27452 Wed Jan 08, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Suddenly stopped moving, 6. Japanese noodle, 10. Pronoun that's falling into disuse, 14. Japanese noodle soup, 15. Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the", 16. Virtue signal?, 17. In plain sight, 18. The devil's workshop, it's said, 20. Hiccup, 22. Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos, 23. Shade of black, 24. Pasture sound, 27. Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream, 31. They elevate a choir's performance, 33. www addresses, 34. Comedian's stage performance, 37. Talk excessively, 39. State leader?, 40. Relating to form, 41. Burst of energy, 44. Actress Skye of "Say Anything …", 45. Hole near a sole, 46. Corridor, 48. Surveyor's measure, 49. Home plate is the "fourth" one, 52. Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short, 53. Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together, 58. Most tacky, 61. Wrinkle remover, 62. Dad humor, perhaps, 63. Bread in a tandoor, 64. Papal vestment, 65. Sacrifice a fly?, 66. Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones", 67. Book often shelved on its side

Down Clues :

1. Word on a gift tag, 2. Shankar who performed at Woodstock, 3. Black cat, maybe, 4. "Fiddler on the Roof" star, 5. Catch in a sting, 6. Soup recipe instruction, 7. Surgeon, informally, 8. Shire resident, 9. Héloise's lover, 10. "Kapow!", 11. Ancient Chinese dynasty, 12. Word with style or fashioned, 13. Sept. and Oct., 19. Element named after the Greek word for "sun", 21. Pitchfork-shaped letters, 24. Place to pick daisies, 25. Mysterious knowledge, 26. Rick of Rickrolling fame, 27. Earl of food storage fame, 28. Southwestern gully, 29. Attacked, as by a tiger, 30. Shakespearean dying words, 32. Party pooper, 35. Flight board posting: Abbr., 36. Near, 38. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth, 42. Cross-country runner's asset, 43. Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference), 47. Portugal's capital, in Portugal, 50. Warrior's weapon, 51. Assignment often graded with a red pen, 53. Not quite broken, say, 54. Mountain above Vulcan's forge, 55. Right-leaning type?: Abbr., 56. Nut that's a source of caffeine, 57. Noneternal flames?, 58. Loops in, in a way, 59. It's not one of the five W's, 60. The "E" of B.C.E.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 08, 2025

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

Wed Jan 08, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Suddenly stopped moving. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FROZE

  Possible Answer : freeze_down, suspend, freeze_out, block, immobilise, stop_dead, freeze, immobilize

  Possible Opposite Answer : boil, unblock, unfreeze




• The clue is 6. Japanese noodle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOBA




• The clue is 10. Pronoun that's falling into disuse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHOM




• The clue is 14. Japanese noodle soup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAMEN




• The clue is 15. Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIB




• The clue is 16. Virtue signal?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALO

  Possible Answer : annulus, halo, doughnut, aureole, ring, gloriole, anchor_ring, glory, aura, nimbus




• The clue is 17. In plain sight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVERT

  Possible Answer : open, overt

  Possible Opposite Answer : covert




• The clue is 18. The devil's workshop, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDLEHANDS




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

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

  The answer: MINORPROBLEM




• The clue is 22. Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAS

  Possible Answer : Master_of_Arts, MA, momma, mom, mummy, AM, mama, mamma, mum, Artium_Magister, milliampere, Massachusetts, Bay_State, mA, Old_Colony, mammy, mommy, ma




• The clue is 23. Shade of black. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COAL

  Possible Answer : coal, ember, char




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

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

  The answer: MAA




• The clue is 27. Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TACOPIE




• The clue is 31. They elevate a choir's performance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RISERS

  Possible Answer : riser_pipe, riser_pipeline, riser, riser_main




• The clue is 33. www addresses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URLS

  Possible Answer : URL, universal_resource_locator, uniform_resource_locator




• The clue is 34. Comedian's stage performance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANDUPACT




• The clue is 37. Talk excessively. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRATE

  Possible Answer : blabber, prattle, tattle, gabble, chin_music, palaver, maunder, clack, gibber, chatter, piffle, twaddle, blether, idle_talk, tittle-tattle, blab, prate




• The clue is 39. State leader?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRI




• The clue is 40. Relating to form. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MODAL

  Possible Answer : modal_verb, modal_auxiliary, average, modal_auxiliary_verb, modal




• The clue is 41. Burst of energy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POWERSURGE




• The clue is 44. Actress Skye of "Say Anything …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONE




• The clue is 45. Hole near a sole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYELET

  Possible Answer : cringle, grommet, grummet, eyelet, eyehole, loop




• The clue is 46. Corridor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALLWAY

  Possible Answer : hall, hallway




• The clue is 48. Surveyor's measure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROD

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




• The clue is 49. Home plate is the "fourth" one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BASE

  Possible Answer : foot, stem, theme, baseborn, immoral, foundation, alkali, ground, home, cornerstone, nucleotide, lowly, stand, bag, root, basis, radical, base, al-Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, root_word, fundament, establish, understructure, found, substructure, humble, al-Qaida, infrastructure, base_of_operations, floor, free-base, mean, groundwork, radix, meanspirited, Qaeda, Base, basal, pedestal




• The clue is 52. Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIS

  Possible Answer : Si, Systeme_International, International_System, International_System_of_Units, silicon, SI_unit, si, SI_system, te, sister, Systeme_International_d'Unites, SI, ti, sis, atomic_number_14

  Possible Opposite Answer : brother




• The clue is 53. Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUMPSETSPIKE




• The clue is 58. Most tacky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHEESIEST

  Possible Answer : cheesy, cheap, chintzy, punk, tinny, sleazy, bum, crummy




• The clue is 61. Wrinkle remover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOTOX

  Possible Answer : Botox, botulinum_toxin_A




• The clue is 62. Dad humor, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORN

  Possible Answer : corn_whisky, Zea_mays, maize, clavus, corn_whiskey, corn, Indian_corn, edible_corn




• The clue is 63. Bread in a tandoor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAAN

  Possible Answer : naan, nan




• The clue is 64. Papal vestment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORALE




• The clue is 65. Sacrifice a fly?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWAT

  Possible Answer : swat




• The clue is 66. Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARYA




• The clue is 67. Book often shelved on its side. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATLAS

  Possible Answer : map_collection, atlas_vertebra, Atlas, atlas, telamon, book_of_maps

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Word on a gift tag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FROM

• The clue is 2. Shankar who performed at Woodstock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAVI

• The clue is 3. Black cat, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer: augur, Oman, predict, forecast, prognostication, foretell, omen, bode, prefigure, prognosticate, auspicate, portent, presage, prognostic, Sultanate_of_Oman, foreshadow, Muscat_and_Oman, portend, prodigy, betoken

• The clue is 4. "Fiddler on the Roof" star. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEROMOSTEL

• The clue is 5. Catch in a sting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRAP

  Possible Answer: trammel, ensnare, trap, entrap, set_up, snare, frame

• The clue is 6. Soup recipe instruction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STIR

  Possible Answer: stir, conjure, splash, invoke, bustle, excite, arouse, conjure_up, shift, call_down, call_forth, put_forward, budge, agitate, stimulate, shake_up, hustle, fuss, shake, raise, touch, bring_up, flurry, ado, evoke

• The clue is 7. Surgeon, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDOC

• The clue is 8. Shire resident. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BILBO

• The clue is 9. Héloise's lover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABELARD

  Possible Answer: Abelard, Peter_Abelard, Pierre_Abelard

• The clue is 10. "Kapow!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHAM

  Possible Answer: wham, wallop, whop, whack

• The clue is 11. Ancient Chinese dynasty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAN

  Possible Answer: Han_dynasty, Han

• The clue is 12. Word with style or fashioned. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

  Possible Answer: previous, old, former, quondam, erstwhile, honest-to-god, one-time, sometime, honest-to-goodness, older, onetime, sure-enough, Old

  Possible Opposite Answer : new, young

• The clue is 13. Sept. and Oct.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOS

  Possible Answer: Mo, MO, minute, mo, bit, Show_Me_State, second, molybdenum, atomic_number_42, Missouri, moment

• The clue is 19. Element named after the Greek word for "sun". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELIUM

  Possible Answer: He, atomic_number_2, helium

• The clue is 21. Pitchfork-shaped letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSIS

  Possible Answer: pounds_per_square_inch, psi

• The clue is 24. Place to pick daisies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEADOW

  Possible Answer: hayfield, meadow

• The clue is 25. Mysterious knowledge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARCANA

  Possible Answer: secret, arcanum

• The clue is 26. Rick of Rickrolling fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTLEY

• The clue is 27. Earl of food storage fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUPPER

• The clue is 28. Southwestern gully. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARROYO

  Possible Answer: arroyo

• The clue is 29. Attacked, as by a tiger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAWED

  Possible Answer: clawed, taloned, claw

• The clue is 30. Shakespearean dying words. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTU

• The clue is 32. Party pooper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOILSPORT

  Possible Answer: spoilsport, killjoy, wet_blanket, party_pooper

• The clue is 35. Flight board posting: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARR

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

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

  The answer: NIGH

  Possible Answer: nearly, virtually, close, well-nigh, about, almost, near, most, nigh

