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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (67 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. Counterpart of a rani | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Milk source | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Water colors | 5 |
| 4A | 15. Carpet on the forest floor | 4 |
| 5A | 19. Rust, e.g. | 5 |
| 6A | 20. Score direction for some stringed instruments | 4 |
| 7A | 21. Crispy, say | 5 |
| 8A | 22. Intellectual gathering | 5 |
| 9A | 23. Was an employee at IHOP, in Valleyspeak? | 16 |
| 10A | 26. Director Kurosawa | 5 |
| 11A | 27. "The Little Prince" author ___ de Saint-Exupéry | 7 |
| 12A | 28. Bit of travel info, for short | 3 |
| 13A | 29. Dream stage | 3 |
| 14A | 30. Mentally nimble | 6 |
| 15A | 31. Quick bite | 4 |
| 16A | 32. Fanned some Egyptian royalty, in Valleyspeak? | 14 |
| 17A | 35. More likely to clap back | 7 |
| 18A | 38. Designer who helped popularize the beatnik look, in brief | 3 |
| 19A | 39. What Alaska is, among all the states | 7 |
| 20A | 40. Remote button | 3 |
| 21A | 41. Spec | 4 |
| 22A | 43. Extra space | 3 |
| 23A | 46. One of five Norwegian kings | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Did some birding, in Valleyspeak? | 16 |
| 25A | 53. Grub | 4 |
| 26A | 57. Architectural feature above a belfry | 5 |
| 27A | 58. God who sacrificed an eye for wisdom | 4 |
| 28A | 59. Sharp-edged tool | 3 |
| 29A | 60. "Oh, sure" | 6 |
| 30A | 62. Supplies | 6 |
| 31A | 65. Nowhere to be found | 4 |
| 32A | 67. Radio City Music Hall style, informally | 4 |
| 33A | 69. Pop singer Rita | 3 |
| 34A | 70. Hitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak? | 22 |
| 35A | 75. "I've been ___!" | 3 |
| 36A | 76. Mathematician John who won a Nobel in economic science in 1994 | 4 |
| 37A | 77. Craving | 4 |
| 38A | 78. Listings in a bankruptcy filing | 6 |
| 39A | 79. First state to implement a bottle deposit to fight littering | 6 |
| 40A | 81. Some pulpy drinks, for short | 3 |
| 41A | 84. "Doctor Who" and "Doctor Foster" airer, with "the" | 4 |
| 42A | 86. Solemn words | 5 |
| 43A | 88. The official fuel of the N.H.L. in Canada | 4 |
| 44A | 89. Made some outfielder errors, in Valleyspeak? | 16 |
| 45A | 93. Cousin of a Tony | 4 |
| 46A | 96. "Ciao!" | 3 |
| 47A | 97. Time to give up? | 4 |
| 48A | 98. "It's Raining ___" (gay anthem) | 3 |
| 49A | 99. "Oh, there's more ..." | 7 |
| 50A | 102. In the style of | 3 |
| 51A | 105. Folded handout | 7 |
| 52A | 108. Prepared for some new pet fish, in Valleyspeak? | 14 |
| 53A | 112. Fashion designer Emhoff | 4 |
| 54A | 113. Specialized vocabularies | 6 |
| 55A | 114. Govt. lawyers | 3 |
| 56A | 115. Kyiv's country: Abbr. | 3 |
| 57A | 116. Spanish "My God!" | 7 |
| 58A | 120. State capital in the Treasure Valley | 5 |
| 59A | 121. Performed some witchcraft, in Valleyspeak? | 16 |
| 60A | 124. Was mistaken | 5 |
| 61A | 125. Little redhead in a long-running Broadway show | 5 |
| 62A | 126. Nobel laureate Wiesel | 4 |
| 63A | 127. Island where parts of "Jurassic Park" were filmed | 5 |
| 64A | 128. Spot to plot | 4 |
| 65A | 129. Binary question type | 5 |
| 66A | 130. High-five, e.g. | 4 |
| 67A | 131. This won't last | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Counterpart of a rani"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prince or king in india
- Similar words include: raja
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAJAH
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2A: "6. Milk source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the small projection of a mammary gland
- Similar words include: pap, nipple, tit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEAT
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3A: "10. Water colors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shade of blue tinged with green
- Similar words include: aquamarine, peacock blue, aqua
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AQUAS
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4A: "15. Carpet on the forest floor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOSS
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5A: "19. Rust, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OXIDE
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6A: "20. Score direction for some stringed instruments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARCO
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7A: "21. Crispy, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that destroy by fire
- Similar words include: burned-over, burn up, burned-out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BURNT
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8A: "22. Intellectual gathering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gallery where works of art can be displayed
- Similar words include: beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty parlor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SALON
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9A: "23. Was an employee at IHOP, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: SOLDLIKEHOTCAKES
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10A: "26. Director Kurosawa"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AKIRA
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11A: "27. "The Little Prince" author ___ de Saint-Exupéry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANTOINE
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12A: "28. Bit of travel info, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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13A: "29. Dream stage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
- Similar words include: rapid eye movement, REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REM
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14A: "30. Mentally nimble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- Similar words include: cagey, apt, cagy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CLEVER
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15A: "31. Quick bite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (yiddish) a snack or light meal
- Similar words include: snack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOSH
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16A: "32. Fanned some Egyptian royalty, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: SHOOKLIKEALEAF
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17A: "35. More likely to clap back"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that improperly forward or bold
- Similar words include: saucy, sassy, wise
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SASSIER
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18A: "38. Designer who helped popularize the beatnik look, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YSL
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19A: "39. What Alaska is, among all the states"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
- Similar words include: cold, moth-eaten, cold-blooded
- Opposite of: hot
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Answer: COLDEST
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20A: "40. Remote button"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VOL
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21A: "41. Spec"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEET
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22A: "43. Extra space"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- Similar words include: spread, crack, break
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAP
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23A: "46. One of five Norwegian kings"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLAV
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24A: "47. Did some birding, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: WATCHEDLIKEAHAWK
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25A: "53. Grub"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a meal
- Similar words include: feed, wipe out, eat up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EATS
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26A: "57. Architectural feature above a belfry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Similar words include: steeple
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPIRE
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27A: "58. God who sacrificed an eye for wisdom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODIN
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28A: "59. Sharp-edged tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Similar words include: ax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AXE
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29A: "60. "Oh, sure""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ILLBET
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30A: "62. Supplies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
- Similar words include: carry, stockpile, caudex
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STOCKS
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31A: "65. Nowhere to be found"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who is away or absent without leave
- Similar words include: truant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AWOL
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32A: "67. Radio City Music Hall style, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
- Similar words include: art deco
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DECO
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33A: "69. Pop singer Rita"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Similar words include: atomic number 76, Os, osmium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORA
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34A: "70. Hitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________________
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Answer: STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMB
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35A: "75. "I've been ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: get, take in, stimulate
- Opposite of: refuse, lack
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Answer: HAD
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36A: "76. Mathematician John who won a Nobel in economic science in 1994"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
- Similar words include: Ogden Nash
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NASH
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37A: "77. Craving"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Similar words include: itching, itchiness, rub
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITCH
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38A: "78. Listings in a bankruptcy filing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
- Similar words include: plus, asset
- Opposite of: liability
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Answer: ASSETS
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39A: "79. First state to implement a bottle deposit to fight littering"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Similar words include: Beaver State, OR
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OREGON
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40A: "81. Some pulpy drinks, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OJS
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41A: "84. "Doctor Who" and "Doctor Foster" airer, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEEB
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42A: "86. Solemn words"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Similar words include: curse word, cuss, curse
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OATHS
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43A: "88. The official fuel of the N.H.L. in Canada"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESSO
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44A: "89. Made some outfielder errors, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: DROPPEDLIKEFLIES
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45A: "93. Cousin of a Tony"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBIE
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46A: "96. "Ciao!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- Similar words include: sayonara, good-by, so long
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BYE
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47A: "97. Time to give up?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Similar words include: add, contribute, bring
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LENT
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48A: "98. "It's Raining ___" (gay anthem)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the force of workers available
- Similar words include: valet, workforce, military man
- Opposite of: civilian, woman
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Answer: MEN
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49A: "99. "Oh, there's more ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANDALSO
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50A: "102. In the style of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA
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51A: "105. Folded handout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
- Similar words include: folder, cusp, booklet
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEAFLET
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52A: "108. Prepared for some new pet fish, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: BUILTLIKEATANK
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53A: "112. Fashion designer Emhoff"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELLA
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54A: "113. Specialized vocabularies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- Similar words include: patois, lingo, argot
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARGOTS
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55A: "114. Govt. lawyers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- Similar words include: coney, dassie, hyrax
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAS
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56A: "115. Kyiv's country: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UKR
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57A: "116. Spanish "My God!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DIOSMIO
