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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (61 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (79 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
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. Maximum extent, in an idiom | 4 |
| 2A | 5. "Suitable, I guess" | 6 |
| 3A | 11. Small storage unit | 4 |
| 4A | 15. "___ News Central" (daily program) | 3 |
| 5A | 18. Sea adventure novel by Herman Melville | 4 |
| 6A | 19. Rump | 6 |
| 7A | 20. Sounds of amazement | 4 |
| 8A | 21. Spoils | 4 |
| 9A | 22. "Don't flick that cigarette over here!" | 11 |
| 10A | 24. "Incredible! This mosquito net didn't let in even one bug!" | 9 |
| 11A | 26. Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphorically | 7 |
| 12A | 27. Non-free-range farm fixture | 7 |
| 13A | 29. Container weight | 4 |
| 14A | 30. Pick up at school | 5 |
| 15A | 31. Actor Pascal | 5 |
| 16A | 32. Kiss | 6 |
| 17A | 34. Celestial sphere | 3 |
| 18A | 35. Went from 0 to 60, say | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Nipsey Russell's role in 1978's "The Wiz" | 6 |
| 20A | 40. "___ America (And So Can You!)" (Stephen Colbert best seller) | 3 |
| 21A | 42. Device for cutting bangs? | 8 |
| 22A | 45. More in need of a sticky roller | 7 |
| 23A | 47. Zealous | 4 |
| 24A | 48. Guide for writing a perfect letter | 7 |
| 25A | 49. Adorn | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Some skin care products | 6 |
| 27A | 52. "Dear Lord! His Majesty's beard is out of control!" | 15 |
| 28A | 55. Comics cry of dismay | 3 |
| 29A | 58. ___ code | 4 |
| 30A | 59. Tiny and scurrying, perhaps | 7 |
| 31A | 63. "Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!" | 21 |
| 32A | 71. Green gemstone | 7 |
| 33A | 72. Brand of bubbly, informally | 4 |
| 34A | 73. ___ de vie | 3 |
| 35A | 74. "Can you offer me anything bigger than skiffs, dinghies and pontoons?" | 15 |
| 36A | 82. Composure under pressure | 6 |
| 37A | 85. Firmly planted | 6 |
| 38A | 86. Sizable wine orders | 7 |
| 39A | 90. Zest | 4 |
| 40A | 91. Hero's partner in myth | 7 |
| 41A | 93. Real ladies' man | 8 |
| 42A | 94. Bit of work | 3 |
| 43A | 95. It's always getting into hot water | 6 |
| 44A | 96. Theatrical constructions | 4 |
| 45A | 97. Unburden | 3 |
| 46A | 98. Computer shortcuts | 6 |
| 47A | 100. Muse of love poetry | 5 |
| 48A | 103. "You can't win ___" | 5 |
| 49A | 105. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 4 |
| 50A | 106. "Is that a certainty?" | 7 |
| 51A | 109. Unruly, as a beard | 7 |
| 52A | 111. Secret agent first introduced in 1953 | 9 |
| 53A | 113. Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues | 11 |
| 54A | 115. Langston Hughes poem | 4 |
| 55A | 116. Aston Martin, e.g. | 4 |
| 56A | 117. Charm | 6 |
| 57A | 118. Member of a watery quintet | 4 |
| 58A | 119. Adriatique, e.g. | 3 |
| 59A | 120. School attended by both 111-Across and his creator | 4 |
| 60A | 121. Debate-ending reply | 6 |
| 61A | 122. Figs. most people have memorized | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Maximum extent, in an idiom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the handle of a sword or dagger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HILT
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2A: "5. "Suitable, I guess""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ITLLDO
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3A: "11. Small storage unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BYTE
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4A: "15. "___ News Central" (daily program)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CNN
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5A: "18. Sea adventure novel by Herman Melville"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMOO
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6A: "19. Rump"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PATOOT
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7A: "20. Sounds of amazement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: aah, ooh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOHS
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8A: "21. Spoils"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goods or money obtained illegally
- Similar words include: moolah, dough, scratch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOOT
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9A: "22. "Don't flick that cigarette over here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MOVEYOURASH
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10A: "24. "Incredible! This mosquito net didn't let in even one bug!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WHATAMESH
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11A: "26. Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphorically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountain in the central himalayas on the border of tibet and nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
- Similar words include: Mount Everest, Mt. Everest
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EVEREST
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12A: "27. Non-free-range farm fixture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a building where livestock are fattened for market
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FEEDLOT
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13A: "29. Container weight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
- Similar words include: Lolium temulentum, cheat, darnel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TARE
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14A: "30. Pick up at school"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gain knowledge or skills
- Similar words include: get a line, read, get wind
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEARN
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15A: "31. Actor Pascal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEDRO
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16A: "32. Kiss"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enthusiastic kiss
- Similar words include: smack, spoon
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SMOOCH
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17A: "34. Celestial sphere"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- Similar words include: globe, eyeball, orbit
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORB
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18A: "35. Went from 0 to 60, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are old collectively
- Similar words include: elderly, ripened, maturate
- Opposite of: rejuvenate, young
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Answer: AGED
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19A: "37. Nipsey Russell's role in 1978's "The Wiz""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TINMAN
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20A: "40. "___ America (And So Can You!)" (Stephen Colbert best seller)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAM
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21A: "42. Device for cutting bangs?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- Similar words include: muffler
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SILENCER
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22A: "45. More in need of a sticky roller"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LINTIER
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23A: "47. Zealous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- Similar words include: esurient, zealous, greedy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVID
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24A: "48. Guide for writing a perfect letter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STENCIL
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25A: "49. Adorn"
Solving Hints:
- Similar words include: deck, bedight
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BEDECK
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26A: "50. Some skin care products"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print
- Similar words include: toner
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TONERS
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27A: "52. "Dear Lord! His Majesty's beard is out of control!""
