Thursday, May 14, 2026 – LA Times Crossword Answers & Hints

LA Times Crossword – May 14, 2026 (Thursday)

Today’s crossword puzzle is fun and a little tricky.

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Theme Answer: WOODCUT

Clue: Artistic printing method, and a feature of rows 2, 5, 11, and 14 in this puzzle

Answer: WOODCUT

Explanation:

A woodcut is a way of printing pictures. The artist carves a design into wood, puts ink on it, and prints it on paper. Today’s puzzle hides types of wood in four rows.

Across Clues

6A. Thurman of “Pretty Lethal”

Answer: UMA

Explanation: Uma Thurman is a famous actress.

13A. Moral principle

Answer: ETHIC

Explanation: An ethic is a rule about what is right or wrong.

14A. “MAS*H” setting, for short

Answer: KOR

Explanation: MASH takes place in Korea (KOR = short form).

15A. “Butterfly Dance” artist

Answer: YANNI

Explanation: Yanni is a music composer.

19A. College where Robert Frost taught English

Answer: AMHERST

Explanation: Robert Frost was a famous poet who taught at Amherst College.

22A. NYC home of Matisse’s “Landscape at Collioure”

Answer: MOMA

Explanation: MoMA is the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

25A. Taylor-Joy of “The Northman”

Answer: ANYA

Explanation: Anya Taylor-Joy is a movie actress.

34A. “Downton Abbey” cook

Answer: DAISY

Explanation: Daisy is a character in the TV show Downton Abbey.

38A. Here, in Honduras

Answer: ACA

Explanation: In Spanish, “aca” means “here.”

41A. Mod About You polish maker

Answer: OPI

Explanation: OPI is a brand that makes nail polish.

42A. Mexican sandwich

Answer: TORTA

Explanation: A torta is a Mexican sandwich.

50A. Electrically adaptable

Answer: AC/DC

Explanation: AC/DC means it can work with both types of electric current.

55A. Sazerac options

Answer: RYES

Explanation: Rye is a type of grain used in drinks.

58A. Abu Dhabi, e.g.

Answer: EMIRATE

Explanation: Abu Dhabi is one of the Emirates in the UAE.

61A. Expanse crossed by Odysseus

Answer: IONIAN SEA

Explanation: In Greek stories, Odysseus crossed the Ionian Sea.

65A. Like van Gogh and Vermeer

Answer: DUTCH

Explanation: Both artists were from the Netherlands (Dutch).

70A. Blades for some Olympians

Answer: EPEES

Explanation: An épée is a type of fencing sword used in the Olympics.

Down Clues

1D. Super Mario Bros. console

Answer: NES

Explanation: NES is a Nintendo gaming system.

2D. Jazzy James

Answer: ETTA

Explanation: Etta James was a famous singer.

3D. Guitar accessory that may create vibrato

Answer: WHAMMY BAR

Explanation: A whammy bar is used on guitars to change sound.

4D. Knights’ neighbors

Answer: BISHOPS

Explanation: In chess, bishops sit next to knights.

5D. Blueprint

Answer: SCHEMA

Explanation: A schema is a plan or design.

9D. Prehistoric supercontinent

Answer: PANGAEA

Explanation: Pangaea was one giant land before continents split.

11D. Moriarty, to Holmes

Answer: ENEMY

Explanation: Moriarty is the enemy of Sherlock Holmes.

18D. Latvian capital

Answer: RIGA

Explanation: Riga is the capital city of Latvia.

36D. Hormel product

Answer: SPAM

Explanation: Spam is a canned meat product.

43D. Elements of a strategy

Answer: TACTICS

Explanation: Tactics are small actions used in a plan.

51D. Easy part of a sky in a jigsaw puzzle

Answer: CLOUD

Explanation: Puzzle sky areas are often blue with clouds.

54D. Oscar winner Witherspoon

Answer: REESE

Explanation: Reese Witherspoon is an actress.

