27399-Thu Nov 14, 2024 NYT by Matthew Faiella

Across Clues :

1. ___ Posadas (annual Latin American celebration), 4. Care, 8. Quickly throw (together), 12. Iron-rich molecule in blood, 13. "That makes sense", 14. Literally, "bean curd", 15. Fail to mention, 16. Car freshener scent, 17. Doner ___ (meat dish), 18. Uninhabited wilderness, 19. Motor coaches?, 21. Element between bromine and rubidium, 23. Blocks in a bar, 24. Blanquette de ___ (French stew), 25. Drop precipitously, as a stock price, 27. Bird with a harsh cry, 30. Went all out, 32. Trait of a courageous person, 33. Soup go-with, 34. Before, in classic poetry, 35. Former N.F.L. quarterback Tim, 36. Position in soccer and football, 37. Red carpet attire, 39. Award first given by King George V, in brief, 40. Classic dog name, 41. Election campaign, 42. ___-mo, 43. Blade seen on the Angolan flag, 46. Hit rock album of 1980 depicted three times by this puzzle, 51. Levels in a ring, for short, 52. Consumed gladly, 53. Nowadays it's often accessed via QR code, 54. Call at a bakery, 55. Big Ben, e.g., 56. Sob, 57. Member of a "Great" quintet, 58. Make some noise, 59. Pet welfare org., 60. Key above ∼

Down Clues :

1. King Julien of "Madagascar," for one, 2. Titular horror movie town, 3. Temporary defeat, 4. Game show billed as the "world's largest obstacle course", 5. Like the majority of products sold at H Mart, 6. Check for a flat?, 7. Feat, 8. ___ Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, 9. Region of the brain, 10. A ways away, 11. Brits may refer to them as "boozers", 12. Captivate, 17. Certain bribe, 19. "Out of my way!", 20. Feature of many an aged cheese, 22. Recant an opinion, 25. "___ of Adele" (Rodin sculpture), 26. Offerings from 11-Down, 27. Those who apply themselves?, 28. Years, in Uruguay, 29. Tree mentioned in the witches' brew rhyme in "Macbeth", 30. Blot, 31. Pay attention to, 32. Smooth-barked shade tree, 33. W. Coast hub for United Airlines, 35. Retrace one's steps, 37. Heraldic animal, 38. Whom Count von Count is a parody of, 40. Move famously performed by figure skater Surya Bonaly at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 42. Bit of Halloween decor, 43. Hyperactive, 44. 2004 Britney Spears hit, 45. Dirección from Cancún to Cuba, 46. What to expect when you're expecting, 47. Exactly, after "to", 48. Word with division or number, 49. X1, X3, X5 and X7, 50. Increase dramatically, 54. Name tag?

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 14, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

New York Times, Thursday, November 14, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. ___ Posadas (annual Latin American celebration). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAS

  Possible Answer : lanthanum, lah, Pelican_State, La, Louisiana, atomic_number_57, LA, la




• The clue is 4. Care. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARD

  Possible Answer : Barbara_Ward, Ward, Mrs._Humphrey_Ward, ward, Baroness_Jackson_of_Lodsworth, Aaron_Montgomery_Ward, guard, Montgomery_Ward, Mary_Augusta_Arnold_Ward, hospital_ward, cellblock




• The clue is 8. Quickly throw (together). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAP

  Possible Answer : bolt, slap, smack, smacking, bang, slapdash




• The clue is 12. Iron-rich molecule in blood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEME

  Possible Answer : haem, heme, haemitin, protoheme, hematin




• The clue is 13. "That makes sense". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISEE




• The clue is 14. Literally, "bean curd". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOFU

  Possible Answer : bean_curd, tofu




• The clue is 15. Fail to mention. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMIT

  Possible Answer : pretermit, except, overlook, miss, omit, neglect, overleap, drop, leave_out, exclude, take_out, leave_off

  Possible Opposite Answer : attend_to, include




• The clue is 16. Car freshener scent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINE

  Possible Answer : languish, pine_tree, yen, yearn, ache, pine, true_pine




• The clue is 17. Doner ___ (meat dish). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEBAB

  Possible Answer : shish_kebab, kabob, kebab




• The clue is 18. Uninhabited wilderness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUTBACK

  Possible Answer : outback, remote




• The clue is 19. Motor coaches?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: BACKSEATDRIVERS




• The clue is 21. Element between bromine and rubidium. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KRYPTON

  Possible Answer : Kr, atomic_number_36, krypton




• The clue is 23. Blocks in a bar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICE

  Possible Answer : methamphetamine, icing, shabu, deoxyephedrine, ice-skating_rink, ice, ice_rink, internal-combustion_engine, meth, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, frost, chalk, trash, sparkler, crank, ICE, frappe, Methedrine, water_ice, glass, frosting, chicken_feed




• The clue is 24. Blanquette de ___ (French stew). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEAU

  Possible Answer : veal, veau




• The clue is 25. Drop precipitously, as a stock price. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANK

  Possible Answer : cooler, armored_combat_vehicle, army_tank, tank, tankful, tank_car, armoured_combat_vehicle, storage_tank




• The clue is 27. Bird with a harsh cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAY

  Possible Answer : Jay, jay, John_Jay




• The clue is 30. Went all out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIDNTHOLDBACK




• The clue is 32. Trait of a courageous person. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACKBONE

  Possible Answer : vertebral_column, mainstay, anchor, rachis, spine, lynchpin, backbone, grit, guts, gumption, back, spinal_column, sand, keystone, linchpin, moxie




• The clue is 33. Soup go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALAD

  Possible Answer : salad




• The clue is 34. Before, in classic poetry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERE




• The clue is 35. Former N.F.L. quarterback Tim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEBOW




• The clue is 36. Position in soccer and football. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FULLBACK

  Possible Answer : fullback




• The clue is 37. Red carpet attire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACKLESSDRESS




• The clue is 39. Award first given by King George V, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBE




• The clue is 40. Classic dog name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIDO




• The clue is 41. Election campaign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RACE

  Possible Answer : slipstream, race, cannonball_along, backwash, hie, run, bucket_along, rush, raceway, airstream, rush_along, hotfoot, subspecies, hasten, step_on_it, speed, belt_along, wash, pelt_along

  Possible Opposite Answer : linger




• The clue is 42. ___-mo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLO




• The clue is 43. Blade seen on the Angolan flag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACHETE

  Possible Answer : machete, panga, matchet




• The clue is 46. Hit rock album of 1980 depicted three times by this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACKINBLACK




• The clue is 51. Levels in a ring, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOS

  Possible Answer : coss, knockout, kos, KO, kayo




• The clue is 52. Consumed gladly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEUP




• The clue is 53. Nowadays it's often accessed via QR code. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENU

  Possible Answer : carte_du_jour, computer_menu, menu, fare, bill_of_fare, carte, card




• The clue is 54. Call at a bakery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEXT

  Possible Answer : following, succeeding, next, adjacent, side_by_side, future




• The clue is 55. Big Ben, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELL

  Possible Answer : doorbell, bell_shape, Bell, Alexander_Bell, Melville_Bell, buzzer, Alexander_Melville_Bell, Vanessa_Stephen, campana, ship's_bell, Vanessa_Bell, Alexander_Graham_Bell, chime, bell, toll, gong




• The clue is 56. Sob. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAIL

  Possible Answer : roar, wail, mewl, plaint, yawl, howl, lament, pule, lamentation, ululate, yaup, whimper




• The clue is 57. Member of a "Great" quintet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIE

  Possible Answer : Erie, Lake_Erie




• The clue is 58. Make some noise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YELL

  Possible Answer : hollo, outcry, vociferation, shout_out, shout, squall, call, holler, cry, yell, scream




• The clue is 59. Pet welfare org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPCA




• The clue is 60. Key above ∼. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. King Julien of "Madagascar," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEMUR

  Possible Answer: lemur

• The clue is 2. Titular horror movie town. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMITYVILLE

• The clue is 3. Temporary defeat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETBACK

  Possible Answer: reversal, setback, blow, black_eye, reverse

• The clue is 4. Game show billed as the "world's largest obstacle course". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIPEOUT

