27404 Tue Nov 19, 2024 NYT by Erik Agard

Across Clues :

1. Auctioneer's mallet, 6. Faucet fault, 10. Something dipped in a party dip, 14. Keep hope ___, 15. Saga sage since 1980, 16. Head over heels, 17. Find a way to avert disaster, 19. "Who ___?", 20. Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment, 21. Thin wedge, 23. Sweltering, 24. "The Walking Dead" channel, 25. Out of the ordinary, 27. Because someone challenged you to, 29. Helpful ads, in brief, 31. Cry of frustration, 33. W.N.B.A. star Brittney, 34. Having multiple levels, 37. Get ready to compete, 38. Have a sleepover, 41. "___ we?", 42. Gymnast Biles, 43. Guitarist Santana, 45. Thing to wring, 46. Common surname in Pakistan, 50. Sci-fi author Butler, 52. Grads-to-be: Abbr., 54. Soccer cheer, 55. Admirer, 56. C.F.O. or C.T.O., 58. Low tie score, 60. Gratis, 62. What 17- and 38-Across combine to form?, 64. Gets it wrong, 65. Type of earring, 66. Neutral color, 67. ___ golf, 68. Phoenix franchise, 69. Express contempt

Down Clues :

1. Piece of equipment that might read "Tighten until click", 2. They're set to go off, 3. Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off", 4. Steady, 5. Stop holding on, 6. Hue granter?, 7. Counterparts of cones, 8. ID is required when sending a letter there, 9. Shelling out, 10. Moviemaking tech, 11. Rosh ___, 12. "Don't bother with that", 13. Houndstooth or herringbone, 18. Made a safe bet, 22. First name in civil rights history, 26. Game of throws, 28. Mournful songs, 30. "How ___ Got Her Groove Back", 32. Common pronoun pair, 35. Head over heels, 36. Some band recordings, 38. Track-and-field star Richardson, 39. Law firm leaders, 40. "You got it!", 41. Expressed contempt, 44. Portions equal to roughly 17%, 47. Long sandwich, 48. Claim, 49. Half of a rhyming synonym of "haphazard", 51. Quintet found in a supervocalic word, 53. Overlooks disrespectfully, 57. "Stop being ridiculous!", 59. Biblical garden, 61. Key that's missing an "ape", 63. Some band recordings, informally

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 19, 2024

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

New York Times, Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Auctioneer's mallet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAVEL

  Possible Answer : gavel




• The clue is 6. Faucet fault. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRIP

  Possible Answer : drip_mold, drip_mould, drip, dribble, drop, trickle, dripping




• The clue is 10. Something dipped in a party dip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIP

  Possible Answer : potato_chip, cow_dung, scrap, buffalo_chip, micro_chip, break_off, Saratoga_chip, flake, nick, fleck, chipping, chip_shot, break_away, cut_off, bit, silicon_chip, chip_off, cow_chip, check, crisp, poker_chip, microprocessor_chip, splintering, come_off, chip, microchip, knap




• The clue is 14. Keep hope ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIVE

  Possible Answer : live, animated, awake, active, alive, alert

  Possible Opposite Answer : unanimated, dead




• The clue is 15. Saga sage since 1980. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YODA




• The clue is 16. Head over heels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer : doddering, dotty, crazy, doddery, wild, senile, gaga




• The clue is 17. Find a way to avert disaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAVETHEDAY




• The clue is 19. "Who ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISNT




• The clue is 20. Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRINGE

  Possible Answer : cower, quail, cringe, funk, crawl, wince, shrink, fawn, recoil, creep, squinch, grovel, flinch




• The clue is 21. Thin wedge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHIM

  Possible Answer : shim




• The clue is 23. Sweltering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOT

  Possible Answer : live, red-hot, hot, blistering, spicy, raging

  Possible Opposite Answer : cold




• The clue is 24. "The Walking Dead" channel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMC




• The clue is 25. Out of the ordinary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODD

  Possible Answer : odd, funny, unpaired, left_over, peculiar, queer, uneven, unmated, rum, leftover, singular, left, unexpended, rummy, curious, unmatched, remaining

  Possible Opposite Answer : even




• The clue is 27. Because someone challenged you to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONADARE




• The clue is 29. Helpful ads, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSAS

  Possible Answer : prostate_specific_antigen, PSA




• The clue is 31. Cry of frustration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAH




• The clue is 33. W.N.B.A. star Brittney. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRINER




• The clue is 34. Having multiple levels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIERED

  Possible Answer : tiered




• The clue is 37. Get ready to compete. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAIN

  Possible Answer : caravan, trail, railroad_train, train, string, geartrain, civilise, gear, discipline, rail, wagon_train, cultivate, educate, coach, prepare, civilize, school, condition, power_train, gearing, check, take_aim, take, direct, groom, aim, develop




