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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (73 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (67 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium
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. Max | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Play part | 3 |
| 3A | 10. Alternative to a .doc | 3 |
| 4A | 13. In Norse myth, world held up by the branches of the tree Yggdrasil | 6 |
| 5A | 19. "You sure?" | 6 |
| 6A | 20. Camera type, in brief | 3 |
| 7A | 21. Maker of the old Flying Cloud auto | 3 |
| 8A | 22. Conical dwelling | 6 |
| 9A | 23. W.W. I helmet | 6 |
| 10A | 24. At it | 7 |
| 11A | 26. Seized with the teeth | 6 |
| 12A | 27. "The Office" accountant who kept a cat in her desk drawer | 6 |
| 13A | 28. Traveling for pleasure, informally | 7 |
| 14A | 29. Internet-influenced writing genre | 6 |
| 15A | 30. Use mouthwash, say | 6 |
| 16A | 32. Targeted | 5 |
| 17A | 33. "Rubbish!" | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Religious title that translates to "ocean monk" | 9 |
| 19A | 37. Convenience store | 4 |
| 20A | 40. Stickler for military discipline | 8 |
| 21A | 41. Anora's nickname in "Anora" | 3 |
| 22A | 42. Nevertheless | 3 |
| 23A | 43. Rear end | 8 |
| 24A | 47. Four Corners tribe | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Mammals also known as firefoxes | 9 |
| 26A | 53. 20/20 | 3 |
| 27A | 54. Heart on one's sleeve, perhaps, in brief | 3 |
| 28A | 55. Hotmail alternative | 3 |
| 29A | 57. Condition treated with a CPAP machine | 5 |
| 30A | 58. Prefix with dermis | 3 |
| 31A | 60. English letter that looks like a Greek rho | 3 |
| 32A | 61. What a pictogram of a man with a walking stick might indicate | 9 |
| 33A | 64. Xenon and krypton, e.g. | 9 |
| 34A | 67. Cue | 6 |
| 35A | 68. The Orioles, on a scoreboard | 3 |
| 36A | 69. They're cast in November | 7 |
| 37A | 70. Most prevalent | 6 |
| 38A | 71. Father of Zeus | 6 |
| 39A | 74. Long (for) | 6 |
| 40A | 76. "The Rock" | 8 |
| 41A | 79. Gray or yellow, perhaps | 3 |
| 42A | 81. "Are you really gonna make me?" | 8 |
| 43A | 85. Levi's competitor | 3 |
| 44A | 86. No man's land, for short | 3 |
| 45A | 87. Flaky fish | 3 |
| 46A | 88. Drink suffix | 3 |
| 47A | 89. Predator that might hunt by electrolocation | 3 |
| 48A | 90. Classic Andy Warhol subject | 7 |
| 49A | 93. Turn into logs | 5 |
| 50A | 95. Show that inspired the famous misquote "Just the facts, ma'am" | 7 |
| 51A | 98. Yoga pose | 5 |
| 52A | 99. Cut finely | 5 |
| 53A | 100. Polynesian title heroine of film | 5 |
| 54A | 101. Wisc. neighbor | 4 |
| 55A | 102. Brand from Anheuser-Busch | 8 |
| 56A | 103. Branch | 3 |
| 57A | 104. French brandy | 8 |
| 58A | 105. What not to wear to a wedding, it's said | 5 |
| 59A | 108. Odd-numbered page | 5 |
| 60A | 111. Polishes, as text | 5 |
| 61A | 114. GarageBand platform | 3 |
| 62A | 115. Unexpected upsides | 13 |
| 63A | 120. "How neat!" | 3 |
| 64A | 121. "As if!" | 3 |
| 65A | 122. What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically? | 4 |
| 66A | 123. Carnaval locale, familiarly | 3 |
| 67A | 124. Real comedian | 4 |
| 68A | 125. Purported sighting recorded by Puritan governor John Winthrop in 1639 | 3 |
| 69A | 126. 125-Across occupants | 3 |
| 70A | 127. Hammer part | 4 |
| 71A | 128. Hither and ___ | 3 |
| 72A | 129. Notice | 4 |
| 73A | 130. Nickname derived from the Hebrew name Shoshana | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Max"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATMOST
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2A: "7. Play part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Similar words include: pretend, routine, number
- Opposite of: refrain
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Answer: ACT
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3A: "10. Alternative to a .doc"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDF
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4A: "13. In Norse myth, world held up by the branches of the tree Yggdrasil"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the norse gods (the aesir) and slain war heroes
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASGARD
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5A: "19. "You sure?""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THATSO
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6A: "20. Camera type, in brief"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLR
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7A: "21. Maker of the old Flying Cloud auto"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: REO
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8A: "22. Conical dwelling"
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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9A: "23. W.W. I helmet"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TINHAT
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10A: "24. At it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that doing arduous or unpleasant work
- Similar words include: labouring, labour, drudge
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOILING
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11A: "26. Seized with the teeth"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BITOFF
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12A: "27. "The Office" accountant who kept a cat in her desk drawer"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ANGELA
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13A: "28. Traveling for pleasure, informally"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONVACAY
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14A: "29. Internet-influenced writing genre"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALTLIT
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15A: "30. Use mouthwash, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
- Similar words include: rinse, mouthwash
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GARGLE
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16A: "32. Targeted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- Similar words include: take, aim, place
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AIMED
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17A: "33. "Rubbish!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MYFOOT
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18A: "34. Religious title that translates to "ocean monk""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: DALAILAMA
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19A: "37. Convenience store"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- Similar words include: market place, marketplace, market
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MART
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20A: "40. Stickler for military discipline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- Similar words include: moralist, disciplinarian
