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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (67 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (73 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Fancy dos | 5 |
| 2A | 6. "Count me out" | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Cantankerous captain of fiction | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Lab provisions? | 4 |
| 5A | 19. Bit of letter-shaped hardware | 5 |
| 6A | 20. Attended | 5 |
| 7A | 21. New York university based in Manhattan | 4 |
| 8A | 22. A "bear of very little brain" | 4 |
| 9A | 23. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison? | 11 |
| 10A | 25. John James Audubon? | 9 |
| 11A | 27. Victorian-era prescription for melancholy | 6 |
| 12A | 28. They'll make it up to you | 5 |
| 13A | 30. Stumble or lurch | 4 |
| 14A | 31. Pittsburgh-to-Buffalo dir. | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Dictionary tag: Abbr. | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Summer camper's conveyance | 5 |
| 17A | 36. Emmy-winning actor Ray | 6 |
| 18A | 38. Samuel Morse? | 8 |
| 19A | 43. Sir Edmund Hillary? | 12 |
| 20A | 46. Lake that's home to the world's largest freshwater island | 5 |
| 21A | 47. Bit of cacao | 3 |
| 22A | 49. Come out on top | 7 |
| 23A | 50. Suffix with hypn- | 4 |
| 24A | 51. Trees commonly confused with birches | 6 |
| 25A | 54. Deposit that might gather interest? | 3 |
| 26A | 55. Cheeky | 5 |
| 27A | 59. Sir Isaac Newton? | 14 |
| 28A | 62. Cattle calls | 4 |
| 29A | 63. "Harper Valley ___" (1968 hit) | 3 |
| 30A | 64. TV tavern visited by Mayor Quimby | 4 |
| 31A | 65. Shoe covering | 6 |
| 32A | 67. It's often rapped but never spoken | 5 |
| 33A | 68. Like beds on lazy Saturdays | 6 |
| 34A | 70. Cuts (back) | 5 |
| 35A | 71. Outfit that may have a hood | 6 |
| 36A | 73. Kofi ___, former secretary general of the United Nations | 5 |
| 37A | 74. Like the Red Sea after a visit from Moses | 6 |
| 38A | 76. Rain on your wedding day, perhaps | 4 |
| 39A | 77. ... | 3 |
| 40A | 79. Oui : non :: ja : ___ | 4 |
| 41A | 80. Gregor Mendel? | 14 |
| 42A | 83. Hint | 5 |
| 43A | 85. Gives a thumbs up | 3 |
| 44A | 86. Basic tenet of improv | 6 |
| 45A | 87. Sister to Lex Luthor | 4 |
| 46A | 88. With love, musically | 7 |
| 47A | 91. A urinal, according to Duchamp | 3 |
| 48A | 92. Remedies | 5 |
| 49A | 93. Henry Ford? | 12 |
| 50A | 98. Orville and Wilbur Wright? | 8 |
| 51A | 100. Give a darn, again? | 6 |
| 52A | 101. Food and water, e.g. | 5 |
| 53A | 103. College located in Cedar Rapids | 3 |
| 54A | 104. "That sounds awful!" | 3 |
| 55A | 105. Noble title | 4 |
| 56A | 108. Bit of letter-shaped hardware | 5 |
| 57A | 110. Unexpected endings | 6 |
| 58A | 115. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung? | 9 |
| 59A | 118. Galileo Galilei? | 11 |
| 60A | 120. Genesis | 4 |
| 61A | 121. Roof overhang | 4 |
| 62A | 122. Weirdly spooky | 5 |
| 63A | 123. Church staple | 5 |
| 64A | 124. "Vous ___ ici" (French map phrase) | 4 |
| 65A | 125. Part of a wooden bench | 4 |
| 66A | 126. "In other words," in other words | 5 |
| 67A | 127. Trips around the sun | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Fancy dos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- Similar words include: set, hair style, dress
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COIFS
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2A: "6. "Count me out""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IPASS
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3A: "11. Cantankerous captain of fiction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHAB
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4A: "15. Lab provisions?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPO
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5A: "19. Bit of letter-shaped hardware"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UBOLT
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6A: "20. Attended"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WASAT
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7A: "21. New York university based in Manhattan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- Similar words include: yard, rate, stride
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PACE
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8A: "22. A "bear of very little brain""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POOH
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9A: "23. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: POWERCOUPLE
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10A: "25. John James Audubon?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
- Similar words include: addlehead, loon, addle-head
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BIRDBRAIN
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11A: "27. Victorian-era prescription for melancholy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEAAIR
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12A: "28. They'll make it up to you"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- Similar words include: prevaricator, liar
- Opposite of: square shooter
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Answer: LIARS
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13A: "30. Stumble or lurch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- Similar words include: bobbin, careen, lurch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REEL
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14A: "31. Pittsburgh-to-Buffalo dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
- Similar words include: north northeast, nor'-nor'-east
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NNE
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15A: "32. Dictionary tag: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of electrical power in an ac circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
- Similar words include: volt-ampere
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAR
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16A: "34. Summer camper's conveyance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CANOE
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17A: "36. Emmy-winning actor Ray"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LIOTTA
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18A: "38. Samuel Morse?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CABLEGUY
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19A: "43. Sir Edmund Hillary?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MOUNTAINGOAT
