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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (63 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (77 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. Bit of regal headwear | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Singer Horne | 4 |
| 3A | 11. Develops alopecia | 8 |
| 4A | 19. Total | 6 |
| 5A | 20. 2022 World Series champ | 5 |
| 6A | 22. College town nicknamed "A2" | 8 |
| 7A | 23. Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially? | 12 |
| 8A | 25. Concert lineups | 8 |
| 9A | 26. Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel | 4 |
| 10A | 27. Make a choice | 3 |
| 11A | 28. Trouble | 3 |
| 12A | 30. 1982 film whose name is a security program | 4 |
| 13A | 31. Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably | 4 |
| 14A | 33. Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam? | 15 |
| 15A | 40. Pulsates | 6 |
| 16A | 42. Rock's Plastic ___ Band | 3 |
| 17A | 43. Central parts of planets | 5 |
| 18A | 44. Hairdresser's supply | 3 |
| 19A | 45. Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class | 3 |
| 20A | 46. Soft shots, in tennis | 5 |
| 21A | 48. Meditative chants | 3 |
| 22A | 49. Plant used in pickling | 4 |
| 23A | 50. H.S. exam whose highest score is 36 | 3 |
| 24A | 53. Source of income for a website | 6 |
| 25A | 55. Half of a popular social media app | 3 |
| 26A | 57. Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets | 5 |
| 27A | 58. Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula? | 20 |
| 28A | 63. Affectionate term for una madre | 4 |
| 29A | 64. Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp | 3 |
| 30A | 65. Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue | 3 |
| 31A | 66. "Big" comic protagonist | 4 |
| 32A | 67. "Don't look at me for help" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | 21 |
| 33A | 75. Dove's dwelling | 4 |
| 34A | 76. Wii remote batteries | 3 |
| 35A | 77. Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age" | 3 |
| 36A | 78. Sensation before a migraine, medically | 4 |
| 37A | 79. Gets married while wearing protective gear? | 20 |
| 38A | 85. Quarrels | 5 |
| 39A | 86. Itty-bitty | 3 |
| 40A | 87. Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting" | 6 |
| 41A | 88. "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short | 3 |
| 42A | 89. Best-selling romance author Jimenez | 4 |
| 43A | 90. One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth | 3 |
| 44A | 92. "Shrek!" author William | 5 |
| 45A | 94. Common item at a checkout line, informally | 3 |
| 46A | 96. #1 spot in London? | 3 |
| 47A | 97. Honkers without horns | 5 |
| 48A | 99. It might come with a shell | 3 |
| 49A | 100. Go over again | 6 |
| 50A | 103. List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old? | 15 |
| 51A | 107. Kerfuffle | 4 |
| 52A | 108. Oodles | 4 |
| 53A | 109. Someone who might issue a travel warning? | 3 |
| 54A | 110. "Roger that!" | 3 |
| 55A | 112. Name that means "pink" in Spanish | 4 |
| 56A | 114. Relative of a husky | 8 |
| 57A | 118. Wedding planner's aid? | 12 |
| 58A | 122. "5 stars" | 8 |
| 59A | 123. It might raise a bunch of dough | 5 |
| 60A | 124. Stab of pain | 6 |
| 61A | 125. Values | 8 |
| 62A | 126. Businesses offering mud masks | 4 |
| 63A | 127. Pulls the chain of, so to speak | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Bit of regal headwear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- Similar words include: crown
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DIADEM
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2A: "7. Singer Horne"
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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3A: "11. Develops alopecia"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GOESBALD
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4A: "19. Total"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uncastrated adult male horse
- Similar words include: integral, total, intact
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENTIRE
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5A: "20. 2022 World Series champ"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASTRO
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6A: "22. College town nicknamed "A2""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ANNARBOR
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7A: "23. Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: AFTERMATTHEW
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8A: "25. Concert lineups"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SETLISTS
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9A: "26. Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAH
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10A: "27. Make a choice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that select as an alternative over another
- Similar words include: choose, prefer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPT
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11A: "28. Trouble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that misery resulting from affliction
- Similar words include: woefulness, suffering
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WOE
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12A: "30. 1982 film whose name is a security program"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRON
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13A: "31. Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
- Similar words include: con, mulct, hornswoggle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAM
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14A: "33. Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: REVIEWTHEENGINE
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15A: "40. Pulsates"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep pulsating type of pain
- Similar words include: pounding, throbbing, pulse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THROBS
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16A: "42. Rock's Plastic ___ Band"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Yoko Ono
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONO
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17A: "43. Central parts of planets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
- Similar words include: center, centre, core
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CORES
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18A: "44. Hairdresser's supply"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- Similar words include: dyestuff
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DYE
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19A: "45. Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Similar words include: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DNA
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20A: "46. Soft shots, in tennis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
- Similar words include: drop shot, dink, DINK
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DINKS
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21A: "48. Meditative chants"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OMS
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22A: "49. Plant used in pickling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that aromatic old world herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
- Similar words include: Anethum graveolens, dill weed
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DILL
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23A: "50. H.S. exam whose highest score is 36"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Similar words include: work, play, dissemble
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACT
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24A: "53. Source of income for a website"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADSALE
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25A: "55. Half of a popular social media app"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIK
