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- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (80 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (80 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. Less injurious | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Showed some real malice toward | 6 |
| 3A | 12. Mideast currency | 5 |
| 4A | 17. Landscaper's timesaver | 3 |
| 5A | 20. "Well, how about that?!" | 5 |
| 6A | 21. Practice taught in a dojo | 6 |
| 7A | 22. Combined | 5 |
| 8A | 23. Computer's "brain," in brief | 3 |
| 9A | 24. Certain group of orchestral winds | 12 |
| 10A | 26. Large insect named from Greek myth | 9 |
| 11A | 28. Yank | 3 |
| 12A | 29. Hook for a newspaper article | 4 |
| 13A | 30. Forerunners of CDs | 3 |
| 14A | 31. New start? | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Nautical lever | 3 |
| 16A | 33. "De dónde ___ tú?" ("Where are you from?": Sp.) | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Rope in | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Mechanic's offering | 10 |
| 19A | 41. Told, as a story | 7 |
| 20A | 43. Special offer | 5 |
| 21A | 46. Turn from solid to liquid | 4 |
| 22A | 47. Diamond, e.g. | 3 |
| 23A | 48. Santa Fe automaker | 7 |
| 24A | 50. Two of them make up a diameter | 5 |
| 25A | 52. Chilling | 6 |
| 26A | 54. Frat ___ | 3 |
| 27A | 56. Sharp nail | 5 |
| 28A | 57. Group project on a winter's day, perhaps | 12 |
| 29A | 59. What snobby people put on | 4 |
| 30A | 61. ___ Simmons, founding member of Kiss | 4 |
| 31A | 62. Missouri airport code | 3 |
| 32A | 63. Highly anomalous | 5 |
| 33A | 64. Distraction-limiting lifestyle trend | 8 |
| 34A | 66. [24-Across] | 4 |
| 35A | 70. Rake in | 4 |
| 36A | 72. Enthusiastic response to "Who's ready?" | 3 |
| 37A | 73. [37-Across] | 4 |
| 38A | 74. Celebration between Xmas and M.L.K. Day | 3 |
| 39A | 75. Classic Dalmatian name | 4 |
| 40A | 79. "Am I invisible or what?!" | 8 |
| 41A | 84. [41-Across] | 4 |
| 42A | 85. Airport screening org. | 3 |
| 43A | 86. Another name for Vishnu, translating to "the remover" | 4 |
| 44A | 87. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen" | 4 |
| 45A | 88. Mellow, in a way | 3 |
| 46A | 89. [57-Across] | 4 |
| 47A | 90. Prompts to play, while conducting | 6 |
| 48A | 92. Largest zodiac constellation | 5 |
| 49A | 94. Privacy doc | 3 |
| 50A | 96. Material in reusable diapers | 5 |
| 51A | 99. Rihanna song with the lyric "Please, someone help me" | 3 |
| 52A | 100. Tonsil doc | 3 |
| 53A | 101. Baby fox | 3 |
| 54A | 103. Pioneering premium channel | 3 |
| 55A | 106. Pole, e.g. | 4 |
| 56A | 107. Advantageous | 5 |
| 57A | 109. Qualm | 11 |
| 58A | 112. Plot feature of "Planet of the Apes" | 10 |
| 59A | 114. Casals who popularized Bach's cello suites | 5 |
| 60A | 115. Suitable | 11 |
| 61A | 117. Source of the word "tuk-tuk" used for a motorized rickshaw | 4 |
| 62A | 120. Crumb carriers | 4 |
| 63A | 122. "What ___ we doing?" | 3 |
| 64A | 123. Took a load off | 3 |
| 65A | 124. Cousins of cobras | 4 |
| 66A | 127. "Good job!" | 7 |
| 67A | 129. Absorbent | 6 |
| 68A | 132. Cell network letters | 3 |
| 69A | 134. Co-Stooge of Larry | 3 |
| 70A | 135. Reply to "Nuh-uh!" | 5 |
| 71A | 136. 1990s exercise fad | 5 |
| 72A | 138. Descended with rappelling ropes | 10 |
| 73A | 141. Step forcefully | 5 |
| 74A | 142. Alternative to a username when logging in | 5 |
| 75A | 143. 1,000,000,000 years | 3 |
| 76A | 144. Stank | 6 |
| 77A | 145. Builds muscle | 5 |
| 78A | 146. Period of letting loose | 5 |
| 79A | 147. Abbr. after some business names | 3 |
| 80A | 148. Looks of contempt | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Less injurious"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free from danger or the risk of harm
- Similar words include: secure, good, dependable
- Opposite of: out, dangerous
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Answer: SAFER
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2A: "6. Showed some real malice toward"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPATAT
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3A: "12. Mideast currency"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 100 dinars equal 1 rial in iran
- Similar words include: Jordanian dinar, Iranian dinar, Iraqi dinar
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DINAR
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4A: "17. Landscaper's timesaver"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- Similar words include: turf, sward, greensward
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOD
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5A: "20. "Well, how about that?!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ILLBE
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6A: "21. Practice taught in a dojo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a traditional japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: KARATE
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7A: "22. Combined"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INONE
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8A: "23. Computer's "brain," in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- Similar words include: central processor, central processing unit, processor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPU
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9A: "24. Certain group of orchestral winds"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: FLUTESECTION
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10A: "26. Large insect named from Greek myth"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ATLASMOTH
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11A: "28. Yank"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden abrupt pull
- Similar words include: towboat, drive, tugboat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUG
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12A: "29. Hook for a newspaper article"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the introductory section of a story
- Similar words include: lead-in, lead
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEDE
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13A: "30. Forerunners of CDs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- Similar words include: LP, L-P
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LPS
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14A: "31. New start?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEO
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15A: "32. Nautical lever"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAR
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16A: "33. "De dónde ___ tú?" ("Where are you from?": Sp.)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERES
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17A: "35. Rope in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that belgian composer (1532-1594)
- Similar words include: reata, lariat, Roland de Lassus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LASSO
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18A: "37. Mechanic's offering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CARSERVICE
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19A: "41. Told, as a story"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
- Similar words include: associate, come to, relate
- Opposite of: dissociate, unrelated
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Answer: RELATED
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20A: "43. Special offer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PROMO
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21A: "46. Turn from solid to liquid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: melt down, mellow, thaw
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MELT
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22A: "47. Diamond, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- Similar words include: stone, muffin, treasure
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEM
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23A: "48. Santa Fe automaker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HYUNDAI
