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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: Tricky
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Luxury handbag brand | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Petri dish gel | 4 |
| 4A | 14. West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024 | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Stereotypical meal for a college student | 5 |
| 6A | 16. "Veni, ___, vici" | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Like the Code of Hammurabi | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Enterprise rival | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Got to one's feet | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Elmer's product | 4 |
| 11A | 23. "There's a cockroach!" | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Patch up some clothes, say | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Pioneering hybrid car | 11 |
| 14A | 29. Pouty expression | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Future atty.'s exam | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie" | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Tackling of the quarterback | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Nebraska's largest city | 5 |
| 19A | 40. Governing body in the Harry Potter universe | 15 |
| 20A | 43. Fibrous part of broccoli | 5 |
| 21A | 44. Nothin' | 4 |
| 22A | 45. Cool, slangily | 4 |
| 23A | 46. "___ Calm and Carry On" | 4 |
| 24A | 48. Region | 4 |
| 25A | 50. Gardener's tool | 11 |
| 26A | 54. Kit ___ bar | 3 |
| 27A | 57. Woodcutter's tool | 3 |
| 28A | 58. Beauty queen's accessory | 4 |
| 29A | 59. Garlicky condiment | 5 |
| 30A | 61. Eye irritation | 4 |
| 31A | 63. Advice for the overambitious ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across | 10 |
| 32A | 66. ___ leches cake | 4 |
| 33A | 67. Oopsie | 5 |
| 34A | 68. Lotion ingredient | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Toward sunrise | 4 |
| 36A | 70. "Same!" | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Stereotypically antisocial pets | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- Similar words include: trussed, draw, bind
- Opposite of: untied, disconnect
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Answer: TIED
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2A: "5. Luxury handbag brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRADA
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3A: "10. Petri dish gel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- Similar words include: nutrient agar, agar-agar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGAR
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4A: "14. West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UCLA
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5A: "15. Stereotypical meal for a college student"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAMEN
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6A: "16. "Veni, ___, vici""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VIDI
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7A: "17. Like the Code of Hammurabi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inhabitant of ancient babylon
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BABYLONIAN
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8A: "19. Enterprise rival"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVIS
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9A: "20. Got to one's feet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
- Similar words include: get up, grow, rise up
- Opposite of: sit down, fall
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Answer: AROSE
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10A: "21. Elmer's product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- Similar words include: gum, paste, mucilage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLUE
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11A: "23. "There's a cockroach!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEK
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12A: "24. Patch up some clothes, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: sew together, tailor, run up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEW
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13A: "25. Pioneering hybrid car"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TOYOTAPRIUS
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14A: "29. Pouty expression"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disdainful grimace
- Similar words include: pout, wry face
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOUE
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15A: "30. Future atty.'s exam"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LSAT
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16A: "31. Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISSA
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17A: "34. Tackling of the quarterback"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
- Similar words include: paper bag, poke, sacking
- Opposite of: hire
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Answer: SACK
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18A: "37. Nebraska's largest city"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
- Similar words include: Maha
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMAHA
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19A: "40. Governing body in the Harry Potter universe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: MINISTRYOFMAGIC
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20A: "43. Fibrous part of broccoli"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- Similar words include: stem, husk, angry walk
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STALK
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21A: "44. Nothin'"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: cypher, nil, null
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NADA
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22A: "45. Cool, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for marijuana
- Similar words include: the skinny, Mary Jane, dope up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOPE
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23A: "46. "___ Calm and Carry On""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the financial means whereby one lives
- Similar words include: livelihood, dungeon, hold on
- Opposite of: discontinue, break
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Answer: KEEP
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24A: "48. Region"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: surface area, sphere, domain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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25A: "50. Gardener's tool"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WEEDWHACKER
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26A: "54. Kit ___ bar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- Similar words include: cat, African tea, qat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KAT
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27A: "57. Woodcutter's tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Similar words include: ax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AXE
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28A: "58. Beauty queen's accessory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
- Similar words include: waistband, girdle, window sash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SASH
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29A: "59. Garlicky condiment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that garlic mayonnaise
- Similar words include: aioli sauce, garlic sauce
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AIOLI
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30A: "61. Eye irritation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: eye infection, sty, hordeolum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE
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31A: "63. Advice for the overambitious ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STARTSMALL
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32A: "66. ___ leches cake"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRES
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33A: "67. Oopsie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Similar words include: mistake, erroneous belief, misplay
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERROR
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34A: "68. Lotion ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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35A: "69. Toward sunrise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- Similar words include: Orient, E, eastern United States
- Opposite of: west
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Answer: EAST
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36A: "70. "Same!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SODOI
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37A: "71. Stereotypically antisocial pets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- Similar words include: throw up, CT, computerized tomography
- Opposite of: keep down
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Answer: CATS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Large brass instruments | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "You have my sympathy" | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Macaroni shape | 5 |
| 4D | 4. 14 of these make up a fortnight | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Con's opposite | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Sprinted | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Friend in Mexico | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Gave out cards | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Zinnia or sunflower | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Director DuVernay | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Attempt something | 9 |
| 12D | 12. "Au revoir!" | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Puts on the line | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Oscar winner Jared | 4 |
| 15D | 22. English town famous for its salts | 5 |
