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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (62 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (78 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Bad association | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Shoot for dinner? | 5 |
| 3A | 12. Jeweler's wares | 7 |
| 4A | 19. ... in global commerce)(Conflict ... | 12 |
| 5A | 20. Emerge | 5 |
| 6A | 21. DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946 | 7 |
| 7A | 22. Potential benefit | 6 |
| 8A | 23. Was almost out of supplies | 6 |
| 9A | 25. That's saying something! | 7 |
| 10A | 26. Turned into an internet gag | 5 |
| 11A | 27. Japanese graphic novels | 5 |
| 12A | 28. ... outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at ... | 12 |
| 13A | 30. Dukes, countesses, etc. | 7 |
| 14A | 32. Put down in writing | 13 |
| 15A | 37. Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" | 5 |
| 16A | 39. Baby who's up all night? | 5 |
| 17A | 40. Where many papyrus plants grow | 4 |
| 18A | 41. Frenzied locale at a rock concert | 7 |
| 19A | 44. Press a case? | 3 |
| 20A | 45. "Spring forward" hrs. | 3 |
| 21A | 47. Test room | 3 |
| 22A | 48. Cut back on | 4 |
| 23A | 49. Kind of effect that can manifest as a counterclockwise motion in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise motion in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares] | 8 |
| 24A | 53. Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling | 5 |
| 25A | 55. Google's domain | 6 |
| 26A | 58. Hindu festival of colors | 4 |
| 27A | 59. Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper | 5 |
| 28A | 62. Instant | 3 |
| 29A | 63. Challenge to a potential investor | 8 |
| 30A | 66. ... transport)(Bigwig's ... | 12 |
| 31A | 68. Straightaway driving contests | 9 |
| 32A | 70. Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops | 9 |
| 33A | 73. ... park an auto)(Narrow space in which to ... | 12 |
| 34A | 74. Marvelous | 8 |
| 35A | 77. One in 100: Abbr. | 3 |
| 36A | 78. "It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit) | 5 |
| 37A | 79. Word with dish or drag | 4 |
| 38A | 80. Locale for many a commercial logo | 6 |
| 39A | 82. German brewery since 1873 | 5 |
| 40A | 85. Return to an earlier topic of conversation ... or what six answers in this puzzle literally do | 8 |
| 41A | 89. Cause of some red cheeks | 4 |
| 42A | 90. Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief? | 3 |
| 43A | 91. Bub | 3 |
| 44A | 94. ___ Lanka | 3 |
| 45A | 95. Custom-tailored | 7 |
| 46A | 98. One of Cuba's Castros | 4 |
| 47A | 100. Lose it | 5 |
| 48A | 102. Best-case | 5 |
| 49A | 103. Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions | 13 |
| 50A | 107. Good position to be in? | 7 |
| 51A | 112. ... clarify or explain)(Seeking to ... | 12 |
| 52A | 113. Hide-outs | 5 |
| 53A | 115. Itsy-bitsy | 5 |
| 54A | 116. Disk-flipping strategy game | 7 |
| 55A | 119. Like wheat beers | 6 |
| 56A | 121. Certain factory machine | 6 |
| 57A | 122. Chaperones | 7 |
| 58A | 123. Many a John Williams composition | 5 |
| 59A | 124. ... of hindsight)(With the benefit ... | 12 |
| 60A | 125. Clear coat | 7 |
| 61A | 126. Oafs | 5 |
| 62A | 127. Deal made on the spot? | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Bad association"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
- Similar words include: mark, brand, stain
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STIGMA
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2A: "7. Shoot for dinner?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- Similar words include: branchlet, twig
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPRIG
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3A: "12. Jeweler's wares"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CUTGEMS
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4A: "19. ... in global commerce)(Conflict ..."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: TRADEDISPUTE
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5A: "20. Emerge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
- Similar words include: uprise, rise, develop
- Opposite of: go to bed, fall
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Answer: ARISE
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6A: "21. DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OPHELIA
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7A: "22. Potential benefit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the highest or uppermost side of anything
- Similar words include: upper side, top, top side
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPSIDE
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8A: "23. Was almost out of supplies"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RANLOW
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9A: "25. That's saying something!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ORATORY
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10A: "26. Turned into an internet gag"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MEMED
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11A: "27. Japanese graphic novels"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MANGA
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12A: "28. ... outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at ..."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: PORTAPOTTIES
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13A: "30. Dukes, countesses, etc."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
- Similar words include: baronage
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PEERAGE
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14A: "32. Put down in writing"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: COMMITTOPAPER
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15A: "37. Actress Sink of "Stranger Things""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SADIE
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16A: "39. Baby who's up all night?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OWLET
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17A: "40. Where many papyrus plants grow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
- Similar words include: Nile River
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NILE
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18A: "41. Frenzied locale at a rock concert"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MOSHPIT
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19A: "44. Press a case?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Similar words include: Eugene Sue, action, process
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUE
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20A: "45. "Spring forward" hrs."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DST
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21A: "47. Test room"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Similar words include: science lab, research laboratory, research lab
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAB
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22A: "48. Cut back on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Similar words include: whittle, trim, skin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARE
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23A: "49. Kind of effect that can manifest as a counterclockwise motion in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise motion in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CORIOLIS
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24A: "53. Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that doglike nocturnal mammal of africa and southern asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
- Similar words include: hyaena
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HYENA
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25A: "55. Google's domain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THEWEB
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26A: "58. Hindu festival of colors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOLI
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27A: "59. Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACURA
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28A: "62. Instant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: unsweet, s, second
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEC
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29A: "63. Challenge to a potential investor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AREYOUIN
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30A: "66. ... transport)(Bigwig's ..."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: PERSONALLIMO
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31A: "68. Straightaway driving contests"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DRAGRACES
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32A: "70. Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: VILLANOVA
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33A: "73. ... park an auto)(Narrow space in which to ..."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ONECARGARAGE
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34A: "74. Marvelous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having great beauty and splendor
- Similar words include: fantabulous, excellent, splendiferous
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SPLENDID
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35A: "77. One in 100: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEN
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36A: "78. "It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WASNT
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37A: "79. Word with dish or drag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any very large body of (salt) water
- Similar words include: primary, chief, independent
- Opposite of: dependent
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Answer: MAIN
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38A: "80. Locale for many a commercial logo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TSHIRT
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39A: "82. German brewery since 1873"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a beckoning gesture
- Similar words include: beck
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BECKS
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40A: "85. Return to an earlier topic of conversation ... or what six answers in this puzzle literally do"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOOPBACK
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41A: "89. Cause of some red cheeks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACNE
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42A: "90. Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USO
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43A: "91. Bub"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
- Similar words include: mack, mackintosh, macintosh
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAC
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44A: "94. ___ Lanka"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRI
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45A: "95. Custom-tailored"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be a signal for or a symptom of
- Similar words include: signal, request, tailored
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BESPOKE
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46A: "98. One of Cuba's Castros"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAUL
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47A: "100. Lose it"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GOAPE
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48A: "102. Best-case"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
- Similar words include: idealistic, nonsuch, saint
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDEAL
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49A: "103. Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: JUPITERPROBES
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50A: "107. Good position to be in?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PLUMJOB
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51A: "112. ... clarify or explain)(Seeking to ..."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that that provides interpretation
- Similar words include: interpretative
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: INTERPRETIVE
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52A: "113. Hide-outs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: den, lair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAIRS
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53A: "115. Itsy-bitsy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used informally) very small
- Similar words include: teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy, teentsy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEENY
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54A: "116. Disk-flipping strategy game"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REVERSI
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55A: "119. Like wheat beers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or resembling or containing yeast
- Similar words include: zestful, yeastlike, zesty
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YEASTY
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56A: "121. Certain factory machine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SORTER
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57A: "122. Chaperones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- Similar words include: see, bodyguard, date
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ESCORTS
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58A: "123. Many a John Williams composition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- Similar words include: root, idea, topic
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THEME
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59A: "124. ... of hindsight)(With the benefit ..."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: INRETROSPECT
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60A: "125. Clear coat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- Similar words include: seal
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: VARNISH
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61A: "126. Oafs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: behind, fundament, bum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASSES
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62A: "127. Deal made on the spot?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADSALE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Bewilder | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Conical accommodations | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?" | 5 |
| 4D | 4. "Jackie Brown" star Pam | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Unruly rush | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Commercial suffix with Power | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Singer Bareilles | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Have a spring in one's step | 6 |
| 9D | 9. One of the Beatles | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Faith with five pillars | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Prefix with cache | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Assumed ownership over | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Pulls out, as weeds | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Choreographer Twyla | 5 |
| 15D | 15. Achieve a sunbather's goal | 6 |
| 16D | 16. ___ rating (chess stat) | 3 |
| 17D | 17. Old space station | 3 |
| 18D | 18. Perhaps | 3 |
| 19D | 24. Chinese artist Ai ___ | 6 |
| 20D | 27. Triage provider | 5 |
| 21D | 29. The Cardinals, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the '60s | 3 |
| 23D | 33. "___ Rouge" | 6 |
| 24D | 34. It's driven into the ground | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Flair | 4 |
| 26D | 36. Redheaded "Queen of Country" | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Diminutive Spanish suffix | 3 |
| 28D | 41. Bill of HBO's "Real Time" | 5 |
| 29D | 42. Mine craft? | 6 |
| 30D | 43. Do some garment-making | 3 |
| 31D | 44. Performances for one | 4 |
| 32D | 46. Competitor of Bluesky and X | 7 |
| 33D | 48. Affliction for some vets, in brief | 4 |
| 34D | 50. Greek PPP | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Promise of payback | 3 |
| 36D | 52. Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat" | 5 |
| 37D | 54. Tall tale | 4 |
| 38D | 56. Sonic euphoria, colloquially | 7 |