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20A: "46. Lake that's home to the world's largest freshwater island"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 2nd largest of the great lakes
- Similar words include: Lake Huron
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HURON
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21A: "47. Bit of cacao"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the writing point of a pen
- Similar words include: bill, beak, pen nib
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIB
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22A: "49. Come out on top"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- Similar words include: predominate, run, endure
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PREVAIL
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23A: "50. Suffix with hypn-"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to near the ear
- Similar words include: auricular
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTIC
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24A: "51. Trees commonly confused with birches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several trees of the genus populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
- Similar words include: aspen
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASPENS
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25A: "54. Deposit that might gather interest?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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26A: "55. Cheeky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that improperly forward or bold
- Similar words include: impudent, saucy, impertinent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SASSY
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27A: "59. Sir Isaac Newton?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: MOTIONDETECTOR
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28A: "62. Cattle calls"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- Similar words include: David Low, low gear, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low
- Opposite of: high
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Answer: LOWS
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29A: "63. "Harper Valley ___" (1968 hit)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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30A: "64. TV tavern visited by Mayor Quimby"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOES
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31A: "65. Shoe covering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- Similar words include: spat
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GAITER
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32A: "67. It's often rapped but never spoken"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GAVEL
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33A: "68. Like beds on lazy Saturdays"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that deprive of certain characteristics
- Similar words include: undo, unmake
- Opposite of: make, made
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Answer: UNMADE
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34A: "70. Cuts (back)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Similar words include: pare, par, whittle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PARES
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35A: "71. Outfit that may have a hood"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONESIE
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36A: "73. Kofi ___, former secretary general of the United Nations"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANNAN
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37A: "74. Like the Red Sea after a visit from Moses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go one's own way; move apart
- Similar words include: set off, break, break up
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PARTED
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38A: "76. Rain on your wedding day, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
- Similar words include: bode, Muscat and Oman, portend
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMEN
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39A: "77. ..."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETC
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40A: "79. Oui : non :: ja : ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEIN
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41A: "80. Gregor Mendel?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: SEEDYCHARACTER
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42A: "83. Hint"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a just detectable amount
- Similar words include: line, hound, hunt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRACE
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43A: "85. Gives a thumbs up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in south central united states
- Similar words include: okay, Oklahoma, OK
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OKS
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44A: "86. Basic tenet of improv"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YESAND
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45A: "87. Sister to Lex Luthor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a russian river in siberia; flows northward into the laptev sea
- Similar words include: Lena River
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LENA
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46A: "88. With love, musically"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMOROSO
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47A: "91. A urinal, according to Duchamp"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Similar words include: nontextual matter, fine art, artistic production
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART
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48A: "92. Remedies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- Similar words include: curative, therapeutic, bring around
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CURES
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49A: "93. Henry Ford?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: DRIVINGFORCE
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50A: "98. Orville and Wilbur Wright?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- Similar words include: airhead
