January 30, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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📋 Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

🧩 Puzzle Overview

Date: January 30, 1990

Difficulty: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

🔤 Across Clues

No.	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1A	"1. Circle parts"	4	Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field Similar words include: electric discharge, arc, arch Pattern: ____	Reveal ARCS
2A	"5. Sweet red wine"	4	Think of something that a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country Similar words include: larboard, interface, port wine Opposite of: starboard	Reveal PORT
3A	"9. "Now we ___ be long!": Maugham"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal SHANT
4A	"14. Humble"	4	Think of something that humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness Similar words include: modest, mild, tame Pattern: ____	Reveal MEEK
5A	"15. Buckeye State"	4	Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region Similar words include: Ohio River, Buckeye State, OH Pattern: ____	Reveal OHIO
6A	"16. One with a long sentence"	5	Think of something that a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment Pattern: _____	Reveal LIFER
7A	"17. Blair ___ of "L.A. Law""	9	Think of something that the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest Similar words include: undergrowth, underbrush Pattern: _________	Reveal UNDERWOOD
8A	"19. Concur"	5	Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement Similar words include: match, concur, fit in Opposite of: disagree	Reveal AGREE
9A	"20. Fretted"	6	Think of something that be in a huff; be silent or sullen Similar words include: grizzle, stew, boiled Pattern: ______	Reveal STEWED
10A	"21. Poe and Christie, e.g."	7	Think of something that writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) Similar words include: author, generator, source Pattern: _______	Reveal AUTHORS
11A	"23. Jewish ascetic of yore"	6	Think of something that a member of an ascetic jewish sect around the time of jesus Pattern: ______	Reveal ESSENE
12A	"24. Fine silk"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal SYCEE
13A	"25. Actress Bo"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal DEREK
14A	"27. Out-and-out"	6	Think of something that without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers Similar words include: everlasting, pure, staring Pattern: ______	Reveal ARRANT
15A	"31. Emulate Mopsy"	3	Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) Similar words include: hops, hop-skip, skip Pattern: ___	Reveal HOP
16A	"34. Weird"	5	Think of something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious Similar words include: eery Pattern: _____	Reveal EERIE
17A	"36. "Brown ___," Jagger hit"	5	Think of something that a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative Similar words include: carbohydrate, shekels, bread Pattern: _____	Reveal SUGAR
18A	"37. Of grandparents"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal AVAL
19A	"39. Bell sounds"	5	Think of something that a ringing sound Similar words include: dong, dent, gouge Pattern: _____	Reveal DINGS
20A	"41. "___ Kelly's Blues," Cahn-Heindorf song"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal PETE
21A	"42. A king of Judea"	5	Think of something that king of judea who (according to the new testament) tried to kill jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in bethlehem (73-4 bc) Similar words include: Herod the Great Pattern: _____	Reveal HEROD
22A	"44. Fasteners"	5	Think of something that the act of catching an object with the hands Similar words include: piece of cake, gingersnap, click Opposite of: inelasticity	Reveal SNAPS
23A	"46. Female rabbit"	3	Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977 Similar words include: Energy, Energy Department, Department of Energy Pattern: ___	Reveal DOE
24A	"47. Reply"	6	Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation Similar words include: respond, resolve, response Opposite of: question	Reveal ANSWER
25A	"49. Avon family"	5	Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace Similar words include: Shangri-la, paradise, Eden Pattern: _____	Reveal EDENS
26A	"51. Celtic priesthood member"	5	Think of something that a pre-christian priest among the celts of ancient gaul and britain and ireland Pattern: _____	Reveal DRUID
27A	"53. Roman official"	6	Think of something that a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country Pattern: ______	Reveal CONSUL
28A	"57. Natives of Apia"	7	Think of something that a native or inhabitant of the samoan islands Similar words include: Samoan Pattern: _______	Reveal SAMOANS
29A	"60. Continuously blow on a flute"	6	Think of something that the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument Pattern: ______	Reveal TOOTLE
30A	"61. Felix Adler, e.g."	5	Think of something that a rude or vulgar fool Similar words include: merry andrew, buffoon, antic Pattern: _____	Reveal CLOWN
31A	"62. Charge too much for"	9	Think of something that price excessively high Pattern: _________	Reveal OVERPRICE
32A	"65. " ... and fell ___ thieves ... ": Luke 10:30"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal AMONG
33A	"66. Shade of green"	4	Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization Similar words include: Nile River Pattern: ____	Reveal NILE
34A	"67. Eternally"	4	Think of something that at any time Similar words include: of all time, e'er, always Opposite of: never	Reveal EVER
35A	"68. Parsonage"	5	Think of something that a large and imposing house Similar words include: mansion house, residence, mansion Pattern: _____	Reveal MANSE
36A	"69. Morays"	4	Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled Similar words include: eel Pattern: ____	Reveal EELS
37A	"70. Sun. talks"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal SERS

