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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (65 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (60 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Post-vacation pile | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Brooklyn Brewery's Special Effects, e.g., in brief | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Historical Dutch settler | 4 |
| 4A | 12. ___ guisado (Caribbean stew) | 5 |
| 5A | 13. Vapid | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Campaign manager? | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year" | 6 |
| 8A | 18. Metallurgist's evaluation | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Butterflies, so to speak | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Actress Zosia ___ of "Girls" | 5 |
| 11A | 22. "Zip it" | 9 |
| 12A | 25. Accommodates | 5 |
| 13A | 27. Mountains where St. Bernards were originally bred | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast | 3 |
| 15A | 29. Chemical essential to cellular metabolism, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 30. ___ feed (news reader) | 3 |
| 17A | 32. ___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Spiral-shelled mollusk | 8 |
| 19A | 35. Org. for Penguins and Ducks | 3 |
| 20A | 36. "Enough already" | 8 |
| 21A | 38. Make some calls | 3 |
| 22A | 39. "W" on a light bulb | 4 |
| 23A | 40. Three-way intersection | 3 |
| 24A | 41. Coin collector? | 4 |
| 25A | 42. Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1,000 Forms of Fear" | 3 |
| 26A | 43. Dealer's manager | 7 |
| 27A | 45. In check | 5 |
| 28A | 47. Nuclear restraint pact | 7 |
| 29A | 49. ___ Castorp, protagonist of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain" | 4 |
| 30A | 50. Summa cum ___ | 5 |
| 31A | 51. "Hold this" | 4 |
| 32A | 52. College voter? | 7 |
| 33A | 55. Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha | 5 |
| 34A | 56. Taxes levied during trade wars | 7 |
| 35A | 59. Chop house? | 4 |
| 36A | 60. Cancer research agcy. | 3 |
| 37A | 62. Locale for drones | 3 |
| 38A | 63. Preposition that can be represented by a number | 3 |
| 39A | 64. Matador's opponent | 4 |
| 40A | 65. Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one | 9 |
| 41A | 68. Beat badly | 9 |
| 42A | 70. Energy | 3 |
| 43A | 71. Sarge's boss | 5 |
| 44A | 72. Knighthood, for one | 5 |
| 45A | 73. "When r u getting in?" | 3 |
| 46A | 74. Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine | 3 |
| 47A | 75. "Awwww!" | 7 |
| 48A | 79. "Awesome!" | 3 |
| 49A | 81. Lethargy | 5 |
| 50A | 84. Grammy-winning Paramore hit of 2014 | 9 |
| 51A | 86. Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You" | 5 |
| 52A | 90. Bok ___ | 4 |
| 53A | 91. Dearie | 3 |
| 54A | 92. Co-star of 2025's "Kiss of the Spider Woman," to fans | 3 |
| 55A | 93. Break down in tears | 3 |
| 56A | 95. Aquiline : eagle :: cygnine : ___ | 4 |
| 57A | 96. Lenape people from whom a New Jersey river gets its name | 7 |
| 58A | 98. Egypt/Sudan border region | 5 |
| 59A | 100. Noodling in a jazz tune | 7 |
| 60A | 102. Annoying | 7 |
| 61A | 103. In the majority? | 5 |
| 62A | 104. Core-sculpting belt | 7 |
| 63A | 105. Utter chaos | 6 |
| 64A | 106. 1994 co-Nobelist Shimon | 5 |
| 65A | 107. Greasy spoon, e.g. | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Post-vacation pile"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- Similar words include: post, ring armor, get off
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAIL
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2A: "5. Brooklyn Brewery's Special Effects, e.g., in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IPA
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3A: "8. Historical Dutch settler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white native of cape province who is a descendant of dutch settlers and who speaks afrikaans
- Similar words include: Afrikaner, Afrikander
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOER
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4A: "12. ___ guisado (Caribbean stew)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POLLO
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5A: "13. Vapid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that devoid of intelligence
- Similar words include: asinine, mindless, fatuous
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INANE
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6A: "15. Campaign manager?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADREP
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7A: "17. Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SUDOKU
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8A: "18. Metallurgist's evaluation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an appraisal of the state of affairs
- Similar words include: essay, attempt, try
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASSAY
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9A: "19. Butterflies, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an uneasy psychological state
- Similar words include: boldness, mettle, face
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NERVES
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10A: "21. Actress Zosia ___ of "Girls""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states playwright (born in 1947)
- Similar words include: David Mamet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAMET
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11A: "22. "Zip it""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DONTSPEAK
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12A: "25. Accommodates"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an area that includes places where several people can sit
- Similar words include: rear, seating, rump
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEATS
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13A: "27. Mountains where St. Bernards were originally bred"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Similar words include: alp, the Alps
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPS
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14A: "28. Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of southwestern india; a former portuguese colony
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOA
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15A: "29. Chemical essential to cellular metabolism, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
- Similar words include: adenosine triphosphate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATP
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16A: "30. ___ feed (news reader)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RSS
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17A: "32. ___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARAL
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18A: "33. Spiral-shelled mollusk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
- Similar words include: chambered nautilus, nuclear submarine, Argonaut
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NAUTILUS
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19A: "35. Org. for Penguins and Ducks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NHL
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20A: "36. "Enough already""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: THATLLDO
