November 10, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle November 10, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Big mess	5
2A	6. Merino, for one	4
3A	10. What shaken soda cans do after being opened	4
4A	14. Hour and minutes separator	5
5A	15. Long-eared hopper	4
6A	16. Smidgen	4
7A	17. The Eagles' "___ These Nights"	5
8A	18. Working diligently	4
9A	19. Source of linen	4
10A	20. Sommelier?	13
11A	23. Winter D.C. setting	3
12A	24. "If you ask me ...," in shorthand	3
13A	25. Pen's end	3
14A	26. Sense of self	3
15A	29. Bartender?	12
16A	32. Product once advertised with the jingle "Who wears short shorts? ..."	4
17A	35. How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason	3
18A	36. Shakespeare's "___ Andronicus"	5
19A	37. Actress Kendrick	4
20A	38. Booth at a fair	5
21A	41. Let go of	4
22A	42. The "I" of I.P.A.	5
23A	44. Suffix with super	3
24A	45. Quod ___ demonstrandum	4
25A	46. Soda jerk?	12
26A	50. One of 12 in "antidisestablishmentarianism": Abbr.	3
27A	51. Sgt. or cpl.	3
28A	52. Group of scenes	3
29A	53. Govt. agency for retirees	3
30A	56. Barista?	13
31A	60. Concept	4
32A	62. ___ de las Amazonas	4
33A	63. Turn away	5
34A	64. Word after fist or baby	4
35A	65. Blue: Sp.	4
36A	66. Sunnis and Shiites, e.g.	5
37A	67. Intersect	4
38A	68. Bone-dry	4
39A	69. Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Big mess"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
• Words that mean the same thing: fucked-up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAFU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Merino, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fabric made from the hair of sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: woolen, fleece, woollen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. What shaken soda cans do after being opened"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: honk, ptyalize, puke
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Hour and minutes separator"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
• Words that mean the same thing: Aspinwall, El Salvadoran colon, Costa Rican colon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Long-eared hopper"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Smidgen"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: tittle, scintilla, shred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. The Eagles' "___ These Nights""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONEOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Working diligently"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Source of linen"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Sommelier?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORTAUTHORITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Winter D.C. setting"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "If you ask me ...," in shorthand"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
• Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Pen's end"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the writing point of a pen
• Words that mean the same thing: bill, pen nib, pecker
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Sense of self"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, self-importance, egotism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Bartender?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
• Words that mean the same thing: draftsman, draughtsman
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAFTSPERSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Product once advertised with the jingle "Who wears short shorts? ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that term of address for a man
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Shakespeare's "___ Andronicus""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a greek disciple and helper of saint paul
• Words that mean the same thing: Epistle to Titus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Titus Vespasianus Augustus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Actress Kendrick"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Booth at a fair"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a support or foundation
• Words that mean the same thing: standstill, stick out, suffer
• The opposite would be: sit, yield
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Let go of"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: deliver, concede, grant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. The "I" of I.P.A."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Suffix with super"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Quod ___ demonstrandum"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Soda jerk?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an abundant source
• Words that mean the same thing: headspring, wellspring, well
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOUNTAINHEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. One of 12 in "antidisestablishmentarianism": Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Sgt. or cpl."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Group of scenes"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: do, human action, play
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Govt. agency for retirees"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent government agency responsible for the social security system
• Words that mean the same thing: Social Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Barista?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
• Words that mean the same thing: groundkeeper, groundsman
• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROUNDSKEEPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Concept"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: musical theme, thought, approximation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. ___ de las Amazonas"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio, Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Turn away"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
• Words that mean the same thing: deflect, debar, fend off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Word after fist or baby"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lump on the body caused by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: kick downstairs, bulge, gibbousness
• The opposite would be: promote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Blue: Sp."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AZUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Sunnis and Shiites, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a subdivision of a larger religious group
• Words that mean the same thing: faction, religious sect, sect
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Intersect"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: suffer, contact, fulfil
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Bone-dry"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
• Words that mean the same thing: sear, shriveled, dried-up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: prove, assay, seek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle November 10, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. It will have you seeing things	5
2D	2. Discussing politics and religion with strangers, often	5
3D	3. On the qui vive	5
4D	4. 12 inches	4
5D	5. Dirty, as a trick	6
6D	6. "You got a problem with that?"	8
7D	7. "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g.	4
8D	8. ___ Belt	6
9D	9. Proceed without restraint	6
10D	10. Sort (through)	4
11D	11. Dacron fabric, for one	9
12D	12. Boarding pass info	3
13D	13. Makeup of candles or early records	3
14D	21. Sch. in Amherst	5
15D	22. "Yeah, sure"	4
16D	27. Dutch city or a cheese it's famous for	5
17D	28. Beginning	5
18D	29. Outlet from a sink	5
19D	30. Part of a bridal gown	5
20D	31. Chopped finely, as food	5
21D	32. Babes in the woods	5
22D	33. What an onslaught of political ads may do	5
23D	34. "Pretend for a moment that you care what I want"	9
24D	39. Easy-peasy	8
25D	40. Rubbish	5
