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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: Medium
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Many web banners | 3 |
| 2A | 4. DNA sample implement | 4 |
| 3A | 8. Grp. that regulates streams | 3 |
| 4A | 11. Vape alternative | 3 |
| 5A | 14. Apple tablet | 4 |
| 6A | 18. It might hang during the summer | 8 |
| 7A | 20. "Me, that's ___!" | 3 |
| 8A | 21. "Well, lah-di-dah!" | 3 |
| 9A | 22. Rural skyline feature | 4 |
| 10A | 23. U.F.C. fighter | 12 |
| 11A | 25. Where many large cutlets are seen | 8 |
| 12A | 27. A, as in aviating? | 4 |
| 13A | 28. "Little piggies" | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Dadaism, it's said | 7 |
| 15A | 31. Naught | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Wild cats | 21 |
| 17A | 36. Animated figure | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Extraterrestrial British TV villain that debuted in 1963 | 5 |
| 19A | 38. Laura seen in "Big Little Lies" | 4 |
| 20A | 39. King ___ | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Greatly admires | 7 |
| 22A | 42. Table salt, in a lab | 4 |
| 23A | 44. Fan's buzz | 5 |
| 24A | 46. Restaurant prearrangement, in brief | 3 |
| 25A | 47. "What's the ___?" | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Gaping gap | 5 |
| 27A | 52. Replay reviewer | 3 |
| 28A | 53. Days in Spain | 4 |
| 29A | 55. A string player plays the strings with it | 3 |
| 30A | 58. Try intermittent fasting, perhaps | 4 |
| 31A | 60. P.G.A. peg | 3 |
| 32A | 61. Tiler's measurement | 4 |
| 33A | 63. "The Daily" publisher: Abbr. | 3 |
| 34A | 64. Large summer delivery, in past times / N.F.L. linemen, at times | 17 |
| 35A | 66. Reddish-purple vegetable | 4 |
| 36A | 67. Instagram update | 4 |
| 37A | 68. Situps tighten them | 3 |
| 38A | 69. Lifeguard's tubeful / Baby gift bearing the alphabet, maybe | 17 |
| 39A | 70. Game entry | 4 |
| 40A | 71. Web page | 4 |
| 41A | 72. ___ Turner, antislavery rebel | 3 |
| 42A | 73. Dad, in a euphemism / Naval barrier preventing entering and leaving | 17 |
| 43A | 74. Jaunty greeting | 4 |
| 44A | 75. Big name in deep-dish pizza | 3 |
| 45A | 76. Letterman rival | 4 |
| 46A | 77. Refusals | 3 |
| 47A | 78. The Almighty | 4 |
| 48A | 80. Junkyard guardian's warning | 3 |
| 49A | 81. In itself | 5 |
| 50A | 83. Tanner's letters | 3 |
| 51A | 85. Newsstand item, in brief | 3 |
| 52A | 86. East Asian fiddles | 5 |
| 53A | 88. Numbskull, in Yiddish | 4 |
| 54A | 90. "Ha! My statement wasn't really true — sue me!" | 7 |
| 55A | 94. Get ad-libby-dibby while singy-ingy-inging? | 4 |
| 56A | 95. Apr. 15 experts | 4 |
| 57A | 97. Barely visible, as a star? | 5 |
| 58A | 98. Eagle's grabber | 4 |
| 59A | 99. Chic venue that features great bands | 21 |
| 60A | 107. Hesitant reply | 3 |
| 61A | 108. 2015 thriller starring Emily Blunt as an F.B.I. agent | 7 |
| 62A | 109. Midsummer babies | 4 |
| 63A | 110. "___ framed!" | 4 |
| 64A | 111. They're frequently bcced | 8 |
| 65A | 113. Ensure that a task is finished ... and a hint that might help with finishing this puzzle | 12 |
| 66A | 116. Rx quantity | 4 |
| 67A | 117. Theater hit's inits. | 3 |
| 68A | 118. Babysitter's bane | 3 |
| 69A | 119. Gnawable, wearable items that might help with A.D.H.D. | 8 |
| 70A | 120. Baa-baa mamas | 4 |
| 71A | 121. QB's highlights | 3 |
| 72A | 122. Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival | 3 |
| 73A | 123. Gas giant? | 4 |
| 74A | 124. Girl in the fam | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Many web banners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: ad, advertizement, advertisement
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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2A: "4. DNA sample implement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- Similar words include: swob, dab, mop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAB
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3A: "8. Grp. that regulates streams"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
- Similar words include: Federal Communications Commission
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FCC
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4A: "11. Vape alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CIG
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5A: "14. Apple tablet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPAD
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6A: "18. It might hang during the summer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
- Similar words include: parasol, sunblind, awning
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SUNSHADE
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7A: "20. "Me, that's ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
- Similar words include: World Health Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WHO
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8A: "21. "Well, lah-di-dah!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OHO
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9A: "22. Rural skyline feature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILO
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10A: "23. U.F.C. fighter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: SPACEINVADER
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11A: "25. Where many large cutlets are seen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MEGAMALL
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12A: "27. A, as in aviating?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALFA
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13A: "28. "Little piggies""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
- Similar words include: toe, toenail
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOES
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14A: "29. Dadaism, it's said"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANTIART
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15A: "31. Naught"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: zippo, nada, goose egg
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIL
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16A: "32. Wild cats"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONS
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17A: "36. Animated figure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- Similar words include: animated cartoon, cartoon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOON
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18A: "37. Extraterrestrial British TV villain that debuted in 1963"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DALEK
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19A: "38. Laura seen in "Big Little Lies""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DERN
