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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (57 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (83 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. Common sight near the entrance of a mall | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"? | 6 |
| 3A | 10. Gives some heat, say | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Cry of frustration | 4 |
| 5A | 18. Like | 3 |
| 6A | 19. Blew out | 7 |
| 7A | 21. Sound from a horn | 4 |
| 8A | 22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop | 4 |
| 9A | 23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.] | 11 |
| 10A | 25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short | 9 |
| 11A | 27. Angler's lure | 4 |
| 12A | 28. Words on a juice carton | 18 |
| 13A | 30. What many monks and yogis are | 8 |
| 14A | 34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief | 3 |
| 15A | 35. Director Rob | 6 |
| 16A | 36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Rock band? | 4 |
| 18A | 40. Tidbits | 7 |
| 19A | 41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.] | 11 |
| 20A | 45. Faint | 5 |
| 21A | 47. "Please. It's my ___" | 5 |
| 22A | 48. Letter opener? | 18 |
| 23A | 54. Young girl in Scotland | 9 |
| 24A | 57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g. | 5 |
| 25A | 58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day | 4 |
| 26A | 59. Word with straw or exit | 4 |
| 27A | 60. Writer Silverstein | 4 |
| 28A | 62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say | 4 |
| 29A | 63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle | 19 |
| 30A | 71. Song in a book of songs | 4 |
| 31A | 72. Chance | 4 |
| 32A | 73. Biohazard regulator, in brief | 4 |
| 33A | 74. Platoon or battalion | 4 |
| 34A | 75. "The Facts of Life" girl | 5 |
| 35A | 78. Aerodynamic quality | 9 |
| 36A | 83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.] | 14 |
| 37A | 87. Plug, as water | 5 |
| 38A | 88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif. | 5 |
| 39A | 89. Observe the expected formalities | 15 |
| 40A | 92. Nays | 7 |
| 41A | 96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief | 4 |
| 42A | 97. Facility | 4 |
| 43A | 98. Leveled | 6 |
| 44A | 99. Put on | 3 |
| 45A | 101. Buddhist riddles | 8 |
| 46A | 105. Split something equally [24 in.] | 14 |
| 47A | 110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) | 4 |
| 48A | 111. Lamborghinis, to some | 9 |
| 49A | 112. Waving the white flag, so to speak | 15 |
| 50A | 116. Citrus drinks | 4 |
| 51A | 117. Rock's Nirvana, for one | 4 |
| 52A | 118. When mating typically occurs | 7 |
| 53A | 119. Org. that collaborates with MADD | 3 |
| 54A | 120. Quirky sort | 4 |
| 55A | 121. John, across the pond | 4 |
| 56A | 122. "Uh, your point is ...?" | 6 |
| 57A | 123. Sweets | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Common sight near the entrance of a mall"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- Similar words include: function, mapping, map out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAP
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2A: "4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BADDOG
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3A: "10. Gives some heat, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that weapons considered collectively
- Similar words include: limb, gird, coat of arms
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARMS
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4A: "14. Cry of frustration"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGH
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5A: "18. Like"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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6A: "19. Blew out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give out (breath or an odor)
- Similar words include: expire, give forth, emanate
- Opposite of: inhale
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Answer: EXHALED
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7A: "21. Sound from a horn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- Similar words include: blare, toot, claxon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEEP
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8A: "22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORO
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9A: "23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MINEALLMINE
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10A: "25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BARISAXES
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11A: "27. Angler's lure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that serves as an enticement
- Similar words include: tease, come-on, lure
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAIT
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12A: "28. Words on a juice carton"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: NOTFROMCONCENTRATE
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13A: "30. What many monks and yogis are"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- Similar words include: abstainer, ascetic
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ASCETICS
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14A: "34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETS
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15A: "35. Director Rob"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REINER
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16A: "36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROLO
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17A: "37. Rock band?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
- Similar words include: bed, crinkle, line
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAM
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18A: "40. Tidbits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small quantity of anything
- Similar words include: bite, bit, morsel
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MORSELS
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19A: "41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FENNELBULBS
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20A: "45. Faint"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- Similar words include: pass out, conk, deliquium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWOON
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21A: "47. "Please. It's my ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: goody, care for, handle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREAT
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22A: "48. Letter opener?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: TOWHOMITMAYCONCERN
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23A: "54. Young girl in Scotland"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: WEELASSIE
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24A: "57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
- Similar words include: ritual, religious rite, rite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RITES
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25A: "58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHOY
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26A: "59. Word with straw or exit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- Similar words include: pollard, poll parrot, public opinion poll
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POLL
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27A: "60. Writer Silverstein"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHEL
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28A: "62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by skill in deception
- Similar words include: guileful, crafty, slick
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WILY
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29A: "63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: MEASURETWICECUTONCE
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30A: "71. Song in a book of songs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a song of praise (to god or to a saint or to a nation)
- Similar words include: anthem
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HYMN
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31A: "72. Chance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- Similar words include: put on the line, adventure, risk of infection
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RISK
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32A: "73. Biohazard regulator, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
- Similar words include: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSHA
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33A: "74. Platoon or battalion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Similar words include: social unit, building block, unit of measurement
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNIT
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34A: "75. "The Facts of Life" girl"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
- Similar words include: Tony Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLAIR
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35A: "78. Aerodynamic quality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored
- Similar words include: silkiness
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SLEEKNESS
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36A: "83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: GALILEOGALILEI
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37A: "87. Plug, as water"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DAMUP
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38A: "88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTEL
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39A: "89. Observe the expected formalities"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: STANDONCEREMONY
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40A: "92. Nays"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOVOTES
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41A: "96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief"
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: PhD, Ph.D.
