No 27386, Thu Oct 31, 2024 NYT by Sarah Sinclair and Paolo Pasco

Across Clues :

1. Go downhill fast, maybe, 5. Instigate, 11. Little while, 14. Adjective often paired with "hearty", 15. The "boy" in the Broadway lyric "Never before has a boy wanted more!", 16. Cruise through, 17. "Duh!," in textspeak, 18. Noted convention center?, 19. "Moo, ___, La La La!" (children's book), 20. June observance, 22. Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanket, 24. Common situations in time travel narratives, 26. The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend, 27. Lowercase "n" lookalike, 28. Its cups aren't supposed to runneth over, 29. Singer Lewis, 30. Last word in the full title of Cervantes's most famous novel, 33. Pigeonry, 34. Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzle, 36. What the puck is going on?, 37. " … have it your way, then", 38. BeBe's sister, in a gospel duo, 39. Something "dead" in a haunted corn maze?, 40. ___ powder (manicure type), 43. It comes from the heart, 45. Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical trees, 48. Graphic showing the status of a download, say, 50. Like Polish, but not polish, 51. Lionizing lines, 52. General during the Clone Wars, 54. "Last Christmas" pop duo, 55. Marble count for each side in Chinese checkers, 56. Opposite of a jumbo shake?, 57. Prefix with trust or rust, 58. Sounds of hesitation, 59. Recorded, in a way, 60. Throw hard, in modern slang

Down Clues :

1. Quaint store, 2. Maze runner, 3. "Mistress of the Dark" in a 1988 film, 4. "Othello" role, 5. Sound sounds, 6. Encouragement to a flamenco performer, 7. Cut finely, 8. Civil rights leader Medgar, 9. Campbell of horror film fame, 10. Just terrible, in slang, 11. One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 12. "Yes, that's abundantly clear", 13. Source of refreshments on a train to London, 21. Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as "Green Machines", 23. Fellow presenter, 25. Art knife brand, 30. Paintings in the "Water Lilies" series, e.g., 31. Dating app for queer women, 32. Elizabeth of cosmetics, 33. Openness, 34. Certain edible seedlings, 35. Khan tract?, 36. Keep in stock, say, 38. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" author, 40. "Apollo and ___" (Bernini masterpiece), 41. Kick around some concepts, 42. Aspiring driver's need, 44. Invite for, 45. Painter whose "Olympia" caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker, 46. Result of burning sage, 47. "Not happening!", 49. 2016 election nickname, 53. Catchy song

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 31, 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. Go downhill fast, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLED

  
  

  Possible Answer : sledge, sled, sleigh




• The clue is 5. Instigate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOMENT

  
  

  Possible Answer : stir_up, foment, agitate




• The clue is 11. Little while. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIT

  
  

  Possible Answer : turn, spot, minute, second, burn, bit, chip, sting, fleck, morsel, scrap, flake, routine, act, bite, prick, piece, snatch, mo, number, seize_with_teeth, moment




• The clue is 14. Adjective often paired with "hearty". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALE

  
  

  Possible Answer : hale, Nathan_Hale, cart, force, haul, coerce, squeeze, whole, Edward_Everett_Hale, George_Ellery_Hale, pressure, drag, Hale




• The clue is 15. The "boy" in the Broadway lyric "Never before has a boy wanted more!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLIVER

  
  

  Possible Answer : King_Oliver, Joseph_Oliver, Oliver




• The clue is 16. Cruise through. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACE

  
  

  Possible Answer : maven, ACE, unity, virtuoso, sweep_through, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, wizard, sensation, crack, adept, whiz, super, Allied_Command_Europe, pass_with_flying_colors, nail, hotshot, genius, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, whizz, top-notch, I, champion, 1, one, single, wiz, mavin, ace, tops, tiptop, breeze_through, first-rate, sail_through, topnotch, star, A-one




• The clue is 17. "Duh!," in textspeak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBVS

  
  



• The clue is 18. Noted convention center?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENEVA

  
  

  Possible Answer : Geneva, Geneve, Holland_gin, Genf, Hollands, geneva




• The clue is 19. "Moo, ___, La La La!" (children's book). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAA

  
  

  Possible Answer : blat, baa, blate, bleat




• The clue is 20. June observance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRIDEMONTH

  
  



• The clue is 22. Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanket. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: CRESCENTROLL

  
  



• The clue is 24. Common situations in time travel narratives. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: PARADOXES

  
  

  Possible Answer : paradox




• The clue is 26. The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HORSE

  
  

  Possible Answer : gymnastic_horse, cavalry, sawhorse, horse_cavalry, Equus_caballus, sawbuck, horse, knight, buck




• The clue is 27. Lowercase "n" lookalike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  
  

  Possible Answer : eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna, ETA, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom




• The clue is 28. Its cups aren't supposed to runneth over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRA

  
  

  Possible Answer : bandeau, bra, brassiere




• The clue is 29. Singer Lewis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUEY

  
  



• The clue is 30. Last word in the full title of Cervantes's most famous novel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANCHA

  
  



• The clue is 33. Pigeonry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTE

  
  

  Possible Answer : cote




• The clue is 34. Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONSTERMASH

  
  



• The clue is 36. What the puck is going on?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RINK

  
  

  Possible Answer : skating_rink, rink




• The clue is 37. " … have it your way, then". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDONT

  
  



• The clue is 38. BeBe's sister, in a gospel duo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CECE

  
  



• The clue is 39. Something "dead" in a haunted corn maze?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: END

  
  

  Possible Answer : destruction, end, cease, finish, stop, final_stage, death, conclusion, closing, last, remnant, ending, goal, oddment, terminate, terminal, close, remainder

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning




• The clue is 40. ___ powder (manicure type). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIP

  
  

  Possible Answer : sink, dip, dim, cutpurse, pickpocket, angle_of_dip, duck, drop, inclination, plunge, magnetic_dip, free_fall, dunk, magnetic_inclination, souse, fall, douse




• The clue is 43. It comes from the heart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AORTA

  
  

  Possible Answer : aorta




• The clue is 45. Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical trees. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANGOLEMONADE

  
  



• The clue is 48. Graphic showing the status of a download, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROGRESSBAR

  
  



• The clue is 50. Like Polish, but not polish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROPER

  
  

  Possible Answer : right, proper

  Possible Opposite Answer : improper




• The clue is 51. Lionizing lines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODE

  
  

  Possible Answer : ode




• The clue is 52. General during the Clone Wars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KENOBI

  
  



• The clue is 54. "Last Christmas" pop duo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHAM

  
  

  Possible Answer : whack, wallop, whop, wham




• The clue is 55. Marble count for each side in Chinese checkers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEN

  
  

  Possible Answer : tenner, 10, ten-spot, decade, X, x, ten




• The clue is 56. Opposite of a jumbo shake?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREMOR

  
  

  Possible Answer : tremor, shudder, microseism, quake, earth_tremor




• The clue is 57. Prefix with trust or rust. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  
  

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 58. Sounds of hesitation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERS

  
  

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_68, erbium, Er, emergency_room, ER




• The clue is 59. Recorded, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONTAPE

  
  



• The clue is 60. Throw hard, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEET

  
  

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Quaint store. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOPPE

  
  

• The clue is 2. Maze runner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LABRAT

  
  

• The clue is 3. "Mistress of the Dark" in a 1988 film. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELVIRA

  
  

• The clue is 4. "Othello" role. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: DESDEMONA

  
  

• The clue is 5. Sound sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOGHORNS

  
  

  Possible Answer: foghorn, fogsignal

• The clue is 6. Encouragement to a flamenco performer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE

  
  

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

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

  The answer: MINCE

  
  

  Possible Answer: soften, moderate, mince

• The clue is 8. Civil rights leader Medgar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVERS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Medgar_Wiley_Evers, Medgar_Evers, Evers

• The clue is 9. Campbell of horror film fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEVE

  
  

  Possible Answer: neve

• The clue is 10. Just terrible, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRASH

  
  

  Possible Answer: tear_apart, applesauce, pan, folderol, Methedrine, scum, rubbish, scrap, shabu, codswallop, trash, glass, methamphetamine, wish-wash, junk, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, chalk, meth, ice, chicken_feed, deoxyephedrine, trumpery, tripe, crank

• The clue is 11. One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BABERUTH

  
  