60D. Brontë orphan

Answer: EYRE

Explanation: Jane Eyre is a famous novel character.

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (69 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (78 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. Do a little too well?	4
2A	5. Tops	4
3A	9. Resident of Ayrshire or Lanarkshire	4
4A	13. No time at all	6
5A	19. Discouraged action	4
6A	20. Mouthy?	4
7A	21. "What a relief!"	4
8A	22. Brought (out)	7
9A	24. Completely destroy with a blast	17
10A	27. Gaia, by another name	11
11A	28. Something typically taken every 10 years	6
12A	29. Doodled	4
13A	30. Certain bridge positions	5
14A	32. Segment of a timeline, perhaps	3
15A	33. The moon's "maria"	4
16A	36. Circa	6
17A	38. "Rhoda" actress Valerie	6
18A	40. Version of a textbook designed for instruction	14
19A	44. Salon substance	6
20A	45. Muppet who loves pigeons	4
21A	46. "My life is over"	8
22A	47. Sharpness	4
23A	48. Sarcastic response to a show-off	8
24A	52. Walked gingerly	6
25A	53. Product with Pro, Air and Mini varieties	4
26A	55. Conical shelter	6
27A	57. Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say	3
28A	58. Skewered Indonesian dish	5
29A	60. ___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense"	3
30A	61. Had a brain fart	7
31A	66. Top-left PC key	3
32A	69. Like some simple repair jobs, in brief	3
33A	70. Grilled South American fare	5
34A	72. Smoothed (out)	6
35A	73. "Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle	22
36A	78. Science-and-nature magazine, familiarly	6
37A	79. Muckety-muck	5
38A	80. Frequently, poetically	3
39A	81. Fair-hiring inits.	3
40A	82. Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning	7
41A	84. Herman ___ (potato chip entrepreneur)	3
42A	85. More sardonic	5
43A	87. Rest area?	3
44A	90. Speeds of slow-moving traffic	6
45A	92. "It's ___ real"	4
46A	93. Delicate, as beauty	8
47A	96. Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition	11
48A	100. Wear (out)	4
49A	102. Middle-of-the-night woe	8
50A	104. Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title)	4
51A	105. Made younger-looking in an editing studio, say	6
52A	107. Reality TV franchise created by Tyra Banks	8
53A	108. Philosophy symbolized by yin and yang	6
54A	111. Ruby lookalike	6
55A	112. Throw, in modern slang	4
56A	113. Fort Collins sch.	3
57A	114. Calls to task?	5
58A	116. Company behind the machine used to make Slurpees	4
59A	118. Kind of paper in a lab	6
60A	123. In back	9
61A	125. "Wait, are we done?"	16
62A	129. Queen of the fairies	7
63A	130. Dueling weapon	4
64A	131. Skin softener	4
65A	132. Fruit also known as a "uniq"	4
66A	133. Largest bird in North America	6
67A	134. X-ray units	4
68A	135. Immodest	4
69A	136. "You can't make me!," e.g.	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Do a little too well?"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a charred substance
• Similar words include: blacken, cleaning woman, coal
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHAR

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2A: "5. Tops"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
• Similar words include: chapeau, palpebra, hat
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LIDS

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3A: "9. Resident of Ayrshire or Lanarkshire"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Similar words include: Scotchman, Scotsman
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SCOT

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4A: "13. No time at all"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AFLASH

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5A: "19. Discouraged action"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NONO

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6A: "20. Mouthy?"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Similar words include: oral exam, oral examination, viva voce
• Opposite of: anal, aboral

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Answer: ORAL

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7A: "21. "What a relief!""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PHEW

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8A: "22. Brought (out)"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that run at a moderately swift pace
• Similar words include: clip, trot, jog
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TROTTED

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9A: "24. Completely destroy with a blast"

17 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________

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Answer: BLOWTOSMITHEREENS

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10A: "27. Gaia, by another name"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: MOTHEREARTH

