July 23, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword July 23, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Major source of wheat	3
2A	4. Zipped	4
3A	8. Hindu avatar	4
4A	12. Kaplan course subj.	4
5A	14. Neighbor of Algeria	4
6A	15. Snubs, possibly	5
7A	17. Swaying just before a disaster	4
8A	18. Blarney Stone site	4
9A	19. Wedgy	5
10A	20. Part 1 of an instruction for solving this puzzle	9
11A	22. Mean	5
12A	23. Donna's predecessor?	5
13A	24. Glamping option	4
14A	26. Bold alternative: Abbr.	4
15A	27. Image on the Missouri state quarter	4
16A	29. A jigger is bigger than this	5
17A	31. Some loud chewers	4
18A	34. Limelight stealer	3
19A	36. Didn't stay put	6
20A	39. The Cardinals, on scoreboards	3
21A	40. Part 2 of the instruction	7
22A	42. Many wages	3
23A	43. Sewer	6
24A	45. TV's "Science Guy"	3
25A	46. Tech info site	4
26A	47. Heineken alternative	5
27A	49. Smoking hot Italian?	4
28A	51. 1982 film that takes place inside a computer	4
29A	53. Wrests	4
30A	55. Cry in an opera house	5
31A	59. Labor day event	5
32A	61. End of the instruction	9
33A	63. Minimalist	5
34A	64. Fish frequently caught by newts	4
35A	65. Ending for patri-	4
36A	66. Leader typically appearing shirtless in "S.N.L." parodies	5
37A	67. Colonnade trees	4
38A	68. Hawn of the silver screen	4
39A	69. Bustline muscles, informally	4
40A	70. Some winks	4
41A	71. Retired means of travel, for short	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Major source of wheat"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
• Words that mean the same thing: solarise, sunlight, sunbathe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Zipped"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move faster
• Words that mean the same thing: rush along, speed up, cannonball along
• The opposite would be: linger, decelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Hindu avatar"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that avatar of vishnu whose name is synonymous with god; any of three incarnations: ramachandra or parashurama or balarama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Kaplan course subj."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Neighbor of Algeria"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a landlocked republic in northwestern africa; achieved independence from france in 1960; mali was a center of west african civilization for more than 4,000 years
• Words that mean the same thing: French Sudan, Republic of Mali
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Snubs, possibly"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: miss, neglect, take out
• The opposite would be: attend to, include
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Swaying just before a disaster"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Blarney Stone site"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Wedgy"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
• Words that mean the same thing: tense up, strain
• The opposite would be: unstrain, relaxed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Part 1 of an instruction for solving this puzzle"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMOVETHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Mean"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
• Words that mean the same thing: roughshod, vicious, savage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Donna's predecessor?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that used primarily as eating apples
• Words that mean the same thing: stellar, leading, starring
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Glamping option"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic mongol and turkic people of central asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Bold alternative: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Image on the Missouri state quarter"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
• Words that mean the same thing: patronising, wicked, puckish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. A jigger is bigger than this"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
• Words that mean the same thing: snow leopard, oz., apothecaries' ounce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUNCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Some loud chewers"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Limelight stealer"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Words that mean the same thing: jambon, gammon, overact
• The opposite would be: underact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Didn't stay put"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• Words that mean the same thing: tramp, wander, swan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. The Cardinals, on scoreboards"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Part 2 of the instruction"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETTERW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Many wages"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: epoch, geological era, earned run average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Sewer"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an authoritative person who divines the future
