27426 Fri Dec 13, 2024 nyt by Ryan Patrick Smith

Across Clues :

1. Put a lid on it!, 8. To which a "To/From" label might be attached, 15. Chance meeting greeting, 16. Away for a while, 17. Question after an untimely joke, 18. Attacked from the sides, 19. Pronouncing "pronunciation" as "pronounciation," e.g., 20. Drift, 21. Dorothea who documented the Great Depression, 22. Lodge, 23. What Han Solo never wants to be told, 25. Stars are big ones, 27. Open, as a compressed file, 28. Sexually charged title track of a hit 1973 album, 33. Title princess in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, 34. Spanish pronoun, 35. Something to show for a tow, 36. Recurring quirk, 37. Contribute to a company, say, 38. Hallmark of a hypocrite, 40. Trig ratio, 42. ___ shock (Japan's term for the video game crash of 1983), 43. Place for an ornament, 44. Cornmeal cake, 46. "My heart is like a singing bird / ___ nest is in a water'd shoot": Christina Rossetti, 50. Features of work boots, 52. Elevated pitches, 53. Main course?, 54. "The Fault in Our Stars" genre, informally, 55. Touchdown, e.g., 56. Without exception, 57. Slack alternative, in brief, 58. Major product of Jordan

Down Clues :

1. W, for one, 2. Now, in Spanish, 3. Garden-variety poker?, 4. Steps down, 5. 1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan hit with a melancholy title, 6. Draining issue, 7. ___Mari (organization method), 8. Office lackey, 9. Nacre on a nice guitar, say, 10. Dessert made with a double boiler, 11. Achilles, e.g., 12. Cheesy casserole, 13. Went too far, 14. Struck (out), 20. Performers of note?, 22. Test releases, 24. Scatterbrained, 26. Statistics calculation, 27. Question that one is tricked into asking, in a classic gag, 28. Drain (away), 29. Chargeable conveyances, 30. Makeup of a sleeve, 31. Soeur de la mère, 32. What's black and white and wet all over?, 39. Singer with the 2009 double-platinum album "Rated R", 41. Antarctic penguin, 44. First airline to fly a jumbo jet, 45. Cars known as Vauxhalls in the U.K., 47. Count ___, a.k.a. Nosferatu, 48. Book identifier, often, 49. Compound formed from an alcohol and an acid, 51. Drink similar to Champagne, 52. Bean on the screen, 53. Tech entrepreneur Altman, 54. "American Dad!" airer

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 13, 2024

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

New York Times, Friday, December 13, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Put a lid on it!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATRACK

  Possible Answer : hatrack, coat_rack, coatrack




• The clue is 8. To which a "To/From" label might be attached. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIFTBOX




• The clue is 15. Chance meeting greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHHELLO




• The clue is 16. Away for a while. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONLEAVE




• The clue is 17. Question after an untimely joke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOOSOON




• The clue is 18. Attacked from the sides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLANKED

  Possible Answer : flank




• The clue is 19. Pronouncing "pronunciation" as "pronounciation," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRING

  Possible Answer : drift, error-prone, erring, mistake, slip, stray, err




• The clue is 20. Drift. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEANDER

  Possible Answer : meander, thread, wander, wind, weave, ramble




• The clue is 21. Dorothea who documented the Great Depression. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANGE

  Possible Answer : Lange, Dorothea_Lange




• The clue is 22. Lodge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BURY

  Possible Answer : eat_up, lay_to_rest, swallow_up, sink, entomb, bury, forget, inhume, immerse, swallow, inter

  Possible Opposite Answer : remember




• The clue is 23. What Han Solo never wants to be told. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODDS

  Possible Answer : odds, betting_odds




• The clue is 25. Stars are big ones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAMES

  Possible Answer : cite, list, nominate, mention, refer, advert, make, figure, identify, appoint, distinguish, constitute, bring_up, diagnose, public_figure, name_calling, discover, gens, key, epithet, describe, names, key_out, name, call




