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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (60 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (74 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. New H.S. student | 5 |
| 2A | 6. They're here today, gone tomorrow | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Complete | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Swanky Tokyo shopping district | 5 |
| 5A | 19. Supplier of oxygenated blood | 5 |
| 6A | 20. Very similar | 9 |
| 7A | 22. Shaped like a kiwi fruit | 5 |
| 8A | 23. Orange creature in an arcade game | 5 |
| 9A | 24. Trees native to the Yukon | 9 |
| 10A | 25. Young bucks, say | 5 |
| 11A | 26. Supplier of 110-Across | 15 |
| 12A | 29. Locale of the oracle of Apollo | 6 |
| 13A | 32. Some tots' transports | 6 |
| 14A | 36. Allhallows ___ | 3 |
| 15A | 37. Trees on the National Mall | 4 |
| 16A | 40. Nintendo character with a long, sticky tongue | 5 |
| 17A | 43. Emmy-winning actress Edebiri | 3 |
| 18A | 44. Celebration dedicated to a saint | 8 |
| 19A | 46. Vessel that infuses and pours | 10 |
| 20A | 48. Italian for "year" | 4 |
| 21A | 49. Reason to atone | 3 |
| 22A | 50. Lindsay who played both twins in 1998's "The Parent Trap" | 5 |
| 23A | 51. Monumental | 4 |
| 24A | 52. Voice of 110-Across | 8 |
| 25A | 54. Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across | 10 |
| 26A | 56. Confectioner said to have co-created Rocky Road ice cream | 3 |
| 27A | 57. Liverpool's borders? | 3 |
| 28A | 58. Bowie collaborator Brian | 3 |
| 29A | 59. Key that a Mac lacks | 3 |
| 30A | 60. 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across | 15 |
| 31A | 69. Left-wing activist movement | 6 |
| 32A | 72. Sax who invented the saxophone | 7 |
| 33A | 73. ___ horse | 6 |
| 34A | 77. Emulate an owl | 4 |
| 35A | 78. Closely tracking | 9 |
| 36A | 80. Love letters? | 4 |
| 37A | 81. Apropos | 3 |
| 38A | 82. It pumps up the volume | 3 |
| 39A | 84. What a queen may lay | 6 |
| 40A | 87. ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe" | 3 |
| 41A | 88. Signature sound of 91-Across | 8 |
| 42A | 91. Target of 110-Across | 10 |
| 43A | 93. Partner of a pestle | 6 |
| 44A | 94. Broadband connection, in brief | 3 |
| 45A | 95. North Carolina college town | 4 |
| 46A | 96. Eccentric | 5 |
| 47A | 97. Personal trainer's count | 4 |
| 48A | 98. "That's useful information" | 7 |
| 49A | 101. Unscheduled slots | 9 |
| 50A | 106. P, to Pythagoras | 3 |
| 51A | 107. DuBois's portrayer in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire" | 5 |
| 52A | 110. Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle | 11 |
| 53A | 112. Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs | 3 |
| 54A | 113. Bert's best buddy | 5 |
| 55A | 114. Supervised | 7 |
| 56A | 115. Upper limit | 3 |
| 57A | 116. "Huh?," in Honduras | 3 |
| 58A | 117. Mercilessly mock | 5 |
| 59A | 118. Part of Wayne's world? | 7 |
| 60A | 119. Nonkosher sandwich, in brief | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. New H.S. student"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FROSH
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2A: "6. They're here today, gone tomorrow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Similar words include: cult, rage, furore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FADS
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3A: "10. Complete"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOZ
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4A: "14. Swanky Tokyo shopping district"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GINZA
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5A: "19. Supplier of oxygenated blood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AORTA
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6A: "20. Very similar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALOTALIKE
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7A: "22. Shaped like a kiwi fruit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an egg-shaped object
- Similar words include: elliptical, prolate, oval
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OVOID
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8A: "23. Orange creature in an arcade game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: QBERT
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9A: "24. Trees native to the Yukon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: REDALDERS
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10A: "25. Young bucks, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
- Similar words include: kotow, truckle, fawn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FAWNS
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11A: "26. Supplier of 110-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: ACMECORPORATION
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12A: "29. Locale of the oracle of Apollo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient greek city on the slopes of mount parnassus; site of the oracle of delphi
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DELPHI
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13A: "32. Some tots' transports"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
- Similar words include: trike, tricycle, velocipede
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRIKES
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14A: "36. Allhallows ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: evening, eventide, even
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVE
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15A: "37. Trees on the National Mall"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
- Similar words include: elmwood, elm, elm tree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELMS
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16A: "40. Nintendo character with a long, sticky tongue"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YOSHI
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17A: "43. Emmy-winning actress Edebiri"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AYO
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18A: "44. Celebration dedicated to a saint"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FEASTDAY
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19A: "46. Vessel that infuses and pours"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TEAPITCHER
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20A: "48. Italian for "year""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANNO
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21A: "49. Reason to atone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that estrangement from god
- Similar words include: boob, sinning, sinfulness
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIN
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22A: "50. Lindsay who played both twins in 1998's "The Parent Trap""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a buddhist who has attained nirvana
- Similar words include: Arhat, Arhant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOHAN
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23A: "51. Monumental"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
- Similar words include: vast, immense, Brobdingnagian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HUGE
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24A: "52. Voice of 110-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MELBLANC
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25A: "54. Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CHUCKJONES
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26A: "56. Confectioner said to have co-created Rocky Road ice cream"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDY
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27A: "57. Liverpool's borders?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Similar words include: elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELS
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28A: "58. Bowie collaborator Brian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO
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29A: "59. Key that a Mac lacks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Similar words include: altitude, EL, elevation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALT
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30A: "60. 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FASTANDFURRYOUS
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31A: "69. Left-wing activist movement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANTIFA
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32A: "72. Sax who invented the saxophone"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ADOLPHE
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33A: "73. ___ horse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native of ancient troy
- Similar words include: trojan horse, Dardan, Dardanian
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TROJAN
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34A: "77. Emulate an owl"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- Similar words include: hiss, tinker's dam, damn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOOT
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35A: "78. Closely tracking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of following someone secretly
- Similar words include: shade, tailing, overshadow
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHADOWING
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36A: "80. Love letters?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: XOXO
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37A: "81. Apropos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Similar words include: pertinent, minded, apposite
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APT
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38A: "82. It pumps up the volume"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: A, ampere, adenylic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMP
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39A: "84. What a queen may lay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANTEGG
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40A: "87. ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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41A: "88. Signature sound of 91-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BEEPBEEP
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42A: "91. Target of 110-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that speedy largely terrestrial bird found from california and mexico to texas
- Similar words include: chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROADRUNNER
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43A: "93. Partner of a pestle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- Similar words include: howitzer, trench mortar
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MORTAR
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44A: "94. Broadband connection, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
- Similar words include: digital subscriber line
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DSL
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45A: "95. North Carolina college town"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELON
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46A: "96. Eccentric"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- Similar words include: barmy, loco, batty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KOOKY
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47A: "97. Personal trainer's count"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
- Similar words include: rep, repp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REPS
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48A: "98. "That's useful information""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITHELPS
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49A: "101. Unscheduled slots"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OPENDATES
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50A: "106. P, to Pythagoras"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RHO
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51A: "107. DuBois's portrayer in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english film actress (1913-1967)
- Similar words include: Vivien Leigh
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEIGH
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52A: "110. Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: WILEECOYOTE
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53A: "112. Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AOL
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54A: "113. Bert's best buddy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERNIE
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55A: "114. Supervised"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that watch and direct
- Similar words include: manage, superintend, oversee
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OVERSAW
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56A: "115. Upper limit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- Similar words include: goop, liquid ecstasy, Georgia home boy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAX
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57A: "116. "Huh?," in Honduras"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: QUE
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58A: "117. Mercilessly mock"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAGON
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59A: "118. Part of Wayne's world?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a film about life in the western united states during the period of exploration and development
- Similar words include: horse opera, western sandwich, westerly
- Opposite of: eastern
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Answer: WESTERN
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60A: "119. Nonkosher sandwich, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BLT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Page for online answers | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Stick up | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Source of minerals | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Part of many purses | 5 |
| 5D | 5. It's buried to make peace | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Cost of a cab | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Baldwin of "The Boss Baby" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Imbecile | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Overhead light? | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Gucci who pioneered bamboo-handled handbags | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Auditorium balcony, e.g. | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Cajun cooking staple | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Shaving on citrus desserts | 4 |
| 14D | 14. "You have my blessing" | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Russian ruler nicknamed "The Moneybag" | 5 |
| 16D | 16. This very moment | 3 |
| 17D | 17. Wine also known as Primitivo, familiarly | 3 |
| 18D | 18. Purchased spots | 3 |
| 19D | 21. View from St. Moritz | 3 |
| 20D | 27. Certain taco topping | 9 |
| 21D | 28. "Uh-uh" | 9 |
| 22D | 29. Run down | 6 |
| 23D | 30. Tied up | 6 |
| 24D | 31. With little excess | 6 |
| 25D | 33. Big ___ Burger, fictional Hawaiian fast-food chain in "Pulp Fiction" | 6 |
| 26D | 34. Cream that's said to combat dark circles | 6 |
| 27D | 35. Holding the biggest grudge | 6 |
| 28D | 38. Prime retail area: Abbr. | 6 |
| 29D | 39. Match up, as two devices | 4 |
| 30D | 40. Oscar-winning Michelle | 4 |
| 31D | 41. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum site | 4 |
| 32D | 42. Dazed and confused | 6 |
| 33D | 45. ___ story | 3 |
| 34D | 46. R&B group with the #1 hit "Waterfalls" | 3 |
| 35D | 47. Stand-up comic Margaret | 3 |
| 36D | 53. It falls in the fall | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Day, in Dijon | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Be part of the crowd, with "in" | 3 |