26D	43. ___ time (never)	4
27D	47. Top-of-the-line Honda offerings	6
28D	48. Give an electrical charge	6
29D	49. Order that may follow "Ten-hut!"	6
30D	53. Engineering details	5
31D	54. Big name in mattresses	5
32D	55. ___-craftsy	5
33D	57. Entranced	4
34D	58. Gloomy	4
35D	59. Dark times, informally	4
36D	60. Company nicknamed Big Blue	3
37D	61. In ___ time	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. It will have you seeing things"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
• Words that mean the same thing: setting, oscilloscope, background
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Discussing politics and religion with strangers, often"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NONOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. On the qui vive"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: spanking, lively, zippy
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. 12 inches"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• Words that mean the same thing: human foot, foundation, understructure
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Dirty, as a trick"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
• Words that mean the same thing: unjust
• The opposite would be: fair
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNFAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "You got a problem with that?""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHATOFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: cuss, swearing, expletive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ Belt"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
• Words that mean the same thing: Orion, Hunter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Proceed without restraint"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sort (through)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move as if through a sieve
• Words that mean the same thing: sieve, strain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Dacron fabric, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLYESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Boarding pass info"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Makeup of candles or early records"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
• Words that mean the same thing: mount, climb, full
• The opposite would be: wane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Sch. in Amherst"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Yeah, sure""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "27. Dutch city or a cheese it's famous for"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mild cream-colored dutch cheese shaped in balls
• Words that mean the same thing: Gouda cheese
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOUDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Beginning"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: attack, onrush, onslaught
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Outlet from a sink"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
• Words that mean the same thing: drainpipe, debilitate, enfeeble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Part of a bridal gown"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Words that mean the same thing: direct, take aim, groom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Chopped finely, as food"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
• Words that mean the same thing: rice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Babes in the woods"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a naive or inexperienced person
• Words that mean the same thing: naif
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. What an onslaught of political ads may do"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: rag, get at, nark
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "Pretend for a moment that you care what I want""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDULGEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Easy-peasy"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOHASSLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Rubbish"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
• Words that mean the same thing: schlock, shlock
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. ___ time (never)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. Top-of-the-line Honda offerings"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACURAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Give an electrical charge"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that become converted into ions
• Words that mean the same thing: ionise
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Order that may follow "Ten-hut!""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Engineering details"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
• Words that mean the same thing: glasses, specification, spectacles
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Big name in mattresses"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. ___-craftsy"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Entranced"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that feeling great rapture or delight
• Words that mean the same thing: enraptured, rhapsodic, rapturous
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Gloomy"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - t.s.eliot
• Words that mean the same thing: tenacious, saturnine, glum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Dark times, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: evening, eve, Eve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Company nicknamed Big Blue"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. In ___ time"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: imputable, referable, ascribable
• The opposite would be: undue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	77.6%
Short Answer	13	17.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (52 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (65 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. Cause a mess, as with frying oil	8
2A	9. Create an intricate series of lies, say	8
3A	17. Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers	9
4A	19. "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia"	9
5A	20. Or more	10
6A	22. Like many public housing projects	10
7A	23. Comprehends	4
8A	24. Way to manipulate public opinion through fear	11
9A	26. "The ___ is done"	4
10A	27. Some ambulance destinations, for short	3
11A	28. Ceramicists' devices	13
12A	30. Hog heaven?	3
13A	31. Wrong idea	15
14A	33. Word with bean or lemon	4
15A	34. ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives"	5
16A	35. Tick off	4
17A	37. Pieces of art?	7
18A	40. Allude (to)	3
19A	41. Winter Olympics event	7
20A	44. Agreements where one party takes some heat?	9
21A	46. Old-time theater item	9
22A	48. They point toward Mecca while salah is performed	10
23A	50. Evergreen pointer	10
24A	51. Sharpen	4
25A	52. Natural process of maturing	11
26A	54. Airplane wing feature	4
27A	55. Girder whose name assumes a serif font	5
28A	57. Paleolithic-era tools	9
29A	58. Have spiritual unity (with)	5
30A	59. Falsify	6
31A	61. ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)	7
32A	62. Actress and model Ali ___	6
33A	63. Like some pricing strategies	6
34A	65. Annual awards whose name is an acronym	5
35A	66. Affectedly clever	6
36A	67. Allude (to)	5
37A	69. Southwest landform	5
38A	70. Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short	3
39A	73. Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more	13
40A	79. [ha ha!]	3
41A	82. Reddish-brown color	4
42A	84. Ones skilled in governance	11
43A	85. Gram	4
44A	86. Return analogue	5
45A	88. "You're one to talk!"	9
46A	89. Mumbo jumbo	5
47A	90. Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed	10
48A	92. Drink order at a sushi restaurant	10
49A	94. What might have green rooms?	9
50A	95. Unlikely sportsmanship award winner	9
51A	96. ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister"	8
52A	97. Quarter-barrel containers of beer	8