• The clue is 27. Open, as a compressed file. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNZIP

  Possible Answer : unzip

  Possible Opposite Answer : zip_up




• The clue is 28. Sexually charged title track of a hit 1973 album. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETSGETITON




• The clue is 33. Title princess in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDA

  Possible Answer : International_Development_Association, IDA




• The clue is 34. Spanish pronoun. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESA




• The clue is 35. Something to show for a tow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAACARD




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

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

  The answer: TIC

  Possible Answer : tic




• The clue is 37. Contribute to a company, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain




• The clue is 38. Hallmark of a hypocrite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INSINCERITY

  Possible Answer : falseness, insincerity, hollowness

  Possible Opposite Answer : sincerity




• The clue is 40. Trig ratio. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTAN

  Possible Answer : cotan, cotangent




• The clue is 42. ___ shock (Japan's term for the video game crash of 1983). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATARI




• The clue is 43. Place for an ornament. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOD

  Possible Answer : exhaust_hood, cowl, goon, cowling, thug, cap, lens_hood, punk, bonnet, tough, strong-armer, hood, hoodlum, toughie




• The clue is 44. Cornmeal cake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PONE

  Possible Answer : pone, cornpone




• The clue is 46. "My heart is like a singing bird / ___ nest is in a water'd shoot": Christina Rossetti. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHOSE




• The clue is 50. Features of work boots. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOECAPS

  Possible Answer : toecap




• The clue is 52. Elevated pitches. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHARPS

  Possible Answer : sharp




• The clue is 53. Main course?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEALANE




• The clue is 54. "The Fault in Our Stars" genre, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEENLIT




• The clue is 55. Touchdown, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARRIVAL

  Possible Answer : reaching, comer, arrival, arriver




• The clue is 56. Without exception. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARNONE




• The clue is 57. Slack alternative, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MSTEAMS




• The clue is 58. Major product of Jordan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNEAKER

  Possible Answer : canary, sneaker, stoolie, sneak, stool_pigeon, tennis_shoe, stoolpigeon, fink, snitcher, gym_shoe, snitch

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. W, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTEL

  Possible Answer: hotel

• The clue is 2. Now, in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHORA

• The clue is 3. Garden-variety poker?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THORN

  Possible Answer: spikelet, thorn, sticker, prickle, irritant, pricker, spine

• The clue is 4. Steps down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESIGNS

  Possible Answer: step_down, leave_office, quit, vacate, free, reconcile, submit, give_up, renounce, release, resign, relinquish

  Possible Opposite Answer : take_office

• The clue is 5. 1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan hit with a melancholy title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALONEAGAIN

• The clue is 6. Draining issue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLOG

  Possible Answer: geta, sabot, clog_dancing, clot, choke_off, clog_up, choke, congest, clog_dance, clog, constipate, foul, back_up, overload, patten

  Possible Opposite Answer : unclog

• The clue is 7. ___Mari (organization method). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KON

• The clue is 8. Office lackey. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOFER

  Possible Answer: gofer

• The clue is 9. Nacre on a nice guitar, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLAY

  Possible Answer: inlay

• The clue is 10. Dessert made with a double boiler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAN

  Possible Answer: flan

• The clue is 11. Achilles, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENDON

  Possible Answer: tendon, sinew

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

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

  The answer: BAKEDZITI

• The clue is 13. Went too far. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVERDIDIT

• The clue is 14. Struck (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XED

• The clue is 20. Performers of note?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUSICIANS

  Possible Answer: musician, instrumentalist, player

• The clue is 22. Test releases. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BETAS

  Possible Answer: beta, Beta, genus_Beta

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

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

  The answer: SPACY

  Possible Answer: spacey, spacy, spaced-out

• The clue is 26. Statistics calculation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEAN

  Possible Answer: mean, imply, miserly, mean_value, meanspirited, stand_for, beggarly, bastardly, base, mingy, have_in_mind, intend, entail, think_of, hateful, think, signify, average, tight

