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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (64 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (64 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Neglect to mention | 4 |
| 2A | 5. "Oh, and ..." | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Other sock | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Not much, as of lotion | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Prefix with technology | 4 |
| 6A | 18. You'll pay for this! | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Finishes off | 4 |
| 8A | 20. Liver's output | 4 |
| 9A | 21. "10-4" | 10 |
| 10A | 24. Profiteroles, by another name | 10 |
| 11A | 27. Fit perfectly | 10 |
| 12A | 28. Dieter's choice | 10 |
| 13A | 29. "___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run") | 4 |
| 14A | 30. Tow job, maybe | 4 |
| 15A | 33. Hurt all over | 4 |
| 16A | 34. Philippine currency | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Certain graphical shapes | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Russian ruler of old | 4 |
| 19A | 37. One may be teen or false | 4 |
| 20A | 39. High-powered but lightweight racers | 10 |
| 21A | 45. Diminutive for "Elizabeth" | 4 |
| 22A | 48. "Most definitely!," in Mexico City | 4 |
| 23A | 49. "That's my preference as well" | 10 |
| 24A | 50. Crushing on | 4 |
| 25A | 51. "___ there!" | 4 |
| 26A | 52. "The 12 Days of Christmas" bird | 4 |
| 27A | 53. Ring | 4 |
| 28A | 54. Component of wine or vinegar | 4 |
| 29A | 55. No-nos for many high-profile actors | 10 |
| 30A | 58. Epoch conclusion? | 10 |
| 31A | 61. Titanic | 4 |
| 32A | 62. Central | 4 |
| 33A | 63. ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park" | 4 |
| 34A | 64. Pizzicato's opposite, musically | 4 |
| 35A | 65. Summer cookout dish | 10 |
| 36A | 71. Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours" | 10 |
| 37A | 77. Fair | 4 |
| 38A | 78. Org. created in response to 67-Down | 4 |
| 39A | 79. Electronic musician Steve | 4 |
| 40A | 80. Stench | 4 |
| 41A | 81. Oversupply | 4 |
| 42A | 82. Takes to task | 10 |
| 43A | 85. ___ cake | 4 |
| 44A | 86. Son of Adam and Eve | 4 |
| 45A | 87. Message about a suspicious login, e.g. | 10 |
| 46A | 88. Mimicked | 4 |
| 47A | 89. Hawaiian goose | 4 |
| 48A | 92. Sections of pre-K days | 4 |
| 49A | 93. Defense in a snowball fight | 4 |
| 50A | 95. Wedding vows | 4 |
| 51A | 96. Doc who might screen for HPV | 4 |
| 52A | 97. Deets | 4 |
| 53A | 98. Source of the Mississippi River | 10 |
| 54A | 103. Behaves as if one were going to fail | 10 |
| 55A | 109. At sea | 10 |
| 56A | 110. 10/4 celebration ... as suggested by this grid, which is made up entirely of 10- and 4-letter answers | 10 |
| 57A | 111. Noun-forming suffix | 4 |
| 58A | 112. "Ammunition" for a bubble gun | 4 |
| 59A | 113. Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking" | 4 |
| 60A | 114. Morass | 4 |
| 61A | 115. "Yuck!" | 4 |
| 62A | 116. Both digits on Groundhog Day | 4 |
| 63A | 117. Nails will do it, but not teeth | 4 |
| 64A | 118. Texting button | 4 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Neglect to mention"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- Similar words include: drop, overlook, miss
- Opposite of: include, attend to
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Answer: OMIT
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2A: "5. "Oh, and ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: as well, too, besides
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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3A: "9. Other sock"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- Similar words include: spouse, Paraguay tea, better half
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MATE
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4A: "13. Not much, as of lotion"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADAB
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5A: "17. Prefix with technology"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NANO
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6A: "18. You'll pay for this!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
- Similar words include: price, bell, cost
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOLL
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7A: "19. Finishes off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: methamphetamine hydrochloride, meth, crank
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICES
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8A: "20. Liver's output"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- Similar words include: gall
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BILE
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9A: "21. "10-4""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
- Similar words include: realise, silent, sympathize
- Opposite of: ununderstood
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Answer: UNDERSTOOD
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10A: "24. Profiteroles, by another name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: CREAMPUFFS
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11A: "27. Fit perfectly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SUITTOATEE
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12A: "28. Dieter's choice"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: REDUCEDFAT
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13A: "29. "___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run")"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHES
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14A: "30. Tow job, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: REPO
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15A: "33. Hurt all over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Similar words include: suffer, yen, languish
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACHE
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16A: "34. Philippine currency"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
- Similar words include: Cuban peso, Dominican peso, Uruguayan peso
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PESO
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17A: "35. Certain graphical shapes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Similar words include: pie, PIE, Proto-Indo European
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PIES
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18A: "36. Russian ruler of old"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: tzar, czar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSAR
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19A: "37. One may be teen or false"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
- Similar words include: perfection, god, matinee idol
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDOL
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20A: "39. High-powered but lightweight racers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SPRINTCARS
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21A: "45. Diminutive for "Elizabeth""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BESS
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22A: "48. "Most definitely!," in Mexico City"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SISI
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23A: "49. "That's my preference as well""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: IHOPESOTOO
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24A: "50. Crushing on"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INTO
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25A: "51. "___ there!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- Similar words include: personify, live, make up
