NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2024 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2024

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Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. J.Lo or J-Law

7-letter answer Answer: ALISTER

Clue #2: 8. Brief

6-letter answer Answer: INFORM

Word Help: Synonyms: inform

Clue #3: 14. Target of a seasonal shot

3-letter answer Answer: FLU

Word Help: Synonyms: influenza, grippe, flu

Clue #4: 17. Harmful algal blooms

8-letter answer Answer: REDTIDES

Clue #5: 19. Liqueur sharing its name with an island

7-letter answer Answer: CURACAO

Word Help: Synonyms: curacao, curacoa, Curacao

Clue #6: 21. Actor Somerhalder

3-letter answer Answer: IAN

Clue #7: 22. Rock group clashes over album art?

17-letter answer Answer: CDCASEDIVIDESACDC

Clue #8: 25. Common allergen

3-letter answer Answer: NUT

Word Help: Synonyms: testicle, ballock, screwball

Clue #9: 26. Possessive in the Lord's Prayer

3-letter answer Answer: THY

Clue #10: 27. Picked up on

7-letter answer Answer: NOTICED

Word Help: Synonyms: noticed, discover, comment
Antonyms: unnoticed, ignore

Clue #11: 28. Cartoonist Chast

3-letter answer Answer: ROZ

Clue #12: 29. Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #13: 30. "Veni, vidi, ___"

4-letter answer Answer: VICI

Clue #14: 32. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar

3-letter answer Answer: EEL

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Clue #15: 33. "So cute!"

8-letter answer Answer: ADORABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: endearing, lovely, adorable

Clue #16: 36. Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player?

19-letter answer Answer: PACERSSELFLESSRECAP

Clue #17: 42. Celebration whose name literally means "taro leaf"

4-letter answer Answer: LUAU

Word Help: Synonyms: luau

Clue #18: 43. Salve targets

5-letter answer Answer: SORES

Word Help: Synonyms: sore

Clue #19: 44. You might go for a spin in one

4-letter answer Answer: TUTU

Word Help: Synonyms: Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt

Clue #20: 45. Doohickey

4-letter answer Answer: ITEM

Word Help: Synonyms: item, detail, token

Clue #21: 48. "Secret Celebrity Renovation" airer

3-letter answer Answer: CBS

Clue #22: 50. Word with high or secret

7-letter answer Answer: SOCIETY

Word Help: Synonyms: social_club, companionship, company

Clue #23: 54. Top score in a dunk contest

3-letter answer Answer: TEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ten-spot, tenner, ten

Clue #24: 55. Director Burton

3-letter answer Answer: TIM

Clue #25: 56. Doohickey

6-letter answer Answer: THINGY

Clue #26: 59. Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

5-letter answer Answer: STEED

Word Help: Synonyms: steed

Clue #27: 61. Buffalo hockey player

5-letter answer Answer: SABRE

Word Help: Synonyms: sabre, saber, cavalry_sword

Clue #28: 63. Slangy request to a German to play it cool?

15-letter answer Answer: KLAUSACTCASUALK

Clue #29: 70. Big brand in the frozen aisle

6-letter answer Answer: OREIDA

Clue #30: 72. Greta of "Grand Hotel"

5-letter answer Answer: GARBO

Word Help: Synonyms: Greta_Garbo, Greta_Louisa_Gustafsson, Garbo

Clue #31: 73. Brisket cooker

6-letter answer Answer: SMOKER

Word Help: Synonyms: tobacco_user, smoking_carriage, smoker
Antonyms: nonsmoker

Clue #32: 74. What happened when the bust went sideways?

15-letter answer Answer: NARCINAPANICRAN

Clue #33: 79. Comment that breaks the fourth wall

5-letter answer Answer: ASIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: divagation, digression, parenthesis

Clue #34: 80. "You're ___ luck, my friend"

5-letter answer Answer: OUTTA

Clue #35: 81. Place with swinging doors, stereotypically

6-letter answer Answer: SALOON

Word Help: Synonyms: pothouse, saloon, bar

Clue #36: 83. "The Great Gatsby" antagonist

3-letter answer Answer: TOM

Word Help: Synonyms: tom, tomcat, Uncle_Tom

Clue #37: 84. "That's gotta hurt!"

