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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 (39 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. The slightest bit | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Mariner's septet | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Picket line crosser | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Like a situation with only bad outcomes | 5 |
| 5A | 15. St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Voice above tenor | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Thanksgiving boatful | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Spanish cat | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Nutritionist's plan | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Main drag through Sin City | 13 |
| 11A | 23. "Fancy meeting you here!" | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Apply, as a new skill | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Indigenous Southwestern people | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Body part that can serve as a pencil holder | 3 |
| 15A | 30. "Delicious!" | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Trireme implement | 3 |
| 17A | 32. Valuable bit in a prospector's pan | 10 |
| 18A | 37. Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally | 4 |
| 19A | 38. "Nope, not for me" | 5 |
| 20A | 39. Online "haha" | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Steep-walled canyon | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Hoarse voice | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Hockey player who typically plays the entire game | 10 |
| 24A | 44. Explosive-sounding TV channel | 3 |
| 25A | 45. Crow's call | 3 |
| 26A | 46. Punk-inspired music genre | 3 |
| 27A | 47. Minor disruption in the proceedings | 6 |
| 28A | 49. [Their typo, not mine!] | 3 |
| 29A | 51. Be a passenger | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Question to a scaredy-cat ... to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!" | 13 |
| 31A | 58. "You have a point there" | 4 |
| 32A | 60. Lake on Ohio's northern border | 4 |
| 33A | 61. Nine-member musical group | 5 |
| 34A | 62. Lack of difficulty | 4 |
| 35A | 63. Pimples | 4 |
| 36A | 64. Like a lot | 5 |
| 37A | 65. Amazed | 4 |
| 38A | 66. From ___ to riches | 4 |
| 39A | 67. Water pitcher | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. The slightest bit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATAD
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2A: "5. Mariner's septet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Similar words include: ocean, sea
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAS
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3A: "9. Picket line crosser"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- Similar words include: fink, blackleg, strikebreaker
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAB
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4A: "13. Like a situation with only bad outcomes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOWIN
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5A: "15. St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- Similar words include: arc, wicked, patronising
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARCH
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6A: "16. Voice above tenor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Similar words include: contralto, countertenor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALTO
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7A: "17. Thanksgiving boatful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- Similar words include: boom, manna from heaven, godsend
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRAVY
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8A: "18. Spanish cat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GATO
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9A: "19. Nutritionist's plan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
- Similar words include: dieting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIET
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10A: "20. Main drag through Sin City"
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- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: LASVEGASSTRIP
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11A: "23. "Fancy meeting you here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHHI
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12A: "24. Apply, as a new skill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: utilization, practice, employ
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE
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13A: "25. Indigenous Southwestern people"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of any of about two dozen native american peoples called `pueblos' by the spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PUEBLO
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14A: "28. Body part that can serve as a pencil holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: pinna, auricle, spike
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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15A: "30. "Delicious!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YUM
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16A: "31. Trireme implement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAR
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17A: "32. Valuable bit in a prospector's pan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GOLDNUGGET
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18A: "37. Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- Similar words include: operose, severe, concentrated
- Opposite of: easy, voiced
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Answer: HARD
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19A: "38. "Nope, not for me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMOUT
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20A: "39. Online "haha""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOL
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21A: "40. Steep-walled canyon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
- Similar words include: stuff, overindulge, gormandize
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GORGE
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22A: "41. Hoarse voice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uttering in an irritated tone
- Similar words include: wood file, rasping
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASP
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23A: "42. Hockey player who typically plays the entire game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
- Similar words include: netminder, goalie, goalkeeper
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GOALTENDER
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24A: "44. Explosive-sounding TV channel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Similar words include: trinitrotoluene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TNT
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25A: "45. Crow's call"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by corvine birds
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAW
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26A: "46. Punk-inspired music genre"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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27A: "47. Minor disruption in the proceedings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- Similar words include: singultus, hiccough
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HICCUP
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28A: "49. [Their typo, not mine!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that urge to attack someone
- Similar words include: set
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIC
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29A: "51. Be a passenger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- Similar words include: sit, mount, hinge upon
- Opposite of: walk
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Answer: RIDE
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30A: "55. Question to a scaredy-cat ... to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: AREYOUCHICKEN
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31A: "58. "You have a point there""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
- Similar words include: true up, truthful, honest
- Opposite of: untruthful, false
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Answer: TRUE
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32A: "60. Lake on Ohio's northern border"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Similar words include: Lake Erie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIE
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33A: "61. Nine-member musical group"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NONET
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34A: "62. Lack of difficulty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Similar words include: repose, allay, relieve
- Opposite of: difficulty
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Answer: EASE
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35A: "63. Pimples"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACNE
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36A: "64. Like a lot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that love intensely
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADORE
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37A: "65. Amazed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inspire awe in
- Similar words include: awe, awful, awestricken
- Opposite of: unawed
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Answer: AWED
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38A: "66. From ___ to riches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece of cloth or paper
- Similar words include: rile, sheet, crucify
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAGS
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39A: "67. Water pitcher"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
- Similar words include: pitcher
