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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 (71 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Not noteworthy | 5 |
| 2A | 6. What might be found at the end of a rainbow | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Exchange | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Contents of Lago de Maracaibo | 4 |
| 5A | 19. Emerged | 5 |
| 6A | 20. ___ pasta (rhyming fusion dish) | 5 |
| 7A | 21. Chinese gooseberry, by another name | 4 |
| 8A | 22. Shredded | 4 |
| 9A | 23. Traveled from Syros to Naxos to Mykonos, say | 12 |
| 10A | 25. "That was rejuvenating!" | 10 |
| 11A | 27. Pop artist Lichtenstein | 3 |
| 12A | 28. Fill-in | 4 |
| 13A | 29. Sold for some quick cash, say | 6 |
| 14A | 31. Path for a bride | 5 |
| 15A | 32. Penny-pinching | 5 |
| 16A | 34. ["Unbe-frickin-lievable!"] | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Title in old St. Petersburg | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Wasn't messing around, say | 11 |
| 19A | 39. Cabal's schemes | 11 |
| 20A | 44. Smooths, in a way | 5 |
| 21A | 45. Dooley Wilson's role in "Casablanca" | 3 |
| 22A | 46. Abstract Expressionist Frankenthaler | 5 |
| 23A | 47. Understand | 3 |
| 24A | 48. Target for salicylic acid | 4 |
| 25A | 49. They've got no complaints | 12 |
| 26A | 52. Solstice time | 4 |
| 27A | 53. Constellation feline | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Defensive fortification | 8 |
| 29A | 55. Winged beings of folklore | 3 |
| 30A | 56. Multivolume ref. work | 3 |
| 31A | 57. Style that's short on the sides and long in the back | 6 |
| 32A | 59. Fatty tuna, at a sushi bar | 4 |
| 33A | 60. Where something irksome might stick | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Canned sales pitch | 5 |
| 35A | 63. Masonry unit | 11 |
| 36A | 67. What lovers often overlook | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Almost any word that ends in "-ize" | 4 |
| 38A | 73. It's verboten | 4 |
| 39A | 74. Have eyes for | 6 |
| 40A | 75. Long-running CBS forensic drama | 3 |
| 41A | 77. Old name for Tokyo | 3 |
| 42A | 79. Beef bourguignon or chicken paprikash | 8 |
| 43A | 81. Singer Carly ___ Jepsen | 3 |
| 44A | 82. Some ranch sounds | 4 |
| 45A | 83. Listings on a band T-shirt | 12 |
| 46A | 85. Keep it up when feeling down | 4 |
| 47A | 86. Half of a candy duo | 3 |
| 48A | 87. Ranks | 5 |
| 49A | 88. Was in charge of | 3 |
| 50A | 89. Caribbean nation whose name means "land of high mountains" | 5 |
| 51A | 90. Popular poker variant | 11 |
| 52A | 93. Baby book datum | 11 |
| 53A | 95. Many a "good buddy" | 4 |
| 54A | 96. Public transit system | 5 |
| 55A | 98. "For we walk by ___ , not by sight": II Corinthians 5:7 | 5 |
| 56A | 99. Big name in power tools | 5 |
| 57A | 101. S, in the NATO alphabet | 6 |
| 58A | 103. Some cameras, for short | 4 |
| 59A | 104. ___ Schwarz | 3 |
| 60A | 107. How a misfit might feel | 10 |
| 61A | 109. Inbox zero targets | 12 |
| 62A | 112. Mega- | 4 |
| 63A | 113. Like an eager beaver | 4 |
| 64A | 114. One place for a massage | 5 |
| 65A | 115. Heavy metal instrument in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" | 5 |
| 66A | 116. Wine list heading | 4 |
| 67A | 117. ! | 4 |
| 68A | 118. Small-plate servings | 5 |
| 69A | 119. Grandchild of un abuelo | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Not noteworthy"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HOHUM
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2A: "6. What might be found at the end of a rainbow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
- Similar words include: optical prism
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PRISM
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3A: "11. Exchange"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an equal exchange
- Similar words include: switch, trade, swop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWAP
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4A: "15. Contents of Lago de Maracaibo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- Similar words include: Bufo marinus, agua toad
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGUA
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5A: "19. Emerged"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
- Similar words include: bob up, rebel, get up
- Opposite of: sit down, go to bed
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Answer: AROSE
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6A: "20. ___ pasta (rhyming fusion dish)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that follower of rastafarianism
- Similar words include: Rastafarian
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RASTA
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7A: "21. Chinese gooseberry, by another name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- Similar words include: New Zealander, apteryx, Actinidia chinensis
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KIWI
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8A: "22. Shredded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that separate or cause to separate abruptly
- Similar words include: rupture, shoot down, bust
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORN
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9A: "23. Traveled from Syros to Naxos to Mykonos, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ISLANDHOPPED
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10A: "25. "That was rejuvenating!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: IFEELGREAT
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11A: "27. Pop artist Lichtenstein"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROY
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12A: "28. Fill-in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
- Similar words include: temporary, temporary worker
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEMP
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13A: "29. Sold for some quick cash, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leave as a guarantee in return for money
- Similar words include: hock, soak, pawn
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PAWNED
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14A: "31. Path for a bride"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- Similar words include: gangway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AISLE
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15A: "32. Penny-pinching"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that relatively low in price or charging low prices
- Similar words include: meretricious, sleazy, flashy
- Opposite of: expensive
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Answer: CHEAP
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16A: "34. ["Unbe-frickin-lievable!"]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SOMAD
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17A: "35. Title in old St. Petersburg"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Similar words include: tzar, czar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSAR
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18A: "36. Wasn't messing around, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: PLAYEDTOWIN
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19A: "39. Cabal's schemes"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SECRETPLOTS
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20A: "44. Smooths, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
- Similar words include: sand, gumption, littoral
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SANDS
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21A: "45. Dooley Wilson's role in "Casablanca""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
- Similar words include: surface-to-air missile
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAM
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22A: "46. Abstract Expressionist Frankenthaler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of zeus and leda who was abducted by paris; the greek army sailed to troy to get her back which resulted in the trojan war
- Similar words include: Helen of Troy
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HELEN
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23A: "47. Understand"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- Similar words include: dumbfound, fix, start out
- Opposite of: end, take away
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Answer: GET
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24A: "48. Target for salicylic acid"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACNE
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25A: "49. They've got no complaints"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: HAPPYCAMPERS
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26A: "52. Solstice time"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following may and preceding july
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: JUNE
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27A: "53. Constellation feline"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Similar words include: Leo the Lion, Lion
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEO
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28A: "54. Defensive fortification"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- Similar words include: fence, wall, surround
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PALISADE
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29A: "55. Winged beings of folklore"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
- Similar words include: fuel-air explosive
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAE
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30A: "56. Multivolume ref. work"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
- Similar words include: Oxford English Dictionary, O.E.D.
