27443 Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 30, 2024

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

Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Brainy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMART

  Possible Answer : impudent, sassy, hurt, impertinent, smarting, overbold, chic, fresh, saucy, smartness, ache, bright, voguish, wise, smart

  Possible Opposite Answer : stupid




• The clue is 6. Wacky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZANY

  Possible Answer : clownish, silly, zany, goof, goofy, whacky, goofball, wacky, twat, cuckoo, clownlike, cockamamy, sappy, goose, buffoonish, bozo, jackass, fathead, cockamamie




• The clue is 10. Desktop computer that might run Sonoma or Sequoia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMAC




• The clue is 14. Choir member. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENOR

  Possible Answer : tenor, tenor_voice, strain




• The clue is 15. Writer Wiesel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIE




• The clue is 16. Forbidden. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOGO




• The clue is 17. Waiter's imperative after bringing food. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENJOY

  Possible Answer : savour, delight, revel, relish, love, bask, enjoy, savor

  Possible Opposite Answer : suffer




• The clue is 18. Flower that reflects yellow when held under one's chin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUTTERCUP

  Possible Answer : butter-flower, butterflower, buttercup, crowfoot, kingcup, goldcup




• The clue is 20. It might have a twist or hole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOT

  Possible Answer : plot_of_land, plot, patch, diagram, plot_of_ground, secret_plan, game, plat




• The clue is 21. What a sleeve covers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARM

  Possible Answer : weapon, branch, weapon_system, build_up, fortify, limb, gird, sleeve, subdivision, arm

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarm




• The clue is 22. "Don't worry about me!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: IMOKAY




• The clue is 23. Primitive timer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOURGLASS

  Possible Answer : hourglass




• The clue is 26. Surface for doing exercises. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAT

  Possible Answer : lustrelessness, felt_up, matt-up, entangle, flat, matte_up, Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, lusterlessness, MAT, mat_up, gym_mat, felt, matt, matting, matte, mat, snarl, flatness, tangle, matted

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsnarl, disentangle




• The clue is 27. Globes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORBS

  Possible Answer : eyeball, globe, orbit, ball, orb, revolve




• The clue is 28. Going out romantically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONADATE




• The clue is 32. #1 pal. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BESTIE




• The clue is 35. Language suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESE

  Possible Answer : ESE, east_southeast




• The clue is 36. Father. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIRE

  Possible Answer : father, get, engender, mother, bring_forth, generate, sire, beget, forefather




• The clue is 37. Music genre prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALT

  Possible Answer : altitude, EL, ALT, elevation




• The clue is 38. N.F.L. all-star game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROBOWL




• The clue is 41. Texter's reaction to a joke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOL




• The clue is 42. Some beers. 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 44. Bathroom fixture. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUB

  Possible Answer : vat, tub, bathtub, tubful, bath, bathing_tub




• The clue is 45. Clinks a glass and gives a speech to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TOASTS

  Possible Answer : toast, drink, pledge, crispen, goner, crisp, wassail, salute




• The clue is 47. Indian pastries with savory fillings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAMOSAS

  Possible Answer : samosa




• The clue is 49. Obnoxious person, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOOL

  Possible Answer : instrument, pecker, peter, prick, putz, creature, joyride, puppet, tool, shaft, cock, dick, tool_around




• The clue is 50. "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAT

  Possible Answer : cast, cat-o'-nine-tails, honk, guy, Arabian_tea, hombre, throw_up, big_cat, retch, African_tea, vomit, regurgitate, Caterpillar, barf, CAT, sick, regorge, upchuck, disgorge, vomit_up, spew, spue, be_sick, computed_axial_tomography, qat, computerized_tomography, cat, bozo, khat, quat, computed_tomography, kat, true_cat, computerized_axial_tomography, puke, purge, chuck, CT

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down




• The clue is 51. Place for policy wonks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THINKTANK




• The clue is 56. Huge to-dos. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SCENES