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWER
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. ___-Saxon | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Overflowing (with) | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Apportioned | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Long stories | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Wipe clean | 5 |
| 7D | 7. "America's Got Talent" segments | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball | 7 |
| 9D | 9. British novelist Jones | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Portable writing surface | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Devoured | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Spam spewer | 3 |
| 13D | 14. Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show | 3 |
| 14D | 21. Sanskrit word for "teacher" | 4 |
| 15D | 22. "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___" | 3 |
| 16D | 26. Massive | 5 |
| 17D | 27. Pick from the menu | 5 |
| 18D | 29. Tiny hill dweller | 3 |
| 19D | 30. Bellow | 4 |
| 20D | 32. Measurement around the waist | 5 |
| 21D | 33. Resident of Muscat | 5 |
| 22D | 34. Something that's beyond help | 9 |
| 23D | 35. Luminesce | 4 |
| 24D | 36. India's smallest state by area | 3 |
| 25D | 37. What students abide by when they don't cheat | 9 |
| 26D | 40. Precious stone | 3 |
| 27D | 42. Period before starting more school | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Georgia ___ (Atlanta school) | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Pool player's stick | 3 |
| 30D | 48. Words to live by | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Taking to court | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Some frozen drinks | 5 |
| 33D | 52. "No need to remind me!" | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Outdoor John? | 5 |
| 35D | 54. "Come in" | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Oceanic predator | 4 |
| 37D | 57. All ___ day's work | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Drink served by the Mad Hatter | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Like the fish in poke | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. ___-Saxon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGLO
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2D: "2. Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Similar words include: Laws, Pentateuch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TORAH
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3D: "3. Overflowing (with)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that covered with water
- Similar words include: afloat, flooded, inundated
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AWASH
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4D: "4. Apportioned"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DIVVIEDUP
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5D: "5. Long stories"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Similar words include: saga
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAGAS
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6D: "6. Wipe clean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from memory or existence
- Similar words include: wipe off, wipe out, score out
- Opposite of: record
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Answer: ERASE
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7D: "7. "America's Got Talent" segments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Similar words include: playact, do, human activity
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTS
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8D: "8. Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SHOTPUT
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9D: "9. British novelist Jones"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SADIE
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10D: "10. Portable writing surface"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CLIPBOARD
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11D: "11. Devoured"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: eat, wipe out, corrode
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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12D: "12. Spam spewer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOT
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13D: "14. Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NYE
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14D: "21. Sanskrit word for "teacher""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GURU
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15D: "22. "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- Similar words include: singular, queer, odd
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUM
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16D: "26. Massive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment size for a large person
- Similar words include: prominent, with child, great
- Opposite of: small, little
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Answer: LARGE
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17D: "27. Pick from the menu"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- Similar words include: regularise, social club, put
- Opposite of: disorder, deregulate
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Answer: ORDER
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18D: "29. Tiny hill dweller"
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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19D: "30. Bellow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- Similar words include: squall, call, shout out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YELL
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20D: "32. Measurement around the waist"
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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21D: "33. Resident of Muscat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of oman
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMANI
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22D: "34. Something that's beyond help"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOSTCAUSE
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23D: "35. Luminesce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an alert and refreshed state
- Similar words include: burn, freshness, gleam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLOW
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24D: "36. India's smallest state by area"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of southwestern india; a former portuguese colony
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOA
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25D: "37. What students abide by when they don't cheat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: HONORCODE
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26D: "40. Precious stone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- Similar words include: muffin, stone, precious stone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEM
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27D: "42. Period before starting more school"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GAPYEAR
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28D: "43. Georgia ___ (Atlanta school)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- Similar words include: technical school
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TECH
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29D: "45. Pool player's stick"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Similar words include: pool cue, prompt, cue stick
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUE
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30D: "48. Words to live by"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any system of principles or beliefs
- Similar words include: religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CREED
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31D: "49. Taking to court"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- Similar words include: litigate, process, sue
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SUING
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32D: "50. Some frozen drinks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decorate with frosting
- Similar words include: frost, ice
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ICEES
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33D: "52. "No need to remind me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IKNOW
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34D: "53. Outdoor John?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
- Similar words include: John Deere
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEERE
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35D: "54. "Come in""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to come or go into
- Similar words include: go in, get into, accede
- Opposite of: drop out, exit
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Answer: ENTER
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36D: "56. Oceanic predator"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Similar words include: grampus, sea wolf, killer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORCA
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37D: "57. All ___ day's work"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INA
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38D: "58. Drink served by the Mad Hatter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Similar words include: Camellia sinensis, tea leaf, afternoon tea
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEA
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39D: "59. Like the fish in poke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for nakedness
- Similar words include: naked, sore, in the altogether
- Opposite of: cooked
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Answer: RAW
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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.
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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
39 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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