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Click a cell once to enter an answer, and click that same cell again to switch between horizontal and vertical orientations
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Shift
key to enter multiple characters for rebus answers
Basic Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut
Description
Letter / Number
Fill in current cell and advance cursor to next unfilled cell in the same word, if any
.
(period)
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Either move cursor along current orientation or change orientation without moving cursor
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Clear current cell
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quare,
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ord, or
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uzzle
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, or
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Reveal
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quare,
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ord, or
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uzzle
Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts
[
and
]
OR
Shift
with arrow keys
Move cursor perpendicular to current orientation without changing orientation
Tab
and
Shift+Tab
Move cursor to first unfilled square of next or previous unfilled clue
Home
OR
End
Move cursor to the beginning or end of a clue
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"Reading Rainbow" channel
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"Reading Rainbow" channel
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Collage bit
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Big name in home appliances
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"___ we having fun yet?"
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Head out the door
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Situation in which a post receives more replies than likes
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Digital detox
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Like eggs Benedict
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Restless
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Unit of farmland
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Pieces of celery
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Angsty rock genre
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Common article
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Bridal accessories
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"Party Down" star Scott
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"The Devil Wears ___"
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Aquatic Summer Olympics event
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Dirty or dry cocktail made with twice the amount of alcohol
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Some wearable cameras
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Fails to mention
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Fencing weapon
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Enlighten
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Word after "school" or "party"
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Highest point value for a Scrabble tile
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Most easygoing
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Greet the day
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"Hello" singer
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Gung-ho
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"Just one more mile!"
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Formally revise
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City home to the Musee de l'Orangerie
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___ and tonic
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Fantasy football numbers
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"Fast Car" singer Chapman
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Many a Keats work
DOWN
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Midsize VW model
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Bring up, like a sensitive topic
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Password-protected, say
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"You're crushing it!"
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Animation unit
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Male bighorn
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Connecticut, in D.C.
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Powers a bike
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Sausages often served with sauerkraut, for short
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Clumsy people
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Didn't go out
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Prefix for "gender"
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Trending
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Surface for Sidney Crosby
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Calligrapher's need
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Mammals with an "elephant" variety
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It ebbs and flows
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With a scoop of ice cream on top
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Fingernail treatment, for short
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Texter's "Holy cow!"
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Airbnb alternative
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Budget rival
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Lacking additives
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Float away
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Teensy
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"Rad!"
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Good spot to fly a kite
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French for "friends"
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Figure out
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Free from obligation
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Inflated sense of self-importance
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What an email address often doubles as
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Calm, cool and collected
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Sales prospects
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The whole enchilada
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Encouraging syllable
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Bumper boo-boo
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Online marketplace founded in 2005
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"As I ___ saying . . ."
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Person trained in CPR
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Gondola propeller
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Mrs., in Spanish
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___-tac-toe
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