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Cause a mess, as with frying oil"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
• Similar words include: spatter, plash, sputtering
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPLATTER

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2A: "9. Create an intricate series of lies, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPINAWEB

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3A: "17. Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TESTRIDES

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4A: "19. "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia""

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPICDRAMA

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5A: "20. Or more"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATAMINIMUM

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6A: "22. Like many public housing projects"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STATEAIDED

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7A: "23. Comprehends"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: obtain, commence, make
• Opposite of: end, leave

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GETS

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8A: "24. Way to manipulate public opinion through fear"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCARETACTIC

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9A: "26. "The ___ is done""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
• Similar words include: title, human activity, act
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEED

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10A: "27. Some ambulance destinations, for short"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: atomic number 68, erbium, ER
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERS

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11A: "28. Ceramicists' devices"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POTTERYWHEELS

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12A: "30. Hog heaven?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Similar words include: hordeolum, stye, eye infection
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STY

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13A: "31. Wrong idea"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FALSEIMPRESSION

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14A: "33. Word with bean or lemon"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CURD

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15A: "34. ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SAEED

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16A: "35. Tick off"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of irritation or annoyance
• Similar words include: huff, seeing red
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MIFF

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17A: "37. Pieces of art?"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
• Similar words include: arial mosaic, photomosaic, Mosaic
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOSAICS

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18A: "40. Allude (to)"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOD

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19A: "41. Winter Olympics event"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that formerly two short sleds coupled together
• Similar words include: bobsleigh, bob
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BOBSLED

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20A: "44. Agreements where one party takes some heat?"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARMSDEALS

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21A: "46. Old-time theater item"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOVIEREEL

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22A: "48. They point toward Mecca while salah is performed"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PRAYERMATS

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23A: "50. Evergreen pointer"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PINENEEDLE

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24A: "51. Sharpen"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
• Similar words include: perfect
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HONE

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25A: "52. Natural process of maturing"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SUNRIPENING

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26A: "54. Airplane wing feature"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
• Similar words include: dither, tizzy, flapping
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FLAP

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27A: "55. Girder whose name assumes a serif font"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IBEAM

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28A: "57. Paleolithic-era tools"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STONEAXES

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29A: "58. Have spiritual unity (with)"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BEONE

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30A: "59. Falsify"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
• Similar words include: MD, medico, furbish up
• Opposite of: break

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOCTOR

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31A: "61. ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SKEETER

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32A: "62. Actress and model Ali ___"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LARTER

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33A: "63. Like some pricing strategies"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having or arranged in tiers
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TIERED

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34A: "65. Annual awards whose name is an acronym"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that catch sight of
• Similar words include: espy, spot, descry
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESPYS

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35A: "66. Affectedly clever"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CUTESY

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36A: "67. Allude (to)"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make reference to
• Similar words include: concern, relate, consult
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: REFER

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37A: "69. Southwest landform"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BUTTE

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38A: "70. Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Similar words include: prostate specific antigen
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PSA

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39A: "73. Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SILICONVALLEY

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40A: "79. [ha ha!]"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LOL

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41A: "82. Reddish-brown color"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
• Similar words include: rust-brown, rust fungus, eat
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUST

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42A: "84. Ones skilled in governance"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
• Similar words include: technocrat
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: TECHNOCRATS

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43A: "85. Gram"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NANA

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44A: "86. Return analogue"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to come or go into
• Similar words include: enrol, infix, enroll
• Opposite of: drop out, exit

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENTER

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45A: "88. "You're one to talk!""

