NYT0904 Wednesday Sep 04, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Visitor to Mecca, 5. Choices for party organizers, 11. Quick refresher, 14. Lamar ___, ex of Khloé Kardashian, 15. Top pilot, 16. Rapper Lil ___ Vert, 17. It will change the way you see yourself, 19. Operate, as a program, 20. Throw one's hands up, say, 21. Foreign policy grp., 22. Floral bubble tea flavoring, 24. On the line, 26. Spiral-horned antelope, 28. Point of no return on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", 32. Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short, 36. Work on Broadway, say, 37. Investigator's interest, 38. Pain, 40. AirPod holder, 42. Boxes for crackers?, 43. "A Hard Day's Night" songwriter, 45. U.K. military arm, 47. Monthly expense, 48. Warhead carriers, 51. Microwave no-no, 52. Cleaning product made in "Fight Club", 57. V fliers, 59. Frosty, 61. Symbol seen on eight national flags (though, ironically, not the U.S. flag), 62. Writer Rand, 63. First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme, 66. Call that might precede "first service", 67. Bartender's valve, 68. Comic book figure, 69. Major campaign expense, 70. Penny pinchers, 71. London's Royal Academy of ___

Down Clues :

1. Labor leader Jimmy, 2. What Peter Pan refuses to become, 3. Pop rock's ___ Brothers, 4. Duel cry, 5. … rho, sigma, ___, upsilon …, 6. Honorific for a Catholic cardinal, 7. Makes mistakes, 8. Painter Duchamp, 9. Prefix with efficiency, 10. Hot peppers, 11. Caregiver for a pregnant woman, 12. Blue, in Spanish, 13. Like much cotton candy, 18. "Frozen" snowman, 23. General Motors subsidiary with emergency services, 25. Its parent company is Hyundai, 27. On the ___, 29. Asteroids made a big impact on it in the 1980s, 30. Flat, 31. Conclude in court, 32. H.S. course in which one might be graded on a curve?, 33. Teen follower, 34. Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g., 35. Some navels, 39. Red-haired toon who is always seeing red, 41. Light racing vehicle, 44. Secretive org., 46. Tina of "30 Rock", 49. Covers in goo, 50. Forward-looking sort, 53. Comic actor ___ Baron Cohen, 54. Lewd looker, 55. On guard, 56. Cancún coins, 57. Ball, 58. Stared at, 60. Include in a footnote, 64. ___ Moskowitz, a.k.a. "Hawk" on Netflix's "Cobra Kai", 65. Computer addresses: Abbr.

Wednesday Sep 04, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 04, 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. Visitor to Mecca. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAJI

  Possible Answer : hajji, hadji, haji




• The clue is 5. Choices for party organizers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEMES

  Possible Answer : topic, base, root_word, motif, melodic_theme, radical, stem, musical_theme, report, root, paper, idea, theme, composition, subject




• The clue is 11. Quick refresher. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAP

  Possible Answer : forty_winks, Napoleon, catch_a_wink, short_sleep, nap, sleep, pile, snooze, cat_sleep, catnap




• The clue is 14. Lamar ___, ex of Khloé Kardashian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODOM




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

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

  The answer: AIRACE




• The clue is 16. Rapper Lil ___ Vert. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UZI

  Possible Answer : Uzi




• The clue is 17. It will change the way you see yourself. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: FUNHOUSEMIRROR




• The clue is 19. Operate, as a program. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUN

  Possible Answer : move, trial, lam, foot_race, tally, die_hard, rivulet, fly_the_coop, runnel, test, take_to_the_woods, carry, tend, streak, escape, feed, operate, prevail, scarper, political_campaign, go, run, function, race, ladder, lean, incline, track_down, footrace, running, flow, ravel, course, consort, ply, hunt, draw, hunt_down, melt_down, run_for, play, endure, unravel, streamlet, work, lead, run_away, persist, discharge, range, pass, execute, break_away, melt, rill, campaign, be_given, head_for_the_hills, outpouring, running_play, guide, bleed, scat, black_market, bunk, hightail_it, turn_tail, running_game, extend

  Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction




• The clue is 20. Throw one's hands up, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAIL

  Possible Answer : lam, thrash, flail, thresh




• The clue is 21. Foreign policy grp.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSC

  Possible Answer : NSC, National_Security_Council




• The clue is 22. Floral bubble tea flavoring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROSEMILK




• The clue is 24. On the line. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATSTAKE




• The clue is 26. Spiral-horned antelope. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELAND

  Possible Answer : eland




• The clue is 28. Point of no return on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FINALANSWER




• The clue is 32. Garment that might have a built-in bra, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAMI




• The clue is 36. Work on Broadway, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer : move, behave, dissemble, pretend, number, deed, roleplay, act_as, playact, routine, play, represent, work, do, enactment, human_action, act, turn, human_activity, bit

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain




• The clue is 37. Investigator's interest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTIVE

  Possible Answer : motif, need, motor, motivation, motive, motivative, motivating




• The clue is 38. Pain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGONY

  Possible Answer : agony, excruciation, suffering, torment, torture




• The clue is 40. AirPod holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAR

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




• The clue is 42. Boxes for crackers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAFES

  Possible Answer : rubber, condom, prophylactic, safety, safe




• The clue is 43. "A Hard Day's Night" songwriter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LENNON

  Possible Answer : John_Lennon, Lennon




• The clue is 45. U.K. military arm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAF

  Possible Answer : Red_Army_Faction, Royal_Air_Force, RAF




• The clue is 47. Monthly expense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENT

  Possible Answer : rend, economic_rent, split, hire, tear, take, charter, rive, snag, lease, engage, rent, pull, let, rip




• The clue is 48. Warhead carriers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: CRUISEMISSILES




• The clue is 51. Microwave no-no. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METAL

  Possible Answer : metal, metallic, alloy, metallic_element

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonmetallic




• The clue is 52. Cleaning product made in "Fight Club". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYESOAP




• The clue is 57. V fliers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GEESE

  Possible Answer : goose, goofball, cuckoo, twat, fathead, jackass, bozo, goof, zany




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

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

  The answer: ICY

  Possible Answer : icy, wintry, gelid, polar, glacial, frigid, frozen, frosty, arctic




• The clue is 61. Symbol seen on eight national flags (though, ironically, not the U.S. flag). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAGLE

  Possible Answer : eagle, double_birdie, bird_of_Jove




• The clue is 62. Writer Rand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYN




• The clue is 63. First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEMICIRCLES

  Possible Answer : hemicycle, semicircle




• The clue is 66. Call that might precede "first service". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LET

  Possible Answer : permit, Army_of_the_Righteous, let, net_ball, lease, countenance, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, allow, get, Army_of_the_Pure, rent, LET, have, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba

  Possible Opposite Answer : prevent, forbid, disallow




• The clue is 67. Bartender's valve. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALETAP




• The clue is 68. Comic book figure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HERO

  Possible Answer : sub, fighter, hero, torpedo, Cuban_sandwich, Hero, champion, Italian_sandwich, bomber, Hero_of_Alexandria, submarine, zep, wedge, Heron, submarine_sandwich, hero_sandwich, paladin, grinder, hoagy, hoagie, poor_boy




• The clue is 69. Major campaign expense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADS

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




• The clue is 70. Penny pinchers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISERS

  Possible Answer : miser




• The clue is 71. London's Royal Academy of ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTS

  Possible Answer : humanistic_discipline, artistic_creation, artistry, liberal_arts, humanities, nontextual_matter, art, arts, artistic_production, fine_art, prowess, graphics, artwork

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: HOFFA

  Possible Answer: Jimmy_Hoffa, Hoffa, James_Riddle_Hoffa

• The clue is 2. What Peter Pan refuses to become. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADULT

  Possible Answer: full-grown, grown, pornographic, fully_grown, adult, big, grownup

  Possible Opposite Answer : juvenile

• The clue is 3. Pop rock's ___ Brothers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JONAS

• The clue is 4. Duel cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMHIT

• The clue is 5. … rho, sigma, ___, upsilon …. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAU

  Possible Answer: tau

• The clue is 6. Honorific for a Catholic cardinal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HISEMINENCE

• The clue is 7. Makes mistakes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRS

  Possible Answer: drift, stray, err, slip, mistake

• The clue is 8. Painter Duchamp. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARCEL

  Possible Answer: marcel

• The clue is 9. Prefix with efficiency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECO

• The clue is 10. Hot peppers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERRANOS

• The clue is 11. Caregiver for a pregnant woman. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: NURSEMIDWIFE

• The clue is 12. Blue, in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AZUL

• The clue is 13. Like much cotton candy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINK

