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According to Washington State Patrol (WSP), a car was heading east on Highway 28 when it left the road and went into a ditch. WSP said the crash happened one mile south of Ephrata, Washington, just after 3:30 a.m. Monday morning.

There will always be the occasional day where the answer is the name of a body part, has a sneaky double vowel, or a word obscure enough to send everyone rushing off to a dictionary. But the daily answers, edited by Tracy Bennett, are still a good mix of common terms and tougher challenges.