No 27388 Sat Nov 02, 2024 NYT Crossword by Blake Slonecker

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 02, 2024

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

27388 Sat Nov 02, 2024 NYT Crossword by Blake Slonecker

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Early electric lights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARCLAMPS




• The clue is 9. Modest home in Modesto, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASITA




• The clue is 15. Direct marketing tactic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLDCALL




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

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

  The answer: OPENER

  Possible Answer : opener, unfastener, untier, undoer




• The clue is 17. Sub's reference. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLASSROOMROSTER




• The clue is 19. What always ends well?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELS

  Possible Answer : elevated_railroad, elevated_railway, EL, overhead_railway, el, ALT, elevated, altitude, elevation




• The clue is 20. Spendy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEEP

  Possible Answer : plunge, soak_up, outrageous, usurious, steep, extortionate, absorb, infuse, immerse, exorbitant, unconscionable, engross, engulf

  Possible Opposite Answer : gradual




• The clue is 21. ___ May Gaskin, author of "Spiritual Midwifery". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INA




• The clue is 22. Puzzle (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUSS

  Possible Answer : genus_Sus, Sus




• The clue is 24. Fly traps?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MITTS

  Possible Answer : baseball_mitt, paw, mitt, baseball_glove, hand, glove, manus




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

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

  The answer: GMAN




• The clue is 26. Ward off bad luck, in a Greek tradition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIT

  Possible Answer : skewer, spit, expectoration, spue, spit_out, saliva, sprinkle, patter, ptyalize, pitter-patter, spittle, spew, ptyalise, tongue, spitting, spatter




• The clue is 27. Noted name in lithographs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVES

  Possible Answer : Ives, James_Ives, James_Merritt_Ives, Charles_Edward_Ives




• The clue is 28. English folk singer Billy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRAGG

  Possible Answer : Bragg, Braxton_Bragg




• The clue is 29. Inveigled. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COAXED

  Possible Answer : sweet-talk, inveigle, coax, wheedle, blarney, palaver, cajole




• The clue is 31. Just so. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOATEE




• The clue is 32. They're not afraid to take charge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEARLESSLEADERS




• The clue is 35. Media-based learning sites, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVLABS




• The clue is 36. Word on many "No Trespassing" signs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSTED

  Possible Answer : carry, post, stake, station, put_up, mail, brand, send, posted, place




• The clue is 37. Hanes brand once sold in ovoid packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEGGS




• The clue is 38. 90°. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAST

  Possible Answer : East, eastward, Orient, east, E, eastern_United_States, due_east

  Possible Opposite Answer : west




• The clue is 39. Team that briefly changed its name during the 1950s to appease McCarthyites. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDS

  Possible Answer : loss, bolshy, Bolshevik, redness, red_ink, Red_River, red, Marxist, Red, bolshie

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain




• The clue is 42. The case, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRUE

  Possible Answer : straight, dead_on_target, true_up, on-key, dependable, truthful, reliable, admittedly, confessedly, lawful, true, honest, genuine, rightful, avowedly, unfeigned

  Possible Opposite Answer : untruthful, false




• The clue is 43. Jumps from one foot to the other. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JETES

  Possible Answer : gush, jet




• The clue is 44. Break off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOP

  Possible Answer : hold_on, point, layover, occlusive, stop_over, stoppage, cease, contain, hold_back, blockage, stop_consonant, halt, kibosh, full_stop, diaphragm, terminate, quit, block_up, turn_back, closure, block_off, bar, hitch, full_point, break, plosive, barricade, plosive_speech_sound, end, blockade, check, plosive_consonant, break_off, give_up, arrest, finish, occlusion, lay_off, stopover, intercept, block, catch, period, stay, stop, discontinue

  Possible Opposite Answer : continue, begin, start, continuant_consonant




• The clue is 45. Record company behind (and inside) Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMI




• The clue is 46. 1988 Summer Olympics host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEOUL

  Possible Answer : capital_of_South_Korea, Seoul




• The clue is 47. Word that's a homophone of its middle letter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARE

  Possible Answer : equal, are, make_up, personify, live, cost, represent, be, ar, embody, exist, constitute, follow, comprise

  Possible Opposite Answer : differ




• The clue is 48. Spin right round?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROTATECLOCKWISE




• The clue is 53. What might remove all of your problems?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERASER

  Possible Answer : eraser




• The clue is 54. Went after. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSAILED

  Possible Answer : assault, snipe, assail, round, lash_out, set_on, attack

  Possible Opposite Answer : defend




• The clue is 55. Cleans up like the Pied Piper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DERATS




• The clue is 56. Band aids. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETLISTS

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. What passwords unlock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACCESS

  Possible Answer: approach, admission, memory_access, accession, get_at, access_code, admittance, access, entree

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

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

  The answer: ROLLUP

• The clue is 3. Andrés Segovia won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLASSICALGUITAR

• The clue is 4. Temple Square letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LDS

• The clue is 5. Window installations, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACS

  Possible Answer: alternating_electric_current, Ac, actinium, atomic_number_89, AC, alternating_current

  Possible Opposite Answer : direct_current

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

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

  The answer: MAR

  Possible Answer: impair, blemish, vitiate, mutilate, deflower, Mar, March, defect, spoil, mar

• The clue is 7. P, B, D, T, K and G. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOSIVES

  Possible Answer: occlusive, plosive, plosive_speech_sound, stop_consonant, plosive_consonant, stop

  Possible Opposite Answer : continuant_consonant

• The clue is 8. Kitchen flippers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOTTEDSPATULAS

• The clue is 9. De-centers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORES

  Possible Answer: marrow, heart_and_soul, substance, nub, CORE, essence, centre, nucleus, core_group, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, center, kernel, inwardness, effect, pith, sum, heart, magnetic_core, burden, core, gist, meat, nitty-gritty

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

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

  The answer: APOP

• The clue is 11. Its in French. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SES

  Possible Answer: randomness, S, southward, south, atomic_number_34, selenium, atomic_number_16, Se, sou'-east, s, due_south, sulfur, sulphur, reciprocal_ohm, southeast, SE, southeastward, siemens, second, mho, entropy, sec

• The clue is 12. Juicy stuff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTIMATEDETAILS

• The clue is 13. Outspoken parenting critic, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEENAGER

  Possible Answer: adolescent, teen, stripling, teenager

• The clue is 14. Sets up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARRANGES

  Possible Answer: coiffure, coiffe, put, dress, arrange, set, coif, fix_up, set_up, do, order, stage, format

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarrange

• The clue is 18. Subject of the 2021 documentary "Once Upon a Time in Queens". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METS

• The clue is 23. Cyber space?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STORAGE

  Possible Answer: reposition, storage, computer_memory, storehouse, warehousing, memory, repositing, depot, computer_storage, store, memory_board, entrepot

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

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

  The answer: MIXES

  Possible Answer: meld, shuffle, admixture, combine, mixture, conflate, desegregate, mix_in, ruffle, intermixture, premix, flux, mingle, commixture, coalesce, mix, commix, immix, integrate, blend, merge, commingle, unify, amalgamate, mixing, fuse

  Possible Opposite Answer : segregate

• The clue is 25. Teaching assistants, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRADERS

  Possible Answer: grader

• The clue is 28. Certain Thanksgiving dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOAT

  Possible Answer: boat, gravy_boat, sauceboat, gravy_holder

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

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

  The answer: ALBS

  Possible Answer: alb

• The clue is 31. Pilots, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TESTS

  Possible Answer: screen, run, exam, mental_test, test, examination, psychometric_test, try_out, trial_run, try, prove, examine, essay, quiz, mental_testing, trial, tryout

• The clue is 32. Had a hiccup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FALTERED