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58A: "120. State capital in the Treasure Valley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and largest city of idaho
- Similar words include: capital of Idaho
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BOISE
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59A: "121. Performed some witchcraft, in Valleyspeak?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: WORKEDLIKEACHARM
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60A: "124. Was mistaken"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: err, mistake, slip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERRED
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61A: "125. Little redhead in a long-running Broadway show"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANNIE
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62A: "126. Nobel laureate Wiesel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELIE
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63A: "127. Island where parts of "Jurassic Park" were filmed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island of hawaii to the northwest of oahu
- Similar words include: Kauai Island
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KAUAI
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64A: "128. Spot to plot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: den
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAIR
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65A: "129. Binary question type"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YESNO
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66A: "130. High-five, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Similar words include: slapdash, smack, bang
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAP
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67A: "131. This won't last"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- Similar words include: least sandpiper, stretch, Erolia minutilla
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STINT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Santa ___, city that's home to the Charles M. Schulz Museum | 4 |
| 2D | 2. One acting on impulse? | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Split from suddenly, in a way | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Extras | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Greek sun god | 6 |
| 6D | 6. "Let this be a lesson!" | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Shakespearean conjunction | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Deep-seated desires | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Wide and uninhibited, as a grin | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Start of a song with the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Hadron component | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Iconic nerd of 1990s TV | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Needing iron supplements, say | 6 |
| 14D | 14. Lines on some grids: Abbr. | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Get even? | 9 |
| 16D | 16. Oily fruits | 6 |
| 17D | 17. Irritated with | 6 |
| 18D | 18. Wolf (down) | 5 |
| 19D | 22. Course in a Brazilian meal | 6 |
| 20D | 24. Word with job or track | 6 |
| 21D | 25. New Mexico county or its seat | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Neuron, e.g. | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Actress Kurylenko of "Quantum of Solace" | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Eccentric sort | 4 |
| 25D | 35. They shine during the day | 9 |
| 26D | 36. Great heights | 9 |
| 27D | 37. Move, in Realtor-speak | 4 |
| 28D | 40. Some microbuses, in brief | 3 |
| 29D | 42. Relating to some forces on Earth | 5 |
| 30D | 44. "I knew it!" | 3 |
| 31D | 45. Peaceful period | 3 |
| 32D | 48. Swamp critter | 4 |
| 33D | 49. "Keep dreaming" | 6 |
| 34D | 50. Smallest relative of an ostrich | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Kind of mushroom that comes in a bundle | 5 |
| 36D | 52. "What can ___ to help?" | 4 |
| 37D | 54. "What took so long?!" | 9 |
| 38D | 55. Summary of a contract's details | 9 |
| 39D | 56. Wild guess | 4 |
| 40D | 60. Treats, in a way, as a swelling | 4 |
| 41D | 61. So many | 6 |
| 42D | 63. Riddle in Zen Buddhism | 4 |
| 43D | 64. Pretty fishy | 3 |
| 44D | 66. Leave alone | 5 |
| 45D | 68. One might be named for a king or queen | 3 |
| 46D | 70. Pump, say | 4 |
| 47D | 71. God who rides in a chariot pulled by two goats | 4 |
| 48D | 72. Got just right | 4 |
| 49D | 73. Souvenir from the seashore | 5 |
| 50D | 74. Improve | 4 |
| 51D | 80. Competitor who has manners | 9 |
| 52D | 82. "You had one ___!" | 3 |
| 53D | 83. Washington, D.C.'s International ___ Museum | 3 |
| 54D | 85. Jessica of "The Better Sister" | 4 |
| 55D | 87. W-2 requirement, in brief | 3 |
| 56D | 89. Person from South Asia | 4 |
| 57D | 90. Whisky flavorer | 4 |
| 58D | 91. Very involved (in) | 8 |
| 59D | 92. Catchall phrase from Latin | 6 |
| 60D | 94. Stepped up to the plate | 6 |
| 61D | 95. Woes | 4 |
| 62D | 99. Awe-inspiring light show | 6 |
| 63D | 100. Sushi consisting of thin slices of fish over rice | 6 |
| 64D | 101. "Whew! Finished!" | 6 |
| 65D | 103. Extol | 4 |
| 66D | 104. Joints shown by no-show socks | 6 |
| 67D | 106. Gathers (together) | 6 |
| 68D | 107. Light into | 6 |
| 69D | 108. Biblical tower locale | 5 |
| 70D | 109. Clears, as profit | 5 |
| 71D | 110. Welcome at the door | 5 |
| 72D | 111. Something consumed by the ton by whales | 5 |
| 73D | 117. Home of the Road to Hana, whose 64-mile length contains more than 600 curves | 4 |
| 74D | 118. Modern-day Persia | 4 |
| 75D | 119. Neglect to include | 4 |
| 76D | 121. Route | 3 |
| 77D | 122. Abbr. in a job posting | 3 |
| 78D | 123. Carnival maker | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Santa ___, city that's home to the Charles M. Schulz Museum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
- Similar words include: genus Rosa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSA
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2D: "2. One acting on impulse?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
- Similar words include: axone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXON
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3D: "3. Split from suddenly, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman who jilts a lover
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JILT
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4D: "4. Extras"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADDONS
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5D: "5. Greek sun god"
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- Think of something that (greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with roman sol
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HELIOS
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6D: "6. "Let this be a lesson!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TAKEHEED
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7D: "7. Shakespearean conjunction"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERE
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8D: "8. Deep-seated desires"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Similar words include: aching, hurt, yearn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACHES
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9D: "9. Wide and uninhibited, as a grin"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or showing prominent teeth
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOOTHY
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10D: "10. Start of a song with the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Similar words include: ABCs, rudiment, first rudiment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABC
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11D: "11. Hadron component"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3
- Similar words include: quark cheese
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: QUARK
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12D: "12. Iconic nerd of 1990s TV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: URKEL
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13D: "13. Needing iron supplements, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lacking vigor or energy
- Similar words include: anaemic
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANEMIC
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14D: "14. Lines on some grids: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STS
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15D: "15. Get even?"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: MAKELEVEL
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16D: "16. Oily fruits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small ovoid fruit of the european olive tree; important food and source of oil
- Similar words include: Olea europaea, olive, European olive tree
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OLIVES
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17D: "17. Irritated with"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOREAT
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18D: "18. Wolf (down)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make off with belongings of others
- Similar words include: lift, hook, filch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNARF
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19D: "22. Course in a Brazilian meal"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALADA
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20D: "24. Word with job or track"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the region that is inside of something
- Similar words include: deep down, inwardly, interior
- Opposite of: outdoors, outwardly
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Answer: INSIDE
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21D: "25. New Mexico county or its seat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
- Similar words include: Taoist, Tao
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAOS
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22D: "30. Neuron, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any small compartment
- Similar words include: cadre, mobile phone, cellular phone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CELL
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23D: "33. Actress Kurylenko of "Quantum of Solace""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLGA
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24D: "34. Eccentric sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
- Similar words include: queer bird, odd fellow, queer duck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KOOK
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25D: "35. They shine during the day"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SOAPSTARS
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26D: "36. Great heights"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- Similar words include: height, ALT, altitude
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALTITUDES
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27D: "37. Move, in Realtor-speak"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RELO
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28D: "40. Some microbuses, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VWS
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29D: "42. Relating to some forces on Earth"
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- Think of something that of or relating to or caused by tides
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIDAL
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30D: "44. "I knew it!""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHA
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31D: "45. Peaceful period"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman catholic church) a greeting signifying christian love for those assisting at the eucharist
- Similar words include: kiss of peace
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAX
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32D: "48. Swamp critter"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CROC
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33D: "49. "Keep dreaming""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HECKNO
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34D: "50. Smallest relative of an ostrich"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- Similar words include: kiwi fruit, kiwi vine, apteryx
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KIWI
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35D: "51. Kind of mushroom that comes in a bundle"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENOKI
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36D: "52. "What can ___ to help?""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WEDO
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37D: "54. "What took so long?!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ABOUTTIME
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38D: "55. Summary of a contract's details"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TERMSHEET
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39D: "56. Wild guess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden sharp feeling
- Similar words include: poke, prod, twinge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAB
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40D: "60. Treats, in a way, as a swelling"
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- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: trash, ice, ICE
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICES
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41D: "61. So many"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOTSOF
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42D: "63. Riddle in Zen Buddhism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in zen buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KOAN
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43D: "64. Pretty fishy"
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- Think of something that type genus of the suidae
- Similar words include: genus Sus
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUS
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44D: "66. Leave alone"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LETBE
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45D: "68. One might be named for a king or queen"
