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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Red, white and blue land: Abbr. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. El ___, mythical city of gold | 6 |
| 3A | 11. Initials often seen next to THC | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Quotes | 5 |
| 5A | 16. Gave out, as charm | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Reply to a ship's captain | 3 |
| 7A | 18. It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere | 12 |
| 8A | 20. ___ fly, play that results in a run and an out | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Dog's reward after a trick | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Connection point | 4 |
| 11A | 23. "How can this be?!" | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Decided to pay later, say | 7 |
| 13A | 26. Combo meal, usually | 8 |
| 14A | 28. Apple tablet | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Idles, with "around" | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Handy | 5 |
| 17A | 32. Hair goo | 3 |
| 18A | 33. ___ track, song that insults another artist | 4 |
| 19A | 34. One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice | 6 |
| 20A | 35. Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps | 10 |
| 21A | 38. Economic improvement | 6 |
| 22A | 41. Japanese noodle | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Most common word in English | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Communication method with dits and dahs | 5 |
| 25A | 46. Martial art whose name means "way of the sword" | 5 |
| 26A | 48. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants" | 4 |
| 27A | 49. Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually | 8 |
| 28A | 51. "I can't hear you!" | 7 |
| 29A | 53. Rolling in it | 4 |
| 30A | 54. Done | 4 |
| 31A | 56. Alleviated | 5 |
| 32A | 57. Lawyer: Abbr. | 3 |
| 33A | 58. Old-time restraint for a prisoner ... or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across | 12 |
| 34A | 61. Prefix with physical or politics | 3 |
| 35A | 62. Marie ___, women's magazine | 6 |
| 36A | 63. Dye for body art | 5 |
| 37A | 64. Use salt instead of sugar, say | 3 |
| 38A | 65. What an underage person usually gets at a bar? | 6 |
| 39A | 66. Lose one's footing | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Red, white and blue land: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMER
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2A: "5. El ___, mythical city of gold"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a constellation in the southern hemisphere near reticulum and pictor; contains most of the large magellanic cloud
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DORADO
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3A: "11. Initials often seen next to THC"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CBD
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4A: "14. Quotes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- Similar words include: bring up, adduce, acknowledgment
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CITES
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5A: "16. Gave out, as charm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
- Similar words include: ooze out, ooze, exudate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EXUDED
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6A: "17. Reply to a ship's captain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AYE
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7A: "18. It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: EXERCISEBIKE
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8A: "20. ___ fly, play that results in a run and an out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enclosed space
- Similar words include: pocket, sack, theca
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAC
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9A: "21. Dog's reward after a trick"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: cover, delicacy, kickshaw
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREAT
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10A: "22. Connection point"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a connecting point at which several lines come together
- Similar words include: leaf node, lymph node, guest
- Opposite of: antinode
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Answer: NODE
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11A: "23. "How can this be?!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHNO
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12A: "24. Decided to pay later, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RANATAB
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13A: "26. Combo meal, usually"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FASTFOOD
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14A: "28. Apple tablet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPAD
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15A: "29. Idles, with "around""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
- Similar words include: waste one's time, bum, tarry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOAFS
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16A: "31. Handy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OFUSE
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17A: "32. Hair goo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Similar words include: colloidal gel, gelatin, mousse
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEL
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18A: "33. ___ track, song that insults another artist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
- Similar words include: Orcus, insult, affront
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DISS
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19A: "34. One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who skates
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SKATER
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20A: "35. Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BEACHHOTEL
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21A: "38. Economic improvement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upward movement or trend as in business activity
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPTURN
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22A: "41. Japanese noodle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UDON
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23A: "42. Most common word in English"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE
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24A: "45. Communication method with dits and dahs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
- Similar words include: Morse code, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MORSE
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25A: "46. Martial art whose name means "way of the sword""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KENDO
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26A: "48. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Similar words include: Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAOS
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27A: "49. Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BLACKKEY
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28A: "51. "I can't hear you!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SPEAKUP
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29A: "53. Rolling in it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
- Similar words include: ample, rich people, racy
- Opposite of: poor people, lean
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Answer: RICH
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30A: "54. Done"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- Similar words include: all over, concluded, terminated
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVER
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31A: "56. Alleviated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move gently or carefully
- Similar words include: relieve, allay, relieved
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EASED
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32A: "57. Lawyer: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATT
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33A: "58. Old-time restraint for a prisoner ... or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BALLANDCHAIN
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34A: "61. Prefix with physical or politics"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEO
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35A: "62. Marie ___, women's magazine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CLAIRE
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36A: "63. Dye for body art"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HENNA
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37A: "64. Use salt instead of sugar, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: mistake, stray, drift
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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38A: "65. What an underage person usually gets at a bar?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that separate the fibers of
- Similar words include: tease, card
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CARDED
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39A: "66. Lose one's footing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a socially awkward or tactless act
- Similar words include: slick, shimmy, elusion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLIP
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Star pitcher | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Casual musical project | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Everlasting | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time | 6 |