3-letter answer Answer: OOF

Clue #38: 87. Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser

7-letter answer Answer: METGALA

Clue #39: 91. Origami, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: prowess, graphics, artistic_production

Clue #40: 92. Early invader of Britain

4-letter answer Answer: DANE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dane

Clue #41: 93. Event inspiring many TikTok proposals

4-letter answer Answer: PROM

Word Help: Synonyms: prom, promenade

Clue #42: 95. Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure

5-letter answer Answer: ATARI

Clue #43: 97. Calf-length dress

4-letter answer Answer: MIDI

Word Help: Synonyms: Midi, midi, MIDI
Antonyms: maxi

Clue #44: 99. Headline regarding a children's author controversy?

19-letter answer Answer: SEUSSIGNITINGISSUES

Clue #45: 106. Player in a baseball stadium

8-letter answer Answer: ORGANIST

Word Help: Synonyms: organist

Clue #46: 107. Sucker

3-letter answer Answer: SAP

Word Help: Synonyms: saphead, muggins, fool

Clue #47: 108. Post-workout feeling

4-letter answer Answer: ACHE

Word Help: Synonyms: yen, pine, languish

Clue #48: 110. Femur-to-tibia connector, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ACL

Clue #49: 111. Barbecue coating

3-letter answer Answer: RUB

Word Help: Synonyms: snag, wipe, hang-up

Clue #50: 112. Rile up

7-letter answer Answer: AGITATE

Word Help: Synonyms: stir_up, push, campaign
Antonyms: calm

Clue #51: 116. Progressive competitor

3-letter answer Answer: AIG

Clue #52: 117. Java

3-letter answer Answer: JOE

Clue #53: 118. Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread?

17-letter answer Answer: IRISHSIDEDISHSIRI

Clue #54: 123. Actress Ortiz

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ana, ana

Clue #55: 124. Hard to pin down

7-letter answer Answer: ELUSIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: subtle, problematic, elusive

Clue #56: 125. Mammal seen in Monterey Bay

8-letter answer Answer: SEAOTTER

Clue #57: 126. Traveling caller, perhaps

3-letter answer Answer: REF

Word Help: Synonyms: referee, ref

Clue #58: 127. Pair in a telescope

6-letter answer Answer: LENSES

Word Help: Synonyms: electron_lens, crystalline_lens, lens

Clue #59: 128. Subjects of many evening photographs

7-letter answer Answer: SUNSETS

Word Help: Synonyms: sunset, sundown
Antonyms: sunrise

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. Character's development path

3-letter answer Answer: ARC

Word Help: Synonyms: arc, curve, spark

Clue #2: 2. Certain flat-screen, for short

5-letter answer Answer: LEDTV

Clue #3: 3. Aid in recovering a lost pet

6-letter answer Answer: IDCHIP

Clue #4: 4. "Don't freak out!"

8-letter answer Answer: STAYCALM

Clue #5: 5. "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius

3-letter answer Answer: TIS

Word Help: Synonyms: titanium, te, Ti

Clue #6: 6. Idyllic spot for two

4-letter answer Answer: EDEN

Word Help: Synonyms: nirvana, heaven, Garden_of_Eden

Clue #7: 7. Try again from the top

4-letter answer Answer: REDO

Word Help: Synonyms: make_over, refashion, remodel

Clue #8: 8. They might hang around the house during the holidays

7-letter answer Answer: ICICLES

Word Help: Synonyms: icicle

Clue #9: 9. In the buff

4-letter answer Answer: NUDE

Word Help: Synonyms: nude_statue, nude_sculpture, nude_person

Clue #10: 10. Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers

4-letter answer Answer: FRED

Clue #11: 11. Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica

3-letter answer Answer: OAS

Word Help: Synonyms: Organization_of_American_States, OAS

Clue #12: 12. Pioneer in color TV

3-letter answer Answer: RCA

Clue #13: 13. Keyboard shortcuts

6-letter answer Answer: MACROS

Word Help: Synonyms: macro, macro_instruction

Clue #14: 14. Version shown at the movie theater

8-letter answer Answer: FINALCUT

Clue #15: 15. Nobel honoree

8-letter answer Answer: LAUREATE

Word Help: Synonyms: laureate

Clue #16: 16. Biblical preposition

4-letter answer Answer: UNTO

Clue #17: 18. Google search results

5-letter answer Answer: SITES

Word Help: Synonyms: posture, sit, internet_site
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #18: 20. Nose wrinklers

