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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (71 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (73 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
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. Letters accompanying applications, for short | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Includes without others knowing, in a way | 4 |
| 3A | 9. "I haven't a clue" | 7 |
| 4A | 16. Plant with an edible inner gel | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Up to snuff | 4 |
| 6A | 18. All over the place | 7 |
| 7A | 19. Drove in an A.T.V., say, informally | 9 |
| 8A | 21. Fighting technique used by [circled letters] (as explained at 76-Across) | 7 |
| 9A | 22. Unreal? | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Verify, as an editor might | 9 |
| 11A | 25. Launch points in disc golf | 7 |
| 12A | 28. "Everything good?," as a cook might ask | 7 |
| 13A | 29. Laptop mode | 5 |
| 14A | 30. Tap products | 4 |
| 15A | 32. ID used for far more than its name suggests | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Do wrong | 3 |
| 17A | 34. They're just one problem after another | 7 |
| 18A | 37. Spanish direction | 4 |
| 19A | 41. Whatchamacallit | 4 |
| 20A | 43. "One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song) | 3 |
| 21A | 44. Belgrade resident | 4 |
| 22A | 47. Word on either side of "to" | 3 |
| 23A | 48. Physician specializing in reproductive health, informally | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Like some flights: Abbr. | 4 |
| 25A | 51. Restrict | 7 |
| 26A | 53. Long, hooded cloak that's also an author's name | 6 |
| 27A | 55. Areas of influence | 7 |
| 28A | 56. Part of many a mailing address, in brief | 5 |
| 29A | 59. White dwarf phenomenon | 4 |
| 30A | 61. ___ so often | 5 |
| 31A | 62. Traps during a storm, perhaps | 6 |
| 32A | 64. Vermont summer hrs. | 3 |
| 33A | 66. Certain natural hairstyle | 4 |
| 34A | 67. "Boy, you're asking too much" ... or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across? | 15 |
| 35A | 71. Popular browser for accessing the dark web | 3 |
| 36A | 72. "Is it OK for us to leave?" | 7 |
| 37A | 73. It's one for the history books | 3 |
| 38A | 76. Annual June 21 celebration of the animal depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters from A to T and back to A | 15 |
| 39A | 81. Japanese audio brand | 4 |
| 40A | 82. Secondary account, in social media slang | 3 |
| 41A | 83. Boundaries | 6 |
| 42A | 84. Be part of, as a film | 5 |
| 43A | 85. "Surprised to see you here!" | 4 |
| 44A | 88. Limber | 5 |
| 45A | 89. Hindu god with an elephant head | 7 |
| 46A | 92. Satchel with a gendered name | 6 |
| 47A | 94. Defeats without difficulty | 7 |
| 48A | 95. "I ___ you!" | 4 |
| 49A | 96. Indian royal | 4 |
| 50A | 100. Certain sib | 3 |
| 51A | 101. M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's | 4 |
| 52A | 103. "Go on, beat it!" | 3 |
| 53A | 104. Pizazz | 4 |
| 54A | 105. "Qué ___ contigo?" ("What's wrong with you?") | 4 |
| 55A | 107. Cancels out | 7 |
| 56A | 110. Common holder of pens | 3 |
| 57A | 111. Mathematical constant equal to two times pi | 3 |
| 58A | 114. Honoré de Balzac's "___ Goriot" | 4 |
| 59A | 115. Give a buzz | 5 |
| 60A | 117. Farm play area | 7 |
| 61A | 119. Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes | 7 |
| 62A | 121. Takes little effort | 9 |
| 63A | 123. Minimally | 4 |
| 64A | 124. Habitat for [circled letters] | 7 |
| 65A | 125. Starchy plant part in Asian cooking | 9 |
| 66A | 129. Something running at a bar | 7 |
| 67A | 130. Fateful day | 4 |
| 68A | 131. Digital know-it-all | 4 |
| 69A | 132. Debuted to stockholders, in Wall St. lingo | 7 |
| 70A | 133. Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize | 4 |
| 71A | 134. Reindeer cousins | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Letters accompanying applications, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RECS
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2A: "5. Includes without others knowing, in a way"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BCCS
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3A: "9. "I haven't a clue""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BEATSME
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4A: "16. Plant with an edible inner gel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOE
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5A: "17. Up to snuff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Similar words include: able-bodied, capable
- Opposite of: unable
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Answer: ABLE
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6A: "18. All over the place"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liable to sudden unpredictable change
- Similar words include: fickle, quicksilver, mercurial
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ERRATIC
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7A: "19. Drove in an A.T.V., say, informally"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OFFROADED
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8A: "21. Fighting technique used by [circled letters] (as explained at 76-Across)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the molding at the top of a column
- Similar words include: hugging, fondling, cuddling
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NECKING
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9A: "22. Unreal?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- Similar words include: falsify, fudge, impostor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FAKE
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10A: "23. Verify, as an editor might"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FACTCHECK
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11A: "25. Launch points in disc golf"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEEPADS
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12A: "28. "Everything good?," as a cook might ask"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TASTEOK
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13A: "29. Laptop mode"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- Similar words include: slumber, log Z's, quietus
- Opposite of: wake
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Answer: SLEEP
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14A: "30. Tap products"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Similar words include: ale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALES
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15A: "32. ID used for far more than its name suggests"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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16A: "33. Do wrong"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: stray, slip, mistake
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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17A: "34. They're just one problem after another"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IQTESTS
