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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (63 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. Departed unceremoniously? | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Contained | 4 |
| 3A | 11. Tries to get a rise out of | 5 |
| 4A | 16. Seeing someone, say | 7 |
| 5A | 17. "Couldn't agree more!" | 4 |
| 6A | 18. "Couldn't agree more!" | 7 |
| 7A | 20. Certain vacation booking in Madrid? | 13 |
| 8A | 22. Things from a distant land | 7 |
| 9A | 23. Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins | 6 |
| 10A | 24. Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome | 3 |
| 11A | 25. Look for | 4 |
| 12A | 26. Play one's part? | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Pants, in slang | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Billions and billions of boutique items? | 16 |
| 15A | 34. One may keep a watch on you | 5 |
| 16A | 36. Honest-to-goodness | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Programming pioneer Lovelace | 3 |
| 18A | 38. Snooped (around) | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Exceed | 6 |
| 20A | 41. Put out | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease" | 4 |
| 22A | 44. What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires? | 15 |
| 23A | 49. Indiana pro athlete | 5 |
| 24A | 50. Nest egg inits. | 3 |
| 25A | 51. Nashville-to-Asheville dir. | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Big name in kitchenware | 3 |
| 27A | 53. San Francisco's ___ Valley | 3 |
| 28A | 55. Summer hours in L.A. | 3 |
| 29A | 56. Tiny stinger | 6 |
| 30A | 58. "Pretty please?" | 4 |
| 31A | 60. Bedamn | 7 |
| 32A | 63. Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia? | 19 |
| 33A | 67. Cocktails with curaƧao | 7 |
| 34A | 68. #1, say | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Like the set of single-digit integers | 6 |
| 36A | 71. Suffix with 75-Down | 3 |
| 37A | 73. Meeting of the minds? | 3 |
| 38A | 74. Many a Yeshiva student | 3 |
| 39A | 75. Kiss ___ | 3 |
| 40A | 76. Olive of old cartoons | 3 |
| 41A | 77. Little reminders | 5 |
| 42A | 79. Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"? | 15 |
| 43A | 85. Many a university benefactor, informally | 4 |
| 44A | 86. Mouth-puckering | 4 |
| 45A | 87. Sport | 6 |
| 46A | 88. Observes Ramadan, in a way | 5 |
| 47A | 90. Sugar suffix | 3 |
| 48A | 91. One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker | 4 |
| 49A | 92. Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains | 5 |
| 50A | 96. What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping? | 16 |
| 51A | 101. Bananas | 4 |
| 52A | 102. Naked ___ jaybird | 3 |
| 53A | 103. Contrarian in a nursery rhyme | 4 |
| 54A | 104. Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker | 3 |
| 55A | 105. Country singer Yearwood | 6 |
| 56A | 107. Tight fit | 7 |
| 57A | 109. Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!) | 13 |
| 58A | 113. Tight formations | 7 |
| 59A | 114. Parking spot? | 4 |
| 60A | 115. Stop, to a sailor | 7 |
| 61A | 116. Sargasso Sea quartet | 5 |
| 62A | 117. Corner of a diamond | 4 |
| 63A | 118. Buries | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Departed unceremoniously?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
- Similar words include: elope, run off
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ELOPED
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2A: "7. Contained"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
- Similar words include: keep, bear, arrest
- Opposite of: let go of, disagree
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Answer: HELD
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3A: "11. Tries to get a rise out of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that serves as an enticement
- Similar words include: tease, sweetener, tantalize
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BAITS
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4A: "16. Seeing someone, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONADATE
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5A: "17. "Couldn't agree more!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
- Similar words include: Amun, Amon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMEN
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6A: "18. "Couldn't agree more!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HOWTRUE
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7A: "20. Certain vacation booking in Madrid?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SPANISHRAMADA
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8A: "22. Things from a distant land"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EXOTICA
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9A: "23. Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GAMGEE
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10A: "24. Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
- Similar words include: 7, septenary, seven
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VII
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11A: "25. Look for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
- Similar words include: try, attempt, look for
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEEK
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12A: "26. Play one's part?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Similar words include: play, human activity, do
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACT
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13A: "27. Pants, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TROU
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14A: "28. Billions and billions of boutique items?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: OCTILLIONDRESSES
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15A: "34. One may keep a watch on you"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- Similar words include: flog, welt, lather
- Opposite of: unstrap
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Answer: STRAP
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16A: "36. Honest-to-goodness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any rational or irrational number
- Similar words include: genuine, very, really
- Opposite of: unreal, insubstantial
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Answer: REAL
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17A: "37. Programming pioneer Lovelace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADA
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18A: "38. Snooped (around)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- Similar words include: pry, scent, nuzzle
- Opposite of: noseless
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Answer: NOSED
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19A: "39. Exceed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOPAST
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20A: "41. Put out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of irritation or annoyance
- Similar words include: seeing red, huff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIFF
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21A: "43. Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIDI
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22A: "44. What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: ACMETOTHERESCUE
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23A: "49. Indiana pro athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a horse used to set the pace in racing
- Similar words include: pacemaker, pacesetter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PACER
