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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (69 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (71 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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. Vineyard measure | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Does acid | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Tree with doubly serrated leaves | 3 |
| 4A | 13. [Hey!] | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Locations in the game Clue | 5 |
| 6A | 19. Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000 | 5 |
| 7A | 20. Heart of the matter | 4 |
| 8A | 22. Palindromic Italian number | 4 |
| 9A | 23. Traditional form of Japanese drama | 13 |
| 10A | 25. Pro ___ | 4 |
| 11A | 26. Key spot? | 4 |
| 12A | 27. Entered on tiptoe | 7 |
| 13A | 28. "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins) | 5 |
| 14A | 30. Far from conscious | 7 |
| 15A | 32. Kicked off, as a business | 9 |
| 16A | 34. 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade | 12 |
| 17A | 36. Had | 6 |
| 18A | 37. Turns off | 8 |
| 19A | 38. Lace protector | 5 |
| 20A | 41. "You may ___" | 5 |
| 21A | 43. The "me" of "Despicable Me" | 3 |
| 22A | 44. Bonds | 4 |
| 23A | 48. "About Us" pieces | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Holds dear | 6 |
| 25A | 51. Small square | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow | 5 |
| 27A | 53. Self-love | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Phases, to Taylor Swift | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Game with Indigenous origins | 8 |
| 30A | 58. ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band) | 3 |
| 31A | 59. Festive outdoor lighting options | 11 |
| 32A | 62. Classic drinking "sport" | 4 |
| 33A | 63. "Sorry, maybe next time" | 6 |
| 34A | 65. "The Last Supper," e.g. | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Third-largest land animal | 5 |
| 36A | 68. Pokémon enthusiast's collection | 5 |
| 37A | 69. Puck's king | 6 |
| 38A | 71. Muscle firmness | 4 |
| 39A | 72. Place to perfect a recipe | 11 |
| 40A | 76. Swanson on "Parks and Recreation" | 3 |
| 41A | 77. Game typically played in the dark | 8 |
| 42A | 80. Muchas horas | 4 |
| 43A | 81. "Was ___ blame?" | 3 |
| 44A | 82. Bad spirit | 5 |
| 45A | 84. D.C. pro | 3 |
| 46A | 85. Fight the urge | 6 |
| 47A | 87. It gets bucks from Broncos | 4 |
| 48A | 88. Does a farm job | 4 |
| 49A | 89. ___ Island (Georgia resort destination) | 3 |
| 50A | 90. Reform Party founder | 5 |
| 51A | 91. Feasts | 5 |
| 52A | 92. Like emailed files | 8 |
| 53A | 95. "The Silence of the Lambs" villain | 6 |
| 54A | 98. Certain rescue pet | 12 |
| 55A | 101. Gleeful feeling | 9 |
| 56A | 104. Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker | 7 |
| 57A | 105. Big jerks | 5 |
| 58A | 107. Remove, as a coupon | 7 |
| 59A | 109. Dangerous additive in old paint | 4 |
| 60A | 110. Whopping | 4 |
| 61A | 112. Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle | 11 |
| 62A | 114. Croft of video games | 4 |
| 63A | 115. ___ homo | 4 |
| 64A | 116. Some slushies | 5 |
| 65A | 117. Perform horribly | 5 |
| 66A | 118. TV host Cohen | 4 |
| 67A | 119. Joke around | 3 |
| 68A | 120. "No man is an island" writer | 5 |
| 69A | 121. Slumps | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Vineyard measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akka, Accho, Akko
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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2A: "5. Does acid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- Similar words include: activate, get off, trigger off
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIPS
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3A: "10. Tree with doubly serrated leaves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
- Similar words include: elmwood, elm tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELM
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4A: "13. [Hey!]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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5A: "17. Locations in the game Clue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
- Similar words include: way, room, elbow room
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROOMS
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6A: "19. Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HENRI
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7A: "20. Heart of the matter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
- Similar words include: substance, nub, sum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEAT
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8A: "22. Palindromic Italian number"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTTO
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9A: "23. Traditional form of Japanese drama"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: KABUKITHEATER
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10A: "25. Pro ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BONO
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11A: "26. Key spot?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- Similar words include: threshold, doorway, room access
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOOR
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12A: "27. Entered on tiptoe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STOLEIN
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13A: "28. "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROSIE
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14A: "30. Far from conscious"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INACOMA
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15A: "32. Kicked off, as a business"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STARTEDUP
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16A: "34. 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: WRECKITRALPH
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17A: "36. Had"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have flavor; taste of something
- Similar words include: smack, taste, savour
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TASTED
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18A: "37. Turns off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong feelings of dislike
- Similar words include: churn up, revolt, nauseate
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DISGUSTS
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19A: "38. Lace protector"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
- Similar words include: aiglet, aiguilette
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGLET
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20A: "41. "You may ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that israeli statesman (born in russia) who (as prime minister of israel) negotiated a peace treaty with anwar sadat (then the president of egypt) (1913-1992)
- Similar words include: start, Menachem Begin, start out
- Opposite of: end
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Answer: BEGIN
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21A: "43. The "me" of "Despicable Me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GRU
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22A: "44. Bonds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Similar words include: standoff, railroad tie, draw
- Opposite of: disconnect, untie
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Answer: TIES
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23A: "48. "About Us" pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIOS
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24A: "49. Holds dear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that love intensely
- Similar words include: adore
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADORES
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25A: "51. Small square"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: unrivaled, one and only, single
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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26A: "52. Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MSNBC
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27A: "53. Self-love"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: self, egotism, self-importance
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGO
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28A: "54. Phases, to Taylor Swift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: era, geological era, ERA
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERAS
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29A: "55. Game with Indigenous origins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a game invented by american indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LACROSSE
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30A: "58. ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOO
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31A: "59. Festive outdoor lighting options"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TIKITORCHES
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32A: "62. Classic drinking "sport""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unpleasant smell
- Similar words include: niff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PONG
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33A: "63. "Sorry, maybe next time""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WECANT
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34A: "65. "The Last Supper," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a painting that is applied to a wall surface
- Similar words include: wall painting
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MURAL
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35A: "66. Third-largest land animal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient numidian town in northwestern africa adjoining present-day annaba in northeastern algeria
- Similar words include: river horse, Hippo Regius, hippopotamus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HIPPO
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36A: "68. Pokémon enthusiast's collection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a game played with playing cards
- Similar words include: circuit card, wit, scorecard
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CARDS
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37A: "69. Puck's king"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OBERON
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38A: "71. Muscle firmness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
- Similar words include: musical note, tint, feel
- Opposite of: atonicity
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Answer: TONE
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39A: "72. Place to perfect a recipe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TESTKITCHEN
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40A: "76. Swanson on "Parks and Recreation""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
- Similar words include: Bokkos, Daffo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RON
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41A: "77. Game typically played in the dark"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LASERTAG
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42A: "80. Muchas horas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first european to get round the cape of good hope (thus establishing a sea route from the atlantic to asia) (1450-1500)
- Similar words include: Bartholomeu Diaz, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bartholomeu Dias
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIAS
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43A: "81. "Was ___ blame?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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44A: "82. Bad spirit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
- Similar words include: graverobber, body snatcher
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GHOUL
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45A: "84. D.C. pro"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAT
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46A: "85. Fight the urge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elude, especially in a baffling way
- Similar words include: balk, stand, fend
- Opposite of: lend oneself, surrender
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Answer: RESIST
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47A: "87. It gets bucks from Broncos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states film maker (1896-1973)
- Similar words include: President Ford, John Ford, fording
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FORD
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48A: "88. Does a farm job"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult female hog
- Similar words include: sow in, seed, sow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOWS
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49A: "89. ___ Island (Georgia resort destination)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Similar words include: ocean
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEA
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50A: "90. Reform Party founder"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEROT
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51A: "91. Feasts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have supper; eat dinner
- Similar words include: boom, dine, din
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DINES
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52A: "92. Like emailed files"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to be attached
- Similar words include: sequester, tie, bind
- Opposite of: detached, detach
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Answer: ATTACHED
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53A: "95. "The Silence of the Lambs" villain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LECTER
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54A: "98. Certain rescue pet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: FOSTERKITTEN
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55A: "101. Gleeful feeling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impulsive scatterbrained manner
- Similar words include: dizziness, lightheadedness, vertigo
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GIDDINESS
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56A: "104. Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ECHODOT
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57A: "105. Big jerks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: screw, seat, rear
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASSES
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58A: "107. Remove, as a coupon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CLIPOUT
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59A: "109. Dangerous additive in old paint"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- Similar words include: chair, leave, lede