  Possible Answer: demolition, destruction, wipeout

• The clue is 5. Like the majority of products sold at H Mart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIAN

  Possible Answer: Asiatic, Asian

• The clue is 6. Check for a flat?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENT

  Possible Answer: pull, lease, take, rend, split, hire, rive, charter, snag, rip, tear, let, economic_rent, rent, engage

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

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

  The answer: DEED

  Possible Answer: human_action, deed_of_conveyance, human_activity, title, deed, act

• The clue is 8. ___ Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEVE

• The clue is 9. Region of the brain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOBE

  Possible Answer: lobe

• The clue is 10. A ways away. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFAR

  Possible Answer: afar

• The clue is 11. Brits may refer to them as "boozers". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUBS

  Possible Answer: saloon, gin_mill, pothouse, taphouse, pub, public_house

• The clue is 12. Captivate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOK

  Possible Answer: bait, plume, lift, purloin, crochet, lure, sneak, filch, sweetener, hook_shot, cop, pilfer, snare, draw, soak, glom, hook, pinch, thieve, accost, crotchet, hooking, pluck, rob, abstract, surcharge, swipe, claw, gazump, come-on, fleece, knock_off, snarf, addict, cabbage, overcharge, snitch, solicit, nobble

  Possible Opposite Answer : unhook, undercharge

• The clue is 17. Certain bribe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KICKBACK

  Possible Answer: kickback

• The clue is 19. "Out of my way!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANDBACK

• The clue is 20. Feature of many an aged cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIND

  Possible Answer: rind

• The clue is 22. Recant an opinion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACKPEDAL

  Possible Answer: backpedal

• The clue is 25. "___ of Adele" (Rodin sculpture). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORSO

  Possible Answer: body, trunk, torso

• The clue is 26. Offerings from 11-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALES

  Possible Answer: ale

• The clue is 27. Those who apply themselves?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JOBSEEKERS

• The clue is 28. Years, in Uruguay. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANOS

  Possible Answer: Fatah-RC, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades, Black_September, Abu_Nidal_Organization, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, ANO, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims

• The clue is 29. Tree mentioned in the witches' brew rhyme in "Macbeth". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEW

  Possible Answer: yew

• The clue is 30. Blot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAUB

  Possible Answer: plaster, blot, smudge, slur, smear, daub, spot, smirch

• The clue is 31. Pay attention to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEED

  Possible Answer: attentiveness, mind, paying_attention, heed, regard, listen

  Possible Opposite Answer : inattentiveness

• The clue is 32. Smooth-barked shade tree. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEECH

  Possible Answer: beechwood, beech, beech_tree

• The clue is 33. W. Coast hub for United Airlines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SFO

• The clue is 35. Retrace one's steps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACKTRACK

  Possible Answer: backtrack, double_back, turn_back

• The clue is 37. Heraldic animal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LION

  Possible Answer: king_of_beasts, Lion, Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Panthera_leo, lion, social_lion

• The clue is 38. Whom Count von Count is a parody of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRACULA

  Possible Answer: Dracula, genus_Dracula

• The clue is 40. Move famously performed by figure skater Surya Bonaly at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACKFLIP

• The clue is 42. Bit of Halloween decor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKULL

  Possible Answer: skull

• The clue is 43. Hyperactive. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANIC

  Possible Answer: frenzied, manic

• The clue is 44. 2004 Britney Spears hit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOXIC

  Possible Answer: toxic

  Possible Opposite Answer : nontoxic

• The clue is 45. Dirección from Cancún to Cuba. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTE

• The clue is 46. What to expect when you're expecting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BABY

  Possible Answer: coddle, infant, baby, pamper, cocker, cosset, babe, spoil, sister, featherbed, child, indulge, mollycoddle

• The clue is 47. Exactly, after "to". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEE

• The clue is 48. Word with division or number. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CELL

  Possible Answer: jail_cell, cellphone, electric_cell, cadre, mobile_phone, cell, prison_cell, cellular_phone, cellular_telephone, cubicle

