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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (33 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (37 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. Cut of beef used in Santa Maria-style barbecue | 6 |
| 2A | 7. ___ Wilson, four-time M.V.P. of the 27-Down | 3 |
| 3A | 10. Common export, nowadays | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Field trip? | 11 |
| 5A | 16. Section of a timeline | 3 |
| 6A | 17. Chef's complimentary bite | 11 |
| 7A | 18. Staff | 3 |
| 8A | 19. Reacted to capturing a championship, perhaps | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Dish often served with tartar sauce, informally | 10 |
| 10A | 22. Terrorizer of Amity Island, in a 1975 blockbuster film | 5 |
| 11A | 24. Finishes filming | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Epitome of thinness | 5 |
| 13A | 27. Mushroom named for its resemblance to a body part | 7 |
| 14A | 29. "You've gotta be kidding me!" | 11 |
| 15A | 32. Off-grid connection? | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Former attorney general Bill | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Short cut | 3 |
| 18A | 35. "___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song) | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in 1998 | 3 |
| 20A | 37. Political philosopher who wrote "The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly" | 11 |
| 21A | 41. Maker of sole music? | 7 |
| 22A | 43. Succeed in | 5 |
| 23A | 44. Stamp purchase | 5 |
| 24A | 45. Companion of Ash and Misty in Pokémon anime | 5 |
| 25A | 47. Cold one enjoyed during a hot wash | 10 |
| 26A | 49. Word with ball or board | 4 |
| 27A | 53. Spot for a flask | 3 |
| 28A | 54. "That sounds brave ... but very stupid!" | 11 |
| 29A | 56. Date in France? | 3 |
| 30A | 57. One concerned with transparency in the workplace? | 11 |
| 31A | 58. Bench press target, informally | 3 |
| 32A | 59. Hebrew name meaning "high" | 3 |
| 33A | 60. Chinese revolutionary Sun ___ | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Cut of beef used in Santa Maria-style barbecue"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRITIP
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2A: "7. ___ Wilson, four-time M.V.P. of the 27-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AJA
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3A: "10. Common export, nowadays"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDF
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4A: "13. Field trip?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: HOMERUNTROT
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5A: "16. Section of a timeline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: earned run average, epoch, geological era
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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6A: "17. Chef's complimentary bite"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: AMUSEBOUCHE
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7A: "18. Staff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Similar words include: pole, retinal rod, rod cell
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROD
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8A: "19. Reacted to capturing a championship, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
- Similar words include: weep, cry
- Opposite of: laugh
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Answer: WEPT
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9A: "20. Dish often served with tartar sauce, informally"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FISHNCHIPS
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10A: "22. Terrorizer of Amity Island, in a 1975 blockbuster film"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHARK
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11A: "24. Finishes filming"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
- Similar words include: wrap, twine, wrapping
- Opposite of: unwrap, unwind
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Answer: WRAPS
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12A: "25. Epitome of thinness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WAFER
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13A: "27. Mushroom named for its resemblance to a body part"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WOODEAR
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14A: "29. "You've gotta be kidding me!""
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: OHCOMEONNOW
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15A: "32. Off-grid connection?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE
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16A: "33. Former attorney general Bill"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BARR
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17A: "34. Short cut"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former monetary unit in great britain
- Similar words include: bobber, British shilling, shilling
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOB
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18A: "35. "___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song)"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEIN
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19A: "36. Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in 1998"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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20A: "37. Political philosopher who wrote "The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: THOMASPAINE
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21A: "41. Maker of sole music?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TAPSHOE
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22A: "43. Succeed in"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WINAT
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23A: "44. Stamp purchase"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any broad thin expanse or surface
- Similar words include: weather sheet, bed sheet, flat solid
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHEET
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24A: "45. Companion of Ash and Misty in Pokémon anime"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BROCK
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25A: "47. Cold one enjoyed during a hot wash"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SHOWERBEER
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26A: "49. Word with ball or board"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
- Similar words include: nose candy, Baron Snow of Leicester, hoodwink
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNOW
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27A: "53. Spot for a flask"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Similar words include: laboratory, science laboratory, research laboratory
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAB
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28A: "54. "That sounds brave ... but very stupid!""
