No 27372 Thursday Oct 17, 2024 NYT Crossword by August Lee-Kovach and Joel Fagliano

Across Clues :

1. Fed the kitty, perhaps, 7. Salve, 11. #1 pal, 14. Hercule's creator, 15. One who might make a comeback?, 16. Hebrew name meaning "my God", 17. Much ado about some punctuation?, 19. No pro, 20. It's often gained by knocking, 21. Only city that entirely surrounds a country, 22. Request from Oliver Twist, 23. Nutrition fig., 24. Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?, 26. She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony, 29. Silky fabrics, 30. Hunting cap feature, 34. 1930s vice president John ___ Garner, 35. Harsh words regarding the past and the present?, 38. Harbor sights, 39. Take off, 40. Commercial success?, 42. Shipmate of Capt. Kirk, 46. Brawl over what to call a piece of writing?, 50. Toddler's need, maybe, 51. Grassy expanses, 52. Regarding, 53. Build, as a relationship, 55. Possibilities, 56. Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across?, 58. Ornamental pond fish, 59. Cross paths, 60. Pill bug, e.g., 61. The Middle Ages or the Renaissance, 62. ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park", 63. Ending point of the first marathon

Thursday Oct 17, 2024 NYT Crossword by August Lee-Kovach and Joel Fagliano

Down Clues :

1. Sprinkling on a lox bagel, 2. What is to be done?, 3. Pattern of intersecting stripes, 4. Use a spoon, say, 5. What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting, 6. Thomas Lincoln, familiarly, 7. Industry mogul, 8. Don't you forget it!, 9. Light units, 10. Violent sport, for short, 11. Flattering, as clothing, 12. First city in Europe with paved streets (1339), 13. Touch, 18. Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise, 22. Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g., 24. Half-baked?, 25. Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law, 27. Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth, 28. Do some grapplin', 31. Was up, 32. Big feller?, 33. Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short, 35. Absolutely amazing, 36. One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four", 37. "Stop right there!", 38. Tall and pointy, as ears, 41. Uses TurboTax, perhaps, 43. Green, say, 44. Scenic spot to snorkel, 45. Overturns, 47. Dirt, 48. Climate activist Thunberg, 49. Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It", 53. Observe Ramadan, in a way, 54. "Then again …," in a text, 56. Bon ___, 57. K.G.B. rival during the Cold War

Break down the NO. 27373 NYT Crosswords: October 17, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Fed the kitty, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATSAT




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

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

  The answer: BALM

  Possible Answer : salve, ointment, unction, unguent, balm




• The clue is 11. #1 pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BFF




• The clue is 14. Hercule's creator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGATHA




• The clue is 15. One who might make a comeback?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALUM

  Possible Answer : alum, ammonia_alum, alumna, grad, ammonium_alum, potash_alum, alumnus, graduate, potassium_alum




• The clue is 16. Hebrew name meaning "my God". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI




• The clue is 17. Much ado about some punctuation?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: PERIODDRAMA




• The clue is 19. No pro. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CON

  Possible Answer : bunko_game, diddle, hornswoggle, short-change, mulct, learn, gip, yard_bird, memorize, victimize, rook, convict, memorise, inmate, swindle, sting, bunco_game, nobble, goldbrick, con, hustle, gyp, con_game, bunco, yardbird, scam, flimflam, defraud, confidence_trick, bunko, confidence_game

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 20. It's often gained by knocking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRY

  Possible Answer : introduction, debut, accounting_entry, unveiling, entry, incoming, submission, entree, entryway, ledger_entry, entrance, entering, entranceway, ingress, first_appearance, launching




• The clue is 21. Only city that entirely surrounds a country. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROME

  Possible Answer : Roma, Rome, Italian_capital, Eternal_City, capital_of_Italy




• The clue is 22. Request from Oliver Twist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORE

  Possible Answer : Sir_Thomas_More, more, more_than, to_a_greater_extent, More, Thomas_More

  Possible Opposite Answer : fewer, less




• The clue is 23. Nutrition fig.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RDA




• The clue is 24. Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUNONFUMES




• The clue is 26. She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANDRA




• The clue is 29. Silky fabrics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATINS

  Possible Answer : satin




• The clue is 30. Hunting cap feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARLAP

  Possible Answer : earflap, earlap




• The clue is 34. 1930s vice president John ___ Garner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NANCE

  Possible Answer : pouf, queen, nance, poof, fag, poove, fairy, faggot, pansy, fagot, queer




• The clue is 35. Harsh words regarding the past and the present?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: TENSEEXCHANGE




• The clue is 38. Harbor sights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOATS

  Possible Answer : gravy_boat, gravy_holder, boat, sauceboat




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

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

  The answer: DEPART

  Possible Answer : start, sidetrack, deviate, depart, leave, take_off, part, go, straggle, vary, start_out, digress, set_forth, pull_up_stakes, set_out, take_leave, diverge, set_off, quit, go_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : stay, conform, come




• The clue is 40. Commercial success?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADSALE




• The clue is 42. Shipmate of Capt. Kirk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LTSULU




• The clue is 46. Brawl over what to call a piece of writing?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLEFIGHT




• The clue is 50. Toddler's need, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAP

  Possible Answer : short_sleep, Napoleon, forty_winks, catch_a_wink, snooze, catnap, pile, cat_sleep, sleep, nap




• The clue is 51. Grassy expanses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAS

  Possible Answer : pastureland, ley, grazing_land, lea, pasture




• The clue is 52. Regarding. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INRE




• The clue is 53. Build, as a relationship. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORGE

  Possible Answer : fashion, mould, spurt, fake, contrive, smithy, shape, invent, devise, work, excogitate, spirt, mold, hammer, forge, counterfeit, formulate, form




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

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

  The answer: IFS




• The clue is 56. Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: ALTERCATION

  Possible Answer : fracas, altercation, affray




• The clue is 58. Ornamental pond fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOI




• The clue is 59. Cross paths. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEET

  Possible Answer : contact, run_across, fulfil, forgather, converge, assemble, run_into, match, suffer, get_together, receive, fulfill, gather, cope_with, satisfy, fit, play, fill, foregather, take_on, encounter, adjoin, sports_meeting, meet, see, come_across, touch, fitting, conform_to

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge




• The clue is 60. Pill bug, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISOPOD

  Possible Answer : isopod




• The clue is 61. The Middle Ages or the Renaissance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer : era, ERA, geological_era, epoch, earned_run_average




• The clue is 62. ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISLA




• The clue is 63. Ending point of the first marathon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATHENS

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Greece, Athens, Greek_capital, Athinai

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Sprinkling on a lox bagel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAPERS

  Possible Answer: play, job, prank, antic, gambol, romp, joke, capriole, put-on, trick, caper, frolic

• The clue is 2. What is to be done?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENDA

  Possible Answer: schedule, agenda, docket, agendum, order_of_business

• The clue is 3. Pattern of intersecting stripes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARTAN

  Possible Answer: plaid, tartan

• The clue is 4. Use a spoon, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STIR

  Possible Answer: conjure, agitate, shake, stir, stimulate, excite, raise, conjure_up, fuss, flurry, shake_up, bring_up, shift, hustle, splash, ado, invoke, budge, call_forth, evoke, arouse, bustle, touch, put_forward, call_down

• The clue is 5. What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHOY

• The clue is 6. Thomas Lincoln, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAD

  Possible Answer: shade, tad

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

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

  The answer: BARON

  Possible Answer: business_leader, magnate, mogul, tycoon, baron, power, big_businessman, king, top_executive

• The clue is 8. Don't you forget it!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALAMO

  Possible Answer: Alamo

• The clue is 9. Light units. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUMENS

  Possible Answer: lumen, lm

• The clue is 10. Violent sport, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MMA

• The clue is 11. Flattering, as clothing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BECOMING

  Possible Answer: suit, decent, decorous, becoming, comely, seemly, turn, comme_il_faut, become, get, go

• The clue is 12. First city in Europe with paved streets (1339). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLORENCE

  Possible Answer: Florence, Firenze

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

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

  The answer: FINESSE

  Possible Answer: delicacy, discreetness, diplomacy, finesse

• The clue is 18. Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRU

• The clue is 22. Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUTANTS

  Possible Answer: mutation, sport, mutant, variation

• The clue is 24. Half-baked?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RARE