• The clue is 49. X1, X3, X5 and X7. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BMWS

• The clue is 50. Increase dramatically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAP

  Possible Answer: jump, bound, saltation, spring, jump_off, leaping, bounce, leap

• The clue is 54. Name tag?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEE

  Possible Answer: nee

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🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Molecule that stores energy in the body, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
• Similar words include: adenosine triphosphate
• Pattern: ___

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📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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🧩 3A: "8. Loose-limbed"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that moving and bending with ease
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• Pattern: _____

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🧩 4A: "13. Talk like a tippler"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
• Similar words include: blot, aspersion, smudge
• Opposite of: focus

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Answer: SLUR

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🧩 5A: "14. Far from shore"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that in the direction of the sea
• Similar words include: seaward, seawards
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASEA

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🧩 6A: "15. City on the Nile … or a punny end to the joke "When a tight-knit group of cygnets votes, they vote ___""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an ancient city on the nile in egypt; two dams across the nile have been built nearby
• Similar words include: Assouan, Assuan
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASWAN

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🧩 7A: "16. Do a collie's work"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
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Answer: HERD

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🧩 8A: "17. ["I'll take 'Tennis' for $200, Ken"] It means nothing"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: __________

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Answer: WHATISLOVE

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🧩 9A: "19. Pre-med track precursor, in brief"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APBIO

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🧩 10A: "21. Cookie holder"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
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Answer: TIN

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🧩 11A: "22. Not many"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AFEW

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🧩 12A: "23. ["Let's go with 'Nickname's the Same' for $400"] Bruce Springsteen, Lance Armstrong and Melissa McCarthy in a 2016 comedy"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: WHOSTHEBOSS

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🧩 13A: "27. Transistor states"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONS

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🧩 14A: "28. Honda luxury brand"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACURA

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🧩 15A: "29. Over yonder"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THAR

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🧩 16A: "31. Bubbles, e.g."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
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🧩 17A: "34. Hauls"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that ancient celtic god
• Similar words include: Lugh, tug, block
• Opposite of: unstuff

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Answer: LUGS

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🧩 18A: "36. Muscle-and-bone doc"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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🧩 19A: "39. ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: WHATSUP

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🧩 20A: "41. ["How about 'Sports and Comedy' for $800"] He was on first base, per Abbott and Costello"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHOSWHO

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🧩 21A: "43. The Supreme Court justices, collectively"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NONET

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🧩 22A: "44. Charlie's Angels, e.g."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: tercet, three, triple
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRIO

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🧩 23A: "46. Swanky"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
• Similar words include: swish, classy
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POSH

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🧩 24A: "47. Doubled or tripled, say"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• Similar words include: arise, develop, originate
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GREW

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🧩 25A: "49. Gas brand with a torch in its logo"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMOCO

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🧩 26A: "51. Savanna prey"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Similar words include: wildebeest
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GNU

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🧩 27A: "53. ["I'll try 'Painted Ladies" for $1,000"] This piece by Impressionist Mary Cassatt shows two women enjoying a drink"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHATSTHETEA

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🧩 28A: "58. Kelly of morning TV"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIPA

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🧩 29A: "60. Guile"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Similar words include: graphics, artistic creation, nontextual matter
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ART

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🧩 30A: "61. Key ring?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATOLL

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🧩 31A: "62. At risk … or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across?"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INJEOPARDY

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🧩 32A: "66. "Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's final words)"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IDIE

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🧩 33A: "67. Sea inlet surrounded by steep cliffs"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in norway
• Similar words include: fiord
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FJORD

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🧩 34A: "68. In one's birthday suit"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make public
• Similar words include: unfinished, mere, naked
• Opposite of: sheathed, covered

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BARE

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🧩 35A: "69. Try to win over"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a transmission line for high-frequency signals
• Similar words include: inveigle, palaver, coaxial cable
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COAX

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🧩 36A: "70. Hasbro word game that comes with a 60-second hourglass"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prejudice (especially in polynesia and other south pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
• Similar words include: proscribed, prohibited, forbidden
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TABOO