• Words that mean the same thing: seer, vaticinator, prophesier
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORACLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. TV's "Science Guy""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Tech info site"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CNET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Heineken alternative"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a beckoning gesture
• Words that mean the same thing: beck
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BECKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Smoking hot Italian?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Words that mean the same thing: bunsen burner, Mt Etna, Mount Etna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. 1982 film that takes place inside a computer"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Wrests"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: sit, pose, baby-sit
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Cry in an opera house"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Labor day event"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the time when something begins (especially life)
• Words that mean the same thing: deliver, nativity, birthing
• The opposite would be: death
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. End of the instruction"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROMCLUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Minimalist"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
• Words that mean the same thing: redundant, surplus, free
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Fish frequently caught by newts"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
• Words that mean the same thing: tuna fish, Anguilla sucklandii, Opuntia tuna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Ending for patri-"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to near the ear
• Words that mean the same thing: auricular
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Leader typically appearing shirtless in "S.N.L." parodies"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that russian statesman chosen as president of the russian federation in 2000; formerly director of the federal security bureau (born in 1952)
• Words that mean the same thing: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Vladimir Putin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUTIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Colonnade trees"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elm, elm tree, elmwood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Hawn of the silver screen"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Words that mean the same thing: unaccompanied, alone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Bustline muscles, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either of two large muscles of the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: pectoralis, musculus pectoralis, pectoral
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "70. Some winks"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dye, dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "71. Retired means of travel, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle July 23, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Result of loose lips?	5
2D	2. Job that involves a lot of sweating	5
3D	3. Judd of country music	5
4D	4. Hook associate	4
5D	5. Handout on December 31	8
6D	6. Peace Nobelist Root	5
7D	7. Dough used in a taqueria	6
8D	8. Org. for some future lts.	4
9D	9. AWOL part	7
10D	10. Colonial force	9
11D	11. Own a boat, say	5
12D	13. Pewter accompanier in the Bible	6
13D	16. Wads are made to do this	4
14D	21. "Emeer" for "emir," e.g.: Abbr.	3
15D	25. Castle feature	6
16D	28. "Rosy" things	6
17D	30. Present ... or a concise explanation of this puzzle's theme	3
18D	31. "Special Agent ___" (Disney animated series)	3
19D	32. Copier tray abbr.	3
20D	33. Go on	9
21D	35. High point: Abbr.	3
22D	37. Poet's "before"	3
23D	38. "Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man"	3
24D	40. Cousin of "Inc."	3
25D	41. "I need your full attention over here"	8
26D	44. Ending that's in the middle?	7
27D	46. Santana of Santana	6
28D	48. Like flour for baking	6
29D	50. Original airer of "The Monkees"	3
30D	51. Shortening used in recipes?	4
31D	52. Shrewd	5
32D	54. In all honesty	5
33D	56. Fiats, e.g.	5
34D	57. Bridal shop display	5
35D	58. Berkshire racecourse	5
36D	60. Certain lawyers	4
37D	62. It may be critical	4