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20A: "39. King ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that british artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Similar words include: Edward Lear, King Lear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAR
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21A: "40. Greatly admires"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that american silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by longfellow) to warn the colonists in lexington and concord that british troops were coming (1735-1818)
- Similar words include: worship, venerate, Paul Revere
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REVERES
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22A: "42. Table salt, in a lab"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NACL
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23A: "44. Fan's buzz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sound of something in rapid motion
- Similar words include: purr, whiz, whir
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WHIRR
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24A: "46. Restaurant prearrangement, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
- Similar words include: Ra, re, reticuloendothelial system
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RES
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25A: "47. "What's the ___?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIF
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26A: "49. Gaping gap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep opening in the earth's surface
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHASM
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27A: "52. Replay reviewer"
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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28A: "53. Days in Spain"
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: Bartholomeu Diaz, Diaz, Defense Intelligence Agency
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIAS
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29A: "55. A string player plays the strings with it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- Similar words include: prow, give in, curtain call
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOW
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30A: "58. Try intermittent fasting, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prescribed selection of foods
- Similar words include: dieting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIET
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31A: "60. P.G.A. peg"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: teeing ground, football tee, tee up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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32A: "61. Tiler's measurement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Similar words include: sphere, region, orbit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AREA
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33A: "63. "The Daily" publisher: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NYT
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34A: "64. Large summer delivery, in past times / N.F.L. linemen, at times"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________/________
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Answer: ICEBLOCK/BLOCKERS
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35A: "66. Reddish-purple vegetable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- Similar words include: Beta vulgaris, beetroot, common beet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEET
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36A: "67. Instagram update"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- Similar words include: station, office, Emily Post
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: POST
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37A: "68. Situps tighten them"
Solving Hints:
- 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: ab, type AB, AB
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABS
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38A: "69. Lifeguard's tubeful / Baby gift bearing the alphabet, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________/________
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Answer: SUNBLOCK/BLOCKSET
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39A: "70. Game entry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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40A: "71. Web page"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
- Similar words include: web site, internet site, locate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SITE
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41A: "72. ___ Turner, antislavery rebel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAT
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42A: "73. Dad, in a euphemism / Naval barrier preventing entering and leaving"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________/________
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Answer: OLDBLOCK/BLOCKADE
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43A: "74. Jaunty greeting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HIHO
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44A: "75. Big name in deep-dish pizza"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNO
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45A: "76. Letterman rival"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LENO
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46A: "77. Refusals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- Similar words include: atomic number 102, No, no
- Opposite of: yes
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Answer: NOS
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47A: "78. The Almighty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that terms referring to the judeo-christian god
- Similar words include: Almighty, Creator, Divine
- Opposite of: Lady, noblewoman
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Answer: LORD
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48A: "80. Junkyard guardian's warning"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GRR
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49A: "81. In itself"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PERSE
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50A: "83. Tanner's letters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
- Similar words include: sun protection factor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPF
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51A: "85. Newsstand item, in brief"
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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52A: "86. East Asian fiddles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERHUS
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53A: "88. Numbskull, in Yiddish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YUTZ
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54A: "90. "Ha! My statement wasn't really true — sue me!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SOILIED
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55A: "94. Get ad-libby-dibby while singy-ingy-inging?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Similar words include: run away, run, scat singing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAT
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56A: "95. Apr. 15 experts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
- Similar words include: CPA, certified public accountant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CPAS
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57A: "97. Barely visible, as a star?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DLIST
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58A: "98. Eagle's grabber"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
- Similar words include: nipper, chela, hook
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLAW
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59A: "99. Chic venue that features great bands"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: ROCKANDROLLHALLOFFAME
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60A: "107. Hesitant reply"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EHH
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61A: "108. 2015 thriller starring Emily Blunt as an F.B.I. agent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SICARIO
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62A: "109. Midsummer babies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Similar words include: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEOS
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63A: "110. "___ framed!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IWAS
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64A: "111. They're frequently bcced"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AWAYTEAM
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65A: "113. Ensure that a task is finished ... and a hint that might help with finishing this puzzle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: CLOSETHELOOP
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66A: "116. Rx quantity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
- Similar words include: Venus's curse, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, window pane
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOSE
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67A: "117. Theater hit's inits."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRO
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68A: "118. Babysitter's bane"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Similar words include: elf, pixie, pixy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMP
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69A: "119. Gnawable, wearable items that might help with A.D.H.D."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CHEWELRY
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70A: "120. Baa-baa mamas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Similar words include: Ewe, ewe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWES
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71A: "121. QB's highlights"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TDS
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72A: "122. Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TET
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73A: "123. Gas giant?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english pianist (1890-1965)
- Similar words include: Walter Hess, Dame Myra Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HESS
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74A: "124. Girl in the fam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
- Similar words include: International System, silicon, atomic number 14
- Opposite of: brother
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Answer: SIS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Purity analysis | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Kids' play set brand | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Messy mix-up | 5 |
| 4D | 4. ___/her | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Pass the time until | 7 |
| 6D | 6. "Meek" in "Blessed are the meek," e.g. | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Slant made with a table saw | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Abbr. starting an email header | 3 |
| 9D | 9. His first star turn was in the 1995 film "Devil in a Blue Dress" | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Less freshly funny | 7 |
| 11D | 11. "Peanuts," e.g. | 5 |
| 12D | 12. "They say ..." | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Begin using sustainable alternatives | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Ending with material | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Instrument with keys | 5 |
| 16D | 16. Daring bet | 5 |
| 17D | 17. Barbies, e.g. | 5 |
| 18D | 19. Disperse, as seeds | 7 |
| 19D | 24. The Beatles' "Please Please Me" and "A Hard Day's Night," e.g. | 6 |
| 20D | 26. Draw in | 7 |
| 21D | 30. Audibly expressed dismay | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Squirrel away | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Sat ___ (Brit's GPS) | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Length equaling 25.4 millimeters | 4 |
| 25D | 39. Bic filler | 9 |
| 26D | 40. Travelers' cases | 9 |
| 27D | 41. Leafy dish served with an entree | 9 |
| 28D | 43. Arsenic's realm, in years past | 9 |
| 29D | 44. Finalizes | 7 |
| 30D | 45. Leading lady's part | 7 |
| 31D | 46. Luxury sunglasses | 7 |
| 32D | 48. Dalmatian in a red hat, maybe | 7 |
| 33D | 50. Transparent, in brief | 7 |
| 34D | 51. Falling stars | 7 |
| 35D | 54. Just silly | 5 |
| 36D | 55. Plains animal in a herd | 5 |
| 37D | 56. Prefix meaning "eye" | 5 |
| 38D | 57. Meanders | 5 |
| 39D | 59. Fruity-smelling perfume ingredient | 5 |
| 40D | 62. Had a fast break? | 3 |
| 41D | 65. ◼️◼️◼️ | 15 |
| 42D | 66. "___, humbug!" | 3 |
| 43D | 76. Admit, in a way | 7 |
| 44D | 79. Late-evening beverage request | 5 |
| 45D | 82. Use a straw | 4 |
| 46D | 84. Travel guide writer Eugene | 5 |
| 47D | 85. Lithium, magnesium and aluminum | 6 |
| 48D | 87. Unedited data set, say | 7 |
| 49D | 89. Maximally weird-yet-delightful | 7 |
| 50D | 91. Against the law | 7 |
| 51D | 92. Reply feigning guiltlessness | 7 |
| 52D | 93. Kinda | 3 |
| 53D | 94. Wades in puddles, say | 7 |
| 54D | 96. Digital S.L.R. insert | 6 |
| 55D | 98. Dress | 6 |