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MARTINET
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21A: "41. Anora's nickname in "Anora""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANI
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22A: "42. Nevertheless"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that and nothing more
- Similar words include: simply, only, merely
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BUT
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23A: "43. Rear end"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Similar words include: tush, rear end, tail end
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BUTTOCKS
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24A: "47. Four Corners tribe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UTE
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25A: "49. Mammals also known as firefoxes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: REDPANDAS
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26A: "53. 20/20"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: unitary, matchless, ace
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONE
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27A: "54. Heart on one's sleeve, perhaps, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Similar words include: tackiness, cheapness, Thematic Apperception Test
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAT
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28A: "55. Hotmail alternative"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AOL
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29A: "57. Condition treated with a CPAP machine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that transient cessation of respiration
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APNEA
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30A: "58. Prefix with dermis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Similar words include: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EPI
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31A: "60. English letter that looks like a Greek rho"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that liquid excretory product
- Similar words include: wee-wee, puddle, wee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEE
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32A: "61. What a pictogram of a man with a walking stick might indicate"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the beginning of a trail
- Similar words include: trail head
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TRAILHEAD
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33A: "64. Xenon and krypton, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: RAREGASES
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34A: "67. Cue"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- Similar words include: signalise, indicate, signaling
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIGNAL
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35A: "68. The Orioles, on a scoreboard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAL
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36A: "69. They're cast in November"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
- Similar words include: voting, vote, ballot
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BALLOTS
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37A: "70. Most prevalent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that most frequent or common
- Similar words include: rife, plethoric, prevalent
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIFEST
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38A: "71. Father of Zeus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the supreme god until zeus dethroned him; son of uranus and gaea in ancient greek mythology; identified with roman saturn
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CRONUS
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39A: "74. Long (for)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that desire strongly or persistently
- Similar words include: yearn, long
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HANKER
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40A: "76. "The Rock""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ALCATRAZ
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41A: "79. Gray or yellow, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how long something has existed
- Similar words include: maturate, long time, years
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE
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42A: "81. "Are you really gonna make me?""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DOIGOTTA
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43A: "85. Levi's competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Spike Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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44A: "86. No man's land, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- Similar words include: demilitarized zone
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DMZ
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45A: "87. Flaky fish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: codfish, gull, take in
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COD
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46A: "88. Drink suffix"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Similar words include: fruit drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADE
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47A: "89. Predator that might hunt by electrolocation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEL
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48A: "90. Classic Andy Warhol subject"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MARILYN
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49A: "93. Turn into logs"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAWUP
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50A: "95. Show that inspired the famous misquote "Just the facts, ma'am""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- Similar words include: trawl net, trawl
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DRAGNET
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51A: "98. Yoga pose"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASANA
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52A: "99. Cut finely"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that food chopped into small bits
- Similar words include: soften, moderate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MINCE
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53A: "100. Polynesian title heroine of film"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MOANA
