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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (34 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (42 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Some terminals | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Gamer's state of invincibility enabled by a cheat code | 7 |
| 3A | 14. Listens to, as a radio station | 7 |
| 4A | 16. Achieves success for the first time | 7 |
| 5A | 17. *They may result in people wrongly being sent to jail | 7 |
| 6A | 18. *Bonny young girl | 7 |
| 7A | 19. Spanner of 11 time zones | 4 |
| 8A | 20. Klondike territory | 5 |
| 9A | 22. Copacabana locale | 3 |
| 10A | 23. *Exercise experts | 8 |
| 11A | 26. Bit of improv | 4 |
| 12A | 28. One end of a playground "telephone" | 6 |
| 13A | 30. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern lingo | 4 |
| 14A | 33. "Thor: Ragnarok" actress Thompson | 5 |
| 15A | 35. *Advocate of women's equality | 8 |
| 16A | 38. Tower in the water | 3 |
| 17A | 39. Hi-fi spinners | 3 |
| 18A | 41. Ewe said it! | 3 |
| 19A | 42. School org. | 3 |
| 20A | 43. *"Let's pick up the pace!" | 8 |
| 21A | 46. Preschooler's wheels | 5 |
| 22A | 48. Trivia contest venues | 4 |
| 23A | 49. Restaurant icon McDonald | 6 |
| 24A | 51. Breakfast that may be prepared overnight | 4 |
| 25A | 54. *Some online courses | 8 |
| 26A | 58. "The Matrix" character | 3 |
| 27A | 60. N.C.A.A. basketball powerhouse, informally | 5 |
| 28A | 62. Cantina freebie | 4 |
| 29A | 63. With 65-Across, market no-no ... or a hint to entering the answers to the starred clues | 7 |
| 30A | 65. See 63-Across | 7 |
| 31A | 68. Simply taboo | 7 |
| 32A | 69. Melted adhesive | 7 |
| 33A | 70. Categorizes | 7 |
| 34A | 71. Removes a curse? | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Some terminals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- Similar words include: anode
- Opposite of: cathode
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Answer: ANODES
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2A: "7. Gamer's state of invincibility enabled by a cheat code"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GODMODE
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3A: "14. Listens to, as a radio station"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TUNESIN
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4A: "16. Achieves success for the first time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- Similar words include: make it, come, get in
- Opposite of: leave
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Answer: ARRIVES
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5A: "17. *They may result in people wrongly being sent to jail"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BADRAPS
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6A: "18. *Bonny young girl"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WEELASS
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7A: "19. Spanner of 11 time zones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASIA
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8A: "20. Klondike territory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a north american river that flows westward from the yukon territory through central alaska to the bering sea
- Similar words include: Yukon River, Yukon Territory
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YUKON
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9A: "22. Copacabana locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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10A: "23. *Exercise experts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who trains other persons or animals
- Similar words include: flight simulator, trainer
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TRAINERS
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11A: "26. Bit of improv"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short theatrical episode
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKIT
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12A: "28. One end of a playground "telephone""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TINCAN
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13A: "30. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- Similar words include: send, transport, embark
- Opposite of: disembark
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Answer: SHIP
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14A: "33. "Thor: Ragnarok" actress Thompson"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESSA
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15A: "35. *Advocate of women's equality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a supporter of feminism
- Similar words include: women's liberationist, libber, women's rightist
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FEMINIST
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16A: "38. Tower in the water"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden abrupt pull
- Similar words include: labor, tugboat, drive
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUG
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17A: "39. Hi-fi spinners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- Similar words include: LP, L-P
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LPS
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18A: "41. Ewe said it!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cry made by sheep
- Similar words include: blate, blat, bleat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAA
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19A: "42. School org."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEA
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20A: "43. *"Let's pick up the pace!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STEPONIT
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21A: "46. Preschooler's wheels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
- Similar words include: velocipede, tricycle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIKE
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22A: "48. Trivia contest venues"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
- Similar words include: gin mill, pothouse, pub
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUBS
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23A: "49. Restaurant icon McDonald"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RONALD
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24A: "51. Breakfast that may be prepared overnight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- Similar words include: oat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OATS
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25A: "54. *Some online courses"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WEBINARS
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26A: "58. "The Matrix" character"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEO
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27A: "60. N.C.A.A. basketball powerhouse, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UCONN
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28A: "62. Cantina freebie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- Similar words include: agua toad, Bufo marinus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGUA
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29A: "63. With 65-Across, market no-no ... or a hint to entering the answers to the starred clues"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INSIDER
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30A: "65. See 63-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that buying or selling securities or commodities
- Similar words include: sell, switch, trade
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TRADING
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31A: "68. Simply taboo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOTDONE
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32A: "69. Melted adhesive"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOTGLUE
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33A: "70. Categorizes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that keep company with; hang out with
- Similar words include: classify, class, affiliate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ASSORTS
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34A: "71. Removes a curse?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- Similar words include: beep, bleep
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BLEEPS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Up | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Front-line hero during the 2020 pandemic | 5 |
| 3D | 3. "We're live!" studio sign | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Goes | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Spanish pronoun | 3 |
| 6D | 6. The Science Kid, in children's television | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Get an eyeful | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Some McFlurry ingredients | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Knocked back a few | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Bad start? | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Analyze excessively | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Slicer's place | 4 |
| 13D | 13. ExxonMobil brand | 4 |
| 14D | 15. "Bye Bye Bye" boy band | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Falcons' grp. | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Congressional divide | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Like purchases made while playing freemium games | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Distinctive doctrine | 3 |
| 19D | 29. Point of writing | 3 |
| 20D | 31. "So that's how it is" | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Organizer of an after-school event, in brief | 3 |