  Possible Answer : fit, scenery, panorama, setting, view, vista, prospect, tantrum, conniption, shot, aspect, picture, scene




• The clue is 59. "Sounds good!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer : yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no




• The clue is 60. Norse god of war and death. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODIN

  Possible Answer : Odin




• The clue is 61. Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOLDWATER




• The clue is 63. Grammarian's concern. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USAGE

  Possible Answer : use, employment, usage, custom, exercise, utilization, usance, utilisation




• The clue is 64. Troubles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILLS

  Possible Answer : ill, complaint, ailment




• The clue is 65. Number of planets before Pluto was demoted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NINE

  Possible Answer : ix, IX, nine, 9, ball_club, club, ennead, baseball_club, nine-spot, niner, Nina_from_Carolina




• The clue is 66. Food item that might come with lox. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAGEL

  Possible Answer : beigel, bagel




• The clue is 67. El ___, Tex.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASO




• The clue is 68. Exhausted, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAD

  Possible Answer : beat, all_in, perfectly, numb, drained, bushed, deadened, idle, utterly, utter, absolutely, short, suddenly, abruptly, dead, stagnant

  Possible Opposite Answer : live, alive, living




• The clue is 69. Put forth, as effort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXERT

  Possible Answer : exert, maintain, exercise, wield

SMART

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Basketball star Curry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEPH

• The clue is 2. ___ Park, location of Edison's first major laboratory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENLO

• The clue is 3. Type of pear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANJOU

  Possible Answer: Anjou, anjou

• The clue is 4. Plant affliction that's below ground. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOTROT

• The clue is 5. Attempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRY

  Possible Answer: attempt, try_out, adjudicate, try_on, try, endeavour, hear, render, assay, test, prove, effort, examine, stress, endeavor, sample, judge, strain, taste, essay, seek

• The clue is 6. Creatures that are actually black with white stripes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ZEBRAS

  Possible Answer: zebra

• The clue is 7. What grads become. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALUMS

  Possible Answer: potash_alum, graduate, grad, ammonia_alum, ammonium_alum, alum, alumnus, potassium_alum, alumna

• The clue is 8. Tiny complaint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIT

  Possible Answer: nit

• The clue is 9. Abominable Snowman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YETI

  Possible Answer: abominable_snowman, yeti

• The clue is 10. Advances. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INROADS

  Possible Answer: inroad

• The clue is 11. Shirley Temple and Virgin Bloody Mary, for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOCKTAILS

• The clue is 12. H₂O, in Mexico. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGUA

  Possible Answer: agua_toad, Bufo_marinus, agua

• The clue is 13. "I understand you". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPY

  Possible Answer: copy, written_matter, replicate, imitate, simulate, re-create, transcript

• The clue is 19. Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMMA

• The clue is 21. Canadian province that's home to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALBERTA

  Possible Answer: Alberta

• The clue is 24. Grasp tightly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRIP

  Possible Answer: hold, spellbind, grasp, handgrip, bag, fascinate, transfix, traveling_bag, grapple, clutch, clutches, adhesive_friction, travelling_bag, grip, hairgrip, clench, suitcase, traction, bobby_pin, clasp, handle

• The clue is 25. Meh. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSO

• The clue is 29. Units of force. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWTONS

  Possible Answer: newton, N, Newton, Sir_Isaac_Newton, Isaac_Newton

• The clue is 30. Gait faster than a walk but slower than a canter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TROT

  Possible Answer: trot, pony, crib, jog, clip, lope, Trotskyist, Trotskyite, Trot

• The clue is 31. Snakelike fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EELS

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 32. Sheep sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAAS

  Possible Answer: baas, blat, blate, baa, bleat

• The clue is 33. "Enchanted" girl in a Gail Carson Levine book. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLA

• The clue is 34. Biomedical building blocks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEMCELLS

• The clue is 35. Recede, as the tide. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBB

  Possible Answer: ebb_down, ebb_out, reflux, ebbing, ebb, ebb_away, ebb_off, wane

  Possible Opposite Answer : tide

• The clue is 39. Remove from office. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUST

