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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (64 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (76 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. Work parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita" | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" | 3 |
| 3A | 10. One's opponents | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Uncool | 4 |
| 5A | 18. Untold | 6 |
| 6A | 19. Down Under runners | 4 |
| 7A | 21. Caramel-filled candy | 4 |
| 8A | 22. Word following bear or honey | 4 |
| 9A | 23. _ATSO_ and _EKYL_ | 21 |
| 10A | 27. Astonished, informally | 5 |
| 11A | 28. With 45-Across, many a correspondent | 3 |
| 12A | 29. Do business | 7 |
| 13A | 30. Uncle, in Uruguay | 3 |
| 14A | 31. Water nymph of Greek myth | 5 |
| 15A | 33. Poet's Muse | 5 |
| 16A | 34. Memorial ___ Kettering (New York City medical facility) | 5 |
| 17A | 36. _RAVES | 19 |
| 18A | 41. It may be petrified | 6 |
| 19A | 42. Acknowledge | 5 |
| 20A | 43. El ___, Tex. | 4 |
| 21A | 44. Sass | 3 |
| 22A | 45. See 28-Across | 3 |
| 23A | 47. Eggy quaff | 3 |
| 24A | 48. Trudge | 4 |
| 25A | 50. Approaching | 4 |
| 26A | 54. Some funerary selections | 4 |
| 27A | 56. SAG_ | 16 |
| 28A | 60. Stands for speakers | 5 |
| 29A | 62. Preserver of freshness | 4 |
| 30A | 63. Sent | 6 |
| 31A | 64. Place for a sailor's anchor, informally | 5 |
| 32A | 67. Hunk | 4 |
| 33A | 70. Disapproving syllables | 4 |
| 34A | 72. It may be mental | 5 |
| 35A | 73. Out, in a way | 6 |
| 36A | 75. "That's cool, man" | 4 |
| 37A | 77. Words that may open doors | 5 |
| 38A | 79. _NIGHT | 16 |
| 39A | 83. Learning method | 4 |
| 40A | 87. Guard, as a goal | 4 |
| 41A | 88. Get rid of | 4 |
| 42A | 89. "Yadda, yadda" | 3 |
| 43A | 90. Squeaker ... or squealer | 3 |
| 44A | 92. Home improvement initials | 3 |
| 45A | 93. Italian wine city | 4 |
| 46A | 95. Fiber also known as viscose | 5 |
| 47A | 97. Toddler's jumping spot on a rainy day | 6 |
| 48A | 99. FRAN_ | 19 |
| 49A | 104. More reasonable | 5 |
| 50A | 105. Interprets | 5 |
| 51A | 106. Suspended musical instruments | 5 |
| 52A | 107. Vein contents | 3 |
| 53A | 108. Calm | 7 |
| 54A | 111. Title that becomes loftier when an E is added | 3 |
| 55A | 112. Escort to a penthouse, say | 5 |
| 56A | 116. _IALO_ | 21 |
| 57A | 120. Even | 4 |
| 58A | 121. Carry on | 4 |
| 59A | 122. Tender cut | 4 |
| 60A | 123. Pie portions, shapewise | 6 |
| 61A | 124. Crones | 4 |
| 62A | 125. Gas brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet | 4 |
| 63A | 126. Invention originally developed as a yellow dye | 3 |
| 64A | 127. Refuse to budge | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Work parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sexually precocious young girl
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LOLITA
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2A: "7. Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that estrangement from god
- Similar words include: wickedness, sine, sinfulness
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIN
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3A: "10. One's opponents"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THEM
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4A: "14. Uncool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- Similar words include: halt, cripple, halting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAME
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5A: "18. Untold"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATONOF
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6A: "19. Down Under runners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Similar words include: emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMUS
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7A: "21. Caramel-filled candy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROLO
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8A: "22. Word following bear or honey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- Similar words include: sand trap, maw, ambuscade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRAP
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9A: "23. _ATSO_ and _EKYL_"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS
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10A: "27. Astonished, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
- Similar words include: excite, shake off, agitate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHOOK
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11A: "28. With 45-Across, many a correspondent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- Similar words include: write, penitentiary, compose
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEN
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12A: "29. Do business"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- Similar words include: operate on, run, manoeuvre
- Opposite of: malfunction, disengage
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Answer: OPERATE
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13A: "30. Uncle, in Uruguay"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIO
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14A: "31. Water nymph of Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
- Similar words include: water nymph
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NAIAD
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15A: "33. Poet's Muse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERATO
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16A: "34. Memorial ___ Kettering (New York City medical facility)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLOAN
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17A: "36. _RAVES"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: NEEDSNOINTRODUCTION
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18A: "41. It may be petrified"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
- Similar words include: fogy, dodo, fogey
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FOSSIL
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19A: "42. Acknowledge"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NODAT
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20A: "43. El ___, Tex."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PASO
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21A: "44. Sass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- Similar words include: backtalk, back talk, rim
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIP
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22A: "45. See 28-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Similar words include: chum, brother, crony
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PAL
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23A: "47. Eggy quaff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Similar words include: peg
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOG
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24A: "48. Trudge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
- Similar words include: footslog, trudge, tramp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLOD
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25A: "50. Approaching"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- Similar words include: nearly, virtually, near
- Opposite of: far
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Answer: NIGH
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26A: "54. Some funerary selections"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- Similar words include: urn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URNS
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27A: "56. SAG_"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: NEVERENDINGSTORY
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28A: "60. Stands for speakers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- Similar words include: stump, soapbox, podium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PODIA
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29A: "62. Preserver of freshness"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Similar words include: Navy SEAL, sealing wax, stamp
- Opposite of: unseal
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Answer: SEAL
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30A: "63. Sent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Similar words include: intoxicate, uplift, pick up
- Opposite of: dejected, depress
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Answer: ELATED
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31A: "64. Place for a sailor's anchor, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BICEP