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21A: "38. Make some calls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an official at a baseball game
- Similar words include: umpire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UMP
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22A: "39. "W" on a light bulb"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
- Similar words include: W, James Watt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WATT
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23A: "40. Three-way intersection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, golf tee, football tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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24A: "41. Coin collector?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upholstered seat for more than one person
- Similar words include: lounge, couch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOFA
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25A: "42. Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1,000 Forms of Fear""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIA
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26A: "43. Dealer's manager"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PITBOSS
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27A: "45. In check"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATBAY
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28A: "47. Nuclear restraint pact"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TESTBAN
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29A: "49. ___ Castorp, protagonist of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Similar words include: Han, Han dynasty
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HANS
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30A: "50. Summa cum ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAUDE
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31A: "51. "Hold this""
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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32A: "52. College voter?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- Similar words include: voter
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ELECTOR
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33A: "55. Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the quechuan people living in the cuzco valley in peru
- Similar words include: Inka, Inca
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INCAN
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34A: "56. Taxes levied during trade wars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a government tax on imports or exports
- Similar words include: duty, tariff
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TARIFFS
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35A: "59. Chop house?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOJO
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36A: "60. Cancer research agcy."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- Similar words include: National Institutes of Health
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIH
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37A: "62. Locale for drones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- Similar words include: pitch, toss, flip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKY
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38A: "63. Preposition that can be represented by a number"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOR
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39A: "64. Matador's opponent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORO
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40A: "65. Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TRANSICON
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41A: "68. Beat badly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strike violently and repeatedly
- Similar words include: baste, thrash, clobber
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CLOBBERED
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42A: "70. Energy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- Similar words include: energy, vigor, vigour
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VIM
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43A: "71. Sarge's boss"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LOOIE
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44A: "72. Knighthood, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- Similar words include: reward, award, abide by
- Opposite of: disrespect, dishonor
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Answer: HONOR
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45A: "73. "When r u getting in?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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46A: "74. Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- Similar words include: roll
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUN
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47A: "75. "Awwww!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SOSWEET
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48A: "79. "Awesome!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
- Similar words include: radian
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAD
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49A: "81. Lethargy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a torpid state resembling deep sleep
- Similar words include: sleep
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOPOR
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50A: "84. Grammy-winning Paramore hit of 2014"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AINTITFUN
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51A: "86. Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TESSA
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52A: "90. Bok ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHOY
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53A: "91. Dearie"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HON
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54A: "92. Co-star of 2025's "Kiss of the Spider Woman," to fans"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JLO
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55A: "93. Break down in tears"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dyspneic condition
- Similar words include: bastard, dickhead, shit
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOB
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56A: "95. Aquiline : eagle :: cygnine : ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Similar words include: assert, drift, verify
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAN
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57A: "96. Lenape people from whom a New Jersey river gets its name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RARITAN
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58A: "98. Egypt/Sudan border region"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient region of northeastern africa (southern egypt and northern sudan) on the nile; much of nubia is now under lake nasser