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- Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Similar words include: earned run average, geological era, epoch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA
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46D: "70. Pump, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
- Similar words include: horseshoe, brake shoe, skid
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHOE
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47D: "71. God who rides in a chariot pulled by two goats"
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- Think of something that (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THOR
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48D: "72. Got just right"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succeed at easily
- Similar words include: sail through, nail, pass with flying colors
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACED
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49D: "73. Souvenir from the seashore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- Similar words include: cuticle, case, vanquish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHELL
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50D: "74. Improve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that heal or recover
- Similar words include: cure, bring around, mend
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HEAL
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51D: "80. Competitor who has manners"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GOODLOSER
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52D: "82. "You had one ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- Similar words include: occupation, chore, task
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JOB
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53D: "83. Washington, D.C.'s International ___ Museum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- Similar words include: stag, descry, sight
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPY
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54D: "85. Jessica of "The Better Sister""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIEL
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55D: "87. W-2 requirement, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSN
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56D: "89. Person from South Asia"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DESI
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57D: "90. Whisky flavorer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEAT
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58D: "91. Very involved (in)"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: KNEEDEEP
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59D: "92. Catchall phrase from Latin"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETALIA
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60D: "94. Stepped up to the plate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- Similar words include: bat, drub, lick
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BATTED
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61D: "95. Woes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: complaint, ill, ailment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ILLS
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62D: "99. Awe-inspiring light show"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first light of day
- Similar words include: break of day, dawning, break of the day
- Opposite of: sunset
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Answer: AURORA
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63D: "100. Sushi consisting of thin slices of fish over rice"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NIGIRI
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64D: "101. "Whew! Finished!""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OKDONE
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65D: "103. Extol"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that praise, glorify, or honor
- Similar words include: glorify, exalt, extol
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAUD
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66D: "104. Joints shown by no-show socks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
- Similar words include: articulatio talocruralis, ankle joint, mortise joint
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANKLES
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67D: "106. Gathers (together)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a church congregation guided by a pastor
- Similar words include: spate, deal, plenty
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FLOCKS
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68D: "107. Light into"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LASHAT
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69D: "108. Biblical tower locale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by noah's descendants (probably in babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; god foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
- Similar words include: Tower of Babel
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BABEL
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70D: "109. Clears, as profit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Similar words include: garner, take in, clear
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EARNS
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71D: "110. Welcome at the door"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASKIN
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72D: "111. Something consumed by the ton by whales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KRILL
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73D: "117. Home of the Road to Hana, whose 64-mile length contains more than 600 curves"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the second largest of the hawaiian islands
- Similar words include: Maui Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAUI
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74D: "118. Modern-day Persia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Similar words include: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAN
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75D: "119. Neglect to include"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- Similar words include: take out, pretermit, neglect
- Opposite of: include, attend to
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Answer: OMIT
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76D: "121. Route"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
- Similar words include: elbow room, manner, right smart
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WAY
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77D: "122. Abbr. in a job posting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEO
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78D: "123. Carnival maker"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KIA
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67 Across Clues
78 Down Clues
145 Total Clues
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