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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (69 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (71 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Prepares for baking, as flour | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Joan of Arc, for one | 6 |
| 3A | 12. Aruba or Jamaica | 4 |
| 4A | 16. Pinochle action | 3 |
| 5A | 19. Popular Japanese beer | 5 |
| 6A | 20. "Sort of" | 6 |
| 7A | 21. Exam for a future OB/GYN | 4 |
| 8A | 22. www.asu.___ | 3 |
| 9A | 23. Iconic line from Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver" | 13 |
| 10A | 25. Have a little snack | 4 |
| 11A | 26. End-of-Ramadan feast | 3 |
| 12A | 27. "No other option for me" | 6 |
| 13A | 28. Early chat app with a Buddy List, in brief | 3 |
| 14A | 29. Challenges | 8 |
| 15A | 31. What distinguishes "bet" from "vet" in Hebrew | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Reminder to oneself | 10 |
| 17A | 36. M.L.B. shortstop Miguel | 5 |
| 18A | 38. "Don't see this movie" rating | 7 |
| 19A | 41. "I've had it!" | 14 |
| 20A | 43. Seasoned rice dish | 5 |
| 21A | 45. Prefix meaning "all" | 4 |
| 22A | 46. Call it a night | 6 |
| 23A | 47. Something a majorette twirls | 5 |
| 24A | 50. Part of STEM, for short | 4 |
| 25A | 53. Incompatibility | 6 |
| 26A | 55. Animation sheet | 3 |
| 27A | 56. Form a clump | 4 |
| 28A | 57. Certain expectant parent | 7 |
| 29A | 59. A.P. math subj. | 4 |
| 30A | 60. Intuitive sense | 4 |
| 31A | 61. Woulda-shoulda connector | 6 |
| 32A | 63. Very lite | 5 |
| 33A | 65. Sam of "Jurassic Park" | 5 |
| 34A | 67. Was gone in a flash? | 8 |
| 35A | 69. G.I. entertainment grp. | 3 |
| 36A | 70. "... you get the picture" | 8 |
| 37A | 74. Elevated seabed | 5 |
| 38A | 75. Moisturizing product | 5 |
| 39A | 77. Meme feline | 6 |
| 40A | 78. Emergency alerts, for short | 4 |
| 41A | 81. "Don't dillydally!" | 4 |
| 42A | 83. Gymnast Biles | 6 |
| 43A | 85. "Sorry, I don't think so" | 4 |
| 44A | 86. Phillipa of the original "Hamilton" cast | 3 |
| 45A | 87. Traveler's check, in brief? | 6 |
| 46A | 89. Wrapped garment | 4 |
| 47A | 90. Wear for just a moment, say | 5 |
| 48A | 91. "Put your wallet away" | 7 |
| 49A | 93. Tournament advantages | 4 |
| 50A | 95. Show host | 5 |
| 51A | 97. Any activities on them need to be wound up | 13 |
| 52A | 101. "Best of" collections, often | 7 |
| 53A | 105. Circus prop | 5 |
| 54A | 106. Crate & Barrel product | 10 |
| 55A | 108. Home shopping channel | 3 |
| 56A | 109. 1990s ABC sitcom about kids growing up without their parents | 8 |
| 57A | 111. ___ pal (rhyming friend) | 3 |
| 58A | 112. Leave with no doubt | 6 |
| 59A | 115. Homer Simpson's dad | 3 |
| 60A | 116. Repetitive way of learning | 4 |
| 61A | 117. Telegraph pioneer, or a description of four squares in this puzzle | 12 |
| 62A | 120. Do a restaurant job | 3 |
| 63A | 121. The "N" in E.N.T. | 4 |
| 64A | 122. Like someone who experiences little to no amorous and sexual attraction, for short | 6 |
| 65A | 123. Wine specialty of the Burgundy region | 5 |
| 66A | 124. Sponsored spots | 3 |
| 67A | 125. Hide | 4 |
| 68A | 126. ___ Cucamonga, Calif. | 6 |
| 69A | 127. Features of some wineglasses | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Prepares for baking, as flour"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move as if through a sieve
- Similar words include: sift, strain, sieve
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIFTS
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2A: "6. Joan of Arc, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who suffers for the sake of principle
- Similar words include: sufferer, martyrise, martyrize
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MARTYR
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3A: "12. Aruba or Jamaica"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small island
- Similar words include: islet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISLE
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4A: "16. Pinochle action"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- Similar words include: dictation, beseech, invite
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BID
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5A: "19. Popular Japanese beer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASAHI
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6A: "20. "Sort of""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INAWAY
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7A: "21. Exam for a future OB/GYN"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MCAT
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8A: "22. www.asu.___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU
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9A: "23. Iconic line from Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: YOUTALKINTOME
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10A: "25. Have a little snack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (yiddish) a snack or light meal
- Similar words include: snack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOSH
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11A: "26. End-of-Ramadan feast"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EID
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12A: "27. "No other option for me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IGOTTA
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13A: "28. Early chat app with a Buddy List, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Similar words include: propose, place, purport
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AIM
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14A: "29. Challenges"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- Similar words include: contest, repugn, competition
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CONTESTS
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15A: "31. What distinguishes "bet" from "vet" in Hebrew"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very small circular shape
- Similar words include: pane, Transportation, Zen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOT
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16A: "32. Reminder to oneself"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MENTALNOTE
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17A: "36. M.L.B. shortstop Miguel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROJAS
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18A: "38. "Don't see this movie" rating"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONESTAR
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19A: "41. "I've had it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: ENOUGHISENOUGH
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20A: "43. Seasoned rice dish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
- Similar words include: pilau, pilaw, pilaff
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PILAF
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21A: "45. Prefix meaning "all""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMNI
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22A: "46. Call it a night"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
- Similar words include: go to sleep, go to bed, draw back
- Opposite of: turn out, get up
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Answer: RETIRE
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23A: "47. Something a majorette twirls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
- Similar words include: truncheon, nightstick, billystick
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BATON
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24A: "50. Part of STEM, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- Similar words include: technical school
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TECH
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25A: "53. Incompatibility"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BADFIT
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26A: "55. Animation sheet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CEL
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27A: "56. Form a clump"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- Similar words include: clog, curdle, coagulum
- Opposite of: homogenize
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Answer: CLOT
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28A: "57. Certain expectant parent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MOMTOBE
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29A: "59. A.P. math subj."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CALC
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30A: "60. Intuitive sense"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an intuitive awareness; or
- Similar words include: sense, tactile property, finger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FEEL
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31A: "61. Woulda-shoulda connector"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COULDA
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32A: "63. Very lite"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOCAL
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33A: "65. Sam of "Jurassic Park""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEILL
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34A: "67. Was gone in a flash?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move quickly in a straight line
- Similar words include: blotch, streaky, mottle
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STREAKED
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35A: "69. G.I. entertainment grp."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USO
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36A: "70. "... you get the picture""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: YADAYADA
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37A: "74. Elevated seabed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
- Similar words include: ledge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHELF
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38A: "75. Moisturizing product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
- Similar words include: blood serum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SERUM
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39A: "77. Meme feline"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOLCAT
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40A: "78. Emergency alerts, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APBS
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41A: "81. "Don't dillydally!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that as soon as possible
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASAP
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42A: "83. Gymnast Biles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIMONE
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43A: "85. "Sorry, I don't think so""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UHNO
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44A: "86. Phillipa of the original "Hamilton" cast"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOO
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45A: "87. Traveler's check, in brief?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NBAREF
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46A: "89. Wrapped garment"
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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47A: "90. Wear for just a moment, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRYON
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48A: "91. "Put your wallet away""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ITSONME
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49A: "93. Tournament advantages"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- Similar words include: auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, good-by
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BYES
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50A: "95. Show host"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- Similar words include: host, compere, master of ceremonies
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMCEE
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51A: "97. Any activities on them need to be wound up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: CASSETTETAPES
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52A: "101. "Best of" collections, often"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BOXSETS
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53A: "105. Circus prop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- Similar words include: pile, longlegs, Australian stilt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STILT
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54A: "106. Crate & Barrel product"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STORAGEBIN
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55A: "108. Home shopping channel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: QVC