5-letter answer Answer: ODORS

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, smell, olfactory_sensation

Clue #19: 23. Contests

4-letter answer Answer: VIES

Word Help: Synonyms: compete, vie, contend

Clue #20: 24. Foe of the Bolsheviks

4-letter answer Answer: CZAR

Word Help: Synonyms: tzar, tsar, czar

Clue #21: 31. R.N.'s assignment, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: ICU

Word Help: Synonyms: ICU, intensive_care_unit

Clue #22: 33. Knighted Guinness

4-letter answer Answer: ALEC

Clue #23: 34. Stop it

6-letter answer Answer: DESIST

Word Help: Synonyms: refrain, abstain, desist
Antonyms: consume

Clue #24: 35. Use DraftKings or FanDuel

3-letter answer Answer: BET

Word Help: Synonyms: stake, count, look

Clue #25: 37. A person

4-letter answer Answer: EACH

Word Help: Synonyms: each, to_each_one, for_each_one

Clue #26: 38. Inventor who wrote "Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All"

5-letter answer Answer: RUBIK

Clue #27: 39. ___ Blancos, nickname for soccer's Real Madrid

3-letter answer Answer: LOS

Clue #28: 40. To's counterpart

3-letter answer Answer: FRO

Clue #29: 41. Many a dad joke

3-letter answer Answer: PUN

Word Help: Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, punning

Clue #30: 45. "OK, the gloves are off!"

5-letter answer Answer: ITSON

Clue #31: 46. Diadem lookalike

5-letter answer Answer: TIARA

Word Help: Synonyms: tiara

Clue #32: 47. After burner?

5-letter answer Answer: EMBER

Word Help: Synonyms: coal, ember

Clue #33: 49. Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #34: 51. Abbr. after a series

3-letter answer Answer: ETC

Clue #35: 52. Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches

4-letter answer Answer: TEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: teatime, tea, afternoon_tea

Clue #36: 53. Overly agreeable sort

6-letter answer Answer: YESMAN

Clue #37: 56. Monotony

6-letter answer Answer: TEDIUM

Word Help: Synonyms: tedium, ennui, tediousness

Clue #38: 57. Mad (about)

4-letter answer Answer: GAGA

Word Help: Synonyms: gaga, senile, dotty

Clue #39: 58. Chinese dollar

4-letter answer Answer: YUAN

Word Help: Synonyms: kwai, yuan, Yuan_dynasty

Clue #40: 60. Pairs

4-letter answer Answer: DUOS

Word Help: Synonyms: twain, pair, yoke

Clue #41: 62. Having mucho dinero

4-letter answer Answer: RICO

Word Help: Synonyms: RICO, anti-racketeering_law, Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act

Clue #42: 64. Indian honorific

3-letter answer Answer: SRI

Clue #43: 65. Basics

4-letter answer Answer: ABCS

Word Help: Synonyms: ABCs, alphabet, ABC

Clue #44: 66. ___ Felton, title detective of "The Puzzle Lady Mysteries"

4-letter answer Answer: CORA

Word Help: Synonyms: Despoina, Persephone, Cora

Clue #45: 67. Japanese dog breed

5-letter answer Answer: AKITA

Clue #46: 68. Unfairly enticed

5-letter answer Answer: LEDON

Clue #47: 69. Krispy ___

5-letter answer Answer: KREME

Clue #48: 71. Money paid for a hand

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #49: 75. A.B.A. member: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: ATT

Clue #50: 76. Early polytheists

6-letter answer Answer: PAGANS

Word Help: Synonyms: infidel, heathen, pleasure_seeker

Clue #51: 77. In the style of

3-letter answer Answer: ALA

Word Help: Synonyms: ala

Clue #52: 78. Conventions

5-letter answer Answer: NORMS

Word Help: Synonyms: average, norm

Clue #53: 82. First name in soul

4-letter answer Answer: OTIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Otis, genus_Otis, Elisha_Graves_Otis