  Possible Answer: rarified, rare, rarefied, uncommon

• The clue is 25. Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FANART

• The clue is 27. Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENTALS

  Possible Answer: dental_consonant, dental, alveolar, alveolar_consonant

• The clue is 28. Do some grapplin'. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RASSLE

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

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

  The answer: LED

  Possible Answer: chair, guide, precede, direct, leave, go, take, head, conduce, extend, run, LED, top, light-emitting_diode, pass, result, contribute, conduct, moderate, lead

  Possible Opposite Answer : follow

• The clue is 32. Big feller?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXE

  Possible Answer: ax, axe

• The clue is 33. Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PCP

  Possible Answer: phencyclidine_hydrochloride, angel_dust, caregiver, health_professional, health_care_provider, phencyclidine, primary_care_provider, PCP

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

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

  The answer: TODIEFOR

• The clue is 36. One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASTASIA

• The clue is 37. "Stop right there!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALT

  Possible Answer: halt, lame, arrest, hold, stem, stop, stanch, freeze, check, hitch, staunch, stay, game, stoppage, kibosh, block, crippled, halting, gimpy

  Possible Opposite Answer : start

• The clue is 38. Tall and pointy, as ears. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATLIKE

• The clue is 41. Uses TurboTax, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EFILES

• The clue is 43. Green, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNRIPE

  Possible Answer: green, unripened, unripe, immature

  Possible Opposite Answer : ripe

• The clue is 44. Scenic spot to snorkel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAGOON

  Possible Answer: lagoon, laguna, lagune

• The clue is 45. Overturns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPENDS

  Possible Answer: upend

• The clue is 47. Dirt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTEL

• The clue is 48. Climate activist Thunberg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRETA

• The clue is 49. Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HER

• The clue is 53. Observe Ramadan, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAST

  Possible Answer: dissolute, dissipated, truehearted, tight, fasting, flying, degraded, firm, loyal, fast, immobile, degenerate, debauched, profligate, quick, riotous, libertine

  Possible Opposite Answer : slow

• The clue is 54. "Then again …," in a text. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOH

• The clue is 56. Bon ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMI

• The clue is 57. K.G.B. rival during the Cold War. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIA

  Possible Answer: Central_Intelligence_Agency, CIA

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (44 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. Smart	4
2A	5. Sensation	5
3A	10. Acquisition on the big day	5
4A	15. "That's a good one!"	4
5A	16. Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies	5
6A	17. Who knows what preceded the Big Bang	5
7A	18. *Yes — three arduous ones	16
8A	21. February 14, informally	4
9A	22. Scratch that!	4
10A	23. El ___	3
11A	24. Like novices	5
12A	26. Spoil	6
13A	28. Preceder of how, way or where	3
14A	29. *Yes — sometimes more than 1,000	9
15A	31. Patooties	5
16A	33. Little dipper?	3
17A	34. "Tout à fait!"	3
18A	35. Tire	4
19A	37. *Yes — exactly one, in common usage	12
20A	42. First line on many a form	4
21A	43. Common garnish in a chirashi bowl	3
22A	44. Had at present?	3
23A	47. Article of lab wear	5
24A	50. *No — but it does have three feet	9
25A	53. Elizabethan curse	3
26A	54. Country that las islas Canarias are part of	6
27A	57. Important blood line	5
28A	58. "___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche	3
29A	59. Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks"	4
30A	60. Raving	4
31A	61. Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues	16
32A	67. Popular Japanese brew	5
33A	68. Alcohol, slangily	5
34A	69. Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"	4
35A	70. Its capital is Sanaa	5
36A	71. Heavens	5
37A	72. Debugging component?	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Smart"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
• Similar words include: classy, swish
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: POSH

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2A: "5. Sensation"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vigorous blow
• Similar words include: break, bash, crush
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SMASH

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3A: "10. Acquisition on the big day"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INLAW

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4A: "15. "That's a good one!""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HAHA

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5A: "16. Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PINTA

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6A: "17. Who knows what preceded the Big Bang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOONE

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7A: "18. *Yes — three arduous ones"

16 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

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Answer: IRONMANTRIATHLON

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8A: "21. February 14, informally"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VDAY

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9A: "22. Scratch that!"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
• Similar words include: urge, spoil, itching
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ITCH

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10A: "23. El ___"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the united states army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the army anywhere in the world
• Similar words include: Criminal Investigation Command
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CID

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11A: "24. Like novices"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
• Similar words include: unripe, common, gullible
• Opposite of: ripe

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Answer: GREEN

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12A: "26. Spoil"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
• Similar words include: corrupt, befoul, sully
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEFILE

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13A: "28. Preceder of how, way or where"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
• Similar words include: whatever, whatsoever
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANY

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14A: "29. *Yes — sometimes more than 1,000"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
• Similar words include: milliped, millepede
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MILLIPEDE

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15A: "31. Patooties"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that thick end of the handle
• Similar words include: backside, stooge, behind
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BUTTS

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16A: "33. Little dipper?"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
• Similar words include: toenail
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOE

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17A: "34. "Tout à fait!""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OUI

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18A: "35. Tire"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
• Similar words include: iris, ease up, sag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FLAG

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19A: "37. *Yes — exactly one, in common usage"

12 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: DIRECTFLIGHT

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20A: "42. First line on many a form"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Similar words include: figure, public figure, identify
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NAME

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21A: "43. Common garnish in a chirashi bowl"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
• Similar words include: hard roe
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ROE

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22A: "44. Had at present?"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Similar words include: give, experience, throw
• Opposite of: lack, abstain

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Answer: HAS

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23A: "47. Article of lab wear"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
• Similar words include: gaberdine, duster, gabardine
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SMOCK

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24A: "50. *No — but it does have three feet"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a measure or standard used for comparison
• Similar words include: yard measure
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: YARDSTICK

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25A: "53. Elizabethan curse"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• Similar words include: syphilis, lues, lues venerea
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: POX

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26A: "54. Country that las islas Canarias are part of"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern europe on the iberian peninsula; a former colonial power
• Similar words include: Spain, Kingdom of Spain
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ESPANA

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27A: "57. Important blood line"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AORTA

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28A: "58. "___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ART

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29A: "59. Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IHOP

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30A: "60. Raving"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
• Similar words include: zealous, greedy, esurient
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AVID

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31A: "61. Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues"

16 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

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Answer: DOESTHISHAVELEGS

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32A: "67. Popular Japanese brew"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASAHI

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33A: "68. Alcohol, slangily"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SAUCE

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34A: "69. Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

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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35A: "70. Its capital is Sanaa"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic on the southwestern shores of the arabian peninsula on the indian ocean; formed in 1990
• Similar words include: Republic of Yemen
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YEMEN

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36A: "71. Heavens"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
• Similar words include: aether, ethyl ether, quintessence
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ETHER

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37A: "72. Debugging component?"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEET

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Letter after upsilon	3
2D	2. Trireme tool	3
3D	3. Cleared, as snow	8
4D	4. "Messiah" composer	6
5D	5. Neuter	4
6D	6. What a big hand indicates: Abbr.	3
7D	7. Its colony can be considered one superorganism	3
8D	8. Struggle	6
9D	9. World's most populous Creole-speaking country	5
10D	10. Pretty much assured	8
11D	11. Japanese drama	3
12D	12. Feline in a 2000s meme	6
13D	13. Dub ... or rub	6
14D	14. Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys	6
15D	19. ___-pedi	4
16D	20. Oft-injured part of the knee, for short	3
17D	24. Clock-setting std.	3
18D	25. ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)	3
19D	26. Certain tie score	5
20D	27. Mince words?	4
21D	30. Frost piece	4
22D	32. Sound of dissatisfaction	3
23D	35. Botanist's study	5
24D	36. Told stories	4
25D	38. Business ending	3
26D	39. Roll in dough	8
27D	40. Actress/union leader Drescher	4
28D	41. Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism	8
29D	45. Class ___	3
30D	46. Music genre with "walking" bass lines	3
31D	47. Steamy occasion?	6
32D	48. Lugubrious	6
33D	49. Pioneers' prairie pullers	6
34D	50. Harangues	6
35D	51. Store	4
36D	52. Worked sufferingly	6
37D	55. "Pipe down!"	3
38D	56. Composure	5
39D	60. Attest	4
40D	62. ___-goat	3
41D	63. "Wait ... really?"	3
42D	64. One of a kind	3
43D	65. Test for future Ph.D.s	3
44D	66. Not needing anything else	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Letter after upsilon"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 21st letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PHI