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- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: GODSHAVETHEKING
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28A: "55. Comics cry of dismay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACK
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29A: "58. ___ code"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: expanse, country, surface area
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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30A: "59. Tiny and scurrying, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANTLIKE
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31A: "63. "Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: SHINEDSHIELDDELIVERED
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32A: "71. Green gemstone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PERIDOT
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33A: "72. Brand of bubbly, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOET
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34A: "73. ___ de vie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAU
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35A: "74. "Can you offer me anything bigger than skiffs, dinghies and pontoons?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: COULDIHAVEASHIP
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36A: "82. Composure under pressure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that great coolness and composure under strain
- Similar words include: sang-froid, cool, assuredness
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: APLOMB
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37A: "85. Firmly planted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take root and begin to grow
- Similar words include: root, stock-still, take root
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROOTED
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38A: "86. Sizable wine orders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
- Similar words include: decanter, carafe
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CARAFES
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39A: "90. Zest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british politician (1788-1850)
- Similar words include: flake, uncase, pare
- Opposite of: dress
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Answer: PEEL
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40A: "91. Hero's partner in myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a youth beloved of hero who drowned in a storm in the hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEANDER
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41A: "93. Real ladies' man"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)
- Similar words include: Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt, Casanova de Seingalt
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CASANOVA
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42A: "94. Bit of work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERG
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43A: "95. It's always getting into hot water"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEABAG
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44A: "96. Theatrical constructions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: correct, coiffe, band
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SETS
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45A: "97. Unburden"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relieve from
- Similar words include: disembarrass, free
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RID
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46A: "98. Computer shortcuts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
- Similar words include: macro, macro instruction
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MACROS
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47A: "100. Muse of love poetry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERATO
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48A: "103. "You can't win ___""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMALL
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49A: "105. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERLE
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50A: "106. "Is that a certainty?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: YOUSURE
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51A: "109. Unruly, as a beard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being very thin
- Similar words include: weedy, jagged, scrawny
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SCRAGGY
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52A: "111. Secret agent first introduced in 1953"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: JAMESBOND
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53A: "113. Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SEANCONNERY
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54A: "115. Langston Hughes poem"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITOO
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55A: "116. Aston Martin, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Similar words include: automobile, motorcar, machine
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AUTO
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56A: "117. Charm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make attractive or lovable
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENDEAR
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57A: "118. Member of a watery quintet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Similar words include: Lake Erie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIE
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58A: "119. Adriatique, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
- Similar words include: k, 1000, m
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MER
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59A: "120. School attended by both 111-Across and his creator"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETON
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60A: "121. Debate-ending reply"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAYSME
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61A: "122. Figs. most people have memorized"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SSNS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Win for an away team | 8 |
| 2D | 2. "That doesn't bother me anymore" | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Winsome | 8 |
| 4D | 4. It's human, in a saying | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Big events on Wall St. | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Full of tension | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Abbr. on a paper tray | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Whiled away the hours | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Gave medicine | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Different | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Poke ___ | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Start of a pirate chant | 4 |
| 13D | 13. "There I am in the photo" | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Winter hours in Conn. | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Exhibiting some force | 8 |
| 16D | 16. Part of a personal air filtration system | 8 |
| 17D | 17. Degree in math? | 3 |
| 18D | 21. ["Ha ha 2 funny!!!!] | 4 |
| 19D | 23. Thirst | 3 |
| 20D | 25. Lots and lots | 4 |
| 21D | 28. Certain URL ending | 6 |
| 22D | 31. A pop | 3 |
| 23D | 33. Favorite drink of 111-Across | 7 |
| 24D | 35. What wine or citrus adds to a sauce | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Hairstyle helpers | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Allergic reaction | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Company originally named Blue Ribbon Sports | 4 |
| 28D | 41. E.R. V.I.P.s | 3 |
| 29D | 43. High school subj. | 3 |
| 30D | 44. Base figure, for short | 3 |
| 31D | 45. Bank security feature | 5 |
| 32D | 46. Perfect match | 9 |
| 33D | 47. It's right on a square | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Port on the Adriatic | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Airing | 4 |
| 36D | 53. Shout of triumph | 3 |
| 37D | 54. ___-El (Superman's birth name) | 3 |
| 38D | 55. Relative of an adder | 3 |
