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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (71 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (69 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. Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware") | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cooking | 7 |
| 3A | 14. Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body | 6 |
| 4A | 20. Arizona county or Indigenous people | 6 |
| 5A | 21. Tries some water, say | 7 |
| 6A | 22. Like a win-win situation | 6 |
| 7A | 23. ___ law, concept in computing technology | 6 |
| 8A | 24. Alternative to a nanny | 7 |
| 9A | 25. Fire starters | 6 |
| 10A | 26. Contents of a flagon | 3 |
| 11A | 27. Ole Miss athletes, to fans | 4 |
| 12A | 29. X | 3 |
| 13A | 30. ___ Scott, whom the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom | 4 |
| 14A | 32. Org. not getting many happy returns? | 3 |
| 15A | 33. Remove surgically, as tissue | 6 |
| 16A | 35. "They tell me …" | 5 |
| 17A | 37. Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon | 6 |
| 18A | 39. Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush | 6 |
| 19A | 40. Sprawling Indian metropolis | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Like some bridges | 6 |
| 21A | 42. "Let me check on that" | 6 |
| 22A | 44. Expiates, with "for" | 6 |
| 23A | 46. Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letter | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across | 3 |
| 25A | 50. Rap battle participants | 3 |
| 26A | 53. Tampa Bay athlete, in brief | 3 |
| 27A | 54. Twists off course, as a ship | 4 |
| 28A | 58. Witch | 3 |
| 29A | 59. Exploited | 4 |
| 30A | 60. "Weekend Update" co-host Michael | 3 |
| 31A | 61. All over again | 4 |
| 32A | 63. ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images | 3 |
| 33A | 64. Where a hurricane forms | 5 |
| 34A | 66. Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhaps | 9 |
| 35A | 69. At dawn, say | 5 |
| 36A | 71. Mammal with long whiskers | 6 |
| 37A | 73. Extra | 5 |
| 38A | 74. They stand for art | 6 |
| 39A | 75. Called | 6 |
| 40A | 77. ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" | 5 |
| 41A | 78. Celebrity chef Ina | 6 |
| 42A | 79. Demanding entertainer | 4 |
| 43A | 80. X | 3 |
| 44A | 82. He was né Clay | 3 |
| 45A | 83. Watchdog's warning | 3 |
| 46A | 84. Words of understanding | 4 |
| 47A | 86. Outback baby | 4 |
| 48A | 87. Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain | 3 |
| 49A | 88. Do-over at Wimbledon | 3 |
| 50A | 89. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar | 3 |
| 51A | 90. Sewer in American history | 4 |
| 52A | 91. "Weekend Update" show, for short | 3 |
| 53A | 92. Zipped | 4 |
| 54A | 93. Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcohol | 3 |
| 55A | 94. Not present and not excused, for short | 4 |
| 56A | 96. Foreign policy grp. | 3 |
| 57A | 97. Brezhnev of the Soviet Union | 6 |
| 58A | 99. Cherokee and Cheyenne | 6 |
| 59A | 101. Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle | 19 |
| 60A | 108. Starbucks competitor | 5 |
| 61A | 109. Spot for an ornament | 7 |
| 62A | 110. Giants in California and New York | 5 |
| 63A | 112. "Beat it!" | 7 |
| 64A | 115. Actor Wilson of "The Office" | 5 |
| 65A | 116. Rye, e.g. | 7 |
| 66A | 118. "Wouldn't miss it for the world!" | 7 |
| 67A | 119. Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times | 5 |
| 68A | 120. Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma | 7 |
| 69A | 121. Lives (in) | 7 |
| 70A | 122. Iditarod transports | 5 |
| 71A | 123. Involves | 7 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who buys
- Similar words include: buyer, purchaser, vendee
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMPTOR
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2A: "7. Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
- Similar words include: sweet pepper plant, pimiento, pimento
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PAPRIKA
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3A: "14. Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who cuts and delivers ice
- Similar words include: hatchet man
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICEMAN
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4A: "20. Arizona county or Indigenous people"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the north american indian people formerly living in the colorado river valley in arizona and nevada and california
- Similar words include: Mojave Desert, Mojave, Mohave Desert
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOHAVE
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5A: "21. Tries some water, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HASASIP
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6A: "22. Like a win-win situation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOLOSE
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7A: "23. ___ law, concept in computing technology"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states composer of works noted for their use of the american vernacular (1893-1969)
- Similar words include: Moore, G. E. Moore, tie up
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOORES
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8A: "24. Alternative to a nanny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that childcare during the day while parents work
- Similar words include: day care
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DAYCARE
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9A: "25. Fire starters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
- Similar words include: Flint, Flint River, flint
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FLINTS
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10A: "26. Contents of a flagon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALE
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11A: "27. Ole Miss athletes, to fans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
- Similar words include: Johnny, greyback, Reb
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REBS
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12A: "29. X"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
- Similar words include: khi, qi, ch'i
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHI
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13A: "30. ___ Scott, whom the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DRED
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14A: "32. Org. not getting many happy returns?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
- Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRS
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15A: "33. Remove surgically, as tissue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wear away through erosion or vaporization
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ABLATE
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16A: "35. "They tell me …""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IHEAR
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17A: "37. Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EROICA
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18A: "39. Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- Similar words include: wellness
- Opposite of: illness
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Answer: HEALTH
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19A: "40. Sprawling Indian metropolis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in north central india
- Similar words include: Old Delhi
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DELHI
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20A: "41. Like some bridges"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
- Similar words include: dental consonant, alveolar, alveolar consonant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DENTAL
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21A: "42. "Let me check on that""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ILLASK
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22A: "44. Expiates, with "for""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make amends for
- Similar words include: abye, aby, atone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATONES
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23A: "46. Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVAN
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24A: "49. Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVA
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25A: "50. Rap battle participants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one million periods per second