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Result of loose lips?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that eat noisily
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLURP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Job that involves a lot of sweating"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Ussher, doorkeeper, Ussher
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Judd of country music"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mother-in-law of ruth whose story is told in the book of ruth in the old testament
• Words that mean the same thing: Noemi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAOMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hook associate"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Handout on December 31"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARTYHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Peace Nobelist Root"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Dough used in a taqueria"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: scratch, kale, lucre
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DINERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Org. for some future lts."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
• Words that mean the same thing: Reserve Officers Training Corps
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROTC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. AWOL part"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: United States, U.S., the States
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Colonial force"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an american militiaman prior to and during the american revolution
• Words that mean the same thing: Minuteman
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINUTEMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Own a boat, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Pewter accompanier in the Bible"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
• Words that mean the same thing: Seth Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas, St. Thomas
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THOMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. Wads are made to do this"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: trade, deal, betray
• The opposite would be: buy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. "Emeer" for "emir," e.g.: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of electrical power in an ac circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
• Words that mean the same thing: volt-ampere
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "25. Castle feature"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small tower extending above a building
• Words that mean the same thing: gun turret, gun enclosure
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "28. "Rosy" things"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either side of the face below the eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: cheek, impudence, brass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEEKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "30. Present ... or a concise explanation of this puzzle's theme"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the momentary present
• Words that mean the same thing: forthwith, straight off, right away
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "31. "Special Agent ___" (Disney animated series)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Copier tray abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LTR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Go on"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
• Words that mean the same thing: expound, luxuriant, lucubrate
• The opposite would be: contract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELABORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. High point: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MTN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Poet's "before""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. "Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a digital tape recording of sound
• Words that mean the same thing: digital audiotape
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Cousin of "Inc.""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LLC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. "I need your full attention over here""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYESONME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Ending that's in the middle?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that having or situated at or near a center
• Words that mean the same thing: centrical
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CENTRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Santana of Santana"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that venezuelan master terrorist raised by a marxist-leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Sanchez
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARLOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Like flour for baking"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move as if through a sieve
• Words that mean the same thing: sift, strain, sieve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. Original airer of "The Monkees""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Shortening used in recipes?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Shrewd"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIPUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. In all honesty"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in accordance with truth or fact or reality
• Words that mean the same thing: really, in truth, rightfully
• The opposite would be: insincerely
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRULY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Fiats, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: automobile, motorcar, machine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Bridal shop display"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a garment that covers the head and face
• Words that mean the same thing: caul, veil, velum
• The opposite would be: unveil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Berkshire racecourse"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Certain lawyers"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: hen, biddy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. It may be critical"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
• Words that mean the same thing: the great unwashed, flock, spate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	57	73.1%
Short Answer	10	12.8%
Abbreviation	5	6.4%
Geography	2	2.6%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (63 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (73 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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. It protects the heart	7
2A	8. Egyptian god of the underworld	6
3A	14. Dr.'s order?	3
4A	17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives	8
5A	18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets	11
6A	21. High marks	8
7A	22. "That's enough bickering!"	12
8A	24. Valletta's land	5
9A	25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"	3
10A	27. Max's opposite	3
11A	28. Morpheus, to 25-Across	6
12A	29. Good ol' boy	5
13A	31. Actor Thomas ___ Church	5
14A	34. Stares stupidly	5
15A	35. General who crossed the Rubicon	6
16A	37. Snubs	7
17A	39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle	5
18A	40. TV E.T.	3
19A	41. Secondary list of options	7
20A	43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter	5
21A	45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)	4
22A	47. Classification that anyone can donate to	6
23A	48. Got off	4
24A	49. With warts and all	4
25A	53. Pesto ingredients	8
26A	55. Made less angry now	8
27A	58. Ozone no-no, for short	3
28A	59. The dash in many an emoticon	4
29A	60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath	6
30A	61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel	6
31A	63. Derived from gold	5
32A	66. Steals, informally	7
33A	67. Something a bug produces	5
34A	68. Certain Army noncom	6
35A	70. Points to a church?	6
36A	71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11	4
37A	73. Brewed beverage	3
38A	74. Perseveres	8
39A	76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website	8
40A	80. "Horsefeathers!"	4
41A	82. "Fiddlesticks!"	4
42A	83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles	6
43A	85. Make a lot, say?	4
44A	86. Famed firefighter Red	5
45A	88. "All right, but that's not my opinion"	7
46A	90. L.A.P.D. unit?	3
47A	91. The Lamb	5
48A	93. Devoted effort to looking attractive	7
49A	96. Leaning	6
50A	98. Bandage brand	5
51A	99. Possessed, biblically	5
52A	100. Word before winner or after Wonder	5
53A	101. Brick homes	6
54A	103. Buffalo's home: Abbr.	3
55A	104. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"	3
56A	106. Eponym of element 96	5
57A	109. They'll get there eventually	12
58A	113. Like the cultivation of land	8
59A	115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest	11
60A	116. Zero	8
61A	117. Co.'s $$$ head	3
62A	118. Steal for ransom	6
63A	119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"	7