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32A: "67. Hunk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that block consisting of a thick piece of something
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAB
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33A: "70. Disapproving syllables"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tsk, tut, tut-tut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSKS
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34A: "72. It may be mental"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an iconic mental representation
- Similar words include: picture, figure of speech, figure
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMAGE
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35A: "73. Out, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in a state of sleep
- Similar words include: gone, at rest, numb
- Opposite of: awake
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Answer: ASLEEP
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36A: "75. "That's cool, man""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDIG
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37A: "77. Words that may open doors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITSME
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38A: "79. _NIGHT"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________________
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Answer: HEADLESSHORSEMAN
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39A: "83. Learning method"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that memorization by repetition
- Similar words include: rote learning
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROTE
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40A: "87. Guard, as a goal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- Similar words include: run, incline, lean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEND
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41A: "88. Get rid of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- Similar words include: molt, cast, throw
- Opposite of: persistent
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Answer: SHED
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42A: "89. "Yadda, yadda""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETC
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43A: "90. Squeaker ... or squealer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: dirty dog, shop, scum bag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAT
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44A: "92. Home improvement initials"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DIY
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45A: "93. Italian wine city"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTI
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46A: "95. Fiber also known as viscose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a synthetic silklike fabric
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAYON
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47A: "97. Toddler's jumping spot on a rainy day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- Similar words include: addle, make, pool
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PUDDLE
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48A: "99. FRAN_"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: NOTCOMPLETELYHONEST
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49A: "104. More reasonable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: reasonable, sane
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANER
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50A: "105. Interprets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something that is read
- Similar words include: register, understand, take
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: READS
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51A: "106. Suspended musical instruments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
- Similar words include: tam-tam, bell, gong
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GONGS
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52A: "107. Vein contents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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53A: "108. Calm"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATPEACE
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54A: "111. Title that becomes loftier when an E is added"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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55A: "112. Escort to a penthouse, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEUP
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56A: "116. _IALO_"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________________
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Answer: UNLIMITEDTALKANDTEXTS
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57A: "120. Even"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- Similar words include: fastened, splice, trussed
- Opposite of: untied, untie
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Answer: TIED
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58A: "121. Carry on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Similar words include: mouth off, blah, fustian
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RANT
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59A: "122. Tender cut"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
- Similar words include: lumbus
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOIN
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60A: "123. Pie portions, shapewise"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any shape that is triangular in cross section
- Similar words include: hoagie, sub, wedge heel
- Opposite of: dislodge
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Answer: WEDGES
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61A: "124. Crones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ugly evil-looking old woman
- Similar words include: hagfish, beldame, crone
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAGS
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62A: "125. Gas brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESSO
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63A: "126. Invention originally developed as a yellow dye"
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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64A: "127. Refuse to budge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
- Similar words include: importune, assert, take a firm stand
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INSIST
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Striplings | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Texter's "Then again ..." | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Bananas | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Chants | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Briefly swam | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Home to more than 1,500 languages: Abbr. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Affixed, as a patch | 7 |
| 8D | 8. "Let's do this!" | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Macadamia, for one | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Closely following | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Racing vehicle | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Napoleon exile site | 4 |
| 13D | 13. No longer relevant | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Inc., abroad | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Childish comeback | 6 |
| 16D | 16. Maid of Sherwood Forest | 6 |
| 17D | 17. Many a printer | 5 |
| 18D | 20. Consequences of supply chain problems | 9 |
| 19D | 24. Cross | 4 |
| 20D | 25. Dizzying gallery works | 5 |
| 21D | 26. Pauses while playing | 5 |
| 22D | 32. Treasure or desert follower | 6 |
| 23D | 33. Ewoks' home moon | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Job that may involve jumping through hoops | 9 |
| 25D | 36. Form of detective fiction | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Channel for gaming enthusiasts? | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Actress Skye | 4 |
| 28D | 39. Words after check, follow or catch | 4 |
| 29D | 40. Bum | 5 |
| 30D | 41. Reason to take a shot | 3 |
| 31D | 46. Some odoriferous gifts | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Smartphone predecessors, for short | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Female rapper with a longtime feud with Foxy Brown | 6 |
| 34D | 51. "Diminutive" Greek letter | 4 |
| 35D | 52. Nickname that omits "-ory" | 4 |