• The clue is 12. "Yes, that's abundantly clear". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICANSEE

  
  

• The clue is 13. Source of refreshments on a train to London. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEATROLLEY

  
  

• The clue is 21. Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as "Green Machines". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TDBANK

  
  

• The clue is 23. Fellow presenter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COHOST

  
  

• The clue is 25. Art knife brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XACTO

  
  

• The clue is 30. Paintings in the "Water Lilies" series, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONETS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Monet, Claude_Monet

• The clue is 31. Dating app for queer women. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HER

  
  

• The clue is 32. Elizabeth of cosmetics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARDEN

  
  

• The clue is 33. Openness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANDOR

  
  

  Possible Answer: candor, candour, fair-mindedness, forthrightness, directness, candidness, frankness, fairness

  Possible Opposite Answer : unfairness

• The clue is 34. Certain edible seedlings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MICROGREENS

  
  

• The clue is 35. Khan tract?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: MONGOLEMPIRE

  
  

• The clue is 36. Keep in stock, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REORDER

  
  

  Possible Answer: reorder

• The clue is 38. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" author. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAPOTE

  
  

  Possible Answer: hooded_cloak, capote, hooded_coat

• The clue is 40. "Apollo and ___" (Bernini masterpiece). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAPHNE

  
  

  Possible Answer: daphne, Daphne

• The clue is 41. Kick around some concepts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEATE

  
  

  Possible Answer: envisage, ideate, conceive_of, imagine

• The clue is 42. Aspiring driver's need. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERMIT

  
  

  Possible Answer: permit, countenance, tolerate, licence, Trachinotus_falcatus, allow, let, permission, license

  Possible Opposite Answer : prevent, disallow, forbid

• The clue is 44. Invite for. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASKTO

  
  

• The clue is 45. Painter whose "Olympia" caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANET

  
  

  Possible Answer: Edouard_Manet, Manet

• The clue is 46. Result of burning sage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROMA

  
  

  Possible Answer: perfume, olfactory_property, scent, odour, aroma, fragrance, odor, smell

• The clue is 47. "Not happening!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOWAY

  
  

• The clue is 49. 2016 election nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BERN

  
  

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Switzerland, Bern, Berne

• The clue is 53. Catchy song. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOP

  
  

  Possible Answer: bonk, bop, bebop, Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons, BoP, whap, sock, bash, whop

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Cursed look"

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📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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Answer: TWISTS

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🧩 7A: "19. "You ready to do this?""

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🧩 8A: "20. Display container"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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🧩 9A: "22. Bit of gear for an entomologist"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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🧩 10A: "23. ___ Lingus"

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🧩 12A: "25. City at the center of "Moonraker," informally"

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🧩 13A: "27. Winners of Super Bowl III (and no other Super Bowls since then)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
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Answer: JETS

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🧩 14A: "29. Paired number"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that two items of the same kind
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Answer: DUET

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🧩 15A: "30. Tally mark"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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🧩 16A: "33. Team ___"

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• Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
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🧩 17A: "34. It may be struck for a camera"

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• Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
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Answer: POSE

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🧩 18A: "35. Part of the Disney logo"

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🧩 19A: "36. Gently touches"

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🧩 20A: "38. ___ tide"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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🧩 21A: "40. Green eggs go-with"

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🧩 22A: "41. Lubricate"

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🧩 23A: "42. Provide backup for, as a weightlifter or gymnast"

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Answer: SPOT

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🧩 24A: "43. Suckers"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Similar words include: muggins, blackjack, saphead
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SAPS

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🧩 25A: "44. December 31, notably"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Similar words include: evening, even, eventide
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EVE

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🧩 26A: "45. Chewie's "Star Wars" buddy"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
• Similar words include: Han dynasty
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HAN

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🧩 27A: "46. One of just two original Monopoly tokens still made today"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
• Similar words include: lid, chapeau
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HAT

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🧩 28A: "47. "When I ___, you ___, we ___" (lyric from a Freak Nasty hit)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a depression in an otherwise level surface
• Similar words include: magnetic inclination, douse, drop
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIP

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🧩 29A: "49. Some whiskeys"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RYES

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🧩 30A: "51. Stopped bringing up"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LETDIE

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🧩 31A: "54. Beethoven's Third"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EROICA