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18A: "37. Spanish direction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESTE
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19A: "41. Whatchamacallit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOUN
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20A: "43. "One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: can, Sn, cannister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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21A: "44. Belgrade resident"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a slavic people who settled in serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- Similar words include: Serbian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SERB
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22A: "47. Word on either side of "to""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
- Similar words include: toenail
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOE
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23A: "48. Physician specializing in reproductive health, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GYNO
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24A: "49. Like some flights: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INTL
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25A: "51. Restrict"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TIEDOWN
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26A: "53. Long, hooded cloak that's also an author's name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head
- Similar words include: hooded coat, hooded cloak
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CAPOTE
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27A: "55. Areas of influence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Similar words include: field, sphere of influence, heavens
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SPHERES
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28A: "56. Part of many a mailing address, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POBOX
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29A: "59. White dwarf phenomenon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOVA
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30A: "61. ___ so often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EVERY
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31A: "62. Traps during a storm, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ICESIN
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32A: "64. Vermont summer hrs."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDT
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33A: "66. Certain natural hairstyle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCS
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34A: "67. "Boy, you're asking too much" ... or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: THATSATALLORDER
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35A: "71. Popular browser for accessing the dark web"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOR
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36A: "72. "Is it OK for us to leave?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CANWEGO
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37A: "73. It's one for the history books"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the longest division of geological time
- Similar words include: aeon
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EON
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38A: "76. Annual June 21 celebration of the animal depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters from A to T and back to A"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: WORLDGIRAFFEDAY
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39A: "81. Japanese audio brand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AIWA
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40A: "82. Secondary account, in social media slang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Similar words include: altitude, EL, elevation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALT
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41A: "83. Boundaries"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the greatest possible degree of something
- Similar words include: restrain, circumscribe, determine
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LIMITS
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42A: "84. Be part of, as a film"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACTIN
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43A: "85. "Surprised to see you here!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHHI
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44A: "88. Limber"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moving and bending with ease
- Similar words include: lithesome, lissome, sylphlike
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LITHE
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45A: "89. Hindu god with an elephant head"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles
- Similar words include: Ganapati, Ganesh, Ganesa
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GANESHA
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46A: "92. Satchel with a gendered name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MANBAG
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47A: "94. Defeats without difficulty"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ACESOUT
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48A: "95. "I ___ you!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
- Similar words include: enviousness, begrudge, invidia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENVY
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49A: "96. Indian royal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prince or king in india
- Similar words include: rajah, genus Raja
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAJA
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50A: "100. Certain sib"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
- Similar words include: Si, Systeme International, SI unit
- Opposite of: brother
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Answer: SIS
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51A: "101. M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: METS
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52A: "103. "Go on, beat it!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- Similar words include: rat, stinker, dirty dog
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GIT
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53A: "104. Pizazz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- Similar words include: ardor, flair, zeal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELAN
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54A: "105. "Qué ___ contigo?" ("What's wrong with you?")"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PASA