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11A: "28. Something typically taken every 10 years"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a periodic count of the population
• Similar words include: nosecount, nose count
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CENSUS

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12A: "29. Doodled"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
• Similar words include: draw in, draw off, describe
• Opposite of: repel, deposit

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Answer: DREW

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13A: "30. Certain bridge positions"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Similar words include: due east, eastward, Orient
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EASTS

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14A: "32. Segment of a timeline, perhaps"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: geological era, earned run average, epoch
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERA

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15A: "33. The moon's "maria""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Similar words include: sea, ocean
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEAS

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16A: "36. Circa"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in the area or vicinity
• Similar words include: roughly, or so, close to
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AROUND

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17A: "38. "Rhoda" actress Valerie"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who plays the harp
• Similar words include: harpist
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HARPER

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18A: "40. Version of a textbook designed for instruction"

14 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: TEACHEREDITION

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19A: "44. Salon substance"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
• Similar words include: gel, hair mousse, hair gel
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MOUSSE

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20A: "45. Muppet who loves pigeons"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BERT

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21A: "46. "My life is over""

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: IMRUINED

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22A: "47. Sharpness"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
• Similar words include: wag, wittiness, marbles
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WITS

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23A: "48. Sarcastic response to a show-off"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: LAHDIDAH

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24A: "52. Walked gingerly"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
• Similar words include: hobble, limp, hitch
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LIMPED

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25A: "53. Product with Pro, Air and Mini varieties"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IPAD

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26A: "55. Conical shelter"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native american tent; usually of conical shape
• Similar words include: tepee, tipi
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TEEPEE

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27A: "57. Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Similar words include: drift, stray, mistake
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERR

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28A: "58. Skewered Indonesian dish"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SATAY

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29A: "60. ___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TEX

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30A: "61. Had a brain fart"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
• Similar words include: blank
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BLANKED

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31A: "66. Top-left PC key"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ESC

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32A: "69. Like some simple repair jobs, in brief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIY

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33A: "70. Grilled South American fare"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AREPA

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34A: "72. Smoothed (out)"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that press and smooth with a heated iron
• Similar words include: press, iron, iron out
• Opposite of: unironed

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Answer: IRONED

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35A: "73. "Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle"

22 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________________

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Answer: ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE

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36A: "78. Science-and-nature magazine, familiarly"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NATGEO

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37A: "79. Muckety-muck"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a governor in india during the mogul empire
• Similar words include: nawab
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NABOB

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38A: "80. Frequently, poetically"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that many times at short intervals
• Similar words include: often, oftentimes, ofttimes
• Opposite of: infrequently, rarely

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Answer: OFT

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39A: "81. Fair-hiring inits."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EOE

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40A: "82. Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
• Similar words include: As, ratsbane, arsenous anhydride
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ARSENIC

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41A: "84. Herman ___ (potato chip entrepreneur)"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Similar words include: put down, place, position
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: LAY

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42A: "85. More sardonic"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that humorously sarcastic or mocking
• Similar words include: dry, ironical, ironic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WRIER

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43A: "87. Rest area?"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Similar words include: eff, bang, jazz
• Opposite of: get up, turn out

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Answer: BED

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44A: "90. Speeds of slow-moving traffic"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very slow movement
• Similar words include: creeping, Australian crawl, grovel
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CRAWLS

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45A: "92. "It's ___ real""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Similar words include: personify, cost, exist
• Opposite of: differ

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Answer: BEEN

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46A: "93. Delicate, as beauty"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; - thomas carlyle
• Similar words include: aeriform, celestial, aery
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ETHEREAL

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47A: "96. Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thin tapering edge
• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: FEATHEREDGE

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48A: "100. Wear (out)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
• Similar words include: jade, tire out, outwear
• Opposite of: refresh, interest

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Answer: TIRE

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49A: "102. Middle-of-the-night woe"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness
• Opposite of: hypersomnia
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: INSOMNIA

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50A: "104. Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALBA

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51A: "105. Made younger-looking in an editing studio, say"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEAGED

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52A: "107. Reality TV franchise created by Tyra Banks"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TOPMODEL

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53A: "108. Philosophy symbolized by yin and yang"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to taoism
• Similar words include: Daoism, Hsuan Chiao
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TAOISM

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54A: "111. Ruby lookalike"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GARNET

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55A: "112. Throw, in modern slang"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YEET

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56A: "113. Fort Collins sch."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CSU

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57A: "114. Calls to task?"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
• Similar words include: page, Sir Frederick Handley Page, pageboy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PAGES

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58A: "116. Company behind the machine used to make Slurpees"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ICEE

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59A: "118. Kind of paper in a lab"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
• Similar words include: litmus test
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: LITMUS

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60A: "123. In back"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ATTHEREAR

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61A: "125. "Wait, are we done?""

16 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________________

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Answer: ISTHATALLTHEREIS

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62A: "129. Queen of the fairies"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
• Similar words include: titanium dioxide, titanic oxide, titanium oxide
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TITANIA

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63A: "130. Dueling weapon"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EPEE

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64A: "131. Skin softener"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALOE

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65A: "132. Fruit also known as a "uniq""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• Similar words include: ugli fruit, tangelo
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UGLI

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66A: "133. Largest bird in North America"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CONDOR

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67A: "134. X-ray units"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
• Similar words include: rad, radian
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RADS

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68A: "135. Immodest"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
• Similar words include: libidinous, lustful, raunchy
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LEWD

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69A: "136. "You can't make me!," e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
• Similar words include: lip, backtalk, back talk
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SASS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "The Exchange" airer	4
2D	2. Flaw in an argument	4
3D	3. Unknown author, for short	4
4D	4. Squabbles	4
5D	5. Unresolved parts of a plot	9
6D	6. Org. to which you might provide your bank account info	3
7D	7. Renewable energy structure	3
8D	8. Lost traction	4
9D	9. Globelike shape	8
10D	10. Dress down	7
11D	11. Poetic contraction	3
12D	12. Many middle schoolers	6
13D	13. Ones pressed for cash?	4
14D	14. Top of a latte	5
15D	15. Mucho	5
16D	16. M.L.B. team that once went by OAK on scoreboards	3
17D	17. In hot water?	7
18D	18. Fashion designer Carolina	7
19D	23. Shortage	6
20D	25. Behind	6
21D	26. Certain public transit network	7
22D	31. Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube	5
23D	34. "People ___ Strange" (the Doors song)	3
24D	35. Conduct inciting an insurrection	8
25D	37. World's first billion-dollar corporation	7
26D	39. Sac fly result	3
27D	40. Game piece in Rummikub	4
28D	41. Royal title	4
29D	42. Where jet-setters may rub elbows	8
30D	43. Chalice	3
31D	49. P.D. alert	3
32D	50. Prefix meaning "sun"	5
33D	51. "Heavens to Betsy!"	6
34D	54. Subscription-only website feature	7
35D	56. Look into	7
36D	59. Contribute	3
37D	60. Chicago paper, informally	4
38D	62. N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum	4
39D	63. Lower-body exercise	8
40D	64. Occupational suffix	3
41D	65. J.F.K. predecessor	3
42D	67. Aromatic herb	4
43D	68. Hold tightly	6
44D	70. Mariner's greeting	4
45D	71. Natural attraction	8
46D	73. Two peas ___ pod	3
47D	74. Pitch	3
48D	75. French wine region	5
49D	76. LeBron James or Nikola Jokic	7
50D	77. Delivery person's assignment: Abbr.	3
51D	83. "Wheels"	3
52D	85. Beverage infused with THC	7
53D	86. Fixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e"	9
54D	88. County in western New York	4
55D	89. Deck out?	4
56D	91. Shoe with a thick sole	5
57D	92. Part of an equestrian's ensemble	8
58D	94. Small songbird	6
59D	95. Benefit plan option, in brief	3
60D	96. Wealthy sort	6
61D	97. Stretchy	7
62D	98. "Next on my list"	7
63D	99. ___ chi	3
64D	101. Lit up, in a way	7
65D	103. ___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)	3
66D	106. Less challenging	6
67D	109. Shell out	5
68D	110. Video game character aptly celebrated on Mar. 10	5
69D	115. Bicyclist's setting	4
70D	117. Latin list ender	4
71D	119. Lead-in to a conclusion	4
72D	120. ___ Millions (multistate lottery)	4
73D	121. Some addresses	4
74D	122. Dos + cuatro	4
75D	124. China's largest ethnic group	3
76D	126. Wellness resort offering	3
77D	127. Horn contents at a Viking feast	3
78D	128. Depressed	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. "The Exchange" airer"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CNBC

