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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (53 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (83 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. Firm up | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea | 5 |
| 3A | 13. Gamer's pursuit | 6 |
| 4A | 19. Aid for a violin player | 8 |
| 5A | 20. Crocs and mocs | 5 |
| 6A | 21. Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief | 6 |
| 7A | 22. {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} | 14 |
| 8A | 24. "Send a quick reminder" | 6 |
| 9A | 25. "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) | 4 |
| 10A | 26. Org. for those leaving the workforce | 4 |
| 11A | 27. Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles | 7 |
| 12A | 28. {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} | 18 |
| 13A | 35. Colored | 4 |
| 14A | 36. Org. that accepts returns | 3 |
| 15A | 37. Grinders | 5 |
| 16A | 41. {WC, AC, DC} | 20 |
| 17A | 49. Jewish mysticism, in one spelling | 6 |
| 18A | 50. Love, in Lima | 4 |
| 19A | 51. Card game whose name is shouted | 3 |
| 20A | 52. Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief | 3 |
| 21A | 53. At any time | 4 |
| 22A | 54. Small test subjects | 7 |
| 23A | 57. Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? | 6 |
| 24A | 60. "The Second Coming" poet, 1919 | 5 |
| 25A | 62. Ragú competitor | 5 |
| 26A | 63. The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet | 6 |
| 27A | 66. {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} | 17 |
| 28A | 70. Some salon tasks | 6 |
| 29A | 71. "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball | 5 |
| 30A | 72. Allow someone to pass | 5 |
| 31A | 75. 30-ounce Starbucks size | 6 |
| 32A | 78. Old Testament patriarch | 7 |
| 33A | 80. Close by | 4 |
| 34A | 81. Early email provider | 3 |
| 35A | 82. Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock | 3 |
| 36A | 85. Neighbor of an Estonian | 4 |
| 37A | 86. Evening that a couple spends together, say | 6 |
| 38A | 88. {Larry, Sue, Emma} | 20 |
| 39A | 94. Mexican mister | 5 |
| 40A | 95. Veer, as a ship | 3 |
| 41A | 96. Org. concerned with plants | 4 |
| 42A | 97. {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} | 18 |
| 43A | 107. Powerhouse in English football | 7 |
| 44A | 110. Home to Waikiki Beach | 4 |
| 45A | 111. California's ___ Linda | 4 |
| 46A | 112. Rested atop | 6 |
| 47A | 113. {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} | 14 |
| 48A | 119. Pay no mind to | 6 |
| 49A | 120. Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" | 5 |
| 50A | 121. Thousands of binary digits | 8 |
| 51A | 122. Was overflowing | 6 |
| 52A | 123. Van Halen of Van Halen | 5 |
| 53A | 124. Extended voyage | 7 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Firm up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become stiff or stiffer
- Similar words include: tighten up, constrain, tighten
- Opposite of: loosen
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Answer: STIFFEN
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2A: "8. Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital and largest city of ghana with a deep-water port
- Similar words include: capital of Ghana
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACCRA
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3A: "13. Gamer's pursuit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ESPORT
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4A: "19. Aid for a violin player"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CHINREST
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5A: "20. Crocs and mocs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular situation
- Similar words include: place, horseshoe, brake shoe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHOES
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6A: "21. Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any member of a ship's crew
- Similar words include: straw hat, Panama, sailor boy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAILOR
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7A: "22. {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: BABEINTHEWOODS
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8A: "24. "Send a quick reminder""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PINGME
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9A: "25. "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of grasping
- Similar words include: clutches, clasp, grasp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRIP
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10A: "26. Org. for those leaving the workforce"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
- Similar words include: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AARP
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11A: "27. Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENDCAPS
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12A: "28. {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH
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13A: "35. Colored"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take on color or become colored
- Similar words include: imbue, hue
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HUED
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14A: "36. Org. that accepts returns"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
- Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRS
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15A: "37. Grinders"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
- Similar words include: fighter, torpedo, Hero
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEROS
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16A: "41. {WC, AC, DC}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE
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17A: "49. Jewish mysticism, in one spelling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an esoteric or occult matter resembling the kabbalah that is traditionally secret
- Similar words include: Kabbala, qabala, Cabala
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KABALA
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18A: "50. Love, in Lima"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
- Similar words include: Cupid
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMOR
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19A: "51. Card game whose name is shouted"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNO
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20A: "52. Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACL
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21A: "53. At any time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at any time
- Similar words include: always, of all time, e'er
- Opposite of: never
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Answer: EVER
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22A: "54. Small test subjects"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LABRATS
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23A: "57. Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NBAREF
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24A: "60. "The Second Coming" poet, 1919"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
- Similar words include: W. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YEATS
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25A: "62. Ragú competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PREGO
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26A: "63. The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SONNET
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27A: "66. {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________________
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Answer: HONORAMONGTHIEVES
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28A: "70. Some salon tasks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- Similar words include: wash, rinsing, rinse off
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RINSES
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29A: "71. "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states professional baseball player who hit more home runs than babe ruth (born in 1934)
