2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 LA Times Crossword Clues Hints

LA Times Across Clues

• “Ethan Frome” writer Wharton: EDITH
• Zenith: ACME
• Bygone airline with an iconic terminal at JFK: TWA
• Roughstock event: RODEO
• __ dunk: SLAM
• Pretense: SHAM
• *Center: SWEETHEART
• Pacific Islands root: TARO
• “__ of story!”: END
• Clinking occasion: TOAST
• Made a guest appearance during a jazz set, perhaps: SAT IN
• Cattle chew: CUD
• *Hound: SALTY DOG
• Wedding budget saver, maybe: CASH BAR
• Approximately: OR SO
• Not pro: ANTI
• “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore” coiner: BERRA
• Garden-variety fish?: EEL
• Something not immediately appreciated, or what the answers to the starred clues have?: AN ACQUIRED TASTE
• Neither’s partner: NOR
• “If only I could __ that”: UNSEE
• Charles III, e.g.: KING
• Angler’s need: BAIT
• Cantina sizzlers: FAJITAS
• *Memo: SOUR NOTE
• Signature need: PEN
• Exponent symbol: CARET
• Wage increase: RAISE
• Airport served by BART: SFO
• __ Major: URSA
• *Tablet: BITTER PILL
• “All __ are off!”: BETS
• Self starter?: YOUR-
• Barely beat: EDGED
• Spots: ADS
• Spot: ESPY
• Copenhagen citizens: DANES

LA TImes Down Clues

• Gaelic tongue: ERSE
• Word with payment or pillow: DOWN
• Put a name to a face: ID’ED
• Many an undershirt: TEE
• Bubbly bath: HOT TUB
• On the briny: ASEA
• Elegance: CLASS
• One of the von Trapp girls: MARTA
• Triage pro: EMT
• “OK, now I’m really mad”: THAT DOES IT
• Nintendo antagonist in purple overalls: WARIO
• Interlaced with: AMONG
• Legal suspensions: STAYS
• “Today” co-host Kotb: HODA
• Guitar that Bob Dylan went electric with, familiarly: STRAT
• Smart: CHIC
• Member of the peerage: LORD
• James of “The Godfather”: CAAN
• Montessori year?: ANNO
• Patterns around explosive comic book sound effects: STARBURSTS
• World Series stat: RBIS
• Previously found in poetry?: ERE
• 49-Down spot: REEF
• Volcano with 2,700 years of documented eruptions: ETNA
• Staying power: LEGS
• One of five: QUINT
• Golden Rule word: UNTO
• Similar (to): AKIN
• Some geometry exam answers: AREAS
• Cardinal’s wing?: APSE
• Reacted to a flagrant foul, perhaps: JEERED
• Underwater gear: SCUBA
• Obeyed the coxswain: OARED
• Le Tigre and HAIM: TRIOS
• Devour: EAT UP
• “Glad my effort was good enough”: I TRY
• Leo or Libra: SIGN
• Leave in a hurry: FLEE
• Former GM brand: OLDS
• “Sayonara!”: BYE!
• Kissing in the park, e.g.: PDA

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2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024  LA Times Crossword Clues Hints

27440 Fri Dec 27, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 27, 2024

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

Fri Dec 27, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Grandma Moses, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOLKARTIST




• The clue is 11. Turtles and turtle doves come from them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGGS

  Possible Answer : testis, nut, egg, eggs, ball, orchis, testicle, ballock, bollock




• The clue is 15. Accessory named for a British school. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETONCOLLAR




• The clue is 16. Actress Kunis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MILA




• The clue is 17. "Stay tuned". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORETOCOME




• The clue is 18. Like cricket fields. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVAL

  Possible Answer : oviform, prolate, ellipse, ovate, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovoid, elliptic, egg-shaped




• The clue is 19. High kicks?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEELS

  Possible Answer : bounder, blackguard, cad, list, hound, heel, reheel, dog




• The clue is 20. Article of Western wear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEST

  Possible Answer : waistcoat, vest, undershirt, enthrone, robe, invest, singlet

  Possible Opposite Answer : divest




• The clue is 22. Many a first responder, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMT




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

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

  The answer: LITHE

  Possible Answer : svelte, lithe, lissome, slender, lissom, sylphlike, lithesome, supple




• The clue is 25. Sweet's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAVORY

  Possible Answer : savory, piquant, mouth-watering, spicy, savoury, zesty, Micromeria_juliana

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsavory




• The clue is 27. Lab container. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLASK

  Possible Answer : flask, flaskful




• The clue is 30. Ones who might invade your space, for short?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETS




• The clue is 32. Emperor from 54 to 68. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NERO

  Possible Answer : Lucius_Domitius_Ahenobarbus, Nero_Claudius_Caesar_Drusus_Germanicus, Nero




• The clue is 33. Word after legal or first. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AID

  Possible Answer : assist, aid, economic_aid, attention, assistance, help, tending, care, financial_aid




• The clue is 34. Drawer with knobs?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: ETCHASKETCH




• The clue is 38. Letters of relief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TGIF




• The clue is 40. In the least. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATALL




• The clue is 41. Leaf collector. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAKE

  Possible Answer : skim, rake, roue, scan, graze, pitch, profligate, blood, run_down, slant, glance_over, rip, crease, rakehell




• The clue is 42. Little warning. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SHORTNOTICE




• The clue is 45. Resident of the Mojo Dojo Casa House. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEN

  Possible Answer : cognizance, ken, sight




• The clue is 46. Peter or Paul, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSAR

  Possible Answer : tzar, czar, tsar




• The clue is 47. Certain baseball positions: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RFS

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_104, unnilquadium, rutherfordium, Rf, reticular_formation, releasing_hormone, Unq, releasing_factor, RF, element_104




• The clue is 48. Claims. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVERS

  Possible Answer : affirm, swan, swear, verify, assert, allege, aver, avow, say




• The clue is 50. Reception problem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STATIC

  Possible Answer : atmospherics, still, unchanging, motionless, inactive, electrostatic, stable, static, atmospheric_static




• The clue is 52. Destination for the van that Kevin fails to board in "Home Alone". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHARE




• The clue is 54. V.P. candidate name in '16 and '24. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIM




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

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

  The answer: PURR

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




• The clue is 57. Get clean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATHE

  Possible Answer : bathe, bath




• The clue is 60. In. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMID




• The clue is 62. Place for a king and queen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROYALCOURT




• The clue is 65. Uber- alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEGA




• The clue is 66. Famous British rock group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONEHENGE

  Possible Answer : Stonehenge




• The clue is 67. Place for a king and queen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROM

  Possible Answer : prom, promenade




• The clue is 68. Zeus, in Greek mythology. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THUNDERGOD

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Like "France" in French: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEM

• The clue is 2. Texter's hedge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOH

• The clue is 3. The stuff of legends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LORE

  Possible Answer: lore, traditional_knowledge

• The clue is 4. Demonstrates reverence, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNEELS

  Possible Answer: kneeling, kneel

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

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

  The answer: ACTLIKE

• The clue is 6. Place to rest after a flight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOST

  Possible Answer: perch, rest, roost

• The clue is 7. Spa offering, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TLC

  Possible Answer: tender_loving_care, TLC

• The clue is 8. Trendy compliment with shady undertones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILOVETHATFORYOU

• The clue is 9. "I totally relate". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAME

  Possible Answer: like, Same, Sami, Saame, Lapplander, same, Saami, Lapp

  Possible Opposite Answer : other, different, unlike

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

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

  The answer: TRESS

  Possible Answer: tress, braid, twist, plait

• The clue is 11. Musical prefix with -core. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMO

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

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

  The answer: GIVEORTAKE

• The clue is 13. David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLAMROCKER

• The clue is 14. Like movie popcorn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALTY

  Possible Answer: salty, piquant

  Possible Opposite Answer : fresh

• The clue is 21. Hot weather wear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANK

  Possible Answer: cooler, armored_combat_vehicle, storage_tank, tank_car, armoured_combat_vehicle, army_tank, tank, tankful

• The clue is 24. Be a pest to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HECTOR

  Possible Answer: browbeat, boss_around, hector, ballyrag, bully, push_around, Hector, bullyrag, strong-arm

• The clue is 26. Take quite a turn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEER

  Possible Answer: slue, cut, sheer, trend, veer, swerve, curve, slew

  Possible Opposite Answer : back

• The clue is 27. Antoine Caliste Domino Jr., familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FATS

  Possible Answer: fatten, fatten_out, plump_out, flesh_out, fatness, fill_out, fat, blubber, fatty_tissue, adipose_tissue, avoirdupois, fatten_up, plump