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2D: "2. Flaw in an argument"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an opening into or through something
• Similar words include: mess, kettle of fish, fix
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOLE

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3D: "3. Unknown author, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at another time
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANON

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4D: "4. Squabbles"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Similar words include: dustup, words, quarrel
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROWS

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5D: "5. Unresolved parts of a plot"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LOOSEENDS

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6D: "6. Org. to which you might provide your bank account info"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
• Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRS

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7D: "7. Renewable energy structure"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
• Similar words include: dam up, dekametre, dike
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DAM

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8D: "8. Lost traction"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• Similar words include: slew, skid, slue
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLID

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9D: "9. Globelike shape"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes
• Similar words include: ellipsoid of revolution
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SPHEROID

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10D: "10. Dress down"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CHEWOUT

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11D: "11. Poetic contraction"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OER

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12D: "12. Many middle schoolers"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TWEENS

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13D: "13. Ones pressed for cash?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Similar words include: atmosphere, automated teller machine, cash dispenser
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATMS

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14D: "14. Top of a latte"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
• Similar words include: form bubbles, spume, sparkle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FROTH

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15D: "15. Mucho"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOTSA

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16D: "16. M.L.B. team that once went by OAK on scoreboards"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ATH

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17D: "17. In hot water?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that devote (oneself) fully to
• Similar words include: immerse, engross, infuse
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: STEEPED

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18D: "18. Fashion designer Carolina"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HERRERA

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19D: "23. Shortage"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acute insufficiency
• Similar words include: shortage, famine, paucity
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEARTH

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20D: "25. Behind"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TUSHIE

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21D: "26. Certain public transit network"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• Similar words include: cable tramway, tramline, streetcar track
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRAMWAY

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22D: "31. Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADELE

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23D: "34. "People ___ Strange" (the Doors song)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Similar words include: personify, cost, exist
• Opposite of: differ

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Answer: ARE

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24D: "35. Conduct inciting an insurrection"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SEDITION

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25D: "37. World's first billion-dollar corporation"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: USSTEEL

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26D: "39. Sac fly result"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Similar words include: run batted in
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RBI

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27D: "40. Game piece in Rummikub"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
• Similar words include: roofing tile
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TILE

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28D: "41. Royal title"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Similar words include: amir, ameer, emeer
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EMIR

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29D: "42. Where jet-setters may rub elbows"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a support for the arm
• Similar words include: armrest
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ARMRESTS

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30D: "43. Chalice"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
• Similar words include: cupful, transfuse, loving cup
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CUP

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31D: "49. P.D. alert"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APB

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32D: "50. Prefix meaning "sun""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HELIO

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33D: "51. "Heavens to Betsy!""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DEARME

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34D: "54. Subscription-only website feature"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PAYWALL

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35D: "56. Look into"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that inquire into
• Similar words include: research, search
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: EXPLORE

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36D: "59. Contribute"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Similar words include: contribute, hyperkinetic syndrome, tot up
• Opposite of: subtract, take away

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Answer: ADD

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37D: "60. Chicago paper, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRIB

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38D: "62. N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOHO

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39D: "63. Lower-body exercise"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: KNEEBEND