  Possible Opposite Answer : far

• The clue is 38. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EREBUS

  Possible Answer: Erebus

• The clue is 42. Cross-country runner's asset. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAMINA

  Possible Answer: stamina, staying_power, toughness, stamen

• The clue is 43. Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAST

  Possible Answer: eastern_United_States, East, Orient, E, east, eastward, due_east

  Possible Opposite Answer : west

• The clue is 47. Portugal's capital, in Portugal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LISBOA

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Portugal, Lisbon, Lisboa

• The clue is 50. Warrior's weapon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEAR

  Possible Answer: lance, fizgig, spear, gig, fishgig, spear_up, shaft

• The clue is 51. Assignment often graded with a red pen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSAY

  Possible Answer: seek, examine, prove, assay, try, attempt, try_out, test, essay

• The clue is 53. Not quite broken, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BENT

  Possible Answer: stoop, deflect, crouch, crumpled, knack, set, dented, flex, turn_away, twist, turn, bend, hang, bent-grass, deform, out_to, bended, dead_set, bow, bent_on, bent, bent_grass

  Possible Opposite Answer : straighten, unbend

• The clue is 54. Mountain above Vulcan's forge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: bunsen_burner, Mt_Etna, bunsen, Etna, Mount_Etna, etna

• The clue is 55. Right-leaning type?: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITAL

• The clue is 56. Nut that's a source of caffeine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOLA

  Possible Answer: kola_nut_tree, Daba, Kola, Cola_acuminata, kola, Musgoi, goora_nut, kola_nut

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

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

  The answer: EXES

  Possible Answer: x, ex-wife, ex-husband, X, ex

• The clue is 58. Loops in, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCS

  Possible Answer: millilitre, mil, ml, cubic_centimeter, cubic_centimetre, cc, milliliter

• The clue is 59. It's not one of the five W's. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOW

• The clue is 60. The "E" of B.C.E.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer: epoch, geological_era, earned_run_average, ERA, era

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 02, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Saturday, August 02, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

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Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Like baseballs and some eyelashes"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
• Similar words include: thrash, bat, cream
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BATTED

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🧩 2A: "7. Moored"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ATANCHOR

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🧩 3A: "15. Not come unglued"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be compatible or in accordance with
• Similar words include: cohere, stand by, cleave
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ADHERE

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🧩 4A: "16. Flugelhorn player on the 1978 instrumental hit "Feels So Good""

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: MANGIONE

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🧩 5A: "17. Philadelphia university known for its professional co-op program"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DREXEL

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🧩 6A: "18. Statement of resignation"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: IMDOOMED

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🧩 7A: "19. Brother Joe, Kevin or Nick of pop"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: JONAS

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🧩 8A: "20. Genealogists' handiwork"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 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, corner, Tree
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TREES

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🧩 9A: "21. Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMO

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🧩 10A: "22. Word before air or fire"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Similar words include: overt, spread out, opened
• Opposite of: fold, shut

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Answer: OPEN

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🧩 11A: "23. Eyebrow makeup"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Similar words include: haircloth, fuzz, hairsbreadth
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HAIRS

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🧩 12A: "24. "___, man!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CMON

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🧩 13A: "25. Ball-shaped cereal"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: KIX

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🧩 14A: "26. Garb for athletes in the Highland Games"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the highlands of northern scotland
• Similar words include: kilt
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KILTS

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🧩 15A: "27. Fault"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
• Similar words include: goddamn, goddamned, infernal
• Opposite of: absolve

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Answer: BLAME

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🧩 16A: "28. Way in"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that something that provides access (to get in or get out)
• Similar words include: entering, entryway, trance
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ENTRANCE

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🧩 17A: "30. It's most beautiful when broken"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GEODE

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🧩 18A: "31. Vacation isle for many a Francophile, familiarly"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: STBARTS

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🧩 19A: "32. Foil"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that keep from happening or arising; make impossible
• Similar words include: forbid, forestall, foreclose
• Opposite of: let

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Answer: PREVENT

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🧩 20A: "34. Stashes"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
• Similar words include: enshroud, shroud, hide out
• Opposite of: show

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Answer: HIDES

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🧩 21A: "35. 1, 2 and 3, in that order"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TRIFECTA

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🧩 22A: "36. Get the ball rolling"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that israeli statesman (born in russia) who (as prime minister of israel) negotiated a peace treaty with anwar sadat (then the president of egypt) (1913-1992)
• Similar words include: Menachem Begin, start, lead off
• Opposite of: end

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Answer: BEGIN

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🧩 23A: "37. Verb that appears the same when rotated 180º"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of swimming; :
• Similar words include: float, swim, swimming
• Opposite of: sink