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56A: "109. 1990s ABC sitcom about kids growing up without their parents"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ONOUROWN
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57A: "111. ___ pal (rhyming friend)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
- Similar words include: gallon
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAL
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58A: "112. Leave with no doubt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make certain of
- Similar words include: ensure, check, insure
- Opposite of: worry
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Answer: ASSURE
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59A: "115. Homer Simpson's dad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABE
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60A: "116. Repetitive way of learning"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that memorization by repetition
- Similar words include: rote learning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROTE
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61A: "117. Telegraph pioneer, or a description of four squares in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: WESTERNUNION
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62A: "120. Do a restaurant job"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- Similar words include: passenger vehicle, heap, double-decker
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUS
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63A: "121. The "N" in E.N.T."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- Similar words include: intrude, nuzzle, poke
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOSE
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64A: "122. Like someone who experiences little to no amorous and sexual attraction, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AROACE
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65A: "123. Wine specialty of the Burgundy region"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for burgundies and champagnes
- Similar words include: Pinot grape
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PINOT
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66A: "124. Sponsored spots"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: advertising, advertizement, advertisement
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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67A: "125. Hide"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- Similar words include: tegument, shinny, shin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKIN
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68A: "126. ___ Cucamonga, Calif."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RANCHO
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69A: "127. Features of some wineglasses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- Similar words include: stem turn, stem, root
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEMS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Tie the knot | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Figure with equal angles | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Chance for supporters to induct athletes into the All-Star Game | 7 |
| 4D | 4. "You can say ___ again!" | 4 |
| 5D | 5. River deposit | 4 |
| 6D | 6. 1,002, in old Rome | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Peace Nobelist Kofi | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Kiwi or ostrich | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Like the teams of Starsky & Hutch and Cheech & Chong | 6 |
| 10D | 10. West African crop | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Bread for a corned beef sandwich | 3 |
| 12D | 12. "Treat me like an adult, MOM!" | 16 |
| 13D | 13. Servings at teas | 6 |
| 14D | 14. Hold up well | 4 |
| 15D | 15. Way to get online | 8 |
| 16D | 16. V8 component | 9 |
| 17D | 17. "Au contraire" | 9 |
| 18D | 18. Disappointing firework | 3 |
| 19D | 24. "The ___ Smith Show" (Apple TV offering) | 5 |
| 20D | 29. After-dinner brandy | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Residue on Santa's suit | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Muse of lyric poetry | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Bathroom, to Mary Poppins | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Like a foot that's fallen asleep | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Pistachio eater's discard | 5 |
| 26D | 39. Pristine | 8 |
| 27D | 40. Cookie container | 3 |
| 28D | 42. "Spamalot" co-creator | 8 |
| 29D | 44. Scarce | 16 |
| 30D | 47. Emails discreetly | 4 |
| 31D | 48. Bunches and bunches | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Sightseeing excursion | 4 |
| 33D | 51. Whisper affectionately | 3 |
| 34D | 52. Howard and Spelman, for two: Abbr. | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Pet-biting pest | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Wager | 8 |
| 37D | 58. Reduces, as anxiety | 5 |
| 38D | 60. Handcrafted items in a fishing tackle box | 8 |
| 39D | 62. "Lah-di-___!" | 3 |
| 40D | 64. Nocturnal primate of the Indian forest | 5 |
| 41D | 66. Language in which "one, two, three" is "neung, song, sam" | 3 |
| 42D | 68. "Frozen" queen | 4 |
| 43D | 71. "___ Breaky Heart" | 4 |
| 44D | 72. Paul ___, "There Will Be Blood" actor | 4 |
| 45D | 73. Bunches and bunches | 4 |
| 46D | 76. Actress Thurman | 3 |
| 47D | 78. New Balance competitor | 5 |
| 48D | 79. "Eye" on a spud | 9 |
| 49D | 80. What strong leadership may be perceived as | 9 |
| 50D | 82. Former QB Manning | 6 |
| 51D | 84. Rain clouds | 5 |
| 52D | 87. "All sales final" | 9 |
| 53D | 88. Phobia | 4 |
| 54D | 90. State that spans two time zones: Abbr. | 3 |
| 55D | 92. City that's home to the Munch Museum | 4 |
| 56D | 94. Beauty spot | 3 |
| 57D | 96. Funny O'Brien | 5 |
| 58D | 98. Athol Fugard novel adapted as an Academy Award-winning film | 6 |
| 59D | 99. Goads into action | 6 |
| 60D | 100. Airport near Puget Sound | 6 |
| 61D | 102. Like onagers and zebras | 6 |
| 62D | 103. Where you might put on a show? | 6 |
| 63D | 104. Air freshener choices | 6 |
| 64D | 107. "Yuck!" | 5 |
| 65D | 110. Corner chess piece | 4 |
| 66D | 113. Has an evening meal | 4 |
| 67D | 114. Grumpy mood | 4 |
| 68D | 115. Org. for lawyers | 3 |
| 69D | 117. Luck-based card game | 3 |
| 70D | 118. "The Life of a Showgirl," for Taylor Swift | 3 |
| 71D | 119. Rock's ___ Speedwagon | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Tie the knot"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAYIDO
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2D: "2. Figure with equal angles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an equiangular polygon
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISOGON
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3D: "3. Chance for supporters to induct athletes into the All-Star Game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FANVOTE
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4D: "4. "You can say ___ again!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAT
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5D: "5. River deposit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
- Similar words include: silt up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILT
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6D: "6. 1,002, in old Rome"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MII
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7D: "7. Peace Nobelist Kofi"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANNAN
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8D: "8. Kiwi or ostrich"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
- Similar words include: flightless bird, ratite bird
- Opposite of: carinate
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Answer: RATITE
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9D: "9. Like the teams of Starsky & Hutch and Cheech & Chong"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TWOMAN
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10D: "10. West African crop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that edible tuber of any of several yams
- Similar words include: yam plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YAM
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11D: "11. Bread for a corned beef sandwich"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
- Similar words include: Secale cereale, rye whisky, rye whiskey
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RYE
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12D: "12. "Treat me like an adult, MOM!""
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- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: IMNOTAKIDANYMORE
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13D: "13. Servings at teas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
- Similar words include: scone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCONES
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14D: "14. Hold up well"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
- Similar words include: death, final stage, net
- Opposite of: first
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Answer: LAST
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15D: "15. Way to get online"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ETHERNET
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16D: "16. V8 component"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BEETJUICE
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17D: "17. "Au contraire""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: IDISAGREE
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18D: "18. Disappointing firework"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is unsuccessful
- Similar words include: turkey, misfire, bomb
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DUD
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19D: "24. "The ___ Smith Show" (Apple TV offering)"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KAMAL
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20D: "29. After-dinner brandy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that high quality grape brandy distilled in the cognac district of france
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COGNAC
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21D: "30. Residue on Santa's suit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- Similar words include: crock, lampblack, carbon black
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOOT
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22D: "33. Muse of lyric poetry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERATO
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23D: "34. Bathroom, to Mary Poppins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toilet in britain
- Similar words include: closet, water closet, W.C.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOO
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24D: "35. Like a foot that's fallen asleep"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make numb or insensitive
- Similar words include: asleep, benumb, dull
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NUMB
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25D: "37. Pistachio eater's discard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- Similar words include: shield, eggshell, cuticle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHELL
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26D: "39. Pristine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that completely neat and clean
- Similar words include: spick, spic-and-span, speckless
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SPOTLESS
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27D: "40. Cookie container"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: Sn, atomic number 50, tin can
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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28D: "42. "Spamalot" co-creator"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ERICIDLE
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29D: "44. Scarce"
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- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: FEWANDFARBETWEEN
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30D: "47. Emails discreetly"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BCCS
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31D: "48. Bunches and bunches"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOT
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32D: "49. Sightseeing excursion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- Similar words include: hitch, spell, turn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOUR
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33D: "51. Whisper affectionately"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a pigeon
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COO
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34D: "52. Howard and Spelman, for two: Abbr."
