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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (39 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (42 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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. Start issuing stock, in Wall Street lingo | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Live the single man's life, slangily | 6 |
| 3A | 12. Part of some box sets | 3 |
| 4A | 15. Pungent | 5 |
| 5A | 16. Stick (to) | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Joey of kid-lit | 3 |
| 7A | 18. One with thick skin, notably | 5 |
| 8A | 19. Customizable Asian-fusion dish | 10 |
| 9A | 21. Charlatan | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Ex-Yankee with appearances on "Shark Tank," familiarly | 4 |
| 11A | 23. "Stay" singer Lisa | 4 |
| 12A | 24. In unison | 5 |
| 13A | 26. To an extreme degree | 7 |
| 14A | 29. [Oh no!] | 4 |
| 15A | 32. Stone that's often carved | 4 |
| 16A | 34. "And you ___ ...?" | 3 |
| 17A | 35. "No, thanks" | 7 |
| 18A | 37. Tiny pieces of technology | 8 |
| 19A | 42. Amundsen who went to the South Pole 15 years before he flew over the North Pole | 5 |
| 20A | 43. Sound of a stone landing in a pool | 4 |
| 21A | 45. Tone used to create an antique vibe | 5 |
| 22A | 46. So darling | 8 |
| 23A | 48. Scare the bejesus out of | 7 |
| 24A | 50. Lead-in to Pen | 3 |
| 25A | 51. Speck in the sea | 4 |
| 26A | 53. Zebras in the field? | 4 |
| 27A | 54. Article of summer wear | 7 |
| 28A | 58. On which to watch the Beeb | 5 |
| 29A | 60. Retail giant with a three-syllable name in four letters | 4 |
| 30A | 61. Bring home | 4 |
| 31A | 63. In base eight | 5 |
| 32A | 67. Oil bigwig? | 10 |
| 33A | 70. Cease-fire | 5 |
| 34A | 71. Bit of ticket info | 3 |
| 35A | 72. Community traversed by the Pacific Coast Highway | 6 |
| 36A | 73. Shadow | 5 |
| 37A | 74. ___-Man | 3 |
| 38A | 75. Lines 9 through 14 of a classic sonnet | 6 |
| 39A | 76. Aerodynamic, maybe | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Start issuing stock, in Wall Street lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOIPO
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2A: "6. Live the single man's life, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BACHIT
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3A: "12. Part of some box sets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
- Similar words include: videodisk, videodisc
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DVD
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4A: "15. Pungent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong and sharp
- Similar words include: blistering, caustic, sulphurous
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACRID
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5A: "16. Stick (to)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be compatible or in accordance with
- Similar words include: stick by, bind, hold fast
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADHERE
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6A: "17. Joey of kid-lit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROO
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7A: "18. One with thick skin, notably"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
- Similar words include: rhinoceros
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RHINO
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8A: "19. Customizable Asian-fusion dish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NOODLEBOWL
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9A: "21. Charlatan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
- Similar words include: stumper, toughie, sticker
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POSER
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10A: "22. Ex-Yankee with appearances on "Shark Tank," familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AROD
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11A: "23. "Stay" singer Lisa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states physiologist (born in germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924)
- Similar words include: Jacques Loeb
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOEB
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12A: "24. In unison"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASONE
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13A: "26. To an extreme degree"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that used as intensifiers
- Similar words include: abysmally, rottenly, dreadfully
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AWFULLY
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14A: "29. [Oh no!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- Similar words include: pant, puff, heave
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GASP
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15A: "32. Stone that's often carved"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
- Similar words include: wear down, tire, hussy
- Opposite of: refresh
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Answer: JADE
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16A: "34. "And you ___ ...?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: represent, ar, exist
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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17A: "35. "No, thanks""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ILLPASS
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18A: "37. Tiny pieces of technology"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NANOBOTS
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19A: "42. Amundsen who went to the South Pole 15 years before he flew over the North Pole"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROALD
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20A: "43. Sound of a stone landing in a pool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
- Similar words include: plunk down, plank, plump down
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOP
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21A: "45. Tone used to create an antique vibe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shade of brown with a tinge of red
- Similar words include: reddish brown, burnt sienna, mahogany
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEPIA
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22A: "46. So darling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having characteristics that attract love or affection
- Similar words include: lovable
- Opposite of: hateful
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Answer: LOVEABLE
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23A: "48. Scare the bejesus out of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- Similar words include: rigidify, ossify, lapidify
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PETRIFY
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24A: "50. Lead-in to Pen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Similar words include: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPI
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25A: "51. Speck in the sea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small island
- Similar words include: islet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISLE
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26A: "53. Zebras in the field?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
- Similar words include: referee, ref
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REFS
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27A: "54. Article of summer wear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TANKTOP
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28A: "58. On which to watch the Beeb"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
- Similar words include: television set, tv set, television receiver
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TELLY
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29A: "60. Retail giant with a three-syllable name in four letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IKEA
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30A: "61. Bring home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Similar words include: bring in, pull in, clear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARN
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31A: "63. In base eight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OCTAL
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32A: "67. Oil bigwig?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ARTCURATOR
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33A: "70. Cease-fire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
- Similar words include: cease-fire, armistice
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRUCE
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34A: "71. Bit of ticket info"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- Similar words include: words, dustup, wrangle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROW
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35A: "72. Community traversed by the Pacific Coast Highway"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MALIBU
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36A: "73. Shadow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UMBRA
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37A: "74. ___-Man"
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: emmet, pismire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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38A: "75. Lines 9 through 14 of a classic sonnet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- Similar words include: six, half a dozen, 6
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SESTET
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39A: "76. Aerodynamic, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make slick or smooth
- Similar words include: flowing, satiny, silken
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLEEK
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. John Irving's "The World According to ___" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Número that's half of dieciséis | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Anatomical ring | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Dessert with rings on top, literally | 23 |
| 5D | 5. Features of leftovers, at times | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Dessert in a boat, literally | 11 |
| 7D | 7. Found darling | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Jimmy known for shoes | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "___ Gabler" (Ibsen play) | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Opposite of virtually, to texters | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Ball bearer | 3 |
| 12D | 12. [That looks so delicious!] | 5 |
| 13D | 13. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Big name in surround sound | 5 |
| 15D | 20. Dessert with a streusel-like topping, literally | 16 |
| 16D | 25. Drinks with or without pulp, for short | 3 |
| 17D | 27. Peaked | 3 |
| 18D | 28. Cold-weather coat | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Follower of "Gossip" or "Gone" | 4 |
| 20D | 30. Potatoes, in some Asian cuisines | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Pole, e.g. | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Music producer Brian | 3 |
| 23D | 36. "Intelligence is the ability to ___ to change": Stephen Hawking | 5 |
| 24D | 38. Triangular dessert, literally | 13 |
| 25D | 39. Early Ron Howard TV role | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Small squabble | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Comments | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Aromatic bit of attire | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Some text beneath a headshot, in brief | 3 |
| 30D | 49. Fish that may return to the ocean to spawn | 3 |
| 31D | 52. Flashing light | 6 |
| 32D | 54. Accessory on "Downton Abbey" or "Bridgerton" | 5 |
| 33D | 55. So-called "Rubber City," home of Goodyear | 5 |
| 34D | 56. Cereal box abbr. | 5 |
| 35D | 57. Sounds of laughter | 5 |
| 36D | 59. Pose for which you must plant your body on the mat? | 5 |
| 37D | 62. Working hard | 4 |
| 38D | 64. Lipstick unit | 4 |
| 39D | 65. It's a lot! | 4 |
| 40D | 66. Damage caused by a mole, maybe | 4 |
| 41D | 68. Syllables of hesitation | 3 |
| 42D | 69. "Norma ___" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. John Irving's "The World According to ___""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GARP
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2D: "2. Número that's half of dieciséis"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OCHO
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3D: "3. Anatomical ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- Similar words include: flag, iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRIS
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4D: "4. Dessert with rings on top, literally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________________
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Answer: PINEAPPLEUPSIDEDOWNCAKE
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5D: "5. Features of leftovers, at times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: odor, olfactory perception, smell
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ODORS
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6D: "6. Dessert in a boat, literally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BANANASPLIT
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7D: "7. Found darling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that love intensely
- Similar words include: worshipped, idolized, idolised
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADORED
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8D: "8. Jimmy known for shoes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHOO
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9D: "9. "___ Gabler" (Ibsen play)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEDDA
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10D: "10. Opposite of virtually, to texters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRL
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11D: "11. Ball bearer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, football tee, tee up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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12D: "12. [That looks so delicious!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pretentious or silly talk or writing
- Similar words include: drivel, taradiddle, tarradiddle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DROOL
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13D: "13. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
- Similar words include: vowel sound
- Opposite of: consonant
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Answer: VOWEL
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14D: "14. Big name in surround sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states electrical engineer who devised the dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
- Similar words include: Ray M. Dolby
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOLBY
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15D: "20. Dessert with a streusel-like topping, literally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: BLUEBERRYCRUMBLE
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16D: "25. Drinks with or without pulp, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OJS
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17D: "27. Peaked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
- Similar words include: pallid, wide area network, pale
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WAN
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18D: "28. Cold-weather coat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- Similar words include: ice, Robert Lee Frost, rime
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FROST
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19D: "29. Follower of "Gossip" or "Gone""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a young woman
- Similar words include: miss, daughter, female child
- Opposite of: male child, son
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Answer: GIRL
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20D: "30. Potatoes, in some Asian cuisines"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOO
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21D: "31. Pole, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any member of the people of eastern europe or asian russia who speak a slavonic language
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAV
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22D: "33. Music producer Brian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO
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23D: "36. "Intelligence is the ability to ___ to change": Stephen Hawking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- Similar words include: conform, adjust, accommodate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADAPT
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24D: "38. Triangular dessert, literally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: APPLETURNOVER
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25D: "39. Early Ron Howard TV role"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPIE
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26D: "40. Small squabble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
- Similar words include: fuss, bickering, spat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIFF
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27D: "41. Comments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the chance to speak
- Similar words include: enunciate, allege, say
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAYS
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28D: "44. Aromatic bit of attire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Similar words include: wreath, garland, coronal
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEI
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29D: "47. Some text beneath a headshot, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIO
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30D: "49. Fish that may return to the ocean to spawn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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31D: "52. Flashing light"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
- Similar words include: strobe light, stroboscope
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STROBE
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32D: "54. Accessory on "Downton Abbey" or "Bridgerton""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIARA
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33D: "55. So-called "Rubber City," home of Goodyear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in northeastern ohio; the heart of the united states rubber industry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AKRON
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34D: "56. Cereal box abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NETWT
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35D: "57. Sounds of laughter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- Similar words include: peal, roll, ring
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEALS
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36D: "59. Pose for which you must plant your body on the mat?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that native to eastern asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- Similar words include: genus Lotus, Nymphaea lotus, Egyptian water lily
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOTUS
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37D: "62. Working hard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATIT
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38D: "64. Lipstick unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- Similar words include: subway system, thermionic tube, underground
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUBE
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39D: "65. It's a lot!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akka, Akko, Accho
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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40D: "66. Damage caused by a mole, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
- Similar words include: leakage, wetting, passing water
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAK
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41D: "68. Syllables of hesitation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UMS
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42D: "69. "Norma ___""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAE
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
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Decode the Clues
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Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
39 Across Clues
42 Down Clues
81 Total Clues
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