🔽 Down Clues

No.	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1D	"1. Entertain"	5	Think of something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion Similar words include: divert, disport Pattern: _____	Reveal AMUSE
2D	"2. Leases"	5	Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service Similar words include: hire, snag, rip Pattern: _____	Reveal RENTS
3D	"3. Surrenders"	5	Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Similar words include: concede, yield, surrender Pattern: _____	Reveal CEDES
4D	"4. Slanted"	6	Think of something that turn or place at an angle Similar words include: skew Opposite of: align	Reveal SKEWED
5D	"5. Like most perukes"	8	Think of something that make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust Similar words include: pulverise, fine-grained, powder Pattern: ________	Reveal POWDERED
6D	"6. Exclamation of surprise"	3	Pattern: ___	Reveal OHO
7D	"7. A Brazilian coffee"	3	Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro Pattern: ___	Reveal RIO
8D	"8. TV morning show"	5	Think of something that the present time or age Similar words include: nowadays, now Pattern: _____	Reveal TODAY
9D	"9. Some roofers or critics"	7	Think of something that any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats Similar words include: slater, woodlouse Pattern: _______	Reveal SLATERS
10D	"10. Bigwig"	8	Pattern: ________	Reveal HIGHERUP
11D	"11. Kind of hairdo"	4	Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo Similar words include: Afro hairdo Pattern: ____	Reveal AFRO
12D	"12. ___-do-well"	4	Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman Similar words include: nee Pattern: ____	Reveal NEER
13D	"13. Very, in Versailles"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal TRES
14D	"18. Actress Taylor"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal RENEE
15D	"22. Fiddler-crab genus"	3	Think of something that fiddler crabs Similar words include: genus Uca Pattern: ___	Reveal UCA
16D	"24. Peeled"	7	Think of something that climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Similar words include: peel, scrape, scramble Opposite of: skinless	Reveal SKINNED
17D	"26. Greek goddess of discord"	4	Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of ares Pattern: ____	Reveal ERIS
18D	"28. Matured"	4	Think of something that people who are old collectively Similar words include: senior, of age, get on Opposite of: young, rejuvenate	Reveal AGED
19D	"29. Western alliance"	4	Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Pattern: ____	Reveal NATO
20D	"30. Kind of sparrow or swallow"	4	Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms Similar words include: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, corner, tree diagram Pattern: ____	Reveal TREE
21D	"31. Sunken fence"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal HAHA
22D	"32. Baking chamber"	4	Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting Pattern: ____	Reveal OVEN
23D	"33. Golf scores"	4	Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course Similar words include: equality, equation, par Pattern: ____	Reveal PARS
24D	"35. Mild oath"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal EGAD
25D	"38. Inside items of information"	8	Pattern: ________	Reveal LOWDOWNS
26D	"40. Aylesbury apparitions"	8	Think of something that a ghostly appearing figure Similar words include: ghost, wraith, phantasm Pattern: ________	Reveal SPECTRES
27D	"43. Upset; madden"	7	Think of something that derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane Similar words include: throw out of kilter, unbalance, perturb Pattern: _______	Reveal DERANGE
28D	"45. Search intrusively"	5	Think of something that a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others Similar words include: snooper, spy, stag Pattern: _____	Reveal SNOOP
29D	"48. Operate"	3	Think of something that a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely Similar words include: streak, campaign, work Opposite of: malfunction, idle	Reveal RUN
30D	"50. Nocturnal noises"	6	Think of something that the rattling noise produced when snoring Similar words include: stertor, saw wood, snore Pattern: ______	Reveal SNORES
31D	"52. "The Lord our God ___ Lord": Deut. 6:4"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal ISONE
32D	"54. Chaucerian stew"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal STIVE
33D	"55. Workaholic's comeuppance"	5	Think of something that a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue Similar words include: ulceration Pattern: _____	Reveal ULCER
34D	"56. Looks askance"	5	Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls Similar words include: leer, sneer Pattern: _____	Reveal LEERS
35D	"57. Confidence game"	4	Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme Similar words include: swindle, victimize, goldbrick Pattern: ____	Reveal SCAM
36D	"58. ___ mater"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal ALMA
37D	"59. Mullins of comics"	4	Think of something that the natural satellite of the earth Similar words include: moonlight, lunar month, moonshine Pattern: ____	Reveal MOON
38D	"63. Compete"	3	Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others Similar words include: compete, contend Pattern: ___	Reveal VIE
39D	"64. Building wing"	3	Think of something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building Pattern: ___	Reveal ELL