- Opposite of: deficit, follow
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Answer: LEAD
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60A: "110. Whopping"
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: Brobdingnagian, immense, huge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VAST
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61A: "112. Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: KITKATMINIS
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62A: "114. Croft of video games"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LARA
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63A: "115. ___ homo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECCE
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64A: "116. Some slushies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decorate with frosting
- Similar words include: frost, ice
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ICEES
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65A: "117. Perform horribly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- Similar words include: reek, mephitis, stench
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STINK
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66A: "118. TV host Cohen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANDY
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67A: "119. Joke around"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a young person of either sex
- Similar words include: small fry, kidskin, youngster
- Opposite of: parent
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Answer: KID
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68A: "120. "No man is an island" writer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
- Similar words include: John Donne
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DONNE
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69A: "121. Slumps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shape that sags
- Similar words include: droop, swag, sag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAGS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Applications of polish | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Models after | 8 |
| 5D | 5. 1995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller | 6 |
| 6D | 6. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Uninvited guest | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Doings before surgery, informally | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Dubbed ones | 4 |
| 10D | 10. They might be glowing | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Astrological lion | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Filing services? | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Programs hosted by SoundCloud | 8 |
| 14D | 14. Happy hour perch | 5 |
| 15D | 15. Make a big step, perhaps | 5 |
| 16D | 16. Rabbi's reading | 5 |
| 17D | 18. Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally | 8 |
| 18D | 21. Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet | 8 |
| 19D | 24. Big successes | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Victor's cry | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Creative pursuit | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story" | 6 |
| 23D | 35. December drink | 6 |
| 24D | 37. Gone missing | 11 |
| 25D | 38. Assist illegally | 4 |
| 26D | 39. 1958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture | 4 |
| 27D | 40. "I made it big time!" | 11 |
| 28D | 42. Many a skin-care product | 3 |
| 29D | 45. Hip | 9 |
| 30D | 46. Black, in verse | 4 |
| 31D | 47. St. Andrews resident | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Esoteric knowledge | 6 |
| 33D | 50. Roald who wrote "Matilda" | 4 |
| 34D | 51. "… actually, let's go to plan B" | 5 |
| 35D | 52. Members of the mongoose family | 8 |
| 36D | 54. Jazz composer Garner | 6 |
| 37D | 56. Swipe | 3 |
| 38D | 57. Go after, as mosquitoes | 6 |
| 39D | 60. Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana" | 3 |
| 40D | 61. One way to sell stock | 5 |
| 41D | 64. Public health agcy. | 3 |
| 42D | 67. Bank acct. entry | 3 |
| 43D | 68. Several CBS dramas | 4 |
| 44D | 69. United Way and UNICEF, in brief | 4 |
| 45D | 70. ___-chic (dressing style) | 4 |
| 46D | 71. It incited a famous 18th-century "party" | 6 |
| 47D | 73. Cleaned up, in a way | 6 |
| 48D | 74. To be, in Nice | 4 |
| 49D | 75. Dozes (off) | 4 |
| 50D | 78. Ambush | 11 |
| 51D | 79. Neighbor of Lux. | 3 |
| 52D | 83. Gannett-owned newspaper | 8 |
| 53D | 86. "Here's the thing ..." | 8 |
| 54D | 87. Campground gathering spots | 8 |
| 55D | 89. Worked hard (for) | 6 |
| 56D | 90. Farm enclosures | 4 |
| 57D | 91. Jeans | 6 |
| 58D | 93. ___ Talks | 3 |
| 59D | 94. Intense, as an argument | 6 |
| 60D | 96. Music protector, of a sort | 6 |
| 61D | 97. Slope | 4 |
| 62D | 98. Guy | 5 |
| 63D | 99. What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to | 5 |
| 64D | 100. Broken piece of pottery | 5 |
| 65D | 101. Insurer with a green mascot | 5 |
| 66D | 102. Justice Sotomayor | 5 |
| 67D | 103. Seeking justice, in a way | 5 |
| 68D | 106. Leave tire marks, say | 4 |
| 69D | 108. Expressions of disapproval | 4 |
| 70D | 111. B.S. part: Abbr. | 3 |
| 71D | 113. Barbie's beau | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Similar words include: ark, Ark of the Covenant, Ark
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARKS
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2D: "2. Applications of polish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- Similar words include: pelage, coat, surface
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COATS
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3D: "3. Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mechanism that can move automatically
- Similar words include: automaton, golem
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROBOT
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4D: "4. Models after"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- Similar words include: emulate
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EMULATES
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5D: "5. 1995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THENET
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6D: "6. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REA
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7D: "7. Uninvited guest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
- Similar words include: interloper, trespasser
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: INTRUDER
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8D: "8. Doings before surgery, informally"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PREOP
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9D: "9. Dubbed ones"
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- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Similar words include: sir, Sir
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIRS
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10D: "10. They might be glowing"
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- Think of something that a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
- Similar words include: coal, ember
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMBERS
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11D: "11. Astrological lion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Similar words include: Leo the Lion, Lion
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEO
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12D: "12. Filing services?"
