Monday August 05, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues answers

Monday August 05, 2024 - NYT Answers

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle: 

NYT Crossword clues

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" band - Show Answer
  

  ABBA

  (4 letters)



• 5. Actor Driver - Show Answer
  

  ADAM

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: X, XTC, hug_drug, ecstasy, cristal, disco_biscuit, go, Robert_Adam, Adam



• 9. ___ on a true story - Show Answer
  

  BASED

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: ground, found, free-base, establish, based, base



• 14. "Yippee!," in internet-speak - Show Answer
  

  WOOT

  (4 letters)



• 15. Rich vein of ore - Show Answer
  

  LODE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: load, lode



• 16. Proverb - Show Answer
  

  ADAGE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: proverb, adage, saw, byword



• 17. Young horse - Show Answer
  

  FOAL

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: foal



• 18. Garnish for a glass of iced tea - Show Answer
  

  LEMONWEDGE

  (10 letters)



• 20. How some things are better left - Show Answer
  

  UNSAID

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: unsaid, take_back, swallow, unsay, withdraw, unvoiced, unverbalized, unspoken, unverbalised, unuttered, unexpressed, unstated



• 22. Response to "Call me!" - Show Answer
  

  IWILL

  (5 letters)



• 23. Disappoints - Show Answer
  

  LETSDOWN

  (8 letters)



• 25. "I don't need that back" - Show Answer
  

  KEEPIT

  (6 letters)



• 29. Number of U.S. states without any straight borders - Show Answer
  

  ONE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: unmatched, ace, I, 1, i, unmatchable, unrivalled, single, matchless, one_and_only, unity, nonpareil, unitary, unrivaled, one, peerless, ane



• 30. Fish-and-chips fish - Show Answer
  

  COD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: bait, tantalise, befool, tease, cod, twit, cash_on_delivery, fool, put_one_across, gull, seedcase, tantalize, taunt, ride, collect, slang, put_on, take_in, COD, C.O.D., pod, rally, dupe, rag, codfish, razz, put_one_over



• 31. Tennis champion Swiatek - Show Answer
  

  IGA

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: IgA, immunoglobulin_A



• 32. Appliance at a hotel breakfast bar - Show Answer
  

  WAFFLEIRON

  (10 letters)



• 37. Tree of the tropics - Show Answer
  

  PALM

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: decoration, thenar, medallion, palm_tree, laurel_wreath, ribbon, medal, handle, palm



• 38. Pseudonym - Show Answer
  

  ALIAS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: alias, also_known_as, a.k.a., false_name, assumed_name



• 39. Big wad - Show Answer
  

  GOB

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: sea_dog, mariner, seaman, trap, gob, yap, tar, hole, Jack-tar, old_salt, maw, cakehole, Jack, seafarer



• 40. Watercraft prone to tipping - Show Answer
  

  CANOE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: canoe



• 41. Something forbidden - Show Answer
  

  NONO

  (4 letters)



• 42. Expensive cabinet material - Show Answer
  

  CHERRYWOOD

  (10 letters)



• 44. San Jose-to-Sacramento dir. - Show Answer
  

  NNE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: NNE, north_northeast, nor'-nor'-east



• 45. "Survivor" shelter - Show Answer
  

  HUT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: shack, shanty, field_hut, hutch, hut, army_hut, hovel



• 46. Nickname for a Bronx-born U.S. congresswoman - Show Answer
  

  AOC

  (3 letters)



• 47. Shares the same view - Show Answer
  

  AGREES

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: agree, hold, concord, fit, check, concur, jibe, accord, gibe, match, tally, fit_in, correspond, consort, harmonize, harmonise

  Antonyms: disagree



• 49. Secluded - Show Answer
  

  ISOLATED

  (8 letters)

  Synonyms: set-apart, isolate, disjunct, isolated, sequester, separated, sequestrate, keep_apart, detached, apart, marooned, stray, obscure, quarantined, set_apart, stranded, insulate



• 54. Where Nissan and Nintendo are headquartered - Show Answer
  

  JAPAN

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Nippon, Japanese_Archipelago, Japanese_Islands, Japan, japan, Nihon



• 56. Legendary stoner? - Show Answer
  

  MEDUSA

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: medusan, medusoid, Medusa, medusa