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24A: "50. Nest egg inits."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Similar words include: ire, Provos, individual retirement account
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRA
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25A: "51. Nashville-to-Asheville dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
- Similar words include: east southeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESE
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26A: "52. Big name in kitchenware"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OXO
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27A: "53. San Francisco's ___ Valley"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOE
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28A: "55. Summer hours in L.A."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDT
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29A: "56. Tiny stinger"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REDANT
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30A: "58. "Pretty please?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CANI
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31A: "60. Bedamn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- Similar words include: anathematise, comminate, anathematize
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ACCURSE
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32A: "63. Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: DANCINGWITHTHETSARS
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33A: "67. Cocktails with curaƧao"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MAITAIS
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34A: "68. #1, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FAVE
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35A: "69. Like the set of single-digit integers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- Opposite of: infinite
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FINITE
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36A: "71. Suffix with 75-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IZE
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37A: "73. Meeting of the minds?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: E.S.P., second sight, clairvoyance
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESP
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38A: "74. Many a Yeshiva student"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
- Similar words include: Hebrew, Israelite
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JEW
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39A: "75. Kiss ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a river in east central england that flows past cambridge to join the ouse river
- Similar words include: Cam River, River Cam
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAM
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40A: "76. Olive of old cartoons"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OYL
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41A: "77. Little reminders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brief written record
- Similar words include: annotation, notation, distinction
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: NOTES
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42A: "79. Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: EGOCENTRICMODEL
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43A: "85. Many a university benefactor, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
- Similar words include: ammonia alum, potash alum, grad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALUM
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44A: "86. Mouth-puckering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- Similar words include: work, dour, saturnine
- Opposite of: sweeten, sweet
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Answer: SOUR
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45A: "87. Sport"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HAVEON
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46A: "88. Observes Ramadan, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that abstaining from food
- Similar words include: fasting, fast
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FASTS
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47A: "90. Sugar suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OSE
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48A: "91. One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Similar words include: semitrailer, trucking rig, articulated lorry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEMI
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49A: "92. Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small landlocked asian country high in the himalayas between india and china
- Similar words include: Kingdom of Nepal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEPAL
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50A: "96. What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: LESSEROFTWOVEILS
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51A: "101. Bananas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- Similar words include: around the bend, loony, buggy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCO
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52A: "102. Naked ___ jaybird"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASA
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53A: "103. Contrarian in a nursery rhyme"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the mother of jesus; christians refer to her as the virgin mary; she is especially honored by roman catholics
- Similar words include: The Virgin, Virgin Mary, Blessed Virgin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARY
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54A: "104. Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REY
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55A: "105. Country singer Yearwood"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRISHA
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56A: "107. Tight fit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- Similar words include: squeezing, extort, press
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SQUEEZE
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57A: "109. Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: UNCLEARPOTION
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58A: "113. Tight formations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (informal) a quick private conference
- Similar words include: powwow, huddle together, huddle
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HUDDLES
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59A: "114. Parking spot?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- Similar words include: derriere, tail end, induct
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAT
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60A: "115. Stop, to a sailor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HEAVETO
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61A: "116. Sargasso Sea quartet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESSES
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62A: "117. Corner of a diamond"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that installation from which a military force initiates operations
- Similar words include: al-Qaeda, groundwork, nucleotide
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BASE
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63A: "118. Buries"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place in a grave or tomb
