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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (61 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (75 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. Beneficiary of early capital | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Bless, in a way | 6 |
| 3A | 14. Close female friend ... in relative terms | 6 |
| 4A | 20. Less than satisfactory, slangily | 7 |
| 5A | 21. Like some cyborg parts | 6 |
| 6A | 22. Extended play? | 6 |
| 7A | 23. Heyhowareyou | 14 |
| 8A | 25. Journalist Michele with two Peabody Awards | 6 |
| 9A | 26. Walkers, informally | 4 |
| 10A | 27. Send | 5 |
| 11A | 28. Softens with sudden sympathy or affection | 5 |
| 12A | 30. "Behold," in Latin | 4 |
| 13A | 31. Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. Incredible | 4 |
| 14A | 32. "What" | 12 |
| 15A | 35. Mythical figure whose name means "murmuring rock" | 7 |
| 16A | 38. Justice ___ Coney Barrett | 3 |
| 17A | 39. Summer setting in S.F. | 3 |
| 18A | 40. Party takeaway | 5 |
| 19A | 41. N.F.L. accolade | 6 |
| 20A | 44. View spoiler | 7 |
| 21A | 49. All--can-eat buffet | 10 |
| 22A | 51. Fiber-rich substance | 4 |
| 23A | 53. Exam for future docs | 4 |
| 24A | 54. Fenway squad | 6 |
| 25A | 55. "Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea ...": Shak. | 3 |
| 26A | 56. ___-mo | 3 |
| 27A | 57. Steamy | 6 |
| 28A | 59. Zip | 3 |
| 29A | 61. It follows a coin toss | 7 |
| 30A | 64. Zip | 4 |
| 31A | 65. "This" | 19 |
| 32A | 70. Large volume | 4 |
| 33A | 71. They can make a pronounced difference | 7 |
| 34A | 72. Bond | 3 |
| 35A | 73. Historic figure targeted in Stephen King's time-travel novel "11/22/63" | 6 |
| 36A | 75. Small + or – | 3 |
| 37A | 76. Apt name for a thief | 3 |
| 38A | 78. Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephants | 6 |
| 39A | 83. Nibble | 4 |
| 40A | 84. Brand represented by Happy the Oil Drop | 4 |
| 41A | 86. See 88-Across | 10 |
| 42A | 88. Here | 7 |
| 43A | 90. Admits | 6 |
| 44A | 92. Follow-up to "Sit!" | 5 |
| 45A | 93. Off work, for short | 3 |
| 46A | 94. Figure, informally | 3 |
| 47A | 95. Making a strong effort | 7 |
| 48A | 97. Non, ni, 'a'ole | 12 |
| 49A | 103. Nickname for Ellen or Helen | 4 |
| 50A | 104. [Beep!] | 4 |
| 51A | 105. One of the Three Musketeers | 5 |
| 52A | 106. "S.N.L." alum Gardner | 5 |
| 53A | 108. Artist who kept a pet ocelot | 4 |
| 54A | 112. In | 6 |
| 55A | 114. Taib? Tbia? | 14 |
| 56A | 117. It's cold in Italy | 6 |
| 57A | 118. Shifts gears, say | 6 |
| 58A | 119. Nation bordering the Black Sea | 7 |
| 59A | 120. Analogue of a delete key | 6 |
| 60A | 121. In | 6 |
| 61A | 122. "That ship has sailed" | 7 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Beneficiary of early capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of setting in operation
- Similar words include: inauguration
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STARTUP
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2A: "8. Bless, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that choose by or as if by divine intervention
- Similar words include: inunct, anele, oil
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANOINT
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3A: "14. Close female friend ... in relative terms"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a female person who has the same parents as another person
- Similar words include: baby, sis, babe
- Opposite of: brother
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Answer: SISTER
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4A: "20. Less than satisfactory, slangily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NOBUENO
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5A: "21. Like some cyborg parts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to bionics
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BIONIC
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6A: "22. Extended play?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENCORE
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7A: "23. Heyhowareyou"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: INEEDSOMESPACE
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8A: "25. Journalist Michele with two Peabody Awards"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer (1870-1902)
- Similar words include: Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr., Frank Norris
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NORRIS
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9A: "26. Walkers, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEDS
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10A: "27. Send"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Similar words include: uplift, pick up, lift up
- Opposite of: depress
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Answer: ELATE
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11A: "28. Softens with sudden sympathy or affection"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Similar words include: thawing, thaw, unthaw
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MELTS
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12A: "30. "Behold," in Latin"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECCE
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13A: "31. Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. Incredible"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that queen of england as the 6th wife of henry viii (1512-1548)
- Similar words include: Catherine Parr
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARR
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14A: "32. "What""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ITELLYOUWHAT
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15A: "35. Mythical figure whose name means "murmuring rock""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a siren of german legend who lured boatmen in the rhine to destruction
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LORELEI
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16A: "38. Justice ___ Coney Barrett"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMY
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17A: "39. Summer setting in S.F."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDT
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18A: "40. Party takeaway"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an act of gracious kindness
- Similar words include: prefer, party favour, party favor
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FAVOR
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19A: "41. N.F.L. accolade"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALLPRO
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20A: "44. View spoiler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something very ugly and offensive
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: EYESORE
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21A: "49. All--can-eat buffet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: IMISSEDYOU
