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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (62 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (71 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. Teacher's summons | 5 |
| 2A | 11. Bench press muscle, for short | 3 |
| 3A | 18. ___ Basin (D.C. attraction) | 5 |
| 4A | 19. Progeny | 5 |
| 5A | 20. Didn't turn away | 9 |
| 6A | 22. Texas A&M athlete | 5 |
| 7A | 23. Prefix with media | 5 |
| 8A | 24. Person providing a sworn account | 9 |
| 9A | 25. "I really, really appreciate it!" | 14 |
| 10A | 27. Unspoken communication syst. | 3 |
| 11A | 28. After-the-fact discount | 12 |
| 12A | 29. Not fresh | 5 |
| 13A | 30. Big movie theater chain | 3 |
| 14A | 31. Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet" | 6 |
| 15A | 32. Paramedic's skill | 3 |
| 16A | 35. Reward for a good puppy | 5 |
| 17A | 37. Harbingers | 5 |
| 18A | 39. One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be" | 6 |
| 19A | 41. Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball | 11 |
| 20A | 44. Like sheep, so to speak | 8 |
| 21A | 46. Degree holder, informally | 4 |
| 22A | 47. Displayed audacity | 5 |
| 23A | 48. The Psychedelic ___ (rock band) | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay | 4 |
| 25A | 50. Explosive stuff | 3 |
| 26A | 53. Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia" | 4 |
| 27A | 55. Actress Shirley of "The Apartment" | 8 |
| 28A | 59. "Nice idea!" | 5 |
| 29A | 61. Beethoven's Third | 6 |
| 30A | 62. David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g. | 5 |
| 31A | 63. Conspiring cliques | 6 |
| 32A | 65. Judge of diamond value? | 5 |
| 33A | 66. Grab (onto) | 4 |
| 34A | 67. Word order | 8 |
| 35A | 69. Britain's most prestigious military decoration | 13 |
| 36A | 71. Fantasizes about | 10 |
| 37A | 73. Block someone's passage, say | 13 |
| 38A | 74. Scribble on, say | 3 |
| 39A | 75. Egyptian symbol of life | 4 |
| 40A | 76. Exits | 4 |
| 41A | 77. Allow to enroll | 5 |
| 42A | 79. Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys | 4 |
| 43A | 80. Gets more expensive | 8 |
| 44A | 82. Vague approximation | 11 |
| 45A | 85. Restrictive undergarment | 6 |
| 46A | 86. Word employment | 5 |
| 47A | 88. Pia ___ (brain covering) | 5 |
| 48A | 89. Pained yelps | 3 |
| 49A | 90. Linings of nautilus shells | 6 |
| 50A | 92. Hired detectives, for short | 3 |
| 51A | 94. Slow ___ (Asian primate) | 5 |
| 52A | 98. Prefix with -bar | 3 |
| 53A | 101. Stayed somewhere temporarily | 9 |
| 54A | 104. Peak of religion? | 5 |
| 55A | 106. "No worries!" | 5 |
| 56A | 107. Number ones | 9 |
| 57A | 108. You're doing it every day | 5 |
| 58A | 109. "I'll pass" | 5 |
| 59A | 110. Bank offering for a property buyer | 12 |
| 60A | 111. Roommate who doesn't pay rent? | 3 |
| 61A | 112. 2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit | 14 |
| 62A | 113. "T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa") | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Teacher's summons"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEME
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2A: "11. Bench press muscle, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEC
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3A: "18. ___ Basin (D.C. attraction)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to or caused by tides
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIDAL
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4A: "19. Progeny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- Similar words include: subject, exit, military issue
- Opposite of: recall
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Answer: ISSUE
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5A: "20. Didn't turn away"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ALLOWEDIN
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6A: "22. Texas A&M athlete"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGGIE
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7A: "23. Prefix with media"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MULTI
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8A: "24. Person providing a sworn account"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DECLARANT
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9A: "25. "I really, really appreciate it!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: THANKSAMILLION
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10A: "27. Unspoken communication syst."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sign language used in the united states
- Similar words include: American sign language
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASL
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11A: "28. After-the-fact discount"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MAILINREBATE
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12A: "29. Not fresh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- Similar words include: stock, threadbare, shopworn
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRITE
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13A: "30. Big movie theater chain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMC
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14A: "31. Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REDDIT
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15A: "32. Paramedic's skill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
- Similar words include: kiss of life, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPR
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16A: "35. Reward for a good puppy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something considered choice to eat
- Similar words include: regale, dainty, handle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TREAT
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17A: "37. Harbingers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
- Similar words include: prognostication, portent, bode
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMENS
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18A: "39. One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DESREE
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19A: "41. Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: UNEARNEDRUN
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20A: "44. Like sheep, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; ; ; ; - edmund burke
- Opposite of: disobedient
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OBEDIENT
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21A: "46. Degree holder, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
- Similar words include: ammonium alum, ammonia alum, graduate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALUM
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22A: "47. Displayed audacity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- Similar words include: defy, dare, presume
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DARED
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23A: "48. The Psychedelic ___ (rock band)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- Similar words include: pelt, fur
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FURS
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24A: "49. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDNA
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25A: "50. Explosive stuff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Similar words include: trinitrotoluene
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TNT
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26A: "53. Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
- Similar words include: Desmond Tutu, ballet skirt
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUTU
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27A: "55. Actress Shirley of "The Apartment""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MACLAINE
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28A: "59. "Nice idea!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- Similar words include: hurt, saucy, fresh
- Opposite of: stupid
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Answer: SMART
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29A: "61. Beethoven's Third"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EROICA
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30A: "62. David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
- Similar words include: try out, attempt, test
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESSAY
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31A: "63. Conspiring cliques"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- Similar words include: camarilla, junto, conspiracy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CABALS
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32A: "65. Judge of diamond value?"