📊 Puzzle Statistics

37 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

💡 Pro Solving Tips

• Start with short words: 3-4 letter answers are often easier to guess
• Look for common prefixes/suffixes: UN-, RE-, -ING, -ED are frequent
• Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually your best starting points
• Cross-referencing: Use intersecting letters to verify your answers
• Theme awareness: Many puzzles have themed answers that relate to each other

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• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 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: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Wished, as a goodbye	4
2A	5. English Lit or Intermediate French	5
3A	10. Reckless	4
4A	14. One perched on a lily pad	4
5A	15. Yankees slugger Judge	5
6A	16. Sound heard in a cave	4
7A	17. Fancy one-handed basketball shot	10
8A	19. Enter	4
9A	20. H.S. senior's exam	3
10A	21. Serious theatrical work	5
11A	22. Concur	5
12A	23. ___ splicing	4
13A	25. Good-looking companion on the red carpet, say	8
14A	27. Language spoken in Kathmandu	6
15A	29. Destiny	4
16A	30. Org. looking for alien life	4
17A	31. Whoopi's role in 1985's "The Color Purple"	5
18A	33. Bowler or sombrero	3
19A	36. Punch in the mouth, slangily	15
20A	40. "Sure is"	3
21A	41. Ralph who ran for president four times	5
22A	42. Falco of "The Sopranos"	4
23A	43. Popular brand of hiking sandals	4
24A	44. Raked in	6
25A	47. Cat's little pink paws, cutesily	8
26A	51. Feel sorry for	4
27A	52. Multinational currency since 2002	5
28A	53. Blokes	5
29A	55. Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us"	3
30A	58. Loads	4
31A	59. What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across	10
32A	61. Tilt-a-Whirl or Teacups	4
33A	62. Wipe the slate clean?	5
34A	63. As well	4
35A	64. Goes steady with	4
36A	65. Where shipwreck victims might be marooned	5
37A	66. Cold one	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Wished, as a goodbye"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
• Similar words include: offer, invite, wish
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BADE

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2A: "5. English Lit or Intermediate French"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of things sharing a common attribute
• Similar words include: sort out, form, classify
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CLASS

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3A: "10. Reckless"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any red eruption of the skin
• Similar words include: blizzard, roseola, reckless
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RASH

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4A: "14. One perched on a lily pad"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Similar words include: toad frog, toad, anuran
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FROG

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5A: "15. Yankees slugger Judge"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states professional baseball player who hit more home runs than babe ruth (born in 1934)
• Similar words include: Hank Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AARON

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6A: "16. Sound heard in a cave"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Similar words include: recall, replication, repeat
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ECHO

