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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (65 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (73 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. Classic target of a troll | 9 |
| 2A | 10. Prized steed | 4 |
| 3A | 14. Little hellions | 4 |
| 4A | 18. Hard to understand | 10 |
| 5A | 20. Latvian capital | 4 |
| 6A | 21. Kindle competitor | 4 |
| 7A | 22. Sailor who drinks only the finest grog? | 11 |
| 8A | 24. Knockoff version of a sweet treat? | 9 |
| 9A | 26. ID on a credit check | 3 |
| 10A | 27. End-of-level showdown | 9 |
| 11A | 29. "When in the ___ of human events ..." | 6 |
| 12A | 30. Bridges | 5 |
| 13A | 32. Vote for | 3 |
| 14A | 33. Paint carelessly | 4 |
| 15A | 34. Alternative to kale | 5 |
| 16A | 35. Projectionist's item | 8 |
| 17A | 38. "If you ask me nicely …" | 4 |
| 18A | 42. Game with players known as "shooters" | 5 |
| 19A | 43. Convenient spot for a cat nap? | 10 |
| 20A | 45. Singer Rita | 3 |
| 21A | 46. Official hand gesture of Hawaii 🤙 | 5 |
| 22A | 47. "Darn it!" | 4 |
| 23A | 48. 1950s political nickname | 3 |
| 24A | 49. Wild | 5 |
| 25A | 51. The 4,765-year-old "Methuselah" is one | 4 |
| 26A | 52. Zilch | 4 |
| 27A | 53. Prominent feature of dubstep music | 4 |
| 28A | 55. Wrap up tight | 6 |
| 29A | 56. Press coverage | 3 |
| 30A | 57. Scorching | 7 |
| 31A | 59. Agent's good news | 7 |
| 32A | 60. Cryptographers' needs | 4 |
| 33A | 62. Suitable for the middle-aged? | 11 |
| 34A | 65. "Oh, dear!" | 4 |
| 35A | 66. Flies the coop | 7 |
| 36A | 68. Pain-relieving drug | 7 |
| 37A | 69. The Chiffons' "___ So Fine" | 3 |
| 38A | 70. Knitted cap | 6 |
| 39A | 71. Pop icon with a Best Actress award | 4 |
| 40A | 73. Huff and puff? | 4 |
| 41A | 74. "Look what I did!" | 4 |
| 42A | 75. Bewildered | 5 |
| 43A | 76. Polynesian staple | 3 |
| 44A | 77. Twisted do | 4 |
| 45A | 78. Global currency market, for short | 5 |
| 46A | 79. Martial artist Bruce | 3 |
| 47A | 80. Suspicious absence from school? | 10 |
| 48A | 84. Taps on the snoot | 5 |
| 49A | 85. Places | 4 |
| 50A | 87. Snuggle | 8 |
| 51A | 88. Stooge who said "Soitenly!" | 5 |
| 52A | 89. Poses | 4 |
| 53A | 91. "What's up, ___?" | 3 |
| 54A | 92. Wise guys | 5 |
| 55A | 93. Crudely built shack | 6 |
| 56A | 96. Purple fruit with a distinctive inner shape | 9 |
| 57A | 99. Barista or barrister | 3 |
| 58A | 102. "How sad. You actually think you can win," e.g.? | 9 |
| 59A | 104. A locksmith getting stuck in bedroom handcuffs, say? | 11 |
| 60A | 107. Present opener? | 4 |
| 61A | 108. Unlike a cover: Abbr. | 4 |
| 62A | 109. Something parents may try to limit for their kids | 10 |
| 63A | 110. See 95-Down | 4 |
| 64A | 111. Creole staple | 4 |
| 65A | 112. In which actors barely go through the motions? | 9 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Classic target of a troll"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BILLYGOAT
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2A: "10. Prized steed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Similar words include: Arabian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARAB
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3A: "14. Little hellions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Similar words include: scamp, rascal, scallywag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMPS
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4A: "18. Hard to understand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CLEARASMUD
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5A: "20. Latvian capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
- Similar words include: capital of Latvia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIGA
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6A: "21. Kindle competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sheltered and secluded place
- Similar words include: corner
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOOK
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7A: "22. Sailor who drinks only the finest grog?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CLASSYMATEY
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8A: "24. Knockoff version of a sweet treat?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GOODYCOPY
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9A: "26. ID on a credit check"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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10A: "27. End-of-level showdown"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BOSSFIGHT
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11A: "29. "When in the ___ of human events ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- Similar words include: form, course of action, row
- Opposite of: unnaturally
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Answer: COURSE
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12A: "30. Bridges"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the complete duration of something
- Similar words include: dyad, sweep, traverse
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPANS
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13A: "32. Vote for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Similar words include: yeah
- Opposite of: nay
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Answer: YEA
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14A: "33. Paint carelessly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that material used to daub walls
- Similar words include: smear, blot, plaster
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DAUB
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15A: "34. Alternative to kale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
- Similar words include: chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla, leaf beet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHARD
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16A: "35. Projectionist's item"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FILMREEL
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17A: "38. "If you ask me nicely …""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMAY
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18A: "42. Game with players known as "shooters""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
- Similar words include: take a shit, ca-ca, turd
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRAPS
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19A: "43. Convenient spot for a cat nap?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HANDYBELLY
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20A: "45. Singer Rita"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: OS, os, bone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORA
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21A: "46. Official hand gesture of Hawaii 🤙"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHAKA
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22A: "47. "Darn it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DANG
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23A: "48. 1950s political nickname"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
- Similar words include: Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IKE
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24A: "49. Wild"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that frenzied as if possessed by a demon
- Similar words include: demoniacal, murderously, amok
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMUCK
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25A: "51. The 4,765-year-old "Methuselah" is one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a coniferous tree
- Similar words include: true pine, languish, ache
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PINE
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26A: "52. Zilch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: nil, nothing, zero
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NADA
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27A: "53. Prominent feature of dubstep music"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the lowest part of the musical range
- Similar words include: bass part, sea bass, basso
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BASS
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28A: "55. Wrap up tight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enveloping bandage
- Similar words include: wrapping, swaddle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SWATHE
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29A: "56. Press coverage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INK
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30A: "57. Scorching"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OVERHOT
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31A: "59. Agent's good news"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITSAHIT
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32A: "60. Cryptographers' needs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- Similar words include: identify, name, winder
- Opposite of: atonality
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Answer: KEYS
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33A: "62. Suitable for the middle-aged?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FORTYWORTHY
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34A: "65. "Oh, dear!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MYMY
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35A: "66. Flies the coop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of escaping physically
- Similar words include: escapism, get out, fly the coop
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ESCAPES
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36A: "68. Pain-relieving drug"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a synthetic narcotic drug (trade name demerol) used to treat pain
- Similar words include: meperidine hydrochloride, meperidine
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DEMEROL
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37A: "69. The Chiffons' "___ So Fine""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Similar words include: he, He, helium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HES
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38A: "70. Knitted cap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
- Similar words include: beany
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BEANIE
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39A: "71. Pop icon with a Best Actress award"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHER
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40A: "73. Huff and puff?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VAPE
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41A: "74. "Look what I did!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TADA
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42A: "75. Bewildered"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATSEA
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43A: "76. Polynesian staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POI
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44A: "77. Twisted do"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCS
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45A: "78. Global currency market, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FOREX
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46A: "79. Martial artist Bruce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Henry Lee, leeward, Shelton Jackson Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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47A: "80. Suspicious absence from school?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FISHYHOOKY
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48A: "84. Taps on the snoot"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOOPS
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49A: "85. Places"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- Similar words include: place, pose, position
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAYS
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50A: "87. Snuggle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fondle or pet affectionately
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CANOODLE
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51A: "88. Stooge who said "Soitenly!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of hair) having curls or waves
- Opposite of: straight
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CURLY
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52A: "89. Poses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inquire about
- Similar words include: need, expect, inquire
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: ASKS
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53A: "91. "What's up, ___?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
- Similar words include: physician, Dr., Commerce
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOC
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54A: "92. Wise guys"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- Similar words include: droop, sag, salvia
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAGES
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55A: "93. Crudely built shack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- Similar words include: sea chantey, chanty, hutch
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHANTY
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56A: "96. Purple fruit with a distinctive inner shape"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STARAPPLE