| 39D | 57. Scottish hillsides | 5 |
| 40D | 60. Far from the target, in a guessing game | 4 |
| 41D | 61. Illuminated from below | 5 |
| 42D | 64. Univ. course that's in demand? | 4 |
| 43D | 65. Streisand musical | 5 |
| 44D | 67. "That's freaking epic!" | 6 |
| 45D | 69. Rubberneck | 4 |
| 46D | 70. ___ cava (major blood vessel) | 4 |
| 47D | 71. Sci-fi pioneer Jules | 5 |
| 48D | 72. It gets you a hand | 4 |
| 49D | 74. Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow | 6 |
| 50D | 75. Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz | 4 |
| 51D | 76. Lefty, to a righty | 3 |
| 52D | 81. "Ni ___" (Chinese "hello") | 3 |
| 53D | 82. ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" | 4 |
| 54D | 83. Heir with much hair in the Bible | 4 |
| 55D | 84. Great success | 4 |
| 56D | 86. Fish hawk | 6 |
| 57D | 87. Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief | 3 |
| 58D | 88. Play for ___ | 5 |
| 59D | 92. Shaders of gray? | 7 |
| 60D | 93. Cultural group of SW Britain | 7 |
| 61D | 96. ___ soda | 3 |
| 62D | 97. Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year | 7 |
| 63D | 99. Persist | 6 |
| 64D | 101. Fitting | 3 |
| 65D | 102. "Am I crazy ...?" | 6 |
| 66D | 104. Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons" | 5 |
| 67D | 105. Malaise, with "the" | 5 |
| 68D | 106. Lets up | 5 |
| 69D | 108. Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak | 5 |
| 70D | 109. Volkswagen sedan | 5 |
| 71D | 110. Buck enshrined in Cooperstown | 5 |
| 72D | 111. David who fronted Talking Heads | 5 |
| 73D | 114. Some loaves or liquors | 4 |
| 74D | 116. Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't | 3 |
| 75D | 117. That, in Spanish | 3 |
| 76D | 118. Forerunner of the DVD player | 3 |
| 77D | 120. "when r u coming?" | 3 |
| 78D | 121. Relaxing getaway | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Bewilder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
- Similar words include: soapbox, mix up, stomp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STUMP
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2D: "2. Conical accommodations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native american tent; usually of conical shape
- Similar words include: tipi, teepee
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TEPEE
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3D: "3. Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITSME
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4D: "4. "Jackie Brown" star Pam"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRIER
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5D: "5. Unruly rush"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MADDASH
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6D: "6. Commercial suffix with Power"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADE
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7D: "7. Singer Bareilles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARA
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8D: "8. Have a spring in one's step"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a proud stiff pompous gait
- Similar words include: strut, sashay, tittup
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PRANCE
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9D: "9. One of the Beatles"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RINGO
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10D: "10. Faith with five pillars"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
- Similar words include: Muslimism, Mohammedanism, Islamism
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ISLAM
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11D: "11. Prefix with cache"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEO
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12D: "12. Assumed ownership over"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: COOPTED
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13D: "13. Pulls out, as weeds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- Similar words include: exterminate, deracinate, eradicate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UPROOTS
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14D: "14. Choreographer Twyla"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that innovative united states dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
- Similar words include: Twyla Tharp
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THARP
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15D: "15. Achieve a sunbather's goal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GETTAN
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16D: "16. ___ rating (chess stat)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELO
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17D: "17. Old space station"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIR
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18D: "18. Perhaps"
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- Think of something that the chance to speak
- Similar words include: allege, enjoin, state
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAY
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19D: "24. Chinese artist Ai ___"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WEIWEI
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20D: "27. Triage provider"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several old world herbs of the genus medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
- Similar words include: trefoil, medick, medical officer
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MEDIC
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21D: "29. The Cardinals, on scoreboards"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STL
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22D: "31. Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the '60s"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- Similar words include: spread, crack, col
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAP
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23D: "33. "___ Rouge""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MOULIN
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24D: "34. It's driven into the ground"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Similar words include: peck, great deal, mountain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PILE
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25D: "35. Flair"
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- Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- Similar words include: flair, panache, style
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELAN
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26D: "36. Redheaded "Queen of Country""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REBA
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27D: "38. Diminutive Spanish suffix"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ITO
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28D: "41. Bill of HBO's "Real Time""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAHER
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29D: "42. Mine craft?"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ORECAR
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30D: "43. Do some garment-making"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Similar words include: stitch, run up, tailor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEW
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31D: "44. Performances for one"
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- Think of something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
- Similar words include: solo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOLI
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32D: "46. Competitor of Bluesky and X"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for clothing
- Similar words include: screw thread, togs, train of thought
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: THREADS
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33D: "48. Affliction for some vets, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
- Similar words include: posttraumatic stress disorder
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PTSD
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34D: "50. Greek PPP"
