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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (36 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. The "S" of N.S.F.W. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Invite to enter | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Artist Salvador | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "___ Your Enthusiasm" | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Totally sus, say | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Scholarly "same" | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Wave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Old name of Thailand | 4 |
| 9A | 20. What's rolled out for yoga | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Pint in a pub, maybe | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Performance at Lincoln Center | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Heading back to where one lives | 13 |
| 13A | 28. Sitting on | 4 |
| 14A | 30. Shows signs of hunger | 6 |
| 15A | 31. Harsh, as a takedown | 6 |
| 16A | 34. Hollywood workplace | 8 |
| 17A | 38. Some undergrad degs. | 3 |
| 18A | 39. Low-tech cooler on a hot day | 3 |
| 19A | 41. Container at a beer blast | 3 |
| 20A | 42. "Wha-a-at?" | 3 |
| 21A | 43. "___ Got Talent" | 8 |
| 22A | 46. Madame : France :: ___ : Spain | 6 |
| 23A | 48. Playground denial | 6 |
| 24A | 50. Golf club often numbered 3 to 9 | 4 |
| 25A | 51. Repository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally | 13 |
| 26A | 56. What volcanoes do | 5 |
| 27A | 57. Pie ___ mode | 3 |
| 28A | 58. What the light from a lighthouse may pierce | 3 |
| 29A | 61. Singer James | 4 |
| 30A | 62. Track-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across | 10 |
| 31A | 66. "But ___ again ..." | 4 |
| 32A | 67. "Fingers crossed" | 5 |
| 33A | 68. Area east of the Urals | 4 |
| 34A | 69. Group | 4 |
| 35A | 70. Light brown and dull, as hair | 5 |
| 36A | 71. Actions at the Bellagio or Encore | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. The "S" of N.S.F.W."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
- Similar words include: secure, good, safety
- Opposite of: dangerous, out
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Answer: SAFE
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2A: "5. Invite to enter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASKIN
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3A: "10. Artist Salvador"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
- Similar words include: Salvador Dali
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DALI
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4A: "14. "___ Your Enthusiasm""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- Similar words include: curb bit, subdue, control
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CURB
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5A: "15. Totally sus, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- Similar words include: dissembler, pretender, bogus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHONY
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6A: "16. Scholarly "same""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDEM
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7A: "17. Wave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ARABSPRING
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8A: "19. Old name of Thailand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a country of southeastern asia that extends southward along the isthmus of kra to the malay peninsula
- Similar words include: Kingdom of Thailand, Thailand
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIAM
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9A: "20. What's rolled out for yoga"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Similar words include: Master of Arts in Teaching, matte, entangle
- Opposite of: unsnarl, disentangle
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Answer: MAT
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10A: "21. Pint in a pub, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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11A: "22. Performance at Lincoln Center"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Similar words include: opera house
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPERA
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12A: "23. Heading back to where one lives"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: HOMEWARDBOUND
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13A: "28. Sitting on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on, to, or at the top
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOP
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14A: "30. Shows signs of hunger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pretentious or silly talk or writing
- Similar words include: twaddle, drool, slabber
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DROOLS
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15A: "31. Harsh, as a takedown"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- Similar words include: roughshod, unrelenting, vicious
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BRUTAL
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16A: "34. Hollywood workplace"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MOVIESET
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17A: "38. Some undergrad degs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
- Similar words include: Artium Baccalaurens, atomic number 56, Ba
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAS
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18A: "39. Low-tech cooler on a hot day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
- Similar words include: buff, devotee, lover
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAN
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19A: "41. Container at a beer blast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity contained in a keg
- Similar words include: kegful
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEG
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20A: "42. "Wha-a-at?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUH
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21A: "43. "___ Got Talent""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: US, United States, the States
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AMERICAS
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22A: "46. Madame : France :: ___ : Spain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the english `mrs' or `madam'
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SENORA
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23A: "48. Playground denial"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARENOT
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24A: "50. Golf club often numbered 3 to 9"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- Similar words include: iron out, smoothing iron, atomic number 26
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRON
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25A: "51. Repository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: DOOMSDAYVAULT
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26A: "56. What volcanoes do"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that start abruptly
- Similar words include: come out, catch fire, ignite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERUPT
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27A: "57. Pie ___ mode"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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28A: "58. What the light from a lighthouse may pierce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
- Similar words include: befog, murkiness, murk
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOG
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29A: "61. Singer James"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETTA
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30A: "62. Track-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRIPLEJUMP
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31A: "66. "But ___ again ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that that time; that moment
- Similar words include: and then, so, and so
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THEN
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32A: "67. "Fingers crossed""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IHOPE
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33A: "68. Area east of the Urals"
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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34A: "69. Group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Similar words include: class, variety, sort out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SORT
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35A: "70. Light brown and dull, as hair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that quiet and timid and ineffectual
- Similar words include: mousey, mouselike, mouse-colored
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOUSY
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36A: "71. Actions at the Bellagio or Encore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the money risked on a gamble
- Similar words include: wager, count, stake
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BETS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Hoodwink | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Vibe | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Beer pong venue, maybe | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Flow out | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Garden of Eden fruit | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Brilliant at negotiating | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Ornamental fish in a pond | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Holiday ___ | 3 |
| 9D | 9. MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Get rid (of) | 7 |
| 11D | 11. "Goodbye, mes amis" | 5 |
| 12D | 12. "Live and ___" | 5 |
| 13D | 13. What the "face with steam from nose" emoji suggests | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Piano player in "Casablanca" | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Compel | 6 |