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24A: "50. Two of them make up a diameter"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
- Similar words include: spoke, radius, wheel spoke
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RADII
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25A: "52. Chilling"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATEASE
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26A: "54. Frat ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BRO
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27A: "56. Sharp nail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TALON
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28A: "57. Group project on a winter's day, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: GIANTSNOWMAN
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29A: "59. What snobby people put on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
- Similar words include: zephyr, broadcast, air out
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AIRS
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30A: "61. ___ Simmons, founding member of Kiss"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- Similar words include: factor, cistron
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GENE
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31A: "62. Missouri airport code"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STL
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32A: "63. Highly anomalous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fate personified; any one of the three weird sisters
- Similar words include: Wyrd, unearthly, uncanny
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WEIRD
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33A: "64. Distraction-limiting lifestyle trend"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MONKMODE
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34A: "66. [24-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- Similar words include: fore, halt, stem turn
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STEM
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35A: "70. Rake in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Similar words include: take in, garner, clear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARN
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36A: "72. Enthusiastic response to "Who's ready?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IAM
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37A: "73. [37-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- Similar words include: taxicab, cab, hack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAXI
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38A: "74. Celebration between Xmas and M.L.K. Day"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NYE
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39A: "75. Classic Dalmatian name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Similar words include: position, blot, recognize
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPOT
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40A: "79. "Am I invisible or what?!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: NOTICEME
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41A: "84. [41-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that similar in quality or character
- Similar words include: consanguineal, kindred, kin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AKIN
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42A: "85. Airport screening org."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TSA
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43A: "86. Another name for Vishnu, translating to "the remover""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HARI
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44A: "87. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EVAN
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45A: "88. Mellow, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that school of mahayana buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; china and japan
- Similar words include: Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Zen Buddhism, Elvis
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZEN
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46A: "89. [57-Across]"
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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47A: "90. Prompts to play, while conducting"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CUESIN
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48A: "92. Largest zodiac constellation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in virgo
- Similar words include: Virgo the Virgin, Virgin
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VIRGO
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49A: "94. Privacy doc"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NDA
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50A: "96. Material in reusable diapers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- Similar words include: material, textile, fabric
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CLOTH
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51A: "99. Rihanna song with the lyric "Please, someone help me""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Similar words include: sol, so, soh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOS
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52A: "100. Tonsil doc"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENT
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53A: "101. Baby fox"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a case for containing a set of articles
- Similar words include: outfit, kit up, kit out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: KIT
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54A: "103. Pioneering premium channel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HBO
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55A: "106. Pole, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any member of the people of eastern europe or asian russia who speak a slavonic language
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLAV
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56A: "107. Advantageous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that being of use or service
- Similar words include: useful
- Opposite of: useless
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Answer: UTILE
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57A: "109. Qualm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- Similar words include: reserve, booking, mental reservation
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: RESERVATION
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58A: "112. Plot feature of "Planet of the Apes""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TIMETRAVEL
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59A: "114. Casals who popularized Bach's cello suites"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PABLO
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60A: "115. Suitable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- Similar words include: capture, seize, earmark
- Opposite of: inappropriate
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Answer: APPROPRIATE
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61A: "117. Source of the word "tuk-tuk" used for a motorized rickshaw"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
- Similar words include: Siamese, Central Thai, Tai
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THAI
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62A: "120. Crumb carriers"
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: ant, pismire, emmet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTS
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63A: "122. "What ___ we doing?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: make up, comprise, constitute