- Similar words include: MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MCS
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26A: "53. Tampa Bay athlete, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUC
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27A: "54. Twists off course, as a ship"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
- Similar words include: framboesia, swerve, yawn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YAWS
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28A: "58. Witch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ugly evil-looking old woman
- Similar words include: beldam, crone, slime eels
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAG
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29A: "59. Exploited"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- Similar words include: apply, victimized, use
- Opposite of: misused
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Answer: USED
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30A: "60. "Weekend Update" co-host Michael"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHE
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31A: "61. All over again"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that again but in a new or different way
- Similar words include: afresh
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANEW
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32A: "63. ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEO
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33A: "64. Where a hurricane forms"
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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34A: "66. Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SENDACARD
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35A: "69. At dawn, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- Similar words include: early on, betimes, too soon
- Opposite of: late, middle
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Answer: EARLY
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36A: "71. Mammal with long whiskers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
- Similar words include: sea horse, seahorse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WALRUS
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37A: "73. Extra"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that tends to arouse
- Similar words include: fillip, incentive
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BONUS
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38A: "74. They stand for art"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
- Similar words include: easel
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EASELS
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39A: "75. Called"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that name formally or designate with a term
- Similar words include: term
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TERMED
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40A: "77. ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANDRA
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41A: "78. Celebrity chef Ina"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GARTEN
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42A: "79. Demanding entertainer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
- Similar words include: prima donna
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIVA
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43A: "80. X"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Similar words include: x, tenner, X
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEN
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44A: "82. He was né Clay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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45A: "83. Watchdog's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GRR
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46A: "84. Words of understanding"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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47A: "86. Outback baby"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JOEY
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48A: "87. Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
- Similar words include: flying saucer, unidentified flying object
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UFO
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49A: "88. Do-over at Wimbledon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Similar words include: get, countenance, Lashkar-e-Taiba
- Opposite of: disallow, prevent
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Answer: LET
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50A: "89. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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51A: "90. Sewer in American history"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
- Similar words include: John Ross, Nellie Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSS
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52A: "91. "Weekend Update" show, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SNL
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53A: "92. Zipped"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move faster
- Similar words include: rush along, pelt along, belt along
- Opposite of: linger, decelerate
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Answer: SPED
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54A: "93. Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcohol"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- Similar words include: prohibitionist, ironical, teetotal
- Opposite of: phlegmy, sweet
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Answer: DRY
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55A: "94. Not present and not excused, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who is away or absent without leave
- Similar words include: truant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AWOL
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56A: "96. Foreign policy grp."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the central intelligence agency
- Similar words include: National Security Council
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NSC
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57A: "97. Brezhnev of the Soviet Union"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEONID
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58A: "99. Cherokee and Cheyenne"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- Similar words include: kindred, kinship group, kin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRIBES
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59A: "101. Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS
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60A: "108. Starbucks competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEETS
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61A: "109. Spot for an ornament"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CARHOOD
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62A: "110. Giants in California and New York"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Similar words include: squad, team up, team
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEAMS
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63A: "112. "Beat it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMSCRAY
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64A: "115. Actor Wilson of "The Office""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAINN
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65A: "116. Rye, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- Similar words include: whisky
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WHISKEY
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66A: "118. "Wouldn't miss it for the world!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IMTHERE
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67A: "119. Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
- Similar words include: fine, fin, break water
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FINED
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68A: "120. Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WESTELM
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69A: "121. Lives (in)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make one's home in a particular place or community
- Similar words include: rest, reside, lodge in
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RESIDES
