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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (60 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: 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. One-named singer from County Donegal | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Spot treatment provider? | 6 |
| 3A | 11. You might need to lose a few to get them | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Problem with a story | 4 |
| 5A | 18. Shallot relatives | 5 |
| 6A | 20. Icon beside a username | 6 |
| 7A | 21. Push-up, for example | 3 |
| 8A | 22. Asia's rejuvenated North ___ Sea | 4 |
| 9A | 23. "I vant to suck your blood!" | 12 |
| 10A | 25. White Claws, e.g. | 8 |
| 11A | 27. Twisted balloon shapes, typically | 7 |
| 12A | 28. Doesn't wait to find out, say | 4 |
| 13A | 29. Video game setting for noobs | 8 |
| 14A | 30. Sculptor's degree, for short | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Little annoyance | 4 |
| 16A | 32. Turkey part | 6 |
| 17A | 33. "I know you're the one who used up the last of my artisanal coffee!" | 20 |
| 18A | 40. Apt letters missing from PRO_EC_T_ | 3 |
| 19A | 41. Reef setting | 3 |
| 20A | 42. Profound | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Preserve | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Prepared to pray | 7 |
| 23A | 47. Contradictory | 6 |
| 24A | 50. "In ___," Colin Farrell dark comedy set in Belgium | 6 |
| 25A | 52. Digs in the snow? | 5 |
| 26A | 53. Gridiron unit that includes the nose tackle, informally | 5 |
| 27A | 54. Certain bony protrusions | 7 |
| 28A | 55. "If you don't find the rings this instant, I'm calling off the wedding!" | 18 |
| 29A | 60. Prodigal ___ | 3 |
| 30A | 61. Apex | 4 |
| 31A | 62. Author Colfer of the "Artemis Fowl" series | 4 |
| 32A | 63. Palindromic family member | 3 |
| 33A | 66. "I love your paintings so much, I'd like to finance your next exhibition!" | 18 |
| 34A | 73. What fighter pilots fight, for short | 7 |
| 35A | 76. Noggins | 5 |
| 36A | 77. Device for sending group messages? | 5 |
| 37A | 78. Lap, maybe | 6 |
| 38A | 79. Oaf | 6 |
| 39A | 81. Surf in a daring way | 7 |
| 40A | 83. "You can say that again" | 4 |
| 41A | 84. Japanese city known for its beef | 4 |
| 42A | 85. Shop ___ | 3 |
| 43A | 86. Pack-bearing beast | 3 |
| 44A | 87. "Wow! With form like that, you're headed to Wimbledon!" | 20 |
| 45A | 95. Stroke gently | 6 |
| 46A | 96. Puts away | 4 |
| 47A | 97. Planner unit | 3 |
| 48A | 98. "Don't fall for that!" | 8 |
| 49A | 101. Like many wines and cheeses | 4 |
| 50A | 102. Gallery collection | 7 |
| 51A | 106. Where one might drink a mai tai or piña colada | 8 |
| 52A | 107. "I'm so glad you shaved! I hated when you looked like a sexy lumberjack!" | 12 |
| 53A | 109. Kind of contraceptive | 4 |
| 54A | 110. Compete | 3 |
| 55A | 111. Josh of "No Country for Old Men" | 6 |
| 56A | 112. Love seats, e.g. | 5 |
| 57A | 113. Certain body-weight exercises | 4 |
| 58A | 114. The Big Crunch, theoretically, for our universe | 3 |
| 59A | 115. Daisy relatives | 6 |
| 60A | 116. Quitter's word | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. One-named singer from County Donegal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ENYA
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2A: "5. Spot treatment provider?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PETSPA
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3A: "11. You might need to lose a few to get them"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- Similar words include: Bachelor of Arts, Av, ab
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABS
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4A: "14. Problem with a story"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening into or through something
- Similar words include: gob, mess, muddle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOLE
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5A: "18. Shallot relatives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
- Similar words include: scallion, Allium porrum, leek
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEEKS
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6A: "20. Icon beside a username"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a new personification of a familiar idea
- Similar words include: incarnation, embodiment
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AVATAR
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7A: "21. Push-up, for example"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Similar words include: brassiere, bandeau
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRA
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8A: "22. Asia's rejuvenated North ___ Sea"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARAL
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9A: "23. "I vant to suck your blood!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BITINGREMARK
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10A: "25. White Claws, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that naturally effervescent mineral water
- Similar words include: club soda, seltzer, carbonated water
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SELTZERS
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11A: "27. Twisted balloon shapes, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- Similar words include: beast, creature, animate being
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ANIMALS
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12A: "28. Doesn't wait to find out, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inquire about
- Similar words include: involve, call for, take
- Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: ASKS
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13A: "29. Video game setting for noobs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EASYMODE
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14A: "30. Sculptor's degree, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BFA
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15A: "31. Little annoyance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLEA
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16A: "32. Turkey part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital of turkey; located in west-central turkey; it was formerly known as angora and is the home of angora goats
- Similar words include: Turkish capital, Angora, capital of Turkey
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANKARA
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17A: "33. "I know you're the one who used up the last of my artisanal coffee!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: GROUNDLESSACCUSATION
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18A: "40. Apt letters missing from PRO_EC_T_"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Similar words include: litigate, process, Eugene Sue
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUE
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19A: "41. Reef setting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a coral reef off the southern coast of florida
- Similar words include: Florida key, key
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAY
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20A: "42. Profound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
- Similar words include: cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious
- Opposite of: shallow
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Answer: DEEP
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21A: "43. Preserve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- Similar words include: lay aside, economize, spare
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAVE
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22A: "44. Prepared to pray"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rest one's weight on one's knees
- Similar words include: kneel
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KNEELED
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23A: "47. Contradictory"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATODDS
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24A: "50. "In ___," Colin Farrell dark comedy set in Belgium"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in northwestern belgium that is connected by canal to the north sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the hanseatic league; the old city (known as the city of bridges) is a popular tourist attraction
- Similar words include: City of Bridges
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BRUGES
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25A: "52. Digs in the snow?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
- Similar words include: iglu
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IGLOO
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26A: "53. Gridiron unit that includes the nose tackle, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DLINE
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27A: "54. Certain bony protrusions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
- Similar words include: bunion
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BUNIONS
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28A: "55. "If you don't find the rings this instant, I'm calling off the wedding!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: THINLYVEILEDTHREAT
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29A: "60. Prodigal ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male human offspring
- Similar words include: boy, Logos, Word
- Opposite of: girl, daughter
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Answer: SON
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30A: "61. Apex"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- Similar words include: tiptop, pinnacle, summit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACME
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31A: "62. Author Colfer of the "Artemis Fowl" series"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EOIN
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32A: "63. Palindromic family member"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
- Similar words include: atomic number 14, silicon, SI unit
- Opposite of: brother
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Answer: SIS
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33A: "66. "I love your paintings so much, I'd like to finance your next exhibition!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: PATRONIZINGCOMMENT
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34A: "73. What fighter pilots fight, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: GFORCES
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35A: "76. Noggins"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
- Similar words include: attic, bonce, noodle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOMES
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36A: "77. Device for sending group messages?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages
- Similar words include: Ouija board
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OUIJA
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37A: "78. Lap, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REPASS
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38A: "79. Oaf"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disreputable or clumsy man
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GALOOT
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39A: "81. Surf in a daring way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HANGTEN
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40A: "83. "You can say that again""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
- Similar words include: Amon, Amun
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMEN
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41A: "84. Japanese city known for its beef"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port city in japan on osaka bay in southern honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KOBE
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42A: "85. Shop ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal term for vacation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAC
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43A: "86. Pack-bearing beast"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: Eastern Samoa, shag, As
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASS
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44A: "87. "Wow! With form like that, you're headed to Wimbledon!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________________
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Answer: BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENT
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45A: "95. Stroke gently"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
- Similar words include: fondle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CARESS
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46A: "96. Puts away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: shabu, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICES
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47A: "97. Planner unit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- Similar words include: twenty-four hours, Clarence Shepard Day Jr., daylight
- Opposite of: night
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Answer: DAY
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48A: "98. "Don't fall for that!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ITSATRAP
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49A: "101. Like many wines and cheeses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that people who are old collectively
- Similar words include: senior, of age, age
- Opposite of: rejuvenate, young
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Answer: AGED
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50A: "102. Gallery collection"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FINEART
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51A: "106. Where one might drink a mai tai or piña colada"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: POOLSIDE
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52A: "107. "I'm so glad you shaved! I hated when you looked like a sexy lumberjack!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BALDFACEDLIE
