0911 NYT Crossword: Wed September 11, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword Tuesday September 11, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 11, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

NYT Crossword: Wed September 11, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: SOB

  Possible Answer : bastard, dickhead, breathlessness, mother_fucker, prick, shit, motherfucker, SOB, whoreson, sobbing, asshole, shortness_of_breath, sob, son_of_a_bitch, cocksucker




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

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

  The answer: TOO

  Possible Answer : besides, likewise, too, to_a_fault, also, excessively, as_well, overly




• The clue is 7. Journalist Sawyer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIANE




• The clue is 12. Not now. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEN

  Possible Answer : so, and_then, and_so, then




• The clue is 14. ___ health therapist (part of a dental practice). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORAL

  Possible Answer : unwritten, oral, viva_voce, oral_exam, viva, oral_examination

  Possible Opposite Answer : aboral, anal




• The clue is 15. Type in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTER

  Possible Answer : recruit, come_in, enroll, go_in, insert, figure, move_into, enter, enrol, accede, inscribe, introduce, put_down, embark, get_into, participate, infix, record, go_into, get_in

  Possible Opposite Answer : drop_out, exit




• The clue is 16. Device with Alexa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer : echo, Echo, resound, reverberate, reverberation, recall, replication, repeat, sound_reflection, ring




• The clue is 17. Swim around, scare some people, ram a boat …?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIFEOFJAWS




• The clue is 19. Limit on borrowing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOANCAP




• The clue is 21. As required, after "if". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEEDBE




• The clue is 22. Good quality for a midwife?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOVEOFLABORS




• The clue is 25. Claim made stronger by a witness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIBI

  Possible Answer : alibi, excuse, self-justification, exculpation




• The clue is 26. Palindromic preposition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERE




• The clue is 27. Some ring decisions, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TKOS

  Possible Answer : technical_knockout, TKO




• The clue is 31. Excuses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUTS

  Possible Answer : come_out, out, come_out_of_the_closet




• The clue is 33. Counts at the gym. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPS

  Possible Answer : repp, rep




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

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

  The answer: IRE

  Possible Answer : ira, anger, wrath, choler, ire




• The clue is 37. What the world's largest piggy bank holds?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORTUNEOFCHANGE




• The clue is 41. Brewpub order. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IPA




• The clue is 42. Leave 'em rolling in the aisles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAY

  Possible Answer : bump_off, hit, polish_off, remove, slay, murder, off, dispatch




• The clue is 43. "Smooth Operator" singer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SADE

  Possible Answer : Comte_Donatien_Alphonse_Francois_de_Sade, Marquis_de_Sade, de_Sade, Sade




• The clue is 44. New Mexico's ___ National Forest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GILA

  Possible Answer : Gila, Gila_River




• The clue is 46. Turn for the worse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROT

  Possible Answer : waste, rotting, putrefaction, hogwash, rot, decomposition, bunk, bunkum, decompose, guff, molder, buncombe, moulder




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

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

  The answer: ROTOR

  Possible Answer : rotor_coil, rotor

  Possible Opposite Answer : stator




• The clue is 51. Heroes in L.G.B.T.Q.+ history?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIONSOFPRIDE




• The clue is 55. Verdi's next opera after "Aida". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTELLO




• The clue is 58. "Chicago" or "Oklahoma!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUSICAL

  Possible Answer : musical_comedy, musical_theater, melodious, melodic, musical

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmelodious, unmusical




• The clue is 59. Jacket sleeves?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMSOFCOAT




• The clue is 62. Contacts listing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAME

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




• The clue is 63. Smooths, as unruly hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAMES

  Possible Answer : chasten, tame, domesticate, naturalize, domesticise, subdue, naturalise, reclaim, tone_down, cultivate, moderate, domesticize




• The clue is 64. 1998 animated film set in Central Park. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTZ




• The clue is 65. Nana alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRAN

  Possible Answer : grandmother, gran, grandma, granny, nan, grannie, nanna




• The clue is 66. Marriott competitor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HYATT




