July 20, 1997 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - July 20, 1997

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. Favorite Degas subject: DANCERS
• 8. Behave: ACT
• 11. ___-Ball: SKEE
• 15. It often has its arms out front: PUB
• 18. Gorged oneself: ATEALOT
• 19. Classified: PERSONAL
• 21. "Windsor Forest" poet: POPE
• 22. Dinner offerings: MEATLOAFPLATTERS
• 24. Services, in a way: OILS
• 25. "Mr. Basketball" Holman et al.: NATS
• 26. Gray remover, maybe: DYER
• 27. "Suzanne" songwriter: COHEN
• 28. Orbital point: APSIS
• 29. "The Simpsons" tavern: MOES
• 31. Show of affection: SWEETKISS
• 33. Backgammon piece: STONE
• 34. Oater affirmative: YUP
• 36. Engine conduits: HOSES
• 37. Hits errantly, in golf: SHANKS
• 38. Impassioned: ARDENT
• 41. State to be in: ZEN
• 42. Word with ready or shy: CAMERA
• 44. Reef: BAR
• 45. Hair-raising site?: SALON
• 47. Undercover operation: POLICESTING
• 52. #2 at the 1994 U.S. Open: STICH
• 54. Swing voter: Abbr.: IND
• 55. Lodge: HOSTEL
• 56. CD-___: ROM
• 57. Ice cream parlor order: FRAPPE
• 59. "La vita nuova" poet: DANTE
• 60. Captures, in a way: LASSOS
• 63. Rachmaninoff's "___-tableaux": ETUDES
• 64. Indian stringed instruments: VINAS
• 65. Make up: RECOUP
• 66. Like some muscles: FLEXED
• 67. Poop: FACTS
• 68. Impetuous: MADCAP
• 69. Listen: Sp.: OIR
• 70. British noble, briefly: ARISTO
• 72. "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia: TIS
• 73. Certain berth: UPPER
• 76. Kind of pie: BOSTONCREAM
• 79. Community spirit: ETHOS
• 81. Majors in acting: LEE
• 82. Ruling groups: JUNTAS
• 83. Farm resident: ANT
• 84. Part of a split personality: JEKYLL
• 86. Orchestral works: SCORES
• 88. Considerable irritant: THORN
• 91. Word in many business names: SON
• 92. "Star Trek" role: UHURA
• 93. Soup kitchen offering: FREEBREAD
• 97. Taradiddles: FIBS
• 100. Puffball relative: MOREL
• 101. Release upon: LETAT
• 102. Hotfooted it: SPED
• 104. Clock sound: TOCK
• 106. Make money: MINT
• 107. Health care group: HEARTASSOCIATION
• 110. Sews up: ICES
• 111. Reserved: SETASIDE
• 112. Totals: COMESTO
• 113. Christie contemporary: TEY
• 114. Musical syllables: TRAS
• 115. Never, in Nuremberg: NIE
• 116. Least irrigated: ARIDEST

Down:

• 1. Butler's expletive: DAMN
• 2. Col. Hannibal Smith's group: ATEAM
• 3. Cool: NEATO
• 4. Relative of an agate: CATSEYE
• 5. Plumbing piece: ELL
• 6. Chancel entrance display: ROOD
• 7. Collar inserts: STAYS
• 8. Collar: APPREHEND
• 9. Animator's unit: CEL
• 10. Parcels: TRACTS
• 11. "___ Is Love" (1962 hit): SOTHIS
• 12. They provide prayer support: KNEES
• 13. Brings in: EARNS
• 14. 1997 U.S. Open champ: ELS
• 15. Long-term pollution concern: POISONAIRSUPPLY
• 16. Data transmission path: UPLINK
• 17. Actress Armstrong and others: BESSES
• 20. Tend the hearth: STOKE
• 21. Toaster treat: POPTART
• 23. Couple or so: FEW
• 28. Word before and after "to": ASHES
• 30. Parasol: SUNSHADE
• 32. Quite a while: EON
• 35. Fund-raising grp.: PTA
• 37. Seemed funny: SMELLED
• 38. Sit-up benefactors: ABS
• 39. Squeal: RAT
• 40. Travels of Shane, e.g.: DRIFTERSJOURNEY
• 41. Locale: ZONE
• 42. Mention: CITE
• 43. Breeze through: ACE
• 46. Items in sync?: LIPS
• 47. Imaginary: PHANTOM
• 48. Chaplin and others: OONAS
• 49. Mil. transports: LSTS
• 50. "Are you nervous?" response, a la Don Knotts: NOOP
• 51. Diamond execs: GMS
• 53. Gist: CRUX
• 58. Hairsplitters: PEDANTS
• 59. Pronouncements: DICTA
• 61. Charge with: ACCUSEOF
• 62. Bribe money, in slang: SOAP
• 63. Chacon of the 1962 Mets: ELIO
• 64. Still-life subject: VASE
• 65. Hasty: RASH
• 66. Pocket item: FOB
• 67. Holiday purchases: FIRS
• 68. Diamond target: MITT
• 71. Company that made Photophones: RCA
• 72. Ford sobriquet: TENNESSEE
• 74. Sniggler's quest: EEL
• 75. Fam. reunion attendee: REL
• 77. Castle features: TURRETS
• 78. "Paper Moon" actor or actress: ONEAL
• 80. Breakfast orders, briefly: OJS
• 83. J.F.K. posting: ARR
• 85. Emulated Mme. Defarge: KNITTED
• 86. Kind of meeting: SUMMIT
• 87. Prize: CHOICE
• 88. Aquarium acquisitions: TETRAS
• 89. Track and field events: HEATS
• 90. Secure: OBTAIN
• 93. Topps rival: FLEER
• 94. Gaucho gear: REATA
• 95. Mil. address: APO
• 96. Longtime Guy Lombardo record label: DECCA
• 98. City on the Oregon Trail: BOISE
• 99. Dumbarton denizens: SCOTS
• 103. New Look designer: DIOR
• 105. Measure of speed: KNOT
• 107. Presidential monogram: HST
• 108. Star Wars, initially: SDI
• 109. "___ dreaming?": AMI

NYT0903 Tuesday Sep 03, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Fanged menaces, 5. Word with League or Spring, 9. "What's the big ___?", 13. Clown role in Chinese opera, 14. Crayon choice, 16. Dallas hoopers, informally, 17. Brand of kitchen storage containers, 19. Pub pints, 20. Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex-, 21. $1,000,000, casually, 22. Alley division, 23. Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 24. The second "S" of U.S.S.R., 26. Hug, 29. Gender identity prefix, 30. Overly, 31. Strong desire, 34. Fracas, 38. Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across?, 42. Egyptian symbols of life, 43. Parisian pal, 44. Helpful suggestion, 45. "___ who you know" (networking principle), 47. Force of nature?, 50. When the skeletons in one's closet might be brought out, 55. Smidgen, 56. Cain's victim, 57. Feeling crummy, 58. Call off, as a takeoff, 60. Second part of a notable Latin boast, 61. Alexander Hamilton, politically, 64. Upper hand, 65. Small component of an immune response, 66. Pale yellow cheese, 67. Groks, 68. Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul, 69. Actress Hatcher

Down Clues :

1. Play division, 2. Close, 3. Story that jumps off the page?, 4. "Last" thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, 5. Farm measure, 6. Argument, 7. Site of a famous 1836 battle, 8. Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty, 9. "No more for me, thanks", 10. ___ Lama, 11. Some bets in roulette, 12. Flexibility, for a dancer, 15. Archeological find, 18. Director Kazan, 24. Big name in mattresses, 25. Goals, 26. ___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé, 27. Like a well-manicured lawn, 28. Junkyard dog, 32. Student-run class?, 33. Digitally endorse, 35. Use one's winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo, 36. Give off, 37. Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g., 39. Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo, 40. "___ your other question ...", 41. Ending for law or saw, 46. "You Belong With Me" singer, 48. "Take a Chance on Me" group, 49. Rainbow hue, 50. Privileged group, 51. Put up with, 52. Shelf, 53. Yard sign word, 54. Grandparent, e.g., 58. Folk singer Guthrie, 59. Ruler at the Winter Palace, 62. Name found in "Yale library," appropriately, 63. "Spare me the deets!"