  Possible Opposite Answer : leanness

• The clue is 28. Antiburglary device. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIGHTTIMER

• The clue is 29. "See ya!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADIOSAMIGO

• The clue is 31. Language family of the Pacific Northwest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SALISH

  Possible Answer: Salishan, Salish

• The clue is 35. Like palomino horses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAN

  Possible Answer: burn, bronze, suntan, tangent, tan, topaz, sunburn

• The clue is 36. Utah airport inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLC

• The clue is 37. Feathery layers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HENS

  Possible Answer: biddy, hen

• The clue is 39. People rush to get into it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRAT

  Possible Answer: fraternity, frat

• The clue is 43. Set off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIP

  Possible Answer: jaunt, trip_up, actuate, turn_on, trigger, get_off, activate, slip, trigger_off, trip-up, touch_off, head_trip, trip_out, trip, stumble, tripper, spark, set_off, misstep, travel, spark_off

• The clue is 44. Swimmer's complaint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARACHE

  Possible Answer: otalgia, earache

• The clue is 49. Nay sayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VETOER

• The clue is 50. Distinctive mark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAMP

  Possible Answer: tender, stomp, emboss, seal, postage_stamp, mould, mold, stamp, postage, pigeonhole, stump, stereotype, cast, revenue_stamp, pestle, impression, boss, legal_tender

• The clue is 51. Put a hex on à la Shakespeare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CURST

  Possible Answer: swear, unchurch, imprecate, maledict, blaspheme, cursed, curst, anathemise, curse, cuss, damn, anathemize, excommunicate, beshrew, bedamn

  Possible Opposite Answer : bless, blessed, communicate

• The clue is 53. Possessing a full range of physical and mental faculties. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABLED

• The clue is 56. Veronica who wrote the "Divergent" series. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROTH

  Possible Answer: Roth, Philip_Roth, Philip_Milton_Roth

• The clue is 58. Chilled. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUNG

  Possible Answer: give_ear, advert, pay_heed, flow, hang_up, attend, fall, string_up, hang, cling

• The clue is 59. As a result. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERGO

  Possible Answer: ergo

• The clue is 61. Prevent from running. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAM

  Possible Answer: dam, decametre, dekametre, dekameter, dyke, dkm, decameter, dike, dam_up

• The clue is 63. Author Patchett. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANN

• The clue is 64. "Ideas change everything" org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer: Teddy_boy, Ted

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (32 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (44 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. Appropriate answer for 1-Across	5
2A	6. Have the sense of	4
3A	10. Females shepherded by shepherds	4
4A	14. Fuel-bearing ship	5
5A	15. Leer at	4
6A	16. One piece of a three-piece suit	4
7A	17. Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich	15
8A	20. Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief	3
9A	21. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)	3
10A	22. Happen afterward	5
11A	23. Some limb-moving muscles	9
12A	27. Kids' items at a day care in Derby	14
13A	32. Pack tightly	5
14A	33. Spanish for "this"	4
15A	34. Pod tidbit	3
16A	35. Spoke to a convention, say	6
17A	37. Members of the aristocracy	6
18A	40. Establishment that might offer free breakfast	3
19A	41. Quaint lead-in to while	4
20A	45. Leads off	5
21A	46. Areas on a map of Manchester	14
22A	50. Sudden, widespread appearances of illness	9
23A	51. Live (in)	5
24A	54. "Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)	3
25A	55. Butcher's discard	3
26A	58. "Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?"	15
27A	63. Laura of "Jurassic Park"	4
28A	64. A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly	4
29A	65. Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction	5
30A	66. Force holding us onto Earth, informally	4
31A	67. Pepsi alternative	4
32A	68. Be present	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Appropriate answer for 1-Across"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the beginning of anything
• Similar words include: originate, bug out, pop
• Opposite of: finish, end

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Answer: START

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2A: "6. Have the sense of"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an intuitive awareness; or
• Similar words include: look, finger, flavour
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FEEL

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3A: "10. Females shepherded by shepherds"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Similar words include: ewe, Ewe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EWES

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4A: "14. Fuel-bearing ship"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a worker who oils engines or machinery
• Similar words include: tanker, oil well, tank ship
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OILER

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5A: "15. Leer at"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that look at with amorous intentions
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OGLE