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PHDS
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42A: "97. Facility"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Similar words include: still, allay, comfort
- Opposite of: difficulty
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Answer: EASE
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43A: "98. Leveled"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make level or straight
- Similar words include: flush, even out, even
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EVENED
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44A: "99. Put on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: tot up, minimal brain damage, bring
- Opposite of: take away, subtract
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Answer: ADD
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45A: "101. Buddhist riddles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ZENKOANS
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46A: "105. Split something equally [24 in.]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: WENTFIFTYFIFTY
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47A: "110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLEA
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48A: "111. Lamborghinis, to some"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DREAMCARS
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49A: "112. Waving the white flag, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: CONCEDINGDEFEAT
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50A: "116. Citrus drinks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink, ade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADES
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51A: "117. Rock's Nirvana, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Similar words include: three, threesome, III
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRIO
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52A: "118. When mating typically occurs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
- Similar words include: end game
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENDGAME
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53A: "119. Org. that collaborates with MADD"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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54A: "120. Quirky sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dull stupid fatuous person
- Similar words include: jerk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DORK
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55A: "121. John, across the pond"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAN
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56A: "122. "Uh, your point is ...?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YEAHSO
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57A: "123. Sweets"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HON
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Green or black African menace | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Spider-Man, for one | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Freak out | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Good name for an apiarist? | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Rocker ___ Rose | 3 |
| 6D | 6. UPS competitor | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Sends to Hades | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Mishmash | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Bloke | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Chews (out) | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Postdebate areas | 9 |
| 14D | 14. Some old game consoles | 6 |
| 15D | 15. ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist" | 6 |
| 16D | 16. Fairy tale sibling | 6 |
| 17D | 17. Doofuses, north of the border | 6 |
| 18D | 20. Absolutely, in slang | 3 |
| 19D | 24. Never-ending | 7 |
| 20D | 26. CPR pressure points | 6 |
| 21D | 29. Cycle at night? | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Core-strengthening Pilates exercises | 7 |
| 23D | 32. Badly | 3 |
| 24D | 33. It's covered in kernels | 3 |
| 25D | 37. ___ gin fizz | 4 |
| 26D | 38. "Charlotte's Web" author's inits. | 3 |
| 27D | 39. Wood found in restaurant furniture | 3 |
| 28D | 40. Speck | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Online shorthand meaning "Victory!" | 3 |
| 30D | 42. Afore | 3 |
| 31D | 43. Previously known as | 3 |
| 32D | 44. Of help | 5 |
| 33D | 45. "Turn that frown upside down!" | 5 |
| 34D | 46. Clever sort | 3 |
| 35D | 49. Big name in vacuum cleaners | 5 |
| 36D | 50. [It's time for bed!] | 4 |
| 37D | 51. Sharply dressed | 4 |
| 38D | 52. Part | 4 |
| 39D | 53. The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 40D | 55. Pittance | 3 |
| 41D | 56. Camera type, for short | 3 |
| 42D | 60. Barista's flourish | 5 |
| 43D | 61. ___ Eminence | 3 |
| 44D | 63. Mouthy bird? | 4 |
| 45D | 64. Name found in "whole milk" | 4 |
| 46D | 65. Prefix with matter | 4 |
| 47D | 66. One of many in the book of Job | 5 |
| 48D | 67. Actor Firth | 5 |
| 49D | 68. Employ | 3 |
| 50D | 69. Hot French beverage | 3 |
| 51D | 70. "Resolute" item in the Oval Office | 7 |
| 52D | 71. Hold dear, perhaps | 3 |
| 53D | 75. Men who marry later in life | 9 |
| 54D | 76. Rafts | 4 |
| 55D | 77. Ripen | 3 |
| 56D | 78. Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels | 4 |
| 57D | 79. Recite | 7 |
| 58D | 80. Moody music genre | 3 |
| 59D | 81. Light up? | 3 |
| 60D | 82. Worker with a handler | 3 |
| 61D | 84. Easy-listening radio category | 6 |
| 62D | 85. "More or less" | 3 |
| 63D | 86. Business name abbr. | 3 |
| 64D | 90. Poor grade | 3 |
| 65D | 91. Took off | 3 |
| 66D | 92. Man who might be installing a baby gate | 6 |
| 67D | 93. Gild the lily, with "it" | 6 |
| 68D | 94. Facade | 6 |
| 69D | 95. Not distracted at work | 6 |
| 70D | 96. Email attachment type | 3 |
| 71D | 99. Body parts examined for arrhythmia | 5 |
| 72D | 100. Big name in vacuum cleaners | 5 |
| 73D | 101. Company that owns Words With Friends | 5 |
| 74D | 102. A, in Ashkelon | 5 |
| 75D | 103. "Totally cool!" | 5 |
| 76D | 104. Old Scratch | 5 |
| 77D | 106. Chow | 4 |
| 78D | 107. Pretty cool stuff | 3 |
| 79D | 108. Big Apple's bravest, in brief | 4 |
| 80D | 109. Something a beach lifeguard monitors | 4 |
| 81D | 113. Cry of frustration | 3 |
| 82D | 114. Insta chats | 3 |
| 83D | 115. Fair-hiring inits. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Green or black African menace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that arboreal snake of central and southern africa whose bite is often fatal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAMBA
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2D: "2. Spider-Man, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
- Similar words include: assumed name, a.k.a., false name
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALIAS
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3D: "3. Freak out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- Similar words include: affright, terror, scare
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PANIC
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4D: "4. Good name for an apiarist?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BEA
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5D: "5. Rocker ___ Rose"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AXL
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6D: "6. UPS competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DHL
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7D: "7. Sends to Hades"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something of little value