• The clue is 67. New beginning?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer : neo




• The clue is 68. Vietnamese celebration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TET

  Possible Answer : Tet

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Parks whose cookbook "BraveTart" won the James Beard Award. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STELLA

  Possible Answer: Stella, Frank_Stella, Frank_Philip_Stella

• The clue is 2. "That's pretty nifty!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHCOOL

• The clue is 3. Like problems a schoolteacher might deal with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEHAVIORAL

  Possible Answer: behavioral, behavioural

• The clue is 4. Word seen in 20 squares on a Scrabble board. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIPLE

  Possible Answer: three-bagger, triple, trio, three-base_hit, triad, triplex, triplet, ternary, three-fold, threefold, treble

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

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

  The answer: OAF

  Possible Answer: lout, lummox, lump, stumblebum, clod, lubber, gawk, oaf, goon

• The clue is 6. Spanish "Bravo!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE

• The clue is 7. Postpone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEFER

  Possible Answer: postpone, prorogue, put_over, hold_over, give_in, table, defer, remit, shelve, put_off, bow, accede, set_back, submit

• The clue is 8. For yuks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INJEST

• The clue is 9. The slightest bit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATAD

• The clue is 10. Rookie, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWB

• The clue is 11. Talk of the Irish, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERSE

  Possible Answer: Gaelic, Goidelic, Erse

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

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

  The answer: NONEBUT

• The clue is 14. Angela's successor as German chancellor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLAF

• The clue is 18. Singer heard on "Give Peace a Chance". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONO

  Possible Answer: Ono, Yoko_Ono

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

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

  The answer: COITUS

  Possible Answer: carnal_knowledge, copulation, sexual_intercourse, relation, congress, sexual_relation, coitus, sexual_congress, coition, sex_act, intercourse

• The clue is 23. Usually dry streambeds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARROYOS

  Possible Answer: arroyo

• The clue is 24. Strengthen, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEEF

  Possible Answer: beef, grouse, kick, crab, squawk, bellyache, beef_cattle, boeuf, holler, bitch, gripe

• The clue is 28. Sculptures with moving parts, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KINETICART

• The clue is 29. Nonprofit's URL ending. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORG

• The clue is 30. Call, as a poker bet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEE

  Possible Answer: visualise, meet, insure, assure, watch, envision, get_wind, come_across, experience, realize, run_across, get_a_line, understand, go_through, figure, see_to_it, encounter, take_care, consider, ascertain, find_out, go_out, find, catch, control, regard, discover, go_steady, interpret, image, picture, hear, run_into, determine, look, view, attend, date, project, see, ensure, take_in, check, witness, reckon, get_word, learn, visit, escort, pick_up, visualize, construe, examine, realise, fancy

• The clue is 32. NBC stalwart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

• The clue is 34. Dells, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PCS

  Possible Answer: microcomputer, PC, personal_computer

• The clue is 35. # # #. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHARPS

  Possible Answer: sharp

• The clue is 37. Fruit associated with Newton. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIG

  Possible Answer: Ficus_carica, Libyan_Fighting_Group, common_fig_tree, common_fig, Al-Jama'a_al-Islamiyyah_al-Muqatilah_bi-Libya, fig, Libyan_Islamic_Fighting_Group, Libyan_Islamic_Group, FIG, figure

• The clue is 38. Nail polish brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPI

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

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

  The answer: EARN

  Possible Answer: earn, take_in, make, garner, gain, pull_in, realize, clear, bring_in, realise

• The clue is 40. Like devoted fans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADORING

  Possible Answer: worshipful, adore, fond, adoring, doting

• The clue is 45. Ready to go. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLSET

• The clue is 47. Part of a club. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOMATO

  Possible Answer: tomato_plant, love_apple, Lycopersicon_esculentum, tomato

• The clue is 49. Whoopi's Oscar-winning role in "Ghost". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODAMAE

• The clue is 50. Give in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELENT

  Possible Answer: relent, soften, yield

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand

• The clue is 52. Statement of defeat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILOST

• The clue is 53. Reaction to a punch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OOF

• The clue is 54. Mess (with). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUTZ

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

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

  The answer: OATH

  Possible Answer: cuss, curse, swearing, curse_word, swearword, expletive, oath

• The clue is 56. It may come down after the wheels go up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAY

  Possible Answer: tray

• The clue is 57. Lazarus with a sonnet on the Statue of Liberty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMMA

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

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

  The answer: CAN

  Possible Answer: lav, derriere, ass, throne, toilet, force_out, put_up, fanny, give_the_sack, butt, nates, potty, tin_can, send_away, can, hind_end, behind, sack, arse, stool, lavatory, give_the_axe, give_notice, hindquarters, posterior, tush, prat, pot, commode, stern, crapper, tooshie, rump, privy, displace, buns, tail_end, fundament, seat, terminate, john, backside, canful, bathroom, rear_end, bottom, rear, tail, dismiss, fire, tin, bum, keister, buttocks, can_buoy

  Possible Opposite Answer : hire

• The clue is 61. Last word before "Blast off!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer: peerless, unmatchable, I, 1, nonpareil, unrivalled, ane, i, unrivaled, matchless, single, unity, unitary, one_and_only, unmatched, ace, one

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (41 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (37 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Actress Longoria or Mendes	3
2A	4. Word after op or pop	3
3A	7. Jabbers on a plane?	6
4A	13. Hip-hop's ___ Wayne	3
5A	14. "If I ___ a Carpenter"	4
6A	16. First-year professional athlete	6
7A	17. Illegal	8
8A	19. Meal, formally	6
9A	20. Not working, as a phone	4
10A	21. Tool for winter fishing	6
11A	23. Affirmative	3
12A	24. To be, in Barcelona	5
13A	26. Made level	6
14A	28. Apple all-in-one computer	4
15A	30. Contribute something more	3
16A	31. Hoppy brews, for short	4
17A	35. Dependable, upstanding guy	6
18A	37. Key often near Caps Lock	3
19A	38. Bog down	4
20A	39. What a hen lays	3
21A	40. Robes tied with obis	7
22A	43. Bit of acne, informally	3
23A	44. How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927	4
24A	46. ___ and Driver (magazine)	3
25A	47. "Holy cannoli!"	6
26A	49. Fret	4
27A	50. Kipling novel or its young hero	3
28A	51. Singer Bareilles	4
29A	52. "Beats me!"	6
30A	55. Indian princes	5
31A	58. Rotor speed fig.	3
32A	61. Ordered (around)	6
33A	63. Carry	4
34A	64. Wizard's mixture	6
35A	66. Not now, but later	8
36A	68. Cut out	6
37A	69. List, as in a reference	4
38A	70. Yea's opposite	3
39A	71. Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling	6
40A	72. "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!")	3
41A	73. Org. checking carry-on bags	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Actress Longoria or Mendes"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EVA

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2A: "4. Word after op or pop"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Similar words include: prowess, artistry, fine art
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ART

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3A: "7. Jabbers on a plane?"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
• Similar words include: elbow, articulatio cubiti, cubitus
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ELBOWS

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4A: "13. Hip-hop's ___ Wayne"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LIL

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5A: "14. "If I ___ a Carpenter""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Similar words include: follow, make up, live
• Opposite of: differ

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Answer: WERE

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6A: "16. First-year professional athlete"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: cub, greenhorn
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ROOKIE

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7A: "17. Illegal"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
• Similar words include: wrongful, outlaw, unconventional
• Opposite of: lawful

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Answer: UNLAWFUL

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8A: "19. Meal, formally"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the food served and eaten at one time
• Similar words include: meal
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REPAST

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9A: "20. Not working, as a phone"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that people who are no longer living
• Similar words include: absolutely, drained, perfectly
• Opposite of: living, live

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Answer: DEAD

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10A: "21. Tool for winter fishing"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ICESAW