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. It protects the heart"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RIBCAGE

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2A: "8. Egyptian god of the underworld"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of isis; father of horus
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OSIRIS

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3A: "14. Dr.'s order?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMA

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4A: "17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
• Similar words include: nitrate
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NITRATES

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5A: "18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: SESAMEPLACE

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6A: "21. High marks"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APLUSSES

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7A: "22. "That's enough bickering!""

12 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: STOPITYOUTWO

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8A: "24. Valletta's land"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic on the island of malta in the mediterranean; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1964
• Similar words include: Republic of Malta
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MALTA

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9A: "25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NEO

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10A: "27. Max's opposite"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
• Similar words include: minute, Hokkianese, Fukien
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MIN

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11A: "28. Morpheus, to 25-Across"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wise and trusted guide and advisor
• Similar words include: wise man
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MENTOR

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12A: "29. Good ol' boy"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BUBBA

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13A: "31. Actor Thomas ___ Church"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HADEN

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14A: "34. Stares stupidly"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward stupid person
• Similar words include: goggle, gawp, oaf
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GAWKS

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15A: "35. General who crossed the Rubicon"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that conqueror of gaul and master of italy (100-44 bc)
• Similar words include: Gaius Julius Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Sid Caesar
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CAESAR

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16A: "37. Snubs"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that refuse to acknowledge
• Similar words include: brush aside, brush off, disregard
• Opposite of: know, notice

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Answer: IGNORES

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17A: "39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TELOS

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18A: "40. TV E.T."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALF

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19A: "41. Secondary list of options"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu
• Similar words include: hierarchical menu, cascading menu
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SUBMENU

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20A: "43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PAOLO

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21A: "45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MAUD

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22A: "47. Classification that anyone can donate to"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TYPEAB

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23A: "48. Got off"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALIT

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24A: "49. With warts and all"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASIS

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25A: "53. Pesto ingredients"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PINENUTS

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26A: "55. Made less angry now"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
• Similar words include: pacify, assuage, conciliate
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PLACATED

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27A: "58. Ozone no-no, for short"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
• Similar words include: chlorofluorocarbon
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CFC

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28A: "59. The dash in many an emoticon"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Similar words include: nuzzle, pry, nozzle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOSE

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29A: "60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that literature in metrical form
• Similar words include: poesy, verse
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POETRY

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30A: "61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MUFASA

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31A: "63. Derived from gold"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or relating to or containing or derived from gold
• Similar words include: aurous
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AURIC

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32A: "66. Steals, informally"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make off with belongings of others
• Similar words include: swipe, nobble, abstract
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FILCHES

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33A: "67. Something a bug produces"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Similar words include: computer error, erroneous belief, misplay
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ERROR

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34A: "68. Certain Army noncom"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SGTMAJ

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35A: "70. Points to a church?"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
• Similar words include: spire, steeple
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPIRES

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36A: "71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following june and preceding august
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: JULY

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37A: "73. Brewed beverage"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALE

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38A: "74. Perseveres"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PUSHESON

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39A: "76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: POPSUGAR

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40A: "80. "Horsefeathers!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PISH

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41A: "82. "Fiddlesticks!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DRAT

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42A: "83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SINTER

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43A: "85. Make a lot, say?"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PAVE

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44A: "86. Famed firefighter Red"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADAIR

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45A: "88. "All right, but that's not my opinion""

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SAYSYOU

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46A: "90. L.A.P.D. unit?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LOS

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47A: "91. The Lamb"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for christianity (circa 4 bc - ad 29)
• Similar words include: Saviour, Good Shepherd, Deliverer
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: JESUS

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48A: "93. Devoted effort to looking attractive"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that clean with one's bill
• Similar words include: congratulate, preen, dress
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PREENED

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49A: "96. Leaning"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having an oblique or slanted direction
• Similar words include: diagonal, sloped, slanting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASLANT

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50A: "98. Bandage brand"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CURAD

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51A: "99. Possessed, biblically"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HADST

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52A: "100. Word before winner or after Wonder"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
• Similar words include: scratch, lucre, lolly
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BREAD

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53A: "101. Brick homes"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the clay from which adobe bricks are made
• Similar words include: adobe brick, adobe
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ADOBES

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54A: "103. Buffalo's home: Abbr."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mid-atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
• Similar words include: New York, Empire State, New York State
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NYS

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55A: "104. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIE

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56A: "106. Eponym of element 96"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
• Similar words include: Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Ci
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CURIE

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57A: "109. They'll get there eventually"

12 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: LATEBLOOMERS

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58A: "113. Like the cultivation of land"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relating to rural matters
• Similar words include: agricultural, farming
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: AGRARIAN

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59A: "115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: SIERRALEONE

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60A: "116. Zero"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: GOOSEEGG

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61A: "117. Co.'s $$$ head"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
• Similar words include: chief financial officer
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CFO

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62A: "118. Steal for ransom"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
• Similar words include: abduct, nobble, snatch
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KIDNAP

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63A: "119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve""

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hero of william shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: OTHELLO