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53A: "109. Kind of contraceptive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
- Similar words include: unwritten, oral examination, viva
- Opposite of: aboral, anal
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Answer: ORAL
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54A: "110. Compete"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- Similar words include: contend, compete
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VIE
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55A: "111. Josh of "No Country for Old Men""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BROLIN
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56A: "112. Love seats, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an upholstered seat for more than one person
- Similar words include: couch, sofa, lounge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOFAS
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57A: "113. Certain body-weight exercises"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a depression in an otherwise level surface
- Similar words include: duck, magnetic dip, cutpurse
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIPS
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58A: "114. The Big Crunch, theoretically, for our universe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
- Similar words include: remnant, final stage, oddment
- Opposite of: begin, beginning
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Answer: END
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59A: "115. Daisy relatives"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
- Similar words include: aster
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASTERS
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60A: "116. Quitter's word"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
- Similar words include: pitch, buzzword, jargon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CANT
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Actor Idris | 4 |
| 2D | 2. German dissent | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Himalayan menace | 4 |
| 4D | 4. With hands on hips | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Common occurrences for scratch golfers | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Apple consumer | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Mesoamerican staple cooked in a cornhusk | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Equilibria | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Heavy coats | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Torah vessels | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Things marked during attendance | 8 |
| 12D | 12. End it | 7 |
| 13D | 13. They might be green or red | 6 |
| 14D | 14. Dress for a job you probably don't want? | 10 |
| 15D | 15. Apt name for a tuxedo cat | 4 |
| 16D | 16. Embellish as with unnecessary words | 4 |
| 17D | 17. Alternatively | 4 |
| 18D | 19. Screw-up | 5 |
| 19D | 24. Ricochet | 6 |
| 20D | 26. Supermodel Banks | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Groovy | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Crushed, in a way | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Rarin' to go | 6 |
| 24D | 34. Land, as a fish | 6 |
| 25D | 35. Palindromic family member | 3 |
| 26D | 36. Contributed | 5 |
| 27D | 37. Shakespeare character who declares "I am not what I am" | 4 |
| 28D | 38. Baker's necessity | 4 |
| 29D | 39. Loch ___ | 4 |
| 30D | 40. Sketches | 5 |
| 31D | 45. Vast span | 3 |
| 32D | 46. [That was a good one] | 3 |
| 33D | 47. The thing in "The Thing," for one | 5 |
| 34D | 48. "Open ___ midnight" | 3 |
| 35D | 49. United | 3 |
| 36D | 50. No es ___ (Spanish put-down) | 5 |
| 37D | 51. Cellular messenger | 3 |
| 38D | 53. Audience stat | 4 |
| 39D | 54. ___-a-brac | 4 |
| 40D | 56. David who directed the final four Harry Potter films | 5 |
| 41D | 57. Tape players | 4 |
| 42D | 58. 2020 Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie | 5 |
| 43D | 59. Uses more than one's fair share of | 4 |
| 44D | 63. Tofu alternative | 6 |
| 45D | 64. As a joke | 6 |
| 46D | 65. Obsessive supporters, in modern lingo | 5 |
| 47D | 66. Bull rings? | 10 |
| 48D | 67. Some summer purchases, informally | 3 |
| 49D | 68. Laid off | 5 |
| 50D | 69. Madhouse | 3 |
| 51D | 70. Texter's qualifier | 3 |
| 52D | 71. Dude in Jamaica | 3 |
| 53D | 72. Root beer order | 3 |
| 54D | 73. Clutch | 4 |
| 55D | 74. Disaster relief org. | 4 |
| 56D | 75. Noted example of oligopoly, in brief | 4 |
| 57D | 79. "Have a safe trip" | 8 |
| 58D | 80. Fivers | 4 |
| 59D | 81. "2001" villain | 3 |
| 60D | 82. Far from basic | 6 |
| 61D | 84. Baking recipe instruction | 7 |
| 62D | 85. Biden and Bush, once, in brief | 3 |
| 63D | 88. Professional responsibilities, colloquially | 4 |
| 64D | 89. Show up | 6 |
| 65D | 90. Cubans, e.g. | 6 |
| 66D | 91. Spotted wildcat | 6 |
| 67D | 92. Put your nose where it doesn't belong, say | 6 |
| 68D | 93. Flowing tresses | 5 |
| 69D | 94. One looking after pupils, for short | 6 |
| 70D | 98. Device outmoded by the smartphone | 4 |
| 71D | 99. "Holesome" figures | 4 |
| 72D | 100. Carving material for beginners | 4 |
| 73D | 101. ___ Arena, concert venue in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park | 4 |
| 74D | 102. Waves a hand in front of, maybe | 4 |
| 75D | 103. ___ Romeo | 4 |
| 76D | 104. Director Johnson of "Knives Out" | 4 |
| 77D | 105. Word repeated into a mic | 4 |
| 78D | 108. Symbol on an Oregon license plate | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Actor Idris"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELBA
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2D: "2. German dissent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEIN
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3D: "3. Himalayan menace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
- Similar words include: abominable snowman
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YETI
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4D: "4. With hands on hips"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AKIMBO
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5D: "5. Common occurrences for scratch golfers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- Similar words include: equality, equivalence, equation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARS
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6D: "6. Apple consumer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: eventide, evening, even
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVE
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7D: "7. Mesoamerican staple cooked in a cornhusk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in northern ghana
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TAMALE
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8D: "8. Equilibria"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STASES
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9D: "9. Heavy coats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a british term)
- Similar words include: windbreaker, parka, windcheater
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PARKAS