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: ARE
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64A: "123. Took a load off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Similar words include: sit down, model, sit
- Opposite of: stand, arise
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Answer: SAT
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65A: "124. Cousins of cobras"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Similar words include: Naja haje, Vipera aspis, Egyptian cobra
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASPS
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66A: "127. "Good job!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WAYTOGO
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67A: "129. Absorbent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that able to absorb fluids
- Similar words include: holey, poriferous
- Opposite of: nonporous
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Answer: POROUS
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68A: "132. Cell network letters"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTE
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69A: "134. Co-Stooge of Larry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOE
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70A: "135. Reply to "Nuh-uh!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ISTOO
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71A: "136. 1990s exercise fad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAEBO
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72A: "138. Descended with rappelling ropes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SCALEDDOWN
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73A: "141. Step forcefully"
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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74A: "142. Alternative to a username when logging in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Similar words include: e-mail, netmail, electronic mail
- Opposite of: snail mail
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Answer: EMAIL
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75A: "143. 1,000,000,000 years"
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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76A: "144. Stank"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have an element suggestive (of something)
- Similar words include: smell, reek, smack
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REEKED
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77A: "145. Builds muscle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
- Similar words include: intone, tone of voice, tincture
- Opposite of: atonicity
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Answer: TONES
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78A: "146. Period of letting loose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brief indulgence of your impulses
- Similar words include: fling
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPREE
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79A: "147. Abbr. after some business names"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTD
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80A: "148. Looks of contempt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
- Similar words include: leer, sneer
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SNEERS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Flour de-clumper | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Intriguing appeal | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Cornet lookalike | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Food assistance syst. | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Easily recite, with "off" | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Scampered away | 10 |
| 7D | 7. Walks nervously, in a way | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Jazz drummer Blakey | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Customize (to) | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Over | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Stunners, so to speak | 4 |
| 12D | 12. William and Harry's mum | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Occasional | 12 |
| 14D | 14. Like choices that can't turn out that badly | 6 |
| 15D | 15. Japan's largest carrier | 3 |
| 16D | 16. Locale with many seasonal businesses | 10 |
| 17D | 17. Previously unseen sporting result (term coined in 2014) | 9 |
| 18D | 18. Pick, with "for" | 3 |
| 19D | 19. "That's obvious!" | 3 |
| 20D | 25. Mabel Mora's portrayer on "Only Murders in the Building" | 11 |
| 21D | 27. Dallas baller | 3 |
| 22D | 34. Use your words? | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Central support | 5 |
| 24D | 37. Concluding passage, in music | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Enthusiasm | 4 |
| 26D | 39. French film award | 5 |
| 27D | 40. Reword, perhaps | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Child king of Egypt | 3 |
| 29D | 44. URL ender for many nonprofits | 3 |
| 30D | 45. ___ tai | 3 |
| 31D | 49. Primo | 4 |
| 32D | 51. Hookups | 3 |
| 33D | 53. Isle of ___ (Scottish locale whose name sounds like an expression of endearment) | 3 |
| 34D | 54. Sound of impact | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Home of the Christ the Redeemer statue | 3 |
| 36D | 58. Brings the house down, like a comic | 5 |
| 37D | 60. Moving between the poles? | 6 |
| 38D | 65. Computer covered by AppleCare | 3 |
| 39D | 66. [109-Across] | 4 |
| 40D | 67. [115-Across] | 4 |
| 41D | 68. [127-Across] | 4 |
| 42D | 69. [138-Across] | 4 |
| 43D | 71. What acids do when mixed with bases | 5 |
| 44D | 75. ___-wolf | 3 |
| 45D | 76. Secondhand lung irritant | 12 |
| 46D | 77. Bird whose name comes from the Latin for "golden" | 6 |
| 47D | 78. Glittery holiday strands | 6 |
| 48D | 79. Not even once | 5 |
| 49D | 80. Sheeplike | 5 |
| 50D | 81. Pastries that can be very sweet, ironically | 5 |
| 51D | 82. Tucked-away observations | 11 |
| 52D | 83. Conclude | 3 |
| 53D | 91. Shipmate of Spock | 5 |
| 54D | 93. Pods in bhindi masala | 4 |
| 55D | 95. Yellowfin tuna | 3 |
| 56D | 96. Advertising award | 4 |
| 57D | 97. Home décor options | 5 |
| 58D | 98. As a whole | 7 |
| 59D | 102. Hookup during infusion therapy, in brief | 5 |
| 60D | 104. Mardi Gras accessory | 3 |
| 61D | 105. Released with conditions | 8 |
| 62D | 106. Topping for an apple crisp | 8 |
| 63D | 108. "Toodles!" | 4 |
| 64D | 110. Embodiment | 7 |
| 65D | 111. Young 'un | 3 |
| 66D | 113. Snickers | 7 |
| 67D | 116. Expert | 3 |
| 68D | 117. Soft-serve request | 5 |
| 69D | 118. Must | 5 |
| 70D | 119. Deandre ___, N.B.A. center who was picked first in the 2018 draft | 5 |
| 71D | 121. Weapon used by some chimpanzees | 5 |
| 72D | 125. Lead-in to grid or play | 5 |
| 73D | 126. Puts in the mail | 5 |
| 74D | 128. "My bad!" | 4 |
| 75D | 130. Off Broadway award | 4 |
| 76D | 131. ___-free | 4 |
| 77D | 133. Heaven on earth | 4 |
| 78D | 137. Boomer at a concert | 3 |
| 79D | 139. It's sometimes shortened to the letter "N" | 3 |
| 80D | 140. Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Flour de-clumper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a household sieve (as for flour)
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIFTER
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2D: "2. Intriguing appeal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- Similar words include: temptingness, tempt, allurement
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALLURE
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3D: "3. Cornet lookalike"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
- Similar words include: fluegelhorn
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: FLUGELHORN
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4D: "4. Food assistance syst."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EBT
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5D: "5. Easily recite, with "off""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- Similar words include: Scottish reel, gyrate, stagger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REEL
