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How to Enter Answers
Click a cell once to enter an answer, and click that same cell again to switch between horizontal and vertical orientations
Click the clues to move the cursor directly to the cell for that answer
Hold down the
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)
Toggle pencil mode on/off
Arrow keys
Either move cursor along current orientation or change orientation without moving cursor
Space bar
Flip orientation between down/across
Delete
or
Backspace
Clear current cell
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+
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,
W
, or
P
Check
S
quare,
W
ord, or
P
uzzle
Alt
+
Shift
+
S
,
W
, or
P
Reveal
S
quare,
W
ord, or
P
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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ACROSS
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Go up and down
4
Meal with leftovers, likely
9
Memo phrase
13
Ace Wilson
14
Author Huxley
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Still-life fruit
17
Smelly bad habit?
19
Hoka rival
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"That's a ___!"
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Canada's capital?
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Sinusitis MD
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Draw a conclusion at Studio 54?
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Button on a point of sale screen
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Actress Mindy
33
Plane-talking agcy.?
34
Bars for tars
36
FDR's dog
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Feel the ___
40
Team leader whose time expires every 60 minutes?
44
"The Lion King" character who sings "Shadowland"
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Initial advice for busybodies
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Backside
47
Corn holder
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Mining finds
50
___ Jazz Masters
51
Below ground playground piece?
56
Reef wriggler
57
Sunlit period
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Raised to the third power
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Out of town
64
What pianist Amos's kids' kids call her?
68
Fashioned
69
"That was nasty!"
70
Some streaming devices
71
Right now
72
Go through
73
Hurricane's center
DOWN
1
Fishhook feature
2
City east of Santa Barbara
3
Collision sound
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Writing that repurposes established characters
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Chess rating letters
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Rightly or wrongly: Abbr.
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___-disant
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Stanley of the "Hunger Games" movies
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Bitter brew letters
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Swearing-off phrase
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Wilson of "The Office"
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Muse depicted wearing a wreath of myrtle
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Visible
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Tease gently
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Blunder bigtime
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Sectional alternative
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Bracelet ornament
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Classic doo-wop song by the Platters
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Alien invasion target
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"Frankly," in texts
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The paleo diet is high in it
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Drink under an umbrella
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Respond to unethical tactics
37
Squirreled-away item?
39
Der Spiegel article
41
Foaming at the mouth?
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Still sleeping
43
Confidentiality contract, briefly
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It's not here for very long
51
Bursting at the ___
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Inexperienced with
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Bothers incessantly
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Greek sandwiches
55
Play with robots?
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Quick snack
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Green thinking?
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Handful of pills
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Even so
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Hearing aid?
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Called yesterday
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Treat hides
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Thursday, Aug 07, 2025 NO SKIPS
Daily Puzzle | By Brendan Emmett Quigley
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