| 22D | 33. You might go on tiptoe in this | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Consequences of compliments | 9 |
| 24D | 36. Sharansky who wrote the memoir "Fear No Evil" | 5 |
| 25D | 37. Country rocker Steve with the album "Exit 0" | 5 |
| 26D | 38. Medicinal amt. | 3 |
| 27D | 40. Paul McCartney, for one | 3 |
| 28D | 44. Org. that hires cryptanalysts | 3 |
| 29D | 45. Minor municipality | 4 |
| 30D | 47. Conventioneer's passport | 7 |
| 31D | 50. First grade of high school, typically | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Old royal house | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Lilac, e.g. | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Twinkle-toed | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Preceding time | 5 |
| 36D | 57. Solomonic figures | 5 |
| 37D | 58. 1492 caravel | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Grandson of Eve | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Get a lode of these! | 4 |
| 40D | 64. Words sealed with a kiss | 3 |
| 41D | 66. ___ blind | 3 |
| 42D | 67. W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATBAT
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2D: "2. Front-line hero during the 2020 pandemic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- Similar words include: entertain, suckle, hold
- Opposite of: bottlefeed
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Answer: NURSE
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3D: "3. "We're live!" studio sign"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONAIR
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4D: "4. Goes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move away from a place into another direction
- Similar words include: deviate, start, pull up stakes
- Opposite of: conform, stay
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Answer: DEPARTS
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5D: "5. Spanish pronoun"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESA
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6D: "6. The Science Kid, in children's television"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SID
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7D: "7. Get an eyeful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward stupid person
- Similar words include: clod, lump, goon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAWK
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8D: "8. Some McFlurry ingredients"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie, oreo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OREOS
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9D: "9. Knocked back a few"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take in liquids
- Similar words include: toast, salute, drink
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DRANK
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10D: "10. Bad start?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
- Similar words include: stat mi, Military Intelligence Section 5, knot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIS
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11D: "11. Analyze excessively"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OVERTHINK
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12D: "12. Slicer's place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- Similar words include: food shop, delicatessen
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DELI
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13D: "13. ExxonMobil brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESSO
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14D: "15. "Bye Bye Bye" boy band"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NSYNC
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15D: "21. Falcons' grp."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the airforce of the united states of america; the agency that defends the united states through control and exploitation of air and space
- Similar words include: Air Force, U. S. Air Force, United States Air Force
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: USAF
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16D: "24. Congressional divide"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- Similar words include: gangway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AISLE
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17D: "25. Like purchases made while playing freemium games"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INAPP
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18D: "27. Distinctive doctrine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- Similar words include: philosophical system, philosophy, doctrine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISM
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19D: "29. Point of writing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the writing point of a pen
- Similar words include: pecker, beak, neb
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIB
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20D: "31. "So that's how it is""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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21D: "32. Organizer of an after-school event, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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22D: "33. You might go on tiptoe in this"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
- Similar words include: ballet skirt, Desmond Tutu
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUTU
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23D: "34. Consequences of compliments"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: EGOBOOSTS
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24D: "36. Sharansky who wrote the memoir "Fear No Evil""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NATAN
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25D: "37. Country rocker Steve with the album "Exit 0""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EARLE
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26D: "38. Medicinal amt."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSP
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27D: "40. Paul McCartney, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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28D: "44. Org. that hires cryptanalysts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Similar words include: National Security Agency
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NSA
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29D: "45. Minor municipality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- Similar words include: townsfolk, Ithiel Town, township
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOWN
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30D: "47. Conventioneer's passport"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IDBADGE
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31D: "50. First grade of high school, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that position nine in a countable series of things
- Similar words include: 9th, one-ninth
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NINTH
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32D: "52. Old royal house"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an english dynasty descended from henry tudor; tudor monarchs ruled from henry vii to elizabeth i (from 1485 to 1603)
- Similar words include: House of Tudor, Antony Tudor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TUDOR
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33D: "53. Lilac, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- Similar words include: odour, fragrance, odorize
- Opposite of: deodorize, deodourise
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Answer: SCENT
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34D: "55. Twinkle-toed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
- Similar words include: nimble, quick, spry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGILE
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35D: "56. Preceding time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
- Similar words include: run-up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RUNUP
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36D: "57. Solomonic figures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- Similar words include: swag, salvia, sag
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAGES
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37D: "58. 1492 caravel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of ea
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINA
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38D: "59. Grandson of Eve"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENOS
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39D: "61. Get a lode of these!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Similar words include: ore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORES
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40D: "64. Words sealed with a kiss"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDO
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41D: "66. ___ blind"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- Similar words include: surcharge, hook, overcharge
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: ROB
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42D: "67. W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATL
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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.
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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
34 Across Clues
42 Down Clues
76 Total Clues
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