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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (56 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (78 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. Many a listing on the Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| 2A | 7. High noon face-offs | 5 |
| 3A | 12. Sonata maker | 7 |
| 4A | 19. Backup squads | 6 |
| 5A | 20. Asian rice porridge | 6 |
| 6A | 21. Measure of high resistance | 7 |
| 7A | 22. 10th grader critiques swanky boutique? | 21 |
| 8A | 25. When doubled, a cry of approval | 4 |
| 9A | 26. Souvenirs fired from hand-held cannons | 4 |
| 10A | 27. Pep rally yells | 4 |
| 11A | 28. Inquires | 4 |
| 12A | 29. "Hoo mama, that's hot!" | 5 |
| 13A | 31. Singer Lovato | 4 |
| 14A | 32. Wrestling move named after a pesticide | 3 |
| 15A | 34. Why Keanu is such a generous tipper? | 20 |
| 16A | 42. Revenue-raising legislation | 6 |
| 17A | 43. The "Y" of Y.S.L. | 4 |
| 18A | 44. Bad thing to bring to bed, it's said | 5 |
| 19A | 45. Rapper Kool Moe ___ | 3 |
| 20A | 46. Bone doc | 5 |
| 21A | 47. Heartburn | 5 |
| 22A | 49. Make out | 7 |
| 23A | 51. Needle holder | 3 |
| 24A | 52. 1960s singer swindles Nashville awards? | 17 |
| 25A | 57. Online euphemism for "killed" used to avoid demonetization | 8 |
| 26A | 59. "See ya!" | 4 |
| 27A | 60. Part between the shoulders | 4 |
| 28A | 61. Well-known song with a trilingual version in English, French and Inuktitut | 7 |
| 29A | 64. Come back in force | 7 |
| 30A | 68. Order to go | 4 |
| 31A | 71. Actress ___ Lee Nolin of "Baywatch" | 4 |
| 32A | 73. "No joke!" | 8 |
| 33A | 77. Scottish cryptid spotted by the French? | 17 |
| 34A | 83. Bad sound from a fan | 3 |
| 35A | 84. Bothered to no end | 7 |
| 36A | 85. Java tea | 5 |
| 37A | 86. Bygone retail giant | 5 |
| 38A | 88. Senatorial greeting | 3 |
| 39A | 89. Bathroom brand | 5 |
| 40A | 91. 1998 tech debut | 4 |
| 41A | 93. Volcanic gems found on every continent | 6 |
| 42A | 94. Harsh taskmaster taken to task? | 20 |
| 43A | 98. Totally played out | 3 |
| 44A | 99. Alien leader? | 4 |
| 45A | 100. "... to hold, as ___, the mirror up to nature": Hamlet | 5 |
| 46A | 101. Spot for a cooling pie | 4 |
| 47A | 104. ¥ | 4 |
| 48A | 105. Opening of le soliloque d'Hamlet | 4 |
| 49A | 107. Innocent sort | 4 |
| 50A | 110. What a modest play has in common with the answer to each italicized clue? | 21 |
| 51A | 116. Appropriately misspelled genre for Korn and Limp Bizkit | 7 |
| 52A | 117. "Woo-hoo!" | 6 |
| 53A | 118. Kid-friendly rocker? | 6 |
| 54A | 119. "Oh, please" | 7 |
| 55A | 120. Pub quaff | 5 |
| 56A | 121. "Moving right along ..." | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Many a listing on the Billboard Hot 100"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: POPHIT
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2A: "7. High noon face-offs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
- Similar words include: affaire d'honneur, duel
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DUELS
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3A: "12. Sonata maker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HYUNDAI
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4A: "19. Backup squads"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BTEAMS
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5A: "20. Asian rice porridge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
- Similar words include: conge, jook
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CONGEE
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6A: "21. Measure of high resistance"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MEGAOHM
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7A: "22. 10th grader critiques swanky boutique?"