• The clue is 27. Question that one is tricked into asking, in a classic gag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNDERWHERE

• The clue is 28. Drain (away). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEACH

  Possible Answer: percolate, strip, leach, leaching

• The clue is 29. Chargeable conveyances. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCOOTERS

• The clue is 30. Makeup of a sleeve. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATTOOART

• The clue is 31. Soeur de la mère. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANTE

• The clue is 32. What's black and white and wet all over?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCA

  Possible Answer: sea_wolf, grampus, killer_whale, orca, Orcinus_orca, killer

• The clue is 39. Singer with the 2009 double-platinum album "Rated R". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIHANNA

• The clue is 41. Antarctic penguin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADELIE

  Possible Answer: Pygoscelis_adeliae, Adelie, Adelie_penguin

• The clue is 44. First airline to fly a jumbo jet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANAM

• The clue is 45. Cars known as Vauxhalls in the U.K.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPELS

  Possible Answer: Opel, Wilhelm_von_Opel

• The clue is 47. Count ___, a.k.a. Nosferatu. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORLOK

• The clue is 48. Book identifier, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPINE

  Possible Answer: rachis, spur, spikelet, vertebral_column, thorn, sticker, spinal_column, prickle, acantha, pricker, backbone, spine, back

• The clue is 49. Compound formed from an alcohol and an acid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTER

  Possible Answer: ester

• The clue is 51. Drink similar to Champagne. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAVA

• The clue is 52. Bean on the screen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAN

• The clue is 53. Tech entrepreneur Altman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAM

  Possible Answer: SAM, surface-to-air_missile

• The clue is 54. "American Dad!" airer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TBS

  Possible Answer: TiB, TB, Tbit, terabyte, tebibyte, tuberculosis, T.B., terbium, atomic_number_65, terabit, Tb

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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Obstinate fool

3-letter answer Answer: ASS

Word Help: Synonyms: piece_of_tail, atomic_number_33, buns

Clue #2: 4. Co. badges, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: IDS

Word Help: Synonyms: Gem_State, id, Idaho

Clue #3: 7. Keeps burning, say

6-letter answer Answer: STOKES

Word Help: Synonyms: stoke

Clue #4: 13. Apt name for a fretful fellow

3-letter answer Answer: STU

Clue #5: 14. Yogi's accessory

3-letter answer Answer: MAT

Word Help: Synonyms: Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, matted, lustrelessness
Antonyms: unsnarl, disentangle

Clue #6: 15. Goes off track

7-letter answer Answer: DERAILS

Word Help: Synonyms: derail, jump

Clue #7: 16. Jabber

3-letter answer Answer: YAP

Word Help: Synonyms: yip, gob, hole

Clue #8: 17. Chang or Eng Bunker, notably

11-letter answer Answer: SIAMESETWIN

Clue #9: 19. Just managed, with "out"

4-letter answer Answer: EKED

Clue #10: 21. Mix up

4-letter answer Answer: STIR

Word Help: Synonyms: splash, evoke, call_down

Clue #11: 22. Recoils suddenly

5-letter answer Answer: SHIES

Word Help: Synonyms: shy

Clue #12: 23. ___ Haute, Ind.

5-letter answer Answer: TERRE

Clue #13: 25. On its way

4-letter answer Answer: SENT

Word Help: Synonyms: send_out, transport, air
Antonyms: unsent

Clue #14: 27. Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g.