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6D: "6. Scampered away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that run away, as if in a panic
- Similar words include: skedaddle
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SKEDADDLED
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7D: "7. Walks nervously, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- Similar words include: gait, yard, tempo
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PACES
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8D: "8. Jazz drummer Blakey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Similar words include: artistic production, artwork, prowess
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART
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9D: "9. Customize (to)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
- Similar words include: sew, orient, sartor
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TAILOR
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10D: "10. Over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on, to, or at the top
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATOP
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11D: "11. Stunners, so to speak"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Similar words include: X, ten, ten-spot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TENS
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12D: "12. William and Harry's mum"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english aristocrat who was the first wife of prince charles; her death in an automobile accident in paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
- Similar words include: Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DIANA
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13D: "13. Occasional"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stopping and starting at irregular intervals
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: INTERMITTENT
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14D: "14. Like choices that can't turn out that badly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOLOSE
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15D: "15. Japan's largest carrier"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANA
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16D: "16. Locale with many seasonal businesses"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: RESORTTOWN
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17D: "17. Previously unseen sporting result (term coined in 2014)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SCORIGAMI
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18D: "18. Pick, with "for""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that select as an alternative over another
- Similar words include: prefer, choose
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPT
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19D: "19. "That's obvious!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DUH
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20D: "25. Mabel Mora's portrayer on "Only Murders in the Building""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SELENAGOMEZ
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21D: "27. Dallas baller"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAV
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22D: "34. Use your words?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the chance to speak
- Similar words include: tell, suppose, pronounce
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAY
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23D: "36. Central support"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- Similar words include: sticker, prickle, spur
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPINE
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24D: "37. Concluding passage, in music"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the closing section of a musical composition
- Similar words include: finale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CODA
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25D: "38. Enthusiasm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- Similar words include: style, panache, ardor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELAN
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26D: "39. French film award"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CESAR
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27D: "40. Reword, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make improvements or corrections to
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMEND
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28D: "42. Child king of Egypt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut-tut, tsk
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUT
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29D: "44. URL ender for many nonprofits"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORG
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30D: "45. ___ tai"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAI
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31D: "49. Primo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AONE
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32D: "51. Hookups"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Similar words include: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Hoosier State, indium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INS
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33D: "53. Isle of ___ (Scottish locale whose name sounds like an expression of endearment)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EWE
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34D: "54. Sound of impact"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
- Similar words include: blast, clap, eruption
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAM
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35D: "55. Home of the Christ the Redeemer statue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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36D: "58. Brings the house down, like a comic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
- Similar words include: slay, off, dispatch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLAYS
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37D: "60. Moving between the poles?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sport in which participants must travel on skis
- Similar words include: ski
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SKIING
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38D: "65. Computer covered by AppleCare"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
- Similar words include: mack, macintosh, mackintosh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAC
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39D: "66. [109-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
- Similar words include: stick around, outride, last out
- Opposite of: change, move
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Answer: STAY
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40D: "67. [115-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Similar words include: get, require, acquire
- Opposite of: give, abstain
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Answer: TAKE
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41D: "68. [127-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening that permits escape or release
- Similar words include: pass away, pop off, get out
- Opposite of: be born, enter
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Answer: EXIT
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42D: "69. [138-Across]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very short skirt
- Similar words include: miniskirt
- Opposite of: midi
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Answer: MINI
