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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (38 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (36 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Purchase of ice cream or cream ale | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Cognac label letters | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Escapade | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Goddess depicted with cow's horns | 4 |
| 5A | 15. "Hey, look who's here!" | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Film without much wardrobe, informally | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Watch sound | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Happens | 11 |
| 9A | 20. Left in | 7 |
| 10A | 22. Ingredient in a zombie | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Late ___ | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Anxious | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Francis Ford Coppola's alma mater, for short | 4 |
| 14A | 26. Org. that watches television | 3 |
| 15A | 27. Tackling the task at hand | 11 |
| 16A | 31. Dump | 3 |
| 17A | 32. Unceasingly | 5 |
| 18A | 33. Hotel room coolers, for short | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Band with the 2008 platinum single "Electric Feel" | 4 |
| 20A | 35. Cut (in) | 4 |
| 21A | 38. Flabbergasted feeling | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Prefix meaning "heavens," as the name of a planet suggests | 5 |
| 23A | 42. Low | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Result of missing the boat | 15 |
| 25A | 49. Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly | 3 |
| 26A | 50. Sweeping | 4 |
| 27A | 51. Seth of Apple TV's "Platonic" | 5 |
| 28A | 52. Furious feeling | 3 |
| 29A | 53. Rescue squad pro | 3 |
| 30A | 54. Country whose seven-letter name can be spelled using only one-point Scrabble tiles | 7 |
| 31A | 56. Striking through | 7 |
| 32A | 59. "___ what I'm talkin' 'bout!" | 4 |
| 33A | 60. Standard | 5 |
| 34A | 61. Lead-in to -drome | 4 |
| 35A | 62. Oversupply | 4 |
| 36A | 63. Full of energy | 5 |
| 37A | 64. ___ Mix | 4 |
| 38A | 65. Catch a glimpse of | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Purchase of ice cream or cream ale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
- Similar words include: dry pint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PINT
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2A: "5. Cognac label letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VSOP
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3A: "9. Escapade"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- Similar words include: clown, caper, put-on
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANTIC
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4A: "14. Goddess depicted with cow's horns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
- Similar words include: Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISIS
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5A: "15. "Hey, look who's here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHHI
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6A: "16. Film without much wardrobe, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
- Similar words include: porn, erotica, smut
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PORNO
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7A: "17. Watch sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metallic tapping sound
- Similar words include: ticktock, check, ticking
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TICK
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8A: "18. Happens"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: COMESTOPASS
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9A: "20. Left in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- Similar words include: stet
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STETTED
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10A: "22. Ingredient in a zombie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- Similar words include: odd, funny, curious
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUM
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11A: "23. Late ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
- Similar words include: tip, bung
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FEE
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12A: "24. Anxious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nervous and unable to relax
- Similar words include: fretful, itchy, fidgety
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANTSY
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13A: "25. Francis Ford Coppola's alma mater, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UCLA
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14A: "26. Org. that watches television"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
- Similar words include: Federal Communications Commission
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FCC
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15A: "27. Tackling the task at hand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WORKINGONIT
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16A: "31. Dump"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: pigpen, hordeolum, eye infection
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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17A: "32. Unceasingly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOEND
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18A: "33. Hotel room coolers, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
- Similar words include: alternating electric current, Ac, atomic number 89
- Opposite of: direct current
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Answer: ACS
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19A: "34. Band with the 2008 platinum single "Electric Feel""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MGMT
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20A: "35. Cut (in)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make an etching of
- Similar words include: engrave
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETCH
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21A: "38. Flabbergasted feeling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
- Similar words include: reverence, fear, veneration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWE
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22A: "40. Prefix meaning "heavens," as the name of a planet suggests"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: URANO
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23A: "42. Low"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
- Similar words include: sorry, deplorable, pitiful
- Opposite of: glad
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Answer: SAD
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24A: "45. Result of missing the boat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: LOSTOPPORTUNITY
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25A: "49. Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MLK
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26A: "50. Sweeping"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
- Similar words include: immense, huge, Brobdingnagian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VAST
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27A: "51. Seth of Apple TV's "Platonic""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROGEN
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28A: "52. Furious feeling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: wrath, anger, ira
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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29A: "53. Rescue squad pro"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMT
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30A: "54. Country whose seven-letter name can be spelled using only one-point Scrabble tiles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in northeastern europe on the baltic sea
- Similar words include: Republic of Estonia, Esthonia
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ESTONIA
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31A: "56. Striking through"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: XINGOUT
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32A: "59. "___ what I'm talkin' 'bout!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a digital tape recording of sound
- Similar words include: digital audiotape, DAT
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DATS
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33A: "60. Standard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
- Similar words include: common
- Opposite of: unusual
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Answer: USUAL
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34A: "61. Lead-in to -drome"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AERO
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35A: "62. Oversupply"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- Similar words include: satiate, overeat, scarf out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLUT
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36A: "63. Full of energy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by lively action