  Possible Answer: stammer, bumble, stutter, falter, stumble, waver

• The clue is 33. Till the end of time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVERMORE

  Possible Answer: evermore, forever, everlastingly, forevermore, eternally

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

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

  The answer: LOSELOSE

• The clue is 38. Fair-hiring agcy.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEOC

• The clue is 40. Home to England's Jurassic Coast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DORSET

• The clue is 41. Fan settings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEEDS

  Possible Answer: hurry, stop_number, hurrying, accelerate, rush_along, quicken, hie, pep_pill, focal_ratio, zip, step_on_it, swiftness, speed, speed_up, race, bucket_along, travel_rapidly, fastness, pelt_along, velocity, f_number, cannonball_along, hasten, hotfoot, belt_along, upper, rush, speeding, amphetamine

  Possible Opposite Answer : linger, decelerate

• The clue is 43. Unhappy chorus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JEERS

  Possible Answer: mockery, barrack, jeer, flout, gibe, scoff, scoffing, jeering

• The clue is 46. Galley command. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STET

  Possible Answer: stet

• The clue is 49. Arkansas pol Hutchinson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASA

• The clue is 50. New Orleans setting: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CST

  Possible Answer: Central_Time, Central_Standard_Time, CST

• The clue is 51. Carrier to 46-Across, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KAL

• The clue is 52. Device sold with a remote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WII

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (35 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (43 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Uber alternative	4
2A	5. The class of '26, at the beginning of '26	3
3A	8. Hosp. triage specialists	6
4A	14. One acting on impulse?	4
5A	15. Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe	3
6A	16. Pittsburgh Pirates mascot	6
7A	17. *Peers	8
8A	19. Order to relax	6
9A	20. Group of reps	3
10A	21. Back-comb, in a way	5
11A	23. ___ mater	4
12A	24. *Number of years between Summer Olympics	12
13A	27. Brews	6
14A	30. Heated competition?	4
15A	31. Kilauea output	4
16A	32. Some porcelain pieces	5
17A	34. Shiba ___ (dog breed)	3
18A	37. *Number of Supreme Court justices	15
19A	41. Ethane or methane	3
20A	42. Belittle	5
21A	43. Conscious of systemic societal problems	4
22A	44. Big inits. in frozen desserts	4
23A	45. They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel	6
24A	47. *Guns N' Roses guitarist	12
25A	52. Beauty supply chain	4
26A	53. "Swell!"	5
27A	54. Under the weather	3
28A	57. Jackal-headed Egyptian deity	6
29A	60. What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match	8
30A	62. It was discovered by the Curies	6
31A	63. Kind of line at the beach	3
32A	64. Try a new course, say	4
33A	65. TikTok phenomena	6
34A	66. Guileful	3
35A	67. Drink with junmai and nigori variants	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Uber alternative"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Similar words include: cab, taxicab, hack
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TAXI

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2A: "5. The class of '26, at the beginning of '26"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
• Similar words include: atomic number 38, strontium, Sr
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRS

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3A: "8. Hosp. triage specialists"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ERDOCS

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4A: "14. One acting on impulse?"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
• Similar words include: axone
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AXON

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5A: "15. Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that seed of a pea plant used for food
• Similar words include: pea plant
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PEA

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6A: "16. Pittsburgh Pirates mascot"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PARROT

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7A: "17. *Peers"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PLUSSIGN

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8A: "19. Order to relax"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ATEASE

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9A: "20. Group of reps"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Similar words include: fixed, set up, localize
• Opposite of: rise

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Answer: SET

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10A: "21. Back-comb, in a way"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• Similar words include: razz, coquette, vamper
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEASE

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11A: "23. ___ mater"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALMA

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12A: "24. *Number of years between Summer Olympics"

12 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: DOLLARSYMBOL

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13A: "27. Brews"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a steep place (as on a hill)
• Similar words include: steep, engross, infuse
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STEEPS