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- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: SOPHPOOHPOOHSPOSHSHOP
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8A: "25. When doubled, a cry of approval"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- Similar words include: get word, find out, see
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HEAR
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9A: "26. Souvenirs fired from hand-held cannons"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: golf tee, football tee, teeing ground
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEES
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10A: "27. Pep rally yells"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAHS
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11A: "28. Inquires"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inquire about
- Similar words include: expect, enquire, take
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: ASKS
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12A: "29. "Hoo mama, that's hot!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YOWIE
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13A: "31. Singer Lovato"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEMI
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14A: "32. Wrestling move named after a pesticide"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the united states since 1972
- Similar words include: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DDT
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15A: "34. Why Keanu is such a generous tipper?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: REEVESREVERESSERVERS
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16A: "42. Revenue-raising legislation"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TAXACT
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17A: "43. The "Y" of Y.S.L."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YVES
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18A: "44. Bad thing to bring to bed, it's said"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- Similar words include: speech sound, call, earphone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHONE
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19A: "45. Rapper Kool Moe ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEE
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20A: "46. Bone doc"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORTHO
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21A: "47. Heartburn"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGITA
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22A: "49. Make out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that detect with the senses
- Similar words include: recognise, distinguish, make out
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DISCERN
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23A: "51. Needle holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- Similar words include: true fir, fir tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FIR
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24A: "52. 1960s singer swindles Nashville awards?"
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- Pattern: _________________
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Answer: MAMACASSSCAMSCMAS
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25A: "57. Online euphemism for "killed" used to avoid demonetization"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: UNALIVED
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26A: "59. "See ya!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATA
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27A: "60. Part between the shoulders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow way or road
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LANE
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28A: "61. Well-known song with a trilingual version in English, French and Inuktitut"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OCANADA
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29A: "64. Come back in force"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RESURGE
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30A: "68. Order to go"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that drive away by crying `shoo!'
- Similar words include: shoo off, shoo away
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHOO
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31A: "71. Actress ___ Lee Nolin of "Baywatch""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GENA
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32A: "73. "No joke!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TRUEFACT
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33A: "77. Scottish cryptid spotted by the French?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________________
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Answer: NESSIESEENINSEINE
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34A: "83. Bad sound from a fan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- Similar words include: razz, hiss, snort
- Opposite of: applaud
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Answer: BOO
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35A: "84. Bothered to no end"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EATENAT
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36A: "85. Java tea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a superior grade of black tea; grown in india and sri lanka and java
- Similar words include: orange pekoe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEKOE
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37A: "86. Bygone retail giant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KMART
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38A: "88. Senatorial greeting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVE
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39A: "89. Bathroom brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORALB
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40A: "91. 1998 tech debut"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMAC
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41A: "93. Volcanic gems found on every continent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- Similar words include: agate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AGATES
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42A: "94. Harsh taskmaster taken to task?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: DERRIERERIDERDERIDED
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43A: "98. Totally played out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
- Similar words include: previous, quondam, sure-enough
- Opposite of: young, new
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Answer: OLD
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44A: "99. Alien leader?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: XENO
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45A: "100. "... to hold, as ___, the mirror up to nature": Hamlet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TWERE
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46A: "101. Spot for a cooling pie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SILL
