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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: 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. Baggage accessory | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season | 8 |
| 3A | 14. In which baby spiders develop | 6 |
| 4A | 20. Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas" | 5 |
| 5A | 21. "I want to hear about that!" | 8 |
| 6A | 22. Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex | 6 |
| 7A | 23. "That cabinet with plates looks awfully full" | 14 |
| 8A | 25. Triangular sail | 6 |
| 9A | 26. Food court pizzeria | 6 |
| 10A | 27. Some M.I.T. grads, for short | 3 |
| 11A | 28. Resort amenity | 3 |
| 12A | 30. Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos" | 5 |
| 13A | 31. A noble gas | 4 |
| 14A | 33. It's good for the long haul | 4 |
| 15A | 36. Sphere of creativity | 8 |
| 16A | 38. Private investigator, informally | 3 |
| 17A | 41. Cheese in a wax coating | 4 |
| 18A | 43. "It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right" | 12 |
| 19A | 45. Persian Gulf nation | 4 |
| 20A | 47. Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels | 4 |
| 21A | 49. Mix up | 4 |
| 22A | 50. Actress Edebiri of "The Bear" | 3 |
| 23A | 51. "Is that a cough I hear?" | 13 |
| 24A | 54. Event for V.I.P. customers | 7 |
| 25A | 58. The planets in our solar system, e.g. | 5 |
| 26A | 59. Sci-fi princess | 4 |
| 27A | 60. Stretchy material | 5 |
| 28A | 62. Freight barge | 4 |
| 29A | 63. Not fantastical | 4 |
| 30A | 65. La Città Eterna | 4 |
| 31A | 67. Haunted house sound | 4 |
| 32A | 69. Something to use on your break? | 3 |
| 33A | 70. "Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in" | 19 |
| 34A | 75. Group of humpbacks | 3 |
| 35A | 76. ___ Bora (embattled Afghan region) | 4 |
| 36A | 77. Tel ___ | 4 |
| 37A | 78. Designer Saint Laurent | 4 |
| 38A | 79. Little bits of energy | 4 |
| 39A | 81. New Zealanders, familiarly | 5 |
| 40A | 84. Color of undyed linen | 4 |
| 41A | 86. Course that doesn't require much studying | 5 |
| 42A | 89. "Gimme, gimme!" | 7 |
| 43A | 91. "Those pancakes are piled way too high!" | 13 |
| 44A | 94. Boxy transport | 3 |
| 45A | 95. Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá | 4 |
| 46A | 96. Like close-fitting clothes | 4 |
| 47A | 97. It's just under a foot | 4 |
| 48A | 98. "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" | 12 |
| 49A | 103. Undesirable roommate | 4 |
| 50A | 105. Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution | 3 |
| 51A | 106. Part of M.O. | 8 |
| 52A | 107. Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs" | 4 |
| 53A | 109. Isn't feeling great | 4 |
| 54A | 111. Large flightless birds | 5 |
| 55A | 112. National Poetry Mo. | 3 |
| 56A | 114. "That ship ___ sailed" | 3 |
| 57A | 116. Beverage brewed outside using natural heat | 6 |
| 58A | 120. ___ beef | 6 |
| 59A | 122. "Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!" | 14 |
| 60A | 126. Passes | 6 |
| 61A | 127. Chips may go into it | 8 |
| 62A | 128. Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award | 5 |
| 63A | 129. Have no stomach for | 6 |
| 64A | 130. Doesn't care for | 8 |
| 65A | 131. Unexpected jerk | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Baggage accessory"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDTAG
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2A: "6. Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TEDLASSO
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3A: "14. In which baby spiders develop"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EGGSAC
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4A: "20. Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRADO
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5A: "21. "I want to hear about that!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CLUEMEIN
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6A: "22. Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
- Similar words include: arm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SLEEVE
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7A: "23. "That cabinet with plates looks awfully full""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: OUTOFDISKSPACE
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8A: "25. Triangular sail"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the mediterranean
- Similar words include: lateen-rigged, lateen sail
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LATEEN
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9A: "26. Food court pizzeria"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SBARRO
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10A: "27. Some M.I.T. grads, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
- Similar words include: electrical engineering, EE
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EES
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11A: "28. Resort amenity"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Similar words include: resort hotel, health club, health spa
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPA
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12A: "30. Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAGET
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13A: "31. A noble gas"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Similar words include: atomic number 10, Ne
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NEON
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14A: "33. It's good for the long haul"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Similar words include: rig, trucking rig, semifinal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEMI
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15A: "36. Sphere of creativity"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ARTSCENE
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16A: "38. Private investigator, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a police officer who investigates crimes
- Similar words include: detective, investigator, police detective
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEC
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17A: "41. Cheese in a wax coating"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDAM
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18A: "43. "It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: RUNTIMEERROR
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19A: "45. Persian Gulf nation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
- Similar words include: Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IRAQ
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20A: "47. Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVIA
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21A: "49. Mix up"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Similar words include: conjure up, call down, bring up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STIR
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22A: "50. Actress Edebiri of "The Bear""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AYO
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23A: "51. "Is that a cough I hear?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: VIRUSDETECTED
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24A: "54. Event for V.I.P. customers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PRESALE
