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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (69 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (71 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer | 5 |
| 2A | 6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s | 6 |
| 3A | 12. Baths in Bath | 4 |
| 4A | 16. Comedian Notaro | 3 |
| 5A | 19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" | 5 |
| 6A | 20. One sporting an article of apparel | 6 |
| 7A | 21. Sign in a theater | 4 |
| 8A | 22. Droll | 3 |
| 9A | 23. Rock of Ages | 12 |
| 10A | 25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | 8 |
| 11A | 27. Prop for a proposal | 4 |
| 12A | 28. College credit hours | 5 |
| 13A | 29. Far from fore | 3 |
| 14A | 31. Starting section | 5 |
| 15A | 32. Fab Four drummer | 5 |
| 16A | 34. "I can handle that for you" | 5 |
| 17A | 36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker | 7 |
| 18A | 38. Subject of some modern maps | 6 |
| 19A | 41. Boots out | 6 |
| 20A | 43. Ending with Butler or Bard | 3 |
| 21A | 44. A Class Act | 9 |
| 22A | 47. A Strange Loop | 11 |
| 23A | 50. Played a part | 5 |
| 24A | 51. Baldwin of "30 Rock" | 4 |
| 25A | 53. Ran in the rain, perhaps | 4 |
| 26A | 54. Brig pair | 5 |
| 27A | 55. New Mexico skiing locale | 4 |
| 28A | 56. Full legislative assembly | 6 |
| 29A | 58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth | 6 |
| 30A | 60. Shapiro of public radio | 3 |
| 31A | 61. Buds | 4 |
| 32A | 62. Chips go-with | 5 |
| 33A | 64. Straight up | 5 |
| 34A | 67. A Little Night Music | 7 |
| 35A | 69. Rent | 5 |
| 36A | 70. A Chorus Line | 7 |
| 37A | 72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth | 5 |
| 38A | 73. Personal histories | 5 |
| 39A | 74. Automatons, informally | 4 |
| 40A | 75. Cell letters | 3 |
| 41A | 76. "___ down the hatches!" | 6 |
| 42A | 78. Nursery rhyme couple | 6 |
| 43A | 80. Cribbage markers | 4 |
| 44A | 81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig | 5 |
| 45A | 84. Bit of power | 4 |
| 46A | 86. Japanese noodle | 4 |
| 47A | 87. Wave to, say | 5 |
| 48A | 88. The Producers | 11 |
| 49A | 91. Into the Woods | 9 |
| 50A | 93. ___ Lingus | 3 |
| 51A | 94. Intertwine | 6 |
| 52A | 95. Halloween haul | 6 |
| 53A | 96. In tears | 7 |
| 54A | 99. Eschew the high road, say | 5 |
| 55A | 101. ___ Dame | 5 |
| 56A | 104. Repeatedly hit hard | 5 |
| 57A | 105. Dollop | 3 |
| 58A | 106. Pop group | 5 |
| 59A | 109. Sitar great Shankar | 4 |
| 60A | 111. The Wiz | 8 |
| 61A | 113. Mean Girls | 12 |
| 62A | 116. Chess pieces | 3 |
| 63A | 117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" | 4 |
| 64A | 118. File often installed with computer programs | 6 |
| 65A | 119. Do penance | 5 |
| 66A | 120. Apply | 3 |
| 67A | 121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be | 4 |
| 68A | 122. Became aware of | 6 |
| 69A | 123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer and poet (1932-1963)
- Similar words include: Sylvia Plath
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLATH
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2A: "6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SDCARD
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3A: "12. Baths in Bath"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- Similar words include: toilet, can, john
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAVS
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4A: "16. Comedian Notaro"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIG
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5A: "19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AISHA
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6A: "20. One sporting an article of apparel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WEARER
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7A: "21. Sign in a theater"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening that permits escape or release
- Similar words include: issue, go, way out
- Opposite of: enter, be born
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Answer: EXIT
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8A: "22. Droll"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that humorously sarcastic or mocking
- Similar words include: dry, ironic, ironical
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WRY
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9A: "23. Rock of Ages"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ROSETTASTONE
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10A: "25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NEPOTISM
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11A: "27. Prop for a proposal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Similar words include: stifle, articulatio genus, human knee
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNEE
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12A: "28. College credit hours"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Similar words include: unit, social unit, unit of measurement
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UNITS
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13A: "29. Far from fore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- Similar words include: abaft, astern
- Opposite of: fore
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Answer: AFT
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14A: "31. Starting section"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PARTA
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15A: "32. Fab Four drummer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rock star and drummer for the beatles (born in 1940)
- Similar words include: Starkey, Richard Starkey, Ringo Starr
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STARR
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16A: "34. "I can handle that for you""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LETME
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17A: "36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EATITUP
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18A: "38. Subject of some modern maps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full dna sequence of an organism
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GENOME
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19A: "41. Boots out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put out or expel from a place
- Similar words include: chuck out, eject, turn out
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EJECTS
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20A: "43. Ending with Butler or Bard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU
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21A: "44. A Class Act"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FIELDTRIP
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22A: "47. A Strange Loop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MOBIUSSTRIP
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23A: "50. Played a part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- Similar words include: represent, act, dissemble
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACTED
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24A: "51. Baldwin of "30 Rock""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALEC
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25A: "53. Ran in the rain, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lose blood from one's body
- Similar words include: shed blood, phlebotomise, run
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLED
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26A: "54. Brig pair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vertical spar for supporting sails
- Similar words include: mast
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MASTS
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27A: "55. New Mexico skiing locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
- Similar words include: Taoist, Tao
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAOS
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28A: "56. Full legislative assembly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PLENUM
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29A: "58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of chaos; brother of nox; father of aether and day
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EREBUS
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30A: "60. Shapiro of public radio"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARI
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31A: "61. Buds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: pal, pal up, buddy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PALS
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32A: "62. Chips go-with"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALSA
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33A: "64. Straight up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that construct, build, or erect
- Similar words include: tumid, upright, put up
- Opposite of: unerect, level
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Answer: ERECT
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34A: "67. A Little Night Music"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- Similar words include: berceuse, cradlesong
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LULLABY
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35A: "69. Rent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
- Similar words include: carve up, burst, schism
- Opposite of: unite
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Answer: SPLIT
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36A: "70. A Chorus Line"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- Similar words include: abstain, desist, chorus
- Opposite of: consume, act
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Answer: REFRAIN
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37A: "72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Similar words include: Navy SEAL, SEAL, seal of approval
- Opposite of: unseal
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Answer: SEALS
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38A: "73. Personal histories"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time that has elapsed
- Similar words include: yesteryear, past, past tense
- Opposite of: future
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Answer: PASTS
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39A: "74. Automatons, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Similar words include: bot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOTS
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40A: "75. Cell letters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Similar words include: ribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RNA
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41A: "76. "___ down the hatches!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
- Similar words include: secure, batting, batten down
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BATTEN
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42A: "78. Nursery rhyme couple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small fatty european fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
- Similar words include: Clupea sprattus, brisling, sprat
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPRATS
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43A: "80. Cribbage markers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Similar words include: thole, nail, nail down
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEGS
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44A: "81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
- Similar words include: cosecant
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COSEC
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45A: "84. Bit of power"
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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46A: "86. Japanese noodle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOBA
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47A: "87. Wave to, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express greetings upon meeting someone
- Similar words include: recognize, recognise
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GREET
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48A: "88. The Producers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- Similar words include: labour, working class, labor
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: PROLETARIAT
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49A: "91. Into the Woods"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OUTDOORSY
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50A: "93. ___ Lingus"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AER
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51A: "94. Intertwine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spin,wind, or twist together
- Similar words include: entwine, interlace, twine
- Opposite of: untwine
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Answer: ENLACE
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52A: "95. Halloween haul"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: treat, process, handle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TREATS
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53A: "96. In tears"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that convulsive gasp made while weeping
- Similar words include: sob
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SOBBING
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54A: "99. Eschew the high road, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOLOW
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55A: "101. ___ Dame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOTRE
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56A: "104. Repeatedly hit hard"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 16 ounces avoirdupois
- Similar words include: ram, Ezra Loomis Pound, Ezra Pound
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POUND
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57A: "105. Dollop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man who serves as a sailor
- Similar words include: yap, maw, cakehole
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOB
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58A: "106. Pop group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
- Similar words include: Cola, dope, genus Cola
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COLAS
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59A: "109. Sitar great Shankar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAVI
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60A: "111. The Wiz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that physicist born in germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
- Similar words include: brain, brainiac, genius
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EINSTEIN
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61A: "113. Mean Girls"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: AVERAGEJANES
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62A: "116. Chess pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the force of workers available
- Similar words include: world, valet de chambre, mankind
- Opposite of: woman, civilian
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Answer: MEN
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63A: "117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERMA
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64A: "118. File often installed with computer programs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: README
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65A: "119. Do penance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make amends for
- Similar words include: aby, expiate, repent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATONE
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66A: "120. Apply"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: use of goods and services, role, economic consumption
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE
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67A: "121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LSAT
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68A: "122. Became aware of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
- Similar words include: smell, perceived, sense
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SENSED
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69A: "123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YENTE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Playground area, often | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Fearsome felines | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Plus | 5 |
| 4D | 4. "One of These Nights" band | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Makeshift tip collector | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Epitome of graceful beauty | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Certain stock holder | 9 |
