27403 Mon Nov 18, 2024 NYT by Rajeswari Rajamani

Across Clues :

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

Down Clues :

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

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 18, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, November 18, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: RELAX

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : tense, stiffen, strain




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

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

  The answer: CORGI

  Possible Answer : corgi, Welsh_corgi




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

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

  The answer: EWW




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

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

  The answer: AXIOM

  Possible Answer : maxim, axiom




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

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

  The answer: AREAS

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




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

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer : Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion




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

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

  The answer: BECKANDCALL




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

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

  The answer: CAR

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




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

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

  The answer: BRIANA




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

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

  The answer: PLACARD

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




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

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

  The answer: ITTY




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

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

  The answer: DES

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




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

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

  The answer: ANAP




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

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

  The answer: JACKANDJILL




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

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

  The answer: SHARD

  Possible Answer : fragment, shard, sherd




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

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

  The answer: HALT

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : start




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

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

  The answer: OTOE

  Possible Answer : Oto, Otoe




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

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

  The answer: NONOS




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

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

  The answer: OTT




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

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

  The answer: SLAPS

  Possible Answer : slap, smack, smacking




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

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

  The answer: ALEC




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

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

  The answer: SEEP

  Possible Answer : ooze, seep




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

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

  The answer: NENES




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

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

  The answer: PICKANDROLL




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

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

  The answer: DEMO

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




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

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

  The answer: SPA

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




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

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

  The answer: TORI

  Possible Answer : torus, tore, toroid




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

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

  The answer: EROTICA

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




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

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

  The answer: WEAVED

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : unweave




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

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

  The answer: BAT

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




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

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

  The answer: COCKANDBULL




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

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

  The answer: AVE




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

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

  The answer: UNDID

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : wrap, make




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

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

  The answer: ALLIE




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

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer : yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no




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

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

  The answer: SECTS

  Possible Answer : religious_sect, sect, religious_order, faction




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

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

  The answer: MEETS

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: RABBI

  Possible Answer: rabbi, Rabbi

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

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

  The answer: EXERT

  Possible Answer: maintain, wield, exercise, exert

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

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

  The answer: LICIT

  Possible Answer: lawful, legitimate, licit

  Possible Opposite Answer : illicit

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

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

  The answer: AOKAY

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

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

  The answer: XMAN

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

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

  The answer: CAD

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

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

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

  The answer: ORC

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

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

  The answer: REAP

  Possible Answer: glean, reap, draw, harvest

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

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

  The answer: GALLANT

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

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

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

  The answer: ISLAND

  Possible Answer: island

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

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

  The answer: ELCAPITAN

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

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

  The answer: WEAR

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh

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

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

  The answer: WORD

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

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

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

  The answer: NADA

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

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

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

  The answer: CAJOLE

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

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

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

  The answer: ECHOED

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

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

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

  The answer: SKATERS

  Possible Answer: skater

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

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

  The answer: JDS

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

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

  The answer: ALTPOP

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

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

  The answer: LOPE

  Possible Answer: canter, trot, lope, jog

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

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

  The answer: LESS

  Possible Answer: to_a_lesser_extent, less

  Possible Opposite Answer : more

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

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

  The answer: SNAP

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

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

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

  The answer: HOLI

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

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

  The answer: ANECDOTES

  Possible Answer: anecdote

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

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

  The answer: ROCKET

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

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

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

  The answer: SNL

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

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

  The answer: SNOCONE

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

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

  The answer: AMICUS

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

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

  The answer: LAWN

  Possible Answer: lawn

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

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

  The answer: TABLE

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

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

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

  The answer: OVULE

  Possible Answer: ovule

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

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

  The answer: RELIT

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

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

  The answer: IDLES

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : work, run

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

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

  The answer: EBAY

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

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

  The answer: RAVE

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

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

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

  The answer: ACDC

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

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

  The answer: EDAM

  Possible Answer: Edam

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

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

  The answer: KIT

  Possible Answer: outfit, kit, kit_up, kit_out

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

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

  The answer: ADS

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

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: 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

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• 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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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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