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- Think of something that professional care for the hands and fingernails
- Similar words include: manicure
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MANICURES
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13D: "13. Programs hosted by SoundCloud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
- Similar words include: podcast
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PODCASTS
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14D: "14. Happy hour perch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a simple seat without a back or arms
- Similar words include: crap, take a crap, BM
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOOL
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15D: "15. Make a big step, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
- Similar words include: stamp, stump
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOMP
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16D: "16. Rabbi's reading"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Similar words include: Laws, Pentateuch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TORAH
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17D: "18. Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SKATERAT
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18D: "21. Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TONKATSU
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19D: "24. Big successes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- Similar words include: off, run into, remove
- Opposite of: miss
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Answer: HITS
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20D: "29. Victor's cry"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IWIN
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21D: "31. Creative pursuit"
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- Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Similar words include: artistry, graphics, nontextual matter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART
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22D: "33. Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DEBOSE
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23D: "35. December drink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EGGNOG
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24D: "37. Gone missing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that get lost, as without warning or explanation
- Similar words include: vanish, evaporate, disappear
- Opposite of: appear
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Answer: DISAPPEARED
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25D: "38. Assist illegally"
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- Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABET
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26D: "39. 1958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GIGI
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27D: "40. "I made it big time!""
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: LOOKATMENOW
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28D: "42. Many a skin-care product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Similar words include: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEL
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29D: "45. Hip"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INFASHION
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30D: "46. Black, in verse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of a very dark black
- Similar words include: ebony
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EBON
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31D: "47. St. Andrews resident"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
- Similar words include: Scotsman, Scotchman
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCOT
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32D: "49. Esoteric knowledge"
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- Think of something that information known only to a special group
- Similar words include: arcanum, secret
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARCANA
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33D: "50. Roald who wrote "Matilda""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
- Similar words include: red gram, Cajanus cajan, dhal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DAHL
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34D: "51. "… actually, let's go to plan B""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORNOT
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35D: "52. Members of the mongoose family"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mongoose-like viverrine of south africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
- Similar words include: mierkat, meerkat
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MEERKATS
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36D: "54. Jazz composer Garner"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ERROLL
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37D: "56. Swipe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- Similar words include: fuzz, bull, glom
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COP
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38D: "57. Go after, as mosquitoes"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SWATAT
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39D: "60. Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUR
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40D: "61. One way to sell stock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- Similar words include: suddenly, unretentive, little
- Opposite of: long, retentive
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Answer: SHORT
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41D: "64. Public health agcy."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a federal agency in the department of health and human services; located in atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
- Similar words include: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CDC
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42D: "67. Bank acct. entry"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INT
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43D: "68. Several CBS dramas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the canadian government
- Similar words include: Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CSIS
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44D: "69. United Way and UNICEF, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORGS
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45D: "70. ___-chic (dressing style)"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOHO
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46D: "71. It incited a famous 18th-century "party""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEAACT
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47D: "73. Cleaned up, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: edit out, delete, emended
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EDITED
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48D: "74. To be, in Nice"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETRE
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49D: "75. Dozes (off)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
- Similar words include: nod
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NODS
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50D: "78. Ambush"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SNEAKATTACK
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51D: "79. Neighbor of Lux."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GER
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52D: "83. Gannett-owned newspaper"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: USATODAY
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53D: "86. "Here's the thing ...""
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SOLISTEN
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54D: "87. Campground gathering spots"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FIREPITS
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55D: "89. Worked hard (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that attempt by employing effort
- Similar words include: reach, strive, endeavour
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STROVE
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56D: "90. Farm enclosures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- Similar words include: penitentiary, playpen, write
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PENS
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57D: "91. Jeans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- Similar words include: jean, blue jean, denim
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DENIMS
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58D: "93. ___ Talks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Similar words include: Teddy boy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TED
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59D: "94. Intense, as an argument"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make hot or hotter
- Similar words include: het up, stir up, heat up
- Opposite of: cool
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Answer: HEATED
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60D: "96. Music protector, of a sort"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CDCASE
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61D: "97. Slope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- Similar words include: disceptation, slant, cant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TILT
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62D: "98. Guy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boy or man
- Similar words include: gent, chap, cuss
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FELLA
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63D: "99. What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- Similar words include: sea
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OCEAN
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64D: "100. Broken piece of pottery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- Similar words include: fragment, sherd
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHARD
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65D: "101. Insurer with a green mascot"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GEICO
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66D: "102. Justice Sotomayor"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SONIA
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67D: "103. Seeking justice, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- Similar words include: process, action, sue
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SUING
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68D: "106. Leave tire marks, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- Similar words include: brake shoe, slide, slip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKID
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69D: "108. Expressions of disapproval"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut-tut, tsk, tut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSKS
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70D: "111. B.S. part: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SCI
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71D: "113. Barbie's beau"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
- Similar words include: sight, cognizance
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEN
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69 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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