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NUBIA
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59A: "100. Noodling in a jazz tune"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that piece (something old) with a new part
- Similar words include: vamp up, vamp, revamp
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: VAMPING
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60A: "102. Annoying"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - edmund burke; ; - mark twain
- Similar words include: tedious, tiresome, dull
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IRKSOME
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61A: "103. In the majority?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fully developed person from maturity onward
- Similar words include: grownup, fully grown, grown
- Opposite of: juvenile
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Answer: ADULT
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62A: "104. Core-sculpting belt"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ABTONER
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63A: "105. Utter chaos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
- Similar words include: havoc
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAYHEM
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64A: "106. 1994 co-Nobelist Shimon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PERES
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65A: "107. Greasy spoon, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a building where people go to eat
- Similar words include: restaurant, eating place, eating house
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EATERY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Self-effacing | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Oodles | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Strain | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Baseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Bottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps | 11 |
| 6D | 6. Skirt responsibility | 11 |
| 7D | 7. Proverbial cure-all | 11 |
| 8D | 8. Basketball attempt that uses the backboard | 8 |
| 9D | 9. MartÃn Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence" | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Leaves the straight and narrow | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Expose | 6 |
| 12D | 12. First Eurodance hit in the U.S. (1989) | 12 |
| 13D | 13. Ending with mammal or Mendel | 3 |
| 14D | 14. Good quality for an artist | 3 |
| 15D | 16. With 87-Down, idiom about wasting one's efforts ... as seen in four columns in this puzzle? | 12 |
| 16D | 17. Italian sub ingredient | 6 |
| 17D | 20. Diamonds can sometimes be found in them | 6 |
| 18D | 21. "Quit whining, dude!" | 5 |
| 19D | 23. Malt-drying kiln | 4 |
| 20D | 24. "O, had I but followed the ___!": "Twelfth Night" | 4 |
| 21D | 26. John who painted "Backyards, Greenwich Village" | 5 |
| 22D | 28. 2022 sequel to "Knives Out" | 10 |
| 23D | 31. Refuge | 10 |
| 24D | 34. "You can't make me!" | 5 |
| 25D | 37. Arm of the police department | 5 |
| 26D | 44. Essayist Francis | 5 |
| 27D | 45. Comedian Wong | 3 |
| 28D | 46. Cash on the Ginza | 3 |
| 29D | 48. Overdone | 5 |
| 30D | 52. 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show | 4 |
| 31D | 53. Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own" | 4 |
| 32D | 54. Anti-mob law acronym | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Animated character, informally | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Act the worrywart | 4 |
| 35D | 58. ___ fountain | 4 |
| 36D | 61. Sauce served with Peking duck | 6 |
| 37D | 63. Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief | 6 |
| 38D | 66. Indistinct speech | 4 |
| 39D | 67. It's a gas | 4 |
| 40D | 68. "Yes, ___!" (phrase popularized by the restaurant drama "The Bear") | 4 |
| 41D | 69. Young miscreant | 4 |
| 42D | 74. Like some charm | 6 |
| 43D | 76. Patron of lost causes | 6 |
| 44D | 77. Literary runt of the litter | 6 |
| 45D | 78. "L'___ du Nord" (Minnesota motto) | 6 |
| 46D | 80. Dictatorial figure | 6 |
| 47D | 81. Open-weave fabric | 5 |
| 48D | 82. New York School poet Frank | 5 |
| 49D | 83. "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker | 5 |
| 50D | 84. First-rate | 4 |
| 51D | 85. Flare up? | 4 |
| 52D | 87. See 16-Down | 5 |
| 53D | 88. More prudent | 5 |
| 54D | 89. About to explode, say | 5 |
| 55D | 91. Pink character in the "Toy Story" movies | 4 |
| 56D | 94. Farmer Hoggett's entrant in a sheepherding contest | 4 |
| 57D | 97. Turf ___ (football injury) | 3 |
| 58D | 98. Part of a day care schedule | 3 |
| 59D | 99. @ @ @ | 3 |
| 60D | 101. Inits. at Grand Central Terminal | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Self-effacing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- Similar words include: minor, small, mild
- Opposite of: immodest
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Answer: MODEST
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2D: "2. Oodles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOT
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3D: "3. Strain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of person
- Similar words include: like
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ILK
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4D: "4. Baseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOUDOUTS
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5D: "5. Bottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: INSTANTTANS
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6D: "6. Skirt responsibility"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: PASSTHEBUCK
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7D: "7. Proverbial cure-all"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: ANAPPLEADAY
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8D: "8. Basketball attempt that uses the backboard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BANKSHOT
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9D: "9. MartÃn Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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10D: "10. Leaves the straight and narrow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: drift, stray, mistake
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERRS
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11D: "11. Expose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make visible
- Similar words include: let out, give away, disclose
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REVEAL
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12D: "12. First Eurodance hit in the U.S. (1989)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: PUMPUPTHEJAM
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13D: "13. Ending with mammal or Mendel"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAN
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14D: "14. Good quality for an artist"
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- Think of something that the organ of sight
- Similar words include: heart, eyeball, centre
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EYE
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15D: "16. With 87-Down, idiom about wasting one's efforts ... as seen in four columns in this puzzle?"