| 39D | 61. "That feels incredible!" | 3 |
| 40D | 62. Silence-enforcing doc | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Avoid, as a falling anvil | 5 |
| 42D | 64. Spokeswoman in Progressive commercials | 3 |
| 43D | 65. Rising | 6 |
| 44D | 66. Some megafauna, informally | 6 |
| 45D | 67. Summer cabin, maybe | 6 |
| 46D | 68. "Go ___!" (Boston cheer) | 3 |
| 47D | 69. Captain in a classic novel | 4 |
| 48D | 70. "Uh-uh" | 4 |
| 49D | 71. Head over head? | 5 |
| 50D | 74. Actress Pflug | 5 |
| 51D | 75. Rod in a hot rod | 4 |
| 52D | 76. Word after film or pinot | 4 |
| 53D | 78. Vocally combine talking and crooning | 9 |
| 54D | 79. H.S. diploma alternative | 3 |
| 55D | 82. Tummy-toning tool | 8 |
| 56D | 83. Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas | 8 |
| 57D | 85. Energy-saving vehicle | 8 |
| 58D | 86. Guzzle | 8 |
| 59D | 89. Raw fish dish | 4 |
| 60D | 90. Be a buttinsky | 3 |
| 61D | 92. Lack of a voice | 5 |
| 62D | 97. Witherspoon of "A Wrinkle in Time" | 5 |
| 63D | 98. Modern locale of ancient Babylon | 4 |
| 64D | 99. You, to Shakespeare | 4 |
| 65D | 100. Ozone layer issue | 4 |
| 66D | 101. Accented exclamations | 4 |
| 67D | 102. Two-in-one shampoo and conditioner brand | 4 |
| 68D | 103. Paris's Panthéon, for one | 4 |
| 69D | 104. Latin list shortener, in brief | 4 |
| 70D | 105. Risqué message | 4 |
| 71D | 108. Italian architect Ponti | 3 |
| 72D | 109. Nest builder | 3 |
| 73D | 110. Awe | 3 |
| 74D | 111. "___ heard enough!" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Page for online answers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAQ
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2D: "2. Stick up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- Similar words include: fleece, hook, overcharge
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: ROB
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3D: "3. Source of minerals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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4D: "4. Part of many purses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- Similar words include: lash, lather, flog
- Opposite of: unstrap
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Answer: STRAP
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5D: "5. It's buried to make peace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by north american indians
- Similar words include: tomahawk
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HATCHET
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6D: "6. Cost of a cab"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agenda of things to do
- Similar words include: make out, menu, transportation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FARE
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7D: "7. Baldwin of "The Boss Baby""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALEC
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8D: "8. Imbecile"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
- Similar words include: fogy, fogey, fossil
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DODO
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9D: "9. Overhead light?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: star topology, hotshot, lead
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAR
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10D: "10. Gucci who pioneered bamboo-handled handbags"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALDO
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11D: "11. Auditorium balcony, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- Similar words include: tier up, grade, level
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIER
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12D: "12. Cajun cooking staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Similar words include: gumbo, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKRA
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13D: "13. Shaving on citrus desserts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
- Similar words include: tanginess, relish, spice up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ZEST
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14D: "14. "You have my blessing""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOFORIT
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15D: "15. Russian ruler nicknamed "The Moneybag""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IVANI
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16D: "16. This very moment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the momentary present
- Similar words include: nowadays, straight off, directly
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOW
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17D: "17. Wine also known as Primitivo, familiarly"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZIN
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18D: "18. Purchased spots"
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- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: advertisement, advertising, advert
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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19D: "21. View from St. Moritz"
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- Think of something that any high mountain
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALP
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20D: "27. Certain taco topping"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MILDSALSA
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21D: "28. "Uh-uh""
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ITHINKNOT
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22D: "29. Run down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- Similar words include: smirch, asperse, denigrate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DEFAME
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23D: "30. Tied up"
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- Think of something that make level or straight
- Similar words include: even, even out, flush
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EVENED
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24D: "31. With little excess"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEANLY
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25D: "33. Big ___ Burger, fictional Hawaiian fast-food chain in "Pulp Fiction""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KAHUNA
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26D: "34. Cream that's said to combat dark circles"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EYEGEL
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27D: "35. Holding the biggest grudge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that causing misery or pain or distress
- Similar words include: huffy, painful, tender
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOREST
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28D: "38. Prime retail area: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAINST
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29D: "39. Match up, as two devices"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- Similar words include: synchronize, synchronise
- Opposite of: desynchronize, desynchronise
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Answer: SYNC
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30D: "40. Oscar-winning Michelle"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YEOH
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31D: "41. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum site"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Similar words include: Oahu Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAHU
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32D: "42. Dazed and confused"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug
- Similar words include: spacy, spaced-out
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPACEY
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33D: "45. ___ story"
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- Think of something that a dyspneic condition