• 57. Credit card industry pioneer … or a hint to 18-, 32- and 42-Across - Show Answer
  

  DINERSCLUB

  (10 letters)



• 61. Prefix with climactic - Show Answer
  

  ANTI

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: anti

  Antonyms: pro



• 62. The "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," for two - Show Answer
  

  EPICS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: epos, epic_poem, epic, heroic_poem



• 63. Org. that runs the Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Show Answer
  

  NASA

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration



• 64. Slippery part of a banana - Show Answer
  

  PEEL

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: undress, unclothe, flake_off, peel, strip_down, uncase, disrobe, strip, Robert_Peel, pare, Peel, skin, flake, Sir_Robert_Peel, discase, peel_off

  Antonyms: dress



• 65. Foamy coffee order - Show Answer
  

  LATTE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: caffe_latte, latte



• 66. She-sheep - Show Answer
  

  EWES

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: ewe, Ewe



• 67. Guitarist Anastasio of Phish - Show Answer
  

  TREY

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: triplet, terzetto, leash, tierce, III, deuce-ace, three, triad, ternion, trio, threesome, 3, trine, trey, troika, ternary, trinity, tercet

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Terrible - Show Answer
  

  AWFUL

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: frightful, dreadful, horrific, unspeakable, dire, terribly, awfully, awful, awesome, direful, nasty, atrocious, fearful, horrendous, frightfully, terrible, painful, dreaded, abominable, dread, awed, tremendous, amazing, awe-inspiring, frightening, awing, fearsome

  Antonyms: nice



• 2. American frontiersman Daniel - Show Answer
  

  BOONE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Boone, Daniel_Boone



• 3. Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici" is a famous one - Show Answer
  

  BOAST

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: self-praise, gas, feature, blow, brag, swash, vaunt, bluster, sport, boast, shoot_a_line, jactitation, boasting, gasconade, tout



• 4. Book of maps - Show Answer
  

  ATLAS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Atlas, atlas, atlas_vertebra, book_of_maps, map_collection, telamon



• 5. "Finished!" - Show Answer
  

  ALLDONE

  (7 letters)



• 6. Anonymous Jane or John - Show Answer
  

  DOE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Energy_Department, DOE, Department_of_Energy, doe, Energy



• 7. Website overseer, for short - Show Answer
  

  ADMIN

  (5 letters)



• 8. Be a chatty catty? - Show Answer
  

  MEOW

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: meow, miaul, miaou, miaow, mew



• 9. Cried one's eyes out - Show Answer
  

  BAWLED

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: yawp, bellow, bawl



• 10. "Rolling in the Deep" singer - Show Answer
  

  ADELE

  (5 letters)



• 11. Forlorn - Show Answer
  

  SAD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: lamentable, deplorable, sorry, distressing, sad, pitiful

  Antonyms: glad



• 12. Binding agent in baking - Show Answer
  

  EGG

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: testis, testicle, orchis, eggs, ballock, ball, bollock, egg, nut



• 13. Grade that's not as bad as eff - Show Answer
  

  DEE

  (3 letters)



• 19. Big name in cameras - Show Answer
  

  NIKON

  (5 letters)



• 21. Greatly admired figures - Show Answer
  

  IDOLS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: idol, perfection, god, beau_ideal, graven_image, matinee_idol, paragon



• 24. Package measurement - Show Answer
  

  WEIGHT

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: free_weight, angle, exercising_weight, burthen, weight_unit, system_of_weights, slant, weight_down, burden, weighting, weight, weightiness

  Antonyms: unburden



• 26. With 51-Down, someone who gets keys in key - Show Answer
  

  PIANO

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: soft, pianissimo, softly, pianoforte, piano, forte-piano

  Antonyms: forte



• 27. Arctic home - Show Answer
  

  IGLOO

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: iglu, igloo



• 28. Domesticated - Show Answer
  

  TAMED

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: domesticize, cultivate, chasten, naturalise, domesticate, reclaim, naturalize, moderate, tone_down, tamed, tame, domesticise, subdue

  Antonyms: wild



• 30. Snake charmers' snakes - Show Answer
  

  COBRAS

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: cobra



• 32. "___ Get Away?" (Southwest Airlines slogan) - Show Answer
  

  WANNA

  (5 letters)