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7A: "17. Fancy one-handed basketball shot"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FINGERROLL

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8A: "19. Enter"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GOIN

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9A: "20. H.S. senior's exam"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: sit, Sabbatum, sit around
• Opposite of: arise, stand

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Answer: SAT

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10A: "21. Serious theatrical work"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
• Similar words include: dramatic event, dramatic play, play
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DRAMA

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11A: "22. Concur"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement
• Similar words include: correspond, fit in, hold
• Opposite of: disagree

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Answer: AGREE

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12A: "23. ___ splicing"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• Similar words include: factor, cistron
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GENE

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13A: "25. Good-looking companion on the red carpet, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ARMCANDY

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14A: "27. Language spoken in Kathmandu"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of nepal
• Similar words include: Nepalese
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NEPALI

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15A: "29. Destiny"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
• Similar words include: lot, luck, destine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FATE

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16A: "30. Org. looking for alien life"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SETI

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17A: "31. Whoopi's role in 1985's "The Color Purple""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CELIE

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18A: "33. Bowler or sombrero"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: HAT

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19A: "36. Punch in the mouth, slangily"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: KNUCKLESANDWICH

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20A: "40. "Sure is""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YEP

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21A: "41. Ralph who ran for president four times"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NADER

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22A: "42. Falco of "The Sopranos""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDIE

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23A: "43. Popular brand of hiking sandals"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEVA

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24A: "44. Raked in"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Similar words include: garner, clear, gain
• Opposite of: unearned

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Answer: EARNED

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25A: "47. Cat's little pink paws, cutesily"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TOEBEANS

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26A: "51. Feel sorry for"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• Similar words include: compassionate, condole with, feel for
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PITY

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27A: "52. Multinational currency since 2002"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• Similar words include: euro
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EUROS

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28A: "53. Blokes"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a boy or man
• Similar words include: fellow, crack, blighter
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHAPS

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29A: "55. Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HBO

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30A: "58. Loads"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
• Similar words include: Aten
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATON

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31A: "59. What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: PEOPLEFOOD

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32A: "61. Tilt-a-Whirl or Teacups"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
• Similar words include: hinge on, cod, turn on
• Opposite of: walk

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Answer: RIDE

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33A: "62. Wipe the slate clean?"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove from memory or existence
• Similar words include: wipe out, efface, score out
• Opposite of: record

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Answer: ERASE

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34A: "63. As well"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in addition
• Similar words include: as well, likewise, too
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALSO

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35A: "64. Goes steady with"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Similar words include: interpret, run across, take care
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEES

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36A: "65. Where shipwreck victims might be marooned"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small island
• Similar words include: isle, islet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ISLES

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37A: "66. Cold one"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BEER

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Closest pals always	4
2D	2. Song for a diva	4
3D	3. "Stay seated"	9
4D	4. Sunny-side-up item	3
5D	5. Place for privacy in a library	6
6D	6. ___ Croft, "Tomb Raider" character	4
7D	7. Welcoming feature of a bakery	5
8D	8. Sun phenomenon that can cause radio blackouts	10
9D	9. TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+)	3
10D	10. Music genre for Bob Marley	6
11D	11. Nut for a squirrel	5
12D	12. Backed (away from)	5
13D	13. Beehive production	5
14D	18. Fashion designer Mode in "The Incredibles"	4
15D	22. Performed on the stage	5
16D	24. "Beowulf" or the "Iliad"	4
17D	26. Street name in the center of town	4
18D	27. Hawaiian goose	4
19D	28. Skaters who do lifts and twizzles	10
20D	30. ___ blue	3
21D	32. Language suffix	3
22D	33. Secret compartment, informally	9
23D	34. The "A" in DNA	4
24D	35. Most common English word	3
25D	37. Where pants may need patching	5
26D	38. Source of much igneous rock	4
27D	39. Left the area	4
28D	43. Steakhouse options named for a letter	6
29D	45. Fruit left on teachers' desks, perhaps	6
30D	46. Stand up	4
31D	47. Rips	5
32D	48. Protruding bellybutton type	5
33D	49. Gradually wear away, as soil	5
34D	50. Sandbar	5
35D	54. Church area next to the chancel	4
36D	56. Big name in noise-canceling headphones	4
37D	57. Stench	4
38D	59. Architect I.M. ___	3
39D	60. Just lovely, informally	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Closest pals always"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BFFS

