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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (37 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (41 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. "Melts in your mouth" candies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Mattress or memo follower | 3 |
| 3A | 10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one | 6 |
| 5A | 15. Meaning of "mono-" | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Marco Polo made his way across it | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Much of Mali | 6 |
| 8A | 18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might | 8 |
| 9A | 20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers | 12 |
| 10A | 22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g. | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Maroon and mahogany, for two | 6 |
| 12A | 25. Man's "monkey suit" | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Mom-to-aunt moniker | 3 |
| 14A | 28. Muscular part of a marathoner | 3 |
| 15A | 29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Met melody | 4 |
| 17A | 34. Make sure not to miss it! | 3 |
| 18A | 36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr | 5 |
| 19A | 38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter" | 15 |
| 20A | 42. Minced-meat cake | 5 |
| 21A | 43. Male meower | 3 |
| 22A | 44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr. | 3 |
| 24A | 46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co. | 3 |
| 26A | 51. Make free (of), maybe | 3 |
| 27A | 52. Munificent man | 6 |
| 28A | 54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say | 4 |
| 29A | 56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet" | 12 |
| 30A | 60. Midwest state that's home to Moline | 8 |
| 31A | 61. Many-toothed metal tool | 6 |
| 32A | 65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion | 4 |
| 33A | 66. Martial arts master Bruce | 3 |
| 34A | 67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g. | 6 |
| 35A | 68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr. | 4 |
| 36A | 69. Modern modem inits. | 3 |
| 37A | 70. Maniacs, maybe | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. "Melts in your mouth" candies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MANDMS
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2A: "7. Mattress or memo follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- Similar words include: embellish, fill out, lodgings
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAD
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3A: "10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- Similar words include: bathtub, bathing tub, bathroom
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BATH
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4A: "14. Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MATRON
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5A: "15. Meaning of "mono-""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: unrivaled, 1, ace
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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6A: "16. Marco Polo made his way across it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASIA
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7A: "17. Much of Mali"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern africa
- Similar words include: Sahara Desert
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAHARA
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8A: "18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a glancing rebound
- Similar words include: carom, resile, bound
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RICOCHET
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9A: "20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MAGICMARKERS
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10A: "22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular instance of buying or selling
- Similar words include: flock, allot, sight
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEAL
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11A: "24. Maroon and mahogany, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
- Similar words include: nuance, shade off, shade
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHADES
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12A: "25. Man's "monkey suit""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that semiformal evening dress for men
- Similar words include: black tie, tuxedo, dinner jacket
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUX
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13A: "26. Mom-to-aunt moniker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
- Similar words include: Si, Systeme International d'Unites, si
- Opposite of: brother
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Answer: SIS
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14A: "28. Muscular part of a marathoner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- Similar words include: branch, wooden leg, pegleg
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEG
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15A: "29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AKA
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16A: "32. Met melody"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARIA
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17A: "34. Make sure not to miss it!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Similar words include: pool cue, prompt, clue
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUE
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18A: "36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that look at with amorous intentions
- Similar words include: ogle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OGLED
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19A: "38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: MISCHIEFMANAGED
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20A: "42. Minced-meat cake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small flat mass of chopped food
- Similar words include: cake
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PATTY
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21A: "43. Male meower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
- Similar words include: tomcat, turkey cock, tom turkey
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOM
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22A: "44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for marijuana
- Similar words include: sess, skunk, smoke
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOPE
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23A: "45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
- Similar words include: Associate in Nursing, autonomic nervous system, AN
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANS
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24A: "46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- Similar words include: organizer, organiser, personal organizer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDA
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25A: "49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co."