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- Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
- Similar words include: rho
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RHOS
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35D: "51. Promise of payback"
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- Think of something that an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOU
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36D: "52. Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAMIN
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37D: "54. Tall tale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
- Similar words include: recital, thread, narration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YARN
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38D: "56. Sonic euphoria, colloquially"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EARGASM
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39D: "57. Scottish hillsides"
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- Think of something that a slope or hillside
- Similar words include: brae
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRAES
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40D: "60. Far from the target, in a guessing game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
- Similar words include: inhuman, cold-blooded, insensate
- Opposite of: hot, hotness
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Answer: COLD
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41D: "61. Illuminated from below"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UPLIT
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42D: "64. Univ. course that's in demand?"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECON
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43D: "65. Streisand musical"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YENTL
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44D: "67. "That's freaking epic!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SOSICK
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45D: "69. Rubberneck"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward stupid person
- Similar words include: lubber, clod, stumblebum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAWK
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46D: "70. ___ cava (major blood vessel)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- Similar words include: vein, venous blood vessel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VENA
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47D: "71. Sci-fi pioneer Jules"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
- Similar words include: Jules Verne
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VERNE
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48D: "72. It gets you a hand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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49D: "74. Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SMOREO
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50D: "75. Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PAPI
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51D: "76. Lefty, to a righty"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIB
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52D: "81. "Ni ___" (Chinese "hello")"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that 10 hao equal 1 dong in vietnam
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAO
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53D: "82. ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BURJ
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54D: "83. Heir with much hair in the Bible"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESAU
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55D: "84. Great success"
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- Think of something that a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
- Similar words include: putsch, coup d'etat, takeover
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COUP
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56D: "86. Fish hawk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
- Similar words include: sea eagle, fish hawk, fish eagle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OSPREY
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57D: "87. Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CBD
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58D: "88. Play for ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the financial means whereby one lives
- Similar words include: go along, bread and butter, hold back
- Opposite of: lose, break
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Answer: KEEPS
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59D: "92. Shaders of gray?"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AGEISTS
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60D: "93. Cultural group of SW Britain"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a celtic language spoken in cornwall
- Similar words include: Cornish fowl
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CORNISH
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61D: "96. ___ soda"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAL
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62D: "97. Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PLUTOED
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63D: "99. Persist"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LIVEON
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64D: "101. Fitting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Similar words include: disposed, tending, minded
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APT
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65D: "102. "Am I crazy ...?""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISITME
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66D: "104. Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TERRI
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67D: "105. Malaise, with "the""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction
- Similar words include: blah, rant, fustian
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLAHS
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68D: "106. Lets up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Similar words include: alleviate, relief, simpleness
- Opposite of: difficulty
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Answer: EASES
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69D: "108. Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MERCS
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70D: "109. Volkswagen sedan"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JETTA
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71D: "110. Buck enshrined in Cooperstown"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ONEIL
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72D: "111. David who fronted Talking Heads"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BYRNE
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73D: "114. Some loaves or liquors"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
- Similar words include: Secale cereale, rye, rye whiskey
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RYES
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74D: "116. Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: rev up, rpm, revolutions per minute
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REV
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75D: "117. That, in Spanish"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESA
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76D: "118. Forerunner of the DVD player"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs
- Similar words include: videocassette recorder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VCR
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77D: "120. "when r u coming?""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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78D: "121. Relaxing getaway"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: health spa, watering place, resort hotel
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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62 Across Clues
78 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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