NYT 0906 Friday Sep 06, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 06, 2024

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

NYT 0906 Friday Sep 06, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: BABY

  Possible Answer : mollycoddle, sister, pamper, cocker, coddle, child, infant, featherbed, indulge, spoil, baby, babe, cosset




• The clue is 5. They often have multiple horns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKABANDS




• The clue is 13. Spy's assumption. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIAS

  Possible Answer : also_known_as, alias, false_name, a.k.a., assumed_name




• The clue is 15. One might be reached at a summit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEACEDEAL




• The clue is 16. Part of the military brass?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUGLE

  Possible Answer : bugleweed, bugle




• The clue is 17. Intensely focused. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTHEZONE




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

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

  The answer: UMPTEENTH

  Possible Answer : umpteenth, umptieth, umteenth




• The clue is 20. Compete in a Summer Olympic sport. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FENCE

  Possible Answer : wall, surround, palisade, fence_in, contend, debate, argue, fencing, fence




• The clue is 21. Claim in court. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HARM

  Possible Answer : hurt, injury, harm, trauma, impairment, damage, scathe




• The clue is 22. Peke's squeak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YIP

  Possible Answer : yap, yelping, yip, yelp




• The clue is 24. Something made just for show?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer : situated, put, primed, define, exercise_set, mark, coiffure, coiffe, fit, specify, do, sic, jell, set, Set, countersink, typeset, solidification, dictated, lay_out, band, fixed, correct, solidifying, ready, go_down, congeal, determine, rig, circle, curing, placed, fix, hardened, readiness, arrange, coif, localise, fructify, place, plant, position, lay, dress, lot, determined, bent, laid, stage_set, limit, gear_up, localize, hardening, located, Seth, prepare, rigid, pose, set_up, go_under, adjust

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 25. Agcy. that helps start-ups. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SBA

  Possible Answer : SBA, Small_Business_Administration




• The clue is 27. Keir Starmer and others, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PMS

  Possible Answer : premier, PMS, post-mortem_examination, necropsy, autopsy, post-mortem, premenstrual_syndrome, PM, postmortem_examination, Pm, postmortem, promethium, atomic_number_61, phase_modulation, Prime_Minister




• The clue is 30. Emily's List, e.g., informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAC

  Possible Answer : political_action_committee, PAC




• The clue is 32. Rembrandt and Sargent, notably. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: PORTRAITARTISTS




• The clue is 39. "Much appreciated". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ITMEANSALOTTOME




• The clue is 40. Line from a blame-shifter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: THATWASNTMYIDEA




• The clue is 41. A split one may need trimming. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: END

  Possible Answer : final_stage, last, oddment, cease, destruction, closing, remainder, remnant, goal, finish, terminal, close, death, stop, conclusion, end, terminate, ending

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning




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

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

  The answer: KOI




• The clue is 43. "Go to the ___, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise": Proverbs 6:6. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : emmet, ant, pismire




• The clue is 44. Faux finish?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAS

  Possible Answer : dada, daddy, public_address_system, pappa, Keystone_State, pop, protoactinium, papa, dad, Pa, atomic_number_91, P.A., PA_system, PA, P.A._system, pascal, Pennsylvania, pa, protactinium, pas




• The clue is 47. Where the malleus and incus bones are found. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAR

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




• The clue is 49. Jerry's car of choice on "Seinfeld". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAAB




• The clue is 52. Pangolin scales, functionally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMOR

  Possible Answer : armor, armour




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

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

  The answer: EPHEMERAL

  Possible Answer : ephemeral, short-lived, fugacious, ephemeron, transitory, passing, transient




• The clue is 59. Youth-centric magazine spinoff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEENVOGUE




• The clue is 61. Subject of the classic song lyric "I'll see you in my dreams". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRENE




• The clue is 62. Competition with many missions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPACERACE




• The clue is 63. Roman goddess of childbirth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIANA

  Possible Answer : Princess_Diana, Diana, Lady_Diana_Frances_Spencer, Princess_of_Wales




• The clue is 64. Where one person's trash is another's treasure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YARDSALE




• The clue is 65. Unsullied environment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDEN

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

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Hindu gentleman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BABU

  Possible Answer: baboo, babu

• The clue is 2. Booster, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALUM

  Possible Answer: potash_alum, alumna, graduate, ammonia_alum, potassium_alum, ammonium_alum, alumnus, grad, alum

• The clue is 3. Powerful D.C. lobby, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGPHARMA

• The clue is 4. Crimean town in 1945 headlines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YALTA

  Possible Answer: Yalta

• The clue is 5. In transit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SENT

  Possible Answer: get_off, send, transport, mail, send_out, station, direct, sent, post, air, ship, send_off, broadcast, charge, transmit, place, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, beam

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsent

• The clue is 6. Comedian Griffin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KATHY

• The clue is 7. Frankfurter's cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACH

• The clue is 8. Part of a slider. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEEFPATTY

• The clue is 9. Shipbuilder's tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADZE

  Possible Answer: adze, adz

• The clue is 10. Crayola's atomic tangerine and shocking pink, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEONS

  Possible Answer: Ne, atomic_number_10, neon

• The clue is 11. Chicken or mashed potato. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DANCE

  Possible Answer: trip_the_light_fantastic, trip_the_light_fantastic_toe, terpsichore, saltation, dancing, dance

• The clue is 12. Nasty fall?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLEET

  Possible Answer: sleet

• The clue is 14. Nostradamus, supposedly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEER

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

• The clue is 15. Certain chess tactic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIN

  Possible Answer: pin, pin_tumbler, tholepin, PIN_number, pivot, personal_identification_number, flag, rowlock, PIN, stick, bowling_pin, immobilize, trap, immobilise, thole, oarlock, fall, peg

  Possible Opposite Answer : unpin

• The clue is 19. Deep-fried Latin American fare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMPANADA

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

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

  The answer: IPROMISE

• The clue is 25. What female llamas do to show disinterest in a mate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIT

  Possible Answer: spitting, spatter, tongue, skewer, spew, ptyalize, spittle, sprinkle, expectoration, spit_out, ptyalise, spue, pitter-patter, spit, patter, saliva

• The clue is 26. "Ice cream or cake?" response, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOTH

  Possible Answer: both

• The clue is 28. White peg, in Battleship. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISS

  Possible Answer: leave_out, fille, overleap, omit, missy, young_woman, drop, miss, young_lady, Miss, lose, girl, lack, escape, misfire, neglect, overlook, pretermit

  Possible Opposite Answer : attend_to, hit, attend, have

• The clue is 29. Was awful. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANK

  Possible Answer: stink, reek

• The clue is 31. "___ Never Sleeps" (banking slogan). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITI

• The clue is 33. Spot for a toque. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TETE

• The clue is 34. Things touched by touchy topics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAWNERVES

• The clue is 35. Bajo's opposite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTO

  Possible Answer: alto, contralto, countertenor

• The clue is 36. It's leavened with sour milk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SODABREAD

• The clue is 37. Bootlegger busters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMEN

• The clue is 38. "Take a ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAT

  Possible Answer: fanny, hindquarters, seat, hind_end, tush, can, bum, keister, butt, tooshie, buns, prat, arse, sit_down, nates, rear_end, invest, bottom, behind, fundament, place, rump, stern, tail_end, backside, tail, buttocks, posterior, rear, sit, induct, ass, derriere

• The clue is 44. Con target. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATSY

  Possible Answer: fool, fall_guy, mug, mark, chump, patsy, sucker, soft_touch, gull

• The clue is 45. Relative of a pupusa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREPA

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

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

  The answer: SMEAR

  Possible Answer: malignment, cytologic_smear, smirch, spot, smudge, cytosmear, daub, slur, sully, slander, blur, blot, vilification, denigrate, asperse, smutch, calumniate, besmirch, defame, stain, smear

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

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

  The answer: REGAL

  Possible Answer: regal, majestic, imperial, royal, purple

• The clue is 50. Surrounded by. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMID

• The clue is 51. Treetop dwelling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AERIE

  Possible Answer: aerie, eyrie, eyry, aery

• The clue is 53. Ready for a drive, perhaps?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONCD

• The clue is 55. Shade akin to mauve. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUCE

  Possible Answer: puce

• The clue is 56. Giggle syllable. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEE

• The clue is 57. Burrell of the Food Network. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNE

  Possible Answer: Anne

• The clue is 58. Tend (toward). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAN

  Possible Answer: incline, tend, list, run, tip, skimpy, lean, be_given, thin, leaning, inclination, slant, angle, tilt

  Possible Opposite Answer : fat, rich

• The clue is 60. "Kia ___" (New Zealand greeting). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: OS, oculus_sinister, Os, osmium, operating_system, os, atomic_number_76, bone

February 28, 2019 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - February 28, 2019

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. Crowd on the move: HORDE
• 6. Valuable paper: CURRENCY
• 14. Crossing the keel: ABEAM
• 15. It holds water: STREAMBED
• 16. Blue jays: JASMINEANDJEANS
• 18. "Watch out!": DANGER
• 19. Game with 501 points: DARTS
• 20. ___ plate: TIN
• 21. Temple title: RABBI
• 24. Bygone compacts: GEOS
• 26. Honey bees: BADGERSANDBEARS
• 30. "I can see clearly now": AHSO
• 31. Second-largest moon of Saturn: RHEA
• 32. Alternative to AOL: MSN
• 33. Dry eyes: ICEANDINK
• 38. Abbr. at a tire shop: PSI
• 41. To boot: ALSO
• 42. Autobahn auto: AUDI
• 46. High seas: COMEDYANDCRIMES
• 51. Candy bar with chocolate and caramel around a wafer: TWIX
• 52. Tributary of the Rio Grande: PECOS
• 53. Gandhi and others, for short: PMS
• 54. Much of the back of a baseball card: STATS
• 57. Follower of debate in the General Assembly, in brief: UNVOTE
• 59. Green peas: PEACEANDPEPPERS
• 63. AA and AAA: BATTERIES
• 64. Farm refrain: EIEIO
• 65. Parts of tourist guides: AREAMAPS
• 66. Jobs at a body shop: DENTS

Down:

• 1. Leon Uris novel, with "The": HAJ
• 2. Shortest Old Testament book: OBADIAH
• 3. Smooths over: RESANDS
• 4. Very, informally: DAMN
• 5. Albert Einstein, notably: EMIGRE
• 6. 'L' train overseer, for short: CTA
• 7. Caterer's container: URN
• 8. Funny Foxx: REDD
• 9. Indian chief: RAJA
• 10. Surface: EMERGE
• 11. Thunder, but not Lightning: NBATEAM
• 12. Bleeps: CENSORS
• 13. QB's accumulation: Abbr.: YDS
• 15. Nikola Tesla's countrymen: SERBS
• 17. ___ miss: NEAR
• 20. Not yet on the sched.: TBA
• 22. Without exception: BARNONE
• 23. Like a crisp picture, say: INHD
• 25. Private info, for short: SSN
• 27. "There but for the grace of God ___": GOI
• 28. Opus ___: DEI
• 29. Kick out for good: BAN
• 34. Real heel: CAD
• 35. Seat of White Pine County, Nev.: ELY
• 36. "Now!": ASAP
• 37. China's Chiang ___-shek: KAI
• 38. Election fig.: PCT
• 39. Unlikely source of a silk purse: SOWSEAR
• 40. Mirror: IMITATE
• 43. Lots of: UMPTEEN
• 44. Teacher's punishment: DEMERIT
• 45. Magazine no.: ISS
• 47. Tough-to-win horse racing bet: EXACTA
• 48. Certain intimate apparel sizes: DCUPS
• 49. Traffic director: CONE
• 50. Got back (to): RSVPED
• 55. Abound: TEEM
• 56. Tegan and ___ (pop duo): SARA
• 58. Andy Taylor's kid on old TV: OPIE
• 59. Keglers' org.: PBA
• 60. Quick drink: NIP
• 61. Paris's Jardin ___ Tuileries: DES
• 62. Kind of pad: SOS