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: THATSRICH

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46A: "89. Mumbo jumbo"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that senseless talk
• Similar words include: stuff and nonsense, stuff, poppycock
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HOOEY

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47A: "90. Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FORTEPIANO

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48A: "92. Drink order at a sushi restaurant"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: SAKEBOTTLE

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49A: "94. What might have green rooms?"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ECORESORT

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50A: "95. Unlikely sportsmanship award winner"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SORELOSER

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51A: "96. ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister""

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ROSAMUND

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52A: "97. Quarter-barrel containers of beer"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PONYKEGS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)	5
2D	2. Fizzle (out)	5
3D	3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024	5
4D	4. PINpoints?	4
5D	5. Lead-in to state or Star	3
6D	6. Typically red-coated toy figurines	11
7D	7. Official proclamations	6
8D	8. Try to produce better offspring from	6
9D	9. Bursts	6
10D	10. Feels for	6
11D	11. Sport with crampons and carabiners	11
12D	12. Document that promises secrecy, for short	3
13D	13. Like the climate in Antarctica	4
14D	14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say	5
15D	15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.	5
16D	16. Villain	5
17D	18. "No doubt about it!"	6
18D	19. Inscribed	6
19D	21. Mythical creature with scales	6
20D	22. Lost one's temper	6
21D	25. Like some donations that anyone can accept	5
22D	28. Pride celebration	6
23D	29. "That much is obvious"	6
24D	31. Child who refuses to put things away?	10
25D	32. Flag thrower	10
26D	33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score	8
27D	36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A.	8
28D	37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist	7
29D	38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria	5
30D	39. Perspectives	6
31D	41. More difficult to eat, as fish	6
32D	42. Tandoors, e.g.	5
33D	43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator	7
34D	44. Garden pest	5
35D	45. Butterfly, e.g.	6
36D	46. Cheeky flirts	6
37D	47. Sufferer healed by Jesus	5
38D	49. Unit circle ratios	5
39D	50. Like some soils high in organic matter	5
40D	53. Small protestation	4
41D	56. Sociologist's concern	5
42D	58. Eccentric	5
43D	60. Update the equipment in	5
44D	62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front	5
45D	64. Erasure	8
46D	66. Person idolized by a niche audience	8
47D	68. Physics Nobelist Feynman	7
48D	69. Covert mission, familiarly	7
49D	70. Be partial to	6
50D	71. Shell competitor	6
51D	72. Daikin Park team	6
52D	74. Gregorian ___	5
53D	75. Aware of	4
54D	76. We, in Portuguese	3
55D	77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound	4
56D	78. Teatro alla Scala solos	5
57D	79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master"	6
58D	80. Support for the tree pose in yoga	6
59D	81. Strategy against fickle weather	6
60D	83. One more than 5-Down	5
61D	85. Unacceptable	5
62D	87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"	4
63D	89. Hallowed	4
64D	91. Nittany Lions' sch.	3
65D	93. Big ___	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Similar words include: stagecoach, degree, point
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STAGE

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2D: "2. Fizzle (out)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
• Similar words include: putz, tool, Saint Peter
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PETER

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3D: "3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LSATS

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4D: "4. PINpoints?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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: atm, asynchronous transfer mode, automated teller machine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATMS

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5D: "5. Lead-in to state or Star"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TRI

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6D: "6. Typically red-coated toy figurines"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: TINSOLDIERS

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7D: "7. Official proclamations"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a formal or authoritative proclamation
• Similar words include: rescript, edict, decree
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EDICTS

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8D: "8. Try to produce better offspring from"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REMATE

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9D: "9. Bursts"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: flock, good deal, sight
• Opposite of: boo

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPATES

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10D: "10. Feels for"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• Similar words include: pathos, commiseration, compassionate
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PITIES

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11D: "11. Sport with crampons and carabiners"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: ICECLIMBING