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57A: "99. Barista or barrister"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- Similar words include: caper, business, problem
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JOB
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58A: "102. "How sad. You actually think you can win," e.g.?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: COCKYPITY
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59A: "104. A locksmith getting stuck in bedroom handcuffs, say?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: STEAMYIRONY
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60A: "107. Present opener?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMNI
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61A: "108. Unlike a cover: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORIG
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62A: "109. Something parents may try to limit for their kids"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SCREENTIME
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63A: "110. See 95-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Similar words include: teenager, teenage, teenaged
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEEN
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64A: "111. Creole staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Similar words include: lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentus, okra plant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKRA
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65A: "112. In which actors barely go through the motions?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SEXSCENES
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Surreptitiously loops in, for short | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Troubles | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Low-fat | 4 |
| 4D | 4. ___ Américas | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Many, many mos. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Venues like New York City's Stonewall Inn | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Donny or Marie | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Stockpile | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Light rebukes | 4 |
| 10D | 10. "For crying out loud!" | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Hoot | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Before | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Referee's mistake | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Nighttime demons | 6 |
| 15D | 15. "Wuthering Heights" setting | 4 |
| 16D | 16. Is visually striking | 4 |
| 17D | 17. Portree is the capital of this isle | 4 |
| 18D | 19. Death-___ | 7 |
| 19D | 23. Triangular sign | 5 |
| 20D | 25. Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army | 3 |
| 21D | 28. Like wild meat, sometimes | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Manage to lose, as a tail | 5 |
| 23D | 31. He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic | 4 |
| 24D | 33. Proofreader's mark | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Actor Affleck when he needs a nap? | 11 |
| 26D | 35. Some nonlicensed tributes | 6 |
| 27D | 36. Sluggers' stats | 4 |
| 28D | 37. Startled cries | 4 |
| 29D | 39. Half-woman, half-bird, all attitude? | 11 |
| 30D | 40. "Eureka!" shouter | 10 |
| 31D | 41. Benny Hill theme song | 9 |
| 32D | 42. Oolong or lapsang souchong | 10 |
| 33D | 43. Actor Bill of "Barry" | 5 |
| 34D | 44. Twists side-to-side | 4 |
| 35D | 46. Hybrid sport played with a trampoline-like net | 9 |
| 36D | 47. Swiss locale of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum | 5 |
| 37D | 50. Old-fashioned term of address | 4 |
| 38D | 52. Gratis | 5 |
| 39D | 53. Garden shelter | 5 |
| 40D | 54. Discovery of chemist John Dalton | 4 |
| 41D | 55. "You're cramping my ___" | 5 |
| 42D | 58. Evil alter ego of literature | 4 |
| 43D | 59. Waffle House alternatives | 5 |
| 44D | 61. Sound | 4 |
| 45D | 63. Not follow suit, in bridge | 6 |
| 46D | 64. Frequent on-screen partner of Hepburn | 5 |
| 47D | 67. "La Vie en rose" singer | 4 |
| 48D | 71. Sports journalist Linda | 4 |
| 49D | 72. "___ Silver!" | 4 |
| 50D | 74. Gimlets and screwdrivers | 5 |
| 51D | 76. Ad Council spots, for short | 4 |
| 52D | 77. Some memes of the 2000s | 7 |
| 53D | 78. Driver's warning | 4 |
| 54D | 81. Disgusting, in totspeak | 7 |
| 55D | 82. TV journalist Kotb | 4 |
| 56D | 83. What wavy lines in comic strips represent | 5 |
| 57D | 84. "I can't believe what I'm seeing!" facial reaction | 7 |
| 58D | 86. Became real, as bad news | 6 |
| 59D | 88. Southwestern culinary fusion | 6 |
| 60D | 90. Pigpen | 3 |
| 61D | 92. Extra | 5 |
| 62D | 93. Macbeth or Macduff | 4 |
| 63D | 94. Bygone iPhone button | 4 |
| 64D | 95. Common 110-Across stressor | 4 |
| 65D | 96. Move around and around | 4 |
| 66D | 97. Rapper with a feline-sounding name | 4 |
| 67D | 98. Chest muscles, for short | 4 |
| 68D | 99. Knit | 4 |
| 69D | 100. "This round's ___" | 4 |
| 70D | 101. Effortless ways to advance | 4 |
| 71D | 103. Vex | 3 |
| 72D | 105. Close of business? | 3 |
| 73D | 106. 66, for example: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Surreptitiously loops in, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BCCS
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2D: "2. Troubles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: ill, ailment, complaint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ILLS
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3D: "3. Low-fat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- Similar words include: tip, thin, incline
- Opposite of: rich, fat
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Answer: LEAN
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4D: "4. ___ Américas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
- Similar words include: La, atomic number 57, lanthanum
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAS
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5D: "5. Many, many mos."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
- Similar words include: year, twelvemonth, yr
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YRS
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6D: "6. Venues like New York City's Stonewall Inn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GAYBARS
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7D: "7. Donny or Marie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OSMOND
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8D: "8. Stockpile"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that collect or gather
- Similar words include: conglomerate, pile up, roll up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMASS
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9D: "9. Light rebukes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tsk, tut, tut-tut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUTS
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10D: "10. "For crying out loud!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGH
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11D: "11. Hoot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- Similar words include: debauch, debauchery, rioting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIOT
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12D: "12. Before"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gone by; or in the past
- Similar words include: agone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AGO
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13D: "13. Referee's mistake"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BADCALL
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14D: "14. Nighttime demons"
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- Think of something that a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- Similar words include: nightmare, incubus
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INCUBI
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15D: "15. "Wuthering Heights" setting"
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- Think of something that one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
- Similar words include: moorland, tie up, berth
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOOR
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16D: "16. Is visually striking"
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- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: pop out, kill, pop music
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POPS
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17D: "17. Portree is the capital of this isle"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKYE
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18D: "19. Death-___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that resist or confront with resistance
- Similar words include: withstand, refuse, hold up
- Opposite of: lend oneself
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Answer: DEFYING
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19D: "23. Triangular sign"
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- Think of something that production of a certain amount
- Similar words include: knuckle under, generate, give
- Opposite of: stand, survive
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Answer: YIELD
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20D: "25. Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YOU
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21D: "28. Like wild meat, sometimes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that suggestive of sexual impropriety
- Similar words include: blue, risque, mettlesome
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAMY
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22D: "30. Manage to lose, as a tail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that building material used as siding or roofing
- Similar words include: handshake, shiver, milk shake
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHAKE
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23D: "31. He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic"
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- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: dad, pappa, dada
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAPA
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24D: "33. Proofreader's mark"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DELE
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25D: "34. Actor Affleck when he needs a nap?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CRANKYCASEY
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26D: "35. Some nonlicensed tributes"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FANART
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27D: "36. Sluggers' stats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- Similar words include: run batted in, rbi
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RBIS
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28D: "37. Startled cries"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EEKS
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29D: "39. Half-woman, half-bird, all attitude?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MOUTHYHARPY
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30D: "40. "Eureka!" shouter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 bc)
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ARCHIMEDES
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31D: "41. Benny Hill theme song"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: YAKETYSAX
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32D: "42. Oolong or lapsang souchong"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CHINESETEA
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33D: "43. Actor Bill of "Barry""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HADER
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34D: "44. Twists side-to-side"
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: yawn, framboesia, gape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YAWS
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35D: "46. Hybrid sport played with a trampoline-like net"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPIKEBALL
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36D: "47. Swiss locale of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DAVOS
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37D: "50. Old-fashioned term of address"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAAM
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38D: "52. Gratis"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOFEE
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39D: "53. Garden shelter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a framework that supports climbing plants
- Similar words include: embower, pergola, arbour
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOWER
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40D: "54. Discovery of chemist John Dalton"
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- Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Similar words include: corpuscle, mote, particle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOM
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41D: "55. "You're cramping my ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
- Similar words include: mode, flair, expressive style
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STYLE