- Opposite of: differ
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Answer: BEEN
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26A: "52. "The 12 Days of Christmas" bird"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous small pigeons
- Similar words include: peacenik, plunk, plunge
- Opposite of: hawk
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Answer: DOVE
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27A: "53. Ring"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- Similar words include: ring, roll, rolling
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEAL
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28A: "54. Component of wine or vinegar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Similar words include: superman, blistering, acidic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACID
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29A: "55. No-nos for many high-profile actors"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NUDESCENES
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30A: "58. Epoch conclusion?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ENDOFANERA
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31A: "61. Titanic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
- Similar words include: Brobdingnagian, immense, vast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HUGE
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32A: "62. Central"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any very large body of (salt) water
- Similar words include: master, briny, independent
- Opposite of: dependent
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Answer: MAIN
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33A: "63. ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISLA
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34A: "64. Pizzicato's opposite, musically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARCO
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35A: "65. Summer cookout dish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PASTASALAD
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36A: "71. Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MORTONSALT
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37A: "77. Fair"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
- Similar words include: exposition, exhibition
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EXPO
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38A: "78. Org. created in response to 67-Down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
- Similar words include: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NASA
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39A: "79. Electronic musician Steve"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AOKI
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40A: "80. Stench"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
- Similar words include: odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODOR
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41A: "81. Oversupply"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- Similar words include: flood, engorge, satiate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GLUT
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42A: "82. Takes to task"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- Similar words include: criticize, criticise, knock
- Opposite of: praise
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Answer: CRITICIZES
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43A: "85. ___ cake"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAVA
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44A: "86. Son of Adam and Eve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
- Similar words include: Set
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SETH
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45A: "87. Message about a suspicious login, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: EMAILALERT
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46A: "88. Mimicked"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- Similar words include: ape, caricature
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APED
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47A: "89. Hawaiian goose"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NENE
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48A: "92. Sections of pre-K days"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Similar words include: cat sleep, short sleep, catnap
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAPS
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49A: "93. Defense in a snowball fight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- Similar words include: garrison, fort up, fortify
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FORT
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50A: "95. Wedding vows"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- Similar words include: Ido
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDOS
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51A: "96. Doc who might screen for HPV"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GYNO
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52A: "97. Deets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a message received and understood
- Similar words include: information
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INFO
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53A: "98. Source of the Mississippi River"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: LAKEITASCA
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54A: "103. Behaves as if one were going to fail"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: RUNSSCARED
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55A: "109. At sea"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ABOARDSHIP
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56A: "110. 10/4 celebration ... as suggested by this grid, which is made up entirely of 10- and 4-letter answers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TRUCKERDAY
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57A: "111. Noun-forming suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MENT
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58A: "112. "Ammunition" for a bubble gun"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- Similar words include: liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, scoop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOAP
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59A: "113. Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDNA
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60A: "114. Morass"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- Similar words include: quagmire, morass, muck
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MIRE
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61A: "115. "Yuck!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BLEH
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62A: "116. Both digits on Groundhog Day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: 2, II, two
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TWOS
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63A: "117. Nails will do it, but not teeth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
- Similar words include: rusty, corrode, rusting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUST
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64A: "118. Texting button"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to go somewhere
- Similar words include: commit, transmit, station
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEND
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Weight to bear | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Busy with something else | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Conform | 10 |
| 5D | 5. "___ girl!" | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Pillager's plunder | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Blackthorn berry | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Drawback to a brownstone | 10 |
| 9D | 9. What gets a lot of viral views? | 10 |
| 10D | 10. About 75% of a football field | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Angry, with "off" | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Son of Isaac and Rebekah | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Resident of a Mideast capital | 10 |
| 14D | 14. Result of 10 – 4, e.g. | 10 |
| 15D | 15. ___ Romeo | 4 |
| 16D | 16. Tops | 4 |
| 17D | 22. Ways to go: Abbr. | 4 |
| 18D | 23. OK | 4 |
| 19D | 25. Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief | 4 |
| 20D | 26. Neighbors of delts | 4 |
| 21D | 31. German article | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Furry friends | 4 |
| 23D | 37. Library ID | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Victor Hugo's religious epic poem | 4 |
| 25D | 39. Oblique look | 10 |
| 26D | 40. Ring around the doze-y? | 10 |
| 27D | 41. Wander | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Egyptian god of the sun disk | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Reflective post | 10 |
| 30D | 44. Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now | 10 |
| 31D | 46. Agitate | 4 |
| 32D | 47. Scotch's partner | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Like most Iranians | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Say "$%&!," say | 4 |
| 35D | 59. Kind of score between 300 and 850 | 4 |
| 36D | 60. Ever's partner | 4 |
| 37D | 65. Dowels, e.g. | 4 |
| 38D | 66. Wheel support | 4 |
| 39D | 67. Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/57 | 10 |
| 40D | 68. How some duels are fought | 10 |
| 41D | 69. Home to a majority of people | 4 |
| 42D | 70. Downloads that pair with your smartphone? | 10 |
| 43D | 71. Post office post | 10 |
| 44D | 72. Move like mud | 4 |
| 45D | 73. Large photovoltaic arrays | 10 |
| 46D | 74. Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world | 10 |
| 47D | 75. Cause of "that butterfly feeling" | 4 |
| 48D | 76. Prefix with "wife" for some influencers | 4 |
| 49D | 83. "Now ___ me down to sleep" | 4 |
| 50D | 84. Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch | 4 |
| 51D | 90. Femme fatale-filled genre | 4 |
| 52D | 91. Approx. | 4 |
| 53D | 93. Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton | 4 |
| 54D | 94. Start of a fairy tale | 4 |
| 55D | 98. Gentle soul | 4 |
| 56D | 99. Son of Adam and Eve | 4 |
| 57D | 100. Rank of some profs: Abbr. | 4 |
| 58D | 101. Spectacle | 4 |
| 59D | 102. "See ya!" | 4 |
| 60D | 104. Language written from right to left | 4 |
| 61D | 105. Sisters | 4 |
| 62D | 106. Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies" | 4 |
| 63D | 107. Make | 4 |
| 64D | 108. Like denim fabric, typically | 4 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Weight to bear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: incumbrance, load, encumbrance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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2D: "2. Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MANU
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3D: "3. Busy with something else"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make unwilling
- Similar words include: loath, unfit, loth
- Opposite of: qualify, dispose
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Answer: INDISPOSED
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4D: "4. Conform"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TOETHELINE
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5D: "5. "___ girl!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTA
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6D: "6. Pillager's plunder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goods or money obtained illegally
- Similar words include: dough, strip, ransack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOOT
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7D: "7. Blackthorn berry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
- Similar words include: blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Alleghany plum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLOE
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8D: "8. Drawback to a brownstone"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OLDERPIPES
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9D: "9. What gets a lot of viral views?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that magnifier of the image of small objects
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MICROSCOPE
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10D: "10. About 75% of a football field"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Similar words include: Akko, Accho, Akka
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE
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11D: "11. Angry, with "off""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that place on a tee
- Similar words include: tee, tee up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEED
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12D: "12. Son of Isaac and Rebekah"
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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13D: "13. Resident of a Mideast capital"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ABUDHABIAN
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14D: "14. Result of 10 – 4, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- Similar words include: departure, remainder, dispute
- Opposite of: sameness
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Answer: DIFFERENCE
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15D: "15. ___ Romeo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALFA
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16D: "16. Tops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the supreme effort one can make
- Similar words include: topper, beneficial, easily
- Opposite of: worst, badly
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Answer: BEST
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17D: "22. Ways to go: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RTES
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18D: "23. OK"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOSO
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19D: "25. Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MCAT
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20D: "26. Neighbors of delts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two large muscles of the chest
- Similar words include: pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PECS
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21D: "31. German article"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EINE
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22D: "32. Furry friends"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- Similar words include: ducky, pet, PET
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PETS
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23D: "37. Library ID"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISBN
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24D: "38. Victor Hugo's religious epic poem"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DIEU
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25D: "39. Oblique look"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SIDEGLANCE
