Mon Oct 14, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Takes a snooze, 5. Guitarist Joe of the Eagles, 10. Summertime specification at Starbucks, 14. Sport with sculls, 15. Downward dog, e.g., 16. When repeated, a chant in "Animal House", 17. *Entertainment news show since 1996, 20. "Go ahead, I'm an open book!", 21. Eats like a king, 22. Barbecue bite with a bone, 23. TV remote batteries, usually, 24. *Winner of an annual Southern pageant, 32. Those opposed, 33. Belonging to the lady, 34. Broke trail, say, 35. Biblical perpetrator of fratricide, 36. Single curl or squat, 37. What Facebook, Inc. was renamed in 2021, 38. Leatherworker's tool, 39. Dorothy's pet dog, 40. Princess in the Mario games, 41. *"Yeah, so what? Big deal.", 45. [Clears throat], 46. Superlative suffix, 47. "Rats!", 50. Establishment with kittens and cappuccinos, 54. Statistical feat achieved four times in N.B.A. history ... or what the answers to the starred clues contain, letter-wise, 57. Raison d'___, 58. Back half of a 45, 59. Bluish green, 60. One who walks the walk, 61. Already consumed, 62. Rocky Mountain grazers

Down Clues :

1. March Madness org., 2. Narrative trajectories, 3. Small smooch, 4. Formally admits to office, 5. Condiment often faked with green dye in sushi restaurants, 6. Like a dirty fireplace, 7. Southeast Asian language, 8. Sketch show with celebrity hosts, for short, 9. Give 50% effort on, slangily, 10. Formal confession, 11. Murmurs lovingly, 12. Showbiz awards foursome, 13. Parents known for bad puns, 18. Exercises in a pool, 19. Those in favor, 23. Cook without oil, as corn kernels, 24. Colorful parrot, 25. Wonderstruck, 26. Alternative to sparkling, at a restaurant, 27. Psychedelic morsel, 28. Take care of, 29. Beg, 30. Retailer that offers dog grooming, 31. State that contains a sliver of Yellowstone National Park, 37. Charming first encounter in a rom-com, 39. London subway, familiarly, 40. Basil-based sauce, 42. Lunar craft, 43. Fan noise, 44. Stifle, as a sound, 47. Barred from a competition, informally, 48. Default camera mode, 49. Happening once in a blue moon, 50. Give up, as land, 51. Biblical victim of fratricide, 52. Criticism, 53. Aquatic wrigglers, 55. Anti-vaping ad, e.g., for short, 56. Sloshed, in slang

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 14, 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. Takes a snooze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAPS

  Possible Answer : catch_a_wink, snooze, Napoleon, nap, cat_sleep, catnap, pile, forty_winks, short_sleep, sleep




• The clue is 5. Guitarist Joe of the Eagles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WALSH




• The clue is 10. Summertime specification at Starbucks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICED

  Possible Answer : frost, ice




• The clue is 14. Sport with sculls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREW

  Possible Answer : bunch, gang, work_party, crew, crowd




• The clue is 15. Downward dog, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASANA

  Possible Answer : asana




• The clue is 16. When repeated, a chant in "Animal House". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOGA

  Possible Answer : toga




• The clue is 17. *Entertainment news show since 1996. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACCESSHOLLYWOOD




• The clue is 20. "Go ahead, I'm an open book!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASKAWAY




• The clue is 21. Eats like a king. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEASTS

  Possible Answer : feast, banquet, junket, feed, spread, fete, fiesta




• The clue is 22. Barbecue bite with a bone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIB

  Possible Answer : guy, make_fun, laugh_at, ridicule, poke_fun, costa, roast, blackguard, jest_at, rib




• The clue is 23. TV remote batteries, usually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAAS

  Possible Answer : AAA, abdominal_aortic_aneurysm




• The clue is 24. *Winner of an annual Southern pageant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISSMISSISSIPPI




• The clue is 32. Those opposed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTIS

  Possible Answer : anti




• The clue is 33. Belonging to the lady. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HERS




• The clue is 34. Broke trail, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LED

  Possible Answer : head, result, moderate, leave, extend, LED, go, precede, conduce, lead, top, conduct, light-emitting_diode, guide, contribute, chair, take, direct, pass, run

  Possible Opposite Answer : follow




• The clue is 35. Biblical perpetrator of fratricide. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAIN

  Possible Answer : Cain




• The clue is 36. Single curl or squat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REP

  Possible Answer : repp, rep




• The clue is 37. What Facebook, Inc. was renamed in 2021. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: META




• The clue is 38. Leatherworker's tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AWL

  Possible Answer : awl




• The clue is 39. Dorothy's pet dog. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOTO




• The clue is 40. Princess in the Mario games. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEACH

  Possible Answer : spill_the_beans, stunner, sing, ravisher, babble, dish, smasher, tattle, lulu, apricot, peach_tree, blab, looker, knockout, Prunus_persica, sweetheart, salmon_pink, babble_out, talk, beauty, yellowish_pink, peach, mantrap, let_the_cat_out_of_the_bag, blab_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_quiet




• The clue is 41. *"Yeah, so what? Big deal.". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WELLWHOOPDEEDOO




• The clue is 45. [Clears throat]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHEM

  Possible Answer : hem, ahem




• The clue is 46. Superlative suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : Eastern_Time, Eastern_Standard_Time, EST




• The clue is 47. "Rats!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARNIT




• The clue is 50. Establishment with kittens and cappuccinos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATCAFE




• The clue is 54. Statistical feat achieved four times in N.B.A. history ... or what the answers to the starred clues contain, letter-wise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUADRUPLEDOUBLE




• The clue is 57. Raison d'___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETRE




• The clue is 58. Back half of a 45. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BSIDE




• The clue is 59. Bluish green. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEAL

  Possible Answer : blue_green, teal, bluish_green, blue-green, cyan




• The clue is 60. One who walks the walk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOER

  Possible Answer : doer, worker, actor




• The clue is 61. Already consumed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EATEN

  Possible Answer : eat_on, rust, consume, exhaust, run_through, feed, eat, eat_up, use_up, wipe_out, corrode, deplete




• The clue is 62. Rocky Mountain grazers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELKS

  Possible Answer : wapiti, European_elk, Cervus_elaphus, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis, red_deer, elk, Alces_alces, American_elk, moose

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. March Madness org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NCAA

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

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

  The answer: ARCS

  Possible Answer: electric_arc, bow, arc, spark, arch, curve, discharge, electric_discharge

• The clue is 3. Small smooch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PECK

  Possible Answer: passel, plenty, pile, great_deal, pot, mickle, flock, raft, quite_a_little, pick, heap, stack, hen-peck, lot, tidy_sum, wad, deal, pick_up, mass, beak, sight, slew, peck_at, hatful, peck, spate, mountain, mess, smack, good_deal, muckle, pick_at, mint, batch, nag

• The clue is 4. Formally admits to office. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWEARSIN

• The clue is 5. Condiment often faked with green dye in sushi restaurants. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WASABI

  Possible Answer: wasabi

• The clue is 6. Like a dirty fireplace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASHY

  Possible Answer: ash-gray, ash-grey, ashy

• The clue is 7. Southeast Asian language. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAO

  Possible Answer: Laotian, Lao

• The clue is 8. Sketch show with celebrity hosts, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

• The clue is 9. Give 50% effort on, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALFASS

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

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

  The answer: ITWASI

• The clue is 11. Murmurs lovingly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COOS

  Possible Answer: coo

• The clue is 12. Showbiz awards foursome. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

• The clue is 13. Parents known for bad puns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DADS

  Possible Answer: pappa, papa, daddy, pop, dad, pa, dada

• The clue is 18. Exercises in a pool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWIMS

  Possible Answer: swimming, float, drown, swim

  Possible Opposite Answer : sink

• The clue is 19. Those in favor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEAS

  Possible Answer: yea

  Possible Opposite Answer : nay

• The clue is 23. Cook without oil, as corn kernels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIRPOP

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

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

  The answer: MACAW

  Possible Answer: macaw

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

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

  The answer: INAWE

• The clue is 26. Alternative to sparkling, at a restaurant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STILL

  Possible Answer: silence, smooth, yet, nonetheless, even, soundless, silent, however, static, tranquillise, stillness, motionless, allay, placid, withal, ease, inactive, calm, notwithstanding, calm_down, quieten, unruffled, quiet, even_so, hush, noneffervescent, tranquil, hush_up, tranquilize, distillery, relieve, stock-still, shut_up, nevertheless, still, tranquillize, all_the_same, lull

  Possible Opposite Answer : sparkling, agitate, moving, no_longer, louden

• The clue is 27. Psychedelic morsel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHROOM

• The clue is 28. Take care of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEETO

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

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

  The answer: PLEAD

  Possible Answer: plead

• The clue is 30. Retailer that offers dog grooming. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETCO

• The clue is 31. State that contains a sliver of Yellowstone National Park. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDAHO

  Possible Answer: Idaho, Gem_State, ID

• The clue is 37. Charming first encounter in a rom-com. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEETCUTE

• The clue is 39. London subway, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THETUBE

• The clue is 40. Basil-based sauce. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PESTO

  Possible Answer: pesto

• The clue is 42. Lunar craft. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANDER

  Possible Answer: lander, Lander

• The clue is 43. Fan noise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHIR

  Possible Answer: whiz, whir, purr, whirring, birr, whirr, whizz

• The clue is 44. Stifle, as a sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEADEN

  Possible Answer: deaden, dampen, blunt, damp, girdle

  Possible Opposite Answer : enliven

• The clue is 47. Barred from a competition, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DQED

• The clue is 48. Default camera mode. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUTO

  Possible Answer: auto, car, machine, automobile, motorcar

• The clue is 49. Happening once in a blue moon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RARE

  Possible Answer: rarefied, rare, uncommon, rarified

• The clue is 50. Give up, as land. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEDE

  Possible Answer: concede, give_up, grant, surrender, deliver, yield, cede

• The clue is 51. Biblical victim of fratricide. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABEL

  Possible Answer: Abel, Niels_Abel, Niels_Henrik_Abel

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

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

  The answer: FLAK

  Possible Answer: antiaircraft_gun, ack-ack, flack_catcher, blast, flak_catcher, antiaircraft, pom-pom, attack, flack, flak, ack-ack_gun, fire

• The clue is 53. Aquatic wrigglers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EELS

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 55. Anti-vaping ad, e.g., for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSA

  Possible Answer: prostate_specific_antigen, PSA

• The clue is 56. Sloshed, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIT

  Possible Answer: fall, fire_up, illume, unhorse, dismount, illuminated, perch, get_down, light_up, lit, lighted, alight, light, well-lighted, ignite, illuminate, literature, get_off, illumine

  Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, unlighted

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Published on Monday, August 04, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Letters on a radio switch"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AMFM

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🧩 2A: "5. "Cómo está ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: USTED

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🧩 3A: "10. Indian tourist city on the Taj Express route"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AGRA

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🧩 4A: "14. Garment seen in Hindi cinema"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Similar words include: saree
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SARI

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🧩 5A: "15. Glistened"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be bright by reflecting or casting light
• Similar words include: glitter, smooth, polish
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHONE

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🧩 6A: "16. Like a grade of B+, say"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that moral excellence or admirableness
• Similar words include: goodness, unspoiled, undecomposed
• Opposite of: badness, evilness

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Answer: GOOD

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🧩 7A: "17. Seed covering"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIL

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🧩 8A: "18. Yankees slugger who hit a record-setting 62 home runs in 2022"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: AARONJUDGE

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🧩 9A: "20. Rotary phone feature"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
• Similar words include: telephone dial
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DIAL

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🧩 10A: "21. Garment from Playtex or Maidenform"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
• Similar words include: brassiere, bandeau
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BRA

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🧩 11A: "22. "Meet the Press" group"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
• Similar words include: venire, control panel, jury
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PANEL

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🧩 12A: "23. Image from a drone"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: AERIALPHOTO

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🧩 13A: "27. Metal from a mine"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORE

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🧩 14A: "28. Bills with George Washington's face"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: one, 1, I
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONES

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🧩 15A: "29. Small dish served in Spain"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: TAPA

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🧩 16A: "31. Accra's country"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in west africa on the gulf of guinea
• Similar words include: Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GHANA

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🧩 17A: "34. Path of a baseball pop-up"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Similar words include: discharge, arch, curve
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ARC

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🧩 18A: "35. Doozy"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Similar words include: sweetheart, stunner, dish
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LULU

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🧩 19A: "39. "Keep dreaming!""

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: AINTGONNAHAPPEN

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🧩 20A: "43. Opposite of "nope""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 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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🧩 21A: "44. "Star Wars" saga heroine"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REY

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🧩 22A: "45. Desert plants"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any succulent plant of the family cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the new world and usually having spines
• Similar words include: cactus
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CACTI

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🧩 23A: "46. Home of the New York Mets until 2008"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SHEA

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🧩 24A: "48. College mil. program"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
• Similar words include: Reserve Officers Training Corps
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROTC

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🧩 25A: "50. "___, amas, amat …" (Latin 101 conjugation)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMO

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🧩 26A: "53. Outlet from the heart's left ventricle"

📏 11 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: AORTICVALVE

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🧩 27A: "58. Dance to "The Blue Danube," e.g."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an assured victory (especially in an election)
• Similar words include: waltz around, walk-in, valse
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WALTZ

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🧩 28A: "60. E.P.A.-banned pesticide"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the united states since 1972
• Similar words include: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DDT

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🧩 29A: "61. Get an F"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fail to do something; leave something undone
• Similar words include: miscarry, go bad, break
• Opposite of: manage, succeed

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Answer: FAIL

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🧩 30A: "62. Poet with the essay collection "Sister Outsider""

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: AUDRELORDE

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🧩 31A: "65. Home services app that lists local vendors"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANGI

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🧩 32A: "66. Jumping-off point for an inventor"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Similar words include: approximation, mind, thought
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IDEA

