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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (66 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (74 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: 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. Leftover piece of fabric | 5 |
| 2A | 6. ___ water, cooking ingredient sometimes called "liquid gold" | 5 |
| 3A | 11. "Spartacus" or "Gladiator" | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Comic Kaplan | 4 |
| 5A | 19. Like harem pants | 5 |
| 6A | 20. Large spread | 5 |
| 7A | 21. Bob or Helen in "The Incredibles" | 4 |
| 8A | 22. George Orwell's alma mater | 4 |
| 9A | 23. "Great job selecting a Person of the Year!"? (Boomer) | 11 |
| 10A | 25. Drag performer? | 9 |
| 11A | 27. Stinging plants | 7 |
| 12A | 28. Vaudeville offering | 4 |
| 13A | 30. Call at home | 6 |
| 14A | 31. Banned body builders, slangily | 5 |
| 15A | 32. Relax on a plane? (Gen X) | 13 |
| 16A | 35. ___ Nickerson, Nancy Drew's boyfriend | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Dynamic opening? | 6 |
| 18A | 37. One side of the Bering Strait | 4 |
| 19A | 38. QB stat: Abbr. | 3 |
| 20A | 41. Device in a high-tech farm | 6 |
| 21A | 43. Candidacy for an entertainment award, informally | 3 |
| 22A | 45. "Frozen" character who says "I like warm hugs" | 4 |
| 23A | 48. Abruptly end all communications with D.E.A. agents? (Millennial) | 12 |
| 24A | 52. Hit the horn | 4 |
| 25A | 54. Sci-fi series with J, K and Zed | 3 |
| 26A | 56. Trade show | 4 |
| 27A | 57. Holiday celebrated with banh chung | 3 |
| 28A | 58. "Superfood" berry | 4 |
| 29A | 60. Small bite | 6 |
| 30A | 62. N.F.C. South player | 3 |
| 31A | 64. Beatles nickname | 7 |
| 32A | 67. Greed | 7 |
| 33A | 68. Recognition for an ardent fan? (Gen Z) | 10 |
| 34A | 71. Awesome after dark? (Gen X) | 10 |
| 35A | 73. Toy with "barista" and "dog trainer" versions | 7 |
| 36A | 74. Fare at many a shoreline eatery | 7 |
| 37A | 76. Disco guy on "The Simpsons" | 3 |
| 38A | 77. Moonshiners' needs | 6 |
| 39A | 78. Temporary halt, legally | 4 |
| 40A | 79. Difficulty, to Hamlet | 3 |
| 41A | 81. Aromatherapy liquids | 4 |
| 42A | 84. Symbol for fair weather in a forecast | 3 |
| 43A | 85. Green opening | 4 |
| 44A | 87. One assessing the number of hotties at a party? (Gen Z) | 12 |
| 45A | 91. Tempo | 4 |
| 46A | 93. Antonym and rhyme for "nay" | 3 |
| 47A | 95. Ancient Greek tunic | 6 |
| 48A | 96. "Absolutely!" | 3 |
| 49A | 97. Province bordering Turin | 4 |
| 50A | 99. ___-weenie | 6 |
| 51A | 102. Grp. that investigates cases? | 3 |
| 52A | 104. Promoting a romantic connection between characters played by actors Nathan and Diane? (Millennial) | 13 |
| 53A | 108. Pagan religion | 5 |
| 54A | 110. "The Merchant of Venice" heroine | 6 |
| 55A | 111. Garb for an Indian bridesmaid | 4 |
| 56A | 112. Men's accessory organizer | 7 |
| 57A | 114. Labor leaders | 9 |
| 58A | 116. Leave just after the first person? (Boomer) | 11 |
| 59A | 120. Olympus ___ (Martian volcano) | 4 |
| 60A | 121. Shaving gel additive | 4 |
| 61A | 122. Vaulted | 5 |
| 62A | 123. Like some undercover detectives | 5 |
| 63A | 124. Historic periods | 4 |
| 64A | 125. Takes a load off | 4 |
| 65A | 126. Wee | 5 |
| 66A | 127. Less off-the-wall | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Leftover piece of fabric"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- Similar words include: fleck, flake, fighting
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCRAP
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2A: "6. ___ water, cooking ingredient sometimes called "liquid gold""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
- Similar words include: alimentary paste
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PASTA
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3A: "11. "Spartacus" or "Gladiator""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Similar words include: epos, epical, heroic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EPIC
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4A: "15. Comic Kaplan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GABE
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5A: "19. Like harem pants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that grant freedom to; free from confinement
- Similar words include: liberate, idle, open
- Opposite of: stiffen, affixed
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Answer: LOOSE
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6A: "20. Large spread"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an orderly arrangement
- Similar words include: raiment, set out, lay out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARRAY
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7A: "21. Bob or Helen in "The Incredibles""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that queen of england as the 6th wife of henry viii (1512-1548)
- Similar words include: Catherine Parr
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARR
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8A: "22. George Orwell's alma mater"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETON
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9A: "23. "Great job selecting a Person of the Year!"? (Boomer)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: RIGHTONTIME
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10A: "25. Drag performer?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STREETROD
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11A: "27. Stinging plants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus urtica or family urticaceae)
- Similar words include: vex, rile, rag
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NETTLES
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12A: "28. Vaudeville offering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short theatrical episode
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKIT
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13A: "30. Call at home"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- Similar words include: impress, happen upon, collide with
- Opposite of: miss
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Answer: STRIKE
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14A: "31. Banned body builders, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROIDS
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15A: "32. Relax on a plane? (Gen X)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: CHILLINTHEAIR
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16A: "35. ___ Nickerson, Nancy Drew's boyfriend"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NED
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17A: "36. Dynamic opening?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THERMO
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18A: "37. One side of the Bering Strait"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASIA
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19A: "38. QB stat: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATT
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20A: "41. Device in a high-tech farm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