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: Hank Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AARON
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33A: "66. Grab (onto)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take by theft
- Similar words include: snitch, thieve, hook
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLOM
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34A: "67. Word order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
- Similar words include: word, phrase, choice of words
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PHRASING
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35A: "69. Britain's most prestigious military decoration"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: VICTORIACROSS
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36A: "71. Fantasizes about"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DROOLSOVER
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37A: "73. Block someone's passage, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: ERECTABARRIER
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38A: "74. Scribble on, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
- Similar words include: spoil, vitiate, mutilate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAR
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39A: "75. Egyptian symbol of life"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANKH
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40A: "76. Exits"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- Similar words include: function, exit, rifle
- Opposite of: come, be born
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Answer: GOES
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41A: "77. Allow to enroll"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- Similar words include: acknowledge, let in, accommodate
- Opposite of: exclude, reject
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Answer: ADMIT
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42A: "79. Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIKE
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43A: "80. Gets more expensive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that become steeper
- Similar words include: steepen
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STEEPENS
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44A: "82. Vague approximation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
- Similar words include: guestimate
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: GUESSTIMATE
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45A: "85. Restrictive undergarment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
- Similar words include: girdle, stays
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CORSET
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46A: "86. Word employment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: custom, usance, exercise
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: USAGE
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47A: "88. Pia ___ (brain covering)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal use of the latin word for mother; sometimes used by british schoolboys or used facetiously
- Similar words include: matt, mat, matted
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MATER
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48A: "89. Pained yelps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWS
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49A: "90. Linings of nautilus shells"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- Similar words include: nacre, mother-of-pearl
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NACRES
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50A: "92. Hired detectives, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
- Similar words include: sherlock, pi, private detective
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIS
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51A: "94. Slow ___ (Asian primate)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LORIS
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52A: "98. Prefix with -bar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISO
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53A: "101. Stayed somewhere temporarily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
- Similar words include: sojourn
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SOJOURNED
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54A: "104. Peak of religion?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
- Similar words include: Sinai Desert, Sinai Peninsula, Mount Sinai
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SINAI
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55A: "106. "No worries!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITSOK
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56A: "107. Number ones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who has won first place in a competition
- Similar words include: ace, champ, star
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CHAMPIONS
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57A: "108. You're doing it every day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- Similar words include: get on, age, senescent
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGING
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58A: "109. "I'll pass""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOTME
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59A: "110. Bank offering for a property buyer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: HOMEMORTGAGE
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60A: "111. Roommate who doesn't pay rent?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- Similar words include: favored, best-loved, dearie
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PET
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61A: "112. 2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: WHATAGIRLWANTS
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62A: "113. "T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various juicy fruit of the genus vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
- Similar words include: grape vine, grapevine, grapeshot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRAPE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Right now!" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. This clue's number, cubed | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Top priority on the agenda | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy | 7 |
| 6D | 6. [See title] | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Baton Rouge institution, familiarly | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Five Pillars religion | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Defeat in competition | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___ | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Accepts a deal from the D.A., say | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Spanish folk hero | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Meets head-on? | 8 |
| 14D | 14. [See title] | 4 |
| 15D | 15. Nabokov novel | 3 |
| 16D | 16. Whitesmith's material | 3 |
| 17D | 17. Doc using an otoscope | 3 |
| 18D | 20. TV's Don Draper and his co-workers | 5 |
| 19D | 21. Took orders, say | 6 |
| 20D | 26. Fortuneteller | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Calm | 6 |
| 22D | 31. "Star Wars" character Kylo ___ | 3 |
| 23D | 32. Plastic cap? | 11 |
| 24D | 33. Tube-shaped pasta | 5 |
| 25D | 34. Do some road maintenance on | 5 |
| 26D | 36. Et cetera | 10 |
| 27D | 38. Clear as ___ (not clear) | 3 |
| 28D | 40. Western mountain range, informally | 7 |
| 29D | 41. Arm bones | 5 |
| 30D | 42. Christmas display pieces | 11 |
| 31D | 43. E.R. V.I.P.s | 3 |
| 32D | 45. Classic Italian appetizer | 10 |
| 33D | 46. Paper source? | 3 |
| 34D | 48. Rage | 4 |
| 35D | 51. [See title] | 5 |
| 36D | 52. Puerto ___ | 4 |
| 37D | 53. Player's club | 4 |
| 38D | 54. [See title] | 5 |
| 39D | 56. Despises | 7 |
| 40D | 57. [See title] | 4 |
| 41D | 58. Brandy letters | 3 |
| 42D | 60. Artist Chagall | 4 |
| 43D | 62. Big heads | 4 |
