1D: "1. Cyrillic way to write "U.S.S.R.""
4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
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Answer: CCCP
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2D: "2. Short hand?"
4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
- Similar words include: hr, time of day, minute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOUR
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3D: "3. When "One Day More" is sung in "Les Misérables""
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: ACTI
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4D: "4. Collectible item from the box below"
4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
- Similar words include: strike, mint
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COIN
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5D: "5. Fried cornbread concoctions"
8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)
- Similar words include: hoecake
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: HOECAKES
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6D: "6. ___ map"
5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- Similar words include: insert, gusset
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INSET
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7D: "7. Green transport from the box below"
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VINE
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8D: "8. Best-selling Irish solo musical artist"
4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: ENYA
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9D: "9. Image Awards org."
5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: NAACP
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10D: "10. Spills"
6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- Similar words include: dish aerial, cup of tea, smasher
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DISHES
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11D: "11. Madrid Mrs."
3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: SRA
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12D: "12. Word before service or sync"
3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- Similar words include: sass, sassing, rim
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LIP
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13D: "13. Duty"
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Similar words include: load, burden, encumbrance
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONUS
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14D: "14. What this puzzle's subject uses to travel to a new location"
8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
Solving Hints:
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Answer: WARPPIPE
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15D: "15. Like many primary bathrooms"
7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
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Answer: ENSUITE
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16D: "16. Like teams in March Madness"
6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that go to seed; shed seeds
- Similar words include: sow, seed, sown
- Opposite of: unseeded
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Answer: SEEDED
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17D: "18. Expensive Super Bowl purchase"
6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: TVSPOT
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18D: "19. In"
3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- Similar words include: hip to, rosehip, articulatio coxae
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HIP
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19D: "25. ___ lecithin (food additive)"
3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- Similar words include: soybean, soja bean, Glycine max
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOY
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20D: "29. Raid target, at times"
3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Similar words include: pismire, emmet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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21D: "30. Space"
4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
- Similar words include: elbow room, way, board
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROOM
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22D: "31. Let down"
5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the lower of two berths
- Similar words include: low-toned, turn down, frown
- Opposite of: raise, high
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Answer: LOWER
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23D: "32. Sea connectors"
7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- Similar words include: pass, sound, head
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STRAITS
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24D: "34. Obtains (from)"
7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- Similar words include: derive, gain, educe
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DERIVES
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25D: "35. Gold or silver, but not bronze"
7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an abstract part of something
- Similar words include: factor, ingredient, constituent
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ELEMENT
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26D: "36. This might be stuffed inside a shell"
7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that soft italian cheese like cottage cheese
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RICOTTA
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27D: "37. Dot follower"
3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: EDU
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28D: "39. Recoiled"
5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
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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29D: "40. Jupiter ___, first African American poet published in North America"
6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
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Answer: HAMMON
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30D: "41. Catchphrase of this puzzle's subject"
11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: ITSAMEMARIO
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31D: "46. Wilt"
3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a shape that sags
- Similar words include: sag down, droop, flag
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAG
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32D: "48. Scented"
6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
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Answer: ODORED
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33D: "50. Carrier that takes its name from the Book of Hosea"
4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
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Answer: ELAL
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34D: "51. ___ cup"
5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
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Answer: SIPPY
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35D: "53. Achieved"
3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carry out or perform an action
- Similar words include: act, cause, make out
- Opposite of: unmake
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Answer: DID
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36D: "57. Excite"
5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
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Answer: KEYUP
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37D: "58. Job for a stage assistant, maybe"
5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- Similar words include: remind, prompt, cue
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CUING
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38D: "61. Australia's most popular wine"
6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in central southwestern iran; ruins of ancient persepolis are nearby
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHIRAZ
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39D: "64. "Extra life" item from the box below"
5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: ONEUP
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40D: "66. How a total dummkopf might handle something"
7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner
- Similar words include: fecklessly
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INEPTLY
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41D: "67. In jest"
7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
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Answer: ASAJOKE
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42D: "68. Like New Jersey among all U.S. states, population-wise"
7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- Similar words include: heavy, obtuse, dumb
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DENSEST
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43D: "70. In the very recent past"
7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: ADAYAGO
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44D: "72. Gown fabrics"
6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
- Similar words include: satin
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SATINS
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45D: "74. ___ Duncan, education secretary under Obama"
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: ARNE
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46D: "77. Razor blades?"
3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loft in a barn where hay is stored
- Similar words include: cut down, pout, haymow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MOW
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47D: "79. Cozy corners"
5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sheltered and secluded place
- Similar words include: corner, nook
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOOKS
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48D: "82. With 31-Down, power-up that lets this puzzle's subject throw flames"
10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
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Answer: FIREFLOWER
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49D: "84. Alternative to "sparkling""
3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a gentle blow
- Similar words include: bug, water faucet, knock
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAP
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50D: "86. Catchphrase of this puzzle's subject"
8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: MAMMAMIA
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51D: "87. With 30-Down, power-up that supersizes this puzzle's subject"
8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- Similar words include: mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud
- Opposite of: toadstool
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Answer: MUSHROOM
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52D: "90. Flowed (from)"
8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that proceed or issue forth, as from a source
- Similar words include: emanate, give forth, exhale
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: EMANATED
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53D: "91. Some film noir figures, for short"
3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
- Similar words include: operative, private detective, protease inhibitor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIS
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54D: "92. Give for a time"
7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: LOANOUT
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55D: "93. Business address abbr."
3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: STE
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56D: "95. Popular GMC pickup"
6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- Similar words include: Scomberomorus sierra
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIERRA
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57D: "97. Proceeds like congested traffic"
6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very slow movement
- Similar words include: grovel, front crawl, creeping
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRAWLS
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58D: "99. Mount ___, highest peak in the Rockies"
6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
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Answer: ELBERT
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59D: "101. Mumbled stumbles"
3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
- Similar words include: emergency room, Er, erbium
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERS
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60D: "105. Daises"
5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- Similar words include: soapbox, stump, rostrum
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PODIA
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61D: "107. "Sorry, my calendar's full""
5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: ICANT
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62D: "109. Falls behind"
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of slowing down or falling behind
- Similar words include: fall behind, put away, meanwhile
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAGS
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63D: "111. "?!?!?!?!""
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
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Answer: WHAT
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64D: "112. Sensible"
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Similar words include: reasonable
- Opposite of: insane
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Answer: SANE
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65D: "113. ___ für alle Mal (once and for all, in German)"
3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
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Answer: EIN
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66D: "114. What a rest indicates ... or a word after rest"
4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the event of something ending
- Similar words include: break, bar, hold on
- Opposite of: continue, start
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Answer: STOP
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67D: "115. Small bite abroad"
4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
- Similar words include: tappa, tappa bark, tapa bark
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAPA
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68D: "116. Makeup of a certain web"
4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- Similar words include: lie down, prevarication, Trygve Lie
- Opposite of: stand, arise
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Answer: LIES
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69D: "117. Docs who really get in your face?"
4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
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Answer: ENTS
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70D: "119. Medical research ctr."
3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- Similar words include: National Institutes of Health
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NIH
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71D: "120. Dorm leaders, in brief"
3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- Similar words include: RA, atomic number 88, celestial longitude
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAS
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