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🧩 33A: "67. Grown-up"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fully developed person from maturity onward
• Similar words include: big, full-grown, fully grown
• Opposite of: juvenile

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Answer: ADULT

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🧩 34A: "68. Pest control brand"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sudden short attack
• Similar words include: foray, bust, maraud
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RAID

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🧩 35A: "69. Four years, for a U.S. president"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a word or expression used for some particular thing
• Similar words include: terminal figure, terminus, condition
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TERM

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🧩 36A: "70. Trait transmitters"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• Similar words include: gene, factor, cistron
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GENES

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🧩 37A: "71. One of 26, approximately, in a marathon"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
• Similar words include: nautical mile, mi, Admiralty mile
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MILE

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Carne ___ (grilled meat dish)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASADA

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🧩 2D: "2. Decluttering maven Kondo"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MARIE

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🧩 3D: "3. Monastery resident"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
• Similar words include: mendicant
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FRIAR

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🧩 4D: "4. Very, very small fractions"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things
• Similar words include: one-millionth, millionth
• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MILLIONTHS

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🧩 5D: "5. In working order"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that capable of being put to use
• Similar words include: available, useable, operable
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: USABLE

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🧩 6D: "6. Musical counterparts of flats"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
• Similar words include: sharp
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHARPS

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🧩 7D: "7. Bat mitzvah reading"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
• Similar words include: Laws, Pentateuch
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TORAH

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🧩 8D: "8. Musician Brian who has an asteroid named after him"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENO

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🧩 9D: "9. TV room"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: lair, hideaway, hideout
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEN

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🧩 10D: "10. H2O, in Mexico"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
• Similar words include: Bufo marinus, agua toad
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AGUA

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🧩 11D: "11. Emphatic rejection"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GODNO

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🧩 12D: "12. Slugger Maris"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROGER

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🧩 13D: "13. "Skyfall" singer"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADELE

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🧩 14D: "19. Music genre from Tokyo"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JPOP

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🧩 15D: "24. Scrambled word: Abbr."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANAG

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🧩 16D: "25. Other: Sp."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OTRA

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🧩 17D: "26. R.p.m. indicator"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
• Similar words include: tachometer
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TACH

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🧩 18D: "30. Wool-producing ranch"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ALPACAFARM

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🧩 19D: "31. Merry"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
• Similar words include: jocund, merry, festal
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GAY

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🧩 20D: "32. Go quickly, quaintly"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: bucket along, pelt along, belt along
• Opposite of: linger
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HIE

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🧩 21D: "33. Actress de Armas"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANA

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🧩 22D: "34. ___ port in a storm"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
• Similar words include: whatsoever, whatever
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANY

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🧩 23D: "36. Short lines at the register?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPC

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🧩 24D: "37. Permit"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Similar words include: lease, permit, Lashkar-e-Taiba
• Opposite of: prevent, forbid

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LET

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🧩 25D: "38. Prefix with cycle or code"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UNI

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🧩 26D: "40. Black-and-white cookie"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Similar words include: oreo cookie
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OREO

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🧩 27D: "41. In the neighborhood"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move towards
• Similar words include: close, approach, draw near
• Opposite of: far

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEAR

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🧩 28D: "42. When Hamlet duels with Laertes in "Hamlet""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACTV

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🧩 29D: "47. Smog, e.g."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
• Similar words include: daze, fog
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAZE

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🧩 30D: "48. Enigma"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a difficult problem
• Similar words include: enigma, conundrum, screen
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIDDLE

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🧩 31D: "49. Groups of eight musicians"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Similar words include: ogdoad, octette, 8
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OCTETS

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🧩 32D: "50. Hang around for"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that look forward to the probable occurrence of
• Similar words include: look, expect, wait
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AWAIT

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🧩 33D: "51. "Harold and ___" (1971 black comedy)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MAUDE

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🧩 34D: "52. From further in the past"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
• Similar words include: honest-to-goodness, senior, one-time
• Opposite of: young, new

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLDER

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🧩 35D: "54. Successful dash to the end zone, in brief"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TDRUN

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🧩 36D: "55. Hawaiian porch"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Similar words include: Lanai Island
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LANAI

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🧩 37D: "56. Prayer ___"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of sleeplessness
• Similar words include: watch
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VIGIL

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🧩 38D: "57. Skip over, as the "i" in "family""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that leave or strike out
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELIDE

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🧩 39D: "59. Transit option to N.Y.C.'s Roosevelt Island"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• Similar words include: tramcar, streetcar, trolley car
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRAM

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🧩 40D: "63. Fall behind"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of slowing down or falling behind
• Similar words include: retardation, jail, immure
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAG

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🧩 41D: "64. Beethoven's "___ to Joy""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODE

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

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Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

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Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

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41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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