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🧩 32A: "56. Most terrifying"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that provoking fear terror
• Similar words include: shivery, scary, chilling
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SCARIEST

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🧩 33A: "58. Find in the dictionary"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
• Similar words include: search
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LOOKUP

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🧩 34A: "59. Lose one's shirt, say"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that partial or complete nakedness
• Similar words include: discase, peel, disrobe
• Opposite of: dress

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Answer: UNDRESS

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🧩 35A: "60. Fjords and firths"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• Similar words include: inlet, intake, recess
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: INLETS

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🧩 36A: "61. Regular fixed compensation"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BASEPAY

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. "Frozen" queen"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELSA

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🧩 2D: "2. Six-stringed instrument similar to a cello"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VIOL

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🧩 3D: "3. Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: INFLATABLEPOOL

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🧩 4D: "4. Occupancy agreements"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: let, letting, charter
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LEASES

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🧩 5D: "5. Smoldering remnant"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
• Similar words include: coal
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EMBER

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🧩 6D: "6. Hurl, in modern lingo"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YEET

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🧩 7D: "7. Conclude"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: terminate, stop, death
• Opposite of: begin, beginning

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Answer: END

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🧩 8D: "8. Quaker ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Similar words include: oat
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OATS

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🧩 9D: "9. Rejuvenating break"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POWERNAP

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🧩 10D: "10. Lead-in to -umvirate"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TRI

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🧩 11D: "11. "You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down?"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITSNOTTHATDEEP

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🧩 12D: "12. Fellow Down Under"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the officer below the master on a commercial ship
• Similar words include: match, fellow, Paraguay tea
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MATE

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🧩 13D: "13. No. 2: Abbr."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASST

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🧩 14D: "17. Quick throw in football"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCREENPASS

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🧩 15D: "21. Class that may not have written tests"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Similar words include: prowess, fine art, artwork
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ART

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🧩 16D: "24. Peter Pan transport"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
• Similar words include: motorbus, autobus, charabanc
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BUS

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🧩 17D: "26. Apple mobile platform"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Similar words include: Io
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IOS

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🧩 18D: "27. Japanese martial art"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in japan
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JUDO

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🧩 19D: "28. Actor Morales of "Ozark""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESAI

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🧩 20D: "29. It separates the dollars and cents"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very small circular shape
• Similar words include: disperse, Elvis, stud
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOT

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🧩 21D: "31. Applaud"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sudden very loud noise
• Similar words include: applaud, gonorrhoea, blast
• Opposite of: boo

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Answer: CLAP

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🧩 22D: "32. Tailor's edges"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 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, hem
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEMS

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🧩 23D: "34. Minor office injury"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAPERCUT

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🧩 24D: "35. Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• Similar words include: cat-o'-nine-tails, African tea, barf
• Opposite of: keep down

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Answer: CAT

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🧩 25D: "37. Tahoe or Cherokee, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
• Similar words include: S.U.V., sport utility, sport utility vehicle
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SUV

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🧩 26D: "39. Proterozoic, for one"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the longest division of geological time
• Similar words include: aeon
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EON

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🧩 27D: "42. That woman"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHE

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🧩 28D: "43. Biting piece"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --jonathan swift
• Similar words include: caustic remark, irony, sarcasm
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SATIRE

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🧩 29D: "46. Cowboys' charges"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Similar words include: herd, crowd, ruck
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HERDS

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🧩 30D: "47. Sub location"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
• Similar words include: food shop, delicatessen
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELI

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🧩 31D: "48. Original Monopoly token discontinued in 2013"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Similar words include: iron out, Fe, cast-iron
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IRON

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🧩 32D: "50. Goes on and on and on"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for the mouth
• Similar words include: gob, yip, yelp
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YAPS

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🧩 33D: "51. Singer Del Rey"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LANA

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🧩 34D: "52. Actress Rae of "American Fiction""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISSA

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🧩 35D: "53. Online seller of handcrafted items"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETSY

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🧩 36D: "55. "I Like ___""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Similar words include: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, President Eisenhower
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IKE

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🧩 37D: "57. Baby grizzly"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: young carnivore, laddie, lad
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUB

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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37 Down Clues

73 Total Clues

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