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Kelly of morning TV	4
2D	2. "Come on and let loose for a while!"	9
3D	3. Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot	6
4D	4. Wrinkly fruits	7
5D	5. Parts of many online handles	3
6D	6. Davis of "Thelma & Louise"	5
7D	7. "___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto)	4
8D	8. 1940s spy grp.	3
9D	9. Ready ... or a word after ready	3
10D	10. Chemist's variant	6
11D	11. Violent seizure, as of property	6
12D	12. "Sign me up"	4
13D	13. He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne	3
14D	14. Soothing goo	7
15D	15. Hawaiian for "long mountain"	8
16D	16. Intermission follower on Broadway	6
17D	17. War zone for Rambo, informally	3
18D	19. Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"	3
19D	20. Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g.	5
20D	23. Hosp. areas	3
21D	26. "I'm flattered!"	5
22D	30. Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him	6
23D	32. State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol	9
24D	33. Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively	13
25D	35. Kids' summer getaway	4
26D	36. Kyrgyzstani mountain range	4
27D	37. Urchins	4
28D	38. Fans out	6
29D	39. Where idols go head-to-head?	5
30D	42. Small part in a gig	4
31D	44. British isle	3
32D	46. It's in your jeans	5
33D	48. Plot divisions	5
34D	50. Traumatize	4
35D	51. "Assuming that's true ..."	4
36D	52. He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew	4
37D	54. "Not gonna lie ..."	5
38D	56. First enactors of democracy	9
39D	57. Fencing contests	5
40D	60. Chemistry lab dropper	5
41D	62. Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast	5
42D	63. Chop-chop	4
43D	64. Wrinkly fruit	4
44D	65. GPS lines: Abbr.	4
45D	66. Programming language that's also a musical key	6
46D	69. He sold out his master in exchange for silver	5
47D	71. Baby in a pouch	4
48D	72. Pandemonium	6
49D	75. Title for a guru	3
50D	76. Survivor's affliction, for short	4
51D	77. Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring"	9
52D	78. Big name in makeup	4
53D	79. Music score squiggle	4
54D	81. Disagrees (with)	8
55D	84. Ixnays from Irkutsk	5
56D	87. Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially	7
57D	89. Possible scenario, to a coder	7
58D	91. 2011 Lady Gaga hit	5
59D	92. Steamy	6
60D	94. Paired chips with dips?	6
61D	95. Touch lightly, as a gas pedal	6
62D	97. Floral victory symbol	6
63D	98. Lead-in to Tech	3
64D	100. Spawned	5
65D	102. Camera inits.	3
66D	103. ___ me tangere (Latin warning)	4
67D	105. Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"	4
68D	107. Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall	4
69D	108. Official lang. of Liberia	3
70D	110. Acorn, in the future	3
71D	111. Messenger ___	3
72D	112. Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr.	3
73D	114. "Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Kelly of morning TV"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RIPA

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2D: "2. "Come on and let loose for a while!""

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ITLLBEFUN

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3D: "3. Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that statesman of ancient rome who (with cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate julius caesar (85-42 bc)
• Similar words include: Marcus Junius Brutus
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BRUTUS

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4D: "4. Wrinkly fruits"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh
• Similar words include: casaba melon, casaba
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CASABAS

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5D: "5. Parts of many online handles"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
• Similar words include: astatine, At, atomic number 85
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ATS

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6D: "6. Davis of "Thelma & Louise""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GEENA

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7D: "7. "___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESSE

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8D: "8. 1940s spy grp."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Similar words include: oculus sinister, OS, Os
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OSS

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9D: "9. Ready ... or a word after ready"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SET

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10D: "10. Chemist's variant"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ISOMER

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11D: "11. Violent seizure, as of property"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of despoiling a country in warfare
• Similar words include: rape
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RAPINE

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12D: "12. "Sign me up""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMIN

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13D: "13. He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SET

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14D: "14. Soothing goo"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ALOEGEL

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15D: "15. Hawaiian for "long mountain""

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MAUNALOA

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16D: "16. Intermission follower on Broadway"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ACTTWO

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17D: "17. War zone for Rambo, informally"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAM

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18D: "19. Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PYM

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19D: "20. Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EWOKS

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20D: "23. Hosp. areas"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Similar words include: Oregon, operating theater, operating room
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORS

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21D: "26. "I'm flattered!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OHGEE

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22D: "30. Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that statesman of ancient rome who (with cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate julius caesar (85-42 bc)
• Similar words include: Marcus Junius Brutus
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BRUTUS

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23D: "32. State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that state capital of maryland; site of the united states naval academy
• Similar words include: capital of Maryland
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ANNAPOLIS