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25A: "58. The planets in our solar system, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Similar words include: VIII, eightsome, eighter from Decatur
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OCTET
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26A: "59. Sci-fi princess"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEIA
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27A: "60. Stretchy material"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LYCRA
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28A: "62. Freight barge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCOW
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29A: "63. Not fantastical"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any rational or irrational number
- Similar words include: genuine, existent, tangible
- Opposite of: unreal, insubstantial
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Answer: REAL
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30A: "65. La Città Eterna"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern india but now are living on all continents (but mostly in europe, north africa, and north america)
- Similar words include: Italian capital, Gypsy, read-only memory
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROMA
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31A: "67. Haunted house sound"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long loud emotional utterance
- Similar words include: yaup, yowl, wrawl
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOWL
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32A: "69. Something to use on your break?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Similar words include: discriminative stimulus, pool cue, clew
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUE
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33A: "70. "Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
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34A: "75. Group of humpbacks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: seedpod, fuel pod, cod
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POD
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35A: "76. ___ Bora (embattled Afghan region)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORA
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36A: "77. Tel ___"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVIV
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37A: "78. Designer Saint Laurent"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YVES
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38A: "79. Little bits of energy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
- Similar words include: erg
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERGS
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39A: "81. New Zealanders, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- Similar words include: Actinidia deliciosa, Actinidia chinensis, kiwi vine
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KIWIS
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40A: "84. Color of undyed linen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very light brown
- Similar words include: beige
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECRU
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41A: "86. Course that doesn't require much studying"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EASYA
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42A: "89. "Gimme, gimme!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INEEDIT
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43A: "91. "Those pancakes are piled way too high!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: STACKOVERFLOW
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44A: "94. Boxy transport"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
- Similar words include: vanguard, caravan, avant-garde
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAN
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45A: "95. Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FLOR
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46A: "96. Like close-fitting clothes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small secluded room
- Similar words include: cosy, cubbyhole, close-fitting
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNUG
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47A: "97. It's just under a foot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the underside of footwear or a golf club
- Similar words include: exclusive, lone, solitary
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOLE
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48A: "98. "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: FILETOOLARGE
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49A: "103. Undesirable roommate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a coarse obnoxious person
- Similar words include: sloven, pig, slovenly person
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLOB
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50A: "105. Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
- Similar words include: graven image, divinity, immortal
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOD
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51A: "106. Part of M.O."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OPERANDI
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52A: "107. Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOTH
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53A: "109. Isn't feeling great"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- Similar words include: trouble, ail, pain
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AILS
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54A: "111. Large flightless birds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Similar words include: Rhea, Pterocnemia pennata, Rhea americana
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RHEAS
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55A: "112. National Poetry Mo."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
- Similar words include: April
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APR
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56A: "114. "That ship ___ sailed""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- Similar words include: accept, possess, take in
- Opposite of: abstain, refuse
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Answer: HAS
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57A: "116. Beverage brewed outside using natural heat"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SUNTEA
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58A: "120. ___ beef"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that feed (cattle) with corn
- Similar words include: cured, corn
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CORNED
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59A: "122. "Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: SERVERNOTFOUND
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60A: "126. Passes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Similar words include: ordain, act out, enact
