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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (35 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (35 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. ___ Hoffman, member of the Chicago Seven | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Trace | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Influence on the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Words before a dash | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Crazy, in Coahuila | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Coy response to "Why do you ask?" | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Traced, e.g. | 4 |
| 8A | 19. S.I. or GQ | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Corn whole? | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Hymn's finale? | 7 |
| 11A | 23. Baltic and Mediterranean: Abbr. | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Sponsor of auto racing's Sprint Cup Series | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Conductor Previn with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Writer's fillip | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Throw in the towel | 5 |
| 16A | 33. Sculler's instrument | 3 |
| 17A | 34. All-natural juice? | 11 |
| 18A | 37. Hit HBO series inspired by a post-apocalyptic video game | 11 |
| 19A | 38. One offering biting critiques? | 11 |
| 20A | 39. Brand whose products often come with caps | 3 |
| 21A | 40. "m" or "n" | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Dine at home ... or at a restaurant | 5 |
| 23A | 45. Like many replays in sports | 5 |
| 24A | 47. ___ Nation (entertainment company founded by Jay-Z) | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Swimmer's assignment | 4 |
| 26A | 50. Tundra, for one | 7 |
| 27A | 53. "Yellowjackets" airer, for short | 3 |
| 28A | 55. Secrecy-ensuring document, in brief | 3 |
| 29A | 56. Apogee | 4 |
| 30A | 57. Fusion pastry made with glutinous rice flour | 10 |
| 31A | 60. Really get to | 4 |
| 32A | 61. It might be worth just as much as you pay for it | 10 |
| 33A | 62. Mates | 4 |
| 34A | 63. Blend | 4 |
| 35A | 64. More grounded | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. ___ Hoffman, member of the Chicago Seven"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABBIE
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2A: "6. Trace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an indirect suggestion
- Similar words include: touch, wind, suggest
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HINT
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3A: "10. Influence on the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Similar words include: Elvis, back breaker, acerb
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACID
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4A: "14. Words before a dash"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: READYSETGO
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5A: "16. Crazy, in Coahuila"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- Similar words include: kookie, round the bend, whacky
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCO
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6A: "17. Coy response to "Why do you ask?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OHNOREASON
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7A: "18. Traced, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
- Similar words include: drag, suck, get out
- Opposite of: push, repel
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Answer: DREW
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8A: "19. S.I. or GQ"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- Similar words include: magazine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAG
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9A: "20. Corn whole?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: spike, capitulum, auricle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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10A: "21. Hymn's finale?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SILENTN
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11A: "23. Baltic and Mediterranean: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ornithology) the class of birds
- Similar words include: class Aves
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVES
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12A: "25. Sponsor of auto racing's Sprint Cup Series"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard temperature and pressure
- Similar words include: s.t.p.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STP
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13A: "27. Conductor Previn with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANDRE
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14A: "28. Writer's fillip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
- Similar words include: seriph
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SERIF
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15A: "30. Throw in the towel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BAGIT
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16A: "33. Sculler's instrument"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAR
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17A: "34. All-natural juice?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: GREENENERGY
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18A: "37. Hit HBO series inspired by a post-apocalyptic video game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: THELASTOFUS
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19A: "38. One offering biting critiques?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TASTETESTER
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20A: "39. Brand whose products often come with caps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIC
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21A: "40. "m" or "n""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
- Similar words include: rhinal, pinched, nasal consonant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NASAL
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22A: "41. Dine at home ... or at a restaurant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EATIN
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23A: "45. Like many replays in sports"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLOMO
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24A: "47. ___ Nation (entertainment company founded by Jay-Z)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROC
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25A: "49. Swimmer's assignment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow way or road
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LANE
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26A: "50. Tundra, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
- Similar words include: home ground
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HABITAT
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27A: "53. "Yellowjackets" airer, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SHO
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28A: "55. Secrecy-ensuring document, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NDA
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29A: "56. Apogee"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the highest point (of something)
- Similar words include: solar apex, vertex, apex of the sun's way
- Opposite of: antapex
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Answer: APEX
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30A: "57. Fusion pastry made with glutinous rice flour"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MOCHIDONUT
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31A: "60. Really get to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Similar words include: irritate, chafe, annoy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RILE
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32A: "61. It might be worth just as much as you pay for it"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FREEADVICE
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33A: "62. Mates"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: chum, pal up, brother
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PALS
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34A: "63. Blend"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
- Similar words include: melt, commingle, mix
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MELD
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35A: "64. More grounded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: sane, reasonable
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANER
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. They're often picked up at coffee shops | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Parent's warning | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Sausage, in British lingo | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Spousal vow | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Brontë heroine | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Ticks of a ticker | 10 |
| 7D | 7. "___ no use" | 3 |
| 8D | 8. GLAAD and CARE, for two | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Author Morrison | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Actor Ehrenreich of "Oppenheimer" | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Some fair fare | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Cube producer | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Bummer | 6 |
| 14D | 15. Baltic and Mediterranean | 4 |
| 15D | 22. What autopay helps avoid | 7 |
| 16D | 24. Responses suggesting "Here we go again" | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Brown on the outside | 7 |
| 18D | 29. "It'll all be OK!" | 7 |
| 19D | 31. Become well lubricated | 10 |
| 20D | 32. After regulation play, for short | 4 |
| 21D | 35. Zeno of ___, Greek philosopher who rejected the existence of space, time and motion | 4 |
| 22D | 36. Like some wide-open spaces | 5 |
| 23D | 37. International fast-food chain without a location in Mexico, interestingly | 8 |
| 24D | 38. Popular food fish | 7 |
| 25D | 39. C's equivalent | 6 |
| 26D | 42. Compound in wine or tea | 6 |
| 27D | 43. Bring about | 6 |
| 28D | 44. Less of a mess | 6 |
| 29D | 46. Socializes | 5 |
| 30D | 48. ___ Pet | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Bands together? | 4 |
| 32D | 52. Rent | 4 |
| 33D | 54. Betting figures | 4 |
| 34D | 58. ___ shading (animation technique) | 3 |
| 35D | 59. Some small donations | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. They're often picked up at coffee shops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: aroma, olfactory property, smell
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AROMAS
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2D: "2. Parent's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- Similar words include: conduct, acquit, deport
- Opposite of: misbehave
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Answer: BEHAVE
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3D: "3. Sausage, in British lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (british informal) pork sausage
- Similar words include: firecracker, cracker
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BANGER
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4D: "4. Spousal vow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDO
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5D: "5. Brontë heroine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Similar words include: Lake Eyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYRE
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6D: "6. Ticks of a ticker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- Similar words include: beat, jiffy, trice
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HEARTBEATS
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7D: "7. "___ no use""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
- Similar words include: information technology, IT
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITS
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8D: "8. GLAAD and CARE, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
- Similar words include: nongovernmental organization, NGO
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NGOS
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9D: "9. Author Morrison"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TONI
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10D: "10. Actor Ehrenreich of "Oppenheimer""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALDEN
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11D: "11. Some fair fare"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CORNDOGS
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12D: "12. Cube producer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ICETRAY
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13D: "13. Bummer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
- Similar words include: sedative, sedative drug, depressant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOWNER
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14D: "15. Baltic and Mediterranean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Similar words include: sea, ocean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAS
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15D: "22. What autopay helps avoid"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LATEFEE
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16D: "24. Responses suggesting "Here we go again""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an utterance made by exhaling audibly
- Similar words include: suspiration, suspire, sigh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIGHS
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17D: "26. Brown on the outside"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PANSEAR
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18D: "29. "It'll all be OK!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FRETNOT
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19D: "31. Become well lubricated"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GETSLOSHED
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20D: "32. After regulation play, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INOT
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21D: "35. Zeno of ___, Greek philosopher who rejected the existence of space, time and motion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELEA
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22D: "36. Like some wide-open spaces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that living in or characteristic of farming or country life
- Opposite of: urban
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RURAL
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23D: "37. International fast-food chain without a location in Mexico, interestingly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TACOBELL
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24D: "38. Popular food fish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a genus of cichlidae
- Similar words include: genus Tilapia
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TILAPIA
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25D: "39. C's equivalent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BSHARP
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26D: "42. Compound in wine or tea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
- Similar words include: tannic acid
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TANNIN
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27D: "43. Bring about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to arise
- Similar words include: make, cause, get
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INDUCE
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28D: "44. Less of a mess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that clean or organized
- Similar words include: neat, corking, swell
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEATER
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29D: "46. Socializes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
- Similar words include: shuffle, premix, unify
- Opposite of: segregate
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Answer: MIXES
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30D: "48. ___ Pet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHIA
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31D: "51. Bands together?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMFM
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32D: "52. Rent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
- Similar words include: buck, snap, shoot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORE
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33D: "54. Betting figures"
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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34D: "58. ___ shading (animation technique)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CEL
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35D: "59. Some small donations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Similar words include: ovum, egg cell
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OVA
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
35 Across Clues
35 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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