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22A: "51. Fiber-rich substance"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRAN
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23A: "53. Exam for future docs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MCAT
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24A: "54. Fenway squad"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REDSOX
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25A: "55. "Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea ...": Shak."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOR
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26A: "56. ___-mo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLO
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27A: "57. Steamy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an erotic person
- Similar words include: titillating
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EROTIC
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28A: "59. Zip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a quantity of no importance
- Similar words include: zip, goose egg, aught
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIL
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29A: "61. It follows a coin toss"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
- Similar words include: send-off, start-off, get-go
- Opposite of: middle
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Answer: KICKOFF
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30A: "64. Zip"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- Similar words include: ardor, zeal, panache
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELAN
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31A: "65. "This""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: IDONTSAYTHISLIGHTLY
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32A: "70. Large volume"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a (usually) large and scholarly book
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOME
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33A: "71. They can make a pronounced difference"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in german to indicate a change in sound
- Similar words include: umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UMLAUTS
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34A: "72. Bond"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Similar words include: crosstie, bond, standoff
- Opposite of: disconnect, untie
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Answer: TIE
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35A: "73. Historic figure targeted in Stephen King's time-travel novel "11/22/63""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states assassin of president john f. kennedy (1939-1963)
- Similar words include: Lee Harvey Oswald
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OSWALD
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36A: "75. Small + or –"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ION
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37A: "76. Apt name for a thief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- Similar words include: surcharge, soak, fleece
- Opposite of: undercharge
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Answer: ROB
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38A: "78. Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephants"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that african tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
- Similar words include: monkey-bread tree, Adansonia digitata
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BAOBAB
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39A: "83. Nibble"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (yiddish) a snack or light meal
- Similar words include: snack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOSH
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40A: "84. Brand represented by Happy the Oil Drop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESSO
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41A: "86. See 88-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: IMOVERHERE
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42A: "88. Here"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONEARTH
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43A: "90. Admits"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COPSTO
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44A: "92. Follow-up to "Sit!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that building material used as siding or roofing
- Similar words include: stimulate, escape from, trill
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHAKE
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45A: "93. Off work, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OOO
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46A: "94. Figure, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that alternative names for the body of a human being
- Similar words include: human body, material body, anatomy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOD
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47A: "95. Making a strong effort"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATPAINS
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48A: "97. Non, ni, 'a'ole"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: IHAVENOWORDS
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49A: "103. Nickname for Ellen or Helen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NELL
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50A: "104. [Beep!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of deciding to do something
- Similar words include: incite, affect, displace
- Opposite of: stand still, refrain
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Answer: MOVE
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51A: "105. One of the Three Musketeers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an autonomous area in northeastern greece that is the site of several greek orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
- Similar words include: Mount Athos
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATHOS
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52A: "106. "S.N.L." alum Gardner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HEIDI
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53A: "108. Artist who kept a pet ocelot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
- Similar words include: Salvador Dali
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DALI
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54A: "112. In"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMIDST
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55A: "114. Taib? Tbia?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: IMABITCONFUSED