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10D: "10. Torah vessels"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Similar words include: Ark, ark, Ark of the Covenant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARKS
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11D: "11. Things marked during attendance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of being absent
- Similar words include: absence seizure, absence
- Opposite of: presence
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Answer: ABSENCES
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12D: "12. End it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
- Similar words include: detachment, separation, dissolution
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BREAKUP
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13D: "13. They might be green or red"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
- Similar words include: salsa
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SALSAS
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14D: "14. Dress for a job you probably don't want?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: HAZMATSUIT
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15D: "15. Apt name for a tuxedo cat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo cookie
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OREO
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16D: "16. Embellish as with unnecessary words"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
- Similar words include: pad, embellish, blow up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LARD
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17D: "17. Alternatively"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSE
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18D: "19. Screw-up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
- Similar words include: fucked-up
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAFU
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19D: "24. Ricochet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quick look
- Similar words include: glimpse, coup d'oeil, peek
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GLANCE
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20D: "26. Supermodel Banks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TYRA
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21D: "31. Groovy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- Similar words include: fly sheet, fly front, pilot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FLY
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22D: "32. Crushed, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that succeed at easily
- Similar words include: ace, pass with flying colors, nail
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACED
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23D: "33. Rarin' to go"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GUNGHO
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24D: "34. Land, as a fish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REELIN
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25D: "35. Palindromic family member"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: pa, dada, pappa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DAD
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26D: "36. Contributed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
- Similar words include: supply, tote up, bring
- Opposite of: subtract, take away
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Answer: ADDED
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27D: "37. Shakespeare character who declares "I am not what I am""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IAGO
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28D: "38. Baker's necessity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVEN
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29D: "39. Loch ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- Similar words include: cape
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NESS
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30D: "40. Sketches"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short theatrical episode
- Similar words include: skit
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SKITS
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31D: "45. Vast span"
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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32D: "46. [That was a good one]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOL
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33D: "47. The thing in "The Thing," for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Similar words include: foreigner, unknown, estrange
- Opposite of: citizen, acquaintance
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Answer: ALIEN
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34D: "48. "Open ___ midnight""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIL
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35D: "49. United"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: single, unrivaled, ace
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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36D: "50. No es ___ (Spanish put-down)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BUENO
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37D: "51. Cellular messenger"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Similar words include: ribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RNA
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38D: "53. Audience stat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a visual presentation showing how something works
- Similar words include: show, demonstrate, present
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEMO
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39D: "54. ___-a-brac"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRIC
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40D: "56. David who directed the final four Harry Potter films"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YATES
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41D: "57. Tape players"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs
- Similar words include: VCR, videocassette recorder
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VCRS
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42D: "58. 2020 Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Similar words include: dogma
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TENET
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43D: "59. Uses more than one's fair share of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- Similar words include: hogg, squealer, hogget
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOGS
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44D: "63. Tofu alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEITAN
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45D: "64. As a joke"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INJEST
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46D: "65. Obsessive supporters, in modern lingo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STANS