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENACTS
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61A: "127. Chips may go into it"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ONIONDIP
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62A: "128. Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states film actress and daughter of henry fonda (born in 1937)
- Similar words include: Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FONDA
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63A: "129. Have no stomach for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
- Similar words include: hate
- Opposite of: love
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Answer: DETEST
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64A: "130. Doesn't care for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lack of attention and due care
- Similar words include: disuse, ignore, fail
- Opposite of: attend to
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Answer: NEGLECTS
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65A: "131. Unexpected jerk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- Similar words include: cramp, muscle spasm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPASM
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Major N.Y.S.E. events | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Beat handily | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "See ya later!" | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Deck out | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Walk | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999 | 3 |
| 7D | 7. "What ___?" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. William, Edward and Harry, e.g. | 5 |
| 9D | 9. To a ___ degree | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Stage booster | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Domain for salty dogs | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Urges to attack, with "on" | 4 |
| 13D | 13. What this hand has: A♣ A♦️ K♠ Q❤️ 6♠ | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Fluency-building subj. | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk | 8 |
| 16D | 16. Convey | 9 |
| 17D | 17. Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" | 6 |
| 18D | 18. Skin care company | 6 |
| 19D | 19. Football snapper | 6 |
| 20D | 24. Thingamabob | 6 |
| 21D | 29. Either side of a cheerleader's "A" | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Kind of orange | 5 |
| 23D | 34. It's not optional | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Silicon Valley giant | 5 |
| 25D | 37. Easily detached | 8 |
| 26D | 38. Pioneering DVR brand | 4 |
| 27D | 39. George Orwell's first name at birth | 4 |
| 28D | 40. Purchase for the Atari 2600 | 9 |
| 29D | 42. One cutting corners | 8 |
| 30D | 44. Neat | 4 |
| 31D | 46. One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky | 5 |
| 32D | 48. "Trade discount" quintet | 5 |
| 33D | 52. German for "city" | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Something to pitch | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Univ. worker | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Site-seeing list? | 9 |
| 37D | 56. Forte | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun | 3 |
| 39D | 61. V-shaped designs | 8 |
| 40D | 64. Visit, as for a safety check | 8 |
| 41D | 66. Mathematician Lovelace | 3 |
| 42D | 68. Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself | 5 |
| 43D | 70. Frayed | 4 |
| 44D | 71. Court order | 4 |
| 45D | 72. With, in Oise | 4 |
| 46D | 73. Exam marks | 5 |
| 47D | 74. N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly | 5 |
| 48D | 75. Smallest Canadian prov. | 3 |
| 49D | 80. Canning package? | 9 |
| 50D | 82. Mallorca, por ejemplo | 4 |
| 51D | 83. Reason for turbulence | 5 |
| 52D | 85. Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have | 5 |
| 53D | 87. Modern "seize the day" | 4 |
| 54D | 88. Stunned | 4 |
| 55D | 90. Computer model inputs | 8 |
| 56D | 92. Ship that transported the Golden Fleece | 4 |
| 57D | 93. Hardly a team player | 6 |
| 58D | 95. Betrays, in a way | 7 |
| 59D | 98. Like an unnatural smile | 6 |
| 60D | 99. Tech debut of 2007 | 6 |
| 61D | 100. Examine creepily | 6 |
| 62D | 101. ___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost") | 3 |
| 63D | 102. World's most-produced organic compound | 6 |
| 64D | 104. Puts up a false front | 6 |
| 65D | 108. Property of curium, but not cerium | 5 |
| 66D | 110. Eavesdrop, e.g. | 5 |
| 67D | 113. Surrealist Magritte | 4 |
| 68D | 115. Fit of irritation | 4 |
| 69D | 117. Fish in niçoise salad | 4 |
| 70D | 118. Cuts off | 4 |
| 71D | 119. Actor Brody of "The O.C." | 4 |
| 72D | 121. "Spring forward" hrs. | 3 |
| 73D | 123. Illegally interfere with, as an election | 3 |
| 74D | 124. Remote abbr. | 3 |
| 75D | 125. Special ___ | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Major N.Y.S.E. events"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Similar words include: IPO, initial public offering, initial offering
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IPOS
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2D: "2. Beat handily"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- Similar words include: thrash, cream, lick
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DRUB
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3D: "3. "See ya later!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TATA
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4D: "4. Deck out"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- Similar words include: embellish, invest, clothe
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADORN
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5D: "5. Walk"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GOFREE
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6D: "6. Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TCI
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7D: "7. "What ___?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSE
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8D: "8. William, Edward and Harry, e.g."
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- Think of something that a british peer of the highest rank
- Similar words include: duke
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DUKES
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9D: "9. To a ___ degree"
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- Think of something that of less size or importance
- Similar words include: less
- Opposite of: more, greater
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Answer: LESSER
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10D: "10. Stage booster"
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- Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Similar words include: adenosine monophosphate, ampere, A
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMP
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11D: "11. Domain for salty dogs"
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- Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Similar words include: ocean
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEA
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12D: "12. Urges to attack, with "on""