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56A: "117. It's cold in Italy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GELATO
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57A: "118. Shifts gears, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
- Similar words include: segue
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEGUES
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58A: "119. Nation bordering the Black Sea"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in southeastern europe; formerly a european soviet; the center of the original russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
- Similar words include: Ukrayina
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UKRAINE
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59A: "120. Analogue of a delete key"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an implement used to erase something
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ERASER
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60A: "121. In"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in accord with the latest fad
- Similar words include: voguish
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TRENDY
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61A: "122. "That ship has sailed""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOOLATE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Short cut | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Beep, e.g. | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Undercover? | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Has regrets about | 4 |
| 5D | 5. ___ Allen, host of "Chopped" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Make public, as secret documents | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Novel form of summer escapism? | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Connive with, maybe | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Second-generation Japanese American | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Alley ___ | 3 |
| 11D | 11. How a boss might communicate new policy | 7 |
| 12D | 12. With courtesy | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Immune system agent | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Toothpaste brand since 1961 | 9 |
| 15D | 15. Italian diminutive suffix | 3 |
| 16D | 16. It turns when driven | 5 |
| 17D | 17. Logo of the W.N.B.A.'s New York Liberty | 5 |
| 18D | 18. Name found in "Americana" | 5 |
| 19D | 19. Go back to square one | 5 |
| 20D | 24. Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly | 7 |
| 21D | 29. Hypercompetitive and driven, say | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Staff | 9 |
| 23D | 33. Street application | 3 |
| 24D | 34. Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley | 3 |
| 25D | 35. Weak, as an excuse | 4 |
| 26D | 36. "Ibis" poet | 4 |
| 27D | 37. Bob who painted "Cabin at Sunset," which sold for over $1 million to benefit public media | 4 |
| 28D | 40. Fragrant holiday purchase | 3 |
| 29D | 42. Gawker | 8 |
| 30D | 43. Goody-goody sort | 7 |
| 31D | 45. Young salmon | 5 |
| 32D | 46. Eight-related | 5 |
| 33D | 47. Like Amazon forests, typically | 5 |
| 34D | 48. Series finale? | 3 |
| 35D | 50. Maze's goal | 4 |
| 36D | 51. Comes into one's own | 8 |
| 37D | 52. [So-o-o funny!] | 4 |
| 38D | 56. Reason to head for the hills | 7 |
| 39D | 58. Drill | 9 |
| 40D | 60. "Geaux Tigers!" sch. | 3 |
| 41D | 62. John M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked" | 3 |
| 42D | 63. Showing signs of working out, say | 3 |
| 43D | 65. "Let's do this!" | 5 |
| 44D | 66. Use a divining rod | 5 |
| 45D | 67. Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando | 5 |
| 46D | 68. Buddies, in Bayonne | 4 |
| 47D | 69. Wisecrack | 4 |
| 48D | 73. Musical Yoko | 3 |
| 49D | 74. Big bang source | 9 |
| 50D | 77. Like London's Kew Gardens | 7 |
| 51D | 79. Surprised greeting | 4 |
| 52D | 80. Word with black or coffee | 4 |
| 53D | 81. Covenant keepers | 4 |
| 54D | 82. Something in which you might stand for a spell | 3 |
| 55D | 85. "Lay it on me" | 5 |
| 56D | 87. Ousted, democratically | 8 |
| 57D | 89. Sushi topper | 3 |
| 58D | 90. Boutonniere counterpart | 7 |
| 59D | 91. Eccentric | 3 |
| 60D | 94. Many a modern-day septuagenarian | 6 |
| 61D | 96. Pricing game on "The Price Is Right" | 6 |
| 62D | 97. Avatar, e.g. | 5 |
| 63D | 98. Smash hit | 5 |
| 64D | 99. Teresa of ___ | 5 |
| 65D | 100. Sacred Sanskrit texts | 5 |
| 66D | 101. Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers" | 5 |
| 67D | 102. Drew back | 5 |
| 68D | 107. Website with a "Star Seller" program | 4 |
| 69D | 108. Binary | 4 |
| 70D | 109. Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko" | 4 |
| 71D | 110. Time for a social media break, maybe | 4 |
| 72D | 111. ___ fixe | 4 |
| 73D | 113. Office address abbr. | 3 |
| 74D | 115. Cupcake, in Ireland | 3 |
| 75D | 116. Not to | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Short cut"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
- Similar words include: crop, prune, snippet
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNIP
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2D: "2. Beep, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
- Similar words include: inflect, strengthen, quality
- Opposite of: atonicity
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Answer: TONE
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3D: "3. Undercover?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABED
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4D: "4. Has regrets about"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Similar words include: repent, sorrow, Ruta graveolens
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RUES
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5D: "5. ___ Allen, host of "Chopped""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Similar words include: Teddy boy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TED
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6D: "6. Make public, as secret documents"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that break the seal of
- Opposite of: seal
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: UNSEAL
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7D: "7. Novel form of summer escapism?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: POOLREAD
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8D: "8. Connive with, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABET
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9D: "9. Second-generation Japanese American"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person born in the united states of parents who emigrated from japan
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NISEI
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10D: "10. Alley ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OOP
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11D: "11. How a boss might communicate new policy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INAMEMO