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints - July 19, 2025 | XWordHint Today Vibez

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints – July 19, 2025 | XWordHint Today Trends & Vibez

Published on Saturday, July 19, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (28 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. What R-rated photos may do"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
• Similar words include: vellicate, tickle
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TITILLATE

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🧩 2A: "10. Stream"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
• Similar words include: run, current, menstruate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FLOW

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🧩 3A: "14. Tearing up or breaking down"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
• Similar words include: aroused, excited, worked up
• Opposite of: unemotional, cerebral

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Answer: EMOTIONAL

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🧩 4A: "15. Madame's family member"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FRERE

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🧩 5A: "16. Graduate-level degree"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: MASTEROFSCIENCE

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🧩 6A: "18. The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia, e.g., for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation
• Similar words include: necropsy, promethium, phase modulation
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PMS

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🧩 7A: "19. Subject of click fraud"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: INTERNETAD

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🧩 8A: "20. What has an eye on the TV"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CBS

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🧩 9A: "22. Business ___"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: death, ending, last
• Opposite of: beginning, begin

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Answer: END

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🧩 10A: "23. "Get outta here!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that drive away by crying `shoo!'
• Similar words include: shoo away, shoo off
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SHOO

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🧩 11A: "25. Lead-in to "boy" or "girl""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATTA

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🧩 12A: "28. Gold, in Spanish"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORO

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🧩 13A: "31. Extemporaneous"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: SPUROFTHEMOMENT

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🧩 14A: "35. Canine breed named after an English river valley"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: AIREDALETERRIER

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🧩 15A: "36. Vince Carter quote-turned-meme regarding his return for a 22nd N.B.A. season"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: IGOTONEMOREINME

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🧩 16A: "37. Warning to a troublemaker"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: DONTGETANYIDEAS

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🧩 17A: "38. Case study org.?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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

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Answer: TSA

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🧩 18A: "39. Fist bumps"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DAPS

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🧩 19A: "40. Surname shared by a Hollywood father and daughter"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DERN

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🧩 20A: "41. ___ Jayawardenepura Kotte (capital city in South Asia)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRI

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🧩 21A: "43. Shell liquid"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Similar words include: swash, accelerator pedal, flatulency
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GAS

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🧩 22A: "44. Entertainment between innings at a baseball game"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: MASCOTRACE

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🧩 23A: "50. "Moving to ___" (email phrase)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BCC

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🧩 24A: "53. Stygian blue or reddish-green"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: IMPOSSIBLECOLOR

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🧩 25A: "56. Pantheon part"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
• Similar words include: immortal, god, divinity
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DEITY

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🧩 26A: "57. Trans activist who founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: DEANSPADE

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🧩 27A: "58. "Who ___?""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISNT

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🧩 28A: "59. Biblical tax collector"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STMATTHEW

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Sub"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
• Similar words include: temporary, temporary worker
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEMP

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🧩 2D: "2. Masjid leader"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for shiites an imam is a recognized authority on islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
• Similar words include: imaum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMAM

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🧩 3D: "3. Trash"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of flipping a coin
• Similar words include: slash, convulse, throw away
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TOSS

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🧩 4D: "4. Addams Family member"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ITT