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55A: "107. Cancels out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be in contradiction with
- Similar words include: negate, neutralize, contradict
- Opposite of: affirm
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Answer: NEGATES
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56A: "110. Common holder of pens"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity that can be held in a mug
- Similar words include: patsy, soft touch, gull
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MUG
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57A: "111. Mathematical constant equal to two times pi"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAU
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58A: "114. Honoré de Balzac's "___ Goriot""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PERE
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59A: "115. Give a buzz"
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: sound, call up, speech sound
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PHONE
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60A: "117. Farm play area"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CORNPIT
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61A: "119. Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SPOONER
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62A: "121. Takes little effort"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: COMESEASY
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63A: "123. Minimally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATAD
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64A: "124. Habitat for [circled letters]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
- Similar words include: savannah
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAVANNA
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65A: "125. Starchy plant part in Asian cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOTUSROOT
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66A: "129. Something running at a bar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OPENTAB
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67A: "130. Fateful day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDES
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68A: "131. Digital know-it-all"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIRI
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69A: "132. Debuted to stockholders, in Wall St. lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WENTIPO
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70A: "133. Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
- Similar words include: John Orley Allen Tate, Allen Tate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATE
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71A: "134. Reindeer cousins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Similar words include: red deer, American elk, Alces alces
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELKS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Big name in the pasta aisle | 3 |
| 2D | 2. One often pictured wearing pointy shoes | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Task for an office gofer, maybe | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Colorful wrap | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Spoke sheepishly? | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Compound found in marijuana, for short | 3 |
| 7D | 7. What sets the tone | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Calms | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Natural predispositions | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Builds | 6 |
| 11D | 11. National park in Utah | 6 |
| 12D | 12. "Here, try a sample" | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Driver's alternative to automatic | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Semiaquatic carnivore | 4 |
| 15D | 15. Med. diagnostic | 3 |
| 16D | 20. Closest living relative of the [circled letters] | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Show groups | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Golfer Yani | 5 |
| 19D | 26. "The Jetsons" son | 5 |
| 20D | 27. Attended, as a lecture | 7 |
| 21D | 31. Temporarily gave | 6 |
| 22D | 35. This goes in one ear | 4 |
| 23D | 36. {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6} | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Offering in lieu of a cash refund, perhaps | 11 |
| 25D | 39. Term for groups of [circled letters] | 6 |
| 26D | 40. Teeny-tiny | 5 |
| 27D | 42. Free | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Sometimes-intentional jeans feature | 3 |
| 29D | 46. Looked upon | 6 |
| 30D | 50. "I want you to be honest ..." | 11 |
| 31D | 52. R&B group Bell Biv ___ | 5 |
| 32D | 54. Follower of "x" or "y" | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Pennsylvania school, for short | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Diez minus dos | 4 |
| 35D | 58. Testify | 11 |
| 36D | 60. Chicago's ___ Planetarium | 5 |
| 37D | 63. Salt's formula | 4 |
| 38D | 65. Threads around a forum? | 4 |
| 39D | 68. "Look at this!" | 4 |
| 40D | 69. Part of WASP | 5 |
| 41D | 70. "HAHAHAHA!" | 4 |
| 42D | 74. Vow | 4 |
| 43D | 75. Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief | 4 |
| 44D | 77. Tot's injuries | 5 |
| 45D | 78. Price for a return, perhaps | 6 |
| 46D | 79. Sneaker brand | 4 |
| 47D | 80. Political exile | 6 |
| 48D | 81. Tree whose leaves are eaten by [circled letters] | 6 |
| 49D | 84. Audibly shocked | 5 |
| 50D | 86. Big garage, essentially | 6 |
| 51D | 87. They're sent after save-the-date cards | 7 |
| 52D | 90. Tone | 3 |
| 53D | 91. Memo abbr. | 4 |
| 54D | 93. Eight bits | 4 |
| 55D | 97. Nutty extract | 9 |
| 56D | 98. French for "yellow" | 5 |
| 57D | 99. Tick off | 5 |
| 58D | 102. Filter option | 5 |
| 59D | 106. Small superhero whose catchphrase starts "Up and at 'em" | 7 |
| 60D | 108. Becomes wild, as a party | 7 |
| 61D | 109. Fur pattern on a [circled letters] | 5 |
| 62D | 112. Self-reflective question | 6 |
| 63D | 113. Start to take off, as a onesie | 6 |
| 64D | 116. Practically speechless? | 6 |
| 65D | 117. Spelling bee? | 5 |
| 66D | 118. Late singer Bryson | 5 |
| 67D | 120. YouTube button with two lines | 5 |
| 68D | 121. Bit of superhero wear | 4 |
| 69D | 122. "Star Wars" character whose species is never named | 4 |
| 70D | 124. "You reap what you ___" | 3 |
| 71D | 126. Holiday whose name means "festival" | 3 |
| 72D | 127. Mork's home planet | 3 |
| 73D | 128. "Indeed" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Big name in the pasta aisle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAO
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2D: "2. One often pictured wearing pointy shoes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Similar words include: pixy, hob, brownie
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELF
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3D: "3. Task for an office gofer, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: COFFEERUN
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4D: "4. Colorful wrap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by mexican men
- Similar words include: sarape
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SERAPE
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5D: "5. Spoke sheepishly?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cry plaintively
- Similar words include: blate, blat, baa
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BAAED
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6D: "6. Compound found in marijuana, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CBD
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7D: "7. What sets the tone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLEF
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8D: "8. Calms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
- Similar words include: tranquillise, tranquillize, calm
- Opposite of: stimulate
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Answer: SEDATES
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9D: "9. Natural predispositions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- Similar words include: bent, set, knack
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BENTS
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10D: "10. Builds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that construct, build, or erect
- Similar words include: put up, set up, raise
- Opposite of: level
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Answer: ERECTS
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11D: "11. National park in Utah"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- Similar words include: curve, archway, arch
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARCHES
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12D: "12. "Here, try a sample""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TAKEONE
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13D: "13. Driver's alternative to automatic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement consisting of a length of wood
- Similar words include: wedge, mystify, pin
- Opposite of: dislodge, move
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Answer: STICK
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14D: "14. Semiaquatic carnivore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the expensive fur of a mink
- Similar words include: mink coat
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MINK
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15D: "15. Med. diagnostic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
- Similar words include: cardiogram, electrocardiogram, EKG
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ECG
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16D: "20. Closest living relative of the [circled letters]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
- Similar words include: Okapia johnstoni
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OKAPI
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17D: "24. Show groups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the actors in a play
- Similar words include: spew, drift, cast of characters
- Opposite of: keep down
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Answer: CASTS
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18D: "25. Golfer Yani"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TSENG
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19D: "26. "The Jetsons" son"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELROY
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20D: "27. Attended, as a lecture"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SATINON
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21D: "31. Temporarily gave"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LENTTO
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22D: "35. This goes in one ear"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: QTIP
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23D: "36. {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6}"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Similar words include: solidifying, place, lay out
- Opposite of: rise
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Answer: SETS
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24D: "38. Offering in lieu of a cash refund, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: STORECREDIT
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25D: "39. Term for groups of [circled letters]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- Similar words include: tower, predominate, loom
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOWERS
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26D: "40. Teeny-tiny"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENSY
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27D: "42. Free"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOCOST
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28D: "45. Sometimes-intentional jeans feature"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
- Similar words include: rake, rive, split
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIP
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29D: "46. Looked upon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that see with attention
- Similar words include: behold, lay eyes on
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BEHELD
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30D: "50. "I want you to be honest ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: LEVELWITHME
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31D: "52. R&B group Bell Biv ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEVOE
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32D: "54. Follower of "x" or "y""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- Similar words include: axis of rotation, axis vertebra, bloc
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXIS
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33D: "56. Pennsylvania school, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
- Similar words include: George Dibdin-Pitt, Second Earl of Chatham, First Earl of Chatham
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PITT
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34D: "57. Diez minus dos"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OCHO
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35D: "58. Testify"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BEARWITNESS
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36D: "60. Chicago's ___ Planetarium"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADLER
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37D: "63. Salt's formula"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NACL