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47D: "66. Bull rings?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PRANKCALLS
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48D: "67. Some summer purchases, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
- Similar words include: atomic number 89, alternating current, AC
- Opposite of: direct current
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Answer: ACS
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49D: "68. Laid off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that run disconnected or idle
- Similar words include: idle, slug, tick over
- Opposite of: work, run
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Answer: IDLED
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50D: "69. Madhouse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- Similar words include: zoological garden, menagerie
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZOO
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51D: "70. Texter's qualifier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Similar words include: International Maritime Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IMO
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52D: "71. Dude in Jamaica"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the second day of the week; the first working day
- Similar words include: Monday
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MON
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53D: "72. Root beer order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quantity that can be held in a mug
- Similar words include: kisser, physiognomy, patsy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MUG
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54D: "73. Clutch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mechanical device for gripping an object
- Similar words include: snatch, catch, take hold of
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GRAB
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55D: "74. Disaster relief org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
- Similar words include: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FEMA
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56D: "75. Noted example of oligopoly, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Similar words include: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPEC
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57D: "79. "Have a safe trip""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a successful journey
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GODSPEED
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58D: "80. Fivers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABES
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59D: "81. "2001" villain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAL
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60D: "82. Far from basic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a ph of less than 7)
- Similar words include: acid, acidulent, acidulous
- Opposite of: alkaline
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Answer: ACIDIC
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61D: "84. Baking recipe instruction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KNEADIN
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62D: "85. Biden and Bush, once, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VPS
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63D: "88. Professional responsibilities, colloquially"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: hat, chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HATS
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64D: "89. Show up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- Similar words include: get in, make it, come
- Opposite of: leave
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Answer: ARRIVE
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65D: "90. Cubans, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roll of tobacco for smoking
- Similar words include: cigar
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CIGARS
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66D: "91. Spotted wildcat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nocturnal wildcat of central america and south america having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
- Similar words include: Felis pardalis, panther cat
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OCELOT
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67D: "92. Put your nose where it doesn't belong, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- Similar words include: tamper
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MEDDLE
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68D: "93. Flowing tresses"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a persian prophet who founded manichaeism (216-276)
- Similar words include: mane, man, head of hair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MANES
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69D: "94. One looking after pupils, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EYEDOC
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70D: "98. Device outmoded by the smartphone"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPOD
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71D: "99. "Holesome" figures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
- Similar words include: tore, toroid, torus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORI
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72D: "100. Carving material for beginners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- Similar words include: lather, scoop, Georgia home boy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOAP
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73D: "101. ___ Arena, concert venue in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABBA
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74D: "102. Waves a hand in front of, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
- Similar words include: rooter, sports fan, buff
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FANS
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75D: "103. ___ Romeo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALFA
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76D: "104. Director Johnson of "Knives Out""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIAN
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77D: "105. Word repeated into a mic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that trying something to find out about it
- Similar words include: mental testing, tryout, exam
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEST
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78D: "108. Symbol on an Oregon license plate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- Similar words include: true fir, fir tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FIR
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60 Across Clues
78 Down Clues
138 Total Clues
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