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43D: "71. What acids do when mixed with bases"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that show a response or a reaction to something
- Similar words include: oppose, respond
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REACT
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44D: "75. ___-wolf"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SHE
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45D: "76. Secondhand lung irritant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: PASSIVESMOKE
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46D: "77. Bird whose name comes from the Latin for "golden""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
- Similar words include: American oriole, New World oriole, Old World oriole
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORIOLE
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47D: "78. Glittery holiday strands"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a showy decoration that is basically valueless
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TINSEL
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48D: "79. Not even once"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not ever; at no time in the past or future
- Similar words include: ne'er
- Opposite of: ever
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Answer: NEVER
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49D: "80. Sheeplike"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OVINE
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50D: "81. Pastries that can be very sweet, ironically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- Similar words include: cyprian, cocotte, harlot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TARTS
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51D: "82. Tucked-away observations"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MENTALNOTES
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52D: "83. Conclude"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
- Similar words include: ending, conclusion, terminal
- Opposite of: beginning, begin
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Answer: END
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53D: "91. Shipmate of Spock"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UHURA
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54D: "93. Pods in bhindi masala"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Similar words include: Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKRA
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55D: "95. Yellowfin tuna"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHI
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56D: "96. Advertising award"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of history
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLIO
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57D: "97. Home décor options"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial source of visible illumination
- Similar words include: lamp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAMPS
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58D: "98. As a whole"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
- Similar words include: boilersuit, boilers suit
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OVERALL
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59D: "102. Hookup during infusion therapy, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IVBAG
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60D: "104. Mardi Gras accessory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Similar words include: feather boa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOA
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61D: "105. Released with conditions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ONPAROLE
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62D: "106. Topping for an apple crisp"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that pastry with a topping of streusel
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STREUSEL
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63D: "108. "Toodles!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATA
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64D: "110. Embodiment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a standard or typical example
- Similar words include: prototype, image, paradigm
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EPITOME
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65D: "111. Young 'un"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
- Similar words include: tot up, add together, total
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOT
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66D: "113. Snickers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a nervous restrained laugh
- Similar words include: giggle, titter
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TITTERS
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67D: "116. Expert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an athlete who plays for pay
- Similar words include: professional
- Opposite of: anti, con
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Answer: PRO
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68D: "117. Soft-serve request"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unforeseen development
- Similar words include: braid, squirm, distort
- Opposite of: untwist, unbend
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Answer: TWIST
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69D: "118. Must"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HASTO
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70D: "119. Deandre ___, N.B.A. center who was picked first in the 2018 draft"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AYTON
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71D: "121. Weapon used by some chimpanzees"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- Similar words include: gig, shaft, fishgig
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPEAR
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72D: "125. Lead-in to grid or play"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that possession of controlling influence
- Similar words include: mightiness, world power, king
- Opposite of: inability, powerlessness
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Answer: POWER
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73D: "126. Puts in the mail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to go somewhere
- Similar words include: commit, charge, broadcast
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENDS
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74D: "128. "My bad!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOPS
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75D: "130. Off Broadway award"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OBIE
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76D: "131. ___-free"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
- Similar words include: Scotchman, Scotsman
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCOT
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77D: "133. Heaven on earth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Similar words include: nirvana, heaven, Shangri-la
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDEN
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78D: "137. Boomer at a concert"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: ampere, adenylic acid, adenosine monophosphate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMP
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79D: "139. It's sometimes shortened to the letter "N""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AND
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80D: "140. Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEE
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Expert Solving Strategies
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80 Across Clues
80 Down Clues
160 Total Clues
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