  Possible Answer: drum_out, oust, throw_out, expel, kick_out, boot_out

• The clue is 40. Cry made while pointing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOK

  Possible Answer: looking_at, take_care, depend, expect, feeling, spirit, wait, search, front, look, reckon, tone, see, await, flavour, expression, looking, attend, aspect, flavor, facial_expression, seem, face, smell, bet, feel, appear, calculate, count

  Possible Opposite Answer : back

• The clue is 43. No-goodnik. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOANDSO

• The clue is 46. Jazz combo instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTOSAX

• The clue is 48. Dish served from a crockpot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEW

  Possible Answer: sweat, swither, grizzle, stew, fret, lather, grudge, brood

• The clue is 49. In stacks, like a wedding cake. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TIERED

  Possible Answer: tiered

• The clue is 52. Evil hench-animal in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HYENA

  Possible Answer: hyena, hyaena

• The clue is 53. "The early bird gets the worm," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADAGE

  Possible Answer: adage, proverb, saw, byword

• The clue is 54. Landlocked African country. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIGER

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Niger, Niger, Niger_River

• The clue is 55. Prepared to propose. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNELT

  Possible Answer: kneel

• The clue is 56. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern parlance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHIP

  Possible Answer: embark, send, ship, transport

  Possible Opposite Answer : disembark

• The clue is 57. Pepsi or Coke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLA

  Possible Answer: Cola, genus_Cola, Colon, dope, Aspinwall, Costa_Rican_colon, colon, El_Salvadoran_colon, cola

• The clue is 58. Contents of a 23-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAND

  Possible Answer: guts, backbone, Baroness_Dudevant, gumption, Sand, sandpaper, Amandine_Aurore_Lucie_Dupin, moxie, sand, grit, George_Sand

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• The clue is 62. "How to ___ a ___" (common tutorial topic). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIE

  Possible Answer: link_up, draw, bind, standoff, attach, affiliation, wed, tie, marry, sleeper, tie-up, necktie, splice, tie_beam, link, crosstie, bond, linkup, connect, railroad_tie, association, tie-in

  Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

• The clue is 63. Purple yam common in Filipino cooking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBE

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (35 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: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g.	5
2A	6. Things often included with a free subscription	3
3A	9. Brazen	5
4A	14. Wake-up call	5
5A	15. Microscopic	3
6A	16. Photo option	5
7A	17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry	5
8A	18. Super Bowl LVI winner	3
9A	19. More likely to make the correct choice	5
10A	20. Kind of butter in beauty products	4
11A	21. Skeptical sort	5
12A	23. Critical item	4
13A	24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame	6
14A	26. Annual February/March event, with "the"	6
15A	28. Pot papers	4
16A	30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief	4
17A	31. Dressing choice	5
18A	32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine	5
19A	34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle	13
20A	37. Nab	3
21A	38. Nab	5
22A	39. One in a gym set	3
23A	41. Bungles	5
24A	44. Hydrotherapy center	3
25A	45. Finagled a discount, say	5
26A	47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across	7
27A	49. See 47-Across	7
28A	51. Non-Rx	3
29A	52. Big shot	3
30A	53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across	7
31A	57. See 53-Across	7
32A	61. Designates, in a way	7
33A	62. Resistance to change?	7
34A	63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift	7
35A	64. One accepted into the family?	7

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
• Similar words include: stuff, forcemeat, farce comedy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FARCE

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2A: "6. Things often included with a free subscription"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
• Similar words include: advertising, advert, advertisement
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADS

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3A: "9. Brazen"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that offensively bold
• Similar words include: nervy, cheeky
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BRASH

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4A: "14. Wake-up call"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
• Similar words include: alert, alarum, appall
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALARM

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5A: "15. Microscopic"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short time
• Similar words include: teentsy, micturate, spend a penny
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WEE

