2408 Fri Aug 23, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. "Pretty Little Liars" author Shepard, 5. Trap for the unwary, 10. High-end hotel amenities, 14. Takeoff announcement?, 16. Rocked, in a way, 17. "Future me — don't forget this!", 18. Holly genus, 19. Gave a once-over, 20. Begrudging assent, 22. Jazz trumpeter Jones, 23. Spiny reptile that, despite its name, is actually a lizard, 24. The Flyers, on a scoreboard, 25. Famed recipient of a lesser blessing, 27. "Eww, enough!", 28. Cry of fear, 29. Makes, as a putt, 31. Some Reichstag votes, 35. Stage group often dressed in black, 37. Struggles, 39. [And just like that ...], 40. "TiK ToK" creator, 42. "Any ___?", 44. Makeup ingredient?, 45. Soldier of Sauron, 47. Cubism-inspired style, 48. Like 30-Down, 49. Make a deal official, say, 53. The average person will shed at least one every day, 55. Spice derived from the inner bark of a tropical tree, 56. Like some broken records, 58. Antagonist in a 1604 play … or a 1992 animated movie, 59. Forest, in a metaphor, 61. Breezed (by), 62. Try to get the upper hand?, 63. Afflictions, 64. Infinitesimal, 65. Wine bottle spec

Fri Aug 23, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Down Clues :

1. 0, for 180°, 2. Bit of salty language?, 3. Some announcements from the Fed, 4. Cosmetics brand owned by Estée Lauder, 5. Organ piece, 6. KenKen entries: Abbr., 7. "For real?!", 8. Minos or Midas, 9. Member of la famille, 10. Fan base added to the O.E.D. in 2023, 11. Oral vaccine target, 12. Sphere, 13. Planned Parenthood offering, informally, 15. Warm-up pieces, 21. "How Firm a Foundation," for one, 23. Where VietJet Air is headquartered, 24. Half a half-bushel, 26. Watch, in a way, 30. Winter forecast, 32. Debated, 33. Comedian Aparna who wrote "Unreliable Narrator", 34. Do a certain veterinary job, 36. "It's anyone's guess", 38. West Coast political hub, familiarly, 41. What an integral can compute, 43. Comfort, 46. Fighting, 49. Genre celebrated at the annual Worldcon, 50. Meeting greeting, 51. Well-behaved sort, 52. Color of a proverbial French beast, 54. Chichi, 56. Like the coats of many terriers, 57. Free-roaming residents of Japan's Nara Park, 60. Beat decisively, in video game lingo

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 23, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. "Pretty Little Liars" author Shepard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SARA




• The clue is 5. Trap for the unwary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNARE

  Possible Answer : trammel, hook, side_drum, snare_drum, gin, entrap, noose, ensnare, trap, snare




• The clue is 10. High-end hotel amenities. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAS

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




• The clue is 14. Takeoff announcement?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHAVETORUN




• The clue is 16. Rocked, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORE

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh




• The clue is 17. "Future me — don't forget this!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTETOSELF




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

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

  The answer: ILEX

  Possible Answer : genus_Ilex, Ilex




• The clue is 19. Gave a once-over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYEDUP




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

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

  The answer: YEAHFINE




• The clue is 22. Jazz trumpeter Jones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAD




• The clue is 23. Spiny reptile that, despite its name, is actually a lizard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HORNYTOAD




• The clue is 24. The Flyers, on a scoreboard. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHI

  Possible Answer : phi




• The clue is 25. Famed recipient of a lesser blessing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESAU

  Possible Answer : Esau




• The clue is 27. "Eww, enough!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMI




• The clue is 28. Cry of fear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEK




• The clue is 29. Makes, as a putt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SINKS

  Possible Answer : subside, bury, go_down, dip, sink, slump, drop, pass, sump, drop_down, swallow_hole, settle, slide_down, go_under, sinkhole, fall_off, cesspool, cesspit, lapse

  Possible Opposite Answer : source, float




• The clue is 31. Some Reichstag votes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEINS




• The clue is 35. Stage group often dressed in black. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREW

  Possible Answer : work_party, crew, crowd, gang, bunch




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

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

  The answer: TOILS

  Possible Answer : labour, fag, dig, travail, drudge, moil, labor, grind, toil




• The clue is 39. [And just like that ...]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity




• The clue is 40. "TiK ToK" creator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KESHA




• The clue is 42. "Any ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEAS

  Possible Answer : melodic_theme, estimation, mind, estimate, thought, idea, theme, musical_theme, approximation




• The clue is 44. Makeup ingredient?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DNA

  Possible Answer : deoxyribonucleic_acid, desoxyribonucleic_acid, DNA




• The clue is 45. Soldier of Sauron. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORC




• The clue is 47. Cubism-inspired style. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DECO

  Possible Answer : art_deco, deco




• The clue is 48. Like 30-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICY

  Possible Answer : frozen, polar, glacial, arctic, wintry, gelid, frosty, frigid, icy




• The clue is 49. Make a deal official, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAKEONIT




• The clue is 53. The average person will shed at least one every day. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASH

  Possible Answer : welt, eyelash, flog, whip, slash, lash, thong, whiplash, strap, cilium, lather, trounce

  Possible Opposite Answer : unlash




• The clue is 55. Spice derived from the inner bark of a tropical tree. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CINNAMON

  Possible Answer : Ceylon_cinnamon_tree, cinnamon, cinnamon_bark, Cinnamomum_zeylanicum, Ceylon_cinnamon




• The clue is 56. Like some broken records. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARPED

  Possible Answer : heave, buckle, warp, garble, distort, falsify, warped




• The clue is 58. Antagonist in a 1604 play … or a 1992 animated movie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IAGO

  Possible Answer : Iago




• The clue is 59. Forest, in a metaphor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGPICTURE




• The clue is 61. Breezed (by). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLEW

  Possible Answer : flee, vaporize, wing, aviate, fly, vanish, take_flight, pilot, fell




• The clue is 62. Try to get the upper hand?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMWRESTLE




• The clue is 63. Afflictions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILLS

  Possible Answer : ill, complaint, ailment




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

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

  The answer: TEENY

  Possible Answer : teentsy, itty-bitty, weensy, bitty, wee, itsy-bitsy, weeny, bittie, teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy, teensy, teeny




• The clue is 65. Wine bottle spec. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEAR

  Possible Answer : yr, twelvemonth, class, year

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. 0, for 180°. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SINE

  Possible Answer: sine, sin

• The clue is 2. Bit of salty language?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHOYTHERE

• The clue is 3. Some announcements from the Fed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RATEHIKES

• The clue is 4. Cosmetics brand owned by Estée Lauder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVEDA

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

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

  The answer: STOP

  Possible Answer: halt, layover, block_off, block, hitch, block_up, hold_back, stop_over, discontinue, stop_consonant, contain, turn_back, check, quit, kibosh, break, occlusion, arrest, blockage, stopover, finish, plosive, give_up, period, occlusive, stay, catch, stop, full_point, break_off, cease, barricade, blockade, full_stop, lay_off, intercept, hold_on, diaphragm, closure, point, plosive_consonant, plosive_speech_sound, stoppage, terminate, bar, end

  Possible Opposite Answer : start, continue, begin, continuant_consonant

• The clue is 6. KenKen entries: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOS

  Possible Answer: nobelium, No, no, atomic_number_102

  Possible Opposite Answer : yes

• The clue is 7. "For real?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREYOUKIDDINGME

• The clue is 8. Minos or Midas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RULER

  Possible Answer: rule, ruler, swayer

• The clue is 9. Member of la famille. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENFANT

• The clue is 10. Fan base added to the O.E.D. in 2023. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWIFTIES

• The clue is 11. Oral vaccine target. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POLIO

  Possible Answer: acute_anterior_poliomyelitis, polio, infantile_paralysis, poliomyelitis

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

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

  The answer: ARENA

  Possible Answer: sphere, field, arena, sports_stadium, orbit, bowl, area, stadium, domain, scene_of_action

• The clue is 13. Planned Parenthood offering, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEXED

  Possible Answer: excite, sex, arouse, wind_up, turn_on, sexed

• The clue is 15. Warm-up pieces. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETUDES

  Possible Answer: etude

• The clue is 21. "How Firm a Foundation," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HYMN

  Possible Answer: hymn, anthem

• The clue is 23. Where VietJet Air is headquartered. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HANOI

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Vietnam, Hanoi

• The clue is 24. Half a half-bushel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PECK

  Possible Answer: mint, tidy_sum, passel, quite_a_little, slew, heap, mountain, hen-peck, deal, smack, pick, nag, peck, spate, mess, pile, hatful, peck_at, raft, mickle, stack, muckle, good_deal, wad, beak, pick_up, sight, great_deal, batch, mass, flock, lot, pot, plenty, pick_at

• The clue is 26. Watch, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIT

  Possible Answer: pose, sit_down, model, ride, sit_around, sit, posture, baby-sit, seat

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

• The clue is 30. Winter forecast. 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 32. Debated. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INDISPUTE

• The clue is 33. Comedian Aparna who wrote "Unreliable Narrator". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NANCHERLA

• The clue is 34. Do a certain veterinary job. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAY

  Possible Answer: castrate, alter, spay, neuter

• The clue is 36. "It's anyone's guess". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHOKNOWS

• The clue is 38. West Coast political hub, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAC

  Possible Answer: pocket, Sauk, theca, pouch, sack, Sac, sac

• The clue is 41. What an integral can compute. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREA

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

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

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

  The answer: SOLACE

  Possible Answer: console, solace, comfort, soothe, solacement, consolation

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

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

  The answer: COMBAT

  Possible Answer: scrap, fighting, fight, combat, armed_combat, battle

• The clue is 49. Genre celebrated at the annual Worldcon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCIFI

• The clue is 50. Meeting greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIALL

• The clue is 51. Well-behaved sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANGEL

  Possible Answer: Angel_Falls, Angel, holy_person, holy_man, backer, saint, angel

• The clue is 52. Color of a proverbial French beast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOIRE

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

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

  The answer: ARTSY

• The clue is 56. Like the coats of many terriers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIRY

  Possible Answer: stringy, wiry

• The clue is 57. Free-roaming residents of Japan's Nara Park. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEER

  Possible Answer: deer, cervid

• The clue is 60. Beat decisively, in video game lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PWN

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (36 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (36 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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. Made chitchat	9
2A	10. Underground rock	5
3A	15. "Slow down a second!"	9
4A	16. What you might hear when you get someone's goat?	5
5A	17. Nay sayers	15
6A	19. Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides"	5
7A	20. One way to stand	4
8A	21. Hang time, for short?	4
9A	22. Important	3
10A	23. Journey, so to speak	4
11A	25. Access, as to an elite network	6
12A	27. "___ ME" (humorous "sign")	4
13A	29. European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature	4
14A	31. Reduced price?	3
15A	32. Revered one	4
16A	34. "Keep on going!"	4
17A	36. Word in a Tibetan leader's title	5
18A	38. "Infection" common among schoolkids	7
19A	40. California city bisected by Interstate 5	7
20A	42. Not continue beyond	5
21A	43. Stunner	4
22A	45. Cette femme	4
23A	46. Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly	3
24A	47. ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition)	4
25A	49. Shiny material	4
26A	51. Annular reefs	6
27A	53. Stock market option	4
28A	55. TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber	3
29A	58. Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE"	4
30A	59. Land, marked	4
31A	61. Held the elevator door for, say	5
32A	63. Sarcastic response to boasting	15
33A	66. Carnival line?	5
34A	67. Score sneakily	9
35A	68. "The door's open!"	5
36A	69. Conclude an agreement, say	9

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Made chitchat"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
• Similar words include: jawbone, schmooze, shmooze
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SCHMOOZED

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2A: "10. Underground rock"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that molten rock in the earth's crust
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MAGMA

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3A: "15. "Slow down a second!""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: WHOATHERE

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4A: "16. What you might hear when you get someone's goat?"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
• Similar words include: baa, blate, blat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BLEAT

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5A: "17. Nay sayers"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: ALLTHOSEAGAINST

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6A: "19. Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOLTE

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7A: "20. One way to stand"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a garment size for a tall person
• Similar words include: marvellous, improbable, grandiloquent
• Opposite of: short

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Answer: TALL

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8A: "21. Hang time, for short?"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SESH

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9A: "22. Important"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Similar words include: cay, fundamental, winder
• Opposite of: atonality

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Answer: KEY

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10A: "23. Journey, so to speak"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
• Similar words include: route
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROAD

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11A: "25. Access, as to an elite network"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the principal dish of a meal
• Similar words include: accession, access, admission
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ENTREE

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12A: "27. "___ ME" (humorous "sign")"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thin coat of water-base paint
• Similar words include: lavation, lave, wash off
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WASH

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13A: "29. European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Similar words include: bunsen, Mt Etna, bunsen burner
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETNA

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14A: "31. Reduced price?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMT

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15A: "32. Revered one"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
• Similar words include: god, graven image, matinee idol
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IDOL

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16A: "34. "Keep on going!""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english statesman who opposed henry viii's divorce from catherine of aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of utopia, the ideal state
• Similar words include: more than, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More
• Opposite of: less, fewer

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Answer: MORE

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17A: "36. Word in a Tibetan leader's title"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DALAI

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18A: "38. "Infection" common among schoolkids"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
• Similar words include: Pediculus corporis, cootie, body louse
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: COOTIES

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19A: "40. California city bisected by Interstate 5"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a city in southern california (southeast of los angeles); site of disneyland
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ANAHEIM

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20A: "42. Not continue beyond"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENDAT

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21A: "43. Stunner"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Similar words include: sweetheart, knockout, dish
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LULU

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22A: "45. Cette femme"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELLE

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23A: "46. Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disparaging term for a british person
• Similar words include: pommy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: POM

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24A: "47. ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
• Similar words include: Leo, Leo the Lion, social lion
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LION

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25A: "49. Shiny material"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
• Similar words include: square, cripple, feeble
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LAME

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26A: "51. Annular reefs"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• Similar words include: atoll
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ATOLLS

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27A: "53. Stock market option"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a telephone connection
• Similar words include: prognosticate, shout out, call up
• Opposite of: put option

