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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (65 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: Tricky
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. Snag | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Italian sparkling wine | 4 |
| 3A | 11. John ___, personification of Objectivism, for Ayn Rand | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Code for Queens-landers? | 3 |
| 5A | 18. ___ polaris | 6 |
| 6A | 19. Intl. group formed in 1945 | 5 |
| 7A | 20. Purple dish eaten with a spoon | 8 |
| 8A | 22. Lottery commission? | 12 |
| 9A | 24. Prison terms? | 8 |
| 10A | 25. Smell, e.g. | 5 |
| 11A | 26. University of Alabama rallying cry | 8 |
| 12A | 28. President's middle name (accented on the first syllable) or California city (accented on the second) | 6 |
| 13A | 29. Shower stall? | 9 |
| 14A | 31. Slanted type: Abbr. | 4 |
| 15A | 32. Get one's feet wet? | 4 |
| 16A | 36. Dir. from St. Paul to Duluth | 3 |
| 17A | 37. Guido ___, Baroque painter from Bologna | 4 |
| 18A | 38. Automates? | 7 |
| 19A | 42. How mashed avocado might be served | 9 |
| 20A | 45. Acquire, in a way | 5 |
| 21A | 47. "Yep, noticed that" | 4 |
| 22A | 48. Battle cry? | 7 |
| 23A | 49. PC IDs | 3 |
| 24A | 52. What regular customers pay less for? | 3 |
| 25A | 53. A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it | 5 |
| 26A | 54. When Memorial Day is observed | 5 |
| 27A | 55. Grim Grimm character | 4 |
| 28A | 56. Trounce | 4 |
| 29A | 58. Bamboozled | 3 |
| 30A | 59. Upscale shirtmaker | 4 |
| 31A | 60. Symbol of the American West | 7 |
| 32A | 63. Former | 7 |
| 33A | 65. Yellow submarine? | 15 |
| 34A | 69. Infantile | 7 |
| 35A | 72. Prepares | 7 |
| 36A | 73. Put on the line | 4 |
| 37A | 77. Mien | 3 |
| 38A | 78. Surname for a family of fictional Kansans | 4 |
| 39A | 80. One whose pride can be protective | 4 |
| 40A | 81. "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny line) | 5 |
| 41A | 82. Affect emotionally | 5 |
| 42A | 84. Cologne conjunction | 3 |
| 43A | 86. Freight weight | 3 |
| 44A | 87. Stolen base? | 7 |
| 45A | 89. Pelvic parts | 4 |
| 46A | 90. Love, in Lyon | 5 |
| 47A | 92. Bit of flooring for a patio, say | 9 |
| 48A | 94. Blood vessel? | 7 |
| 49A | 96. Page (through) | 4 |
| 50A | 99. Org. for pugilists | 3 |
| 51A | 100. Go downhill, in a way | 4 |
| 52A | 101. Pizzeria in "Do the Right Thing" | 4 |
| 53A | 102. Fire starter? | 9 |
| 54A | 105. Showy kind of push-up | 6 |
| 55A | 108. Salty cheese made from sheep's milk | 8 |
| 56A | 109. Creature-friendly org. | 5 |
| 57A | 114. Padlock? | 8 |
| 58A | 116. Confidence men? | 12 |
| 59A | 118. Rock-bottom review | 8 |
| 60A | 119. 1957 #1 hit for Debbie Reynolds | 5 |
| 61A | 120. Demonstrate complete disrespect for, in a way | 6 |
| 62A | 121. What a clear plastic bag is not | 3 |
| 63A | 122. "Right now!" | 4 |
| 64A | 123. "Your point being?" | 4 |
| 65A | 124. Roxane's beloved, in classic literature | 6 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Snag"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- Similar words include: bug
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GLITCH
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2A: "7. Italian sparkling wine"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTI
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3A: "11. John ___, personification of Objectivism, for Ayn Rand"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GALT
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4A: "15. Code for Queens-landers?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LGA
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5A: "18. ___ polaris"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the first light of day
- Similar words include: sunrise, daybreak, first light
- Opposite of: sunset
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Answer: AURORA
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6A: "19. Intl. group formed in 1945"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THEUN
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7A: "20. Purple dish eaten with a spoon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ACAIBOWL
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8A: "22. Lottery commission?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: DRAWINGBOARD
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9A: "24. Prison terms?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PENNAMES
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10A: "25. Smell, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a general conscious awareness
- Similar words include: sensory faculty, smell out, signified
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENSE
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11A: "26. University of Alabama rallying cry"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ROLLTIDE
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12A: "28. President's middle name (accented on the first syllable) or California city (accented on the second)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DELANO
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13A: "29. Shower stall?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RAINDELAY
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14A: "31. Slanted type: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITAL
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15A: "32. Get one's feet wet?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- Similar words include: Virginia Wade
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WADE
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16A: "36. Dir. from St. Paul to Duluth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
- Similar words include: north northeast, nor'-nor'-east
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NNE
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17A: "37. Guido ___, Baroque painter from Bologna"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RENI
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18A: "38. Automates?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
- Similar words include: wrist bone, carpal bone, carpal
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CARPALS
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19A: "42. How mashed avocado might be served"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: OVERTOAST
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20A: "45. Acquire, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an addition that extends a main building
- Similar words include: extension, wing, annexe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANNEX
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21A: "47. "Yep, noticed that""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISAW
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22A: "48. Battle cry?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- Similar words include: countenance, stock warrant, warranty
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: WARRANT
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23A: "49. PC IDs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
- Similar words include: information processing, informatics, IP
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IPS
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24A: "52. What regular customers pay less for?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Similar words include: brag, gasconade, flatulence
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAS
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25A: "53. A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a fixed look with eyes open wide
- Similar words include: gaze
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STARE
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26A: "54. When Memorial Day is observed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INMAY
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27A: "55. Grim Grimm character"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Similar words include: monster, demon, devil
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGRE
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28A: "56. Trounce"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WHUP
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29A: "58. Bamboozled"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- Similar words include: accept, cause, take
- Opposite of: refuse, lack
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Answer: HAD
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30A: "59. Upscale shirtmaker"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETON
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31A: "60. Symbol of the American West"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern united states having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
- Similar words include: Carnegiea gigantea, sahuaro
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SAGUARO
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32A: "63. Former"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that belonging to some prior time
- Similar words include: old, one-time, erstwhile
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONETIME
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33A: "65. Yellow submarine?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: CHICKENSANDWICH
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34A: "69. Infantile"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that characteristic of a baby
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BABYISH
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35A: "72. Prepares"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that poised for action
- Similar words include: ready, set, cook
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: READIES
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36A: "73. Put on the line"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- Similar words include: put on the line, peril, gamble
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RISK
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37A: "77. Mien"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- Similar words include: publicize, strain, publicise
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AIR
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38A: "78. Surname for a family of fictional Kansans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on beaufort scale
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GALE
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39A: "80. One whose pride can be protective"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
- Similar words include: king of beasts, Leo, Leo the Lion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LION
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40A: "81. "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny line)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AINTI
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41A: "82. Affect emotionally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something coming in contact with the body
- Similar words include: tactual sensation, tinge, disturb
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOUCH
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42A: "84. Cologne conjunction"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UND
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43A: "86. Freight weight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Similar words include: gross ton, long ton, short ton
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TON
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44A: "87. Stolen base?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
- Similar words include: pelt along, bucket along, rush along
- Opposite of: linger
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Answer: HOTFOOT
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45A: "89. Pelvic parts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war
- Similar words include: Ilium, ilium, Ilion
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ILIA
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46A: "90. Love, in Lyon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- Similar words include: liaison, affair, intimacy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AMOUR
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47A: "92. Bit of flooring for a patio, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: STONETILE
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48A: "94. Blood vessel?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- Similar words include: family relationship, affinity, relationship
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KINSHIP
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49A: "96. Page (through)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- Similar words include: riffle, foliage, flip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAF
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50A: "99. Org. for pugilists"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
- Similar words include: leucocyte, leukocyte, white corpuscle
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WBC
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51A: "100. Go downhill, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Similar words include: sleigh, sledge
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLED
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52A: "101. Pizzeria in "Do the Right Thing""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SALS
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53A: "102. Fire starter?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CANOPENER