| 16D | 26. Throw out of office | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Long (for) | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Holiday Inn competitor | 6 |
| 19D | 29. Sent by post | 6 |
| 20D | 31. Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Puppy school command | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Roll of two ones | 9 |
| 23D | 35. "Ta-ta," in a text | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Camera company known for its "moments" | 5 |
| 25D | 38. With it | 3 |
| 26D | 39. Unreturned serve | 3 |
| 27D | 41. Distorts, as data | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Ticket price | 4 |
| 29D | 47. The "terrible twos" and the "threenager" years, for example | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Chapters of history | 4 |
| 31D | 50. Squander | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Outlandishly over the top, in modern slang | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Houston baseballer | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Swiss ___ (salad green) | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Marsupial often mistermed a "bear" | 5 |
| 36D | 55. Apportion | 5 |
| 37D | 56. There are 100 of these in every Scrabble game | 5 |
| 38D | 60. Apple desktop | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Superlative suffix | 3 |
| 40D | 64. Down Under bounder, for short | 3 |
| 41D | 65. Prefix between bi- and tetra- | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Large brass instruments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the lowest brass wind instrument
- Similar words include: bass horn, tuba, sousaphone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TUBAS
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2D: "2. "You have my sympathy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ICARE
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3D: "3. Macaroni shape"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
- Similar words include: human elbow, cubital joint, articulatio cubiti
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELBOW
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4D: "4. 14 of these make up a fortnight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time during which someone's life continues
- Similar words include: Day, daylight, Clarence Day
- Opposite of: night
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Answer: DAYS
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5D: "5. Con's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an athlete who plays for pay
- Similar words include: professional
- Opposite of: amateur, anti
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Answer: PRO
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6D: "6. Sprinted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Similar words include: function, bunk, be given
- Opposite of: idle, malfunction
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Answer: RAN
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7D: "7. Friend in Mexico"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a friend or comrade
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMIGO
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8D: "8. Gave out cards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- Similar words include: take, grapple, cover
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEALT
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9D: "9. Zinnia or sunflower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
- Similar words include: one-year, yearbook, yearly
- Opposite of: biennial
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Answer: ANNUAL
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10D: "10. Director DuVernay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVA
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11D: "11. Attempt something"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GIVEITAGO
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12D: "12. "Au revoir!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farewell remark
- Similar words include: cheerio, bye, au revoir
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADIEU
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13D: "13. Puts on the line"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- Similar words include: risk of exposure, take chances, risk of infection
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RISKS
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14D: "18. Oscar winner Jared"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wife or mistress of zeus and mother of apollo and artemis in ancient mythology; called latona in roman mythology
- Similar words include: Latona
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LETO
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15D: "22. English town famous for its salts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EPSOM
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16D: "26. Throw out of office"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from a position or office
- Similar words include: throw out, boot out, drum out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OUST
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17D: "27. Long (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that desire strongly or persistently
- Similar words include: hanker, pine, ache
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YEARN
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18D: "28. Holiday Inn competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAMADA
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19D: "29. Sent by post"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that send via the postal service
- Similar words include: get off, mail-clad, mail
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAILED
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20D: "31. Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMS
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21D: "32. Puppy school command"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- Similar words include: model, sit around, baby-sit
- Opposite of: stand, arise
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Answer: SIT
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22D: "33. Roll of two ones"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SNAKEEYES
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23D: "35. "Ta-ta," in a text"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CYA
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24D: "36. Camera company known for its "moments""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KODAK
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25D: "38. With it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- Similar words include: hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HIP
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26D: "39. Unreturned serve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: 1, sensation, breeze through
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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27D: "41. Distorts, as data"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turn or place at an angle
- Similar words include: skew
- Opposite of: align
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Answer: SKEWS
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28D: "42. Ticket price"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agenda of things to do
- Similar words include: menu, make out, come
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FARE
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29D: "47. The "terrible twos" and the "threenager" years, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- Similar words include: phase angle, form, phase
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PHASES
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30D: "49. Chapters of history"
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, era, epoch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERAS
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31D: "50. Squander"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- Similar words include: wild, consume, thriftlessness
- Opposite of: conserve
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Answer: WASTE
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32D: "51. Outlandishly over the top, in modern slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a minor actor in crowd scenes
- Similar words include: additional, excess, superfluous
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EXTRA
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33D: "52. Houston baseballer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTRO
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34D: "53. Swiss ___ (salad green)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
- Similar words include: spinach beet, Swiss chard, leaf beet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHARD
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35D: "54. Marsupial often mistermed a "bear""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
- Similar words include: kangaroo bear, native bear, koala bear
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KOALA
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36D: "55. Apportion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that allow to have
- Similar words include: dish out, accord, assign
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLOT
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37D: "56. There are 100 of these in every Scrabble game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- Similar words include: roofing tile, tile
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TILES
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38D: "60. Apple desktop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMAC
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39D: "62. Superlative suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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40D: "64. Down Under bounder, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROO
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41D: "65. Prefix between bi- and tetra-"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRI
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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