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Answer: CALL

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28A: "55. TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CSI

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29A: "58. Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
• Similar words include: limousine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LIMO

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30A: "59. Land, marked"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
• Similar words include: diagram, plot of land, plot of ground
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PLOT

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31A: "61. Held the elevator door for, say"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LETON

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32A: "63. Sarcastic response to boasting"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: ARENTYOUSPECIAL

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33A: "66. Carnival line?"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that music composed for dancing the conga
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CONGA

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34A: "67. Score sneakily"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STEALHOME

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35A: "68. "The door's open!""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to come or go into
• Similar words include: introduce, participate, figure
• Opposite of: exit, drop out

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Answer: ENTER

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36A: "69. Conclude an agreement, say"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SHAKEONIT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Ritzy	5
2D	2. Luxury fashion house based in Paris	5
3D	3. Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie	15
4D	4. Apt name for a yoga instructor?	4
5D	5. "Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson	6
6D	6. "Found you!"	3
7D	7. Cracker alternative to Ritz	5
8D	8. Mobile library?	7
9D	9. Cope	4
10D	10. Future manager's goal, for short	3
11D	11. Most-celebrated celebrities	5
12D	12. Primary follower	15
13D	13. Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to	9
14D	14. When it happened	9
15D	18. Valley with gentle slopes	4
16D	24. "I can't catch a break!"	4
17D	26. Bubkes	4
18D	28. 20-Across, en español	4
19D	30. Green-winged water bird	4
20D	32. Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe	9
21D	33. Clothing tag warning	9
22D	35. Seat of one European monarchy	4
23D	37. Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya ..."	4
24D	39. "___ turn out fine"	4
25D	41. Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays	4
26D	44. Boorish	7
27D	48. Game on a car trip	4
28D	50. Form of a gene	6
29D	52. The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury"	5
30D	54. Befuddled	5
31D	56. "We're alike in that way"	5
32D	57. Cove	5
33D	60. Stock market woe	4
34D	62. Diminishing return?	4
35D	64. Waterproofing material for a sail, once	3
36D	65. Lahore is here: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Ritzy"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Similar words include: ostentate, chicness, modishness
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SWANK

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2D: "2. Luxury fashion house based in Paris"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHLOE

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3D: "3. Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie"

15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: HOLLYWOODMOMENT

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4D: "4. Apt name for a yoga instructor?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
• Similar words include: matted, lusterlessness, lustrelessness
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MATT

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5D: "5. "Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OTHERS

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6D: "6. "Found you!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OHO

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7D: "7. Cracker alternative to Ritz"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ZESTA

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8D: "8. Mobile library?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EREADER

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9D: "9. Cope"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular instance of buying or selling
• Similar words include: treat, take, contend
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEAL

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10D: "10. Future manager's goal, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a master's degree in business
• Similar words include: Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MBA

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11D: "11. Most-celebrated celebrities"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALIST

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12D: "12. Primary follower"

15 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: GENERALELECTION

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13D: "13. Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MASSEMAIL

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14D: "14. When it happened"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ATTHETIME

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15D: "18. Valley with gentle slopes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GLEN

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16D: "24. "I can't catch a break!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OHME

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17D: "26. Bubkes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: zero, cypher, nil
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NADA

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18D: "28. 20-Across, en español"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALTA

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19D: "30. Green-winged water bird"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a blue-green color or pigment
• Similar words include: cyan, blue-green, bluish green
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEAL

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20D: "32. Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ICEPALACE

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21D: "33. Clothing tag warning"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: DONOTIRON

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22D: "35. Seat of one European monarchy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
• Similar words include: capital of Norway, Christiania
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OSLO

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23D: "37. Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya ...""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• Similar words include: hem
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHEM

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24D: "39. "___ turn out fine""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ITLL

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25D: "41. Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: zero, cypher, nil
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NULL

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26D: "44. Boorish"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
• Similar words include: vulgar, coarse, rough-cut
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: UNCOUTH

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27D: "48. Game on a car trip"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISPY

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28D: "50. Form of a gene"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
• Similar words include: allelomorph
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALLELE

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29D: "52. The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LONGE

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30D: "54. Befuddled"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATSEA

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31D: "56. "We're alike in that way""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOAMI

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32D: "57. Cove"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• Similar words include: recess, intake
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INLET

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33D: "60. Stock market woe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something that is lost
• Similar words include: personnel casualty, passing, release
• Opposite of: gain

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Answer: LOSS

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34D: "62. Diminishing return?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Similar words include: resound, replication, reverberation
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ECHO

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35D: "64. Waterproofing material for a sail, once"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Similar words include: old salt, sea dog, seafarer
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAR

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36D: "65. Lahore is here: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAK

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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.

Use Cross-References

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

Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

36 Across Clues

36 Down Clues

72 Total Clues

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