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26A: "57. Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NANOS
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27A: "58. Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: THESETTLERSOFYUCATAN
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28A: "63. Affectionate term for una madre"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAMI
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29A: "64. Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAA
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30A: "65. Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of address for a married woman
- Similar words include: Mister, Mrs., Mr
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MRS
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31A: "66. "Big" comic protagonist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATE
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32A: "67. "Don't look at me for help" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM
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33A: "75. Dove's dwelling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COTE
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34A: "76. Wii remote batteries"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an associate degree in applied science
- Similar words include: aa, Alcoholics Anonymous, AA
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AAS
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35A: "77. Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SID
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36A: "78. Sensation before a migraine, medically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Similar words include: aureole, air, atmosphere
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AURA
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37A: "79. Gets married while wearing protective gear?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: UNITESINSHININGARMOR
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38A: "85. Quarrels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
- Similar words include: gaiter, clap, bickering
- Opposite of: boo
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Answer: SPATS
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39A: "86. Itty-bitty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short time
- Similar words include: pass water, piss, take a leak
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WEE
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40A: "87. Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BONSAI
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41A: "88. "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
- Similar words include: prostate specific antigen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PSA
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42A: "89. Best-selling romance author Jimenez"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABBY
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43A: "90. One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- Similar words include: run batted in
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RBI
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44A: "92. "Shrek!" author William"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STEIG
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45A: "94. Common item at a checkout line, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- Similar words include: magazine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAG
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46A: "96. #1 spot in London?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a toilet in britain
- Similar words include: W.C., closet, water closet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOO
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47A: "97. Honkers without horns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- Similar words include: jackass, twat, bozo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GEESE
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48A: "99. It might come with a shell"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAR
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49A: "100. Go over again"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that read anew; read again
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REREAD
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50A: "103. List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: TWOANDAHALFMENU
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51A: "107. Kerfuffle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TODO
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52A: "108. Oodles"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large number or amount
- Similar words include: tar, lashings, scores
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOBS
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53A: "109. Someone who might issue a travel warning?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
- Similar words include: referee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REF
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54A: "110. "Roger that!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YEP
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55A: "112. Name that means "pink" in Spanish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
- Similar words include: genus Rosa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSA
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56A: "114. Relative of a husky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that breed of sled dog developed in alaska
- Similar words include: Alaskan malamute, malemute
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MALAMUTE
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57A: "118. Wedding planner's aid?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: VENUEDIAGRAM
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58A: "122. "5 stars""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ILOVEDIT
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59A: "123. It might raise a bunch of dough"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
- Similar words include: barm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YEAST
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60A: "124. Stab of pain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden sharp feeling
- Similar words include: nip, tweet, twitch
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TWINGE
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61A: "125. Values"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- Similar words include: assess, valuate, tax
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ASSESSES
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62A: "126. Businesses offering mud masks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: watering hole, resort hotel, spa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAS
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63A: "127. Pulls the chain of, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- Similar words include: vamp, rally, tantalization
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEASES
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Word on either side of "or no" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Overrun | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Add electronically, in a way | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Like a really big fan | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Go wrong | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?) | 4 |
| 7D | 7. The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks | 5 |
| 8D | 8. "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden") | 3 |
| 9D | 9. High degree | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "Is it time to rethink this relationship?" | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Hilarious thing | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Starters' followers | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Businesses whose employees work standing up | 6 |