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DONTBEAHERO
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29A: "56. Date in France?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMI
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30A: "57. One concerned with transparency in the workplace?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: GLASSBLOWER
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31A: "58. Bench press target, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEC
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32A: "59. Hebrew name meaning "high""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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33A: "60. Chinese revolutionary Sun ___"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YATSEN
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Spring event | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Twin city? | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Morning announcement | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Tries to identify, as a medical issue | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Red state | 3 |
| 6D | 6. 20-Across, e.g. | 7 |
| 7D | 7. A military parade might go through it | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Director of "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II" | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Admitted fault | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Sudden reversal of fortune, in literature | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Mentions one's ring size, maybe | 10 |
| 12D | 12. They're hot, until they're not | 4 |
| 13D | 14. Film ___ | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Certain canine | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Conned | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Clothing line | 3 |
| 17D | 25. "Too bad!" | 10 |
| 18D | 26. Preferring to keep one's feet on the ground? | 10 |
| 19D | 27. See 7-Across | 4 |
| 20D | 28. French director Clair | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Last words? | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Instrument usually pitched in C | 4 |
| 23D | 31. Awards season announcement, for short | 3 |
| 24D | 35. What might go off the rails? | 8 |
| 25D | 37. Guitarist who played the first-ever rock concert at the Sistine Chapel | 7 |
| 26D | 38. Item in a basket at the dinner table | 7 |
| 27D | 39. Felt completely confident in | 7 |
| 28D | 40. Insta post | 3 |
| 29D | 42. Patch, say | 3 |
| 30D | 45. "All ___ are off!" | 4 |
| 31D | 46. Losing side in the Battle of Shiloh, informally | 4 |
| 32D | 47. Insult, metaphorically | 4 |
| 33D | 48. Children of, in Hebrew | 4 |
| 34D | 50. What's going on | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Willie ___, first Black player in the N.H.L. | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Run-down | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Like | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Spring event"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: thawing, melt, unthaw
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAW
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2D: "2. Twin city?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that capital and largest city of italy; on the tiber; seat of the roman catholic church; formerly the capital of the roman republic and the roman empire
- Similar words include: Eternal City, Roma, capital of Italy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROME
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3D: "3. Morning announcement"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMUP
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4D: "4. Tries to identify, as a medical issue"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TESTSFOR
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5D: "5. Red state"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: anger, wrath, ira
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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6D: "6. 20-Across, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PUBFARE
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7D: "7. A military parade might go through it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- Similar words include: patronising, prankish, wicked
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARCH
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8D: "8. Director of "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: JOHNWOO
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9D: "9. Admitted fault"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATECROW
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10D: "10. Sudden reversal of fortune, in literature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
- Similar words include: peripetia, peripety
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PERIPETEIA
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11D: "11. Mentions one's ring size, maybe"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DROPSAHINT
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12D: "12. They're hot, until they're not"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Similar words include: craze, rage, fad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FADS
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13D: "14. Film ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOIR
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14D: "15. Certain canine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- Similar words include: ivory, horn, detusk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUSK
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15D: "21. Conned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: have got, bear, induce
- Opposite of: abstain, refuse
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Answer: HAD
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16D: "23. Clothing line"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Similar words include: ahem
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEM
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17D: "25. "Too bad!""
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: WHATASHAME
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18D: "26. Preferring to keep one's feet on the ground?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ACROPHOBIC
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19D: "27. See 7-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WNBA
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20D: "28. French director Clair"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RENE
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21D: "29. Last words?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- Similar words include: obituary, necrology
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBIT
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22D: "30. Instrument usually pitched in C"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBOE
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23D: "31. Awards season announcement, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOM
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24D: "35. What might go off the rails?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BANKSHOT
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25D: "37. Guitarist who played the first-ever rock concert at the Sistine Chapel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: THEEDGE
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26D: "38. Item in a basket at the dinner table"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOTROLL
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27D: "39. Felt completely confident in"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SWOREBY
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28D: "40. Insta post"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- Similar words include: motion picture, photograph, moving-picture show
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIC
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29D: "42. Patch, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: tailor, sew together, stitch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEW
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30D: "45. "All ___ are off!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the money risked on a gamble
- Similar words include: look, count, depend
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BETS
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31D: "46. Losing side in the Battle of Shiloh, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
- Similar words include: greyback, Johnny, Rebel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REBS
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32D: "47. Insult, metaphorically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Similar words include: smack, bolt, slapdash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAP
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33D: "48. Children of, in Hebrew"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BNAI
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34D: "50. What's going on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that information about recent and important events
- Similar words include: news program, newsworthiness, intelligence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEWS
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35D: "51. Willie ___, first Black player in the N.H.L."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREE
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36D: "52. Run-down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be dressed in
- Similar words include: bear, haggard, wear out
- Opposite of: new, refresh
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Answer: WORN
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37D: "55. Like"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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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
33 Across Clues
37 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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