- Similar words include: Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AARON
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30A: "72. Allow someone to pass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that production of a certain amount
- Similar words include: give way, bear, take
- Opposite of: stand, survive
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Answer: YIELD
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31A: "75. 30-ounce Starbucks size"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRENTA
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32A: "78. Old Testament patriarch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first of the old testament patriarchs and the father of isaac; according to genesis, god promised to give abraham's family (the hebrews) the land of canaan (the promised land); god tested abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son
- Similar words include: Ibrahim
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ABRAHAM
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33A: "80. Close by"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move towards
- Similar words include: come on, well-nigh, good
- Opposite of: far
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Answer: NEAR
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34A: "81. Early email provider"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AOL
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35A: "82. Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Similar words include: trine, ternion, triplet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: III
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36A: "85. Neighbor of an Estonian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LETT
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37A: "86. Evening that a couple spends together, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: USTIME
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38A: "88. {Larry, Sue, Emma}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE
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39A: "94. Mexican mister"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENOR
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40A: "95. Veer, as a ship"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an erratic deflection from an intended course
- Similar words include: gape, yawn, swerve
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YAW
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41A: "96. Org. concerned with plants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
- Similar words include: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSHA
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42A: "97. {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
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43A: "107. Powerhouse in English football"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that all the weapons and equipment that a country has
- Similar words include: armoury, armory
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ARSENAL
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44A: "110. Home to Waikiki Beach"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Similar words include: Oahu Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAHU
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45A: "111. California's ___ Linda"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOMA
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46A: "112. Rested atop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LAIDON
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47A: "113. {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard}"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: DOWNINTHEDUMPS
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48A: "119. Pay no mind to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that refuse to acknowledge
- Similar words include: cut, push aside, neglect
- Opposite of: notice, know
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Answer: IGNORE
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49A: "120. Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ODEON
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50A: "121. Thousands of binary digits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
- Similar words include: kb, kbit, kilobit
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: KILOBITS
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51A: "122. Was overflowing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be teeming, be abuzz
- Similar words include: stream, pullulate, swarm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEEMED
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52A: "123. Van Halen of Van Halen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDDIE
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53A: "124. Extended voyage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long wandering and eventful journey
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ODYSSEY
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Shinbone | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Completely incompetent | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Time for Sat. prep? | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Marshland | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Suffix for superlatives | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Unspecified member of a series | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Nile dam | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Triad, e.g. | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Assume | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Lead-in to River or Rover | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Dummkopf | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Called for quiet | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Penny ___ (miser) | 7 |
| 16D | 16. Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name | 4 |
| 17D | 17. Fun time | 4 |
| 18D | 18. "___ bon!" | 4 |
| 19D | 19. Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials | 4 |
| 20D | 23. Wisconsin's ___ Claire | 3 |
| 21D | 27. Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" | 5 |
| 22D | 29. Apt name for a conchologist? | 4 |
| 23D | 30. Ear-related | 5 |
| 24D | 31. Yank's Civil War foe | 3 |
| 25D | 32. What has flatter feet? | 3 |
| 26D | 33. Achieve success, so to speak | 3 |
| 27D | 34. Chinese instrument with two strings | 4 |
| 28D | 38. Sound of an approaching subway train | 4 |
| 29D | 39. Start of a reminiscence | 4 |
| 30D | 40. Word with confidence or checkout | 4 |
| 31D | 41. Do some roadwork on | 4 |
| 32D | 42. Folk religion akin to voodoo | 5 |
| 33D | 43. Battered by battle | 7 |
| 34D | 44. Women's areas in old Muslim palaces | 6 |
| 35D | 45. Last stage of an insect's development | 5 |
| 36D | 46. "No way, no how!" | 9 |
| 37D | 47. Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. | 3 |
| 38D | 48. Metric unit of weight | 5 |
| 39D | 49. Map legend | 3 |
| 40D | 55. Figs. related to car loans | 4 |
| 41D | 56. Scottish hill | 4 |
| 42D | 58. Big bunch | 4 |
| 43D | 59. Eroded | 7 |
| 44D | 61. Pouty mood | 4 |
| 45D | 63. Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere | 6 |
| 46D | 64. "Hey! I know the answer!" | 4 |
| 47D | 65. Atlantic crosser of 1492 | 4 |
| 48D | 67. Sign outside a broadcast booth | 5 |
| 49D | 68. Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" | 5 |
| 50D | 69. Admit | 5 |
| 51D | 73. Really weak, as an excuse | 4 |
| 52D | 74. Beats by ___ (audio brand) | 3 |
| 53D | 75. They might be up in arms, informally | 4 |
| 54D | 76. T. ___ Price (investment firm) | 4 |
| 55D | 77. "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) | 4 |
| 56D | 78. He was né Clay | 3 |
| 57D | 79. ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) | 5 |
| 58D | 83. Tale of rustic life | 5 |
| 59D | 84. "Vidi," in Caesar's boast | 4 |
| 60D | 87. Satirist Freberg | 4 |
| 61D | 89. You won't actually die of it | 7 |
| 62D | 90. Rocks smelted to make steel | 7 |
| 63D | 91. Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. | 3 |
| 64D | 92. San Francisco's ___ Valley | 3 |
| 65D | 93. Madrid's land, in the Olympics | 3 |