11-letter answer Answer: MOTORSKILLS

Clue #15: 32. Grammy-nominated poet Nikki ___

8-letter answer Answer: GIOVANNI

Clue #16: 34. Percolated

6-letter answer Answer: SEEPED

Word Help: Synonyms: ooze, seep

Clue #17: 37. Balm additive

4-letter answer Answer: ALOE

Word Help: Synonyms: aloe

Clue #18: 38. Observes Ramadan, say

5-letter answer Answer: FASTS

Word Help: Synonyms: fast, fasting

Clue #19: 40. Stretchiness

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: kick_in, ease_up, pass
Antonyms: starve, take

Clue #20: 41. National park that's home to the Pretty Rocks Landslide

6-letter answer Answer: DENALI

Word Help: Synonyms: McKinley, Denali, Mt._McKinley

Clue #21: 43. Like pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha

8-letter answer Answer: SEASONAL

Word Help: Synonyms: seasonal, seasonal_worker
Antonyms: year-round

Clue #22: 45. Provider of crucial testimony

11-letter answer Answer: STARWITNESS

Clue #23: 47. Unbuckled seatbelt alert

4-letter answer Answer: BEEP

Word Help: Synonyms: bleep, beep, claxon

Clue #24: 48. Zigzag

5-letter answer Answer: WEAVE

Word Help: Synonyms: waver, meander, thread
Antonyms: unweave

Clue #25: 51. Solomonic figures

5-letter answer Answer: SAGES

Word Help: Synonyms: swag, salvia, sage

Clue #26: 55. Craft drafts, for short

4-letter answer Answer: IPAS

Clue #27: 58. Sporty auto feature

4-letter answer Answer: TTOP

Clue #28: 59. Copyright wrongs

11-letter answer Answer: PLAGIARISMS

Word Help: Synonyms: plagiarization, piracy, plagiarisation

Clue #29: 62. Sounds heard during a cuteness overload

3-letter answer Answer: AWS

Clue #30: 63. Took to the sky

7-letter answer Answer: AVIATED

Word Help: Synonyms: fly, pilot, aviate

Clue #31: 64. Young 'un

3-letter answer Answer: PUP

Word Help: Synonyms: puppy, whelp, pup

Clue #32: 65. Soccer star Messi, familiarly

3-letter answer Answer: LEO

Word Help: Synonyms: Lion, Leo_the_Lion, Leo

Clue #33: 66. Approach

6-letter answer Answer: MANNER

Word Help: Synonyms: fashion, manner, personal_manner

Clue #34: 67. Spot for wallowing

3-letter answer Answer: STY

Word Help: Synonyms: stye, eye_infection, pigsty

Clue #35: 68. One of four featured on the Yale Nature Walk

3-letter answer Answer: ELM

Word Help: Synonyms: elm, elmwood, elm_tree

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. To date

5-letter answer Answer: ASYET

Clue #2: 2. Sticking point for a gardener?

5-letter answer Answer: STAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: wager, bet_on, bet

Clue #3: 3. Celestial phenomena observed at perigees

10-letter answer Answer: SUPERMOONS

Clue #4: 4. Some online exchanges, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: IMS

Clue #5: 5. Speaker's spot

4-letter answer Answer: DAIS

Word Help: Synonyms: podium, pulpit, stump

Clue #6: 6. Walks or runs

4-letter answer Answer: STAT

Clue #7: 7. French possessive

3-letter answer Answer: SES

Word Help: Synonyms: sec, south, siemens

Clue #8: 8. Bridge support

7-letter answer Answer: TRESTLE

Word Help: Synonyms: trestle

Clue #9: 9. Swearword

4-letter answer Answer: OATH

Word Help: Synonyms: expletive, curse_word, oath

Clue #10: 10. Aussie's neighbor

4-letter answer Answer: KIWI

Word Help: Synonyms: Actinidia_chinensis, kiwi_fruit, Kiwi

Clue #11: 11. Nobel laureate Wiesel

4-letter answer Answer: ELIE

Clue #12: 12. Figs. with two dashes

4-letter answer Answer: SSNS

Clue #13: 15. Jeter in Cooperstown

5-letter answer Answer: DEREK

Clue #14: 18. Natural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters

11-letter answer Answer: MISSISSIPPI

Word Help: Synonyms: Mississippi_River, MS, Mississippi

Clue #15: 20. Strongly suggested

7-letter answer Answer: DROVEAT

Clue #16: 24. Fig. at a train station

3-letter answer Answer: ETA

Word Help: Synonyms: ETA, eta, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom

Clue #17: 26. Titan maker

6-letter answer Answer: NISSAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Nisan, Nissan

Clue #18: 28. Really killing it, so to speak

6-letter answer Answer: ONFIRE

Clue #19: 29. Strand in a cell

3-letter answer Answer: RNA

Word Help: Synonyms: RNA, ribonucleic_acid

Clue #20: 30. The World Map is the largest one to date, with 11,695 pieces

7-letter answer Answer: LEGOSET

Clue #21: 31. Does some creative accounting?