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- Think of something that urge to attack someone
- Similar words include: set, sic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SICS
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13D: "13. What this hand has: A♣ A♦️ K♠ Q❤️ 6♠"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONEPAIR
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14D: "14. Fluency-building subj."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ESL
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15D: "15. Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GLASSEYE
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16D: "16. Convey"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GETACROSS
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17D: "17. Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer""
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- Think of something that united states folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
- Similar words include: Pete Seeger, Alan Seeger, Peter Seeger
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEEGER
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18D: "18. Skin care company"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AVEENO
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19D: "19. Football snapper"
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- Think of something that an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- Similar words include: focus on, center of attention, shopping center
- Opposite of: right
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Answer: CENTER
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20D: "24. Thingamabob"
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- Think of something that something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- Similar words include: whatchamacallum, whatchamacallit, gubbins
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DOODAD
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21D: "29. Either side of a cheerleader's "A""
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- Think of something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Similar words include: sleeve, weapon system, branch
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM
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22D: "32. Kind of orange"
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- Think of something that a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
- Similar words include: navel point, belly button, bellybutton
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NAVEL
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23D: "34. It's not optional"
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- Think of something that a necessary or essential thing
- Similar words include: moldiness, mustiness
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MUST
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24D: "35. Silicon Valley giant"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INTEL
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25D: "37. Easily detached"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reckless and impetuous person
- Similar words include: brainish, madcap, impulsive
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TEARAWAY
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26D: "38. Pioneering DVR brand"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TIVO
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27D: "39. George Orwell's first name at birth"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIC
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28D: "40. Purchase for the Atari 2600"
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- Think of something that ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- Similar words include: pickup, magazine
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CARTRIDGE
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29D: "42. One cutting corners"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MITERSAW
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30D: "44. Neat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- Similar words include: clean up, tidy up, goodish
- Opposite of: untidy
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Answer: TIDY
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31D: "46. One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
- Similar words include: king, pansy, queen mole rat
- Opposite of: king, male monarch
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Answer: QUEEN
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32D: "48. "Trade discount" quintet"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AEIOU
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33D: "52. German for "city""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STADT
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34D: "53. Something to pitch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- Similar words include: tent, inner circle, encampment
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAMP
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35D: "54. Univ. worker"
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- Think of something that someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
- Similar words include: professor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PROF
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36D: "55. Site-seeing list?"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ACCESSLOG
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37D: "56. Forte"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
- Similar words include: gimcrack, flashy, trashy
- Opposite of: piano, softly
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Answer: LOUD
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38D: "57. Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun"
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- Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EWE
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39D: "61. V-shaped designs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that v-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
- Similar words include: stripes, grade insignia, chevron
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CHEVRONS
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40D: "64. Visit, as for a safety check"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOOKINON
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41D: "66. Mathematician Lovelace"
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- Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADA
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42D: "68. Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself"
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- Think of something that large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin a; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
- Similar words include: liver-colored
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIVER
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43D: "70. Frayed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be dressed in
- Similar words include: fall apart, wear upon, haggard
- Opposite of: new, refresh