| 36D | 53. London park | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Chemistry test? | 9 |
| 38D | 57. Travel bag | 6 |
| 39D | 58. Bag | 3 |
| 40D | 59. Not very favorable, as some 84-Down | 4 |
| 41D | 61. Car with a stylized lightning bolt logo | 4 |
| 42D | 64. Thai money | 4 |
| 43D | 65. "Gotcha" | 4 |
| 44D | 66. Group with a tartan | 4 |
| 45D | 68. It may drive one to distraction, in brief | 4 |
| 46D | 69. Thumbnail, maybe | 3 |
| 47D | 71. A-lister | 4 |
| 48D | 74. Sauce traditionally made in a mortar | 5 |
| 49D | 76. Steal | 9 |
| 50D | 78. Attach with a click | 6 |
| 51D | 80. Carpenter's spacer | 4 |
| 52D | 81. Ophthalmology concerns | 5 |
| 53D | 82. Green sci. | 4 |
| 54D | 84. 2 to 5, say | 4 |
| 55D | 85. Infraction at an arcade | 4 |
| 56D | 86. ___ of Horus (Egyptian symbol of healing) | 3 |
| 57D | 91. Element used in bulb filaments | 8 |
| 58D | 94. "Shoo!" | 5 |
| 59D | 95. Display some emotion, perhaps | 5 |
| 60D | 96. Member of the N.F.L.'s "Big Blue," in brief | 7 |
| 61D | 98. Prepares to puree, perhaps, as papayas | 7 |
| 62D | 99. Fantasy realm ruled by King Caspian | 6 |
| 63D | 100. Feature of Anthony Robles, a 2011 N.C.A.A. national champion wrestler | 6 |
| 64D | 101. Shows pride in one's appearance, in a way | 6 |
| 65D | 102. Result in | 6 |
| 66D | 103. Producer of a call to arms | 4 |
| 67D | 104. Go ___ (fail) | 5 |
| 68D | 109. Poop | 4 |
| 69D | 110. School grps. | 4 |
| 70D | 111. Hide | 4 |
| 71D | 113. Vet | 4 |
| 72D | 114. Western Indians | 4 |
| 73D | 115. Subtle summons | 4 |
| 74D | 117. Fingers | 3 |
| 75D | 118. Park place? | 3 |
| 76D | 119. Road recklessness of a sort, for short | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Striplings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a boy or man
- Similar words include: sonny boy, cub, lad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LADS
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2D: "2. Texter's "Then again ...""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OTOH
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3D: "3. Bananas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- Similar words include: buggy, fruity, around the bend
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOCO
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4D: "4. Chants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- Similar words include: tone, chant, intone
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INTONES
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5D: "5. Briefly swam"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TOOKADIP
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6D: "6. Home to more than 1,500 languages: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AFR
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7D: "7. Affixed, as a patch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEWEDON
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8D: "8. "Let's do this!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMIN
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9D: "9. Macadamia, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that usually large hard-shelled seed
- Similar words include: fruitcake, nut case, crackpot
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NUT
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10D: "10. Closely following"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRUETO
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11D: "11. Racing vehicle"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOTROD
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12D: "12. Napoleon exile site"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELBA
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13D: "13. No longer relevant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- Similar words include: consider, arguable, debate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOOT
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14D: "14. Inc., abroad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTD
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15D: "15. Childish comeback"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARETOO
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16D: "16. Maid of Sherwood Forest"
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- Think of something that of or relating to or venerating the virgin mary
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MARIAN
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17D: "17. Many a printer"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EPSON
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18D: "20. Consequences of supply chain problems"
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- Think of something that the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- Similar words include: deficit, dearth, shortfall
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHORTAGES
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19D: "24. Cross"
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- Think of something that the complete duration of something
- Similar words include: twosome, pair, duad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPAN
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20D: "25. Dizzying gallery works"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OPART
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21D: "26. Pauses while playing"
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- Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
- Similar words include: residue, lie, catch one's breath
- Opposite of: be active, change
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Answer: RESTS
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22D: "32. Treasure or desert follower"
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- Think of something that a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISLAND
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23D: "33. Ewoks' home moon"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ENDOR
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24D: "35. Job that may involve jumping through hoops"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LIONTAMER
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25D: "36. Form of detective fiction"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOIR
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26D: "37. Channel for gaming enthusiasts?"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPN
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27D: "38. Actress Skye"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IONE
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28D: "39. Words after check, follow or catch"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UPON
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29D: "40. Bum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ask for and get free; be a parasite
- Similar words include: bum, scrounge, schnorr
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CADGE
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30D: "41. Reason to take a shot"
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- Think of something that an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
- Similar words include: grippe, influenza
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FLU
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31D: "46. Some odoriferous gifts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Similar words include: wreath, coronal, lei
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEIS
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32D: "48. Smartphone predecessors, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- Similar words include: personal organiser, PDA, personal organizer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PDAS
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33D: "49. Female rapper with a longtime feud with Foxy Brown"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LILKIM
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34D: "51. "Diminutive" Greek letter"
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- Think of something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Similar words include: whit, smidgin, shred
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IOTA
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35D: "52. Nickname that omits "-ory""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GREG
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36D: "53. London park"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HYDE
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37D: "55. Chemistry test?"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPEEDDATE
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38D: "57. Travel bag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small overnight bag for short trips
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: VALISE
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39D: "58. Bag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Similar words include: earnings, web, profit
- Opposite of: gross
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Answer: NET
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40D: "59. Not very favorable, as some 84-Down"
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- Think of something that take off weight
- Similar words include: reduce, slenderize, svelte
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: SLIM
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41D: "61. Car with a stylized lightning bolt logo"
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- Think of something that german industrialist who was the first in germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948)
- Similar words include: Wilhelm von Opel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPEL
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42D: "64. Thai money"
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- Think of something that the basic unit of money in thailand
- Similar words include: tical
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAHT
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43D: "65. "Gotcha""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE
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44D: "66. Group with a tartan"
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- Think of something that group of people related by blood or marriage
- Similar words include: tribe, kindred, kinship group
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLAN
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45D: "68. It may drive one to distraction, in brief"
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- Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Similar words include: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADD, minimal brain damage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADHD
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46D: "69. Thumbnail, maybe"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIO
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47D: "71. A-lister"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: headliner, whizz, wizard
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAR
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48D: "74. Sauce traditionally made in a mortar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and parmesan cheese in olive oil
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PESTO
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49D: "76. Steal"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GREATDEAL
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50D: "78. Attach with a click"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNAPON
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51D: "80. Carpenter's spacer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHIM
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52D: "81. Ophthalmology concerns"
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- Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Similar words include: eye infection, sty, hordeolum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STYES
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53D: "82. Green sci."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECOL
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54D: "84. 2 to 5, say"
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- Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Similar words include: betting odds
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODDS
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55D: "85. Infraction at an arcade"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- Similar words include: disputation, arguing, list
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TILT
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56D: "86. ___ of Horus (Egyptian symbol of healing)"
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- Think of something that the organ of sight
- Similar words include: middle, oculus, center
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EYE
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57D: "91. Element used in bulb filaments"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
- Similar words include: atomic number 74, W, wolfram
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TUNGSTEN
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58D: "94. "Shoo!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- Similar words include: buzz off, get, fuck off
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCRAM
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59D: "95. Display some emotion, perhaps"
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- Think of something that show a response or a reaction to something
- Similar words include: respond, oppose
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REACT
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60D: "96. Member of the N.F.L.'s "Big Blue," in brief"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NYGIANT
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61D: "98. Prepares to puree, perhaps, as papayas"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DESEEDS
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62D: "99. Fantasy realm ruled by King Caspian"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NARNIA
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63D: "100. Feature of Anthony Robles, a 2011 N.C.A.A. national champion wrestler"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONELEG
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64D: "101. Shows pride in one's appearance, in a way"
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- Think of something that clean with one's bill
- Similar words include: dress, primp, congratulate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PREENS
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65D: "102. Result in"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEADTO
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66D: "103. Producer of a call to arms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- Similar words include: trumpet, saddle horn, tusk
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HORN
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67D: "104. Go ___ (fail)"
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- Think of something that the region of the united states lying to the south of the mason-dixon line
- Similar words include: Dixie, Confederate States, Confederate States of America
- Opposite of: north
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Answer: SOUTH
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68D: "109. Poop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
- Similar words include: tire out, wear upon, wear
- Opposite of: interest, refresh
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Answer: TIRE
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69D: "110. School grps."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PTAS
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70D: "111. Hide"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- Similar words include: shin, scrape, peel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKIN
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71D: "113. Vet"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXGI
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72D: "114. Western Indians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Similar words include: Ute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UTES
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73D: "115. Subtle summons"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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74D: "117. Fingers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Similar words include: Idaho, ID, Gem State
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDS
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75D: "118. Park place?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: set, mickle, mint
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOT
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76D: "119. Road recklessness of a sort, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DWI
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64 Across Clues
76 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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