| 5D | 5. ___ Moines, Iowa | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Big bovines | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Remove, as heavy grime | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Feints, in hockey | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Dedicated lines | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Turn in one's chips | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Narrow way to win | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Toy cipher ring | 7 |
| 14D | 15. Improvisational vocal style | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Language of "amore" | 7 |
| 16D | 23. Organ meats | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Arrange, as a match's outcome | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Pear variety | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Unit of arcade currency | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Cigar residue | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees | 5 |
| 22D | 34. Bent down | 7 |
| 23D | 35. ___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park | 5 |
| 24D | 36. One under Attila's rule | 3 |
| 25D | 37. 3 to 1 are good ones | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Resentment | 7 |
| 27D | 39. Better mannered | 7 |
| 28D | 40. John Deere product | 7 |
| 29D | 42. Blow the match | 7 |
| 30D | 43. Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances? | 7 |
| 31D | 44. Supernatural ability, for short | 3 |
| 32D | 46. Bulletproof material | 6 |
| 33D | 47. What you blink with | 6 |
| 34D | 48. Mascara makes them stand out | 6 |
| 35D | 50. Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day | 5 |
| 36D | 52. Every's partner | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Still reddish, as a steak | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Secretly loop in on an email | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Flanders of "The Simpsons" | 3 |
| 40D | 60. Siesta | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Star pitcher"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: wizard, mavin, unity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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2D: "2. Casual musical project"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MIXTAPE
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3D: "3. Everlasting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing forever or indefinitely
- Similar words include: unending, perpetual, everlasting
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ETERNAL
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4D: "4. Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that read anew; read again
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REREAD
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5D: "5. ___ Moines, Iowa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- Similar words include: DE, diethylstilbestrol, Diamond State
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DES
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6D: "6. Big bovines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
- Similar words include: wild ox, ox, cattle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OXEN
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7D: "7. Remove, as heavy grime"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RUBOFF
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8D: "8. Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADIDAS
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9D: "9. Feints, in hockey"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEKES
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10D: "10. Dedicated lines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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11D: "11. Turn in one's chips"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CASHOUT
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12D: "12. Narrow way to win"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BYANOSE
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13D: "13. Toy cipher ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
- Similar words include: decipherer
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DECODER
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14D: "15. Improvisational vocal style"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Similar words include: bunk, lam, fly the coop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAT
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15D: "19. Language of "amore""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of italy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITALIAN
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16D: "23. Organ meats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OFFAL
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17D: "24. Arrange, as a match's outcome"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Similar words include: swindle, set up, carriage
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIG
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18D: "25. Pear variety"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that greenish-yellow pear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOSC
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19D: "27. Unit of arcade currency"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an individual instance of a type of symbol
- Similar words include: souvenir, keepsake, tokenish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOKEN
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20D: "30. Cigar residue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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21D: "33. Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEREK
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22D: "34. Bent down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- Similar words include: round-shouldered, bow, stoop
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STOOPED
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23D: "35. ___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BUSCH
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24D: "36. One under Attila's rule"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a nomadic people who invaded europe in the 4th century
- Similar words include: Krauthead, Boche, Kraut
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUN
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25D: "37. 3 to 1 are good ones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Similar words include: betting odds
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODDS
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26D: "38. Resentment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- Similar words include: offense, offence
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UMBRAGE
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27D: "39. Better mannered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
- Similar words include: cultured, genteel, civilised
- Opposite of: uncivil, impolite
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Answer: POLITER
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28D: "40. John Deere product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRACTOR
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29D: "42. Blow the match"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TAKEANL
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30D: "43. Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states magician (born in hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)
- Similar words include: Erik Weisz, Harry Houdini
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOUDINI
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31D: "44. Supernatural ability, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: second sight, extrasensory perception, clairvoyance
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESP
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32D: "46. Bulletproof material"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KEVLAR
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33D: "47. What you blink with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- Similar words include: lid, palpebra
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EYELID
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34D: "48. Mascara makes them stand out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- Similar words include: whip, strap, thong
- Opposite of: unlash
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Answer: LASHES
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35D: "50. Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
- Similar words include: koala bear, kangaroo bear, Phascolarctos cinereus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KOALA
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36D: "52. Every's partner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
- Similar words include: apiece, for each one, from each one
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EACH
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37D: "55. Still reddish, as a steak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Similar words include: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RARE
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38D: "58. Secretly loop in on an email"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BCC
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39D: "59. Flanders of "The Simpsons""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NED
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40D: "60. Siesta"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: pile, catnap, Napoleon
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAP
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Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
79 Total Clues
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