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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (30 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (40 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Coinage of the early 2000s? | 15 |
| 2A | 16. Sierra Nevada product | 15 |
| 3A | 17. Jeans material for a worn-out look | 15 |
| 4A | 18. Email folder | 6 |
| 5A | 19. Bear up? | 4 |
| 6A | 20. Most important part | 3 |
| 7A | 21. "___-roh!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons") | 3 |
| 8A | 22. Jerk | 3 |
| 9A | 23. Bird that Zeus disguised himself as in a much-told Greek myth | 4 |
| 10A | 25. Traditional folk dance | 4 |
| 11A | 27. Pantheon feature | 7 |
| 12A | 29. Rita on "The Masked Singer" | 3 |
| 13A | 30. Challenge | 4 |
| 14A | 31. Car requirement beginning in 1998 | 6 |
| 15A | 35. "___ regards ..." (letter sign-off) | 7 |
| 16A | 37. Raw, in a way | 7 |
| 17A | 38. Remove from office | 6 |
| 18A | 39. "It ___ easy" | 4 |
| 19A | 40. N.Y.P.D. rank: Abbr. | 3 |
| 20A | 41. Prepares, as coq au vin | 7 |
| 21A | 43. Chinese menu possessive | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Steps in diagnosing A.C.L. injuries, perhaps | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Carton amts. | 3 |
| 24A | 47. ___-de-sac | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Kung ___ chicken | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Concerning | 4 |
| 27A | 51. ___ the Great, king of ancient Persia | 6 |
| 28A | 54. Create a distraction, so to speak | 15 |
| 29A | 57. Heroine in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" books | 15 |
| 30A | 58. Midwest city dubbed the "Little Apple" | 15 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Coinage of the early 2000s?"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: SACAGAWEADOLLAR
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2A: "16. Sierra Nevada product"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: AMERICANPALEALE
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3A: "17. Jeans material for a worn-out look"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: DISTRESSEDDENIM
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4A: "18. Email folder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
- Similar words include: potation, drawing, outline
- Opposite of: discharge
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Answer: DRAFTS
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5A: "19. Bear up?"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URSA
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6A: "20. Most important part"
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- Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- Similar words include: key fruit, paint, identify
- Opposite of: atonality
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Answer: KEY
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7A: "21. "___-roh!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUH
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8A: "22. Jerk"
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- Think of something that a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIC
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9A: "23. Bird that Zeus disguised himself as in a much-told Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Similar words include: roll, roam, drift
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAN
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10A: "25. Traditional folk dance"
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- Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- Similar words include: Scottish reel, lurch, spin around
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REEL
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11A: "27. Pantheon feature"
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- Think of something that a building having a circular plan and a dome
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ROTUNDA
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12A: "29. Rita on "The Masked Singer""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: osmium, OS, Os
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORA
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13A: "30. Challenge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
- Similar words include: daring, presume, make bold
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DARE
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14A: "31. Car requirement beginning in 1998"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AIRBAG
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15A: "35. "___ regards ..." (letter sign-off)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
- Similar words include: tolerant, genial, kind
- Opposite of: unkind
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Answer: KINDEST
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16A: "37. Raw, in a way"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TARTARE
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17A: "38. Remove from office"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from political office
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UNSEAT
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18A: "39. "It ___ easy""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AINT
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19A: "40. N.Y.P.D. rank: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SGT
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20A: "41. Prepares, as coq au vin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cook in liquid
- Similar words include: braise
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BRAISES
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21A: "43. Chinese menu possessive"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSOS
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22A: "44. Steps in diagnosing A.C.L. injuries, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
- Similar words include: magnetic resonance imaging, MRI
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MRIS
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23A: "46. Carton amts."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: QTS
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24A: "47. ___-de-sac"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a passage with access only at one end
- Similar words include: cul de sac, dead end
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUL
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25A: "48. Kung ___ chicken"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAO
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26A: "49. Concerning"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTO
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27A: "51. ___ the Great, king of ancient Persia"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DARIUS
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28A: "54. Create a distraction, so to speak"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: RUNINTERFERENCE
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29A: "57. Heroine in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" books"
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: ANASTASIASTEELE
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30A: "58. Midwest city dubbed the "Little Apple""
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: MANHATTANKANSAS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Travel safety grp. at school | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Arabic male name meaning "prince" | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Delivery methods? | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Slick, say | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Tailor's measurement | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Three-time W.N.B.A. champs of the 2020s | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Happened | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Adjoining, in a way | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Illuminating point | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Soda brand since 1937 | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Antediluvian | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Sri ___ | 5 |
| 14D | 14. World traveler? | 5 |
| 15D | 15. Big name in Cognac | 4 |
| 16D | 22. Suit material? | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Blemish | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Modern streaming device | 4 |
| 19D | 26. You can find her in this clue (hidden!) | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Like Snoop Dogg, faith-wise, when he changed his name to Snoop Lion | 5 |
| 21D | 28. Flatbread choices | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Start of a child's letter | 9 |
| 23D | 32. Funk music features | 9 |