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🧩 5D: "5. Apt letters for the blanks in _ _ B _ L"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Similar words include: Trygve Halvden Lie, prevarication, dwell
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: LIE

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🧩 6D: "6. Large-eyed primate"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LORIS

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🧩 7D: "7. Before long"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at another time
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANON

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🧩 8D: "8. President whose middle name was Howard"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states sculptor (1860-1936)
• Similar words include: President Taft, William Howard Taft, Lorado Taft
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TAFT

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🧩 9D: "9. "Who ___?""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELSE

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🧩 10D: "10. Actions that, despite being legal, resulted in hundreds of arrests in 1961"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: FREEDOMRIDES

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🧩 11D: "11. Observance that ends on Holy Thursday"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
• Similar words include: loan, bestow, lend
• Opposite of: borrow

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Answer: LENT

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🧩 12D: "12. Sea creature with a saddle patch"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ORCA

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🧩 13D: "13. Ingredient in some brownies"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
• Similar words include: sess, skunk, Mary Jane
• Opposite of: cultivated plant

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Answer: WEED

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🧩 14D: "15. Suomi speaker"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of finland
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FINN

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🧩 15D: "17. Dispenser of cones"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CREAMERY

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🧩 16D: "20. Leader before the King?"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: CORETTASCOTT

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🧩 17D: "21. Barbecued Mongolian dish whose name sounds like a disapproving canine"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BOODOG

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🧩 18D: "23. Tap"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plug for a bunghole in a cask
• Similar words include: tap, faucet
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPIGOT

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🧩 19D: "24. People for whom a Great Lake is named"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 2nd largest of the great lakes
• Similar words include: Lake Huron, Huron
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HURONS

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🧩 20D: "25. Sportsperson, in Italian"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATLETA

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🧩 21D: "26. What something scattershot is all over"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: THEMAP

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🧩 22D: "27. Range of the Rockies"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the large western branch of sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
• Similar words include: Teton, Lakota, Teton Sioux
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TETONS

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🧩 23D: "29. Surname shared by a Hollywood father and son"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REINER

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🧩 24D: "30. Lead-in to band or army"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONEMAN

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🧩 25D: "31. Went"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express in words
• Similar words include: enounce, order, aforesaid
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAID

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🧩 26D: "32. Unauthorized cuts of existing movies"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FANEDITS

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🧩 27D: "33. Crispy Crinkles brand"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OREIDA

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🧩 28D: "34. "___ chic!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRES

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🧩 29D: "42. Optimistic"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reflecting optimism
• Similar words include: flushed, rosy-cheeked, blushful
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROSY

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🧩 30D: "43. Davis who played Thelma in "Thelma & Louise""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GEENA

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🧩 31D: "44. Intermediate size"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the southern part of france
• Similar words include: musical instrument digital interface
• Opposite of: maxi

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Answer: MIDI

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🧩 32D: "45. Iowa State's city"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMES

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🧩 33D: "46. Cast in a different light"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
• Similar words include: twirl, gyrate, spin around
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPIN

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🧩 34D: "47. Disencumbers"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relieve from
• Similar words include: free, rid, disembarrass
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIDS

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🧩 35D: "48. Assist, as a lifter?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABET

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🧩 36D: "49. Chowder ingredient"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
• Similar words include: one dollar bill, dollar, dollar bill
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CLAM

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🧩 37D: "50. Unexciting"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pompous or pretentious talk or writing
• Similar words include: bombast, rant, claptrap
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLAH

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🧩 38D: "51. Do some tech work"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
• Similar words include: cypher, write in code, encipher
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CODE

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🧩 39D: "52. Group working on a pilot … or a group that includes a pilot"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
• Similar words include: bunch, work party, crowd
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CREW

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🧩 40D: "54. Winter setting in K.C."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 6th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central united states
• Similar words include: Central Time, Central Standard Time
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CST

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🧩 41D: "55. Choose"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPT

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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41 Down Clues

69 Total Clues

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