| 9D | 9. Came about | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Gig of a lifetime | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Advanced | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Guitar, slangily | 3 |
| 14D | 14. Front-of-the-line credential | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Cousin of a mink | 5 |
| 16D | 16. Cheep trills? | 8 |
| 17D | 17. Dodger's comeuppance | 8 |
| 18D | 18. Indoor recess locale | 3 |
| 19D | 24. Super-excited, in slang | 5 |
| 20D | 26. One "T" of TNT | 3 |
| 21D | 30. Least hale | 8 |
| 22D | 33. Foxx of 1970s TV | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Judge pro ___ | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Piano pupil's practice piece | 5 |
| 25D | 37. Short boxers, e.g. | 4 |
| 26D | 39. How some medicines are taken | 6 |
| 27D | 40. Apt name for a distance runner? | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Oldsmobile Cutlass model | 5 |
| 29D | 44. Like 45-Down's flaw | 5 |
| 30D | 45. Mythical figure undone by hubris | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Prima ballerina | 6 |
| 32D | 48. Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak | 6 |
| 33D | 49. Police weapon | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Transition points | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Blue Ribbon brand | 5 |
| 36D | 57. Ice cream parlor offerings | 5 |
| 37D | 59. Borscht base | 5 |
| 38D | 61. Classic theater name | 6 |
| 39D | 63. Struggles with sibilant sounds | 5 |
| 40D | 65. Law, but not order | 6 |
| 41D | 66. Hints | 6 |
| 42D | 68. Word with record or union | 5 |
| 43D | 69. World capital near the Andean foothills | 8 |
| 44D | 70. Give a twist | 6 |
| 45D | 71. Downright mean | 5 |
| 46D | 73. Bit of wisdom | 5 |
| 47D | 74. Founder of the Mughal Empire | 5 |
| 48D | 77. String-plucking sound | 5 |
| 49D | 79. Sources in etymology | 9 |
| 50D | 80. Prone | 9 |
| 51D | 81. Some summers, in brief | 4 |
| 52D | 82. Black-and-white desserts | 8 |
| 53D | 83. Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus | 8 |
| 54D | 85. Shell filling stations | 8 |
| 55D | 87. Basic programming command | 4 |
| 56D | 89. Chicken pieces | 7 |
| 57D | 90. Part of AT&T: Abbr. | 3 |
| 58D | 92. Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne | 5 |
| 59D | 97. Do a diner job | 3 |
| 60D | 98. Gathering of moles | 5 |
| 61D | 100. Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" | 5 |
| 62D | 102. Continued interminably | 5 |
| 63D | 103. Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g. | 5 |
| 64D | 105. Buzzing nuisance | 4 |
| 65D | 107. Glitzy fabric | 4 |
| 66D | 108. Like some cheese | 4 |
| 67D | 110. "Gotcha" | 4 |
| 68D | 111. Blue-necked bird | 3 |
| 69D | 112. "___ Believer" | 3 |
| 70D | 114. Flock formation | 3 |
| 71D | 115. Blue-winged bird | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Playground area, often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- Similar words include: parkland, ballpark, common
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARK
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2D: "2. Fearsome felines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
- Similar words include: Lion, Leo the Lion, king of beasts
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIONS
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3D: "3. Plus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
- Similar words include: plus
- Opposite of: liability
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Answer: ASSET
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4D: "4. "One of These Nights" band"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: THEEAGLES
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5D: "5. Makeshift tip collector"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAT
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6D: "6. Epitome of graceful beauty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Similar words include: verify, roll, affirm
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAN
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7D: "7. Arnaz of "I Love Lucy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DESI
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8D: "8. Certain stock holder"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CATTLEPEN
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9D: "9. Came about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
- Similar words include: go up, get up, stand up
- Opposite of: turn in, go to bed
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Answer: AROSE
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10D: "10. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN
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11D: "11. Gig of a lifetime"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DREAMJOB
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12D: "12. Advanced"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Similar words include: contribute, lend, bestow
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LENT
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13D: "13. Guitar, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Similar words include: ax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AXE
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14D: "14. Front-of-the-line credential"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: VIPPASS
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15D: "15. Cousin of a mink"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOAT
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16D: "16. Cheep trills?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a series of chirps
- Similar words include: chitter, chirrup, twitter
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TWITTERS
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17D: "17. Dodger's comeuppance"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: IRSAUDIT
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18D: "18. Indoor recess locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
- Similar words include: gymnasium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GYM
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19D: "24. Super-excited, in slang"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TURNT
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20D: "26. One "T" of TNT"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRI
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21D: "30. Least hale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- Similar words include: rickety, debile, faint
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FEEBLEST
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22D: "33. Foxx of 1970s TV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDD
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23D: "35. Judge pro ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEM
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24D: "36. Piano pupil's practice piece"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ETUDE
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25D: "37. Short boxers, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
- Similar words include: pup, whelp, puppy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUPS
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26D: "39. How some medicines are taken"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth
- Similar words include: by word of mouth
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORALLY
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27D: "40. Apt name for a distance runner?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- Similar words include: international mile, mil, mile
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MILES
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28D: "42. Oldsmobile Cutlass model"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CIERA
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29D: "44. Like 45-Down's flaw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bringing death
- Similar words include: fateful, calamitous, disastrous
- Opposite of: nonfatal
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Answer: FATAL
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30D: "45. Mythical figure undone by hubris"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) son of daedalus; while escaping from crete with his father (using the wings daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the aegean and drowned
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICARUS
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31D: "46. Prima ballerina"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETOILE
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32D: "48. Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SMURFS
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33D: "49. Police weapon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TASER
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34D: "52. Transition points"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a gothic arch)
- Similar words include: cusp, leaflet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CUSPS
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35D: "56. Blue Ribbon brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PABST
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36D: "57. Ice cream parlor offerings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a milkshake made with malt powder
- Similar words include: malted, malt liquor, malt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MALTS
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37D: "59. Borscht base"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- Similar words include: Beta vulgaris, beetroot, common beet
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEETS
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38D: "61. Classic theater name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large and stately mansion
- Similar words include: castle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PALACE
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39D: "63. Struggles with sibilant sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
- Similar words include: lisp, list-processing language, LISP
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LISPS
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40D: "65. Law, but not order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
- Similar words include: calling, life history, vocation
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CAREER
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41D: "66. Hints"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slight but appreciable amount
- Similar words include: hint, undertone, colour
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TINGES
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42D: "68. Word with record or union"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brief description given for purposes of identification
- Similar words include: judge, mark, recording label
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LABEL
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43D: "69. World capital near the Andean foothills"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that city in the northern dominican republic
- Similar words include: Gran Santiago, capital of Chile, Santiago de Chile
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SANTIAGO
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44D: "70. Give a twist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turn on or around an axis or a center
- Similar words include: revolve, splay, go around
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROTATE
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45D: "71. Downright mean"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - ezra pound
- Similar words include: smutty, awful, tight
- Opposite of: nice
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Answer: NASTY
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46D: "73. Bit of wisdom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
- Similar words include: bead, bone, drop
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEARL
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47D: "74. Founder of the Mughal Empire"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BABUR
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48D: "77. String-plucking sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- Similar words include: nasal twang
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TWANG
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49D: "79. Sources in etymology"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ROOTWORDS
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50D: "80. Prone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- Similar words include: flat, prone, bow down
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PROSTRATE
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51D: "81. Some summers, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
- Similar words include: CPA, certified public accountant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CPAS
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52D: "82. Black-and-white desserts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OREOPIES
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53D: "83. Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a university in paris; intellectual center of france
- Similar words include: University of Paris, Paris University
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SORBONNE
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54D: "85. Shell filling stations"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TACOBARS
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55D: "87. Basic programming command"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOTO
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56D: "89. Chicken pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- Similar words include: pinnace, ship's boat, legal tender
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TENDERS
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57D: "90. Part of AT&T: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEL
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58D: "92. Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DANSE
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59D: "97. Do a diner job"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- Similar words include: jalopy, coach, passenger vehicle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUS
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60D: "98. Gathering of moles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTEL
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61D: "100. Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- Similar words include: sea
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OCEAN
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62D: "102. Continued interminably"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RANON
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63D: "103. Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that happens at a given place and time
- Similar words include: result, issue, upshot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVENT
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64D: "105. Buzzing nuisance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GNAT
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65D: "107. Glitzy fabric"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- Similar words include: halting, square, crippled
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAME
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66D: "108. Like some cheese"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are old collectively
- Similar words include: get on, cured, senesce
- Opposite of: young, rejuvenate
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Answer: AGED
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67D: "110. "Gotcha""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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68D: "111. Blue-necked bird"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Similar words include: Emu novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMU
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69D: "112. "___ Believer""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMA
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70D: "114. Flock formation"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VEE
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71D: "115. Blue-winged bird"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with britain and served as the first chief justice of the united states supreme court (1745-1829)
- Similar words include: John Jay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JAY
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69 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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