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UPS
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26A: "51. Make free (of), maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relieve from
- Similar words include: free, disembarrass
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RID
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27A: "52. Munificent man"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
- Similar words include: partaker
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHARER
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28A: "54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say"
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: Aton
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATEN
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29A: "56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MICKEYMANTLE
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30A: "60. Midwest state that's home to Moline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a midwestern state in north-central united states
- Similar words include: Land of Lincoln, Prairie State, IL
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ILLINOIS
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31A: "61. Many-toothed metal tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
- Similar words include: splitsaw
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIPSAW
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32A: "65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
- Similar words include: clippety-clop, clip-clop, clump
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLOP
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33A: "66. Martial arts master Bruce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Lee Yuen Kam, lee side, Bruce Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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34A: "67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that operate an airplane
- Similar words include: pilot, fly
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AVIATE
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35A: "68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: EST, Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESTS
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36A: "69. Modern modem inits."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
- Similar words include: digital subscriber line
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DSL
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37A: "70. Maniacs, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an insane person
- Similar words include: maniac, madman, lunatic
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MADMEN
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Metric measurements: Abbr. | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Motorists make up this org. | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Maximum degree in math | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Molière's or Mamet's field | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Maxims discouraging misconduct | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Minor mishap | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Many a mailbox locale | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Marmot or marmoset | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Month multiplied by 120 | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Musters support for, as a mission | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Measure of a membership | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Milliners manufacture them | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here | 6 |
| 15D | 21. Matter to mull over | 5 |
| 16D | 22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit | 6 |
| 17D | 23. Manifests in the material world | 6 |
| 18D | 25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Map word in Marseille | 3 |
| 20D | 29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Maintain, as movie footage | 6 |
| 22D | 31. Made a basic math calculation | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Magician's or marionettist's performance | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Meander mindlessly (about) | 3 |
| 26D | 39. Mild-mannered characteristic? | 6 |
| 27D | 40. Miss badly, maybe | 5 |
| 28D | 41. Music magnifier at a concert | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Made a mere 24 hours ago | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Military groups that meet in battle | 6 |
| 31D | 50. Mouth moistener | 6 |
| 32D | 52. Moves merrily | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Mobile stand at a meeting | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Meh ... or medium-temp | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Miniature maze runners | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Major misfortunes | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Medical mass | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Means of transport in a mine | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me" | 3 |
| 40D | 63. Made a meal of | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Metric measurements: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
- Similar words include: millimeter, millimetre, mm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MMS
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2D: "2. Motorists make up this org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAA
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3D: "3. Maximum degree in math"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Similar words include: n-th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NTH
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4D: "4. Molière's or Mamet's field"
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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5D: "5. Maxims discouraging misconduct"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
- Similar words include: morality, lesson, ethics
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MORALS
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6D: "6. Minor mishap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp protuberance
- Similar words include: rip, tear, rent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNAG
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7D: "7. Many a mailbox locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PORCH
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8D: "8. Marmot or marmoset"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- Similar words include: fleshly, beast, creature
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANIMAL
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9D: "9. Month multiplied by 120"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of 10 years
- Similar words include: decennary, X, 10
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DECADE
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10D: "10. Musters support for, as a mission"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- Similar words include: stake, rear, support
- Opposite of: advance, front
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Answer: BACKS
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11D: "11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
- Similar words include: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASHE
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12D: "12. Measure of a membership"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- Similar words include: level, grade, tier up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIER
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13D: "13. Milliners manufacture them"
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, hat, chapeau
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HATS
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14D: "19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Similar words include: Beaver State, OR
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OREGON
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15D: "21. Matter to mull over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- Similar words include: yield, outcome, result
- Opposite of: recall
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Answer: ISSUE
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16D: "22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tree of southeastern asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
- Similar words include: Durio zibethinus, durion, durian tree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DURIAN
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17D: "23. Manifests in the material world"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have an existence, be extant
- Similar words include: exist, live, survive
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EXISTS
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18D: "25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a resort city in western florida; located on tampa bay on the gulf of mexico
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAMPA
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19D: "27. Map word in Marseille"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICI
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20D: "29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALGORE
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21D: "30. Maintain, as movie footage"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KEEPIN
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22D: "31. Made a basic math calculation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
- Similar words include: append, tot, summate
- Opposite of: subtract, take away
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Answer: ADDED
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23D: "33. Magician's or marionettist's performance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Similar words include: work, human activity, routine
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACT
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24D: "35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EFT
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25D: "37. Meander mindlessly (about)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
- Similar words include: anxiety reaction, jazz around, generalized anxiety disorder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAD
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26D: "39. Mild-mannered characteristic?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- Similar words include: dash, hyphenate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HYPHEN
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27D: "40. Miss badly, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feel sadness
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOURN
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28D: "41. Music magnifier at a concert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: adenylic acid, A, adenosine monophosphate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMP
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29D: "47. Made a mere 24 hours ago"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DAYOLD
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30D: "48. Military groups that meet in battle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- Similar words include: Army, USA, regular army
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARMIES
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31D: "50. Mouth moistener"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- Similar words include: spittle, spit
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALIVA
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32D: "52. Moves merrily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- Similar words include: hop, cut, skip over
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SKIPS
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33D: "53. Mobile stand at a meeting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EASEL
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34D: "55. Meh ... or medium-temp"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moderately warm
- Similar words include: halfhearted, half-hearted, lukewarm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEPID
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35D: "56. Miniature maze runners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- Similar words include: computer mouse, mouse, black eye
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MICE
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36D: "57. Major misfortunes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: ill, ailment, complaint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ILLS
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37D: "58. Medical mass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- Similar words include: curdle, coagulate, clog
- Opposite of: homogenize
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Answer: CLOT
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38D: "59. Means of transport in a mine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
- Similar words include: trolley car, tramway, tramcar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRAM
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39D: "62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
- Similar words include: surface-to-air missile
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAM
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40D: "63. Made a meal of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: use up, eat up, rust
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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41D: "64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
- Similar words include: sebaceous cyst, steatocystoma, pilar cyst
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WEN
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Today's Puzzle Stats
37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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