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47A: "104. ¥"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in china
- Similar words include: Mongol dynasty, Yuan dynasty, kwai
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YUAN
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48A: "105. Opening of le soliloque d'Hamlet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETRE
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49A: "107. Innocent sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that young sheep
- Similar words include: Charles Lamb, dear, Elia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAMB
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50A: "110. What a modest play has in common with the answer to each italicized clue?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: SMALLCASTOFCHARACTERS
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51A: "116. Appropriately misspelled genre for Korn and Limp Bizkit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NUMETAL
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52A: "117. "Woo-hoo!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HURRAY
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53A: "118. Kid-friendly rocker?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HORSIE
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54A: "119. "Oh, please""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SPAREME
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55A: "120. Pub quaff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
- Similar words include: hardy, stalwart, portly
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOUT
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56A: "121. "Moving right along ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- Similar words include: in any case, at any rate, in any event
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANYHOW
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Network supported by "Viewers Like You" | 3 |
| 2D | 2. "Altho ..." | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Cacio e ___ (Roman pasta dish) | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Nervous agreement | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Make-up artist? | 11 |
| 6D | 6. General with a chicken dish named after him | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Goofball | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Some, in Saltillo | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "S.N.L." alum Nwodim | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Tom ___, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" satirist | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Tahini, essentially | 11 |
| 12D | 12. Certain open enrollment options, for short | 4 |
| 13D | 13. "Roundabout" rock band, 1971 | 3 |
| 14D | 14. "Gross!" | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Onetime stargazer's education channel | 6 |
| 16D | 16. Cries of self-described "idiots" | 4 |
| 17D | 17. "Now I get it" | 4 |
| 18D | 18. Fireball-throwing demons from Doom | 4 |
| 19D | 20. In good spirits | 6 |
| 20D | 23. Name in many skyscrapers | 4 |
| 21D | 24. Jam band with a Ben & Jerry's flavor | 5 |
| 22D | 30. ___ paint (sign tragically noticed after sitting on a park bench) | 3 |
| 23D | 31. End of a redundant legal doublet | 6 |
| 24D | 32. Jorts material | 5 |
| 25D | 33. Kind of code | 5 |
| 26D | 34. ___ to go | 5 |
| 27D | 35. Face in the crowd, say | 5 |
| 28D | 36. Emergency removal, in brief | 4 |
| 29D | 37. Light in the night sky also known as Alpha Lyrae | 4 |
| 30D | 38. Whiskey mixer | 4 |
| 31D | 39. Altitude sickness side effect | 5 |
| 32D | 40. Returned to air, as an old pilot, perhaps | 5 |
| 33D | 41. Have an inkling | 5 |
| 34D | 42. Cousin of tempeh and seitan | 4 |
| 35D | 48. Powerful Romanov | 4 |
| 36D | 50. Viola score symbol | 5 |
| 37D | 53. Actress Gardner | 3 |
| 38D | 54. Chess pieces | 3 |
| 39D | 55. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "Out of sight, out of mind" | 5 |
| 40D | 56. Social class | 5 |
| 41D | 58. Unpacked, say | 5 |
| 42D | 62. "Let's just stay calm" | 11 |
| 43D | 63. 2023 Nobel-winning physicist L'Huillier | 4 |
| 44D | 65. Spoon bender Geller debunked on "The Tonight Show" | 3 |
| 45D | 66. Shout in a slasher film | 3 |
| 46D | 67. Female-friendly fandom event | 11 |
| 47D | 68. Sam who putted croquet style until the U.S.G.A. banned it | 5 |
| 48D | 69. Catapult | 5 |
| 49D | 70. Kitchen brand | 5 |
| 50D | 72. Martial art mastered by Steven Seagal | 6 |
| 51D | 74. Taper | 5 |
| 52D | 75. Empty inside | 5 |
| 53D | 76. Tater ___ | 4 |
| 54D | 78. How sun-dried tomatoes are packed | 5 |
| 55D | 79. Dog-___ | 5 |
| 56D | 80. Dog ___ | 4 |
| 57D | 81. Town, cape or river of western Alaska | 4 |
| 58D | 82. Scorch | 4 |
| 59D | 87. Lunged (for) | 8 |
| 60D | 90. "The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" automaker | 5 |
| 61D | 92. It can carry a tune | 6 |
| 62D | 93. Modern art? | 3 |
| 63D | 95. Word after high or holy | 6 |
| 64D | 96. Fast-food chain whose name has two hyphens | 6 |
| 65D | 97. Washstand item | 4 |
| 66D | 101. Old Medicare IDs | 4 |
| 67D | 102. Sleepy murmur | 4 |
| 68D | 103. Spiritual teacher in Tibet | 4 |
| 69D | 104. Rory's school on "Gilmore Girls" | 4 |
| 70D | 105. Shade in the desert | 4 |
| 71D | 106. "___ remains to be seen" | 4 |
| 72D | 108. Clubber's tank top material | 4 |
| 73D | 109. Verve | 4 |
| 74D | 111. 4G letters | 3 |
| 75D | 112. QB Ward or Newton | 3 |
| 76D | 113. To's opposite | 3 |
| 77D | 114. Band with the 1980s multi-octave "Take On Me" | 3 |
| 78D | 115. Move the needle? | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Network supported by "Viewers Like You""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a solution containing a phosphate buffer
- Similar words include: Pbit, atomic number 82, phosphate buffer solution
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PBS
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2D: "2. "Altho ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOH
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3D: "3. Cacio e ___ (Roman pasta dish)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEPE
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4D: "4. Nervous agreement"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HAHAYEAH
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5D: "5. Make-up artist?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: IMPROVCOMIC
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6D: "6. General with a chicken dish named after him"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSO
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7D: "7. Goofball"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that street names for marijuana
- Similar words include: cola, pinhead, low-down
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOPE
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8D: "8. Some, in Saltillo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UNOS
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9D: "9. "S.N.L." alum Nwodim"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: egotism, self, self-importance
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EGO