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54A: "101. Wisc. neighbor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MICH
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55A: "102. Brand from Anheuser-Busch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MICHELOB
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56A: "103. Branch"
Solving Hints:
- 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: branch, limb, fortify
- Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARM
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57A: "104. French brandy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dry brandy distilled in the armagnac district of france
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: ARMAGNAC
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58A: "105. What not to wear to a wedding, it's said"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of the caucasoid race
- Similar words include: blank, ashen, E. B. White
- Opposite of: black, blacken
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Answer: WHITE
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59A: "108. Odd-numbered page"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that right-hand page
- Opposite of: verso
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RECTO
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60A: "111. Polishes, as text"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Similar words include: edit out, edit, delete
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EDITS
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61A: "114. GarageBand platform"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Similar words include: Io
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IOS
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62A: "115. Unexpected upsides"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SILVERLININGS
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63A: "120. "How neat!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Similar words include: aah
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OOH
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64A: "121. "As if!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
- Similar words include: non
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOT
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65A: "122. What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UCLA
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66A: "123. Carnaval locale, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RIO
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67A: "124. Real comedian"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- Similar words include: carouse, wow, drunken revelry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIOT
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68A: "125. Purported sighting recorded by Puritan governor John Winthrop in 1639"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
- Similar words include: unidentified flying object, flying saucer
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UFO
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69A: "126. 125-Across occupants"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETS
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70A: "127. Hammer part"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PEEN
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71A: "128. Hither and ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
- Similar words include: yonder
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YON
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72A: "129. Notice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that catch sight of
- Similar words include: spy, descry, spot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPY
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73A: "130. Nickname derived from the Hebrew name Shoshana"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Similar words include: Eugene Sue, litigate, process
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Flour in Indian cooking | 4 |
| 2D | 2. "The ___ is ..." | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Japanese comic style | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Part of OTOH | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Common vessel for a cosmopolitan | 12 |
| 6D | 6. Completely wreck | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Concerning | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Pertaining to genetic copies | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Sporcle or Jeopardy! World Tour | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Orbitz competitor | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Response to "Gracias" | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Geezer | 4 |
| 13D | 13. In check | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Alternatives to zippers on blue jeans | 11 |
| 15D | 15. Unsettle | 5 |
| 16D | 16. Speed skater Ohno | 5 |
| 17D | 17. Make over, as a factory | 5 |
| 18D | 18. Artful | 4 |
| 19D | 25. Entertainer's creation at a child's birthday party | 13 |
| 20D | 31. Gertrude who swam the English Channel | 6 |
| 21D | 33. German rifle maker | 6 |
| 22D | 35. Had a couple of brats? | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Many a hedge fund hire, in brief | 3 |
| 24D | 37. Unlikely Best in Show winners | 5 |
| 25D | 38. Company that made Missile Command | 5 |
| 26D | 39. Mark down, say | 5 |
| 27D | 44. Tree cluster | 5 |
| 28D | 45. They're over two feet | 5 |
| 29D | 46. Spot in the Bible? | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Kendo or aikido | 10 |
| 31D | 50. Tots' pops | 5 |
| 32D | 51. "Star Wars" title | 5 |
| 33D | 52. "Mayor Pete" | 9 |
| 34D | 56. "Good heavens!" | 7 |
| 35D | 59. More cheerful and lively | 7 |
| 36D | 62. Early empire builder | 4 |
| 37D | 63. Humming | 5 |
| 38D | 65. Carne ___ | 5 |
| 39D | 66. Lead-in to futurism | 4 |
| 40D | 72. Tired old advertising mascot? | 11 |
| 41D | 73. Fancy dress | 8 |
| 42D | 75. It's the end of the world as we know it | 10 |
| 43D | 76. Longest book in the Book of Mormon | 4 |
| 44D | 77. Grazing places | 4 |
| 45D | 78. Potters, e.g. | 9 |
| 46D | 79. Purple smoothie add-in | 9 |
| 47D | 80. "A passport to human development," per the United Nations | 9 |
| 48D | 82. Unshakable | 9 |
| 49D | 83. Typical high schooler | 4 |
| 50D | 84. Utah ski town | 4 |
| 51D | 91. Still fighting | 4 |
| 52D | 92. Prepares to skate, say | 7 |
| 53D | 93. Gooey treat | 5 |
| 54D | 94. Leader ousted in 1955 | 5 |
| 55D | 96. Mass pardon | 7 |
| 56D | 97. Provoke | 4 |
| 57D | 105. Word with cooler or country | 4 |
| 58D | 106. Real comedian | 4 |
| 59D | 107. One of the Obamas | 8 |
| 60D | 109. Muse of history | 4 |
| 61D | 110. Some expensive suits | 7 |
| 62D | 112. Vegan cooking staple | 4 |
| 63D | 113. Moccasin, e.g. | 4 |
| 64D | 116. Clinch | 3 |