| 56D | 99. English writer with an apt surname | 5 |
| 57D | 100. "Gee whillikers!" | 5 |
| 58D | 101. Pursue | 5 |
| 59D | 102. Fidel ___, Philippine president in the 1990s | 5 |
| 60D | 103. Parasite | 5 |
| 61D | 104. Military deserters, in brief | 5 |
| 62D | 105. Native New Zealander's language | 5 |
| 63D | 106. Best Play and Best Upset | 5 |
| 64D | 112. "Affirmative!" | 3 |
| 65D | 114. Sign up, with "in" | 3 |
| 66D | 115. Disgusted squeals | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Purity analysis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an appraisal of the state of affairs
- Similar words include: try, attempt, seek
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASSAY
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2D: "2. Kids' play set brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DUPLO
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3D: "3. Messy mix-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
- Similar words include: fucked-up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAFU
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4D: "4. ___/her"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SHE
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5D: "5. Pass the time until"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WAITFOR
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6D: "6. "Meek" in "Blessed are the meek," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adjective used as a noun
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADNOUN
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7D: "7. Slant made with a table saw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- Similar words include: cant, chamfer, bevel square
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEVEL
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8D: "8. Abbr. starting an email header"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FWD
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9D: "9. His first star turn was in the 1995 film "Devil in a Blue Dress""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CHEADLE
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10D: "10. Less freshly funny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
- Similar words include: platitudinous, platitudinal, corny
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CORNIER
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11D: "11. "Peanuts," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
- Similar words include: laughable, comedian, comical
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COMIC
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12D: "12. "They say ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IHEARD
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13D: "13. Begin using sustainable alternatives"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GOGREEN
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14D: "14. Ending with material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- Similar words include: philosophical system, philosophy, doctrine
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISM
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15D: "15. Instrument with keys"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
- Similar words include: pianoforte, forte-piano, softly
- Opposite of: forte
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Answer: PIANO
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16D: "16. Daring bet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLIN
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17D: "17. Barbies, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small replica of a person; used as a toy
- Similar words include: skirt, chick, doll
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOLLS
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18D: "19. Disperse, as seeds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a haphazard distribution in all directions
- Similar words include: dissipate, scattering, disperse
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SCATTER
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19D: "24. The Beatles' "Please Please Me" and "A Hard Day's Night," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- Similar words include: digression, excursus, aside
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASIDES
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20D: "26. Draw in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- Similar words include: appeal, pull, pull in
- Opposite of: repel
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Answer: ATTRACT
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21D: "30. Audibly expressed dismay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tsk, tut, tut-tut
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TSKED
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22D: "33. Squirrel away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a secret store of valuables or money
- Similar words include: lay away, roll up, collect
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOARD
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23D: "34. Sat ___ (Brit's GPS)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAV
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24D: "35. Length equaling 25.4 millimeters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- Similar words include: column inch, edge, in
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INCH
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25D: "39. Bic filler"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LIFESTORY
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26D: "40. Travelers' cases"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RESTSTOPS
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27D: "41. Leafy dish served with an entree"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SIDESALAD
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28D: "43. Arsenic's realm, in years past"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LATENIGHT
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29D: "44. Finalizes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WRAPSUP
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30D: "45. Leading lady's part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the main good female character in a work of fiction
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HEROINE
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31D: "46. Luxury sunglasses"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RAYBANS
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32D: "48. Dalmatian in a red hat, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- Similar words include: dog, dog-iron, andiron
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FIREDOG