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Answer: SWIMS

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🧩 24A: "38. Choice word?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that select as an alternative over another
• Similar words include: choose, prefer
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OPT

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🧩 25A: "39. Cousin of naan"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROTI

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🧩 26A: "40. More of this?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THESE

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🧩 27A: "41. Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
• Similar words include: pogey, pogy
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DOLE

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🧩 28A: "42. Saxon's "Aargh!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACH

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🧩 29A: "43. Sacred space for female family members, in the Muslim tradition"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a muslim household
• Similar words include: seraglio, hareem, serail
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HAREM

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🧩 30A: "44. Roll producer"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who bakes commercially
• Similar words include: bread maker
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BAKER

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🧩 31A: "45. European brewer with over 170 brands"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HEINEKEN

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🧩 32A: "47. It can tie up your stock"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long noosed rope used to catch animals
• Similar words include: riata, lasso, reata
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LARIAT

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🧩 33A: "48. Common wedding day prep"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: MANIPEDI

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🧩 34A: "49. Demonstrative words"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LIKESO

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🧩 35A: "50. Crème ___ (custard sauce)"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ANGLAISE

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🧩 36A: "51. What goes on goes here"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
• Similar words include: W.C., water closet, loo
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CLOSET

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (32 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Groaners"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BADJOKES

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🧩 2D: "2. The most infinitesimal amount"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: ADROPINTHEOCEAN

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🧩 3D: "3. Silicon Valley's holy grail"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: THENEXTBIGTHING

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🧩 4D: "4. Beyoncé or Selena, e.g."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or resident of texas
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEXAN

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🧩 5D: "5. "You are," in Spain"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERES

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🧩 6D: "6. Key for getting rid of your work, in brief?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEL

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🧩 7D: "7. "Agreed?""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: AMIRITE

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🧩 8D: "8. Certain circus performers"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an animal trainer who tames wild animals
• Similar words include: tamer
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TAMERS

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🧩 9D: "9. Mountain range that spans 67º of latitude"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific coast
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ANDES

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🧩 10D: "10. Many foreign aid grps."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
• Similar words include: nongovernmental organization, NGO
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NGOS

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🧩 11D: "11. Corporate data manager, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a federation of north american industrial unions that merged with the american federation of labor in 1955
• Similar words include: Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CIO

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🧩 12D: "12. Bake sale offerings"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: HOMEMADECOOKIES

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🧩 13D: "13. "Hold on, I'll be right with you""

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: ONEMOMENTPLEASE

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🧩 14D: "14. Spiffed up, say"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: remake, make over, redo
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REDONE

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🧩 15D: "20. Rash guards?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
• Similar words include: talc, talcum
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TALCS

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🧩 16D: "23. Whiffs"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an indirect suggestion
• Similar words include: tinge, hint, suggestion
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HINTS

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🧩 17D: "24. It can spice up your holidays"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
• Similar words include: adhere, rive, Eugenia aromaticum
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CLOVE

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🧩 18D: "26. Mayor Bass of Los Angeles"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the tibeto-burman language spoken in the thailand and burmese borderlands
• Similar words include: Karenic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KAREN

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🧩 19D: "27. Interpersonal "issues""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cattle that are reared for their meat
• Similar words include: bitch, grouse, gripe
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BEEFS

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🧩 20D: "29. They're all equal in a circle"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Similar words include: radius, spoke, wheel spoke
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RADII

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🧩 21D: "30. Dirty coat"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of being covered with unclean things
• Similar words include: grunge, soil, bemire
• Opposite of: clean

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Answer: GRIME

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🧩 22D: "32. Device featured in Newton's "Opticks""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
• Similar words include: optical prism
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PRISM

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🧩 23D: "33. Fry alternative"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TATERTOT

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🧩 24D: "35. Preadolescent, informally"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TWEENIE

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🧩 25D: "36. Destroyer : Shiva :: Creator : ___"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the creator; one of the three major deities in the later hindu pantheon
• Similar words include: Brahmin, Bos indicus, Brahman
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BRAHMA

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🧩 26D: "37. Nails the halfpipe, in snowboarding jargon"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Similar words include: iota, smidgeon, smidgen
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHREDS

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🧩 27D: "40. George with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAKEI

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🧩 28D: "41. Title character of a Jake Gyllenhaal cult classic"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DARKO

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🧩 29D: "43. Big acronym in purifying filters"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HEPA

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🧩 30D: "44. Call off plans abruptly"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
• Similar words include: bond, bail bond
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BAIL

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🧩 31D: "46. Love, on the pitch"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: zip, nix, naught
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NIL

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🧩 32D: "47. Closing for business?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LLC

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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36 Across Clues

32 Down Clues

68 Total Clues

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