| 16D | 24. Pick, with "for" | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Elbow's place | 3 |
| 18D | 26. King's partner in castling | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Birds of peace | 5 |
| 20D | 28. Group whose "Gold: Greatest Hits" is the second-best-selling album in U.K. history | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Disneyland transport | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Unprecedented | 6 |
| 23D | 33. Fastened, as a corset or shoe | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Explosive personality trait | 9 |
| 25D | 36. Continental money | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Greater ___ | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Grandma, affectionately | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Spreading unchecked | 7 |
| 29D | 45. Miso bean | 3 |
| 30D | 47. Zero, in soccer | 3 |
| 31D | 49. The Roku Channel, Hulu and others | 6 |
| 32D | 51. Little specifics, in slang | 5 |
| 33D | 52. One dental specialty, informally | 5 |
| 34D | 53. ___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina) | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Narrow backstreet | 5 |
| 36D | 55. Abu Dhabi's land, for short | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Leave out | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Transcript figs. | 4 |
| 39D | 62. ___ Cook, longtime tech C.E.O. | 3 |
| 40D | 63. Letter before sigma | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Debtor's note | 3 |
| 42D | 65. Boxing punch | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Hoodwink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
- Similar words include: mulct, hornswoggle, con
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAM
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2D: "2. Vibe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Similar words include: aureole, atmosphere, glory
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AURA
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3D: "3. Beer pong venue, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FRATHOUSE
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4D: "4. Flow out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- Similar words include: wane, ebb down, ebb out
- Opposite of: tide
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Answer: EBB
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5D: "5. Garden of Eden fruit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- Similar words include: orchard apple tree, Malus pumila
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APPLE
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6D: "6. Brilliant at negotiating"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- Similar words include: conniving, astute, sharp
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHREWD
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7D: "7. Ornamental fish in a pond"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KOI
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8D: "8. Holiday ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Similar words include: lodge, auberge, hostel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INN
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9D: "9. MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NYG
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10D: "10. Get rid (of)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give, sell, or transfer to another
- Similar words include: throw out, toss out, discard
- Opposite of: indispose, disqualify
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Answer: DISPOSE
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11D: "11. "Goodbye, mes amis""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a farewell remark
- Similar words include: au revoir, bye, goodbye
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADIEU
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12D: "12. "Live and ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gain knowledge or skills
- Similar words include: con, watch, pick up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEARN
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13D: "13. What the "face with steam from nose" emoji suggests"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMMAD
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14D: "18. Piano player in "Casablanca""
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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15D: "22. Compel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that force somebody to do something
- Similar words include: obligate, hold, bind
- Opposite of: disoblige
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Answer: OBLIGE
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16D: "24. Pick, with "for""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that select as an alternative over another
- Similar words include: choose, prefer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPT
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17D: "25. Elbow's place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Similar words include: subdivision, branch, weapon
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM
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18D: "26. King's partner in castling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- Similar words include: mulct, hornswoggle, con
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROOK
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19D: "27. Birds of peace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous small pigeons
- Similar words include: Columba, Dove, dove
- Opposite of: hawk
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Answer: DOVES
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20D: "28. Group whose "Gold: Greatest Hits" is the second-best-selling album in U.K. history"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABBA
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21D: "29. Disneyland transport"
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: tramway, trolley car, ropeway
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRAM
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22D: "32. Unprecedented"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AFIRST
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23D: "33. Fastened, as a corset or shoe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spin,wind, or twist together
- Similar words include: twine, spike, fortify
- Opposite of: unlaced, untwine
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Answer: LACED
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24D: "35. Explosive personality trait"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHORTFUSE
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25D: "36. Continental money"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EURO
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26D: "37. Greater ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAN
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27D: "40. Grandma, affectionately"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NANA
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28D: "44. Spreading unchecked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unrestrained and violent
- Similar words include: rearing
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RAMPANT
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29D: "45. Miso bean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- Similar words include: soya, soya bean, soybean plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOY
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30D: "47. Zero, in soccer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: nothing, nada, zippo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIL
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31D: "49. The Roku Channel, Hulu and others"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TVAPPS
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32D: "51. Little specifics, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEETS
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33D: "52. One dental specialty, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORTHO
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34D: "53. ___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being on the outside or further from a center
- Similar words include: verboten, tabu, out
- Opposite of: inner, safe
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Answer: OUTER
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35D: "54. Narrow backstreet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow street with walls on both sides
- Similar words include: skittle alley, bowling alley, alleyway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLEY
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36D: "55. Abu Dhabi's land, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UAE
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37D: "59. Leave out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- Similar words include: except, neglect, pretermit
- Opposite of: attend to, include
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Answer: OMIT
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38D: "60. Transcript figs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- Similar words include: GPA, grade point average
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GPAS
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39D: "62. ___ Cook, longtime tech C.E.O."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIM
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40D: "63. Letter before sigma"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RHO
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41D: "64. Debtor's note"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOU
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42D: "65. Boxing punch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- Similar words include: poke, dig, stab
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JAB
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Today's Puzzle Stats
36 Across Clues
42 Down Clues
78 Total Clues
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