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26D: "40. Ring around the doze-y?"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: PHONEALARM
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27D: "41. Wander"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- Similar words include: stray, ramble, vagabond
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROVE
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28D: "42. Egyptian god of the sun disk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Similar words include: Aton
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATEN
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29D: "43. Reflective post"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ROADMARKER
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30D: "44. Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SOLOARTIST
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31D: "46. Agitate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Similar words include: excite, put forward, evoke
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STIR
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32D: "47. Scotch's partner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Similar words include: tonic, soda ash, sodium carbonate
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SODA
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33D: "56. Like most Iranians"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two main branches of orthodox islam; mainly in iran
- Similar words include: Shiah Islam, Shiah
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHIA
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34D: "57. Say "$%&!," say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a persistently annoying person
- Similar words include: gadfly, fellow, fella
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CUSS
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35D: "59. Kind of score between 300 and 850"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FICO
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36D: "60. Ever's partner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that at another time
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANON
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37D: "65. Dowels, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Similar words include: stick, rowlock, pin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEGS
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38D: "66. Wheel support"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AXLE
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39D: "67. Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/57"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SPUTNIKONE
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40D: "68. How some duels are fought"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TOTHEDEATH
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41D: "69. Home to a majority of people"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASIA
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42D: "70. Downloads that pair with your smartphone?"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: DATINGAPPS
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43D: "71. Post office post"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sorter for sorting mail according to the address
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MAILSORTER
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44D: "72. Move like mud"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
- Similar words include: muck, ooze out, sludge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OOZE
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45D: "73. Large photovoltaic arrays"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: SOLARFARMS
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46D: "74. Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ADAPTORDIE
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47D: "75. Cause of "that butterfly feeling""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
- Similar words include: be intimate, enjoy, honey
- Opposite of: hate
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Answer: LOVE
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48D: "76. Prefix with "wife" for some influencers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TRAD
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49D: "83. "Now ___ me down to sleep""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ILAY
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50D: "84. Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAPN
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51D: "90. Femme fatale-filled genre"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOIR
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52D: "91. Approx."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESTD
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53D: "93. Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FISK
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54D: "94. Start of a fairy tale"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on one occasion
- Similar words include: at one time, in one case, erst
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONCE
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55D: "98. Gentle soul"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that young sheep
- Similar words include: Elia, Charles Lamb, dear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAMB
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56D: "99. Son of Adam and Eve"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
- Similar words include: Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABEL
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57D: "100. Rank of some profs: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASST
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58D: "101. Spectacle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
- Similar words include: express, shew, prove
- Opposite of: disprove, hide
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Answer: SHOW
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59D: "102. "See ya!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Similar words include: aloha
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CIAO
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60D: "104. Language written from right to left"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the official literary language of pakistan, closely related to hindi; widely used in india (mostly by moslems); written in arabic script
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URDU
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61D: "105. Sisters"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a woman religious
- Similar words include: nun buoy, conical buoy, nun
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NUNS
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62D: "106. Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Similar words include: lam, fly the coop, turn tail
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAT
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63D: "107. Make"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Similar words include: realise, realize, clear
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EARN
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64D: "108. Like denim fabric, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that color with dye
- Similar words include: coloured, colored, dye
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DYED
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64 Across Clues
64 Down Clues
128 Total Clues
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