| 39D | 56. "Evita" role for Antonio Banderas | 3 |
| 40D | 57. ___ royale (cocktail) | 3 |
| 41D | 60. Indignation | 3 |
| 42D | 61. New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzles | 3 |
| 43D | 62. End of an academic address | 3 |
| 44D | 64. Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur" | 5 |
| 45D | 65. Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea | 4 |
| 46D | 66. Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across | 7 |
| 47D | 67. Stitching on a Cardinal's cap | 3 |
| 48D | 68. Mid-Atlantic state capital | 5 |
| 49D | 69. A good one might generate good karma | 4 |
| 50D | 70. J.F.K. prediction | 3 |
| 51D | 75. Far from bright | 4 |
| 52D | 76. University in New Rochelle, N.Y. | 4 |
| 53D | 77. Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equality | 6 |
| 54D | 78. Improvise à la Ella Fitzgerald | 4 |
| 55D | 79. Avocado variety | 4 |
| 56D | 80. Portfolio holding, for short | 3 |
| 57D | 81. Give a bad review | 3 |
| 58D | 82. Imitate | 3 |
| 59D | 83. Spread throughout | 8 |
| 60D | 84. Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmets | 8 |
| 61D | 87. Those who hunt and gather | 8 |
| 62D | 88. Feature of many a gloating movie villain | 8 |
| 63D | 89. "Alas, it is true" | 8 |
| 64D | 92. Grounder to second, often | 7 |
| 65D | 93. Corp. bigwig | 3 |
| 66D | 95. ___ leches cake | 4 |
| 67D | 96. Beau | 6 |
| 68D | 99. Late jazz singer ___ Laine | 4 |
| 69D | 101. Sly schemes | 5 |
| 70D | 102. Paris's Dôme de Paris, e.g. | 5 |
| 71D | 103. Sea eagle | 3 |
| 72D | 104. Zebra features that mirror their body stripes | 5 |
| 73D | 107. "You're ___ something" | 4 |
| 74D | 108. Japanese noodle | 4 |
| 75D | 109. Many a get-rich-quick offer | 4 |
| 76D | 110. Heart | 4 |
| 77D | 111. Beam on a bottle | 3 |
| 78D | 112. Modern pet name | 3 |
| 79D | 114. Platform for Super Mario Bros., for short | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Win for an away team"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HOMELOSS
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2D: "2. "That doesn't bother me anymore""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IMOVERIT
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3D: "3. Winsome"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having characteristics that attract love or affection
- Similar words include: lovable
- Opposite of: hateful
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Answer: LOVEABLE
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4D: "4. It's human, in a saying"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOERR
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5D: "5. Big events on Wall St."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Similar words include: initial offering, IPO, initial public offering
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPOS
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6D: "6. Full of tension"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pulled or drawn tight
- Similar words include: tight
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAUT
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7D: "7. Abbr. on a paper tray"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTR
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8D: "8. Whiled away the hours"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be lazy or idle
- Similar words include: tarry, linger, loaf
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOAFED
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9D: "9. Gave medicine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
- Similar words include: drug, dose
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOSED
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10D: "10. Different"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
- Similar words include: early, former
- Opposite of: same
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Answer: OTHER
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11D: "11. Poke ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
- Similar words include: bowling ball, roll, sports stadium
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOWL
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12D: "12. Start of a pirate chant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOHO
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13D: "13. "There I am in the photo""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: THATSME
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14D: "14. Winter hours in Conn."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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15D: "15. Exhibiting some force"
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- Think of something that serving or intended to coerce
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: COERCIVE
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16D: "16. Part of a personal air filtration system"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NOSEHAIR
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17D: "17. Degree in math?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Similar words include: n-th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NTH
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18D: "21. ["Ha ha 2 funny!!!!]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LMAO
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19D: "23. Thirst"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: hankering, pine, yearn
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN
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20D: "25. Lots and lots"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Similar words include: Aten
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATON
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21D: "28. Certain URL ending"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOTNET
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22D: "31. A pop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PER
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23D: "33. Favorite drink of 111-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MARTINI
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24D: "35. What wine or citrus adds to a sauce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Similar words include: Zen, sulphurous, acidulous
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACID
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25D: "36. Hairstyle helpers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Similar words include: colloidal gel, gelatin, mousse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GELS
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26D: "38. Allergic reaction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Similar words include: itching, urge, scratch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITCH
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27D: "39. Company originally named Blue Ribbon Sports"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIKE
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28D: "41. E.R. V.I.P.s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (md is the current symbol for mendelevium but mv was formerly the symbol)
- Similar words include: Md, doc, atomic number 101
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MDS
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29D: "43. High school subj."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENG
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30D: "44. Base figure, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NCO
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31D: "45. Bank security feature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEVEE
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32D: "46. Perfect match"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IDEALMATE
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33D: "47. It's right on a square"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- Similar words include: tilt, lean, tip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGLE
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34D: "49. Port on the Adriatic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that capital city of the apulia region on the adriatic coast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BARI
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35D: "51. Airing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONTV
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36D: "53. Shout of triumph"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAH
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37D: "54. ___-El (Superman's birth name)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KAL
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38D: "55. Relative of an adder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Similar words include: Vipera aspis, Naja haje, asp viper
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASP
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39D: "56. "Evita" role for Antonio Banderas"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHE
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40D: "57. ___ royale (cocktail)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KIR
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41D: "60. Indignation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: choler, anger, ira
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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42D: "61. New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large brownish-green new zealand parrot
- Similar words include: Nestor notabilis
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEA
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43D: "62. End of an academic address"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU
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44D: "64. Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NICOL
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45D: "65. Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDOM
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46D: "66. Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DOUBLEO
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47D: "67. Stitching on a Cardinal's cap"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STL
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48D: "68. Mid-Atlantic state capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital of the state of delaware
- Similar words include: capital of Delaware
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOVER
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49D: "69. A good one might generate good karma"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
- Similar words include: human activity, title, act
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEED
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50D: "70. J.F.K. prediction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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51D: "75. Far from bright"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
- Similar words include: gloomy, sorry, somber
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DRAB
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52D: "76. University in New Rochelle, N.Y."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IONA
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53D: "77. Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equality"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HODGES
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54D: "78. Improvise à la Ella Fitzgerald"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Similar words include: scarper, fly the coop, scat singing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAT
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55D: "79. Avocado variety"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HASS
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56D: "80. Portfolio holding, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, wrath
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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57D: "81. Give a bad review"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- Similar words include: trash, pan out, pan off
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAN
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58D: "82. Imitate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: anthropoid, emulator, caricature
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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59D: "83. Spread throughout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spread or diffuse through
- Similar words include: diffuse, sink in, pervade
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PERMEATE
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60D: "84. Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmets"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LEGARMOR
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61D: "87. Those who hunt and gather"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who hunts for food and provisions
- Similar words include: forager
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FORAGERS
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62D: "88. Feature of many a gloating movie villain"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EVILGRIN
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63D: "89. "Alas, it is true""
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SADLYYES
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64D: "92. Grounder to second, often"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EASYOUT
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65D: "93. Corp. bigwig"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
- Similar words include: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CEO
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66D: "95. ___ leches cake"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRES
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67D: "96. Beau"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person loved by another person
- Similar words include: stiff, unshakable, truelove
- Opposite of: unsteady, unsteadily
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Answer: STEADY
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68D: "99. Late jazz singer ___ Laine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLEO
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69D: "101. Sly schemes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- Similar words include: artifice, ruse, Rus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RUSES
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70D: "102. Paris's Dôme de Paris, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Similar words include: sports stadium, sphere, stadium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARENA
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71D: "103. Sea eagle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
- Similar words include: Haliatus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle, grey sea eagle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERN
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72D: "104. Zebra features that mirror their body stripes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a persian prophet who founded manichaeism (216-276)
- Similar words include: man, head of hair, mane
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MANES
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73D: "107. "You're ___ something""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONTO
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74D: "108. Japanese noodle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UDON
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75D: "109. Many a get-rich-quick offer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
- Similar words include: rook, gip, con
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAM
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76D: "110. Heart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
- Similar words include: substance, burden, meat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CORE
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77D: "111. Beam on a bottle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JIM
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78D: "112. Modern pet name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAE
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79D: "114. Platform for Super Mario Bros., for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: neon, northeastward, nor'-east
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NES
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61 Across Clues
79 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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