10-letter answer Answer: SPINSATALE

Clue #22: 32. Meander (about)

3-letter answer Answer: GAD

Word Help: Synonyms: spur, anxiety_reaction, gad

Clue #23: 33. Saint Martin, par exemple

3-letter answer Answer: ILE

Clue #24: 35. Actress Mendes

3-letter answer Answer: EVA

Clue #25: 36. Torre ___ Greco, Italy

3-letter answer Answer: DEL

Clue #26: 39. Celebration whose full name translates as "festival of the first day"

3-letter answer Answer: TET

Word Help: Synonyms: Tet

Clue #27: 42. Menlo Park, N.J., famously

7-letter answer Answer: LABSITE

Clue #28: 44. Hem, but not haw

3-letter answer Answer: SEW

Word Help: Synonyms: stitch, sew_together, run_up

Clue #29: 46. Screwy

5-letter answer Answer: WEIRD

Word Help: Synonyms: weird, uncanny, eldritch

Clue #30: 49. I, for one

5-letter answer Answer: VOWEL

Word Help: Synonyms: vowel, vowel_sound
Antonyms: consonant

Clue #31: 50. Surrey town known for its salt

5-letter answer Answer: EPSOM

Clue #32: 51. Most bulk email

4-letter answer Answer: SPAM

Word Help: Synonyms: junk_e-mail, spam, Spam

Clue #33: 52. Thomas ___ Edison

4-letter answer Answer: ALVA

Clue #34: 53. Appreciation

4-letter answer Answer: GAIN

Word Help: Synonyms: earn, realize, gain
Antonyms: fall_back, lose

Clue #35: 54. Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer

4-letter answer Answer: EGAN

Clue #36: 56. Certain vipers

4-letter answer Answer: ASPS

Word Help: Synonyms: asp_viper, asp, Egyptian_cobra

Clue #37: 57. X-rated material

4-letter answer Answer: SMUT

Word Help: Synonyms: porno, smut, pornography

Clue #38: 60. ___ Lingus

3-letter answer Answer: AER

Clue #39: 61. Stratego piece

3-letter answer Answer: SPY

Word Help: Synonyms: sight, spot, undercover_agent

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (39 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (39 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song)	4
2A	5. *Treat with kindness	8
3A	10. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace	4
4A	14. Brute	4
5A	15. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword	5
6A	16. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps	4
7A	17. Unchangeable	10
8A	19. Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth"	4
9A	20. Hungers for	6
10A	21. Early Germanic people	5
11A	23. Move around the world	5
12A	24. *Expensive	6
13A	26. Lift	5
14A	29. Mardi Gras locale, informally	4
15A	30. Ovarian sac contents	3
16A	31. Fuddy-duddies	6
17A	32. "Still ___" (2022 rap hit)	3
18A	33. Meander	4
19A	34. High lights?	6
20A	35. Practice chiromancy	9
21A	37. Disappear, as a trail	6
22A	40. "Central Park in the Dark" composer	4
23A	41. Music box?	3
24A	44. Diviner	6
25A	45. Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld"	3
26A	46. Box a bit	4
27A	47. Tonkatsu coating	5
28A	48. *Deli device	6
29A	49. Bug expert, for short	5
30A	50. Invite at the door	5
31A	52. Extreme pressure	6
32A	53. El ___	4
33A	55. Felt tired during the day, say	10
34A	58. Words to a betrayer	4
35A	59. "The Philosophy of Right" author	5
36A	60. Like a computer with a running screensaver	4
37A	61. How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues	4
38A	62. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically	8
39A	63. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song)"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AINT