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11A: "23. Affirmative"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Opposite of: no
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YES

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12A: "24. To be, in Barcelona"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESTAR

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13A: "26. Made level"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make level or straight
• Similar words include: even, flush, level
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EVENED

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14A: "28. Apple all-in-one computer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMAC

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15A: "30. Contribute something more"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Similar words include: add up, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain damage
• Opposite of: subtract, take away

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Answer: ADD

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16A: "31. Hoppy brews, for short"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IPAS

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17A: "35. Dependable, upstanding guy"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics
• Similar words include: mensh
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MENSCH

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18A: "37. Key often near Caps Lock"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
• Similar words include: lozenge, check, tab key
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAB

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19A: "38. Bog down"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Similar words include: quagmire, entangle, morass
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MIRE

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20A: "39. What a hen lays"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Similar words include: ballock, testis, nut
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EGG

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21A: "40. Robes tied with obis"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by japanese
• Similar words include: kimono
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: KIMONOS

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22A: "43. Bit of acne, informally"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
• Similar words include: pimple, hickey
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ZIT

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23A: "44. How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Similar words include: unaccompanied, alone
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOLO

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24A: "46. ___ and Driver (magazine)"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: automobile, railroad car, railway car
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CAR

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25A: "47. "Holy cannoli!""

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YOWZAH

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26A: "49. Fret"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Similar words include: sweat, lather, swither
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STEW

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27A: "50. Kipling novel or its young hero"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: KIM

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28A: "51. Singer Bareilles"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SARA

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29A: "52. "Beats me!""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NOCLUE

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30A: "55. Indian princes"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prince or king in india
• Similar words include: genus Raja, raja, rajah
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAJAS

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31A: "58. Rotor speed fig."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
• Similar words include: revolutions per minute, rev
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RPM

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32A: "61. Ordered (around)"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that raise in a relief
• Similar words include: stamp, boss, emboss
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BOSSED

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33A: "63. Carry"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a capacious bag or basket
• Similar words include: carryall, lug, tote bag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TOTE

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34A: "64. Wizard's mixture"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
• Similar words include: philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ELIXIR

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35A: "66. Not now, but later"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: INAWHILE

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36A: "68. Cut out"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove or make invisible
• Similar words include: cancel, edit, erase
• Opposite of: record

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Answer: DELETE

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37A: "69. List, as in a reference"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
• Similar words include: quote, reference, name
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CITE

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38A: "70. Yea's opposite"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not this merely but also; not only so but
• Opposite of: yea
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAY

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39A: "71. Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port city of south central ukraine on an arm of the black sea
• Similar words include: Odesa
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ODESSA

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40A: "72. "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!")"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take in solid food
• Similar words include: corrode, eat up, feed
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EAT

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41A: "73. Org. checking carry-on bags"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TSA

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Deftly avoid	5
2D	2. Plants with tendrils	5
3D	3. Electric with excitement	10
4D	4. Cry over a newborn	3
5D	5. Home loan overhaul, in brief	4
6D	6. Halt to hostilities	5
7D	7. Some gofers	10
8D	8. Handbag fashion label from Madrid	5
9D	9. Playful knock on the noggin	3
10D	10. Give the thumbs-up	4
11D	11. Sagacious	4
12D	12. Divisions in a tennis match	4
13D	15. Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares	13
14D	18. President after Washington	5
15D	22. Alternative to a convertible or station wagon	5
16D	25. Hat holder	4
17D	27. Barely visible, as light from a star	3
18D	29. Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band	10
19D	32. Dive offering slices	10
20D	33. Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g.	4
21D	34. Meyers of late night	4
22D	35. Clutter	4
23D	36. Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short	4
24D	41. Slips in a slot at the post office	5
25D	42. Fly to new heights	4
26D	45. Dominate, in sports slang	3
27D	48. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake	5
28D	53. Passing notices, informally	5
29D	54. Counting-out rhyme opener	5
30D	56. Book made obsolescent by GPS	5
31D	57. "Buh-bye!"	5
32D	58. Attempt anew	4
33D	59. Said "guilty," say	4
34D	60. One of 26 in a marathon	4
35D	62. Contents of an Excel spreadsheet	4
36D	65. Kisses, symbolically	3
37D	67. Like some dog kisses	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Deftly avoid"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that escape, either physically or mentally
• Similar words include: escape, dodge, evade
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELUDE

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2D: "2. Plants with tendrils"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
• Similar words include: vine
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: VINES

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3D: "3. Electric with excitement"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ALLATINGLE

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4D: "4. Cry over a newborn"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AWW

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5D: "5. Home loan overhaul, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REFI

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6D: "6. Halt to hostilities"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
• Similar words include: cease-fire, armistice
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRUCE

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7D: "7. Some gofers"

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ERRANDBOYS

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8D: "8. Handbag fashion label from Madrid"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states composer (born in austria) who collaborated with lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
• Similar words include: Frederick Loewe
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOEWE

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9D: "9. Playful knock on the noggin"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
• Similar words include: Federal Bureau of Prisons, sock, bebop
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BOP

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10D: "10. Give the thumbs-up"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an endorsement
• Similar words include: fine, hunky-dory, okey
• Opposite of: disapprove

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Answer: OKAY

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11D: "11. Sagacious"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a way of doing or being
• Similar words include: fresh, impertinent, overbold
• Opposite of: foolish

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Answer: WISE

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12D: "12. Divisions in a tennis match"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Similar words include: Set, determine, typeset
• Opposite of: rise

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Answer: SETS

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13D: "15. Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares"

13 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: ELEVATORMUSIC

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14D: "18. President after Washington"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that american revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the boston tea party and signer of the declaration of independence (1722-1803)
• Similar words include: President John Adams, President John Quincy Adams, go
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADAMS

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15D: "22. Alternative to a convertible or station wagon"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
• Similar words include: sedan chair, saloon
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEDAN

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16D: "25. Hat holder"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that framework for holding objects
• Similar words include: wring, single-foot, squeeze
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RACK

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17D: "27. Barely visible, as light from a star"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• Similar words include: slow, dull, slur
• Opposite of: undimmed, focus

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Answer: DIM

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18D: "29. Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: CHICKCOREA

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19D: "32. Dive offering slices"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: PIZZAJOINT

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20D: "33. Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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21D: "34. Meyers of late night"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Similar words include: Set
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SETH

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22D: "35. Clutter"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
• Similar words include: stack, great deal, messiness
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MESS

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23D: "36. Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EGOT

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24D: "41. Slips in a slot at the post office"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
• Similar words include: ring armor, chain armour, post
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MAILS

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25D: "42. Fly to new heights"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of rising upward into the air
• Similar words include: soar up, hang glide, surge
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOAR

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26D: "45. Dominate, in sports slang"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have ownership or possession of
• Similar words include: possess, ain, have
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OWN

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27D: "48. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
• Similar words include: ire, ira, anger
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WRATH

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28D: "53. Passing notices, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Similar words include: obituary, necrology, obit
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OBITS

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29D: "54. Counting-out rhyme opener"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EENIE

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30D: "56. Book made obsolescent by GPS"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Similar words include: telamon, atlas vertebra, book of maps
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATLAS

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31D: "57. "Buh-bye!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEEYA

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32D: "58. Attempt anew"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: remake, reconstruct, remodel
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REDO

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33D: "59. Said "guilty," say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that appeal or request earnestly
• Similar words include: plead
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PLED

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34D: "60. One of 26 in a marathon"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
• Similar words include: mi, knot, sea mile
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MILE

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35D: "62. Contents of an Excel spreadsheet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Similar words include: datum, information, data point
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DATA

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36D: "65. Kisses, symbolically"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
• Similar words include: atomic number 54, 10, ex
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: XES

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37D: "67. Like some dog kisses"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wetness caused by water
• Similar words include: stiff, pixilated, blind drunk
• Opposite of: dry

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Answer: WET

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

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Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

41 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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