• 33. Together (with) - Show Answer
  

  ALONG

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: along, on



• 34. More exquisite - Show Answer
  

  FINER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: o.k., hunky-dory, okay, ok, finer, all_right, fine

  Antonyms: coarse



• 35. ___ Schwarz (toy retailer) - Show Answer
  

  FAO

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: FAO, Food_and_Agriculture_Organization, Food_and_Agriculture_Organization_of_the_United_Nations



• 36. Caviar - Show Answer
  

  ROE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: roe, hard_roe



• 37. Feline foot - Show Answer
  

  PAW

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: paw, hand, manus, mitt



• 40. Ride a bike - Show Answer
  

  CYCLE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: hertz, cps, Hz, round, pedal, bicycle, motorcycle, rhythm, cycle, cycles/second, cycle_per_second, bike, motorbike, oscillation, wheel



• 42. Inflection points - Show Answer
  

  CUSPS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: leaflet, cusp



• 43. Robotic vacuum cleaners - Show Answer
  

  ROOMBAS

  (7 letters)



• 45. Funeral vehicle - Show Answer
  

  HEARSE

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: hearse



• 48. Last-resort button in a cockpit - Show Answer
  

  EJECT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: release, force_out, squeeze_out, eject, squirt, discharge, turf_out, turn_out, exclude, boot_out, exhaust, expel, chuck_out



• 49. Family member by marriage - Show Answer
  

  INLAW

  (5 letters)



• 50. Modify - Show Answer
  

  ADAPT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: accommodate, adjust, adapt, conform



• 51. See 26-Down - Show Answer
  

  TUNER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: tuner, wireless, receiving_set, radio_set, radio, piano_tuner, radio_receiver



• 52. Lauder of cosmetics - Show Answer
  

  ESTEE

  (5 letters)



• 53. Word with Double or Planet - Show Answer
  

  DAILY

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: everyday, day-after-day, daily, day-to-day, day_by_day, casual, day-by-day



• 55. Teen's skin affliction - Show Answer
  

  ACNE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: acne



• 57. Marina ___ Rey, Calif. - Show Answer
  

  DEL

  (3 letters)



• 58. Hoppy brew, for short - Show Answer
  

  IPA

  (3 letters)



• 59. Minor criticism - Show Answer
  

  NIT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: nit



• 60. Purpose - Show Answer
  

  USE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: usage, role, practice, manipulation, utilisation, consumption, utilize, habituate, enjoyment, exercise, apply, utilise, employment, economic_consumption, purpose, usance, employ, utilization, expend, use, habit, function, use_of_goods_and_services

XWordHint Crossword Answers September 02, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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 lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (41 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. "Melts in your mouth" candies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	6
2A	7. Mattress or memo follower	3
3A	10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River	4
4A	14. Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one	6
5A	15. Meaning of "mono-"	3
6A	16. Marco Polo made his way across it	4
7A	17. Much of Mali	6
8A	18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might	8
9A	20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers	12
10A	22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g.	4
11A	24. Maroon and mahogany, for two	6
12A	25. Man's "monkey suit"	3
13A	26. Mom-to-aunt moniker	3
14A	28. Muscular part of a marathoner	3
15A	29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem	3
16A	32. Met melody	4
17A	34. Make sure not to miss it!	3
18A	36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr	5
19A	38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter"	15
20A	42. Minced-meat cake	5
21A	43. Male meower	3
22A	44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo	4
23A	45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr.	3
24A	46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief	3
25A	49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co.	3
26A	51. Make free (of), maybe	3
27A	52. Munificent man	6
28A	54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say	4
29A	56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet"	12
30A	60. Midwest state that's home to Moline	8
31A	61. Many-toothed metal tool	6
32A	65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion	4
33A	66. Martial arts master Bruce	3
34A	67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g.	6
35A	68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr.	4
36A	69. Modern modem inits.	3
37A	70. Maniacs, maybe	6

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "Melts in your mouth" candies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MANDMS

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2A: "7. Mattress or memo follower"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
• Similar words include: embellish, fill out, lodgings
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAD

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3A: "10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
• Similar words include: bathtub, bathing tub, bathroom
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BATH

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4A: "14. Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MATRON

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5A: "15. Meaning of "mono-""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: unrivaled, 1, ace
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONE

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6A: "16. Marco Polo made his way across it"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

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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7A: "17. Much of Mali"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern africa
• Similar words include: Sahara Desert
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SAHARA

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8A: "18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a glancing rebound
• Similar words include: carom, resile, bound
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RICOCHET

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9A: "20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers"

12 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: MAGICMARKERS

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10A: "22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular instance of buying or selling
• Similar words include: flock, allot, sight
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEAL

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11A: "24. Maroon and mahogany, for two"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
• Similar words include: nuance, shade off, shade
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHADES

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12A: "25. Man's "monkey suit""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that semiformal evening dress for men
• Similar words include: black tie, tuxedo, dinner jacket
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TUX

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13A: "26. Mom-to-aunt moniker"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
• Similar words include: Si, Systeme International d'Unites, si
• Opposite of: brother

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Answer: SIS

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14A: "28. Muscular part of a marathoner"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Similar words include: branch, wooden leg, pegleg
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LEG

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15A: "29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AKA

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16A: "32. Met melody"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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17A: "34. Make sure not to miss it!"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• Similar words include: pool cue, prompt, clue
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CUE

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18A: "36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that look at with amorous intentions
• Similar words include: ogle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OGLED

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19A: "38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter""

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

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Answer: MISCHIEFMANAGED

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20A: "42. Minced-meat cake"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that small flat mass of chopped food
• Similar words include: cake
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PATTY

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21A: "43. Male meower"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Similar words include: tomcat, turkey cock, tom turkey
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOM

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22A: "44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that street names for marijuana
• Similar words include: sess, skunk, smoke
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DOPE

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23A: "45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
• Similar words include: Associate in Nursing, autonomic nervous system, AN
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANS

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24A: "46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Similar words include: organizer, organiser, personal organizer
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PDA

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25A: "49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: up
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UPS

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26A: "51. Make free (of), maybe"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relieve from
• Similar words include: free, disembarrass
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RID

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27A: "52. Munificent man"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
• Similar words include: partaker
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHARER

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28A: "54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
• Similar words include: Aton
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATEN

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29A: "56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet""

12 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: MICKEYMANTLE

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30A: "60. Midwest state that's home to Moline"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a midwestern state in north-central united states
• Similar words include: Land of Lincoln, Prairie State, IL
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ILLINOIS

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31A: "61. Many-toothed metal tool"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
• Similar words include: splitsaw
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RIPSAW

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32A: "65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
• Similar words include: clippety-clop, clip-clop, clump
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CLOP

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33A: "66. Martial arts master Bruce"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Similar words include: Lee Yuen Kam, lee side, Bruce Lee
• Opposite of: windward

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Answer: LEE

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34A: "67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g."

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that operate an airplane
• Similar words include: pilot, fly
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AVIATE

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35A: "68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr."

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Similar words include: EST, Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESTS

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36A: "69. Modern modem inits."

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Similar words include: digital subscriber line
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DSL

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37A: "70. Maniacs, maybe"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an insane person
• Similar words include: maniac, madman, lunatic
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MADMEN

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Metric measurements: Abbr.	3
2D	2. Motorists make up this org.	3
3D	3. Maximum degree in math	3
4D	4. Molière's or Mamet's field	5
5D	5. Maxims discouraging misconduct	6
6D	6. Minor mishap	4
7D	7. Many a mailbox locale	5
8D	8. Marmot or marmoset	6
9D	9. Month multiplied by 120	6
10D	10. Musters support for, as a mission	5
11D	11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom	4
12D	12. Measure of a membership	4
13D	13. Milliners manufacture them	4
14D	19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here	6
15D	21. Matter to mull over	5
16D	22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit	6
17D	23. Manifests in the material world	6
18D	25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name	5
19D	27. Map word in Marseille	3
20D	29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001	6
21D	30. Maintain, as movie footage	6
22D	31. Made a basic math calculation	5
23D	33. Magician's or marionettist's performance	3
24D	35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief	3
25D	37. Meander mindlessly (about)	3
26D	39. Mild-mannered characteristic?	6
27D	40. Miss badly, maybe	5
28D	41. Music magnifier at a concert	3
29D	47. Made a mere 24 hours ago	6
30D	48. Military groups that meet in battle	6
31D	50. Mouth moistener	6
32D	52. Moves merrily	5
33D	53. Mobile stand at a meeting	5
34D	55. Meh ... or medium-temp	5
35D	56. Miniature maze runners	4
36D	57. Major misfortunes	4
37D	58. Medical mass	4
38D	59. Means of transport in a mine	4
39D	62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me"	3
40D	63. Made a meal of	3
41D	64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Metric measurements: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
• Similar words include: millimeter, millimetre, mm
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MMS