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24D: "33. Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively"

13 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: DOUBLECROSSED

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25D: "35. Kids' summer getaway"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
• Similar words include: tent, camp down, pack
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAMP

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26D: "36. Kyrgyzstani mountain range"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALAI

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27D: "37. Urchins"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Similar words include: rapscallion, scamp, rascal
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMPS

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28D: "38. Fans out"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
• Similar words include: spread out, turn out, slip
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPLAYS

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29D: "39. Where idols go head-to-head?"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOTEM

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30D: "42. Small part in a gig"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BYTE

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31D: "44. British isle"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AIT

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32D: "46. It's in your jeans"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
• Similar words include: dungaree, jean, blue jean
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DENIM

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33D: "48. Plot divisions"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
• Similar words include: land, Akka, estate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACRES

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34D: "50. Traumatize"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• Similar words include: scratch, mark, cicatrix
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SCAR

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35D: "51. "Assuming that's true ...""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IFSO

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36D: "52. He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• Similar words include: scratch, mark, cicatrix
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCAR

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37D: "54. "Not gonna lie ...""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOCAP

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38D: "56. First enactors of democracy"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a resident of athens
• Similar words include: Athenian
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ATHENIANS

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39D: "57. Fencing contests"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
• Similar words include: duel, affaire d'honneur
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DUELS

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40D: "60. Chemistry lab dropper"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube
• Similar words include: pipette
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PIPET

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41D: "62. Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FRYUP

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42D: "63. Chop-chop"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that as soon as possible
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASAP

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43D: "64. Wrinkly fruit"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• Similar words include: ugli fruit, tangelo
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UGLI

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44D: "65. GPS lines: Abbr."

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RTES

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45D: "66. Programming language that's also a musical key"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FSHARP

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46D: "69. He sold out his master in exchange for silver"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (new testament) supposed brother of st. james; one of the apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
• Similar words include: Judah, Jude, Saint Jude
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JUDAS

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47D: "71. Baby in a pouch"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOEY

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48D: "72. Pandemonium"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of commotion and noise and confusion
• Similar words include: garboil, tumultuousness, tumult
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPROAR

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49D: "75. Title for a guru"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SRI

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50D: "76. Survivor's affliction, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
• Similar words include: posttraumatic stress disorder
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PTSD

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51D: "77. Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring""

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GALADRIEL

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52D: "78. Big name in makeup"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
• Similar words include: Upper Avon River, Upper Avon, River Avon
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AVON

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53D: "79. Music score squiggle"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
• Similar words include: residuum, residue, stay
• Opposite of: change, be active

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REST

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54D: "81. Disagrees (with)"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HASABEEF

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55D: "84. Ixnays from Irkutsk"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NYETS

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56D: "87. Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DUDEBRO

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57D: "89. Possible scenario, to a coder"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: USECASE

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58D: "91. 2011 Lady Gaga hit"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that (new testament) supposed brother of st. james; one of the apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
• Similar words include: Judah, Jude, Saint Jude
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: JUDAS

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59D: "92. Steamy"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an erotic person
• Similar words include: titillating
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EROTIC

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60D: "94. Paired chips with dips?"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that compose rhymes
• Similar words include: rhyme, riming, rhyming
• Opposite of: unrhymed

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Answer: RHYMED

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61D: "95. Touch lightly, as a gas pedal"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EASEON

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62D: "97. Floral victory symbol"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
• Similar words include: Stan Laurel, laurel wreath, bay wreath
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LAUREL

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63D: "98. Lead-in to Tech"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CAL

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64D: "100. Spawned"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that make children
• Similar words include: father, mother, bring forth
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BEGOT

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65D: "102. Camera inits."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SLR

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66D: "103. ___ me tangere (Latin warning)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOLI

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67D: "105. Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IAGO

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68D: "107. Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IAGO

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69D: "108. Official lang. of Liberia"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ENG

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70D: "110. Acorn, in the future"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Similar words include: oak tree
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OAK

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71D: "111. Messenger ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Similar words include: ribonucleic acid
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RNA

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72D: "112. Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following august and preceding october
• Similar words include: September, Sept
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEP

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73D: "114. "Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ROH

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Today's Puzzle Stats

63 Across Clues

73 Down Clues

136 Total Clues

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