| 65D | 117. Rental on moving day | 3 |
| 66D | 118. Spleen | 3 |
| 67D | 119. Grp. on the right | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Flour in Indian cooking"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATTA
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2D: "2. "The ___ is ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a special situation
- Similar words include: matter, affair
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: THING
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3D: "3. Japanese comic style"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MANGA
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4D: "4. Part of OTOH"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
- Similar words include: former, early
- Opposite of: same
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Answer: OTHER
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5D: "5. Common vessel for a cosmopolitan"
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- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: MARTINIGLASS
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6D: "6. Completely wreck"
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- Think of something that the whole amount
- Similar words include: come, tot, add together
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TOTAL
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7D: "7. Concerning"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ASTO
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8D: "8. Pertaining to genetic copies"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to a clone
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CLONAL
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9D: "9. Sporcle or Jeopardy! World Tour"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TRIVIAAPP
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10D: "10. Orbitz competitor"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PRICELINE
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11D: "11. Response to "Gracias""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DENADA
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12D: "12. Geezer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
- Similar words include: fogey, fossil, dodo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FOGY
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13D: "13. In check"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATBAY
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14D: "14. Alternatives to zippers on blue jeans"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BUTTONFLIES
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15D: "15. Unsettle"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GETTO
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16D: "16. Speed skater Ohno"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APOLO
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17D: "17. Make over, as a factory"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REFIT
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18D: "18. Artful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- Similar words include: dexterous, dextrous
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEFT
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19D: "25. Entertainer's creation at a child's birthday party"
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- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: BALLOONANIMAL
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20D: "31. Gertrude who swam the English Channel"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the english channel (1906-2003)
- Similar words include: Gertrude Caroline Ederle, Gertrude Ederle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EDERLE
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21D: "33. German rifle maker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that german arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
- Similar words include: von Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser, P. P. von Mauser
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MAUSER
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22D: "35. Had a couple of brats?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Similar words include: rust, feed, consume
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATE
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23D: "36. Many a hedge fund hire, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a master's degree in business
- Similar words include: Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MBA
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24D: "37. Unlikely Best in Show winners"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- Similar words include: cur, mongrel, mutt
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MUTTS
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25D: "38. Company that made Missile Command"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATARI
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26D: "39. Mark down, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RETAG
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27D: "44. Tree cluster"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dense growth of bushes
- Similar words include: brush, thicket, coppice
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COPSE
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28D: "45. They're over two feet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Similar words include: stifle, knee joint, human knee
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: KNEES
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29D: "46. Spot in the Bible?"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SEEST
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30D: "48. Kendo or aikido"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: MARTIALART
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31D: "50. Tots' pops"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Similar words include: pop, dadaism, daddy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DADAS
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32D: "51. "Star Wars" title"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DARTH
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33D: "52. "Mayor Pete""
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: BUTTIGIEG
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34D: "56. "Good heavens!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OHLORDY
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35D: "59. More cheerful and lively"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
- Similar words include: buoyant, perky, chirpy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PERKIER
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36D: "62. Early empire builder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