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2D: "2. Motorists make up this org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AAA

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3D: "3. Maximum degree in math"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Similar words include: n-th
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NTH

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4D: "4. Molière's or Mamet's field"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
• Similar words include: dramatic event, dramatic play, play
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DRAMA

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5D: "5. Maxims discouraging misconduct"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
• Similar words include: morality, lesson, ethics
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MORALS

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6D: "6. Minor mishap"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sharp protuberance
• Similar words include: rip, tear, rent
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SNAG

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7D: "7. Many a mailbox locale"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PORCH

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8D: "8. Marmot or marmoset"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Similar words include: fleshly, beast, creature
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANIMAL

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9D: "9. Month multiplied by 120"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of 10 years
• Similar words include: decennary, X, 10
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DECADE

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10D: "10. Musters support for, as a mission"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
• Similar words include: stake, rear, support
• Opposite of: advance, front

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Answer: BACKS

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11D: "11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Similar words include: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASHE

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12D: "12. Measure of a membership"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• Similar words include: level, grade, tier up
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TIER

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13D: "13. Milliners manufacture them"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
• Similar words include: lid, hat, chapeau
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HATS

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14D: "19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Similar words include: Beaver State, OR
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OREGON

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15D: "21. Matter to mull over"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
• Similar words include: yield, outcome, result
• Opposite of: recall

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Answer: ISSUE

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16D: "22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tree of southeastern asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
• Similar words include: Durio zibethinus, durion, durian tree
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DURIAN

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17D: "23. Manifests in the material world"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: EXISTS

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18D: "25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a resort city in western florida; located on tampa bay on the gulf of mexico
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TAMPA

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19D: "27. Map word in Marseille"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICI

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20D: "29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALGORE

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21D: "30. Maintain, as movie footage"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: KEEPIN

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22D: "31. Made a basic math calculation"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
• Similar words include: append, tot, summate
• Opposite of: subtract, take away

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Answer: ADDED

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23D: "33. Magician's or marionettist's performance"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Similar words include: work, human activity, routine
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACT

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24D: "35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EFT

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25D: "37. Meander mindlessly (about)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
• Similar words include: anxiety reaction, jazz around, generalized anxiety disorder
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GAD

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26D: "39. Mild-mannered characteristic?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
• Similar words include: dash, hyphenate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HYPHEN

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27D: "40. Miss badly, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feel sadness
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MOURN

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28D: "41. Music magnifier at a concert"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: adenylic acid, A, adenosine monophosphate
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMP

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29D: "47. Made a mere 24 hours ago"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DAYOLD

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30D: "48. Military groups that meet in battle"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
• Similar words include: Army, USA, regular army
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ARMIES

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31D: "50. Mouth moistener"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
• Similar words include: spittle, spit
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SALIVA

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32D: "52. Moves merrily"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a gait in which steps and hops alternate
• Similar words include: hop, cut, skip over
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SKIPS

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33D: "53. Mobile stand at a meeting"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EASEL

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34D: "55. Meh ... or medium-temp"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that moderately warm
• Similar words include: halfhearted, half-hearted, lukewarm
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEPID

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35D: "56. Miniature maze runners"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Similar words include: computer mouse, mouse, black eye
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MICE

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36D: "57. Major misfortunes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Similar words include: ill, ailment, complaint
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ILLS

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37D: "58. Medical mass"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
• Similar words include: curdle, coagulate, clog
• Opposite of: homogenize

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Answer: CLOT

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38D: "59. Means of transport in a mine"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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: trolley car, tramway, tramcar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRAM

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39D: "62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
• Similar words include: surface-to-air missile
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SAM

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40D: "63. Made a meal of"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: use up, eat up, rust
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ATE

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41D: "64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
• Similar words include: sebaceous cyst, steatocystoma, pilar cyst
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WEN

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

41 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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