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2A: "5. *Treat with kindness"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BENICETO

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3A: "10. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Similar words include: ode
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODES

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4A: "14. Brute"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
• Similar words include: Goth, tyke, churl
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOOR

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5A: "15. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
• Similar words include: Academy Award
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OSCAR

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6A: "16. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FOMO

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7A: "17. Unchangeable"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SETINSTONE

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8A: "19. Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ancient italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to greek satyr
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FAUN

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9A: "20. Hungers for"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
• Similar words include: starve, lust, thirst
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CRAVES

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10A: "21. Early Germanic people"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
• Similar words include: Goth, tyke, boor
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOTHS

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11A: "23. Move around the world"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
• Similar words include: field, scope, reach
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ORBIT

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12A: "24. *Expensive"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having a high price
• Similar words include: costly, high-priced, dear
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PRICEY

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13A: "26. Lift"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
• Similar words include: run up, lift, wind
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HOIST

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14A: "29. Mardi Gras locale, informally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOLA

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15A: "30. Ovarian sac contents"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
• Similar words include: hard roe
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ROE

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16A: "31. Fuddy-duddies"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
• Similar words include: puritan, prude
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PRUDES

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17A: "32. "Still ___" (2022 rap hit)"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DRE

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18A: "33. Meander"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that direct one's course or way
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WEND

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19A: "34. High lights?"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the first light of day
• Similar words include: daybreak, sunrise, sunup
• Opposite of: sunset

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Answer: AURORA

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20A: "35. Practice chiromancy"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: READPALMS

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21A: "37. Disappear, as a trail"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GOCOLD

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22A: "40. "Central Park in the Dark" composer"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
• Similar words include: James Ives, Charles Edward Ives, James Merritt Ives
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IVES

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23A: "41. Music box?"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: A, adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMP

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24A: "44. Diviner"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an authoritative person who divines the future
• Similar words include: seer, prophesier, prophet
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORACLE

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25A: "45. Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Similar words include: Lion, Leo the Lion
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LEO

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26A: "46. Box a bit"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Similar words include: sparring
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPAR

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27A: "47. Tonkatsu coating"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PANKO

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28A: "48. *Deli device"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLICER

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29A: "49. Bug expert, for short"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITPRO

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30A: "50. Invite at the door"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASKIN

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31A: "52. Extreme pressure"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that compulsory force or threat
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DURESS

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32A: "53. El ___"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PASO

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33A: "55. Felt tired during the day, say"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEEDEDANAP

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34A: "58. Words to a betrayer"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETTU

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35A: "59. "The Philosophy of Right" author"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that german philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by karl marx (1770-1831)
• Similar words include: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HEGEL

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36A: "60. Like a computer with a running screensaver"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Similar words include: baseless, loose, stagnate
• Opposite of: run, work

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IDLE

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37A: "61. How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that clean or organized
• Similar words include: corking, refined, bang-up
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEAT

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38A: "62. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DICEROLL

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39A: "63. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: czar, tzar
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSAR

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Bolt	7
2D	2. Certain Windows hard drive malfunction	7
3D	3. *Conspicuous	10
4D	4. Stupid stuff it's fun to know	6
5D	5. Level-ending foe	4
6D	6. Educated guess: Abbr.	3
7D	7. Sgt., e.g.	3
8D	8. Like lemon curd	5
9D	9. Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names	4
10D	10. *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor	11
11D	11. "Copy me"	7
12D	12. Runner Down Under	3
13D	13. Certain heir	3
14D	18. Make in the end	3
15D	22. Steady humming sounds	6
16D	24. Locale for catfish or carp	4
17D	25. What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix	7
18D	27. Spanish 101 verb	3
19D	28. Whom you might greet with open arms, for short?	3
20D	30. Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth"	5
21D	31. Prefix with botanist	5
22D	33. "Sure … if you say so"	6
23D	35. Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzle	8
24D	36. Profess	4
25D	37. Something Lincoln once led, for short	3
26D	38. Italian time unit	3
27D	39. Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points	7
28D	41. *Book addenda	10
29D	42. Chicken ___	7
30D	43. Thrive	7
31D	46. Narrow channel	6
32D	48. Derisive look	5
33D	49. OB/GYN offering	3
34D	51. Crisply shown, as on TV	4
35D	52. Wooded valley	4
36D	53. Coop	3
37D	54. Performed amazingly, in slang	3
38D	56. Id's counterpart	3
39D	57. The First State: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Bolt"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
• Similar words include: absquatulate, decamp, go off
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABSCOND

