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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (74 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (66 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Tennis superstar Nadal, familiarly | 4 |
| 2A | 5. "Wicked" director Jon M. ___ | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Unspecified degree | 3 |
| 4A | 11. Pack (down) | 4 |
| 5A | 15. "Sign me up!" | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Bygone carrier that had a fleet of "Clippers" | 5 |
| 7A | 19. Really like | 5 |
| 8A | 21. Woodwind related to the cor anglais | 4 |
| 9A | 22. Article of sports equipment that typically has two rubber sheets of different colors | 14 |
| 10A | 24. Delivery option | 5 |
| 11A | 25. Sound from a ragdoll | 4 |
| 12A | 26. Division signs, more formally | 5 |
| 13A | 27. Word sung three times in a row in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Et ___ (and others) | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Games on some kids' menus | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Boss at a blaze | 9 |
| 17A | 32. Game on some kids' menus | 16 |
| 18A | 34. "King Kong" actress Wray | 3 |
| 19A | 35. What might pop up from time to time? | 7 |
| 20A | 37. Item in a numismatist's collection | 4 |
| 21A | 38. "S.N.L." alum Nora | 4 |
| 22A | 39. Champagne giant | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Patient watchers | 6 |
| 24A | 46. Birthstone before opal | 8 |
| 25A | 49. Longtime NASCAR sponsor | 3 |
| 26A | 51. Ladybug's prey | 5 |
| 27A | 53. Debaters who use deceptive arguments | 8 |
| 28A | 55. Stag | 5 |
| 29A | 56. Oscar-winning actress Loren | 6 |
| 30A | 57. Lower-right button on YouTube ads | 4 |
| 31A | 59. ___ nous (between us) | 5 |
| 32A | 60. Kristen of "Bridesmaids" | 4 |
| 33A | 61. Seduce | 5 |
| 34A | 62. "In my estimation ..." | 5 |
| 35A | 64. Rubber end of a golf club | 4 |
| 36A | 65. Ninth inning, usually | 3 |
| 37A | 66. Flooded | 5 |
| 38A | 67. Iridescent jewelry material | 5 |
| 39A | 68. Rug cleaner, for short | 3 |
| 40A | 69. Lead-in to aging or anxiety | 4 |
| 41A | 70. Two-time capital of the Mughal Empire | 5 |
| 42A | 71. Biting pests | 5 |
| 43A | 72. Follower of catch or latch | 4 |
| 44A | 74. Former times | 5 |
| 45A | 76. Cameron who voiced Princess Fiona in the "Shrek" movies | 4 |
| 46A | 77. Flo Rida title sung before the words "just a little" | 4 |
| 47A | 78. Big cat hybrid | 5 |
| 48A | 79. No Shave November growth, informally | 6 |
| 49A | 81. Mimic | 3 |
| 50A | 82. Connecticut governor Lamont | 3 |
| 51A | 83. N.B.A. team that plays at Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 6 |
| 52A | 84. Compound that ripens bananas | 6 |
| 53A | 86. Computer menu heading | 4 |
| 54A | 88. Owlish, in a way | 4 |
| 55A | 89. Brontë heroine | 4 |
| 56A | 91. Bit of entertainment for a morning commute, maybe | 7 |
| 57A | 94. A-one ... or an "A" worth one | 3 |
| 58A | 97. Beachy footwear | 15 |
| 59A | 103. "I'm fine, but thanks anyway!" | 9 |
| 60A | 105. Literally, "the god" | 5 |
| 61A | 106. Provocative | 4 |
| 62A | 107. Parcel of land | 4 |
| 63A | 108. Classic origami design | 5 |
| 64A | 109. Medallions might be seen in them | 4 |
| 65A | 110. ___ Games, event first held in 70-Across | 5 |
| 66A | 111. Tupac and Eminem, for two | 13 |
| 67A | 113. Give off | 4 |
| 68A | 114. Like an authoritarian | 5 |
| 69A | 115. ___ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" swordsman | 5 |
| 70A | 116. Telly channel, with "the" | 4 |
| 71A | 117. Well-grounded | 4 |
| 72A | 118. Hit title for Abba or Rihanna | 3 |
| 73A | 119. Email category | 3 |
| 74A | 120. Website with a "Craft Supplies & Tools" page | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Tennis superstar Nadal, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAFA
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2A: "5. "Wicked" director Jon M. ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHU
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3A: "8. Unspecified degree"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Similar words include: n-th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NTH
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4A: "11. Pack (down)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- Similar words include: tamper, pack, tamping bar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAMP
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5A: "15. "Sign me up!""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMIN
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6A: "16. Bygone carrier that had a fleet of "Clippers""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PANAM
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7A: "19. Really like"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that love intensely
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADORE
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8A: "21. Woodwind related to the cor anglais"
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: hautbois, hautboy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBOE
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9A: "22. Article of sports equipment that typically has two rubber sheets of different colors"
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- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: PINGPONGPADDLE
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10A: "24. Delivery option"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FEDEX
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11A: "25. Sound from a ragdoll"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
- Similar words include: birr, whirr, whir
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PURR
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12A: "26. Division signs, more formally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OBELI
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13A: "27. Word sung three times in a row in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- Similar words include: origin, stem, tooth root
- Opposite of: descendant
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Answer: ROOT
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14A: "28. Et ___ (and others)"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIA
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15A: "29. Games on some kids' menus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- Similar words include: labyrinth, maze, tangle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAZES
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16A: "30. Boss at a blaze"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FIRECHIEF
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17A: "32. Game on some kids' menus"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: CRISSCROSSPUZZLE
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18A: "34. "King Kong" actress Wray"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- Similar words include: faerie, sprite, faery
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAY
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19A: "35. What might pop up from time to time?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
- Similar words include: wassailer
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOASTER
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20A: "37. Item in a numismatist's collection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
- Similar words include: strike, mint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COIN
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21A: "38. "S.N.L." alum Nora"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DUNN
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22A: "39. Champagne giant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOET
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23A: "42. Patient watchers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- Similar words include: breastfeed, harbour, nursemaid
- Opposite of: bottlefeed
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Answer: NURSES
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24A: "46. Birthstone before opal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
- Similar words include: sky-blue, lazuline, azure
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SAPPHIRE
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25A: "49. Longtime NASCAR sponsor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard temperature and pressure
- Similar words include: s.t.p.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STP
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26A: "51. Ladybug's prey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various small plant-sucking insects
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APHID
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27A: "53. Debaters who use deceptive arguments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of a group of greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century bc who speculated on a wide range of subjects
- Similar words include: Sophist, sophist, casuist
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SOPHISTS
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28A: "55. Stag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that isolated from others
- Similar words include: only, unaccompanied, unequaled
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALONE
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29A: "56. Oscar-winning actress Loren"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOPHIA
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30A: "57. Lower-right button on YouTube ads"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- Similar words include: hop-skip, bound off, hop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKIP
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31A: "59. ___ nous (between us)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENTRE
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32A: "60. Kristen of "Bridesmaids""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WIIG
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33A: "61. Seduce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dispose or incline or entice to
- Similar words include: invite, lure, influence
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEMPT
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34A: "62. "In my estimation ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDSAY
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35A: "64. Rubber end of a golf club"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of grasping
- Similar words include: travelling bag, traction, clutch
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRIP
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36A: "65. Ninth inning, usually"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
- Similar words include: conclusion, destruction, goal
- Opposite of: beginning, begin
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Answer: END
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37A: "66. Flooded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that covered with water
- Similar words include: afloat, overflowing, flooded
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AWASH
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38A: "67. Iridescent jewelry material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- Similar words include: mother-of-pearl
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NACRE
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39A: "68. Rug cleaner, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal term for vacation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAC
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40A: "69. Lead-in to aging or anxiety"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- Opposite of: pro
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTI
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41A: "70. Two-time capital of the Mughal Empire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in north central india
- Similar words include: Old Delhi
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DELHI
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42A: "71. Biting pests"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
- Similar words include: gnat
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GNATS
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43A: "72. Follower of catch or latch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONTO
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44A: "74. Former times"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time that has elapsed
- Similar words include: yesteryear, past tense, past times
- Opposite of: future
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Answer: PASTS
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45A: "76. Cameron who voiced Princess Fiona in the "Shrek" movies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first european to get round the cape of good hope (thus establishing a sea route from the atlantic to asia) (1450-1500)
- Similar words include: Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIAZ
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46A: "77. Flo Rida title sung before the words "just a little""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICRY
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47A: "78. Big cat hybrid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIGER
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48A: "79. No Shave November growth, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STACHE
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49A: "81. Mimic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: aper, anthropoid, copycat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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50A: "82. Connecticut governor Lamont"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NED
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51A: "83. N.B.A. team that plays at Gainbridge Fieldhouse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a horse used to set the pace in racing
- Similar words include: pacer, pacesetter, pacemaker
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PACERS
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52A: "84. Compound that ripens bananas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
- Similar words include: ethylene
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETHENE
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53A: "86. Computer menu heading"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: redact, blue-pencil, cut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDIT
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54A: "88. Owlish, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a way of doing or being
- Similar words include: knowing, Isaac Mayer Wise, heady
- Opposite of: foolish
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Answer: WISE
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55A: "89. Brontë heroine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Similar words include: Lake Eyre
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYRE
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56A: "91. Bit of entertainment for a morning commute, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PODCAST
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57A: "94. A-one ... or an "A" worth one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: nail, topnotch, champion
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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58A: "97. Beachy footwear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: FLIPFLOPSANDALS
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59A: "103. "I'm fine, but thanks anyway!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OHTHATSOK
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60A: "105. Literally, "the god""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that muslim name for the one and only god
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLAH
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61A: "106. Provocative"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being in a tense state
- Similar words include: restive, jittery, overstrung
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDGY
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62A: "107. Parcel of land"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- Similar words include: plot of land, secret plan, plat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOT
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63A: "108. Classic origami design"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer (1871-1900)
- Similar words include: Harold Hart Crane, Stephen Crane, stretch out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRANE
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64A: "109. Medallions might be seen in them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- Similar words include: hack, cab, cabriolet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CABS
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65A: "110. ___ Games, event first held in 70-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of asia
- Similar words include: Asiatic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASIAN
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66A: "111. Tupac and Eminem, for two"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: HIPHOPARTISTS
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67A: "113. Give off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
- Similar words include: let loose, give out, utter
- Opposite of: absorb
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Answer: EMIT
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68A: "114. Like an authoritarian"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rear part of a ship
- Similar words include: buttocks, nates, butt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STERN
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69A: "115. ___ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" swordsman"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INIGO
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70A: "116. Telly channel, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEEB
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71A: "117. Well-grounded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: reasonable
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANE
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72A: "118. Hit title for Abba or Rihanna"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Similar words include: sol, soh, so
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOS
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73A: "119. Email category"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- Similar words include: newfangled, young, novel
- Opposite of: old, worn
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Answer: NEW
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74A: "120. Website with a "Craft Supplies & Tools" page"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETSY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Take to the cleaners | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Class with frogs | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Dressy clothes | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Point of view | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Filing pro | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Roman emperor with a namesake wall | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Hits Ctrl+Z to fix | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Error message on a Blu-Ray display | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Benedict Arnold's offense | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Practice witchcraft on | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Birthstone after opal | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Filled with activity | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Mushroom often added to cream sauces | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Inherently | 5 |
| 15D | 17. In the air | 5 |
| 16D | 18. ___ Gala | 3 |
| 17D | 19. Way off in the distance | 4 |
| 18D | 20. Classical Greek precinct with a noted oracle | 6 |
| 19D | 23. Imagine | 7 |
| 20D | 29. Randall who created the webcomic "xkcd" | 6 |
| 21D | 31. Sharpen | 4 |
| 22D | 32. ___-Magnon | 3 |
| 23D | 33. Apt name of 12 popes | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Felt someone's pain | 10 |
| 25D | 38. Prank of doorbell ringing and running | 13 |
| 26D | 40. Gradually entering, as a hot tub | 10 |
| 27D | 41. Modern social media craze | 11 |
| 28D | 43. Melodic way of speaking | 13 |
| 29D | 44. Turn off | 8 |
| 30D | 45. Less laissez-faire | 8 |
| 31D | 46. Cutter with teeth | 3 |
| 32D | 47. Make an enemy of | 8 |
| 33D | 48. Identifies digitally? | 8 |
| 34D | 49. Part of the Horn of Africa | 7 |
| 35D | 50. Perfect condition | 11 |
| 36D | 52. Throw out | 7 |
| 37D | 54. Leaf-turning mo. | 3 |
| 38D | 56. Put in stitches | 5 |
| 39D | 58. Subject of an R.S.V.P. | 5 |
| 40D | 61. Tiny amount | 3 |
| 41D | 63. "Absolutely!" | 3 |
| 42D | 69. Tough H.S. classes | 3 |
| 43D | 73. Hosp. surgical sites | 3 |
| 44D | 75. "You've gotta be kidding!" | 6 |
| 45D | 78. Swan song | 7 |
| 46D | 80. Mononymous singer who popularized "New Celtic" music | 4 |
| 47D | 83. "Baloney!" | 4 |
| 48D | 85. Birth name of Che Guevara | 7 |
| 49D | 87. Computer addresses, for short | 3 |
| 50D | 88. Light bulb measure | 7 |
| 51D | 90. Swirling currents | 6 |
| 52D | 92. Intelligent sea mammal | 7 |
| 53D | 93. Composer of the "Raindrop" prelude | 6 |