| 24D | 33. Carrier of the Golden Fleece | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Picks up | 4 |
| 26D | 36. Actress Mazar | 4 |
| 27D | 37. Hitches | 4 |
| 28D | 39. Neighborhood in New York City where Zohran Mamdani lived before being elected the city's mayor | 7 |
| 29D | 42. Brightness measurement of a sort | 6 |
| 30D | 43. Serving piece | 6 |
| 31D | 44. Hawaiian for "mountain" | 5 |
| 32D | 45. Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women" | 5 |
| 33D | 47. Magna ___ | 5 |
| 34D | 48. Carriage in Coventry | 4 |
| 35D | 50. "Right away!" | 4 |
| 36D | 51. Secretary, for example | 4 |
| 37D | 52. Where Jackie Robinson played four(!) college sports, in brief | 4 |
| 38D | 53. Accompanies (to) | 4 |
| 39D | 55. Standoff's conclusion? | 3 |
| 40D | 56. Blow air on | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Travel safety grp. at school"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SADD
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2D: "2. Arabic male name meaning "prince""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
- Similar words include: emeer, ameer, emir
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMIR
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3D: "3. Delivery methods?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that julius caesar was born that way)
- Similar words include: cesarean section, abdominal delivery, cesarean delivery
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CESAREANS
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4D: "4. Slick, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; - david cannadine
- Similar words include: disingenuous
- Opposite of: artless, ingenuous
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Answer: ARTFUL
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5D: "5. Tailor's measurement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the distance around a person's body
- Similar words include: cinch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GIRTH
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6D: "6. Three-time W.N.B.A. champs of the 2020s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: breeze through, sail through, maven
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACES
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7D: "7. Happened"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Similar words include: personify, exist, make up
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: WAS
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8D: "8. Adjoining, in a way"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENSUITE
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9D: "9. Illuminating point"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short synopsis
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APERCU
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10D: "10. Soda brand since 1937"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: pop, dad, pappa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DADS
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11D: "11. Antediluvian"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OLDASDIRT
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12D: "12. Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Robert E. Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee, Rose Louise Hovick
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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13D: "13. Sri ___"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LANKA
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14D: "14. World traveler?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Similar words include: estrange, foreigner, stranger
- Opposite of: acquaintance, citizen
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Answer: ALIEN
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15D: "15. Big name in Cognac"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REMY
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16D: "22. Suit material?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- Similar words include: civil wrong
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORT
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17D: "24. Blemish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- Similar words include: verruca
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WART
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18D: "25. Modern streaming device"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROKU
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19D: "26. You can find her in this clue (hidden!)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIN
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20D: "27. Like Snoop Dogg, faith-wise, when he changed his name to Snoop Lion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that follower of rastafarianism
- Similar words include: Rastafarian
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RASTA
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21D: "28. Flatbread choices"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leavened bread baked in a clay oven in india; usually shaped like a teardrop
- Similar words include: nan, naan
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NAANS
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22D: "30. Start of a child's letter"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DEARSANTA
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23D: "32. Funk music features"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BASSLINES
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24D: "33. Carrier of the Golden Fleece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGO
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25D: "34. Picks up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- Similar words include: pay back, start, find
- Opposite of: end, leave
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Answer: GETS
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26D: "36. Actress Mazar"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEBI
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27D: "37. Hitches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Similar words include: association, tie beam, standoff
- Opposite of: untie, disconnect
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Answer: TIES
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28D: "39. Neighborhood in New York City where Zohran Mamdani lived before being elected the city's mayor"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ASTORIA
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29D: "42. Brightness measurement of a sort"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IQTEST
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30D: "43. Serving piece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TUREEN
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31D: "44. Hawaiian for "mountain""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAUNA
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32D: "45. Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RONAN
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33D: "47. Magna ___"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CARTA
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34D: "48. Carriage in Coventry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- Similar words include: pusher, baby buggy, perambulator
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PRAM
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35D: "50. "Right away!""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAT
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36D: "51. Secretary, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DESK
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37D: "52. Where Jackie Robinson played four(!) college sports, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UCLA
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38D: "53. Accompanies (to)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: realise, get wind, find
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEES
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39D: "55. Standoff's conclusion?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISH
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40D: "56. Blow air on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
- Similar words include: buff, sports fan, lover
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAN
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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
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Use Cross-References
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Build Vocabulary
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Today's Puzzle Stats
30 Across Clues
40 Down Clues
70 Total Clues
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