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2D: "2. Song for a diva"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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3D: "3. "Stay seated""

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: DONTGETUP

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4D: "4. Sunny-side-up item"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Similar words include: testis, orchis, eggs
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EGG

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5D: "5. Place for privacy in a library"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
• Similar words include: Alexis Carrel, carrell, cubicle
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CARREL

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6D: "6. ___ Croft, "Tomb Raider" character"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LARA

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7D: "7. Welcoming feature of a bakery"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: perfume, smell, scent
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AROMA

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8D: "8. Sun phenomenon that can cause radio blackouts"

10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: __________

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Answer: SOLARFLARE

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9D: "9. TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+)"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SNL

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10D: "10. Music genre for Bob Marley"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that popular music originating in the west indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REGGAE

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11D: "11. Nut for a squirrel"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACORN

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12D: "12. Backed (away from)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
• Similar words include: shy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHIED

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13D: "13. Beehive production"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
• Similar words include: beloved, dear, dearest
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HONEY

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14D: "18. Fashion designer Mode in "The Incredibles""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDNA

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15D: "22. Performed on the stage"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
• Similar words include: work, represent, behave
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACTED

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16D: "24. "Beowulf" or the "Iliad""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Similar words include: heroic poem, epical, larger-than-life
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EPIC

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17D: "26. Street name in the center of town"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any very large body of (salt) water
• Similar words include: chief, primary, principal
• Opposite of: dependent

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Answer: MAIN

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18D: "27. Hawaiian goose"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NENE

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19D: "28. Skaters who do lifts and twizzles"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ICEDANCERS

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20D: "30. ___ blue"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
• Similar words include: toss, flip, pitch
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SKY

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21D: "32. Language suffix"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
• Similar words include: east southeast
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ESE

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22D: "33. Secret compartment, informally"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: HIDEYHOLE

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23D: "34. The "A" in DNA"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
• Similar words include: caustic, Zen, dot
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACID

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24D: "35. Most common English word"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: THE

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25D: "37. Where pants may need patching"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
• Similar words include: human knee, stifle, genu
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KNEES

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26D: "38. Source of much igneous rock"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LAVA

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27D: "39. Left the area"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
• Similar words include: travel, proceed, run low
• Opposite of: come, stay in place

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Answer: WENT

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28D: "43. Steakhouse options named for a letter"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TBONES

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29D: "45. Fruit left on teachers' desks, perhaps"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
• Similar words include: Malus pumila, apple, orchard apple tree
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: APPLES

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30D: "46. Stand up"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a growth in strength or number or importance
• Similar words include: rise up, ascent, stand up
• Opposite of: set, turn in

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Answer: RISE

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31D: "47. Rips"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
• Similar words include: bust, snag, deplume
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEARS

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32D: "48. Protruding bellybutton type"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OUTIE

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33D: "49. Gradually wear away, as soil"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become ground down or deteriorate
• Similar words include: gnaw at, eat at, fret
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ERODE

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34D: "50. Sandbar"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
• Similar words include: shallow, school
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHOAL

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35D: "54. Church area next to the chancel"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Similar words include: apsis
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: APSE

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36D: "56. Big name in noise-canceling headphones"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that indian physicist who with albert einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons
• Similar words include: Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BOSE

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37D: "57. Stench"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: smell, scent, olfactory perception
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODOR

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38D: "59. Architect I.M. ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states architect (born in china in 1917)
• Similar words include: Ieoh Ming Pei, I. M. Pei
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PEI

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39D: "60. Just lovely, informally"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that extremely pleasing
• Similar words include: fabulous
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: FAB

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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