- Similar words include: curse, damn, imprecate
- Opposite of: bless
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Answer: DAMNS
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8D: "8. Mishmash"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLIO
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9D: "9. Bloke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
- Similar words include: lad, chap, feller
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GENT
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10D: "10. Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the superior of an abbey of monks
- Similar words include: archimandrite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABBOT
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11D: "11. Chews (out)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large quantity of written matter
- Similar words include: ream
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REAMS
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12D: "12. Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MERC
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13D: "13. Postdebate areas"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPINROOMS
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14D: "14. Some old game consoles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATARIS
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15D: "15. ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROXANE
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16D: "16. Fairy tale sibling"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GRETEL
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17D: "17. Doofuses, north of the border"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOSERS
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18D: "20. Absolutely, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEF
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19D: "24. Never-ending"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing forever or indefinitely
- Similar words include: unending, ageless, eonian
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ETERNAL
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20D: "26. CPR pressure points"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a genus of sterninae
- Similar words include: sternum, genus Sterna, breastbone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STERNA
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21D: "29. Cycle at night?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
- Similar words include: rapid eye movement sleep, rapid eye movement, paradoxical sleep
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REM
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22D: "31. Core-strengthening Pilates exercises"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOETAPS
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23D: "32. Badly"
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- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: complaint, inauspicious, ailment
- Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL
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24D: "33. It's covered in kernels"
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- Think of something that nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
- Similar words include: hazelnut, filbert, Larus marinus
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COB
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25D: "37. ___ gin fizz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
- Similar words include: Prunus alleghaniensis, Alleghany plum, Prunus spinosa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLOE
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26D: "38. "Charlotte's Web" author's inits."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EBW
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27D: "39. Wood found in restaurant furniture"
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- Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
- Similar words include: ash tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH
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28D: "40. Speck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- Similar words include: particle, molecule, speck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOTE
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29D: "41. Online shorthand meaning "Victory!""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FTW
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30D: "42. Afore"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERE
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31D: "43. Previously known as"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE
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32D: "44. Of help"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being of use or service
- Similar words include: useful
- Opposite of: useless
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Answer: UTILE
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33D: "45. "Turn that frown upside down!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- Similar words include: grin, smiling, grinning
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMILE
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34D: "46. Clever sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- Similar words include: brain, brainpower, wittiness
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WIT
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35D: "49. Big name in vacuum cleaners"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORECK
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36D: "50. [It's time for bed!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
- Similar words include: yaw, yawning, oscitance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YAWN
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37D: "51. Sharply dressed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- Similar words include: swank, modishness, smartness
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHIC
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38D: "52. Part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- Similar words include: function, part, use
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROLE
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39D: "53. The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NYY
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40D: "55. Pittance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former french coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOU
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41D: "56. Camera type, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLR
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42D: "60. Barista's flourish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the shape of something rotating rapidly
- Similar words include: purl, twirl, whirlpool
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWIRL
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43D: "61. ___ Eminence"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HIS
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44D: "63. Mouthy bird?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tropical asian starlings
- Similar words include: minah, mina, mynah bird
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MYNA
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45D: "64. Name found in "whole milk""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMIL
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46D: "65. Prefix with matter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- Opposite of: pro
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTI
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47D: "66. One of many in the book of Job"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of testing something
- Similar words include: trial run, tribulation, visitation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIAL
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48D: "67. Actor Firth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COLIN
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49D: "68. Employ"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: utilization, utilisation, economic consumption
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE
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50D: "69. Hot French beverage"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE
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51D: "70. "Resolute" item in the Oval Office"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OAKDESK
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52D: "71. Hold dear, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tight or amorous embrace
- Similar words include: clinch, squeeze, bosom
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUG
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53D: "75. Men who marry later in life"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states anthropologist (1887-1948)
- Similar words include: Ruth Fulton, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BENEDICTS
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54D: "76. Rafts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large number or amount
- Similar words include: stacks, set, caboodle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOTS
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55D: "77. Ripen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: eld, years, geezerhood
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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56D: "78. Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels"
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: sea, ocean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAS
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57D: "79. Recite"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NAMEOFF
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58D: "80. Moody music genre"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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59D: "81. Light up?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
- Similar words include: Sunday, sunbathe, solarize
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUN
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60D: "82. Worker with a handler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- Similar words include: stag, espy, descry
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPY
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61D: "84. Easy-listening radio category"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LITEFM
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62D: "85. "More or less""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISH
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63D: "86. Business name abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTD
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64D: "90. Poor grade"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEE
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65D: "91. Took off"
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- Think of something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Similar words include: work, ladder, melt
- Opposite of: malfunction, idle
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Answer: RAN
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66D: "92. Man who might be installing a baby gate"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEWDAD
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67D: "93. Gild the lily, with "it""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that do something to an excessive degree
- Similar words include: exaggerate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OVERDO
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68D: "94. Facade"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
- Similar words include: veneering, facing
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: VENEER
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69D: "95. Not distracted at work"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONTASK
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70D: "96. Email attachment type"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDF
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71D: "99. Body parts examined for arrhythmia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- Similar words include: atrium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATRIA
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72D: "100. Big name in vacuum cleaners"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DYSON
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73D: "101. Company that owns Words With Friends"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZYNGA
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74D: "102. A, in Ashkelon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 1st letter of the hebrew alphabet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEPH
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75D: "103. "Totally cool!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEATO
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76D: "104. Old Scratch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judeo-christian and islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of god; tempter of mankind; master of hell
- Similar words include: the Tempter, Beelzebub, Lucifer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SATAN
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77D: "106. Chow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agenda of things to do
- Similar words include: come, transportation, do
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FARE
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78D: "107. Pretty cool stuff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: chalk, glass, chicken feed
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICE
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79D: "108. Big Apple's bravest, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FDNY
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80D: "109. Something a beach lifeguard monitors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- Similar words include: surge, lunar time period
- Opposite of: ebb
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Answer: TIDE
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81D: "113. Cry of frustration"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAH
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82D: "114. Insta chats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- Similar words include: decimeter, dm, diabetes mellitus
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DMS
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83D: "115. Fair-hiring inits."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEO
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57 Across Clues
83 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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