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6A: "16. One piece of a three-piece suit"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
• Similar words include: robe, undershirt, invest
• Opposite of: divest

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Answer: VEST

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7A: "17. Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: FLAVOUROFTHEDAY

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8A: "20. Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
• Similar words include: Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, Al
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALS

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9A: "21. "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a form of address for a married woman
• Similar words include: Mrs., Mr., Mister
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MRS

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10A: "22. Happen afterward"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
• Similar words include: result
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ENSUE

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11A: "23. Some limb-moving muscles"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
• Similar words include: kidnapper, abductor muscle, snatcher
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ABDUCTORS

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12A: "27. Kids' items at a day care in Derby"

14 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: COLOURINGBOOKS

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13A: "32. Pack tightly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: JAMIN

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14A: "33. Spanish for "this""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESTE

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15A: "34. Pod tidbit"

3 letters Category: Common Word

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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16A: "35. Spoke to a convention, say"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that talk pompously
• Similar words include: orate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ORATED

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17A: "37. Members of the aristocracy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
• Similar words include: elite, elite group
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ELITES

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18A: "40. Establishment that might offer free breakfast"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Similar words include: auberge, lodge, hostelry
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INN

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19A: "41. Quaint lead-in to while"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at a previous time
• Similar words include: erstwhile, once, formerly
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERST

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20A: "45. Leads off"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Similar words include: unfold, give, clear
• Opposite of: fold, close

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Answer: OPENS

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21A: "46. Areas on a map of Manchester"

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a surrounding or nearby region
• Similar words include: neck of the woods, vicinity, locality
• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: NEIGHBOURHOODS

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22A: "50. Sudden, widespread appearances of illness"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
• Similar words include: irruption, outbreak, eruption
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: OUTBREAKS

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23A: "51. Live (in)"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
• Similar words include: brood, inhabit, harp
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DWELL

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24A: "54. "Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation)"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
• Similar words include: ml, Swedish mile, cc
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MIL

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25A: "55. Butcher's discard"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Similar words include: rich, adipose tissue, blubber
• Opposite of: thin, leanness

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Answer: FAT

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26A: "58. "Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?""

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: OHYOUAREBRITISH

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27A: "63. Laura of "Jurassic Park""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DERN

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28A: "64. A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a statute in draft before it becomes law
• Similar words include: card, account, circular
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BILL

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29A: "65. Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that czech novelist who wrote in german about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
• Similar words include: Franz Kafka
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KAFKA

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30A: "66. Force holding us onto Earth, informally"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONEG

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31A: "67. Pepsi alternative"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
• Similar words include: snow, C, Coca Cola
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COKE

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32A: "68. Be present"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have an existence, be extant
• Similar words include: live, be, survive
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EXIST

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Divan	4
2D	2. Tens or ones place?	4
3D	3. Lead-in to "poor Yorick!"	4
4D	4. Al Sharpton's title, for short	3
5D	5. Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut	8
6D	6. "Absolutely!"	7
7D	7. Sense of self	3
8D	8. Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	3
9D	9. Do-over at serving	3
10D	10. "Nevertheless ..."	6
11D	11. Marries	4
12D	12. One son of Isaac and Rebekah	4
13D	13. Bacterial eye malady	4
14D	18. Pakistani language	4
15D	19. Chervil or chive	4
16D	23. Touched down	4
17D	24. Stool pigeons, in police shorthand	3
18D	25. Explosive inits.	3
19D	26. Kind of arch in architecture	4
20D	27. ___ asada	5
21D	28. Resident of a Mideast sultanate	5
22D	29. Chose, with "for"	5
23D	30. Wails	5
24D	31. Give some lip to	4
25D	32. Sign up for	4
26D	36. Some are said to be "swimming" in this	4
27D	38. Resemble	8
28D	39. Ways to raise capital, in brief	4
29D	42. Lowe on TV	3
30D	43. Big ___, West Coast tourist destination	3
31D	44. Shake with fear	7
32D	47. Sandlot QB's order to a receiver	6
33D	48. Streaming service owned by Disney	4
34D	49. Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe	4
35D	51. Birdbrain	4
36D	52. "At what time?"	4
37D	53. Brontë heroine	4
38D	55. Popular female poodle name	4
39D	56. Inquires	4
40D	57. Word after "Copy" or "Fancy"	4
41D	59. Airer of "The View"	3
42D	60. Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration	3
43D	61. Wapiti, by another name	3
44D	62. Put a burden on	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Divan"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an upholstered seat for more than one person
• Similar words include: lounge, couch
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOFA

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2D: "2. Tens or ones place?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
• Similar words include: cashbox, public treasury, trough
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TILL

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3D: "3. Lead-in to "poor Yorick!""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Similar words include: regrettably, unluckily, ala
• Opposite of: fortunately, luckily

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Answer: ALAS

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4D: "4. Al Sharpton's title, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
• Similar words include: rpm, revolutions per minute, rev up
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REV

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5D: "5. Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a u-shaped slide
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TROMBONE

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6D: "6. "Absolutely!""

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FORSURE

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7D: "7. Sense of self"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Similar words include: self-importance, self, egotism
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EGO

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8D: "8. Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Similar words include: pixy, gremlin, extremely low frequency
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELF

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9D: "9. Do-over at serving"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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: Army of the Pure, lease, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
• Opposite of: disallow, prevent

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Answer: LET

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10D: "10. "Nevertheless ...""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EVENSO

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11D: "11. Marries"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Similar words include: splice, Midweek, hook up with
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WEDS

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12D: "12. One son of Isaac and Rebekah"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESAU

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13D: "13. Bacterial eye malady"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Similar words include: sty, eye infection, hordeolum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STYE

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14D: "18. Pakistani language"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the official literary language of pakistan, closely related to hindi; widely used in india (mostly by moslems); written in arabic script
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: URDU

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15D: "19. Chervil or chive"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
• Similar words include: herbaceous plant
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HERB

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16D: "23. Touched down"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALIT

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17D: "24. Stool pigeons, in police shorthand"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
• Similar words include: Commonwealth of Independent States, curie, Ci
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CIS

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18D: "25. Explosive inits."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Similar words include: trinitrotoluene
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TNT

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19D: "26. Kind of arch in architecture"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a molding that (in section) has the shape of an s with the convex part above and the concave part below
• Similar words include: cyma reversa
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OGEE

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20D: "27. ___ asada"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CARNE

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21D: "28. Resident of a Mideast sultanate"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of oman
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OMANI

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22D: "29. Chose, with "for""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that select as an alternative over another
• Similar words include: choose, opt, prefer
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OPTED

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23D: "30. Wails"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
• Similar words include: keen, lament
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KEENS

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24D: "31. Give some lip to"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
• Similar words include: lip, back talk, Special Air Service
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SASS

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25D: "32. Sign up for"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
• Similar words include: articulation, joint, junction
• Opposite of: disjoin

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Answer: JOIN

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26D: "36. Some are said to be "swimming" in this"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of owing something (especially money)
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEBT

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27D: "38. Resemble"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: LOOKLIKE

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28D: "39. Ways to raise capital, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Similar words include: initial offering, initial public offering, IPO
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IPOS

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29D: "42. Lowe on TV"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
• Similar words include: overcharge, gazump, soak
• Opposite of: undercharge

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Answer: ROB

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30D: "43. Big ___, West Coast tourist destination"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Similar words include: Tyre
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SUR

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31D: "44. Shake with fear"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
• Similar words include: shake, shiver
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TREMBLE

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32D: "47. Sandlot QB's order to a receiver"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GOLONG

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33D: "48. Streaming service owned by Disney"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HULU

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34D: "49. Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Similar words include: hairsbreadth, pilus, hair's-breadth
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HAIR

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35D: "51. Birdbrain"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
• Similar words include: fogy, fogey, Raphus cucullatus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DODO

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36D: "52. "At what time?""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WHEN

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37D: "53. Brontë heroine"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
• Similar words include: Lake Eyre
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EYRE

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38D: "55. Popular female poodle name"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FIFI

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39D: "56. Inquires"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that inquire about
• Similar words include: expect, demand, ask
• Opposite of: obviate

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Answer: ASKS

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40D: "57. Word after "Copy" or "Fancy""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THAT

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41D: "59. Airer of "The View""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Similar words include: alphabet, ABC's, rudiment
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ABC

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42D: "60. Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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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43D: "61. Wapiti, by another name"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Similar words include: Alces alces, wapiti, red deer
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELK

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44D: "62. Put a burden on"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• Similar words include: revenue enhancement, assess, taxation
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAX

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

32 Across Clues

44 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

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