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Answer: WORN
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44D: "71. Court order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- Similar words include: judicial writ
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WRIT
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45D: "72. With, in Oise"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AVEC
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46D: "73. Exam marks"
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- Think of something that a metallic tapping sound
- Similar words include: mark off, tick off, tick
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TICKS
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47D: "74. N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- Similar words include: leafage, folio, thumb
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEAFS
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48D: "75. Smallest Canadian prov."
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- Think of something that united states architect (born in china in 1917)
- Similar words include: Ieoh Ming Pei, I. M. Pei
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEI
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49D: "80. Canning package?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- Similar words include: rift, falling out, severing
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SEVERANCE
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50D: "82. Mallorca, por ejemplo"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISLA
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51D: "83. Reason for turbulence"
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- Think of something that a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- Similar words include: force, rage, violent storm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STORM
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52D: "85. Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have"
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- Think of something that a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: UVULA
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53D: "87. Modern "seize the day""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YOLO
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54D: "88. Stunned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inspire awe in
- Similar words include: awe, awestruck, awestricken
- Opposite of: unawed
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Answer: AWED
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55D: "90. Computer model inputs"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DATASETS
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56D: "92. Ship that transported the Golden Fleece"
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- Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGO
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57D: "93. Hardly a team player"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a conceited and self-centered person
- Similar words include: swellhead, egocentric, egotist
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EGOIST
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58D: "95. Betrays, in a way"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FLIPSON
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59D: "98. Like an unnatural smile"
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- Think of something that to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
- Similar words include: impel, pull, force
- Opposite of: pull, push
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Answer: FORCED
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60D: "99. Tech debut of 2007"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IPHONE
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61D: "100. Examine creepily"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEERAT
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62D: "101. ___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost")"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ODA
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63D: "102. World's most-produced organic compound"
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- Think of something that a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
- Similar words include: ethylene
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ETHENE
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64D: "104. Puts up a false front"
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- Think of something that a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
- Similar words include: bluff, four flush, bluff out
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BLUFFS
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65D: "108. Property of curium, but not cerium"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HARDC
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66D: "110. Eavesdrop, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
- Similar words include: stag, spy, snooper
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNOOP
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67D: "113. Surrealist Magritte"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RENE
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68D: "115. Fit of irritation"
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- Think of something that a state of agitated irritation
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNIT
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69D: "117. Fish in niçoise salad"
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- Think of something that tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
- Similar words include: tuna fish, Anguilla sucklandii, tunny
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUNA
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70D: "118. Cuts off"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
- Similar words include: stop, oddment, end
- Opposite of: beginning, begin
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Answer: ENDS
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71D: "119. Actor Brody of "The O.C.""
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- Think of something that (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Similar words include: XTC, cristal, go
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ADAM
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72D: "121. "Spring forward" hrs."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DST
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73D: "123. Illegally interfere with, as an election"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Similar words include: outfit, turnout, manipulate
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIG
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74D: "124. Remote abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VOL
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75D: "125. Special ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPS
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65 Across Clues
75 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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