- Similar words include: waiter, host
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERVER
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21A: "43. Candidacy for an entertainment award, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOM
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22A: "45. "Frozen" character who says "I like warm hugs""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLAF
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23A: "48. Abruptly end all communications with D.E.A. agents? (Millennial)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: GHOSTBUSTERS
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24A: "52. Hit the horn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- Similar words include: honk, blare, toot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEEP
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25A: "54. Sci-fi series with J, K and Zed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
- Similar words include: M, MB, megabyte
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIB
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26A: "56. Trade show"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
- Similar words include: exhibition, exposition
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXPO
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27A: "57. Holiday celebrated with banh chung"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TET
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28A: "58. "Superfood" berry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACAI
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29A: "60. Small bite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small byte
- Similar words include: piece, nybble, pick
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NIBBLE
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30A: "62. N.F.C. South player"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUC
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31A: "64. Beatles nickname"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FABFOUR
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32A: "67. Greed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Similar words include: avaritia, rapacity, avariciousness
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AVARICE
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33A: "68. Recognition for an ardent fan? (Gen Z)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STANLAUREL
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34A: "71. Awesome after dark? (Gen X)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FLYBYNIGHT
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35A: "73. Toy with "barista" and "dog trainer" versions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KENDOLL
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36A: "74. Fare at many a shoreline eatery"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEAFOOD
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37A: "76. Disco guy on "The Simpsons""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STU
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38A: "77. Moonshiners' needs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
- Similar words include: yeast, barm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YEASTS
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39A: "78. Temporary halt, legally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: abide, appease, check
- Opposite of: depart, change
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Answer: STAY
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40A: "79. Difficulty, to Hamlet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unforeseen obstacle
- Similar words include: hitch, snag, scratch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RUB
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41A: "81. Aromatherapy liquids"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Similar words include: embrocate, crude, inunct
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OILS
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42A: "84. Symbol for fair weather in a forecast"
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, solarise, insolate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUN
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43A: "85. Green opening"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening into or through something
- Similar words include: yap, jam, trap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOLE
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44A: "87. One assessing the number of hotties at a party? (Gen Z)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SNACKCOUNTER
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45A: "91. Tempo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- Similar words include: tread, step, gait
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PACE
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46A: "93. Antonym and rhyme for "nay""
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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47A: "95. Ancient Greek tunic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient greece
- Similar words include: sea cradle, polyplacophore, coat-of-mail shell
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CHITON
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48A: "96. "Absolutely!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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49A: "97. Province bordering Turin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTI
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50A: "99. ___-weenie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEENIE
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51A: "102. Grp. that investigates cases?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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52A: "104. Promoting a romantic connection between characters played by actors Nathan and Diane? (Millennial)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SHIPPINGLANES
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53A: "108. Pagan religion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a community of followers of the wicca religion
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WICCA
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54A: "110. "The Merchant of Venice" heroine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PORTIA
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55A: "111. Garb for an Indian bridesmaid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Similar words include: saree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARI
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56A: "112. Men's accessory organizer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TIERACK
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57A: "114. Labor leaders"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: UNIONREPS
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58A: "116. Leave just after the first person? (Boomer)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SPLITSECOND