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AIRHEADS
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51A: "100. Give a darn, again?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REMEND
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52A: "101. Food and water, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condition requiring relief
- Similar words include: call for, need, pauperization
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: NEEDS
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53A: "103. College located in Cedar Rapids"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COE
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54A: "104. "That sounds awful!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UGH
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55A: "105. Noble title"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARL
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56A: "108. Bit of letter-shaped hardware"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORING
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57A: "110. Unexpected endings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unforeseen development
- Similar words include: curve, twisting, convolute
- Opposite of: unbend, untwist
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Answer: TWISTS
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58A: "115. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DREAMTEAM
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59A: "118. Galileo Galilei?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: STARWITNESS
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60A: "120. Genesis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that provides inspiration for later work
- Similar words include: source, microbe, seed
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GERM
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61A: "121. Roof overhang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EAVE
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62A: "122. Weirdly spooky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- Similar words include: eery
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EERIE
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63A: "123. Church staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
- Similar words include: electric organ, harmonium, pipe organ
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORGAN
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64A: "124. "Vous ___ ici" (French map phrase)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETES
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65A: "125. Part of a wooden bench"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin strip (wood or metal)
- Similar words include: spline
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAT
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66A: "126. "In other words," in other words"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDEST
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67A: "127. Trips around the sun"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a late time of life
- Similar words include: days, long time, age
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YEARS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Solos at a party, say | 4 |
| 2D | 2. The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Future birthplace of Captain Kirk | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Pest whose name is a homophone for what you might do when you see it | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Gone to great lengths | 7 |
| 6D | 6. ___ Jima | 3 |
| 7D | 7. One of the Fab Four | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Jelly you wouldn't pair with peanut butter | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Arabic greeting and farewell | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Canned fuel used in making fondue | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Broadcast to squad cars, in brief | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Slim margin of victory | 4 |
| 13D | 13. One chain x one furlong | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Amelia ___, maid of children's literature | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Its showers bring flowers: Abbr. | 3 |
| 16D | 16. Grant a mortgage, say | 6 |
| 17D | 17. Where one's trip begins | 6 |
| 18D | 18. "Golly, that's cool!" | 6 |
| 19D | 24. Rock climber's handhold | 4 |
| 20D | 26. Russian crepes | 6 |
| 21D | 29. Starter, perhaps | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Is felt strongly | 8 |
| 23D | 35. Firmly establishes | 7 |
| 24D | 37. Crazy Horse and fellow tribespeople | 7 |
| 25D | 38. Bite down hard | 5 |
| 26D | 39. Musical tool popularized by T-Pain | 9 |
| 27D | 40. Personification of England, Scotland and Wales | 9 |
| 28D | 41. Sets of points, in math | 4 |
| 29D | 42. "Jeepers creepers!" | 5 |
| 30D | 44. Pied-Ã -___ | 5 |
| 31D | 45. Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr. | 3 |
| 32D | 48. Word after you or wanna | 3 |
| 33D | 51. "And giving ___, up the chimney he rose" | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Nullify | 6 |
| 35D | 53. ___-cat | 7 |
| 36D | 56. Like many Russian housing blocks | 9 |
| 37D | 57. Made more enticing | 9 |
| 38D | 58. French fashion inits. | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Oldest independent state in the Arab world | 4 |
| 40D | 61. Alter, as a T-shirt for a Phish concert, say | 6 |
| 41D | 66. Idealist | 8 |
| 42D | 67. Actress Rowlands | 4 |
| 43D | 69. She-shed's counterpart | 7 |
| 44D | 70. Like some nails found in a drugstore | 7 |
| 45D | 72. Geek (out) | 4 |
| 46D | 73. Drone or queen | 3 |
| 47D | 75. Want from | 5 |
| 48D | 76. Catherine of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind" | 5 |
| 49D | 78. Uncouth | 5 |
| 50D | 81. Farm-share program, for short | 3 |
| 51D | 82. Hint | 4 |
| 52D | 84. Self-proclaimed "Rap God" | 6 |
| 53D | 85. ___ chart | 3 |
| 54D | 89. Like many couples at theaters | 7 |
| 55D | 90. McFlurry flavor | 4 |
| 56D | 92. Something for canines to sink their canines into | 7 |
| 57D | 93. Toil | 6 |
| 58D | 94. Wish one could take back | 6 |
| 59D | 95. Arrival announcement | 6 |
| 60D | 96. ___ Lannister, "Game of Thrones" queen | 6 |
| 61D | 97. Like professional publications | 6 |
| 62D | 99. Indian flatbread | 4 |
| 63D | 102. Trap | 5 |
| 64D | 106. Not just theoretical | 4 |
| 65D | 107. It runs hot | 4 |