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33D: "50. Transparent, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEETHRU
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34D: "51. Falling stars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
- Similar words include: meteor, meteoroid, shooting star
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: METEORS
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35D: "54. Just silly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that devoid of intelligence
- Similar words include: fatuous, vacuous, mindless
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INANE
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36D: "55. Plains animal in a herd"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BISON
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37D: "56. Prefix meaning "eye""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OCULO
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38D: "57. Meanders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that direct one's course or way
- Similar words include: wend
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WENDS
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39D: "59. Fruity-smelling perfume ingredient"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESTER
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40D: "62. Had a fast break?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: deplete, exhaust, eat on
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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41D: "65. ◼️◼️◼️"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: BLOCKBLOCKBLOCK
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42D: "66. "___, humbug!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAH
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43D: "76. Admit, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LETPAST
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44D: "79. Late-evening beverage request"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that coffee with the caffeine removed
- Similar words include: decaffeinated coffee
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DECAF
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45D: "82. Use a straw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of sucking
- Similar words include: sucking, nurse, sop up
- Opposite of: bottlefeed
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Answer: SUCK
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46D: "84. Travel guide writer Eugene"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FODOR
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47D: "85. Lithium, magnesium and aluminum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- Similar words include: metal, metallic element, alloy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: METALS
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48D: "87. Unedited data set, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RAWFILE
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49D: "89. Maximally weird-yet-delightful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ludicrous, foolish
- Similar words include: cockamamie, clownish, sappy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ZANIEST
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50D: "91. Against the law"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
- Similar words include: illegitimate, unlawful, outlaw
- Opposite of: licit
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Answer: ILLICIT
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51D: "92. Reply feigning guiltlessness"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LILOLME
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52D: "93. Kinda"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISH
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53D: "94. Wades in puddles, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make a splashing sound
- Similar words include: slosh around, squish, slop
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SLOSHES
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54D: "96. Digital S.L.R. insert"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SDCARD
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55D: "98. Dress"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide with clothes or put clothes on
- Similar words include: raiment, dress, adorn
- Opposite of: undress
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Answer: CLOTHE
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56D: "99. English writer with an apt surname"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: READE
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57D: "100. "Gee whillikers!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OHWOW
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58D: "101. Pursue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
- Similar words include: go after, following, trail
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHASE
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59D: "102. Fidel ___, Philippine president in the 1990s"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAMOS
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60D: "103. Parasite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- Similar words include: sponger, phlebotomize, sponge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEECH
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61D: "104. Military deserters, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who is away or absent without leave
- Similar words include: AWOL
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AWOLS
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62D: "105. Native New Zealander's language"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ethnic minority of polynesian and melanesian descent who speak maori and live in new zealand
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAORI
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63D: "106. Best Play and Best Upset"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: spy, descry, espy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESPYS
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64D: "112. "Affirmative!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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65D: "114. Sign up, with "in""
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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66D: "115. Disgusted squeals"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum
- Similar words include: electronic warfare, EW
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EWS
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74 Across Clues
66 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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