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40D: "64. Occupational suffix"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EER

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41D: "65. J.F.K. predecessor"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DDE

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42D: "67. Aromatic herb"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Similar words include: salvia, sage-green
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SAGE

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43D: "68. Hold tightly"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small slip noose made with seizing
• Similar words include: grasp, clutch, grip
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CLENCH

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44D: "70. Mariner's greeting"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHOY

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45D: "71. Natural attraction"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
• Similar words include: chemical attraction, kinship, phylogenetic relation
• Opposite of: consanguinity

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Answer: AFFINITY

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46D: "73. Two peas ___ pod"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INA

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47D: "74. Pitch"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• Similar words include: seafarer, gob, sea dog
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAR

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48D: "75. French wine region"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the longest french river; rises in the massif central and flows north and west to the atlantic ocean
• Similar words include: Loire River
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOIRE

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49D: "76. LeBron James or Nikola Jokic"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: NBASTAR

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50D: "77. Delivery person's assignment: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RTE

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51D: "83. "Wheels""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: machine, automobile, railway car
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CAR

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52D: "85. Beverage infused with THC"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: WEEDTEA

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53D: "86. Fixed, as a "m-i-t-s-a-k-e""

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: RESPELLED

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54D: "88. County in western New York"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Similar words include: Lake Erie
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ERIE

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55D: "89. Deck out?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular instance of buying or selling
• Similar words include: consider, care, quite a little
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEAL

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56D: "91. Shoe with a thick sole"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any shape that is triangular in cross section
• Similar words include: Cuban sandwich, squeeze, Italian sandwich
• Opposite of: dislodge

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Answer: WEDGE

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57D: "92. Part of an equestrian's ensemble"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that trousers ending above the knee
• Similar words include: knickerbockers, knickers, knee breeches
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BREECHES

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58D: "94. Small songbird"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that widely distributed european titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
• Similar words include: Parus caeruleus, blue tit
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOMTIT

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59D: "95. Benefit plan option, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
• Similar words include: health maintenance organization
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HMO

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60D: "96. Wealthy sort"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FATCAT

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61D: "97. Stretchy"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
• Similar words include: pliable, elastic band, rubber band
• Opposite of: inelastic

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Answer: ELASTIC

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62D: "98. "Next on my list""

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ABOUTTO

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63D: "99. ___ chi"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
• Similar words include: Thai, Siamese
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAI

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64D: "101. Lit up, in a way"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
• Similar words include: light, stir up, ignite
• Opposite of: extinguish

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Answer: IGNITED

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65D: "103. ___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOE

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66D: "106. Less challenging"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• Similar words include: light, easygoing, promiscuous
• Opposite of: uneasy, difficult

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Answer: EASIER

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67D: "109. Shell out"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pass time in a specific way
• Similar words include: pass, expend, drop
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPEND

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68D: "110. Video game character aptly celebrated on Mar. 10"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MARIO

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69D: "115. Bicyclist's setting"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Similar words include: paraphernalia, gear mechanism, appurtenance
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GEAR

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70D: "117. Latin list ender"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ETAL

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71D: "119. Lead-in to a conclusion"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aromatic gum resin obtained from various arabian or east african trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
• Similar words include: therefore, frankincense, olibanum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THUS

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72D: "120. ___ Millions (multistate lottery)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEGA

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73D: "121. Some addresses"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
• Similar words include: universal resource locator, URL, uniform resource locator
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: URLS

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74D: "122. Dos + cuatro"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEIS

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75D: "124. China's largest ethnic group"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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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76D: "126. Wellness resort offering"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: watering place, resort hotel, watering hole
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SPA

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77D: "127. Horn contents at a Viking feast"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALE

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78D: "128. Depressed"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
• Similar words include: blue, low-pitched, dispirited
• Opposite of: high

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Answer: LOW

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Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

69 Across Clues

78 Down Clues

147 Total Clues

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Last updated: February 15, 2026 at 05:07 AM