  Possible Answer: pinkish, tap, rap, pinko, ping, knock, pink, garden_pink

• The clue is 18. "Frozen" snowman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLAF

• The clue is 23. General Motors subsidiary with emergency services. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONSTAR

• The clue is 25. Its parent company is Hyundai. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIA

• The clue is 27. On the ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAM

  Possible Answer: scarper, lam, run, flail, head_for_the_hills, fly_the_coop, getaway, thrash, run_away, take_to_the_woods, scat, thresh, bunk, hightail_it, turn_tail, break_away, escape

• The clue is 29. Asteroids made a big impact on it in the 1980s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATARI

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

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

  The answer: EVEN

  Possible Answer: even, evening, level, fifty-fifty, tied, eventide, eve, yet, regular, still, flush, even_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : uneven, odd

• The clue is 31. Conclude in court. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REST

  Possible Answer: eternal_rest, catch_one's_breath, eternal_sleep, perch, relief, relaxation, residuum, respite, repose, remainder, residual, breathe, take_a_breather, lie, balance, stay, roost, residue, sleep, reside, rest_period, remain, ease, rest, pillow, quietus

  Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active

• The clue is 32. H.S. course in which one might be graded on a curve?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CALC

• The clue is 33. Teen follower. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGER

• The clue is 34. Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONUMENTS

  Possible Answer: monument, repository, memorial

• The clue is 35. Some navels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNIES

• The clue is 39. Red-haired toon who is always seeing red. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOSEMITESAM

• The clue is 41. Light racing vehicle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RALLYCAR

• The clue is 44. Secretive org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA

• The clue is 46. Tina of "30 Rock". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEY

  Possible Answer: fey, elfin, touched

• The clue is 49. Covers in goo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLIMES

  Possible Answer: melt_off, slim, gook, slim_down, muck, slime, slenderize, ooze, lose_weight, goo, gunk, thin, sludge, guck, reduce, goop

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain

• The clue is 50. Forward-looking sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEER

  Possible Answer: prophesier, visionary, prophet, oracle, illusionist, seer, vaticinator

• The clue is 53. Comic actor ___ Baron Cohen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SACHA

• The clue is 54. Lewd looker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGLER

  Possible Answer: ogler

• The clue is 55. On guard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALERT

  Possible Answer: lively, snappy, qui_vive, rattling, alive, alert, alerting, warning_signal, alarm, brisk, zippy, spanking, alarum, awake, watchful, merry

  Possible Opposite Answer : unalert

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

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

  The answer: PESOS

  Possible Answer: Uruguayan_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso, peso, Dominican_peso, Chilean_peso, Cuban_peso, Philippine_peso, Colombian_peso, Mexican_peso

• The clue is 57. Ball. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GALA

  Possible Answer: jamboree, blowout, gala_affair, gala

• The clue is 58. Stared at. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYED

  Possible Answer: eyed, eye, eyeball

  Possible Opposite Answer : eyeless

• The clue is 60. Include in a footnote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITE

  Possible Answer: summons, refer, summon, quotation, advert, acknowledgment, abduce, credit, reference, citation, bring_up, adduce, quote, mention, cite, name

• The clue is 64. ___ Moskowitz, a.k.a. "Hawk" on Netflix's "Cobra Kai". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI

• The clue is 65. Computer addresses: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IPS

  Possible Answer: informatics, information_science, IP, information_processing

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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: Medium

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. Where Mongolia is	4
2A	5. Scaredy-cat	4
3A	9. Leafs (through)	5
4A	14. Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize	4
5A	15. Berry at a smoothie shop	4
6A	16. Company behind the game Pong	5
7A	17. Mentally pooped	15
8A	20. 1960s service site, informally	3
9A	21. Common injury site for a basketball player, informally	3
10A	22. Thick, as plant growth	4
11A	23. Deliberately give instruction in a way that targets an exam	14
12A	28. Commercial that may come with a jingle	7
13A	29. Took a chair	3
14A	30. Eager	4
15A	31. Hair parter	4
16A	34. Continue a subscription	5
17A	38. Barely passing grade	3
18A	39. Decade of W.W. II ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across	7
19A	41. Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate	3
20A	42. Sometimes-floral organic compound	5
21A	44. Draped Indian garment	4
22A	45. ___-X (computer command to cut text)	4
23A	46. Crosses (out)	3
24A	48. Conjures up, say	7
25A	50. "If I'm being honest ..."	14
26A	54. Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna	4
27A	55. Opposite of 'neath	3
28A	56. Fools' mo.	3
29A	57. "A fight requires more than one person"	15
30A	63. "I'm available to help"	5
31A	64. Modern note-taking aid	4
32A	65. Plant in a marsh	4
33A	66. Spanish babies	5
34A	67. What a paper airplane icon may indicate	4
35A	68. Thing in a grove	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Where Mongolia is"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASIA

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2A: "5. Scaredy-cat"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
• Similar words include: chicken, weakly interacting massive particle, crybaby
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WIMP

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3A: "9. Leafs (through)"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
• Similar words include: varlet, foliate, Thomas Nelson Page
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PAGES

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4A: "14. Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something of little value
• Similar words include: darn, curse, infernal
• Opposite of: bless

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Answer: DAMN

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5A: "15. Berry at a smoothie shop"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACAI

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6A: "16. Company behind the game Pong"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATARI

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7A: "17. Mentally pooped"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: TOOTIREDTOTHINK

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8A: "20. 1960s service site, informally"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAM

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9A: "21. Common injury site for a basketball player, informally"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACL

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10A: "22. Thick, as plant growth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
• Similar words include: alky, boozer, alcoholic
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LUSH

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11A: "23. Deliberately give instruction in a way that targets an exam"

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: TEACHTOTHETEST

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12A: "28. Commercial that may come with a jingle"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RADIOAD

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13A: "29. Took a chair"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: Sabbatum, posture, pose
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: SAT

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14A: "30. Eager"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
• Similar words include: zealous, esurient, greedy
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AVID

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15A: "31. Hair parter"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
• Similar words include: comb out, disentangle, ransack
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COMB

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16A: "34. Continue a subscription"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Similar words include: regenerate, reincarnate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RENEW

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17A: "38. Barely passing grade"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEE

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18A: "39. Decade of W.W. II ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the time of life between 40 and 50
• Similar words include: 40, mid-forties, 1940s
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FORTIES

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19A: "41. Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how long something has existed
• Similar words include: long time, maturate, geezerhood
• Opposite of: rejuvenate

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Answer: AGE

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20A: "42. Sometimes-floral organic compound"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESTER

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21A: "44. Draped Indian garment"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

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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22A: "45. ___-X (computer command to cut text)"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CTRL

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23A: "46. Crosses (out)"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
• Similar words include: xenon, disco biscuit, cristal
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: XES

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24A: "48. Conjures up, say"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make or cause to be or to become
• Similar words include: produce, create, make
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CREATES

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25A: "50. "If I'm being honest ...""

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: TOTELLTHETRUTH

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26A: "54. Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make very hot and dry
• Similar words include: blacken, singe, char
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEAR

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27A: "55. Opposite of 'neath"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OER

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28A: "56. Fools' mo."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
• Similar words include: April
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APR

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29A: "57. "A fight requires more than one person""

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: TAKESTWOTOTANGO

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30A: "63. "I'm available to help""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: USEME

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31A: "64. Modern note-taking aid"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IPAD

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32A: "65. Plant in a marsh"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Similar words include: vibrating reed, John Reed, beating-reed instrument
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REED

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33A: "66. Spanish babies"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NENES

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34A: "67. What a paper airplane icon may indicate"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to go somewhere
• Similar words include: air, transmit, send off
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEND

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35A: "68. Thing in a grove"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Similar words include: shoetree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, tree diagram
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TREE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Big letters in home security	3
2D	2. ___ Paulo, Brazil	3
3D	3. Comment that might follow "None for me, thanks"	9
4D	4. Relief for an upset stomach	7
5D	5. Simple two-player card game	3
6D	6. Drink cooler	3
7D	7. Angry with	5
8D	8. Throw from a mound	5
9D	9. Butter square	3
10D	10. Any Olympian	7
11D	11. First name of Julius Caesar	5
12D	12. Artist Max	5
13D	13. Worshiper in a turban	4
14D	18. Texter's qualifier	4
15D	19. Cries in a fútbol stadium	4
16D	23. Barter	5
17D	24. Roof overhangs	5
18D	25. It may have a hard or soft shell	4
19D	26. Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons	5
20D	27. Paves the way?	4
21D	32. N.Y.C. subway letters	3
22D	33. Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper	5
23D	35. Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery	9
24D	36. Spearfishing bird	5
25D	37. People of SW Britain	5
26D	39. Without charge	4
27D	40. The Emerald Isle	4
28D	43. Like skydiving or cliff-diving	7
29D	45. Dashboard or bumper	7
30D	47. Place to put a coin	4
31D	49. Coup d'___	4
32D	50. Joke with	5
33D	51. Like some wine barrels	5
34D	52. ___ and Clark	5
35D	53. Familiar narrative device	5
36D	54. Leave dumbfounded	4
37D	58. French possessive	3
38D	59. Catch some rays	3
39D	60. Bizarre	3
40D	61. "Golly!"	3
41D	62. Poetic tribute	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Big letters in home security"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADT

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2D: "2. ___ Paulo, Brazil"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAO

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3D: "3. Comment that might follow "None for me, thanks""

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: IMONADIET

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4D: "4. Relief for an upset stomach"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
• Similar words include: alkalizer, gastric antacid, antiacid
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ANTACID

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5D: "5. Simple two-player card game"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Similar words include: warfare, state of war
• Opposite of: make peace, peace

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Answer: WAR

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6D: "6. Drink cooler"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
• Similar words include: frappe, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICE

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7D: "7. Angry with"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MADAT

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8D: "8. Throw from a mound"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
• Similar words include: cant over, flip, cant
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PITCH

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9D: "9. Butter square"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound made by a gentle blow
• Similar words include: glib, rap, dab
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAT

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10D: "10. Any Olympian"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person trained to compete in sports
• Similar words include: jock
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ATHLETE

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11D: "11. First name of Julius Caesar"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that roman emperor who succeeded tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)
• Similar words include: Caligula, Gaius Caesar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GAIUS

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12D: "12. Artist Max"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
• Similar words include: Max Ernst
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ERNST

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13D: "13. Worshiper in a turban"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an adherent of sikhism
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SIKH

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14D: "18. Texter's qualifier"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMHO

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15D: "19. Cries in a fútbol stadium"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OLES

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16D: "23. Barter"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
• Similar words include: trade in, switch, craft
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRADE

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17D: "24. Roof overhangs"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EAVES

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18D: "25. It may have a hard or soft shell"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Similar words include: greaser, wetback
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TACO

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19D: "26. Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: smell, olfactory property, aroma
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ODORS

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20D: "27. Paves the way?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Similar words include: seaman, pitch, tar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TARS

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21D: "32. N.Y.C. subway letters"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MTA

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22D: "33. Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
• Similar words include: birchen, birken, birch tree
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BIRCH

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23D: "35. Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: NATTURNER

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24D: "36. Spearfishing bird"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EGRET

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25D: "37. People of SW Britain"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or resident of wales
• Similar words include: Cambrian, welch, Cymric
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WELSH

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26D: "39. Without charge"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that people who are free
• Similar words include: relinquish, gratis, liberate
• Opposite of: confine, lodge

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Answer: FREE

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27D: "40. The Emerald Isle"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Similar words include: Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Ireland
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EIRE

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28D: "43. Like skydiving or cliff-diving"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the furthest or highest degree of something
• Similar words include: utmost, extremum, extreme point
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EXTREME

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29D: "45. Dashboard or bumper"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CARPART

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30D: "47. Place to put a coin"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
• Similar words include: time slot, expansion slot, one-armed bandit
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLOT

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31D: "49. Coup d'___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETAT

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32D: "50. Joke with"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• Similar words include: cod, fluff, pester
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEASE

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33D: "51. Like some wine barrels"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OAKEN

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34D: "52. ___ and Clark"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
• Similar words include: Frederick Carleton Lewis, Carl Lewis, C. S. Lewis
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEWIS

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35D: "53. Familiar narrative device"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
• Similar words include: figure of speech, image, figure
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TROPE

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36D: "54. Leave dumbfounded"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Similar words include: daze, stupefy, sandbag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STUN

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37D: "58. French possessive"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
• Similar words include: sulfur, reciprocal ohm, southward
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SES

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38D: "59. Catch some rays"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Similar words include: sunburn, suntan, burn
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAN

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39D: "60. Bizarre"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not divisible by two
• Similar words include: uneven, unmatched, queer
• Opposite of: even

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Answer: ODD

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40D: "61. "Golly!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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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41D: "62. Poetic tribute"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ODE

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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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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

35 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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