| 66D | 98. Like Olympic pools | 5 |
| 67D | 99. Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs | 5 |
| 68D | 100. Vietnam's capital | 5 |
| 69D | 101. Old-fashioned "your" | 5 |
| 70D | 102. Soldier for Attila | 3 |
| 71D | 103. Black suit | 5 |
| 72D | 104. Good pal | 5 |
| 73D | 105. Out of gas | 5 |
| 74D | 106. Lip | 4 |
| 75D | 107. Settled down, in a way | 4 |
| 76D | 108. All the ___ | 4 |
| 77D | 109. Kind of wave | 4 |
| 78D | 113. Last name for an unnamed person | 3 |
| 79D | 114. Curious | 3 |
| 80D | 115. Ring result, in brief | 3 |
| 81D | 116. Secreted away | 3 |
| 82D | 117. Ron who played Tarzan | 3 |
| 83D | 118. Two in Tijuana | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- Similar words include: plowshare, ploughshare, part
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHARE
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2D: "2. Shinbone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
- Similar words include: shin, shin bone, shinbone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIBIA
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3D: "3. Completely incompetent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not elegant or graceful in expression
- Similar words include: awkward, ill-chosen, cumbersome
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INEPT
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4D: "4. Time for Sat. prep?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
- Similar words include: Friday
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRI
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5D: "5. Marshland"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 100 fen equal 1 yuan in china
- Similar words include: fenland, marsh, marshland
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FEN
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6D: "6. Suffix for superlatives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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7D: "7. Unspecified member of a series"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Similar words include: n-th
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NTH
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8D: "8. Nile dam"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient city on the nile in egypt; two dams across the nile have been built nearby
- Similar words include: Assuan, Assouan
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASWAN
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9D: "9. Triad, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- Similar words include: harmonize, harmonise
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHORD
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10D: "10. Assume"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COOPT
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11D: "11. Lead-in to River or Rover"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Similar words include: scarlet, cerise, crimson
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: RED
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12D: "12. Dummkopf"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: screwing, rear, tush
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASS
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13D: "13. Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESPNU
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14D: "14. Called for quiet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAIDSHH
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15D: "15. Penny ___ (miser)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PINCHER
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16D: "16. Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OLGA
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17D: "17. Fun time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an easy victory
- Similar words include: runaway, blowout, sport
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROMP
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18D: "18. "___ bon!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRES
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19D: "19. Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CBGB
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20D: "23. Wisconsin's ___ Claire"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAU
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21D: "27. Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EBSEN
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22D: "29. Apt name for a conchologist?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHEL
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23D: "30. Ear-related"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AURAL
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24D: "31. Yank's Civil War foe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
- Similar words include: Johnny Reb, greyback, Rebel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REB
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25D: "32. What has flatter feet?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODE
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26D: "33. Achieve success, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- Similar words include: striking, off, strike
- Opposite of: miss
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Answer: HIT
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27D: "34. Chinese instrument with two strings"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERHU
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28D: "38. Sound of an approaching subway train"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
- Similar words include: holla, bellowing, roaring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROAR
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29D: "39. Start of a reminiscence"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on one occasion
- Similar words include: in one case, erst, erstwhile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONCE
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30D: "40. Word with confidence or checkout"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your consciousness of your own identity
- Similar words include: ego
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SELF
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31D: "41. Do some roadwork on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAVE
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32D: "42. Folk religion akin to voodoo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
- Similar words include: obi
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OBEAH
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33D: "43. Battered by battle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WARTORN
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34D: "44. Women's areas in old Muslim palaces"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a muslim household
- Similar words include: seraglio, harem, hareem
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HAREMS
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35D: "45. Last stage of an insect's development"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMAGO
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36D: "46. "No way, no how!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: NOTONABET
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37D: "47. Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DRS
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38D: "48. Metric unit of weight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
- Similar words include: MT, metric ton, t
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TONNE
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39D: "49. Map legend"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- Similar words include: samara, tonality, paint
- Opposite of: atonality
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Answer: KEY
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40D: "55. Figs. related to car loans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
- Similar words include: Apr, April
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APRS