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12D: "12. With courtesy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in a nice way
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NICELY
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13D: "13. Immune system agent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TCELL
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14D: "14. Toothpaste brand since 1961"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SENSODYNE
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15D: "15. Italian diminutive suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INO
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16D: "16. It turns when driven"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who guards prisoners
- Similar words include: have sex, make out, prison guard
- Opposite of: unscrew
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Answer: SCREW
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17D: "17. Logo of the W.N.B.A.'s New York Liberty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- Similar words include: woolly mullein, flashlight, Verbascum thapsus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TORCH
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18D: "18. Name found in "Americana""
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- Think of something that any plant of the genus erica
- Similar words include: true heath
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERICA
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19D: "19. Go back to square one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that device for resetting instruments or controls
- Similar words include: readjust
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RESET
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20D: "24. Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MARILYN
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21D: "29. Hypercompetitive and driven, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TYPEA
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22D: "31. Staff"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that group of people willing to obey orders
- Similar words include: force, personnel department, personnel office
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PERSONNEL
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23D: "33. Street application"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Similar words include: old salt, pitch, Jack-tar
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAR
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24D: "34. Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UTE
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25D: "35. Weak, as an excuse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- Similar words include: crippled, halting, game
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAME
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26D: "36. "Ibis" poet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
- Similar words include: Publius Ovidius Naso
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OVID
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27D: "37. Bob who painted "Cabin at Sunset," which sold for over $1 million to benefit public media"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
- Similar words include: Sir Ronald Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross, Nellie Ross
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSS
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28D: "40. Fragrant holiday purchase"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- Similar words include: true fir, fir tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FIR
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29D: "42. Gawker"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOOKYLOO
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30D: "43. Goody-goody sort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a group of english protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the protestant reformation under elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- Similar words include: prude
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PURITAN
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31D: "45. Young salmon"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMOLT
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32D: "46. Eight-related"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OCTAL
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33D: "47. Like Amazon forests, typically"
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- Think of something that (of weather) wet by periods of rain
- Similar words include: showery
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAINY
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34D: "48. Series finale?"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETC
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35D: "50. Maze's goal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an opening that permits escape or release
- Similar words include: decease, cash in one's chips, go out
- Opposite of: enter, be born
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Answer: EXIT
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36D: "51. Comes into one's own"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- Similar words include: blossom forth, unfold, blossom out
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BLOSSOMS
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37D: "52. [So-o-o funny!]"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROFL
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38D: "56. Reason to head for the hills"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SKITRIP
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39D: "58. Drill"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
- Similar words include: dry run
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: REHEARSAL
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40D: "60. "Geaux Tigers!" sch."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LSU
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41D: "62. John M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CHU
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42D: "63. Showing signs of working out, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a display of bad temper
- Similar words include: tantrum, paroxysm, fit out
- Opposite of: disagree, unfit
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Answer: FIT
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43D: "65. "Let's do this!""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ITSON
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44D: "66. Use a divining rod"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
- Similar words include: dowsing, soak, souse