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42D: "58. Evil alter ego of literature"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HYDE
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43D: "59. Waffle House alternatives"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IHOPS
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44D: "61. Sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: reasonable
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANE
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45D: "63. Not follow suit, in bridge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
- Similar words include: vacate, countermand, renege
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REVOKE
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46D: "64. Frequent on-screen partner of Hepburn"
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- Think of something that united states film actor who appeared in many films with katharine hepburn (1900-1967)
- Similar words include: Spencer Tracy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRACY
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47D: "67. "La Vie en rose" singer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french cabaret singer (1915-1963)
- Similar words include: Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PIAF
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48D: "71. Sports journalist Linda"
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- Think of something that german botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
- Similar words include: Ferdinand Julius Cohn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COHN
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49D: "72. "___ Silver!""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HIYO
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50D: "74. Gimlets and screwdrivers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- Similar words include: cock, dick, instrument
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOOLS
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51D: "76. Ad Council spots, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
- Similar words include: prostate specific antigen, PSA
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSAS
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52D: "77. Some memes of the 2000s"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOLCATS
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53D: "78. Driver's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
- Similar words include: prow, forward, stem
- Opposite of: aft
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Answer: FORE
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54D: "81. Disgusting, in totspeak"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ICKYPOO
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55D: "82. TV journalist Kotb"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HODA
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56D: "83. What wavy lines in comic strips represent"
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- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: smell, olfactory property, olfactory sensation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ODORS
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57D: "84. "I can't believe what I'm seeing!" facial reaction"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BUGEYES
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58D: "86. Became real, as bad news"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SANKIN
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59D: "88. Southwestern culinary fusion"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CALMEX
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60D: "90. Pigpen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: pigpen, hordeolum, pigsty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STY
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61D: "92. Extra"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- Similar words include: dispense with, bare, scanty
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPARE
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62D: "93. Macbeth or Macduff"
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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63D: "94. Bygone iPhone button"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that where you live at a particular time
- Similar words include: rest home, plate, domicile
- Opposite of: away
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Answer: HOME
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64D: "95. Common 110-Across stressor"
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- Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACNE
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65D: "96. Move around and around"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Similar words include: fuss, conjure, shake
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STIR
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66D: "97. Rapper with a feline-sounding name"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TYGA
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67D: "98. Chest muscles, for short"
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- Think of something that either of two large muscles of the chest
- Similar words include: pectoral muscle, musculus pectoralis, pectoralis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PECS
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68D: "99. Knit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- Similar words include: connect, link, juncture
- Opposite of: disjoin
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Answer: JOIN
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69D: "100. "This round's ___""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONME
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70D: "101. Effortless ways to advance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- Similar words include: good-bye, so long, sayonara
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BYES
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71D: "103. Vex"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that irritate or vex
- Similar words include: gall
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRK
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72D: "105. Close of business?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
- Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INC
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73D: "106. 66, for example: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RTE
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65 Across Clues
73 Down Clues
138 Total Clues
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