: stage, form, phase angle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHASE
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28D: "41. Parliamentary seats?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARSES
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29D: "43. Per"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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30D: "46. For a medium, it's easy!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: E.S.P., clairvoyance, second sight
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESP
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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.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
32 Across Clues
30 Down Clues
62 Total Clues
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