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DOWSE
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45D: "67. Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
- Similar words include: Maha
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OMAHA
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46D: "68. Buddies, in Bayonne"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AMIS
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47D: "69. Wisecrack"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- Similar words include: fit, barb, match
- Opposite of: disagree
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Answer: GIBE
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48D: "73. Musical Yoko"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Yoko Ono
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONO
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49D: "74. Big bang source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- Similar words include: cap, detonating device
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DETONATOR
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50D: "77. Like London's Kew Gardens"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to plants or botany
- Similar words include: botanical
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BOTANIC
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51D: "79. Surprised greeting"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OHHI
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52D: "80. Word with black or coffee"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
- Similar words include: edible bean, dome, bonce
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEAN
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53D: "81. Covenant keepers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Similar words include: ark, Ark, Ark of the Covenant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARKS
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54D: "82. Something in which you might stand for a spell"
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- Think of something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BEE
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55D: "85. "Lay it on me""
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- Think of something that a new branch
- Similar words include: frivol away, dart, burgeon forth
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHOOT
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56D: "87. Ousted, democratically"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: VOTEDOUT
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57D: "89. Sushi topper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- Similar words include: hard roe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROE
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58D: "90. Boutonniere counterpart"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
- Similar words include: nosegay, posy, bouquet
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CORSAGE
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59D: "91. Eccentric"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not divisible by two
- Similar words include: queer, rum, funny
- Opposite of: even
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Answer: ODD
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60D: "94. Many a modern-day septuagenarian"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
- Similar words include: baby boomer
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BOOMER
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61D: "96. Pricing game on "The Price Is Right""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PLINKO
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62D: "97. Avatar, e.g."
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- Think of something that an iconic mental representation
- Similar words include: visualize, effigy, picture
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IMAGE
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63D: "98. Smash hit"
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- Think of something that a base hit on which the batter scores a run
- Similar words include: Winslow Homer, home run, homing pigeon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOMER
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64D: "99. Teresa of ___"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AVILA
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65D: "100. Sacred Sanskrit texts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (from the sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of hinduism written in early sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the samhitas, the brahmanas, the aranyakas, and the upanishads
- Similar words include: Veda, Vedic literature
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: VEDAS
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66D: "101. Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
- Similar words include: short whist, long whist
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WHIST
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67D: "102. Drew back"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
- Similar words include: shy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SHIED
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68D: "107. Website with a "Star Seller" program"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETSY
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69D: "108. Binary"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- Similar words include: twofold, treble, three-fold
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DUAL
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70D: "109. Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko""
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- 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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71D: "110. Time for a social media break, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Similar words include: bestow, Lententide, lend
- Opposite of: borrow
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Answer: LENT
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72D: "111. ___ fixe"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IDEE
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73D: "113. Office address abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STE
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74D: "115. Cupcake, in Ireland"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- Similar words include: roll
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUN
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75D: "116. Not to"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FRO
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61 Across Clues
75 Down Clues
136 Total Clues
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