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41D: "56. Scottish hill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a slope or hillside
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRAE
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42D: "58. Big bunch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large gathering of people of a particular type
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEVY
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43D: "59. Eroded"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATEINTO
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44D: "61. Pouty mood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state of agitated irritation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNIT
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45D: "63. Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRATO
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46D: "64. "Hey! I know the answer!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHOH
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47D: "65. Atlantic crosser of 1492"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of ea
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NINA
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48D: "67. Sign outside a broadcast booth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONAIR
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49D: "68. Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GARTH
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50D: "69. Admit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEIN
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51D: "73. Really weak, as an excuse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- Similar words include: feeble, gimpy, game
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAME
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52D: "74. Beats by ___ (audio brand)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DRE
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53D: "75. They might be up in arms, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Similar words include: tackiness, TAT, Thematic Apperception Test
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATS
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54D: "76. T. ___ Price (investment firm)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROWE
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55D: "77. "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELON
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56D: "78. He was né Clay"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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57D: "79. ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MUSHU
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58D: "83. Tale of rustic life"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
- Similar words include: pastorale, eclogue, bucolic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDYLL
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59D: "84. "Vidi," in Caesar's boast"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISAW
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60D: "87. Satirist Freberg"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAN
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61D: "89. You won't actually die of it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Similar words include: tedium, ennui
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BOREDOM
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62D: "90. Rocks smelted to make steel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IRONORE
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63D: "91. Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WWI
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64D: "92. San Francisco's ___ Valley"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOE
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65D: "93. Madrid's land, in the Olympics"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Similar words include: second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESP
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66D: "98. Like Olympic pools"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LANED
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67D: "99. Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that drag behind
- Similar words include: tow
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOWED
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68D: "100. Vietnam's capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
- Similar words include: capital of Vietnam
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HANOI
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69D: "101. Old-fashioned "your""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THINE
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70D: "102. Soldier for Attila"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a nomadic people who invaded europe in the 4th century
- Similar words include: Jerry, Krauthead, Boche
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUN
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71D: "103. Black suit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- Similar words include: clubhouse, order, nine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CLUBS
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72D: "104. Good pal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOMIE
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73D: "105. Out of gas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a container that has been emptied
- Similar words include: abandon, vacuous, evacuate
- Opposite of: fill, full
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Answer: EMPTY
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74D: "106. Lip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- Similar words include: lip, sassing, back talk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SASS
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75D: "107. Settled down, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIT
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76D: "108. All the ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of intense anger
- Similar words include: furore, furor, passion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAGE
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77D: "109. Kind of wave"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Similar words include: sin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SINE
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78D: "113. Last name for an unnamed person"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
- Similar words include: Energy, Department of Energy, Energy Department
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOE
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79D: "114. Curious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not divisible by two
- Similar words include: singular, unpaired, unexpended
- Opposite of: even
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Answer: ODD
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80D: "115. Ring result, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
- Similar words include: technical knockout
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TKO
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81D: "116. Secreted away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prevent from being seen or discovered
- Similar words include: obscure, conceal, enshroud
- Opposite of: show
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Answer: HID
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82D: "117. Ron who played Tarzan"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELY
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83D: "118. Two in Tijuana"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
- Similar words include: make out, disk operating system, doh
- Opposite of: unmake
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Answer: DOS
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53 Across Clues
83 Down Clues
136 Total Clues
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