- Similar words include: bury, inhume, entomb
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INTERS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Fill with love | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Love ___ | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Canine frenemy of Garfield | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Leisurely evening walk | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Addis Ababa's country: Abbr. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. German article | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker | 6 |
| 8D | 8. It may come with attachments | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Shepherded | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Part of what makes you you | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Ring master? | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Up, now | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Cousin of Gomez Addams | 3 |
| 14D | 14. When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared | 14 |
| 15D | 15. Made it big | 9 |
| 16D | 16. Dizzying designs | 5 |
| 17D | 18. Mind | 4 |
| 18D | 19. Grovels | 8 |
| 19D | 20. Police dept. members | 4 |
| 20D | 21. Do the Wright thing? | 6 |
| 21D | 25. Big fiasco | 5 |
| 22D | 29. Jalopy | 5 |
| 23D | 30. John in the Radio Hall of Fame | 4 |
| 24D | 31. Indignant retort | 5 |
| 25D | 32. Like many of Horace's works | 4 |
| 26D | 33. Float component | 4 |
| 27D | 35. Strengths | 9 |
| 28D | 40. Little reminders | 7 |
| 29D | 42. Metaphorical place of indecision | 5 |
| 30D | 44. Word with gauge or guitar | 3 |
| 31D | 45. Standing on the street | 4 |
| 32D | 46. It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors | 14 |
| 33D | 47. Rice-A-___ | 4 |
| 34D | 48. Charge to redeem mutual funds | 7 |
| 35D | 49. The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it | 9 |
| 36D | 54. Stare down | 7 |
| 37D | 57. Japan's largest carrier | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Some sci-fi film effects, in brief | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Utterances of disappointment | 3 |
| 40D | 60. 4x4, for one | 3 |
| 41D | 61. "Evita" narrator | 3 |
| 42D | 62. Start of many a Latin American city name | 3 |
| 43D | 64. Scruffs | 5 |
| 44D | 65. Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower" | 4 |
| 45D | 66. Reason to see an ophthalmologist | 4 |
| 46D | 70. 90° bend | 3 |
| 47D | 71. Very fast | 8 |
| 48D | 72. Reminiscent of a certain French author's work | 9 |
| 49D | 74. Banana Republic competitor | 5 |
| 50D | 75. Like some suits | 5 |
| 51D | 78. Experts in CPR | 4 |
| 52D | 80. Comically ridiculous | 5 |
| 53D | 81. Send packing | 4 |
| 54D | 82. A dirty look | 6 |
| 55D | 83. Actor Malek of "The Amateur" | 4 |
| 56D | 84. Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces | 8 |
| 57D | 89. Mortal mother of Dionysus | 6 |
| 58D | 91. Lithe | 6 |
| 59D | 93. Puts forward | 6 |
| 60D | 94. It may elicit a blessing | 5 |
| 61D | 95. Advance | 4 |
| 62D | 97. Tears down | 5 |
| 63D | 98. Bonanza discoveries | 4 |
| 64D | 99. Aquatic apex predators | 5 |
| 65D | 100. Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly | 5 |
| 66D | 106. Emulate a vagabond | 4 |
| 67D | 108. Newsroom V.I.P.s | 3 |
| 68D | 109. Kind of PC port | 3 |
| 69D | 110. Museum-funding org. | 3 |
| 70D | 111. Tuna often served tartare | 3 |
| 71D | 112. Stimpy's cartoon pal | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Fill with love"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that attract; cause to be enamored
- Similar words include: entrance, fascinate, becharm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENAMOR
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2D: "2. Love ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- Similar words include: speech communication, nomenclature, oral communication
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LANGUAGE
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3D: "3. Canine frenemy of Garfield"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIE
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4D: "4. Leisurely evening walk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a path set aside for walking
- Similar words include: walk, walkway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PASEO
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5D: "5. Addis Ababa's country: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETH
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6D: "6. German article"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
- Similar words include: 500, d, five hundred
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DER
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7D: "7. Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HAMILL
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8D: "8. It may come with attachments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Similar words include: e-mail, netmail, electronic mail
- Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAIL
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9D: "9. Shepherded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Similar words include: direct, conduct, pass
- Opposite of: follow
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Answer: LED
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10D: "10. Part of what makes you you"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Similar words include: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DNA
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11D: "11. Ring master?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who fights with his fists for sport
- Similar words include: packer, bagger, pugilist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOXER
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12D: "12. Up, now"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stop sleeping
- Similar words include: waken, arouse, wake up
- Opposite of: fall asleep
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Answer: AWOKEN
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13D: "13. Cousin of Gomez Addams"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITT
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14D: "14. When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared"
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- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: TRIASSICPERIOD
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15D: "15. Made it big"
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- Think of something that attain success or reach a desired goal
- Similar words include: deliver the goods, succeed, win
- Opposite of: precede, fail
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Answer: SUCCEEDED
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16D: "16. Dizzying designs"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPART
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17D: "18. Mind"
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- Think of something that paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
- Similar words include: attentiveness, mind, paying attention
- Opposite of: inattentiveness
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Answer: HEED
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18D: "19. Grovels"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EATSDIRT
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19D: "20. Police dept. members"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SGTS
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20D: "21. Do the Wright thing?"