| 54D | 94. How china is often sold | 6 |
| 55D | 95. Short adventure tales | 6 |
| 56D | 96. Barely manages to get through | 6 |
| 57D | 97. Goes up against | 5 |
| 58D | 98. Beast domesticated by the Incas | 5 |
| 59D | 99. Longtime TV personality Regis | 7 |
| 60D | 100. Tomato product | 5 |
| 61D | 101. Culture medium | 4 |
| 62D | 102. Country singer Loretta | 4 |
| 63D | 104. "Survivor" group | 5 |
| 64D | 107. Greek letter that resembles an "I" atop an "O," as seen eight times in this puzzle | 3 |
| 65D | 110. Jerk | 3 |
| 66D | 112. Period in the periodic table | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Take to the cleaners"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIPOFF
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2D: "2. Class with frogs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
- Similar words include: class Amphibia
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AMPHIBIA
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3D: "3. Dressy clothes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FINERY
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4D: "4. Point of view"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- Similar words include: tip, lean, weight
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGLE
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5D: "5. Filing pro"
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: certified public accountant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPA
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6D: "6. Roman emperor with a namesake wall"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that roman emperor who was the adoptive son of trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to britain in 122 he ordered the construction of hadrian's wall (76-138)
- Similar words include: Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Adrian
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HADRIAN
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7D: "7. Hits Ctrl+Z to fix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- Similar words include: loosen, unmake, untie
- Opposite of: wrap, make
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Answer: UNDOES
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8D: "8. Error message on a Blu-Ray display"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NODISC
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9D: "9. Benedict Arnold's offense"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a crime that undermines the offender's government
- Similar words include: subversiveness, betrayal, high treason
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TREASON
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10D: "10. Practice witchcraft on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an evil spell
- Similar words include: bewitch, enchant, jinx
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEX
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11D: "11. Birthstone after opal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a yellow quartz
- Similar words include: common topaz, tan, false topaz
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOPAZ
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12D: "12. Filled with activity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that noisy like the sound of a bee
- Similar words include: buzzing
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABUZZ
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13D: "13. Mushroom often added to cream sauces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various edible mushrooms of the genus morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOREL
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14D: "14. Inherently"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PERSE
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15D: "17. In the air"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALOFT
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16D: "18. ___ Gala"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come together
- Similar words include: match, get together, come across
- Opposite of: diverge
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Answer: MET
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17D: "19. Way off in the distance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFAR
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18D: "20. Classical Greek precinct with a noted oracle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient greek city on the slopes of mount parnassus; site of the oracle of delphi
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DELPHI
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19D: "23. Imagine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- Similar words include: figure, render, exposure
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PICTURE
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20D: "29. Randall who created the webcomic "xkcd""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MUNROE
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21D: "31. Sharpen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- Similar words include: perfect
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HONE
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22D: "32. ___-Magnon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
- Similar words include: scope, oscilloscope, cathode-ray oscilloscope
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CRO
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23D: "33. Apt name of 12 popes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PIUS
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24D: "36. Felt someone's pain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be understanding of
- Similar words include: empathise, sympathise, sympathize
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: EMPATHIZED
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25D: "38. Prank of doorbell ringing and running"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: DINGDONGDITCH
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26D: "40. Gradually entering, as a hot tub"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: EASINGINTO
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27D: "41. Modern social media craze"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TIKTOKDANCE
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28D: "43. Melodic way of speaking"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SINGSONGVOICE
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29D: "44. Turn off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove from customary environment or associations
- Similar words include: disaffect, alienate, alien
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ESTRANGE
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30D: "45. Less laissez-faire"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- Similar words include: stern, strict, rigid
- Opposite of: indulgent
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Answer: STRICTER
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31D: "46. Cutter with teeth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- Similar words include: figure, picture, pick up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAW
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32D: "47. Make an enemy of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- Similar words include: estrange, disaffect, alien
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ALIENATE
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33D: "48. Identifies digitally?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: POINTSAT
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34D: "49. Part of the Horn of Africa"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in extreme eastern africa on the somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SOMALIA
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35D: "50. Perfect condition"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TIPTOPSHAPE
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36D: "52. Throw out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything that is cast aside or discarded
- Similar words include: throwing away, toss away, chuck out
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DISCARD
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37D: "54. Leaf-turning mo."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following august and preceding october
- Similar words include: Sept, September
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEP
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38D: "56. Put in stitches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: sew, stitched, stitch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEWED
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39D: "58. Subject of an R.S.V.P."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization to gain political power
- Similar words include: company, political party
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PARTY
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40D: "61. Tiny amount"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slight amount or degree of difference
- Similar words include: shade
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAD
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41D: "63. "Absolutely!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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42D: "69. Tough H.S. classes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APS
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43D: "73. Hosp. surgical sites"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Similar words include: Beaver State, operating room, operating theater
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORS
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44D: "75. "You've gotta be kidding!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHEESH
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45D: "78. Swan song"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LASTACT
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46D: "80. Mononymous singer who popularized "New Celtic" music"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENYA
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47D: "83. "Baloney!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PISH
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48D: "85. Birth name of Che Guevara"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ERNESTO
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49D: "87. Computer addresses, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
- Similar words include: informatics, information science, IP
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IPS
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50D: "88. Light bulb measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the product of voltage and current
- Similar words include: electrical power, electric power
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WATTAGE
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51D: "90. Swirling currents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- Similar words include: whirl, swirl, purl
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EDDIES
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52D: "92. Intelligent sea mammal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around hawaii)
- Similar words include: dolphinfish, mahimahi
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DOLPHIN
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53D: "93. Composer of the "Raindrop" prelude"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the music of chopin
- Similar words include: Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, Kate Chopin, Frederic Francois Chopin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CHOPIN
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54D: "94. How china is often sold"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASASET
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55D: "95. Short adventure tales"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CONTES
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56D: "96. Barely manages to get through"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EKESBY
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57D: "97. Goes up against"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- Similar words include: boldness, side, present
- Opposite of: back, avoid
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Answer: FACES
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58D: "98. Beast domesticated by the Incas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LLAMA
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59D: "99. Longtime TV personality Regis"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PHILBIN
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60D: "100. Tomato product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- Similar words include: library paste, spread, glue
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PASTE
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61D: "101. Culture medium"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- Similar words include: agar-agar, nutrient agar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGAR
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62D: "102. Country singer Loretta"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYNN
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63D: "104. "Survivor" group"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- Similar words include: folk, kindred, kin group
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIBE
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64D: "107. Greek letter that resembles an "I" atop an "O," as seen eight times in this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHI
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65D: "110. Jerk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: buttocks, nates, butt
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASS
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66D: "112. Period in the periodic table"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- Similar words include: words, course, dustup
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROW
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74 Across Clues
66 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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