Clue #54: 84. Covert ___

3-letter answer Answer: OPS

Word Help: Synonyms: Ops

Clue #55: 85. Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies

8-letter answer Answer: OREOCONE

Clue #56: 86. Unlike a shamrock

8-letter answer Answer: FOURLEAF

Clue #57: 88. Fighting

4-letter answer Answer: ATIT

Clue #58: 89. Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short

3-letter answer Answer: LAT

Word Help: Synonyms: lat, latissimus_dorsi

Clue #59: 90. Shapiro of NPR

3-letter answer Answer: ARI

Clue #60: 92. Forms from a mold

8-letter answer Answer: DIECASTS

Clue #61: 94. Flavor enhancer, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MSG

Word Help: Synonyms: monosodium_glutamate, MSG

Clue #62: 96. Guts

7-letter answer Answer: INSIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: interior, inside
Antonyms: outside

Clue #63: 98. Singer ___ Lipa

3-letter answer Answer: DUA

Clue #64: 100. Garment worn with a choli

4-letter answer Answer: SARI

Word Help: Synonyms: sari, saree

Clue #65: 101. Harden (to)

5-letter answer Answer: INURE

Word Help: Synonyms: harden, inure, indurate

Clue #66: 102. Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944

6-letter answer Answer: GIBILL

Clue #67: 103. Airport area

4-letter answer Answer: GATE

Word Help: Synonyms: gate, logic_gate

Clue #68: 104. Devices that often get swiped

5-letter answer Answer: IPADS

Clue #69: 105. Certain Muslim

6-letter answer Answer: SHIITE

Word Help: Synonyms: Shia_Muslim, Shi'ite, Shiite_Muslim

Clue #70: 109. "Great" or "snowy" bird

5-letter answer Answer: EGRET

Word Help: Synonyms: egret

Clue #71: 110. Just barely open

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #72: 112. "The way things are going ..."

4-letter answer Answer: ASIS

Clue #73: 113. Cry "Uncle!"

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: make, fall_in, leave
Antonyms: take, starve

Clue #74: 114. Skinny pieces of clothing

4-letter answer Answer: TIES

Word Help: Synonyms: necktie, affiliation, attach
Antonyms: disconnect, untie

Clue #75: 115. Son of Isaac and Rebecca

4-letter answer Answer: ESAU

Word Help: Synonyms: Esau

Clue #76: 119. Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles

3-letter answer Answer: SUE

Word Help: Synonyms: action, process, Eugene_Sue

Clue #77: 120. QVC alternative

3-letter answer Answer: HSN

Clue #78: 121. Snookums

3-letter answer Answer: HON

Clue #79: 122. Org. with a return policy?

3-letter answer Answer: IRS

Word Help: Synonyms: Internal_Revenue_Service, IRS

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (38 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (40 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: 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. Package under a Christmas tree	4
2A	5. Old-fashioned butter maker	5
3A	10. Branded cotton swab	4
4A	14. Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan	4
5A	15. In on, as a trend	5
6A	16. Big coffee containers	4
7A	17. 1972 song by Elton John	10
8A	19. Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings	4
9A	20. In progress	7
10A	21. :), ;), :D and others	7
11A	23. Formal "you," in Spanish	5
12A	25. Comedian Wong	3
13A	26. Projects, as a shadow	5
14A	29. 1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp	9
15A	34. Comes to light	6
16A	36. X minus III, in old Rome	3
17A	37. Cosmonaut Gagarin	4
18A	38. Held the reins	3
19A	39. Spot for a massage	3
20A	41. R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10	3
21A	43. Element used in bronze	3
22A	44. Sporting blade	4
23A	46. Draft pick?	3
24A	48. Firstborn	6
25A	50. 1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles	9
26A	53. Midsection measurement	5
27A	54. Apt rhyme for "shriek"	3
28A	55. Martial arts studios	5
29A	57. Disheveled	7
30A	61. Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it	7
31A	65. Gently persuade	4
32A	66. Capital of Arkansas ... or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across?	10
33A	68. In ___ land (daydreaming)	4
34A	69. "I wish I could ___ that!"	5
35A	70. A second helping, say	4
36A	71. "Excuse me ..."	4
37A	72. Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car	5
38A	73. Winter coaster	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Package under a Christmas tree"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something acquired without compensation
• Similar words include: indue, invest, endow
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GIFT