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- Think of something that operate an airplane
- Similar words include: fly, pilot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AVIATE
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21D: "25. Big fiasco"
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- Think of something that an acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
- Similar words include: fucked-up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAFU
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22D: "29. Jalopy"
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- Think of something that a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- Similar words include: crateful
- Opposite of: uncrate
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Answer: CRATE
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23D: "30. John in the Radio Hall of Fame"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TESH
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24D: "31. Indignant retort"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IAMSO
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25D: "32. Like many of Horace's works"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIC
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26D: "33. Float component"
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- Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Similar words include: sal soda, soda pop, sodium carbonate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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27D: "35. Strengths"
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- Think of something that the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- Similar words include: potentiality, dominance, say-so
- Opposite of: impotency, impotence
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Answer: POTENCIES
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28D: "40. Little reminders"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POSTITS
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29D: "42. Metaphorical place of indecision"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- Similar words include: debate, contend, fence in
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FENCE
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30D: "44. Word with gauge or guitar"
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- Think of something that a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- Similar words include: ventilate, aura, breeze
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AIR
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31D: "45. Standing on the street"
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- Think of something that credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
- Similar words include: street cred, street credibility
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRED
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32D: "46. It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors"
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Answer: MADAMETUSSAUDS
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33D: "47. Rice-A-___"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RONI
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34D: "48. Charge to redeem mutual funds"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EXITFEE
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35D: "49. The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it"
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- Think of something that any of several tropical trees of the genus diospyros
- Similar words include: persimmon tree
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PERSIMMON
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36D: "54. Stare down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
- Similar words include: stare down, outstare
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OUTFACE
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37D: "57. Japan's largest carrier"
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- Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANA
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38D: "58. Some sci-fi film effects, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CGI
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39D: "59. Utterances of disappointment"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWS
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40D: "60. 4x4, for one"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATV
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41D: "61. "Evita" narrator"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHE
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42D: "62. Start of many a Latin American city name"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAN
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43D: "64. Scruffs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the back side of the neck
- Similar words include: nucha, nap, catch a wink
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NAPES
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44D: "65. Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAWN
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45D: "66. Reason to see an ophthalmologist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: sty, hordeolum, eye infection
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STYE
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46D: "70. 90° bend"
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- Think of something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELL
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47D: "71. Very fast"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: INAFLASH
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48D: "72. Reminiscent of a certain French author's work"
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- Think of something that in the manner of emile zola
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ZOLAESQUE
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49D: "74. Banana Republic competitor"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JCREW
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50D: "75. Like some suits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
- Similar words include: civic, polite
- Opposite of: uncivil, sidereal
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Answer: CIVIL
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51D: "78. Experts in CPR"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMTS
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52D: "80. Comically ridiculous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cartoon character created by walt disney
- Similar words include: cockamamie, wacky, zany
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOOFY
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53D: "81. Send packing"
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- Think of something that remove from a position or office
- Similar words include: expel, boot out, throw out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OUST
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54D: "82. A dirty look"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THEEYE
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55D: "83. Actor Malek of "The Amateur""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
- Similar words include: ramus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAMI
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56D: "84. Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ONELITER
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57D: "89. Mortal mother of Dionysus"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEMELE
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58D: "91. Lithe"
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- Think of something that showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
- Similar words include: slim, lissome, polished
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SVELTE
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59D: "93. Puts forward"
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- Think of something that (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- Similar words include: postulate, fix, submit
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: POSITS
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60D: "94. It may elicit a blessing"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACHOO
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61D: "95. Advance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
- Similar words include: loanword, lend
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LOAN
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62D: "97. Tears down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- Similar words include: raze, dismantle, take down
- Opposite of: raise
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Answer: RAZES
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63D: "98. Bonanza discoveries"
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- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Similar words include: ore
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORES
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64D: "99. Aquatic apex predators"
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- Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Similar words include: killer, sea wolf, Orcinus orca
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORCAS
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65D: "100. Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STPAT
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66D: "106. Emulate a vagabond"
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- Think of something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- Similar words include: wander, reeve, ramble
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROVE
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67D: "108. Newsroom V.I.P.s"
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- Think of something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
- Similar words include: explosive detection system, male erecticle dysfunction, ED
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDS
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68D: "109. Kind of PC port"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USB
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69D: "110. Museum-funding org."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEA
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70D: "111. Tuna often served tartare"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHI
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71D: "112. Stimpy's cartoon pal"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN
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63 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
134 Total Clues
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