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14A: "30. Heated competition?"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Similar words include: play, contact, get together
• Opposite of: diverge

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Answer: MEET

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15A: "31. Kilauea output"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LAVA

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16A: "32. Some porcelain pieces"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern asia; the most populous country in the world
• Similar words include: Red China, Nationalist China, mainland China
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHINA

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17A: "34. Shiba ___ (dog breed)"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INU

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18A: "37. *Number of Supreme Court justices"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: OPENPARENTHESIS

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19A: "41. Ethane or methane"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Similar words include: boast, gun, accelerator pedal
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GAS

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20A: "42. Belittle"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
• Similar words include: humiliate, mortify, humble
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ABASE

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21A: "43. Conscious of systemic societal problems"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be awake, be alert, be there
• Similar words include: stir up, awake, wake
• Opposite of: fall asleep, cause to sleep

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Answer: WOKE

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22A: "44. Big inits. in frozen desserts"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TCBY

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23A: "45. They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
• Similar words include: wheel spoke, spoke, radius
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPOKES

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24A: "47. *Guns N' Roses guitarist"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: QUESTIONMARK

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25A: "52. Beauty supply chain"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ULTA

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26A: "53. "Swell!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEATO

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27A: "54. Under the weather"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Similar words include: badly, complaint, sick
• Opposite of: well

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Answer: ILL

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28A: "57. Jackal-headed Egyptian deity"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal
• Similar words include: Anpu
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANUBIS

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29A: "60. What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SHIFTKEY

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30A: "62. It was discovered by the Curies"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
• Similar words include: Ra, atomic number 88
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RADIUM

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31A: "63. Kind of line at the beach"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TAN

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32A: "64. Try a new course, say"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that turn sharply; change direction abruptly
• Similar words include: swerve, trend, slue
• Opposite of: back

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Answer: VEER

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33A: "65. TikTok phenomena"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general direction in which something tends to move
• Similar words include: drift, veer, trend
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TRENDS

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34A: "66. Guileful"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by skill in deception
• Similar words include: foxy, dodgy, knavish
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SLY

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35A: "67. Drink with junmai and nigori variants"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a reason for wanting something done
• Similar words include: rice beer, interest, saki
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SAKE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Array behind the counter at a tavern	4
2D	2. Wheel assembly component	4
3D	3. Strike from a list	4
4D	4. Important contacts	3
5D	5. Many fast pitches	6
6D	6. Majestic	5
7D	7. Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones"	5
8D	8. Fuel economy org.	3
9D	9. Tattletale	3
10D	10. Imagined while sleeping	6
11D	11. Toothbrush handle?	5
12D	12. Cranberry-tinged cocktail	5
13D	13. Criminally good deal	5
14D	18. "Quit it!"	4
15D	22. Its fur might trim a royal robe	6
16D	24. College faculty head	4
17D	25. Email status	4
18D	26. Opposite of "nah"	4
19D	27. Real grind	4
20D	28. Seville snack	4
21D	29. Holiday preceders	4
22D	32. Handout with a kids' menu	6
23D	33. Bulls and bucks	3
24D	34. Avoids injury, say	4
25D	35. Personification of victory	4
26D	36. Wields	4
27D	38. Formal accord	4
28D	39. Actress Jacobson of "Broad City"	4
29D	40. Furry "Star Wars" creature	4
30D	44. Container at an airport checkpoint, for short	6
31D	45. Smooth and glossy	6
32D	46. Seminar head, informally	4
33D	47. Ice cream purchase	5
34D	48. Forearm-related, in a way	5
35D	49. Practice piece	5
36D	50. Tree "houses"	5
37D	51. Palace, in Hindi	5
38D	54. Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance	4
39D	55. Garlic relative	4
40D	56. Strings of yore	4
41D	58. T-shaped birth control insert	3
42D	59. Texting inits.	3
43D	61. Fixtures at sports bars	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Array behind the counter at a tavern"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (military) signal to turn the lights out
• Similar words include: beg, hydrant, tap
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TAPS