| 66D | 109. Drab color for una casa | 4 |
| 67D | 111. Concerning | 4 |
| 68D | 112. Sonic the Hedgehog company | 4 |
| 69D | 113. Feodor I, for one | 4 |
| 70D | 114. Taxpayer IDs | 4 |
| 71D | 116. Morning times, in brief | 3 |
| 72D | 117. Encountered | 3 |
| 73D | 119. Kind of nurse or suit | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Solos at a party, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Similar words include: loving cup, transfuse, cupful
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUPS
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2D: "2. The duck in "Peter and the Wolf""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBOE
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3D: "3. Future birthplace of Captain Kirk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
- Similar words include: IA, Ioway, Hawkeye State
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOWA
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4D: "4. Pest whose name is a homophone for what you might do when you see it"
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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5D: "5. Gone to great lengths"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that attempt by employing effort
- Similar words include: strain, endeavor, reach
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STRIVEN
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6D: "6. ___ Jima"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of iwo jima in which american marines landed and defeated japanese defenders (february and march 1945)
- Similar words include: invasion of Iwo, Iwo Jima
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IWO
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7D: "7. One of the Fab Four"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states feminist (1885-1977)
- Similar words include: St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Apostle of the Gentiles
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAUL
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8D: "8. Jelly you wouldn't pair with peanut butter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASPIC
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9D: "9. Arabic greeting and farewell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep bow; a muslim form of salutation
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALAAM
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10D: "10. Canned fuel used in making fondue"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STERNO
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11D: "11. Broadcast to squad cars, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APB
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12D: "12. Slim margin of victory"
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- Think of something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
- Similar words include: hair's-breadth, tomentum, haircloth
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAIR
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13D: "13. One chain x one furlong"
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- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akka, Akko, Accho
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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14D: "14. Amelia ___, maid of children's literature"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BEDELIA
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15D: "15. Its showers bring flowers: Abbr."
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- Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
- Similar words include: April
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APR
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16D: "16. Grant a mortgage, say"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOANTO
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17D: "17. Where one's trip begins"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: POINTA
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18D: "18. "Golly, that's cool!""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OHNEAT
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19D: "24. Rock climber's handhold"
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- Think of something that a steep rugged rock or cliff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAG
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20D: "26. Russian crepes"
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- Think of something that russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream
- Similar words include: blini, bliny
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BLINIS
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21D: "29. Starter, perhaps"
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- Think of something that liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOUP
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22D: "33. Is felt strongly"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: RUNSDEEP
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23D: "35. Firmly establishes"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENROOTS
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24D: "37. Crazy Horse and fellow tribespeople"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people who constituted a division of the teton sioux and who formerly inhabited the black hills of western south dakota
- Similar words include: Oglala, Ogalala
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OGLALAS
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25D: "38. Bite down hard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
- Similar words include: champ, bite
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHOMP
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26D: "39. Musical tool popularized by T-Pain"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AUTOTUNER
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27D: "40. Personification of England, Scotland and Wales"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BRITANNIA
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28D: "41. Sets of points, in math"
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- Think of something that the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- Similar words include: locus, venue, locale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCI
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29D: "42. "Jeepers creepers!""