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2A: "5. Old-fashioned butter maker"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
• Similar words include: boil, roil, moil
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHURN

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3A: "10. Branded cotton swab"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: QTIP

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4A: "14. Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OMAR

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5A: "15. In on, as a trend"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HIPTO

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6A: "16. Big coffee containers"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• Similar words include: urn
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: URNS

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7A: "17. 1972 song by Elton John"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: TINYDANCER

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8A: "19. Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AUDI

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9A: "20. In progress"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that currently happening
• Similar words include: on-going
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ONGOING

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10A: "21. :), ;), :D and others"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an emoticon of a smiling face
• Similar words include: smiley
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SMILEYS

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11A: "23. Formal "you," in Spanish"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: USTED

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12A: "25. Comedian Wong"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Similar words include: Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALI

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13A: "26. Projects, as a shadow"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the actors in a play
• Similar words include: be sick, put, roll
• Opposite of: keep down

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Answer: CASTS

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14A: "29. 1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SMALLTOWN

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15A: "34. Comes to light"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
• Similar words include: grow, spring up, go up
• Opposite of: fall, turn in

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Answer: ARISES

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16A: "36. X minus III, in old Rome"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
• Similar words include: 7, sevener, heptad
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VII

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17A: "37. Cosmonaut Gagarin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YURI

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18A: "38. Held the reins"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Similar words include: moderate, precede, conduce
• Opposite of: follow

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Answer: LED

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19A: "39. Spot for a massage"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: health club, resort hotel, watering place
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SPA

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20A: "41. R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SZA

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21A: "43. Element used in bronze"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• 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
• Similar words include: put up, can, atomic number 50
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TIN

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22A: "44. Sporting blade"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EPEE

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23A: "46. Draft pick?"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALE

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24A: "48. Firstborn"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the offspring who came first in the order of birth
• Similar words include: firstborn
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ELDEST

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25A: "50. 1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BABYGRAND

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26A: "53. Midsection measurement"

5 letters Category: Common Word

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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27A: "54. Apt rhyme for "shriek""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EEK

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28A: "55. Martial arts studios"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DOJOS

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29A: "57. Disheveled"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not neatly combed
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: UNKEMPT

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30A: "61. Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a popular island resort in the netherlands antilles
• Similar words include: curacoa
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CURACAO

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31A: "65. Gently persuade"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: COAX

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32A: "66. Capital of Arkansas ... or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across?"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: LITTLEROCK

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33A: "68. In ___ land (daydreaming)"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LALA

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34A: "69. "I wish I could ___ that!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: UNSEE

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35A: "70. A second helping, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english statesman who opposed henry viii's divorce from catherine of aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of utopia, the ideal state
• Similar words include: Sir Thomas More, more than, Thomas More
• Opposite of: fewer, less

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Answer: MORE

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36A: "71. "Excuse me ...""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• Similar words include: hem
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHEM

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37A: "72. Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Similar words include: train, cogwheel, geartrain
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GEARS

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38A: "73. Winter coaster"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sleigh, sledge
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLED

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. ___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board)	4
2D	2. "Sign me up!"	4
3D	3. Vampire's tooth	4
4D	4. Auditions	7
5D	5. "U-S-A! U-S-A! ...," e.g.	5
6D	6. Movable joints on a door	6
7D	7. ___ code (what most product packages have)	3
8D	8. Google Maps options: Abbr.	4
9D	9. Bring into the mainstream	9
10D	10. Counterpart of quantity	7
11D	11. Factual	4
12D	12. Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally	4
13D	13. Letters before omegas	4
14D	18. Insults	6
15D	22. Springfield is its capital: Abbr.	3
16D	24. Org. with notoriously long lines	3
17D	26. Biblical spy for Moses	5
18D	27. South American flatbread	5
19D	28. Lesser-played part of a 45	5
20D	30. ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two	3
21D	31. Word before space or Mongolia	5
22D	32. Spot to find a pulse	5
23D	33. Final inning, typically	5
24D	35. Device for starting an engine	9
25D	40. In the style of	3
26D	42. Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize	6
27D	45. Test taken at the 24-Down	7
28D	47. Finale	3
29D	49. Wins over with charm	7
30D	51. Jewel	3
31D	52. Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul"	6
32D	56. Novelist Verne	5
33D	57. The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins	4
34D	58. Biblical ark builder	4
35D	59. Dark leafy green	4
36D	60. Fork prong	4
37D	62. Chilly	4
38D	63. Surveyor's measure	4
39D	64. Gave a thumbs-up	4
40D	67. Airport screening grp.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. ___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board)"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GOTO