Tuesdat Sep 03, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 03, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ASPS

  Possible Answer : Egyptian_cobra, asp, Vipera_aspis, asp_viper, Naja_haje




• The clue is 5. Word with League or Spring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer : Arabian, Arab




• The clue is 9. "What's the big ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEA

  Possible Answer : idea, melodic_theme, estimate, musical_theme, approximation, theme, thought, mind, estimation




• The clue is 13. Clown role in Chinese opera. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHOU

  Possible Answer : Chow_dynasty, Chow, Zhou_dynasty, Zhou, Chou_dynasty, Chou, cabbage, cream_puff, chou




• The clue is 14. Crayon choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLOR

  Possible Answer : colouring, coloring, coloration, emblazon, vividness, people_of_colour, coloring_material, semblance, colorise, people_of_color, color_in, distort, color, discolor, tinge, colourize, colourise, colouring_material, colour_in, colour, colorize, discolour, gloss, colouration

  Possible Opposite Answer : black-and-white, discolor, colorlessness




• The clue is 16. Dallas hoopers, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAVS




• The clue is 17. Brand of kitchen storage containers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: TUPPERWARE




• The clue is 19. Pub pints. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALES

  Possible Answer : ale




• The clue is 20. Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUPLE




• The clue is 21. $1,000,000, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIL

  Possible Answer : Swedish_mile, mil, cubic_centimetre, ml, mile, millilitre, milliliter, cubic_centimeter, cc




• The clue is 22. Alley division. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANE

  Possible Answer : lane




• The clue is 23. Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEI

  Possible Answer : Ieoh_Ming_Pei, Pei, I._M._Pei




• The clue is 24. The second "S" of U.S.S.R.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOCIALIST

  Possible Answer : socialistic, socialist

  Possible Opposite Answer : capitalistic




• The clue is 26. Hug. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBRACE

  Possible Answer : embracing, sweep_up, comprehend, cover, embrace, bosom, embracement, adopt, squeeze, hug, espouse, encompass




• The clue is 29. Gender identity prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIS

  Possible Answer : curie, CIS, Ci, Commonwealth_of_Independent_States




• The clue is 30. Overly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOO

  Possible Answer : besides, too, likewise, to_a_fault, also, as_well, overly, excessively




• The clue is 31. Strong desire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URGE

  Possible Answer : cheer, press, exhort, recommend, inspire, root_on, barrack, urge_on, itch, advocate, impulse, pep_up, urge




• The clue is 34. Fracas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELEE

  Possible Answer : melee, scrimmage, battle_royal




• The clue is 38. Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: TWOPARTYSYSTEMS




• The clue is 42. Egyptian symbols of life. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANKHS




• The clue is 43. Parisian pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMIE




• The clue is 44. Helpful suggestion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIP

  Possible Answer : bakshish, fee, baksheesh, hint, peak, backsheesh, confidential_information, bakshis, tumble, tip, tip_off, gratuity, steer, tap, bung, topple, crown, tilt, top, angle, tiptoe, lean, point, tippytoe, wind, summit, slant, crest, pourboire, lead




• The clue is 45. "___ who you know" (networking principle). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITS

  Possible Answer : information_technology, IT




• The clue is 47. Force of nature?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRAVITY

  Possible Answer : soberness, graveness, somberness, sobriety, solemnity, gravitational_attraction, gravitation, sombreness, gravitational_force, gravity

  Possible Opposite Answer : levity




• The clue is 50. When the skeletons in one's closet might be brought out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALLOWEEN

  Possible Answer : Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows_Eve




• The clue is 55. Smidgen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIT

  Possible Answer : piece, moment, scrap, turn, snatch, routine, bite, prick, spot, burn, chip, minute, flake, sting, mo, bit, morsel, second, seize_with_teeth, fleck, act, number




• The clue is 56. Cain's victim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABEL

  Possible Answer : Niels_Henrik_Abel, Abel, Niels_Abel




• The clue is 57. Feeling crummy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILL

  Possible Answer : poorly, sick, complaint, ill, ailment, ominous, badly, inauspicious

  Possible Opposite Answer : well




• The clue is 58. Call off, as a takeoff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABORT

  Possible Answer : abort




• The clue is 60. Second part of a notable Latin boast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIDI




• The clue is 61. Alexander Hamilton, politically. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: FEDERALIST

  Possible Answer : federalist, Federalist




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

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

  The answer: EDGE

  Possible Answer : bound, march, edge, inch, adjoin, abut, butt_against, butt_on, border, butt, boundary, sharpness




• The clue is 65. Small component of an immune response. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TCELL




• The clue is 66. Pale yellow cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDAM

  Possible Answer : Edam




• The clue is 67. Groks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEES

  Possible Answer : visualize, go_steady, fancy, visualise, ascertain, get_word, picture, go_out, visit, hear, examine, project, regard, realize, watch, take_in, determine, attend, pick_up, witness, experience, catch, check, learn, assure, run_into, get_wind, ensure, go_through, understand, meet, take_care, envision, interpret, discover, construe, realise, look, see_to_it, escort, find_out, find, consider, reckon, encounter, come_across, see, date, insure, view, control, get_a_line, image, run_across, figure




• The clue is 68. Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIO

  Possible Answer : 3, tierce, threesome, triplet, leash, triple, trey, ternion, III, trine, triad, tercet, trinity, three, terzetto, troika, trio, deuce-ace, ternary




• The clue is 69. Actress Hatcher. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERI

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer: human_activity, play, turn, enactment, do, move, routine, playact, human_action, act_as, pretend, work, deed, dissemble, bit, represent, roleplay, behave, act, number

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain

• The clue is 2. Close. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHUT

  Possible Answer: shut_out, keep_out, exclude, close, closed, unopen, shut

  Possible Opposite Answer : admit, open

• The clue is 3. Story that jumps off the page?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POPUPBOOK

• The clue is 4. "Last" thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUPPER

  Possible Answer: supper

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

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

  The answer: ACRE

  Possible Answer: Acre, Accho, Akka, Akko, acre

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

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

  The answer: ROW

  Possible Answer: run-in, rowing, words, quarrel, dustup, course, wrangle, row

• The clue is 7. Site of a famous 1836 battle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALAMO

  Possible Answer: Alamo

• The clue is 8. Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORIC

  Possible Answer: boric, boracic

• The clue is 9. "No more for me, thanks". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: IMALLSET

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

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

  The answer: DALAI

• The clue is 11. Some bets in roulette. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVENS

  Possible Answer: evening, eve, flush, level, even, eventide, even_out

• The clue is 12. Flexibility, for a dancer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSET

  Possible Answer: asset, plus

  Possible Opposite Answer : liability

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

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

  The answer: RELIC

  Possible Answer: souvenir, token, relic, keepsake

• The clue is 18. Director Kazan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIA

  Possible Answer: Charles_Lamb, Elia, Lamb

• The clue is 24. Big name in mattresses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERTA

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

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

  The answer: AIMS

  Possible Answer: aim, bearing, train, draw_a_bead_on, shoot_for, aspire, intention, take_aim, purpose, objective, target, purport, get, heading, direct, place, object, calculate, propose, drive, intent, point, design, take

• The clue is 26. ___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTA

• The clue is 27. Like a well-manicured lawn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOWN

  Possible Answer: cut, mow, mown, cut_down, mop, pout

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmown

• The clue is 28. Junkyard dog. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUR

  Possible Answer: cur, mutt, mongrel

• The clue is 32. Student-run class?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GYM

  Possible Answer: gym, gymnasium

• The clue is 33. Digitally endorse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESIGN

• The clue is 35. Use one's winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETITRIDE

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

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

  The answer: EMIT

  Possible Answer: give_off, let_out, breathe, give_out, let_loose, utter, emit, pass_off

  Possible Opposite Answer : absorb

• The clue is 37. Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPY

  Possible Answer: spot, spy, descry, espy

• The clue is 39. Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: PHILLIES

• The clue is 40. "___ your other question ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTO

• The clue is 41. Ending for law or saw. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YER

• The clue is 46. "You Belong With Me" singer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWIFT

  Possible Answer: Jonathan_Swift, western_fence_lizard, swift, Swift, Gustavus_Franklin_Swift, fleet, Sceloporus_occidentalis, Dean_Swift, blue-belly

• The clue is 48. "Take a Chance on Me" group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBA

• The clue is 49. Rainbow hue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIOLET

  Possible Answer: purple, violet, purplish, reddish_blue

• The clue is 50. Privileged group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAVES

  Possible Answer: suffer, give_birth, own, deliver, have_got, take_in, induce, have, throw, feature, possess, sustain, get, experience, bear, wealthy_person, ingest, cause, let, receive, stimulate, give, hold, take, birth, rich_person, consume, make, accept

  Possible Opposite Answer : abstain, lack, refuse

• The clue is 51. Put up with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABIDE

  Possible Answer: stay, digest, abide, endure, bide, suffer, tolerate, put_up, support, brook, stand, stick_out, stomach, bear

• The clue is 52. Shelf. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEDGE

  Possible Answer: ledge, shelf

• The clue is 53. Yard sign word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELECT

  Possible Answer: elite, chosen, elect

• The clue is 54. Grandparent, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELDER

  Possible Answer: senior, older, sr., elder, elderberry_bush

• The clue is 58. Folk singer Guthrie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARLO

• The clue is 59. Ruler at the Winter Palace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSAR

  Possible Answer: tsar, czar, tzar

• The clue is 62. Name found in "Yale library," appropriately. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI

• The clue is 63. "Spare me the deets!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMI

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Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. [Taps casino table]	5
2A	6. Signs of treble?	5
3A	11. ___ hair (edgy 2000s trend)	3
4A	14. Longtime "Inside the NBA" analyst opposite Barkley	5
5A	15. Deck in divination	5
6A	16. Mil. authority	3
7A	17. Failing to pay bills on time may affect this	11
8A	19. Possessed	3
9A	20. Lotto-like casino game	4
10A	21. Summer treats in small cups	4
11A	22. Sounds of sudden vanishing	5
12A	24. Zero	4
13A	26. Inverse of kilo-	5
14A	27. "Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear" painter, 1889	14
15A	32. Pair of cymbals in a drum kit	5
16A	33. Tribal home, maybe, informally	3
17A	34. Reason to take a painkiller	4
18A	35. So-called "melting pot," in brief	3
19A	36. E-bike alternative	7
20A	40. One ___ time	3
21A	41. Bubbles in a bubble bath	4
22A	43. A QR code might access one	3
23A	44. Purplish perennial	5
24A	46. Villain ranked #1 on A.F.I.'s "100 Years ... 100 Heroes & Villains" list	14
25A	50. Ransacks	5
26A	51. Retail chain with ready-to-assemble products	4
27A	52. Stays in line, say	5
28A	53. Hawaiian goose	4
29A	55. Thumbs-down votes	4
30A	59. Buried	3
31A	60. Emulates the three figures in this puzzle ... or what the figures do within the answers to 17-, 27- and 46-Across?	11
32A	63. Fruit drink	3
33A	64. On a higher level	5
34A	65. Second-chance show	5
35A	66. Org. with metal detectors	3
36A	67. Supped	5
37A	68. Paradises	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. [Taps casino table]"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HITME

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2A: "6. Signs of treble?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
• Similar words include: clef
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CLEFS

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3A: "11. ___ hair (edgy 2000s trend)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMO

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4A: "14. Longtime "Inside the NBA" analyst opposite Barkley"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ONEAL

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5A: "15. Deck in divination"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
• Similar words include: tarot card
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TAROT

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6A: "16. Mil. authority"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CMD

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7A: "17. Failing to pay bills on time may affect this"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CREDITSCORE

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8A: "19. Possessed"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
• Similar words include: ingest, receive, sustain
• Opposite of: refuse, abstain