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6A: "16. Photo option"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
• Similar words include: flatness, mat up, matte up
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MATTE

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7A: "17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the divine word of god; the second person in the trinity (incarnate in jesus)
• Similar words include: Son, logo, Word
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOGOS

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8A: "18. Super Bowl LVI winner"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Similar words include: Aries the Ram, jam, chock up
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RAM

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9A: "19. More likely to make the correct choice"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
• Similar words include: wise to, knowing, sassy
• Opposite of: foolish

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Answer: WISER

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10A: "20. Kind of butter in beauty products"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SHEA

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11A: "21. Skeptical sort"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who is critical of the motives of others
• Similar words include: faultfinder
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CYNIC

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12A: "23. Critical item"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition requiring relief
• Similar words include: pauperism, postulate, penury
• Opposite of: obviate

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Answer: NEED

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13A: "24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EASTLA

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14A: "26. Annual February/March event, with "the""

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
• Similar words include: Oscar, Academy Award
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OSCARS

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15A: "28. Pot papers"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
• Similar words include: IOU
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IOUS

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16A: "30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YOLO

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17A: "31. Dressing choice"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
• Similar words include: cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RANCH

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18A: "32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: okra plant, okra, gumbo
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OKRAS

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19A: "34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: TONGUETWISTER

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20A: "37. Nab"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flexible container with a single opening
• Similar words include: grip, bagful, cup of tea
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BAG

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21A: "38. Nab"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take hold of; grab
• Similar words include: grab, appropriate, arrogate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEIZE

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22A: "39. One in a gym set"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Similar words include: repp
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REP

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23A: "41. Bungles"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an embarrassing mistake
• Similar words include: botch, foul up, bobble
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FLUBS

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24A: "44. Hydrotherapy center"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SPA

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25A: "45. Finagled a discount, say"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• Similar words include: redeem, relieve, economise
• Opposite of: lost

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Answer: SAVED

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26A: "47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an ethnic group speaking flemish and living in northern and western belgium
• Similar words include: Flemish dialect
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FLEMISH

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27A: "49. See 47-Across"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HIMSELF

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28A: "51. Non-Rx"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: OTC

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29A: "52. Big shot"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
• Similar words include: high-up, very important person, dignitary
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VIP

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30A: "53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of latvia
• Similar words include: Lettish
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: LATVIAN

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31A: "57. See 53-Across"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having or showing valor
• Similar words include: valorous
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: VALIANT

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32A: "61. Designates, in a way"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that choose by or as if by divine intervention
• Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ANOINTS

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33A: "62. Resistance to change?"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disposition to remain inactive or inert
• Similar words include: inactiveness, inactivity
• Opposite of: activeness

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Answer: INERTIA

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34A: "63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that painted beauty and red admiral
• Similar words include: genus Vanessa
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: VANESSA

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35A: "64. One accepted into the family?"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MADEMAN

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Like many mustaches in film	5
2D	2. Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately	5
3D	3. Shows little sign of slowing down	5
4D	4. Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down	8
5D	5. Museum's entrance and exit?	3
6D	6. Bad way to go	4
7D	7. College official	4
8D	8. Trailer opening?	4
9D	9. Maker of the i4 and i5	3
10D	10. See 4-Down	8
11D	11. Lost	5
12D	12. Animal in many a roundup	5
13D	13. Groups in roundups	5
14D	21. Get together for a party	6
15D	22. Smart ___	6
16D	25. Yearn	4
17D	27. Canon collection, in brief	4
18D	29. "Jeez Louise!"	6
19D	30. "Jeez Louise!"	6
20D	31. "A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet"	5
21D	33. Be in the military	5
22D	34. Like some orders and tales	4
23D	35. 20%, perhaps	3
24D	36. Spin	4
25D	37. Closest pal, in brief	3
26D	40. Source of a printout, often	3
27D	42. Many a cult classic	6
28D	43. Protests that aren't going anywhere?	6
29D	45. Beamed	6
30D	46. Have high hopes	6
31D	48. Skedaddles	5
32D	50. Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column	5
33D	53. John	3
34D	54. Actress de Armas	3
35D	55. Great deal	3
36D	56. Cryptology grp.	3
37D	57. Zip	3
38D	58. Put a PIN in it!	3
39D	59. Actress Long of "Love Jones"	3
40D	60. Color on the beach	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Like many mustaches in film"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
• Similar words include: treacherously, traitorously, delusive
• Opposite of: true