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59A: "120. Olympus ___ (Martian volcano)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
- Similar words include: mons pubis, Mon, mons veneris
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MONS
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60A: "121. Shaving gel additive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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61A: "122. Vaulted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move forward by leaps and bounds
- Similar words include: leap, jump, spring
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEAPT
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62A: "123. Like some undercover detectives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide with electrical circuits
- Similar words include: pumped-up, pumped up, electrify
- Opposite of: unwire, wireless
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Answer: WIRED
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63A: "124. Historic periods"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: geological era, earned run average, era
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERAS
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64A: "125. Takes a load off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- Similar words include: ride, sit down, seat
- Opposite of: arise, stand
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Answer: SITS
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65A: "126. Wee"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENSY
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66A: "127. Less off-the-wall"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: sane, reasonable
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANER
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Pro's camera type | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Numismatist's acquisition | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "Got it," on a radio | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Kutcher of "That '70s Show" | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Like the most pedantic pedant | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Windows upgrades, perhaps | 5 |
| 7D | 7. The "A" in STEAM | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Asian honorific that's an anagram of an English honorific | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Laddie's cap | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "Yes, captain!" | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Letter before zeta | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Singer Page or LaBelle | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Bargain bin abbr. | 3 |
| 14D | 14. Tops of waves | 6 |
| 15D | 15. "Come off it now!" | 7 |
| 16D | 16. Courtyards | 5 |
| 17D | 17. First section of the "Iliad" | 5 |
| 18D | 18. 2013 title role for Asa Butterfield | 5 |
| 19D | 24. Collector's item? | 7 |
| 20D | 26. Addis Ababa residents | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Carrier with a Flying Dutchman magazine | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Jazz trumpeter Baker who was sometimes called the "Prince of Cool" | 4 |
| 23D | 33. "Catch!" | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Handle | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Oprah or Ellen | 6 |
| 26D | 38. Industrial ___ | 3 |
| 27D | 39. "Much obliged," in a text | 3 |
| 28D | 40. Head honcho | 9 |
| 29D | 42. Shamefaced | 6 |
| 30D | 44. Kimono closer | 3 |
| 31D | 46. The headline "Kids Make Nutritious Meals," e.g. | 9 |
| 32D | 47. Run off with | 5 |
| 33D | 49. Source of onomatopoeic words | 6 |
| 34D | 50. 1990s Indian P.M. | 3 |
| 35D | 51. Mark on a freshly polished shoe | 5 |
| 36D | 53. Coveter's sin | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Source of some natural dyes and sugars | 4 |
| 38D | 59. The good dinosaur in "The Good Dinosaur" | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Liverpudlian, e.g. | 6 |
| 40D | 63. It holds the line | 10 |
| 41D | 65. Most exceptional | 4 |
| 42D | 66. Pests that bug pups | 5 |
| 43D | 67. Kidnap | 6 |
| 44D | 68. "The ___ the limit!" | 4 |
| 45D | 69. Prepare to drive | 5 |
| 46D | 70. "Not to mention …" | 4 |
| 47D | 72. Breed of Smoky, the first known therapy dog, familiarly | 6 |
| 48D | 75. Objectivist author Rand | 3 |
| 49D | 78. Go out with | 3 |
| 50D | 80. Disposable items by the door of an open house, perhaps | 7 |
| 51D | 82. Sheltered side | 3 |
| 52D | 83. Typical univ. applicants | 3 |
| 53D | 86. "___ Eyes" (Eagles tune) | 4 |
| 54D | 88. Undesirable marks in high school | 4 |
| 55D | 89. X's, to Aphrodite | 4 |
| 56D | 90. Uses "lefty-loosey" on | 8 |
| 57D | 92. Commencement ritual | 7 |
| 58D | 94. Books with legends | 7 |
| 59D | 98. Small crowns | 6 |
| 60D | 100. Location of the malleus, incus and stapes | 3 |
| 61D | 101. Maroon, in a way | 6 |
| 62D | 103. Its leaves are eaten by giraffes | 6 |
| 63D | 104. Froth | 5 |
| 64D | 105. Pay tribute to | 5 |
| 65D | 106. One of the sisters in Chekhov's "Three Sisters" | 5 |
| 66D | 107. Sexology subject | 5 |
| 67D | 108. Pun-filled, say | 5 |
| 68D | 109. ___ squash | 5 |
| 69D | 112. Tax code issues | 4 |
| 70D | 113. Often-skinned body part | 4 |
| 71D | 115. Country music's ___ Young Band | 3 |
| 72D | 117. Head of production? | 3 |
| 73D | 118. PC connection | 3 |
| 74D | 119. Arcade game with pressure sensors for the feet, familiarly | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Pro's camera type"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLR
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2D: "2. Numismatist's acquisition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
- Similar words include: mint, strike
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COIN
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3D: "3. "Got it," on a radio"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROGER
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4D: "4. Kutcher of "That '70s Show""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british choreographer (1906-1988)
- Similar words include: Sir Frederick Ashton
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASHTON
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5D: "5. Like the most pedantic pedant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inferior in rank or status
- Similar words include: little, niggling, lilliputian
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PETTIEST
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6D: "6. Windows upgrades, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
- Similar words include: dose, loony toons, superman
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PANES
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7D: "7. The "A" in STEAM"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Similar words include: artwork, humanistic discipline, artistic creation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTS
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8D: "8. Asian honorific that's an anagram of an English honorific"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRI
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9D: "9. Laddie's cap"
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- Think of something that a woolen cap of scottish origin
- Similar words include: tammy, tam-o'-shanter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAM
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10D: "10. "Yes, captain!""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AYESIR
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11D: "11. Letter before zeta"
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- Think of something that the 5th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EPSILON
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12D: "12. Singer Page or LaBelle"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PATTI
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13D: "13. Bargain bin abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRR
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14D: "14. Tops of waves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- Similar words include: crown, crest, peak
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRESTS
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15D: "15. "Come off it now!""
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GETREAL
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16D: "16. Courtyards"
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- 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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17D: "17. First section of the "Iliad""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOOKI
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18D: "18. 2013 title role for Asa Butterfield"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENDER
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19D: "24. Collector's item?"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OLDDEBT
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20D: "26. Addis Ababa residents"
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- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of ethiopia
- Similar words include: Ethiopian
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ETHIOPIANS
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21D: "29. Carrier with a Flying Dutchman magazine"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KLM
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22D: "32. Jazz trumpeter Baker who was sometimes called the "Prince of Cool""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHET
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23D: "33. "Catch!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the present location; this place
- Similar words include: Hera, hither
- Opposite of: there
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Answer: HERE
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24D: "34. Handle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- Similar words include: bring up, advert, constitute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAME
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25D: "36. Oprah or Ellen"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TVSTAR
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26D: "38. Industrial ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: eld, senesce, get on
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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27D: "39. "Much obliged," in a text"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THX
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28D: "40. Head honcho"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TOPBANANA
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29D: "42. Shamefaced"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- Similar words include: ruthful, contrite, remorseful
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RUEFUL
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30D: "44. Kimono closer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
- Similar words include: obeah
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OBI
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31D: "46. The headline "Kids Make Nutritious Meals," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- Similar words include: equivocalness
- Opposite of: unequivocalness, unambiguity
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Answer: AMBIGUITY
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32D: "47. Run off with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make off with belongings of others
- Similar words include: nobble, lift, cabbage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FILCH
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33D: "49. Source of onomatopoeic words"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- Similar words include: audio, phone, vocalise
- Opposite of: devoice, silence
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Answer: SOUNDS
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34D: "50. 1990s Indian P.M."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAO
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35D: "51. Mark on a freshly polished shoe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- Similar words include: drag, mule
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCUFF
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36D: "53. Coveter's sin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
- Similar words include: enviousness, invidia, begrudge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENVY
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37D: "55. Source of some natural dyes and sugars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- Similar words include: beetroot, Beta vulgaris, common beet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEET
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38D: "59. The good dinosaur in "The Good Dinosaur""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARLO
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39D: "61. Liverpudlian, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of great britain
- Similar words include: Brit, Britisher
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BRITON
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40D: "63. It holds the line"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
- Similar words include: clothes peg, clothes pin
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CLOTHESPIN
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41D: "65. Most exceptional"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the supreme effort one can make
- Similar words include: scoop, unspoilt, better
- Opposite of: worst, evil
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Answer: BEST
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42D: "66. Pests that bug pups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
- Similar words include: flea
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FLEAS
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43D: "67. Kidnap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- Similar words include: snatch, nobble, kidnap