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- Think of something that bark in a high-pitched tone
- Similar words include: yip, yap, yelp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YIPES
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30D: "44. Pied-Ã -___"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TERRE
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31D: "45. Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVE
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32D: "48. Word after you or wanna"
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- Think of something that the money risked on a gamble
- Similar words include: calculate, depend, stake
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BET
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33D: "51. "And giving ___, up the chimney he rose""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANOD
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34D: "52. Nullify"
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- Think of something that be in contradiction with
- Similar words include: contradict, neutralise, neutralize
- Opposite of: affirm
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Answer: NEGATE
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35D: "53. ___-cat"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SCAREDY
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36D: "56. Like many Russian housing blocks"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SOVIETERA
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37D: "57. Made more enticing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make sweeter in taste
- Similar words include: sugared, sweet-flavored, sweet
- Opposite of: sour
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Answer: SWEETENED
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38D: "58. French fashion inits."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YSL
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39D: "60. Oldest independent state in the Arab world"
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- Think of something that a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
- Similar words include: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMAN
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40D: "61. Alter, as a T-shirt for a Phish concert, say"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TIEDYE
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41D: "66. Idealist"
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- Think of something that a soulful or amorous idealist
- Similar words include: amatory, wild-eyed, romanticist
- Opposite of: classicist
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Answer: ROMANTIC
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42D: "67. Actress Rowlands"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GENA
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43D: "69. She-shed's counterpart"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MANCAVE
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44D: "70. Like some nails found in a drugstore"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PRESSON
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45D: "72. Geek (out)"
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- Think of something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- Similar words include: dweeb, grind, wonk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NERD
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46D: "73. Drone or queen"
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- Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Similar words include: pismire, emmet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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47D: "75. Want from"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASKOF
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48D: "76. Catherine of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHARA
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49D: "78. Uncouth"
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- Think of something that (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRASS
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50D: "81. Farm-share program, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CSA
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51D: "82. Hint"
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- Think of something that a slight indication
- Similar words include: clew, hint, cue
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLUE
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52D: "84. Self-proclaimed "Rap God""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMINEM
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53D: "85. ___ chart"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORG
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54D: "89. Like many couples at theaters"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONDATES
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55D: "90. McFlurry flavor"
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- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREO
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56D: "92. Something for canines to sink their canines into"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CHEWTOY
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57D: "93. Toil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who works hard at boring tasks
- Similar words include: travail, toil, navvy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DRUDGE
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58D: "94. Wish one could take back"
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- Think of something that sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- Similar words include: rue, ruefulness, repent
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REGRET
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59D: "95. Arrival announcement"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMHERE
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60D: "96. ___ Lannister, "Game of Thrones" queen"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CERSEI
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61D: "97. Like professional publications"
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- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: redact, edit, emended
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EDITED
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62D: "99. Indian flatbread"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROTI
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63D: "102. Trap"
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- Think of something that something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- Similar words include: trap, snare drum, side drum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNARE
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64D: "106. Not just theoretical"
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- Think of something that any rational or irrational number
- Similar words include: existent, genuine, material
- Opposite of: unreal, nominal
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Answer: REAL
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65D: "107. It runs hot"
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- Think of something that rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAVA
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66D: "109. Drab color for una casa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spanish cubist painter (1887-1927)
- Similar words include: Jaun Gris
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRIS
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67D: "111. Concerning"
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Answer: INRE
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68D: "112. Sonic the Hedgehog company"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEGA
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69D: "113. Feodor I, for one"
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- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: czar, tzar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSAR
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70D: "114. Taxpayer IDs"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SSNS
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71D: "116. Morning times, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
- Similar words include: AM, atomic number 95, Am
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMS
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72D: "117. Encountered"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come together
- Similar words include: conform to, fill, run across
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MET
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73D: "119. Kind of nurse or suit"
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- Think of something that wetness caused by water
- Similar words include: moisture, loaded, plastered
- Opposite of: dry
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Answer: WET
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67 Across Clues
73 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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