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Answer: FALSE

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2D: "2. Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: ciao
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALOHA

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3D: "3. Shows little sign of slowing down"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of intense anger
• Similar words include: trounce, bait, storm
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAGES

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4D: "4. Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the slavic people living in croatia
• Similar words include: Croat
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CROATIAN

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5D: "5. Museum's entrance and exit?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quad with a square body
• Similar words include: pica em, pica, mutton quad
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMS

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6D: "6. Bad way to go"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
• Similar words include: wrong, askew, cockeyed
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AWRY

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7D: "7. College official"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
• Similar words include: James Byron Dean, James Dean, doyen
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEAN

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8D: "8. Trailer opening?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Similar words include: semifinal, articulated lorry, trailer truck
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEMI

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9D: "9. Maker of the i4 and i5"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BMW

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10D: "10. See 4-Down"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a water-resistant coat
• Similar words include: waterproof
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RAINCOAT

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11D: "11. Lost"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATSEA

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12D: "12. Animal in many a roundup"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an indication of potential opportunity
• Similar words include: confidential information, head, channelize
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STEER

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13D: "13. Groups in roundups"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Similar words include: herd, ruck, crowd
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HERDS

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14D: "21. Get together for a party"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a closed political meeting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CAUCUS

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15D: "22. Smart ___"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the british term)
• Similar words include: biscuit, cooky
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: COOKIE

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16D: "25. Yearn"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that desire strongly or persistently
• Similar words include: foresightful, farsighted, foresighted
• Opposite of: unretentive, short

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Answer: LONG

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17D: "27. Canon collection, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLRS

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18D: "29. "Jeez Louise!""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHEESH

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19D: "30. "Jeez Louise!""

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YOWZAH

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20D: "31. "A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
• Similar words include: knave, scallywag, rapscallion
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROGUE

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21D: "33. Be in the military"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
• Similar words include: process, dish up, attend to
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SERVE

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22D: "34. Like some orders and tales"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a garment size for a tall person
• Similar words include: improbable, magniloquent, marvelous
• Opposite of: short

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Answer: TALL

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23D: "35. 20%, perhaps"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Similar words include: confidential information, angle, tilt
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TIP

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24D: "36. Spin"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Similar words include: spin around, keel, lurch
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REEL

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25D: "37. Closest pal, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BFF

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26D: "40. Source of a printout, often"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PDF

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27D: "42. Many a cult classic"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BMOVIE

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28D: "43. Protests that aren't going anywhere?"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SITINS

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29D: "45. Beamed"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
• Similar words include: smile
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SMILED

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30D: "46. Have high hopes"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
• Similar words include: shoot for, draw a bead on, aim
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASPIRE

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31D: "48. Skedaddles"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Similar words include: scat, break away, bunk
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SCATS

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32D: "50. Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IVANA

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33D: "53. John"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Similar words include: toilet, lavatory, privy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAV

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34D: "54. Actress de Armas"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANA

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35D: "55. Great deal"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Similar words include: long ton, short ton, net ton
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TON

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36D: "56. Cryptology grp."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Similar words include: National Security Agency
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NSA

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37D: "57. Zip"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
• Similar words include: energy, vigour, vitality
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VIM

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38D: "58. Put a PIN in it!"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Similar words include: standard atmosphere, automatic teller machine, standard pressure
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ATM

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39D: "59. Actress Long of "Love Jones""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NIA

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40D: "60. Color on the beach"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Similar words include: tangent, suntan, burn
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAN

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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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Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues

40 Down Clues

75 Total Clues

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