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While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.

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1 Introductory course: SALAD 6 Exchange letters: IPO 9 Venue for the sale of the town of Buford, Wyo., in 2012 (price: $900,000): EBAY 13 What you might get after being taken for a ride: UBERRATING 16 Hint: NOTE 17 Jörmungandr, in Norse mythology: SEAMONSTER 18 ___ option: CALL 19 Narrow passage: Abbr.: STR 20 Affixes, in a way: PINS 21 Unprincipled: AMORAL 23 Midrange performer: ALTO 24 Shattering results: SHARDS 25 So-so at best: NOGREATSHAKES 29 Buff marsh resident: EGRET 30 Budget alternative: ALAMO 31 Saucer contents, in brief: ETS 34 Industrial Revolution and others: ERAS 35 First Pixar film with a female protagonist: BRAVE 36 Fulminate: RAIL 37 Cubby hole?: DEN 38 Playwright/screenwriter Douglas Carter ___: BEANE 39 First capital of Alaska: SITKA 40 One method of payment: DIRECTDEPOSIT 43 Pickle: SCRAPE 44 Actress Melissa Joan ___: HART 45 Sauce made of seeds: TAHINI 46 Company behind Sonic the Hedgehog: SEGA 47 Blubber: SOB 50 2011 hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West that samples a 1966 soul performance: OTIS 51 Very: NOTALITTLE 54 Bit of a subway station wall: TILE 55 Read more on digitaltrends.com

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