| 15D | 15. Carry in | 5 |
| 16D | 16. "Chiseled" features | 3 |
| 17D | 17. Destiny in life | 3 |
| 18D | 18. Hippocratic oath followers, for short | 3 |
| 19D | 21. "Stop! That hurts!" | 4 |
| 20D | 24. Car financing figs. | 4 |
| 21D | 29. List shortener | 3 |
| 22D | 32. "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets | 5 |
| 24D | 35. ___ child | 5 |
| 25D | 36. What a bad student might play | 5 |
| 26D | 37. Menzel of Broadway | 5 |
| 27D | 38. Guitar string material | 5 |
| 28D | 39. Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash" | 4 |
| 29D | 41. What kitsch exhibits | 8 |
| 30D | 46. ___ Lama | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Part of a bedtime routine | 5 |
| 32D | 49. Healthy, fiber-rich snack | 7 |
| 33D | 50. Where some bills originate | 4 |
| 34D | 51. Former transportation secretary Elaine | 4 |
| 35D | 52. Chinese competitor of Amazon | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Loses freshness | 6 |
| 37D | 56. "In that case ..." | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024 | 4 |
| 39D | 59. Vegas | 7 |
| 40D | 60. Sensation | 5 |
| 41D | 61. Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post | 6 |
| 42D | 62. Hearts or spades, but not diamonds | 8 |
| 43D | 68. ......... | 4 |
| 44D | 69. Classic Orson Welles protagonist | 4 |
| 45D | 70. Ameliorates | 5 |
| 46D | 71. Via | 5 |
| 47D | 72. Feature of undermixed batter | 4 |
| 48D | 73. Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end | 4 |
| 49D | 74. Golden Globe nominee Rooney | 4 |
| 50D | 79. "V," to a violinist | 5 |
| 51D | 80. Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars" | 5 |
| 52D | 81. "If only!" | 5 |
| 53D | 82. Steel girder | 5 |
| 54D | 83. Bête ___ | 5 |
| 55D | 84. Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps | 5 |
| 56D | 85. Pretzel topper | 4 |
| 57D | 90. Trees with heart-shaped leaves | 7 |
| 58D | 91. Creature, cutesily | 7 |
| 59D | 93. Candies that crack with a crunch | 7 |
| 60D | 95. Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded | 7 |
| 61D | 97. Some lawn ornaments | 6 |
| 62D | 98. Part of E.N.T. | 3 |
| 63D | 100. Kicked oneself for | 4 |
| 64D | 101. Prettifies | 6 |
| 65D | 102. 500 mg 2x/day, e.g. | 6 |
| 66D | 104. Source of a natural sweetener | 5 |
| 67D | 105. Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek" | 4 |
| 68D | 106. Russian denials | 5 |
| 69D | 111. The Panthers of the A.C.C. | 4 |
| 70D | 113. Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end | 4 |
| 71D | 114. Not around, informally | 3 |
| 72D | 115. Hirt and Hirschfeld | 3 |
| 73D | 116. Día de ___ Reyes Magos | 3 |
| 74D | 117. They're often depicted with green skin, for short | 3 |
| 75D | 119. Something much needed after an all-nighter | 3 |
| 76D | 120. Today preceder | 3 |
| 77D | 121. Leave speechless | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Word on either side of "or no""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular instance of buying or selling
- Similar words include: batch, peck, hand
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEAL
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2D: "2. Overrun"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that invade in great numbers
- Similar words include: overrun, invade
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INFEST
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3D: "3. Add electronically, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to be attached
- Similar words include: seize, confiscate, bind
- Opposite of: detach
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Answer: ATTACH
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4D: "4. Like a really big fan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who adheres to traditional views
- Similar words include: traditionalist
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DIEHARD
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5D: "5. Go wrong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: slip, drift, mistake
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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6D: "6. Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a written proposal or reminder
- Similar words include: memorandum, memoranda
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEMO
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7D: "7. The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- Similar words include: caffe latte
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LATTE
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8D: "8. "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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9D: "9. High degree"
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- 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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10D: "10. "Is it time to rethink this relationship?""
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AREWEOK
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11D: "11. Hilarious thing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: gun, accelerator pedal, accelerator
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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12D: "12. Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONETERM
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13D: "13. Starters' followers"
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- Think of something that the principal dish of a meal
- Similar words include: access, main course, admittance
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENTREES
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14D: "14. Businesses whose employees work standing up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gallery where works of art can be displayed
- Similar words include: beauty salon, beauty parlour, beauty shop
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALONS
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15D: "15. Carry in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- Similar words include: work, make for, bring in
- Opposite of: take away
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Answer: BRING
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16D: "16. "Chiseled" features"
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- Think of something that any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- Similar words include: Bachelor of Arts, Av, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABS
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17D: "17. Destiny in life"
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- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: batch, peck, circumstances
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOT
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18D: "18. Hippocratic oath followers, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DRS
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19D: "21. "Stop! That hurts!""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OWOW
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20D: "24. Car financing figs."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
- Similar words include: April, Apr
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APRS
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21D: "29. List shortener"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETC
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22D: "32. "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MONAE
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23D: "34. Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets"
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- Think of something that a light semitransparent fabric
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VOILE
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24D: "35. ___ child"
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- Think of something that located inward; - leonard bernstein; - david denby; - a.r.gurney,jr.