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2D: "2. Trireme tool"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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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3D: "3. Cleared, as snow"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dig with or as if with a shovel
• Similar words include: shovel
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SHOVELED

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4D: "4. "Messiah" composer"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prolific british baroque composer (born in germany) remembered best for his oratorio messiah (1685-1759)
• Similar words include: George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel, Georg Friedrich Handel
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HANDEL

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5D: "5. Neuter"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove the ovaries of
• Similar words include: alter, neuter, castrate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SPAY

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6D: "6. What a big hand indicates: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: MIN

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7D: "7. Its colony can be considered one superorganism"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Similar words include: pismire, emmet
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANT

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8D: "8. Struggle"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lack of agreement or harmony
• Similar words include: discord
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STRIFE

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9D: "9. World's most populous Creole-speaking country"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
• Similar words include: Republic of Haiti, Hispaniola, Hayti
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HAITI

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10D: "10. Pretty much assured"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: INTHEBAG

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11D: "11. Japanese drama"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOH

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12D: "12. Feline in a 2000s meme"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LOLCAT

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13D: "13. Dub ... or rub"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that choose by or as if by divine intervention
• Similar words include: embrocate, anele, inunct
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANOINT

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14D: "14. Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: WENDYS

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15D: "19. ___-pedi"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MANI

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16D: "20. Oft-injured part of the knee, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACL

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17D: "24. Clock-setting std."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the local time at the 0 meridian passing through greenwich, england; it is the same everywhere
• Similar words include: Greenwich Mean Time, UT, Greenwich Time
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GMT

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18D: "25. ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RIO

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19D: "26. Certain tie score"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
• Similar words include: dickens, two, devil
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DEUCE

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20D: "27. Mince words?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Similar words include: edit out, blue-pencil, delete
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDIT

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21D: "30. Frost piece"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
• Similar words include: verse form
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: POEM

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22D: "32. Sound of dissatisfaction"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UGH

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23D: "35. Botanist's study"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that all the plant life in a particular region or period
• Similar words include: plant life, vegetation, botany
• Opposite of: fauna

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Answer: FLORA

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24D: "36. Told stories"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a german art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
• Similar words include: lie in, dwell, consist
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: LIED

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25D: "38. Business ending"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
• Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INC

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26D: "39. Roll in dough"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RAKEITIN

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27D: "40. Actress/union leader Drescher"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FRAN

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28D: "41. Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: THIRDEYE

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29D: "45. Class ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Similar words include: routine, human activity, do
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACT

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30D: "46. Music genre with "walking" bass lines"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SKA

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31D: "47. Steamy occasion?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPADAY

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32D: "48. Lugubrious"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - bruce bliven
• Similar words include: glowering, glum, saturnine
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MOROSE

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33D: "49. Pioneers' prairie pullers"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OXTEAM

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34D: "50. Harangues"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YAPSAT

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35D: "51. Store"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
• Similar words include: write, keep, make unnecessary
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SAVE

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36D: "52. Worked sufferingly"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: moil, labor, dig
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOILED

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37D: "55. "Pipe down!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SHH

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38D: "56. Composure"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
• Similar words include: cool, aplomb, assuredness
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: POISE

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39D: "60. Attest"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that report or maintain
• Similar words include: affirm, assert, say
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AVER

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40D: "62. ___-goat"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SHE

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41D: "63. "Wait ... really?""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HUH

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42D: "64. One of a kind"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: genius, wiz, wizard
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACE

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43D: "65. Test for future Ph.D.s"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GRE

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44D: "66. Not needing anything else"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SET

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Decode the Clues

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

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

44 Down Clues

81 Total Clues

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