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HBCUS
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35D: "54. Pet-biting pest"
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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36D: "57. Wager"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MAKEABET
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37D: "58. Reduces, as anxiety"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Similar words include: allay, relief, simplicity
- Opposite of: difficulty
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Answer: EASES
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38D: "60. Handcrafted items in a fishing tackle box"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FLYLURES
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39D: "62. "Lah-di-___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
- Similar words include: dash
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAH
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40D: "64. Nocturnal primate of the Indian forest"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LORIS
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41D: "66. Language in which "one, two, three" is "neung, song, sam""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Similar words include: Laotian
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAO
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42D: "68. "Frozen" queen"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSA
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43D: "71. "___ Breaky Heart""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that causing a dull and steady pain
- Similar words include: aching
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACHY
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44D: "72. Paul ___, "There Will Be Blood" actor"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DANO
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45D: "73. Bunches and bunches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Similar words include: Aten
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATON
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46D: "76. Actress Thurman"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
- Similar words include: genus Uma
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UMA
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47D: "78. New Balance competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASICS
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48D: "79. "Eye" on a spud"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: POTATOBUD
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49D: "80. What strong leadership may be perceived as"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BOSSINESS
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50D: "82. Former QB Manning"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PEYTON
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51D: "84. Rain clouds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dark grey cloud bearing rain
- Similar words include: rain cloud, nimbus, nimbus cloud
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NIMBI
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52D: "87. "All sales final""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: NORETURNS
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53D: "88. Phobia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- Similar words include: revere, fearfulness, venerate
- Opposite of: fearlessness
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Answer: FEAR
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54D: "90. State that spans two time zones: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEX
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55D: "92. City that's home to the Munch Museum"
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- Think of something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
- Similar words include: capital of Norway, Christiania
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSLO
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56D: "94. Beauty spot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: health club, resort hotel, health spa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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57D: "96. Funny O'Brien"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CONAN
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58D: "98. Athol Fugard novel adapted as an Academy Award-winning film"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TSOTSI
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59D: "99. Goads into action"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EGGSON
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60D: "100. Airport near Puget Sound"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEATAC
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61D: "102. Like onagers and zebras"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
- Similar words include: equid
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EQUINE
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62D: "103. Where you might put on a show?"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TVROOM
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63D: "104. Air freshener choices"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- Similar words include: olfactory property, aroma, odourise
- Opposite of: deodourise, deodorize
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Answer: SCENTS
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64D: "107. "Yuck!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLECH
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65D: "110. Corner chess piece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- Similar words include: scam, swindle, diddle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROOK
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66D: "113. Has an evening meal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small amount of liquid food
- Similar words include: sup, swallow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SUPS
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67D: "114. Grumpy mood"
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- Think of something that a state of agitated irritation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNIT
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68D: "115. Org. for lawyers"
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- Think of something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABA
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69D: "117. Luck-based card game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- Similar words include: warfare, state of war
- Opposite of: peace, make peace
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Answer: WAR
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70D: "118. "The Life of a Showgirl," for Taylor Swift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: earned run average, epoch, geological era
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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71D: "119. Rock's ___ Speedwagon"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REO
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69 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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