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10D: "10. Tom ___, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" satirist"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEHRER
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11D: "11. Tahini, essentially"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SESAMEPASTE
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12D: "12. Certain open enrollment options, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
- Similar words include: health maintenance organization, HMO
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HMOS
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13D: "13. "Roundabout" rock band, 1971"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an affirmative
- Opposite of: no
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YES
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14D: "14. "Gross!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UGH
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15D: "15. Onetime stargazer's education channel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NASATV
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16D: "16. Cries of self-described "idiots""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- Similar words include: doh, do, ut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOHS
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17D: "17. "Now I get it""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHOK
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18D: "18. Fireball-throwing demons from Doom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Similar words include: elf, scamp, brownie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMPS
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19D: "20. In good spirits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- Similar words include: gay, sunny
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CHEERY
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20D: "23. Name in many skyscrapers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
- Similar words include: Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTIS
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21D: "24. Jam band with a Ben & Jerry's flavor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHISH
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22D: "30. ___ paint (sign tragically noticed after sitting on a park bench)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wetness caused by water
- Similar words include: loaded, stiff, soused
- Opposite of: dry
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Answer: WET
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23D: "31. End of a redundant legal doublet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that choose not to consume
- Similar words include: abstain, refrain
- Opposite of: consume
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Answer: DESIST
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24D: "32. Jorts material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- Similar words include: blue jean, dungaree, jean
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DENIM
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25D: "33. Kind of code"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- Similar words include: clip, coiffure, do
- Opposite of: undress
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Answer: DRESS
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26D: "34. ___ to go"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RARIN
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27D: "35. Face in the crowd, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a minor actor in crowd scenes
- Similar words include: superfluous, additional, spear carrier
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EXTRA
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28D: "36. Emergency removal, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVAC
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29D: "37. Light in the night sky also known as Alpha Lyrae"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prolific spanish playwright (1562-1635)
- Similar words include: Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Lope de Vega
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VEGA
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30D: "38. Whiskey mixer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Similar words include: sal soda, pop, washing soda
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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31D: "39. Altitude sickness side effect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- Similar words include: hydrops, dropsy, oedema
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDEMA
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32D: "40. Returned to air, as an old pilot, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that broadcast again, as of a film
- Similar words include: rebroadcast, rerun
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RERAN
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33D: "41. Have an inkling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: signified, horse sense, sensation
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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34D: "42. Cousin of tempeh and seitan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
- Similar words include: bean curd
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOFU
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35D: "48. Powerful Romanov"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: tzar, czar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSAR
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36D: "50. Viola score symbol"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CCLEF
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37D: "53. Actress Gardner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVA
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38D: "54. Chess pieces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the force of workers available
- Similar words include: man, humanity, military personnel
- Opposite of: civilian, woman
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Answer: MEN
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39D: "55. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "Out of sight, out of mind""
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: saw, proverb, byword
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADAGE
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40D: "56. Social class"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that social status or position conferred by a system based on class
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CASTE
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41D: "58. Unpacked, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that grant freedom to; free from confinement
- Similar words include: slack, easy, unloose
- Opposite of: tight, compact
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Answer: LOOSE
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42D: "62. "Let's just stay calm""
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DEEPBREATHS
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43D: "63. 2023 Nobel-winning physicist L'Huillier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANNE
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44D: "65. Spoon bender Geller debunked on "The Tonight Show""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: URI
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45D: "66. Shout in a slasher film"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- Similar words include: draw, consort, discharge
- Opposite of: malfunction, idle
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Answer: RUN
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46D: "67. Female-friendly fandom event"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: GEEKGIRLCON
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47D: "68. Sam who putted croquet style until the U.S.G.A. banned it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
- Similar words include: Sam Snead, Samuel Jackson Snead
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNEAD
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48D: "69. Catapult"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- Similar words include: surge, warp, buckle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEAVE
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49D: "70. Kitchen brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSTER
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50D: "72. Martial art mastered by Steven Seagal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AIKIDO
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51D: "74. Taper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make less active or intense
- Similar words include: slack, slack off, slake
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABATE
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52D: "75. Empty inside"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that remove the core or center from
- Similar words include: core
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CORED
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53D: "76. Tater ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
- Similar words include: total, tot up, add
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOTS
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54D: "78. How sun-dried tomatoes are packed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INOIL
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55D: "79. Dog-___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; -clifton fadiman
- Similar words include: dog-eared
- Opposite of: earless
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Answer: EARED
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56D: "80. Dog ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: genius, ace, asterisk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAR
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57D: "81. Town, cape or river of western Alaska"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a town in western alaska on the southern coast of the seward peninsula; an important center of an alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOME
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58D: "82. Scorch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make very hot and dry
- Similar words include: char, sere, shrivelled
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAR
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59D: "87. Lunged (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MADEATRY
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60D: "90. "The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" automaker"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEXUS
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61D: "92. It can carry a tune"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CDTRAY
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62D: "93. Modern art?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: equal, comprise, exist
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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63D: "95. Word after high or holy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Similar words include: curler, tumbler pigeon, roll
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ROLLER
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64D: "96. Fast-food chain whose name has two hyphens"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INNOUT
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65D: "97. Washstand item"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
- Similar words include: pitcher
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWER
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66D: "101. Old Medicare IDs"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SSNS
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67D: "102. Sleepy murmur"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMUP
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68D: "103. Spiritual teacher in Tibet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
- Similar words include: genus Lama
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAMA
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69D: "104. Rory's school on "Gilmore Girls""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a university in connecticut
- Similar words include: Elihu Yale, Yale University
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YALE
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70D: "105. Shade in the desert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light brown
- Similar words include: beige
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECRU
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71D: "106. "___ remains to be seen""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAT
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72D: "108. Clubber's tank top material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
- Similar words include: engage, meshwork, net
- Opposite of: disengage
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Answer: MESH
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73D: "109. Verve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
- Similar words include: animation, vivification, invigoration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRIO
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74D: "111. 4G letters"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTE
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75D: "112. QB Ward or Newton"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a river in east central england that flows past cambridge to join the ouse river
- Similar words include: Cam River, River Cam
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAM
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76D: "113. To's opposite"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRO
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77D: "114. Band with the 1980s multi-octave "Take On Me""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHA
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78D: "115. Move the needle?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: tailor, run up, tailor-make
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEW
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56 Across Clues
78 Down Clues
134 Total Clues
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