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54A: "105. Showy kind of push-up"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONEARM
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55A: "108. Salty cheese made from sheep's milk"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PECORINO
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56A: "109. Creature-friendly org."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASPCA
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57A: "114. Padlock?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MATTRESS
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58A: "116. Confidence men?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a federal agent who engages in trust busting
- Similar words include: trustbuster
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: TRUSTBUSTERS
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59A: "118. Rock-bottom review"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ITSTINKS
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60A: "119. 1957 #1 hit for Debbie Reynolds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
- Similar words include: tam-o'-shanter, tam
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAMMY
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61A: "120. Demonstrate complete disrespect for, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPITAT
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62A: "121. What a clear plastic bag is not"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an artifact designed to be played with
- Similar words include: play, fiddle, miniature
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TOY
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63A: "122. "Right now!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAT
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64A: "123. "Your point being?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKSO
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65A: "124. Roxane's beloved, in classic literature"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CYRANO
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Roams (about) | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Entice | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Country with many Farsi speakers | 4 |
| 4D | 4. They often have AAA backing | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Colonial news source | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Iconic role for Harrison Ford | 3 |
| 7D | 7. "You've Really Got ___ on Me" (1960s hit) | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Deck application | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Proverbial slowpoke | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Iconic role for Harrison Ford | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Display amazement, in a way | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Star pitcher | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Mechanism for local funding | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Feature of the tone-deaf | 6 |
| 15D | 15. ___ Linda (San Bernardino suburb) | 4 |
| 16D | 16. Verdon of "Damn Yankees" | 4 |
| 17D | 17. In addition | 4 |
| 18D | 19. Steakhouse orders | 6 |
| 19D | 21. Alternative to a bouncy house | 7 |
| 20D | 23. Direct a smile toward | 6 |
| 21D | 27. Fizzling out | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Erelong | 4 |
| 23D | 31. Skating exhibitions | 8 |
| 24D | 32. "Holy moly!" | 5 |
| 25D | 33. Before, in Bordeaux | 5 |
| 26D | 34. Skin: Prefix | 5 |
| 27D | 35. Misjudgment | 7 |
| 28D | 39. Japanese beer brand | 5 |
| 29D | 40. Crazylegs Hirsch, from 1949 to 1957, informally | 5 |
| 30D | 41. Greta Garbo, by birth | 5 |
| 31D | 43. T-Swift, by another nickname | 3 |
| 32D | 44. Bouncing character in "The House at Pooh Corner" | 6 |
| 33D | 46. Yep's opposite | 3 |
| 34D | 50. Trim | 5 |
| 35D | 51. Seasoning from the ocean | 7 |
| 36D | 53. What some houses are built on | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Cask wood | 3 |
| 38D | 57. Prefix with -form or -verse | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Inept sorts | 8 |
| 40D | 61. One source of news | 5 |
| 41D | 62. Burger toppers | 6 |
| 42D | 64. Savings banks | 7 |
| 43D | 66. Lofty | 4 |
| 44D | 67. "Life ___ beach" | 3 |
| 45D | 68. Home for an 80-Across | 3 |
| 46D | 69. Printing technique that uses wax | 5 |
| 47D | 70. Garlicky spread | 5 |
| 48D | 71. Bear | 5 |
| 49D | 74. Packed like sardines, say | 5 |
| 50D | 75. It's a wrap | 5 |
| 51D | 76. Passed, as bad checks | 5 |
| 52D | 79. Brian in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | 3 |
| 53D | 81. Experienced a bit of turnover? | 3 |
| 54D | 83. Mary ___, "The Boating Party" artist | 7 |
| 55D | 85. Sweet, in Seville | 5 |
| 56D | 87. Schmooze | 6 |
| 57D | 88. Back in the day | 4 |
| 58D | 90. Malady | 7 |
| 59D | 91. Do something because of | 7 |
| 60D | 93. A score | 6 |
| 61D | 95. Pollster Lou or singer Emmylou | 6 |
| 62D | 97. Polar wear | 6 |
| 63D | 98. Discussion sites | 6 |
| 64D | 103. ___ Beach, Calif. | 5 |
| 65D | 104. Hoarse | 5 |
| 66D | 105. Fail to mention | 4 |
| 67D | 106. Intl. group formed in 1949 | 4 |
| 68D | 107. Online marketplace with personalized gifts | 4 |
| 69D | 108. "Hey there!" | 4 |
| 70D | 110. Awaken | 4 |
| 71D | 111. Creature-friendly org. | 4 |
| 72D | 112. Prefix in many Ocean Spray drink names | 4 |
| 73D | 113. Regarding | 4 |
| 74D | 115. Reggae relative | 3 |
| 75D | 117. Gamecocks' sch. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Roams (about)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
- Similar words include: jazz around, gallivant, spur
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GADS
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2D: "2. Entice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- Similar words include: decoy, enticement, hook
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LURE
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3D: "3. Country with many Farsi speakers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Similar words include: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAN
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4D: "4. They often have AAA backing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
- Similar words include: tow, towage
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOWS
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5D: "5. Colonial news source"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who weeps
- Similar words include: weeper, town crier
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CRIER
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6D: "6. Iconic role for Harrison Ford"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Similar words include: Han dynasty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAN
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7D: "7. "You've Really Got ___ on Me" (1960s hit)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AHOLD
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8D: "8. Deck application"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
- Similar words include: sealant
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEALER
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9D: "9. Proverbial slowpoke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- Similar words include: capsize, turn turtle, polo-neck
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TURTLE
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10D: "10. Iconic role for Harrison Ford"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a state in midwestern united states
- Similar words include: Hoosier State, Robert Indiana, IN
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INDIANA
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11D: "11. Display amazement, in a way"
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- Think of something that an expression of openmouthed astonishment
- Similar words include: gawp, yaw, goggle
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GAPE
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12D: "12. Star pitcher"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: tiptop, whiz, unity
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACE
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13D: "13. Mechanism for local funding"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LANDTAX
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14D: "14. Feature of the tone-deaf"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TINEAR
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15D: "15. ___ Linda (San Bernardino suburb)"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOMA
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16D: "16. Verdon of "Damn Yankees""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GWEN
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17D: "17. In addition"
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- Think of something that in addition
- Similar words include: as well, besides, likewise
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALSO
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18D: "19. Steakhouse orders"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TBONES
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19D: "21. Alternative to a bouncy house"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BALLPIT
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20D: "23. Direct a smile toward"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GRINAT
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21D: "27. Fizzling out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the time when something ends
- Similar words include: expire, give way, anxious
- Opposite of: be born, nascent
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Answer: DYING
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22D: "30. Erelong"
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- Think of something that at another time
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANON
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23D: "31. Skating exhibitions"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ICESHOWS
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24D: "32. "Holy moly!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WOWIE
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25D: "33. Before, in Bordeaux"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AVANT
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26D: "34. Skin: Prefix"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DERMO
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27D: "35. Misjudgment"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
- Opposite of: inerrancy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ERRANCY
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28D: "39. Japanese beer brand"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASAHI
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29D: "40. Crazylegs Hirsch, from 1949 to 1957, informally"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LARAM
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30D: "41. Greta Garbo, by birth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native or inhabitant of sweden
- Similar words include: swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, turnip cabbage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWEDE
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31D: "43. T-Swift, by another nickname"
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- Think of something that a branch of the tai languages
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAY
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32D: "44. Bouncing character in "The House at Pooh Corner""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TIGGER
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33D: "46. Yep's opposite"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAW
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34D: "50. Trim"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- Similar words include: trim, rationalize, snip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRUNE
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35D: "51. Seasoning from the ocean"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEASALT
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36D: "53. What some houses are built on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- Similar words include: specification
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SPEC
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37D: "55. Cask wood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- Similar words include: oak tree
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OAK
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38D: "57. Prefix with -form or -verse"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UNI
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39D: "60. Inept sorts"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SCHLUMPS
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40D: "61. One source of news"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that medium for communication
- Similar words include: radiocommunication, tuner, radio receiver
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RADIO
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41D: "62. Burger toppers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the bulb of an onion plant
- Similar words include: onion plant, Allium cepa, onion
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONIONS
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42D: "64. Savings banks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
- Similar words include: parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: THRIFTS
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43D: "66. Lofty"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a lofty level or position or degree
- Similar words include: eminent, high-pitched, highschool
- Opposite of: low spirits, low
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Answer: HIGH
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44D: "67. "Life ___ beach""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISA
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45D: "68. Home for an 80-Across"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
- Similar words include: hideaway, hideout, lair
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEN
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46D: "69. Printing technique that uses wax"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BATIK
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47D: "70. Garlicky spread"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that garlic mayonnaise
- Similar words include: aioli sauce, garlic sauce
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AIOLI
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48D: "71. Bear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `reynard the fox'
- Similar words include: brown bear, Ursus arctos
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRUIN
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49D: "74. Packed like sardines, say"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INOIL
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50D: "75. It's a wrap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
- Similar words include: steal, slip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOLE
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51D: "76. Passed, as bad checks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- Similar words include: kite, kit, kit out
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KITED
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52D: "79. Brian in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO
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53D: "81. Experienced a bit of turnover?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: use up, deplete, eat up
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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54D: "83. Mary ___, "The Boating Party" artist"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CASSATT
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55D: "85. Sweet, in Seville"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DULCE
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56D: "87. Schmooze"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that rub elbows with
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HOBNOB
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57D: "88. Back in the day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that on one occasion
- Similar words include: in one case, formerly, erstwhile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONCE
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58D: "90. Malady"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Similar words include: complaint, ill
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AILMENT
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59D: "91. Do something because of"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REACTTO
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60D: "93. A score"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
- Similar words include: 20, xx, XX
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TWENTY
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61D: "95. Pollster Lou or singer Emmylou"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states author who wrote the stories about uncle remus (1848-1908)
- Similar words include: Townsend Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris, Bomber Harris
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HARRIS
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62D: "97. Polar wear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a british term)
- Similar words include: parka, windcheater, windbreaker
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANORAK
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63D: "98. Discussion sites"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
- Similar words include: meeting place, forum, assembly
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: FORUMS
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64D: "103. ___ Beach, Calif."
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PISMO
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65D: "104. Hoarse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- Similar words include: scratchy, gravelly, grating
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RASPY
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66D: "105. Fail to mention"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- Similar words include: overlook, overleap, leave out
- Opposite of: attend to, include
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Answer: OMIT
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67D: "106. Intl. group formed in 1949"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
- Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATO
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68D: "107. Online marketplace with personalized gifts"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETSY
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69D: "108. "Hey there!""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST
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70D: "110. Awaken"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Similar words include: stimulate, hustle, shift
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STIR
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71D: "111. Creature-friendly org."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PETA
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72D: "112. Prefix in many Ocean Spray drink names"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAN
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73D: "113. Regarding"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTO
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74D: "115. Reggae relative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKA
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75D: "117. Gamecocks' sch."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USC
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65 Across Clues
75 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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