- Similar words include: spirited, bouncing, bouncy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEPPY
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37A: "64. ___ Mix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- Similar words include: miaul, miaow, mew
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEOW
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38A: "65. Catch a glimpse of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: spot, spy, descry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Tools requiring two people | 7 |
| 2D | 2. "Am I wrong about that?" | 7 |
| 3D | 3. "Please, I know better than that" | 7 |
| 4D | 4. "You know better than that" | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Sotto ___ | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Sporting flats, say | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Omega, in physics | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Approximately 84% of American women have at least one | 10 |
| 9D | 9. Early ancestor | 6 |
| 10D | 10. (The) OK | 3 |
| 11D | 11. With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Bees, but not birds | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Trig ratio | 5 |
| 14D | 19. Kick butt, so to speak | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Like a run that sends the game into extra innings, say | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Buffet table item | 3 |
| 17D | 28. ___ de plume | 3 |
| 18D | 29. Increase one's intensity | 10 |
| 19D | 30. "Hard pass" | 3 |
| 20D | 34. Mal de ___ | 3 |
| 21D | 36. Channel with the longtime slogan "We Know Drama" | 3 |
| 22D | 37. Legal setting | 5 |
| 23D | 38. 37-Down order | 7 |
| 24D | 39. Roused | 7 |
| 25D | 41. Turn to mush, maybe | 3 |
| 26D | 42. See 11-Down | 7 |
| 27D | 43. Loved every second | 7 |
| 28D | 44. The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g. | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Early pop music's ___ Brothers | 6 |
| 30D | 47. Honorific title | 4 |
| 31D | 48. Pestering type | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Minor snafu | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Mark's successor | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Put away | 4 |
| 35D | 57. Space between here and there | 3 |
| 36D | 58. French word between two surnames | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Tools requiring two people"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below
- Similar words include: pitsaw
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PITSAWS
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2D: "2. "Am I wrong about that?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ISITNOT
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3D: "3. "Please, I know better than that""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NICETRY
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4D: "4. "You know better than that""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TSKTSK
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5D: "5. Sotto ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VOCE
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6D: "6. Sporting flats, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that furnish with shoes
- Similar words include: shoed, shoe, calced
- Opposite of: unshod, discalced
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Answer: SHOD
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7D: "7. Omega, in physics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
- Similar words include: Georg Simon Ohm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OHM
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8D: "8. Approximately 84% of American women have at least one"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PIERCEDEAR
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9D: "9. Early ancestor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APEMAN
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10D: "10. (The) OK"
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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11D: "11. With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
- Similar words include: dealings
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRAFFIC
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12D: "12. Bees, but not birds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small air-breathing arthropod
- Similar words include: dirt ball, insect, worm
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INSECTS
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13D: "13. Trig ratio"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
- Similar words include: cosecant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COSEC
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14D: "19. Kick butt, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- Similar words include: prescript, formula, harness
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RULE
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15D: "21. Like a run that sends the game into extra innings, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of tying or binding things together
- Similar words include: draw, bind, connect
- Opposite of: untie, disconnect
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Answer: TYING
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16D: "25. Buffet table item"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: URN
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17D: "28. ___ de plume"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOM
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18D: "29. Increase one's intensity"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GETUPSTEAM
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19D: "30. "Hard pass""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAH
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20D: "34. Mal de ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
- Similar words include: one thousand, thousand, m
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MER
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21D: "36. Channel with the longtime slogan "We Know Drama""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Similar words include: trinitrotoluene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TNT
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22D: "37. Legal setting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- Similar words include: lawcourt, judicature, courtyard
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COURT
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23D: "38. 37-Down order"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ALLRISE
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24D: "39. Roused"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WOKENUP
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25D: "41. Turn to mush, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- Similar words include: buncombe, guff, moulder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROT
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26D: "42. See 11-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- Similar words include: signal, point, signaling
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SIGNALS
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27D: "43. Loved every second"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATEITUP
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28D: "44. The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DYNASTY
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29D: "46. Early pop music's ___ Brothers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EVERLY
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30D: "47. Honorific title"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a (young) woman
- Similar words include: chick, ma'am, madam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DAME
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31D: "48. Pestering type"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOODGE
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32D: "49. Minor snafu"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MIXUP
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33D: "54. Mark's successor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EURO
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34D: "55. Put away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill by packing tightly
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STOW
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35D: "57. Space between here and there"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- Similar words include: break, disruption, col
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAP
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36D: "58. French word between two surnames"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE
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Expert Solving Strategies
Start Smart
Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.
Decode the Clues
Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.
Use Cross-References
Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.
Build Vocabulary
Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.
Today's Puzzle Stats
38 Across Clues
36 Down Clues
74 Total Clues
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