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38D: "65. Threads around a forum?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOGA
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39D: "68. "Look at this!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TADA
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40D: "69. Part of WASP"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGLO
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41D: "70. "HAHAHAHA!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROFL
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42D: "74. Vow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Similar words include: curse, expletive, swearing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OATH
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43D: "75. Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a stock exchange in new york
- Similar words include: N. Y. Stock Exchange, big board, New York Stock Exchange
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NYSE
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44D: "77. Tot's injuries"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OWIES
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45D: "78. Price for a return, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that money demanded for the return of a captured person
- Similar words include: ransom money, redeem
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RANSOM
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46D: "79. Sneaker brand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
- Similar words include: filum, filament
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FILA
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47D: "80. Political exile"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who leaves one country to settle in another
- Similar words include: emigree, outgoer, emigrant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMIGRE
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48D: "81. Tree whose leaves are eaten by [circled letters]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus acacia
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ACACIA
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49D: "84. Audibly shocked"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGASP
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50D: "86. Big garage, essentially"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
- Similar words include: airdock, repair shed
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HANGAR
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51D: "87. They're sent after save-the-date cards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colloquial expression for invitation
- Similar words include: call for, ask for, receive
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INVITES
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52D: "90. Tone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Similar words include: imbue, chromaticity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUE
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53D: "91. Memo abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTN
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54D: "93. Eight bits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BYTE
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55D: "97. Nutty extract"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALMONDOIL
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56D: "98. French for "yellow""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JAUNE
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57D: "99. Tick off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: ira, angriness, ire
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANGER
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58D: "102. Filter option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shade of brown with a tinge of red
- Similar words include: burnt sienna, reddish brown, genus Sepia
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEPIA
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59D: "106. Small superhero whose catchphrase starts "Up and at 'em""
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATOMANT
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60D: "108. Becomes wild, as a party"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GETSLIT
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61D: "109. Fur pattern on a [circled letters]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
- Similar words include: blemish, place, daub
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPOTS
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62D: "112. Self-reflective question"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARENTI
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63D: "113. Start to take off, as a onesie"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UNSNAP
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64D: "116. Practically speechless?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; ; ; ; - virgil thomson
- Similar words include: husky, gruff
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOARSE
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65D: "117. Spelling bee?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COVEN
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66D: "118. Late singer Bryson"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEABO
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67D: "120. YouTube button with two lines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- Similar words include: intermission, hesitate, break
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PAUSE
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68D: "121. Bit of superhero wear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- Similar words include: ness, mantle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAPE
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69D: "122. "Star Wars" character whose species is never named"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YODA
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70D: "124. "You reap what you ___""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an adult female hog
- Similar words include: inseminate, sow in, seed
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOW
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71D: "126. Holiday whose name means "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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72D: "127. Mork's home planet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORK
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73D: "128. "Indeed""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
- Similar words include: Ti, si, ti
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIS
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71 Across Clues
73 Down Clues
144 Total Clues
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