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🧩 37A: "71. Go like a geyser"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• Similar words include: ptyalize, retch, spue
• Opposite of: keep down

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPEW

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🧩 38A: "72. Word after kick or dumb"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Similar words include: tail, keister, posterior
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASS

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🧩 1D: "1. Hebrew leader?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 1st letter of the hebrew alphabet
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALEPH

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🧩 2D: "2. Booster for a dragster"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TURBO

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🧩 3D: "3. Result of a scandal going viral, in brief"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PRDISASTER

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🧩 4D: "4. Prominent feature of a hippopotamus or crocodile"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
• Similar words include: claver, have words, chew
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JAW

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🧩 5D: "5. Escort in the theater, informally"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: USH

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🧩 6D: "6. Human, to a robot"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEATBAG

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🧩 7D: "7. Outdoor party area"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
• Similar words include: terrace
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PATIO

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🧩 8D: "8. ___ Palmas, capital of the Canaries"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Similar words include: Pelican State, Louisiana, lah
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAS

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🧩 9D: "9. Cuba o Puerto Rico"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISLA

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🧩 10D: "10. A winning scenario in a best-of-three game"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TWOFORTWO

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🧩 11D: "11. Sanctuary"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
• Similar words include: harbour, harbor, seaport
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAVEN

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🧩 12D: "12. TV show that has existed since before online media, despite what its name suggests"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENEWS

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🧩 13D: "13. "Man and Superman" playwright"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
• Similar words include: Henry Wheeler Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHAW

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🧩 14D: "18. Tech sch."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in or of the present month
• Similar words include: instant
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INST

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🧩 15D: "20. Like easy-to-get meds, in brief"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
• Similar words include: over-the-counter
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OTC

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🧩 16D: "24. Peacock competitor"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HULU

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🧩 17D: "25. Go off"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that start abruptly
• Similar words include: flare up, belch, conflagrate
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERUPT

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🧩 18D: "26. Drive off"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that drive away by crying `shoo!'
• Similar words include: shoo away, shoo off
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SHOO

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🧩 19D: "30. Horatian work of ca. 18 B.C."

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARSPOETICA

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🧩 20D: "31. Not rent, say"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have ownership or possession of
• Similar words include: have, possess, ain
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OWN

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🧩 21D: "32. Greek letter that looks like "p""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RHO

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🧩 22D: "33. Incredible work"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BANGUPJOB

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🧩 23D: "35. Does some strokes"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of swimming; :
• Similar words include: drown, swimming, swim
• Opposite of: sink

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SWIMS

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🧩 24D: "37. Dept. that oversees the F.D.A."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the united states federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
• Similar words include: Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HHS

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🧩 25D: "38. "Look at that!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Similar words include: aah
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OOH

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🧩 26D: "40. Gumbo, for one"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Similar words include: sweat, fret, lather
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STEW

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🧩 27D: "42. Terrifying sound for a field mouse"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• Similar words include: snort, darn, red cent
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOOT

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🧩 28D: "45. Terrifying device for a field mouse"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a difficult entangling situation
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RATTRAP

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🧩 29D: "48. Larrup"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: whop, bonk, bop
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHAP

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🧩 30D: "50. When repeated, a dance"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHA

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🧩 31D: "51. Dirty money"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GRIFT

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🧩 32D: "52. Symbol of stealth"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NINJA

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🧩 33D: "54. Emiratis, e.g."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Similar words include: Arab, Arabian
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARABS

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🧩 34D: "55. Some list items"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TODOS

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🧩 35D: "56. Mount St. ___, second-highest mountain in Canada"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english essayist (1775-1834)
• Similar words include: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELIAS

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🧩 36D: "57. Trebek who once hosted this puzzle's theme"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALEX

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🧩 37D: "59. Nestlé chocolate bar"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AERO

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🧩 38D: "63. Lead-in to meter"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the first crusade (1042-1099)
• Similar words include: Otho of Lagery, Urban II, Odo of Lagery
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODO

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🧩 39D: "64. Grammy-winning Dr. ___"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DRE

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🧩 40D: "65. Poison source in Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YEW

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

❓ Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

🔤 Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

📚 Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

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