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70A: "122. Iditarod transports"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Similar words include: sleigh, sledge, sled
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLEDS
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71A: "123. Involves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that land received by fee tail
- Similar words include: imply, fee-tail, implicate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENTAILS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Dough | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Driveway goo | 3 |
| 5D | 5. As a whole | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Moves elsewhere | 9 |
| 7D | 7. Tenured profs, often | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Small battery … or an org. that might help with a battery | 3 |
| 9D | 9. It's all in your head | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Book after Song of Solomon | 6 |
| 12D | 12. French cocktail made with crème de cassis | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Mirrored | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Reasoned conclusion | 9 |
| 15D | 15. Brewski | 7 |
| 16D | 16. Bulldog fan in Connecticut | 3 |
| 17D | 17. Santa ___ | 6 |
| 18D | 18. Stellar | 6 |
| 19D | 19. Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Minds one's P's and Q's | 7 |
| 21D | 31. Contribute (to), as one's reputation | 7 |
| 22D | 34. Been asleep, say | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Texter's "Beats me" | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Small inlet | 3 |
| 25D | 38. Li'l | 4 |
| 26D | 43. One-named singer born in Nigeria | 4 |
| 27D | 45. Skier's conveyance | 4 |
| 28D | 46. Online site for DIYers | 4 |
| 29D | 47. Time out, perhaps | 8 |
| 30D | 48. Info commonly shown on a board game box | 8 |
| 31D | 50. Clown around with food? | 8 |
| 32D | 51. City SE of Phoenix | 8 |
| 33D | 52. Purpose of some cameras | 8 |
| 34D | 55. Reaches a shared opinion about | 8 |
| 35D | 56. Holistic contentment | 8 |
| 36D | 57. Some beans or sauces | 4 |
| 37D | 59. "E pluribus ___" | 4 |
| 38D | 62. Sport | 4 |
| 39D | 65. Matrix | 5 |
| 40D | 67. Sun bloc? | 3 |
| 41D | 68. Pretty ___ picture | 3 |
| 42D | 70. Moving around | 5 |
| 43D | 72. Attack | 7 |
| 44D | 74. You can put a ring on it | 7 |
| 45D | 76. Back | 6 |
| 46D | 78. Came back, as hair | 6 |
| 47D | 79. Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally | 3 |
| 48D | 81. Error message on a Blu-ray device | 6 |
| 49D | 83. Targeted (to) | 6 |
| 50D | 85. Key for a quick exit | 3 |
| 51D | 92. Boils with rage | 7 |
| 52D | 95. Liberal-leaning | 7 |
| 53D | 97. Chinese "nut" that's really a fruit | 6 |
| 54D | 98. Makes small in comparison | 6 |
| 55D | 99. Government debt obligations, familiarly | 6 |
| 56D | 100. 40 winks | 6 |
| 57D | 101. ___ fatale | 5 |
| 58D | 102. Gets 40 winks | 5 |
| 59D | 103. Letter-shaped train track piece | 5 |
| 60D | 104. "To ___ own self be true" | 5 |
| 61D | 105. Sharpened | 5 |
| 62D | 106. George of "Star Trek" | 5 |
| 63D | 107. Bad thing to discover in the pantry | 5 |
| 64D | 108. AA or JJ, e.g. | 4 |
| 65D | 111. Jazz singer Sylvia ___ | 4 |
| 66D | 113. Come to | 3 |
| 67D | 114. "For sure" | 3 |
| 68D | 116. Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023 | 3 |
| 69D | 117. Kind of party | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMMA
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2D: "2. Dough"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for money
- Similar words include: lucre, gelt, simoleons
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOOLAH
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3D: "3. Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- Similar words include: quint, quintuplet, pentad
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PHOEBE
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4D: "4. Driveway goo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Similar words include: seaman, sea dog, Jack
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAR
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5D: "5. As a whole"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
- Similar words include: boilers suit, boilersuit
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OVERALL
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6D: "6. Moves elsewhere"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that settle in a new place
- Similar words include: resettle
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RESETTLES
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7D: "7. Tenured profs, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
- Similar words include: Ph.D., PhD
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PHDS
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8D: "8. Small battery … or an org. that might help with a battery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAA
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9D: "9. It's all in your head"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
- Similar words include: mind, nous, head
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PSYCHE
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10D: "10. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the second wife of jacob and mother of joseph and benjamin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RACHEL
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11D: "11. Book after Song of Solomon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the first of the major hebrew prophets (8th century bc)
- Similar words include: Book of Isaiah
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISAIAH
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12D: "12. French cocktail made with crème de cassis"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KIR
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13D: "13. Mirrored"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- Similar words include: ape, caricature
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APED
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14D: "14. Reasoned conclusion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- Similar words include: illation
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: INFERENCE
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15D: "15. Brewski"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: COLDONE
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16D: "16. Bulldog fan in Connecticut"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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17D: "17. Santa ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MONICA
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18D: "18. Stellar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
- Similar words include: stellar
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASTRAL
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19D: "19. Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- Similar words include: cape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NESS
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20D: "28. Minds one's P's and Q's"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- Similar words include: carry, bear, behave
- Opposite of: misbehave
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Answer: BEHAVES
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21D: "31. Contribute (to), as one's reputation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that return or recoil
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REDOUND
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22D: "34. Been asleep, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
- Similar words include: rest, lie, dwell
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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Answer: LAIN
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23D: "35. Texter's "Beats me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDK
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24D: "36. Small inlet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIA
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25D: "38. Li'l"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITSY
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26D: "43. One-named singer born in Nigeria"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)
- Similar words include: Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade, de Sade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SADE
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27D: "45. Skier's conveyance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TBAR