- Similar words include: intimate, inside, internal
- Opposite of: outer
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Answer: INNER
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25D: "36. What a bad student might play"
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- Think of something that failure to attend (especially school)
- Similar words include: truancy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOOKY
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26D: "37. Menzel of Broadway"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDINA
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27D: "38. Guitar string material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NYLON
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28D: "39. Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash""
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- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Similar words include: eel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EELS
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29D: "41. What kitsch exhibits"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BADTASTE
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30D: "46. ___ Lama"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DALAI
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31D: "47. Part of a bedtime routine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- Similar words include: tale, storey, account
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STORY
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32D: "49. Healthy, fiber-rich snack"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DATEBAR
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33D: "50. Where some bills originate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: ATM, standard atmosphere, atmosphere
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATMS
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34D: "51. Former transportation secretary Elaine"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHAO
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35D: "52. Chinese competitor of Amazon"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEMU
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36D: "54. Loses freshness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that urinate, of cattle and horses
- Similar words include: stale
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STALES
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37D: "56. "In that case ...""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IFSO
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38D: "57. Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024"
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- Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
- Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATO
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39D: "59. Vegas"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SINCITY
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40D: "60. Sensation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vigorous blow
- Similar words include: ruin, crush, hit
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMASH
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41D: "61. Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of
- Similar words include: unpin
- Opposite of: pin
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Answer: UNPINS
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42D: "62. Hearts or spades, but not diamonds"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CARDGAME
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43D: "68. ........."
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- Think of something that a very small circular shape
- Similar words include: pane, stud, dose
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOTS
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44D: "69. Classic Orson Welles protagonist"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KANE
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45D: "70. Ameliorates"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Similar words include: easiness, simplicity, Emergency Alert System
- Opposite of: difficulty
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Answer: EASES
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46D: "71. Via"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- Similar words include: apply, exploitation, victimisation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USING
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47D: "72. Feature of undermixed batter"
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- Think of something that a compact mass
- Similar words include: hunk, lout, swelling
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUMP
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48D: "73. Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end"
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- Think of something that (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
- Similar words include: sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EROS
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49D: "74. Golden Globe nominee Rooney"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hindu god of death; opposite of kama
- Similar words include: Dolichotis patagonum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARA
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50D: "79. "V," to a violinist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UPBOW
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51D: "80. Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NABOO
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52D: "81. "If only!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IWISH
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53D: "82. Steel girder"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IBEAM
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54D: "83. Bête ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOIRE
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55D: "84. Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AIART
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56D: "85. Pretzel topper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
- Similar words include: common salt, saltiness, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SALT
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57D: "90. Trees with heart-shaped leaves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small shrubby tree of eastern north america similar to the judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood
- Similar words include: Cercis canadensis, redbud
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REDBUDS
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58D: "91. Creature, cutesily"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BEASTIE
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59D: "93. Candies that crack with a crunch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- Similar words include: brittle, toffee, toffy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOFFEES
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60D: "95. Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded"
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- Think of something that a state in southeastern united states; one of the confederate states during the american civil war
- Similar words include: Sakartvelo, GA, Empire State of the South
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GEORGIA
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61D: "97. Some lawn ornaments"
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- Think of something that a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
- Similar words include: dwarf, gnome
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GNOMES
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62D: "98. Part of E.N.T."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Similar words include: capitulum, auricle, pinna
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR
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63D: "100. Kicked oneself for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- Similar words include: repent, regret, rue
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUED
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64D: "101. Prettifies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- Similar words include: beautify, decorate, deck
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADORNS
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65D: "102. 500 mg 2x/day, e.g."
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- Think of something that the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
- Similar words include: dose
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOSAGE
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66D: "104. Source of a natural sweetener"
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- Think of something that tropical american plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
- Similar words include: century plant, American aloe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGAVE
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67D: "105. Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek""
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- Think of something that a charge imposed and collected
- Similar words include: recruit, impose, levy en masse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEVY
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68D: "106. Russian denials"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NYETS
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69D: "111. The Panthers of the A.C.C."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
- Similar words include: Pitt the Elder, George Dibdin-Pitt, Pitt the Younger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PITT
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70D: "113. Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMES
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71D: "114. Not around, informally"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIA
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72D: "115. Hirt and Hirschfeld"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
- Similar words include: AL, Camellia State, Lou Gehrig's disease
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALS
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73D: "116. Día de ___ Reyes Magos"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOS
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74D: "117. They're often depicted with green skin, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETS
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75D: "119. Something much needed after an all-nighter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: sleep, pile, forty winks
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAP
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76D: "120. Today preceder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: United States, Army, US
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USA
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77D: "121. Leave speechless"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
- Similar words include: veneration, reverence, fear
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWE
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63 Across Clues
77 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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