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2D: "2. Certain Windows hard drive malfunction"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IOERROR

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3D: "3. *Conspicuous"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that capable or worthy of being perceived
• Similar words include: obtrusive, detectable
• Opposite of: unobtrusive, unnoticeable

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOTICEABLE

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4D: "4. Stupid stuff it's fun to know"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRIVIA

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5D: "5. Level-ending foe"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who exercises control over workers
• Similar words include: political boss, emboss, party boss
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOSS

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6D: "6. Educated guess: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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 Standard Time, Eastern Time
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EST

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7D: "7. Sgt., e.g."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NCO

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8D: "8. Like lemon curd"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tasting sour like a lemon
• Similar words include: lemony, sourish, lemonlike
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TANGY

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9D: "9. Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Similar words include: oreo cookie
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OREO

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10D: "10. *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OFFICEHOURS

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11D: "11. "Copy me""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOASIDO

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12D: "12. Runner Down Under"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Similar words include: electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMU

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13D: "13. Certain heir"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male human offspring
• Similar words include: Word, Logos, boy
• Opposite of: daughter, girl

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SON

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14D: "18. Make in the end"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Similar words include: clear, profit, network
• Opposite of: gross

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Answer: NET

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15D: "22. Steady humming sounds"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thrumming sound
• Similar words include: beat, hum, thrum
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THRUMS

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16D: "24. Locale for catfish or carp"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small lake
• Similar words include: pool
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: POND

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17D: "25. What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REDPILL

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18D: "27. Spanish 101 verb"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SER

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19D: "28. Whom you might greet with open arms, for short?"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSA

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20D: "30. Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: READE

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21D: "31. Prefix with botanist"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PALEO

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22D: "33. "Sure … if you say so""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WELLOK

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23D: "35. Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzle"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROCKSOUT

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24D: "36. Profess"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that report or maintain
• Similar words include: swan, allege, avow
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AVER

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25D: "37. Something Lincoln once led, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the younger of two major political parties in the united states; gop is an acronym for grand old party
• Similar words include: Republican Party
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOP

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26D: "38. Italian time unit"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Similar words include: operating system, osmium, atomic number 76
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORA

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27D: "39. Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
• Similar words include: meld, basket rummy
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CANASTA

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28D: "41. *Book addenda"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
• Similar words include: vermiform process, cecal appendage, appendix
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APPENDICES

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29D: "42. Chicken ___"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from sicily
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MARSALA

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30D: "43. Thrive"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
• Similar words include: fly high, thrive, flourish
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PROSPER

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31D: "46. Narrow channel"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
• Similar words include: sound, straits, pass
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STRAIT

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32D: "48. Derisive look"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
• Similar words include: leer
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNEER

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33D: "49. OB/GYN offering"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus
• Similar words include: intrauterine device
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IUD

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34D: "51. Crisply shown, as on TV"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INHD

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35D: "52. Wooded valley"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small wooded hollow
• Similar words include: dingle
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELL

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36D: "53. Coop"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Similar words include: compose, write, penitentiary
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEN

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37D: "54. Performed amazingly, in slang"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: eat up, eat, eat on
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATE

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38D: "56. Id's counterpart"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Similar words include: self, self-importance, egotism
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EGO

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39D: "57. The First State: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEL

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

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

39 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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