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- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: PEARLSBEFORE
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16D: "17. Italian sub ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALAMI
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17D: "20. Diamonds can sometimes be found in them"
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- Think of something that a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
- Similar words include: stadium, arena, sports stadium
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STADIA
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18D: "21. "Quit whining, dude!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MANUP
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19D: "23. Malt-drying kiln"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kiln for drying hops
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAST
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20D: "24. "O, had I but followed the ___!": "Twelfth Night""
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- Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Similar words include: humanities, humanistic discipline, liberal arts
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARTS
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21D: "26. John who painted "Backyards, Greenwich Village""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLOAN
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22D: "28. 2022 sequel to "Knives Out""
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GLASSONION
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23D: "31. Refuge"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SAFEHARBOR
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24D: "34. "You can't make me!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IWONT
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25D: "37. Arm of the police department"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TASER
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26D: "44. Essayist Francis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
- Similar words include: Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BACON
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27D: "45. Comedian Wong"
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- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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28D: "46. Cash on the Ginza"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
- Similar words include: yearn, ache, pine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEN
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29D: "48. Overdone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- Similar words include: tired, stock, timeworn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRITE
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30D: "52. 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDTV
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31D: "53. Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LORI
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32D: "54. Anti-mob law acronym"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
- Similar words include: anti-racketeering law, RICO Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RICO
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33D: "56. Animated character, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- Similar words include: animated cartoon, cartoon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOON
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34D: "57. Act the worrywart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
- Similar words include: choke, sweat, gall
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FRET
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35D: "58. ___ fountain"
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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: tonic, sal soda, washing soda
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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36D: "61. Sauce served with Peking duck"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOISIN
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37D: "63. Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FLOTUS
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38D: "66. Indistinct speech"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- Similar words include: smirch, smudge, smear
- Opposite of: focus
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Answer: SLUR
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39D: "67. It's a gas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: Ne, atomic number 10
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEON
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40D: "68. "Yes, ___!" (phrase popularized by the restaurant drama "The Bear")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a professional cook
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHEF
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41D: "69. Young miscreant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very troublesome child
- Similar words include: terror, little terror, bratwurst
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRAT
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42D: "74. Like some charm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that befitting or characteristic of a young boy
- Similar words include: boylike, schoolboyish
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BOYISH
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43D: "76. Patron of lost causes"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STJUDE
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44D: "77. Literary runt of the litter"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WILBUR
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45D: "78. "L'___ du Nord" (Minnesota motto)"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETOILE
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46D: "80. Dictatorial figure"
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- Think of something that a cruel and oppressive dictator
- Similar words include: autocrat, tyrant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DESPOT
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47D: "81. Open-weave fabric"
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- Think of something that a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCRIM
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48D: "82. New York School poet Frank"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHARA
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49D: "83. "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PORKY
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50D: "84. First-rate"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AONE
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51D: "85. Flare up?"
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- Think of something that a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOVA
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52D: "87. See 16-Down"
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- Think of something that stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWINE
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53D: "88. More prudent"
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- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: reasonable, sane
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANER
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54D: "89. About to explode, say"
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- Think of something that feeling or showing anger
- Similar words include: furious, wild, tempestuous
- Opposite of: unangry
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Answer: ANGRY
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55D: "91. Pink character in the "Toy Story" movies"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAMM
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56D: "94. Farmer Hoggett's entrant in a sheepherding contest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- Similar words include: sister, infant, baby
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BABE
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57D: "97. Turf ___ (football injury)"
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- Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
- Similar words include: toenail
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOE
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58D: "98. Part of a day care schedule"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: cat sleep, snooze, short sleep
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAP
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59D: "99. @ @ @"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
- Similar words include: astatine, At, at
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATS
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60D: "101. Inits. at Grand Central Terminal"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MTA
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65 Across Clues
60 Down Clues
125 Total Clues
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