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28D: "46. Online site for DIYers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EHOW
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29D: "47. Time out, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
- Similar words include: holiday
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: VACATION
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30D: "48. Info commonly shown on a board game box"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AGELEVEL
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31D: "50. Clown around with food?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MCDONALD
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32D: "51. City SE of Phoenix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of philip marlowe (1888-1959)
- Similar words include: Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CHANDLER
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33D: "52. Purpose of some cameras"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of being free from danger or injury
- Similar words include: security system, security department, security measures
- Opposite of: insecurity
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Answer: SECURITY
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34D: "55. Reaches a shared opinion about"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AGREESON
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35D: "56. Holistic contentment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- Similar words include: health
- Opposite of: illness
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Answer: WELLNESS
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36D: "57. Some beans or sauces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- Similar words include: soybean plant, soy, Glycine max
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOYS
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37D: "59. "E pluribus ___""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNUM
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38D: "62. Sport"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that impairment resulting from long use
- Similar words include: jade, weary, wearable
- Opposite of: refresh
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Answer: WEAR
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39D: "65. Matrix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an orderly arrangement
- Similar words include: regalia, lay out, raiment
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARRAY
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40D: "67. Sun bloc?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NBA
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41D: "68. Pretty ___ picture"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASA
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42D: "70. Moving around"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on the move
- Similar words include: about, up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTIR
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43D: "72. Attack"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SETUPON
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44D: "74. You can put a ring on it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear
- Similar words include: ear lobe
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EARLOBE
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45D: "76. Back"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that argue or speak in defense of
- Similar words include: guard, oppose, fend for
- Opposite of: prosecute, attack
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Answer: DEFEND
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46D: "78. Came back, as hair"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GREWIN
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47D: "79. Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
- Similar words include: disk jockey, DJ, disk-jockey
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DJS
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48D: "81. Error message on a Blu-ray device"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NODISC
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49D: "83. Targeted (to)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that set the level or character of
- Similar words include: gear, pitch
- Opposite of: ungeared
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Answer: GEARED
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50D: "85. Key for a quick exit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESC
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51D: "92. Boils with rage"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEESRED
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52D: "95. Liberal-leaning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who belongs to the political left
- Similar words include: collectivist, left-winger, left-of-center
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEFTIST
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53D: "97. Chinese "nut" that's really a fruit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chinese tree cultivated especially in philippines and india for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus nephelium
- Similar words include: lichee, litchi nut, leechee
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LITCHI
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54D: "98. Makes small in comparison"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is markedly small
- Similar words include: midget, shadow, overshadow
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DWARFS
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55D: "99. Government debt obligations, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TBONDS
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56D: "100. 40 winks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIESTA
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57D: "101. ___ fatale"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FEMME
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58D: "102. Gets 40 winks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
- Similar words include: reside, remainder, quietus
- Opposite of: be active, change
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Answer: RESTS
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59D: "103. Letter-shaped train track piece"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRAIL
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60D: "104. "To ___ own self be true""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THINE
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61D: "105. Sharpened"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sharpen with a hone
- Similar words include: hone, perfect
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HONED
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62D: "106. George of "Star Trek""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAKEI
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63D: "107. Bad thing to discover in the pantry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- Similar words include: odour, olfactory modality, sense of smell
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMELL
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64D: "108. AA or JJ, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- Similar words include: partner off, match, duo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAIR
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65D: "111. Jazz singer Sylvia ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SYMS
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66D: "113. Come to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: embody, ar, be
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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67D: "114. "For sure""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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68D: "116. Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WWE
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69D: "117. Kind of party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adult female chicken
- Similar words include: biddy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEN
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71 Across Clues
69 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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