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Answer: HAD

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9A: "20. Lotto-like casino game"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• Similar words include: bingo, lotto, beano
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KENO

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10A: "21. Summer treats in small cups"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
• Similar words include: ice, frost, deoxyephedrine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ICES

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11A: "22. Sounds of sudden vanishing"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that offensive term for an openly homosexual man
• Similar words include: pouf, poof, pansy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: POOFS

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12A: "24. Zero"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: cipher, zip, zippo
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NADA

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13A: "26. Inverse of kilo-"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MILLI

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14A: "27. "Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear" painter, 1889"

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: VINCENTVANGOGH

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15A: "32. Pair of cymbals in a drum kit"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HIHAT

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16A: "33. Tribal home, maybe, informally"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REZ

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17A: "34. Reason to take a painkiller"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Similar words include: languish, smart, hurt
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACHE

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18A: "35. So-called "melting pot," in brief"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Similar words include: U.S., US, U. S. Army
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: USA

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19A: "36. E-bike alternative"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
• Similar words include: motor scooter, sea scooter, water scooter
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SCOOTER

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20A: "40. One ___ time"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ATA

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21A: "41. Bubbles in a bubble bath"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the froth produced by soaps or detergents
• Similar words include: spume, froth, lather
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SUDS

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22A: "43. A QR code might access one"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
• Similar words include: universal resource locator, uniform resource locator
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: URL

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23A: "44. Purplish perennial"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASTER

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24A: "46. Villain ranked #1 on A.F.I.'s "100 Years ... 100 Heroes & Villains" list"

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: HANNIBALLECTER

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25A: "50. Ransacks"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goods or money obtained illegally
• Similar words include: sugar, swag, despoil
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOOTS

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26A: "51. Retail chain with ready-to-assemble products"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IKEA

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27A: "52. Stays in line, say"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that time during which some action is awaited
• Similar words include: await, waiting, hold off
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WAITS

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28A: "53. Hawaiian goose"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NENE

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29A: "55. Thumbs-down votes"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: nay
• Opposite of: yea
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NAYS

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30A: "59. Buried"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prevent from being seen or discovered
• Similar words include: hide out, obliterate, obscure
• Opposite of: show

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Answer: HID

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31A: "60. Emulates the three figures in this puzzle ... or what the figures do within the answers to 17-, 27- and 46-Across?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: BREAKDANCES

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32A: "63. Fruit drink"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Similar words include: fruit drink
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADE

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33A: "64. On a higher level"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an earlier section of a written text
• Similar words include: supra, higher up, to a higher place
• Opposite of: below

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Answer: ABOVE

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34A: "65. Second-chance show"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a program that is broadcast again
• Similar words include: rebroadcast
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RERUN

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35A: "66. Org. with metal detectors"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TSA

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36A: "67. Supped"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have supper; eat dinner
• Similar words include: boom, din, dine
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DINED

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37A: "68. Paradises"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Similar words include: Garden of Eden, Shangri-la, promised land
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDENS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Pawn	4
2D	2. Concerning	4
3D	3. One subject to a curfew, maybe	4
4D	4. So-called "Queen of Pop"	7
5D	5. Former Giant Manning	3
6D	6. Healthy self-image?	6
7D	7. Tie up	4
8D	8. God depicted with a bow	4
9D	9. Word between "word" and "word"	3
10D	10. Intervene	6
11D	11. Sound-track?	10
12D	12. Combatant in an octagon-shaped cage	10
13D	13. Calculated ratios	4
14D	18. Era competitor	4
15D	23. Gymnast Korbut dubbed the "Sparrow from Minsk"	4
16D	25. Behaves	4
17D	26. Where you might lose your way	4
18D	27. Demo graphics, maybe	10
19D	28. "This is news to me!"	10
20D	29. Cyber punk?	5
21D	30. Tick doc	3
22D	31. When repeated, "Preach!"	4
23D	32. When repeated, secret	4
24D	37. Bear's heirs?	4
25D	38. 60 minuti	3
26D	39. Pulse quickly, as the heart	4
27D	42. Bratty kid	4
28D	45. Was a fangirl of, say	7
29D	47. "Really awful"	6
30D	48. Connected	6
31D	49. Scraped (by)	4
32D	52. "Huh?"	4
33D	53. Like the sign for Radio City Music Hall	4
34D	54. Roof projection	4
35D	56. Farming area	4
36D	57. Actor Steven of "Beef" and "Nope"	4
37D	58. Tax IDs	4
38D	61. Result of a solo homer, for short	3
39D	62. "There you ___!"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Pawn"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several white wines from the rhine river valley in germany (`hock' is british usage)
• Similar words include: Rhine wine, pawn, hock-joint
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOCK

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2D: "2. Concerning"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INRE

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3D: "3. One subject to a curfew, maybe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
• Similar words include: teenage, adolescent, teenaged
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEEN

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4D: "4. So-called "Queen of Pop""

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the mother of jesus; christians refer to her as the virgin mary; she is especially honored by roman catholics
• Similar words include: Madonna Louise Ciccone, Blessed Virgin, Mary
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MADONNA

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5D: "5. Former Giant Manning"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELI

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6D: "6. Healthy self-image?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CTSCAN

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7D: "7. Tie up"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Similar words include: entwine, braid, interlace
• Opposite of: untwine

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Answer: LACE

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8D: "8. God depicted with a bow"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Similar words include: physical attraction, concupiscence, sexual desire
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EROS

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9D: "9. Word between "word" and "word""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: FOR

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10D: "10. Intervene"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STEPIN

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11D: "11. Sound-track?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ECHOLOCATE

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12D: "12. Combatant in an octagon-shaped cage"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: MMAFIGHTER

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13D: "13. Calculated ratios"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Similar words include: betting odds
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ODDS

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14D: "18. Era competitor"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
• Similar words include: surge, lunar time period
• Opposite of: ebb

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Answer: TIDE

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15D: "23. Gymnast Korbut dubbed the "Sparrow from Minsk""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OLGA

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16D: "25. Behaves"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Similar words include: dissemble, play, routine
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACTS

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17D: "26. Where you might lose your way"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
• Similar words include: labyrinth, tangle, snarl
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MAZE

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18D: "27. Demo graphics, maybe"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: VISUALAIDS

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19D: "28. "This is news to me!""

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: IHADNOIDEA

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20D: "29. Cyber punk?"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
• Similar words include: round, trolling
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TROLL

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21D: "30. Tick doc"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
• Similar words include: veteran, veterinary surgeon, veterinarian
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VET

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22D: "31. When repeated, "Preach!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
• Similar words include: try, see, find out
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HEAR

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23D: "32. When repeated, secret"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (poetic) tranquil silence
• Similar words include: shut up, quieten, quiet down
• Opposite of: louden

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Answer: HUSH

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24D: "37. Bear's heirs?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: sonny boy, sonny, rookie
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUBS

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25D: "38. 60 minuti"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Similar words include: os, bone, oculus sinister
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORA

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26D: "39. Pulse quickly, as the heart"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any competition
• Similar words include: hasten, cannonball along, hotfoot
• Opposite of: linger

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Answer: RACE

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27D: "42. Bratty kid"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Similar words include: snob, snoot, prig
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SNOT

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28D: "45. Was a fangirl of, say"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: STANNED

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29D: "47. "Really awful""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITSBAD

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30D: "48. Connected"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
• Similar words include: colligate, joined, link up
• Opposite of: disconnect, dissociate

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Answer: LINKED

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31D: "49. Scraped (by)"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EKED

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32D: "52. "Huh?""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHAT

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33D: "53. Like the sign for Radio City Music Hall"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Similar words include: Ne, atomic number 10
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NEON

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34D: "54. Roof projection"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EAVE

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35D: "56. Farming area"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ACRE

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36D: "57. Actor Steven of "Beef" and "Nope""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YEUN

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37D: "58. Tax IDs"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SSNS

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38D: "61. Result of a solo homer, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Similar words include: run batted in
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RBI

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39D: "62. "There you ___!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Similar words include: equal, comprise, follow
• Opposite of: differ

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Answer: ARE

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Decode the Clues

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

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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