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2D: "2. "Sign me up!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMIN

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3D: "3. Vampire's tooth"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bantu language spoken in cameroon
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FANG

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4D: "4. Auditions"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that trying something to find out about it
• Similar words include: test, audition, trial run
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRYOUTS

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5D: "5. "U-S-A! U-S-A! ...," e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
• Similar words include: tone, intonate, cantillate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHANT

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6D: "6. Movable joints on a door"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
• Similar words include: hinge, flexible joint
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HINGES

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7D: "7. ___ code (what most product packages have)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UPC

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8D: "8. Google Maps options: Abbr."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RTES

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9D: "9. Bring into the mainstream"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become normal or return to its normal state
• Similar words include: renormalise, temper, anneal
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: NORMALIZE

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10D: "10. Counterpart of quantity"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; --shakespeare
• Similar words include: lineament, prize, timbre
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: QUALITY

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11D: "11. Factual"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Similar words include: truthful, dependable, straight
• Opposite of: false, untruthful

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Answer: TRUE

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12D: "12. Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INDY

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13D: "13. Letters before omegas"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of pressure
• Similar words include: psi, pounds per square inch
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PSIS

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14D: "18. Insults"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that treat, mention, or speak to rudely
• Similar words include: affront, insult, diss
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DISSES

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15D: "22. Springfield is its capital: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Similar words include: sick, inauspicious, badly
• Opposite of: well

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Answer: ILL

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16D: "24. Org. with notoriously long lines"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DMV

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17D: "26. Biblical spy for Moses"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CALEB

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18D: "27. South American flatbread"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AREPA

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19D: "28. Lesser-played part of a 45"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SIDEB

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20D: "30. ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency of the united states army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
• Similar words include: Bradypus tridactylus, AI, three-toed sloth
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AIS

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21D: "31. Word before space or Mongolia"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being on the outside or further from a center
• Similar words include: tabu, verboten, KO'd
• Opposite of: safe, inner

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Answer: OUTER

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22D: "32. Spot to find a pulse"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
• Similar words include: carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WRIST

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23D: "33. Final inning, typically"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that position nine in a countable series of things
• Similar words include: 9th, one-ninth
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NINTH

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24D: "35. Device for starting an engine"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SPARKPLUG

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25D: "40. In the style of"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALA

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26D: "42. Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALGORE

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27D: "45. Test taken at the 24-Down"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EYEEXAM

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28D: "47. Finale"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: death, goal, oddment
• Opposite of: beginning, begin

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Answer: END

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29D: "49. Wins over with charm"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove offensive capability from
• Similar words include: demilitarise, unarm, demilitarize
• Opposite of: arm

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Answer: DISARMS

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30D: "51. Jewel"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
• Similar words include: treasure, precious stone, gemstone
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GEM

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31D: "52. Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DOCTER

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32D: "56. Novelist Verne"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: JULES

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33D: "57. The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UCLA

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34D: "58. Biblical ark builder"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOAH

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35D: "59. Dark leafy green"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for money
• Similar words include: lolly, colewort, cole
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KALE

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36D: "60. Fork prong"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TINE

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37D: "62. Chilly"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
• Similar words include: cool off, cool down, coolheaded
• Opposite of: warm, heat

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Answer: COOL

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38D: "63. Surveyor's measure"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
• Similar words include: Accho, Akko, Akka
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACRE

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39D: "64. Gave a thumbs-up"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OKED

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40D: "67. Airport screening grp."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSA

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Decode the Clues

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

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Build Vocabulary

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

Today's Puzzle Stats

38 Across Clues

40 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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