• The clue is 38. Have a sleepover. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: SPENDTHENIGHT




• The clue is 41. "___ we?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHALL




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

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

  The answer: SIMONE




• The clue is 43. Guitarist Santana. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARLOS

  Possible Answer : Ilich_Ramirez_Sanchez, Taurus, Glen_Gebhard, Hector_Hevodidbon, Michael_Assat, Carlos, Ilich_Sanchez, Sanchez, Andres_Martinez, Salim, Carlos_the_Jackal




• The clue is 45. Thing to wring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOP

  Possible Answer : swob, mop, mow, wipe_up, pout, mop_up, swab




• The clue is 46. Common surname in Pakistan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAH

  Possible Answer : Shah_of_Iran, Shah




• The clue is 50. Sci-fi author Butler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTAVIA




• The clue is 52. Grads-to-be: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRS

  Possible Answer : steradian, atomic_number_38, Sr, strontium, sr




• The clue is 54. Soccer cheer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE




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

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer : sports_fan, lover, devotee, winnow, rooter, fan, buff




• The clue is 56. C.F.O. or C.T.O.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXEC

  Possible Answer : White_House, EXEC




• The clue is 58. Low tie score. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEALL




• The clue is 60. Gratis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FREE

  Possible Answer : loose, costless, destitute, unfreeze, gratuitous, unloose, devoid, exempt, barren, free_people, justify, innocent, spare, dislodge, complimentary, detached, relieve, free, liberate, give_up, resign, discharge, unblock, unloosen, liberal, absolve, rid, disengage, relinquish, gratis, disembarrass, release

  Possible Opposite Answer : obstruct, unfree, blame, enforce, lodge, confine, block, bound, freeze




• The clue is 62. What 17- and 38-Across combine to form?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIMEBUDGET




• The clue is 64. Gets it wrong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRS

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




• The clue is 65. Type of earring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOP

  Possible Answer : wicket, hoop, basketball_hoop, ring, basket




• The clue is 66. Neutral color. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEIGE

  Possible Answer : ecru, beige




• The clue is 67. ___ golf. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISC

  Possible Answer : record, phonograph_recording, magnetic_disc, phonograph_record, platter, disk, magnetic_disk, saucer, disc




• The clue is 68. Phoenix franchise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNS

  Possible Answer : Sun, sunshine, Dominicus, solarize, sunbathe, Sunday, solarise, sun, sunlight, insolate, Lord's_Day




• The clue is 69. Express contempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNEER

  Possible Answer : leer, sneer

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Piece of equipment that might read "Tighten until click". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GASCAP

• The clue is 2. They're set to go off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALARMS

  Possible Answer: alarm, alarm_system, appall, warning_signal, alarm_clock, warning_device, consternation, alarum, dismay, horrify, appal, alert

• The clue is 3. Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIVICA

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

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

  The answer: EVEN

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : odd, uneven

• The clue is 5. Stop holding on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETGO

• The clue is 6. Hue granter?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DYE

  Possible Answer: dye, dyestuff

• The clue is 7. Counterparts of cones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RODS

  Possible Answer: retinal_rod, pole, rod, rod_cell, perch, gat

• The clue is 8. ID is required when sending a letter there. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDAHO

  Possible Answer: Gem_State, ID, Idaho

• The clue is 9. Shelling out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAYING

  Possible Answer: paid, remunerative, yield, paying, ante_up, pay, bear, make_up, give, pay_up, pay_off, salaried, stipendiary, compensable, compensate, gainful, devote

  Possible Opposite Answer : default

• The clue is 10. Moviemaking tech. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CGI

• The clue is 11. Rosh ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HASHANAH

• The clue is 12. "Don't bother with that". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGNOREIT

• The clue is 13. Houndstooth or herringbone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATTERN

  Possible Answer: form, traffic_pattern, rule, normal, model, practice, shape, pattern, convention, approach_pattern, design, radiation_diagram, blueprint, formula, radiation_pattern, figure

• The clue is 18. Made a safe bet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEDGED

  Possible Answer: weasel-worded, circumvent, skirt, parry, dodge, hedge_in, elude, hedged, put_off, sidestep, fudge, duck, evade, hedge

• The clue is 22. First name in civil rights history. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARTIN

  Possible Answer: martin, Mary_Martin, Dean_Martin, Steve_Martin, Martin, Dino_Paul_Crocetti, St._Martin

• The clue is 26. Game of throws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARTS

  Possible Answer: darts, scud, flash, dart, flit, shoot, dash, scoot, fleet, flutter

• The clue is 28. Mournful songs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIRGES

  Possible Answer: threnody, requiem, coronach, lament, dirge

• The clue is 30. "How ___ Got Her Groove Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STELLA

  Possible Answer: Frank_Stella, Stella, Frank_Philip_Stella

• The clue is 32. Common pronoun pair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEHIM

• The clue is 35. Head over heels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLOVE

• The clue is 36. Some band recordings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEMOS

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

• The clue is 38. Track-and-field star Richardson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHACARRI

• The clue is 39. Law firm leaders. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARTNERS

  Possible Answer: cooperator, married_person, partner, collaborator, pardner, spouse, better_half, mate

• The clue is 40. "You got it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPROB

• The clue is 41. Expressed contempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCOFFED

  Possible Answer: scoff, barrack, flout, gibe, jeer

• The clue is 44. Portions equal to roughly 17%. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIXTHS

  Possible Answer: one-sixth, sixth

• The clue is 47. Long sandwich. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOAGIE

  Possible Answer: Cuban_sandwich, hero_sandwich, submarine, wedge, bomber, hoagy, sub, hoagie, torpedo, submarine_sandwich, poor_boy, hero, zep, grinder, Italian_sandwich

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

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

  The answer: ALLEGE

  Possible Answer: allege, aver, say

• The clue is 49. Half of a rhyming synonym of "haphazard". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELTER

• The clue is 51. Quintet found in a supervocalic word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AEIOU

• The clue is 53. Overlooks disrespectfully. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNUBS

  Possible Answer: rebuff, snub, cut, cold_shoulder, disregard, ignore, repulse, repel

• The clue is 57. "Stop being ridiculous!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CMON

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

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

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer: Shangri-la, promised_land, nirvana, Garden_of_Eden, Eden, heaven, paradise

• The clue is 61. Key that's missing an "ape". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC

• The clue is 63. Some band recordings, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPS

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Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Someone getting the red-carpet treatment, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
• Similar words include: high-up, panjandrum, high muckamuck
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VIP

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🧩 2A: "4. Lather on a latte"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
• Similar words include: fizz, form bubbles, effervesce
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FOAM

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🧩 3A: "8. Chew (on)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that bite or chew on with the teeth
• Similar words include: eat at, erode, gnaw at
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GNAW

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🧩 4A: "12. Purple smoothie berry"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACAI

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🧩 5A: "14. Utah ski resort"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALTA

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🧩 6A: "15. Direction when things go bad"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the region of the united states lying to the south of the mason-dixon line
• Similar words include: Confederate States, Confederate States of America, due south
• Opposite of: north

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Answer: SOUTH

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🧩 7A: "16. Big ask ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares?"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TALLORDER

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🧩 8A: "18. Black tea variety"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a superior grade of black tea; grown in india and sri lanka and java
• Similar words include: orange pekoe
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEKOE

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🧩 9A: "19. Ultra-vibrant colors"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Similar words include: neon, atomic number 10, Ne
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEONS

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🧩 10A: "20. "Come again??," casually"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SCUSEME

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🧩 11A: "22. In competition (for)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
• Similar words include: compete, vie, contend
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: VYING

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🧩 12A: "25. Inits. of the first female presidential candidate for a major party"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HRC

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🧩 13A: "26. County at one end of the River Thames"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a county in southeastern england on the north sea and the thames estuary
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESSEX

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🧩 14A: "29. Deep-sea predator"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Similar words include: Orcinus orca, killer, sea wolf
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ORCA

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🧩 15A: "31. Phenomena leading some to believe that we are not alone"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
• Similar words include: flying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UFOS

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🧩 16A: "35. Sore, as joints"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that causing a dull and steady pain
• Similar words include: aching
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACHY

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🧩 17A: "36. Ruin, as the end of a movie"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
• Similar words include: bollocks up, flub, bollix
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPOIL

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🧩 18A: "37. Accessory for Batman or Robin"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
• Similar words include: ness, mantle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CAPE

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🧩 19A: "38. Quartet minus one"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: leash, triad, tercet
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRIO

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🧩 20A: "39. "What a ___!" ("Nonsense!")"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Similar words include: lampblack, smut, earthenware jar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CROCK

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🧩 21A: "40. Was certain of"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
• Similar words include: fuck, experience, have it off
• Opposite of: ignore

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Answer: KNEW

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🧩 22A: "41. Posting at the start of a drive-thru"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Similar words include: carte, fare, computer menu
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MENU

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🧩 23A: "42. Wanders here and there"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• Similar words include: cast, rove, stray
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROVES

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🧩 24A: "43. Storybook baddie"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Similar words include: monster, devil, demon
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OGRE

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🧩 25A: "44. Females in flocks"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Similar words include: Ewe, ewe
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EWES

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🧩 26A: "45. Company whose business is picking up?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UBER

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🧩 27A: "46. "Such a pity!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOSAD

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🧩 28A: "47. Planetary body, to poets"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Similar words include: orbit, revolve, eyeball
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORB

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🧩 29A: "49. Playground comeback to "You have no idea!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOTOO

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🧩 30A: "51. Powerhouse competitors in women's Olympic gymnastics"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEAMUSA

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🧩 31A: "55. Wreak ___ (cause chaos)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that violent and needless disturbance
• Similar words include: mayhem
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAVOC

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🧩 32A: "58. Superb grade"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APLUS

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🧩 33A: "59. Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares?"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCOOPEDUP

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🧩 34A: "63. Place for umbrellas"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEACH

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🧩 35A: "64. Some hoppy drinks at happy hour, in brief"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IPAS

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🧩 36A: "65. Hollywood icon Hayworth"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RITA

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🧩 37A: "66. Informal hangout at which attendees may jam or gossip"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SESH

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🧩 38A: "67. It's your destiny"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
• Similar words include: destine, lot, luck
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FATE

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🧩 39A: "68. Fresh on the scene"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
• Similar words include: newfangled, young, newly
• Opposite of: worn, old

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEW

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Big winery fixture"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
• Similar words include: value-added tax, ad valorem tax, tub
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VAT

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🧩 2D: "2. Volunteer's confident cry"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ICAN

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🧩 3D: "3. Ashen-faced"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wooden strip forming part of a fence
• Similar words include: wan, blanch, sick
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PALE

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🧩 4D: "4. Iranian language from which we get "turban""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person of iranian descent
• Similar words include: Persian
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FARSI

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🧩 5D: "5. Obsolete"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: former, quondam, erstwhile
• Opposite of: new, young

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLD

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🧩 6D: "6. Took a side?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATE

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🧩 7D: "7. Planet whose evening temperatures plunge to -200°F"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
• Similar words include: March, mar, Red Planet
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MARS

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🧩 8D: "8. Enjoys immensely"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOESCUCKOOOVER

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🧩 9D: "9. Heat in the microwave"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
• Similar words include: micro-cook, atomize, microwave
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NUKE

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🧩 10D: "10. Basic building block"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Similar words include: molecule, particle, mote
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATOM

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🧩 11D: "11. "This roller coaster is awes-o-o-o-ome!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHEE

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🧩 12D: "13. Words that express a deep-felt affection"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ILOVEYOUSOMUCH

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🧩 13D: "15. Part of a cowgirl's boot"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
• Similar words include: branch line, spine, prod
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPUR

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🧩 14D: "17. Jet-black stone"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONYX

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🧩 15D: "21. Supplies for making sidewalk art"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft whitish calcite
• Similar words include: deoxyephedrine, ice, shabu
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHALKS

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🧩 16D: "23. "Easy peasy!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOPROB

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🧩 17D: "24. Shook it to the beat"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a groove in, or provide with a groove
• Similar words include: well-grooved, furrow, groove
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GROOVED

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🧩 18D: "26. Directions on the cake in "Alice in Wonderland""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EATME

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🧩 19D: "27. Fastener with threads"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who guards prisoners
• Similar words include: chouse, prison guard, fuck
• Opposite of: unscrew

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCREW

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🧩 20D: "28. What starry skies and star pupils do"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
• Similar words include: glow, radiate, effulgence
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHINE

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🧩 21D: "30. Roman orator who said "Silence is one of the great arts of conversation""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
• Similar words include: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CICERO

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🧩 22D: "32. Vampire bat feature"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bantu language spoken in cameroon
• Similar words include: fang, Fang
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FANGS

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🧩 23D: "33. Work of Puccini or Bellini"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Similar words include: opera house
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPERA

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🧩 24D: "34. Stitched (up)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Similar words include: sewn, tailor, sew
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEWED

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🧩 25D: "36. Outfits for E.R. staff"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
• Similar words include: gown, bush, chaparral
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCRUBS

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🧩 26D: "46. Ivory or Dove"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
• Similar words include: easy lay, goop, scoop
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOAP

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🧩 27D: "48. Be in a big hurry"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
• Similar words include: cannonball along, speed, boot
• Opposite of: linger, delay

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUSH

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🧩 28D: "50. The items over there"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THOSE

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🧩 29D: "51. Kept ___ on (monitored)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
• Similar words include: yellow journalism, check, pill
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TABS

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🧩 30D: "52. Weapon for a duel"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPEE

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🧩 31D: "53. "Ah, such is life!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Similar words include: regrettably, unfortunately, ala
• Opposite of: luckily, fortunately

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALAS

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🧩 32D: "54. "Keep dreaming, pal!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASIF

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🧩 33D: "56. Father of Thor in both myth and the Marvel Universe"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODIN

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🧩 34D: "57. Just adorable"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
• Similar words include: precious, cunning
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUTE

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🧩 35D: "60. Tax prep pro"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Similar words include: certified public accountant
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CPA

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🧩 36D: "61. Something to feed a steed"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OAT

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🧩 37D: "62. Pussy foot?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Similar words include: manus, mitt, hand
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAW

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

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37 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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