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12D: "12. Document that promises secrecy, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NDA

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13D: "13. Like the climate in Antarctica"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Similar words include: desiccated, desiccate, waterless
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARID

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14D: "14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
• Similar words include: cram, jampack, chock up
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WADES

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15D: "15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EMEET

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16D: "16. Villain"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BADDY

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17D: "18. "No doubt about it!""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SUREIS

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18D: "19. Inscribed"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make an etching of
• Similar words include: engrave, engraved, graven
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ETCHED

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19D: "21. Mythical creature with scales"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
• Similar words include: Ethel Merman
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MERMAN

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20D: "22. Lost one's temper"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SAWRED

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21D: "25. Like some donations that anyone can accept"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TYPEO

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22D: "28. Pride celebration"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a ceremonial procession including people marching
• Similar words include: promenade, troop, march
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PARADE

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23D: "29. "That much is obvious""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SOISEE

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24D: "31. Child who refuses to put things away?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FUSSYEATER

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25D: "32. Flag thrower"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: NFLREFEREE

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26D: "33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: COMANECI

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27D: "36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A."

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a building where livestock are fattened for market
• Similar words include: feedlot
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FEEDLOTS

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28D: "37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MRROBOT

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29D: "38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
• Similar words include: Albert Camus
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CAMUS

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30D: "39. Perspectives"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a biased way of looking at or presenting something
• Similar words include: angle, lean, slant
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLANTS

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31D: "41. More difficult to eat, as fish"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
• Similar words include: haggard, cadaverous, emaciated
• Opposite of: boneless

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Answer: BONIER

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32D: "42. Tandoors, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Similar words include: oven
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OVENS

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33D: "43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DELANEY

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34D: "44. Garden pest"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various small plant-sucking insects
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APHID

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35D: "45. Butterfly, e.g."

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• Similar words include: solidus, virgule, fortuity
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STROKE

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36D: "46. Cheeky flirts"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
• Similar words include: vamper, prickteaser, flirt
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MINXES

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37D: "47. Sufferer healed by Jesus"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person afflicted with leprosy
• Similar words include: lazar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEPER

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38D: "49. Unit circle ratios"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Similar words include: drop the ball, trespass, goof
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SINES

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39D: "50. Like some soils high in organic matter"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEATY

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40D: "53. Small protestation"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the short weak cry of a young bird
• Similar words include: chirrup, peek, cheep
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEEP

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41D: "56. Sociologist's concern"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
• Similar words include: Thomas More, More, Sir Thomas More
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MORES

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42D: "58. Eccentric"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Similar words include: loco, nuts, crackers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BATTY

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43D: "60. Update the equipment in"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: REFIT

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44D: "62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
• Similar words include: lute, luting
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LUTES

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45D: "64. Erasure"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
• Similar words include: excision, omission, cut
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELETION

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46D: "66. Person idolized by a niche audience"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CULTHERO

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47D: "68. Physics Nobelist Feynman"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RICHARD

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48D: "69. Covert mission, familiarly"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLACKOP

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49D: "70. Be partial to"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that like better; value more highly
• Similar words include: favor, choose, opt
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PREFER

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50D: "71. Shell competitor"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SUNOCO

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51D: "72. Daikin Park team"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASTROS

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52D: "74. Gregorian ___"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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: intonate, tone, cantillate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHANT

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53D: "75. Aware of"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONTO

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54D: "76. We, in Portuguese"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Similar words include: no, No, atomic number 102
• Opposite of: yes

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Answer: NOS

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55D: "77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs
• Similar words include: videocassette recorder, VCR
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VCRS

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56D: "78. Teatro alla Scala solos"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Similar words include: aria
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARIAS

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57D: "79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAOTSE

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58D: "80. Support for the tree pose in yoga"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONELEG

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59D: "81. Strategy against fickle weather"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
• Similar words include: level, stratum, layer
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAYERS

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60D: "83. One more than 5-Down"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TETRA

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61D: "85. Unacceptable"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTOK

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62D: "87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REEM

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63D: "89. Hallowed"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sacred place of pilgrimage
• Similar words include: holy place, sanctum
• Opposite of: unholy

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Answer: HOLY

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64D: "91. Nittany Lions' sch."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PSU

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65D: "93. Big ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mountain or tall hill
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BEN

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52 Across Clues

65 Down Clues

117 Total Clues

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