- Similar words include: Incan, Inka
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INCA
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37D: "63. Humming"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that noisy like the sound of a bee
- Similar words include: buzzing
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ABUZZ
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38D: "65. Carne ___"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASADA
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39D: "66. Lead-in to futurism"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Similar words include: Afro hairdo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFRO
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40D: "72. Tired old advertising mascot?"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MICHELINMAN
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41D: "73. Fancy dress"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BALLGOWN
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42D: "75. It's the end of the world as we know it"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (new testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the earth at the end of the world
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ARMAGEDDON
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43D: "76. Longest book in the Book of Mormon"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALMA
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44D: "77. Grazing places"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of length of thread or yarn
- Similar words include: pastureland, pasture, ley
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAS
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45D: "78. Potters, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
- Similar words include: ceramist, potter, ceramicist
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CERAMISTS
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46D: "79. Purple smoothie add-in"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: ACAIBERRY
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47D: "80. "A passport to human development," per the United Nations"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- Similar words include: Education Department, training, pedagogy
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: EDUCATION
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48D: "82. Unshakable"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that good at remembering
- Similar words include: retentive, recollective, persistent
- Opposite of: unretentive
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Answer: TENACIOUS
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49D: "83. Typical high schooler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Similar words include: teenage, stripling, teenaged
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEEN
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50D: "84. Utah ski town"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALTA
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51D: "91. Still fighting"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INIT
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52D: "92. Prepares to skate, say"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LACESUP
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53D: "93. Gooey treat"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMORE
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54D: "94. Leader ousted in 1955"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that argentine soldier who became president of argentina (1895-1974)
- Similar words include: Juan Domingo Peron
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PERON
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55D: "96. Mass pardon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- Similar words include: pardon, free pardon
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMNESTY
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56D: "97. Provoke"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- Similar words include: prodding, prod, prick
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GOAD
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57D: "105. Word with cooler or country"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- Similar words include: wine-colored, wine-coloured, vino
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WINE
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58D: "106. Real comedian"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- Similar words include: damn, raspberry, snort
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HOOT
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59D: "107. One of the Obamas"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MICHELLE
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60D: "109. Muse of history"
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- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of history
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLIO
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61D: "110. Some expensive suits"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ARMANIS
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62D: "112. Vegan cooking staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
- Similar words include: bean curd
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TOFU
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63D: "113. Moccasin, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
- Similar words include: brake shoe, skid, horseshoe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHOE
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64D: "116. Clinch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: ice rink, ice-skating rink, frappe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICE
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65D: "117. Rental on moving day"
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: new wave, caravan, vanguard
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VAN
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66D: "118. Spleen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Similar words include: choler, wrath, ira
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IRE
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67D: "119. Grp. on the right"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the younger of two major political parties in the united states; gop is an acronym for grand old party
- Similar words include: Republican Party
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GOP
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73 Across Clues
67 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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