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2D: "2. Wheel assembly component"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AXLE

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3D: "3. Strike from a list"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: XOUT

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4D: "4. Important contacts"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
• Similar words include: In, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Hoosier State
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INS

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5D: "5. Many fast pitches"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
• Similar words include: patter, spiel, play
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SPIELS

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6D: "6. Majestic"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
• Similar words include: royal, imperial, majestic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: REGAL

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7D: "7. Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SANSA

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8D: "8. Fuel economy org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Similar words include: Environmental Protection Agency
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EPA

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9D: "9. Tattletale"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Similar words include: dirty dog, lowlife, git
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RAT

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10D: "10. Imagined while sleeping"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
• Similar words include: woolgather, dream, stargaze
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DREAMT

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11D: "11. Toothbrush handle?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ORALB

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12D: "12. Cranberry-tinged cocktail"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: COSMO

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13D: "13. Criminally good deal"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an advantageous purchase
• Similar words include: slip, bargain, buy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STEAL

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14D: "18. "Quit it!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the event of something ending
• Similar words include: cease, stop consonant, period
• Opposite of: begin, continuant consonant

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Answer: STOP

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15D: "22. Its fur might trim a royal robe"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the expensive white fur of the ermine
• Similar words include: shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ERMINE

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16D: "24. College faculty head"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: DEAN

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17D: "25. Email status"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 100 senti equal 1 kroon in estonia
• Similar words include: get off, charge, send off
• Opposite of: unsent

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Answer: SENT

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18D: "26. Opposite of "nah""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not only so, but
• Similar words include: yea
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YEAH

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19D: "27. Real grind"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that work doggedly or persistently
• Similar words include: slug, pad, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLOG

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20D: "28. Seville snack"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
• Similar words include: tapa bark, tappa bark, tappa
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TAPA

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21D: "29. Holiday preceders"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of 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
• Similar words include: evening, eventide, even
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EVES

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22D: "32. Handout with a kids' menu"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
• Similar words include: wax crayon
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CRAYON

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23D: "33. Bulls and bucks"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
• Similar words include: atomic number 2, helium, he
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HES

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24D: "34. Avoids injury, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISOK

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25D: "35. Personification of victory"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NIKE

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26D: "36. Wields"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of using
• Similar words include: habit, purpose, usage
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: USES

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27D: "38. Formal accord"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
• Similar words include: accord, treaty
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PACT

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28D: "39. Actress Jacobson of "Broad City""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ABBI

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29D: "40. Furry "Star Wars" creature"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EWOK

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30D: "44. Container at an airport checkpoint, for short"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TSABIN

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31D: "45. Smooth and glossy"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
• Similar words include: silky, sleek, slick
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SATINY

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32D: "46. Seminar head, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
• Similar words include: professor
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PROF

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33D: "47. Ice cream purchase"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
• Similar words include: dry quart
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: QUART

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34D: "48. Forearm-related, in a way"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relating to or near the ulna
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ULNAR

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35D: "49. Practice piece"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ETUDE

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36D: "50. Tree "houses""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Similar words include: nestle, draw close, nest
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NESTS

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37D: "51. Palace, in Hindi"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MAHAL

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38D: "54. Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IKEA

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39D: "55. Garlic relative"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
• Similar words include: Allium porrum, scallion
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LEEK

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40D: "56. Strings of yore"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a harp used by ancient greeks for accompaniment
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LYRE

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41D: "58. T-shaped birth control insert"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus
• Similar words include: intrauterine device
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IUD

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42D: "59. Texting inits."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
• Similar words include: Sm, samarium, Master of Science
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SMS

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43D: "61. Fixtures at sports bars"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - ernie kovacs
• Similar words include: telly, television set, TV
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TVS

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues

43 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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