- Opposite of: adduct
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Answer: ABDUCT
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44D: "68. "The ___ the limit!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- Similar words include: flip, pitch, toss
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKYS
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45D: "69. Prepare to drive"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEEUP
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46D: "70. "Not to mention …""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: too, likewise, as well
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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47D: "72. Breed of Smoky, the first known therapy dog, familiarly"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YORKIE
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48D: "75. Objectivist author Rand"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AYN
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49D: "78. Go out with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Similar words include: realise, find, run across
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE
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50D: "80. Disposable items by the door of an open house, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies)
- Similar words include: loot, dirty money, plunder
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BOOTIES
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51D: "82. Sheltered side"
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- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Spike Lee, Rose Louise Hovick, Richard Henry Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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52D: "83. Typical univ. applicants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
- Similar words include: Sr, atomic number 38, steradian
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRS
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53D: "86. "___ Eyes" (Eagles tune)"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYIN
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54D: "88. Undesirable marks in high school"
Solving Hints:
- 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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55D: "89. X's, to Aphrodite"
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: chi, ch'i, qi
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHIS
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56D: "90. Uses "lefty-loosey" on"
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- Think of something that loosen something by unscrewing it
- Similar words include: unscrew
- Opposite of: screw
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Answer: UNSCREWS
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57D: "92. Commencement ritual"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CAPTOSS
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58D: "94. Books with legends"
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- Think of something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- Similar words include: book of maps, Atlas, atlas vertebra
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATLASES
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59D: "98. Small crowns"
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- Think of something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
- Similar words include: tiara
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TIARAS
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60D: "100. Location of the malleus, incus and stapes"
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- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: capitulum, auricle, spike
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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61D: "101. Maroon, in a way"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENISLE
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62D: "103. Its leaves are eaten by giraffes"
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- Think of something that any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus acacia
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ACACIA
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63D: "104. Froth"
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- Think of something that foam or froth on the sea
- Similar words include: suds, froth
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPUME
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64D: "105. Pay tribute to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- Similar words include: award, respect, accolade
- Opposite of: dishonor, disrespect
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Answer: HONOR
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65D: "106. One of the sisters in Chekhov's "Three Sisters""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IRINA
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66D: "107. Sexology subject"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GSPOT
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67D: "108. Pun-filled, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that combining clever conception and facetious expression
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WITTY
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68D: "109. ___ squash"
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- Think of something that fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACORN
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69D: "112. Tax code issues"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Similar words include: crest, baksheesh, hint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIPS
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70D: "113. Often-skinned body part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Similar words include: stifle, genu, knee joint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNEE
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71D: "115. Country music's ___ Young Band"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELI
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72D: "117. Head of production?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liquid excretory product
- Similar words include: relieve oneself, pass water, water
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEE
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73D: "118. PC connection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices
- Similar words include: local area network
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAN
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74D: "119. Arcade game with pressure sensors for the feet, familiarly"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DDR
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66 Across Clues
74 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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