| 44D | 64. Travel a winding route | 5 |
| 45D | 67. They're at the ends of some rainbows | 6 |
| 46D | 68. Test for M.A. seekers | 3 |
| 47D | 69. Explorer da Gama | 5 |
| 48D | 70. Following behind | 5 |
| 49D | 72. Making a comeback | 9 |
| 50D | 73. Ambulance initials | 3 |
| 51D | 76. "Keep it together!" | 8 |
| 52D | 77. Summer mo. | 3 |
| 53D | 78. Expression of frustration | 8 |
| 54D | 79. Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski" | 8 |
| 55D | 81. Suppressed, as emotions | 6 |
| 56D | 82. It's in the pipeline | 3 |
| 57D | 83. "___ never fly" | 4 |
| 58D | 84. Asking for a human's attention, perhaps | 7 |
| 59D | 87. They're often covered with dirt | 5 |
| 60D | 91. ___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics) | 5 |
| 61D | 93. Coastal region of ancient Greece | 5 |
| 62D | 95. The 'gram | 5 |
| 63D | 96. Pound the pavement? | 5 |
| 64D | 97. [See title] | 4 |
| 65D | 98. "You don't need to tell me" | 4 |
| 66D | 99. [See title] | 4 |
| 67D | 100. ___-Ball | 4 |
| 68D | 101. Any of the U.C.s | 3 |
| 69D | 102. Cry of playful discovery | 3 |
| 70D | 103. Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___ | 3 |
| 71D | 105. Kitchen intruder | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Right now!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAT
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2D: "2. This clue's number, cubed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Similar words include: ogdoad, octad, 8
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EIGHT
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3D: "3. Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDGAR
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4D: "4. Top priority on the agenda"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MAINITEM
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5D: "5. Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ELEKTRA
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6D: "6. [See title]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that capital and largest city and economic center of peru; located in western peru; was capital of the spanish empire in the new world until the 19th century
- Similar words include: capital of Peru
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIMA
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7D: "7. Baton Rouge institution, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LSU
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8D: "8. Five Pillars religion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
- Similar words include: Mohammedanism, Islamism, Muslimism
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ISLAM
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9D: "9. Defeat in competition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that score more points than one's opponents
- Similar words include: outpoint
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OUTSCORE
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10D: "10. Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEIL
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11D: "11. Accepts a deal from the D.A., say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PLEADSOUT
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12D: "12. Spanish folk hero"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELCID
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13D: "13. Meets head-on?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- Similar words include: jar, collide, clash
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: COLLIDES
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14D: "14. [See title]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital of switzerland; located in western switzerland
- Similar words include: Berne, capital of Switzerland
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BERN
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15D: "15. Nabokov novel"
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- Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADA
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16D: "16. Whitesmith's material"
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- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: tin can, put up, can
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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17D: "17. Doc using an otoscope"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENT
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18D: "20. TV's Don Draper and his co-workers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone whose business is advertising
- Similar words include: adman, advertizer, advertiser
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADMEN
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19D: "21. Took orders, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- Similar words include: wait, await, waitress
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WAITED
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20D: "26. Fortuneteller"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
- Similar words include: prophet, vaticinator, prophesier
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEER
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21D: "30. Calm"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATEASE
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22D: "31. "Star Wars" character Kylo ___"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN
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23D: "32. Plastic cap?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CREDITLIMIT
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24D: "33. Tube-shaped pasta"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PENNE
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25D: "34. Do some road maintenance on"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RETAR
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26D: "36. Et cetera"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ANDONANDON
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27D: "38. Clear as ___ (not clear)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- Similar words include: mire, muck up, muck
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MUD
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28D: "40. Western mountain range, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- Similar words include: sierra, Scomberomorus sierra
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SIERRAS
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29D: "41. Arm bones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
- Similar words include: elbow bone, ulna
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ULNAE
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30D: "42. Christmas display pieces"
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- Think of something that a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- Similar words include: nutcracker, nuthatch
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: NUTCRACKERS
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31D: "43. E.R. V.I.P.s"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DRS
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32D: "45. Classic Italian appetizer"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BRUSCHETTA
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33D: "46. Paper source?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Similar words include: cash machine, automatic teller, standard atmosphere
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATM
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34D: "48. Rage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of intense anger
- Similar words include: ferocity, vehemence, frenzy
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FURY
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35D: "51. [See title]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a town at the southern tip of illinois at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers
- Similar words include: capital of Egypt, Al Qahira, El Qahira
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAIRO
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36D: "52. Puerto ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
- Similar words include: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, anti-racketeering law, RICO Act
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RICO
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37D: "53. Player's club"
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- Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Similar words include: team up, squad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEAM
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38D: "54. [See title]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the capital of morocco; located in the northwestern on the atlantic coast
- Similar words include: capital of Morocco
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RABAT
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39D: "56. Despises"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that find repugnant
- Similar words include: loathe, abominate, execrate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LOATHES
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40D: "57. [See title]"
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- Think of something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
- Similar words include: Christiania, capital of Norway
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSLO
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41D: "58. Brandy letters"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VSO
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42D: "60. Artist Chagall"
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- Think of something that made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MARC
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43D: "62. Big heads"
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- Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Similar words include: self, self-importance, egotism
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOS
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44D: "64. Travel a winding route"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
- Similar words include: Snake River, ophidian, serpent
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNAKE
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45D: "67. They're at the ends of some rainbows"
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- Think of something that a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
- Similar words include: optical prism, prism
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PRISMS
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46D: "68. Test for M.A. seekers"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GRE
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47D: "69. Explorer da Gama"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VASCO
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48D: "70. Following behind"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTOW
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49D: "72. Making a comeback"
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- Think of something that rising again as to new life and vigor
- Similar words include: renascent
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RESURGENT
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50D: "73. Ambulance initials"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quad with a square body
- Similar words include: pica, pica em, mutton quad
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMS
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51D: "76. "Keep it together!""
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GETAGRIP
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52D: "77. Summer mo."
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- Think of something that the month following july and preceding september
- Similar words include: August
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AUG
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53D: "78. Expression of frustration"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DEEPSIGH
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54D: "79. Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski""
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- Think of something that someone who tells a story
- Similar words include: storyteller, teller
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NARRATOR
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55D: "81. Suppressed, as emotions"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PENTUP
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56D: "82. It's in the pipeline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: brag, accelerator, gaseous state
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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57D: "83. "___ never fly""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITLL
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58D: "84. Asking for a human's attention, perhaps"
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- Think of something that cry like a cat
- Similar words include: meow, mew
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MEOWING
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59D: "87. They're often covered with dirt"
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- Think of something that a small hard fruit
- Similar words include: cum, come, germ
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEDS
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60D: "91. ___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics)"
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- Think of something that small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CANOE
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61D: "93. Coastal region of ancient Greece"
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- Think of something that region of western asia minor colonized by ancient greeks
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IONIA
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62D: "95. The 'gram"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INSTA
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63D: "96. Pound the pavement?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
- Similar words include: stump, stamp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOMP
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64D: "97. [See title]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that capital and largest city of italy; on the tiber; seat of the roman catholic church; formerly the capital of the roman republic and the roman empire
- Similar words include: Italian capital, Eternal City, Roma
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROME
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65D: "98. "You don't need to tell me""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISAW
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66D: "99. [See title]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
- Similar words include: capital of Latvia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIGA
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67D: "100. ___-Ball"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKEE
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68D: "101. Any of the U.C.s"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SCH
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69D: "102. Cry of playful discovery"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OHO
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70D: "103. Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that preserve of crushed fruit
- Similar words include: muddle, electronic jamming, fix
- Opposite of: free
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Answer: JAM
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71D: "105. Kitchen intruder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Similar words include: pismire, emmet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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62 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
133 Total Clues
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