- Similar words include: breathlessness, dickhead, prick
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOB
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34D: "46. R&B group with the #1 hit "Waterfalls""
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- Think of something that considerate and solicitous care
- Similar words include: tender loving care
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TLC
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35D: "47. Stand-up comic Margaret"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHO
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36D: "53. It falls in the fall"
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- Think of something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- Similar words include: leafage, foliage, riffle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAF
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37D: "55. Day, in Dijon"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JOUR
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38D: "60. Be part of the crowd, with "in""
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- Think of something that a display of bad temper
- Similar words include: outfit, check, equip
- Opposite of: unfit, disagree
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Answer: FIT
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39D: "61. "That feels incredible!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: ooh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAH
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40D: "62. Silence-enforcing doc"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NDA
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41D: "63. Avoid, as a falling anvil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- Similar words include: circumvent, evade, parry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DODGE
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42D: "64. Spokeswoman in Progressive commercials"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FLO
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43D: "65. Rising"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that directed up
- Similar words include: upwardly, upwards, up
- Opposite of: down, downwards
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Answer: UPWARD
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44D: "66. Some megafauna, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
- Similar words include: rhinoceros, rhino
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RHINOS
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45D: "67. Summer cabin, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
- Similar words include: lease, letting, renting
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RENTAL
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46D: "68. "Go ___!" (Boston cheer)"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOX
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47D: "69. Captain in a classic novel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHAB
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48D: "70. "Uh-uh""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOPE
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49D: "71. Head over head?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOTEM
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50D: "74. Actress Pflug"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JOANN
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51D: "75. Rod in a hot rod"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXLE
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52D: "76. Word after film or pinot"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOIR
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53D: "78. Vocally combine talking and crooning"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPEAKSING
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54D: "79. H.S. diploma alternative"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GED
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55D: "82. Tummy-toning tool"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ABROLLER
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56D: "83. Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: METOPERA
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57D: "85. Energy-saving vehicle"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GREENCAR
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58D: "86. Guzzle"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GULPDOWN
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59D: "89. Raw fish dish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- Similar words include: Phytolacca americana, scoke, carrier bag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POKE
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60D: "90. Be a buttinsky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- Similar words include: crowbar, prize, prise
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PRY
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61D: "92. Lack of a voice"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOSAY
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62D: "97. Witherspoon of "A Wrinkle in Time""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REESE
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63D: "98. Modern locale of ancient Babylon"
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- Think of something that a republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
- Similar words include: Al-Iraq, Irak, Republic of Iraq
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAQ
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64D: "99. You, to Shakespeare"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- Similar words include: chiliad, yard, K
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THOU
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65D: "100. Ozone layer issue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening into or through something
- Similar words include: muddle, hollow, kettle of fish
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOLE
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66D: "101. Accented exclamations"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLES
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67D: "102. Two-in-one shampoo and conditioner brand"
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- Think of something that characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- Similar words include: impertinent, saucy, irreverent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PERT
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68D: "103. Paris's Panthéon, for one"
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- Think of something that a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- Similar words include: grave
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOMB
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69D: "104. Latin list shortener, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAL
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70D: "105. Risqué message"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEXT
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71D: "108. Italian architect Ponti"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GIO
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72D: "109. Nest builder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adult female chicken
- Similar words include: biddy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEN
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73D: "110. Awe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a joke that seems extremely funny
- Similar words include: belly laugh, howler, scream
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WOW
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74D: "111. "___ heard enough!""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IVE
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60 Across Clues
74 Down Clues
134 Total Clues
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