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OED
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31A: "57. Style that's short on the sides and long in the back"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
- Similar words include: grey mullet, gray mullet
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MULLET
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32A: "59. Fatty tuna, at a sushi bar"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORO
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33A: "60. Where something irksome might stick"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- Similar words include: crop
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRAW
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34A: "62. Canned sales pitch"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
- Similar words include: line of gab, play, patter
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPIEL
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35A: "63. Masonry unit"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CINDERBLOCK
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36A: "67. What lovers often overlook"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an imperfection in an object or machine
- Similar words include: flaw, defect, blemish
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FLAWS
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37A: "71. Almost any word that ends in "-ize""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: VERB
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38A: "73. It's verboten"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NONO
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39A: "74. Have eyes for"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- Similar words include: trust, hope, want
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: DESIRE
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40A: "75. Long-running CBS forensic drama"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CSI
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41A: "77. Old name for Tokyo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of a west african people living in the tropical forest region of southern nigeria
- Similar words include: Tokyo, Japanese capital, Yeddo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDO
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42A: "79. Beef bourguignon or chicken paprikash"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: MEATSTEW
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43A: "81. Singer Carly ___ Jepsen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAE
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44A: "82. Some ranch sounds"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sound made by a cow or bull
- Similar words include: low, moo
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOOS
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45A: "83. Listings on a band T-shirt"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: CONCERTDATES
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46A: "85. Keep it up when feeling down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the protruding part of the lower jaw
- Similar words include: chin up, mentum, Kuki-Chin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHIN
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47A: "86. Half of a candy duo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
- Similar words include: Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Eisenhower
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IKE
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48A: "87. Ranks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- Similar words include: tier up, grade, tier
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TIERS
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49A: "88. Was in charge of"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Similar words include: feed, work, lead
- Opposite of: idle, malfunction
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Answer: RAN
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50A: "89. Caribbean nation whose name means "land of high mountains""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- Similar words include: Hayti, Hispaniola, Republic of Haiti
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAITI
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51A: "90. Popular poker variant"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TEXASHOLDEM
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52A: "93. Baby book datum"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BIRTHWEIGHT
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53A: "95. Many a "good buddy""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CBER
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54A: "96. Public transit system"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- Similar words include: underground, subway system, subway
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: METRO
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55A: "98. "For we walk by ___ , not by sight": II Corinthians 5:7"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- Similar words include: religious belief, religion, organized religion
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FAITH
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56A: "99. Big name in power tools"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: STIHL
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57A: "101. S, in the NATO alphabet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- Similar words include: Scomberomorus sierra
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SIERRA
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58A: "103. Some cameras, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLRS
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59A: "104. ___ Schwarz"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the united nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
- Similar words include: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FAO
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60A: "107. How a misfit might feel"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: OUTOFPLACE
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61A: "109. Inbox zero targets"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: UNREADEMAILS
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62A: "112. Mega-"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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63A: "113. Like an eager beaver"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that highly excited
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGOG
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64A: "114. One place for a massage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the skin that covers the top of the head
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCALP
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65A: "115. Heavy metal instrument in Verdi's "Il Trovatore""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
- Similar words include: incus
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ANVIL
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66A: "116. Wine list heading"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Similar words include: loss, red, red ink
- Opposite of: gain
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Answer: REDS
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67A: "117. !"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a vigorous blow
- Similar words include: do it, smash, sleep together
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BANG
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68A: "118. Small-plate servings"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
- Similar words include: tapa, tappa, tappa bark
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TAPAS
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69A: "119. Grandchild of un abuelo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NIETO
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Locks up? | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Thereabouts | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "Mamma mia!" | 11 |
| 4D | 4. Women's World Cup powerhouse | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Counselor's charges | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Elaborate invitation from a senior, maybe | 9 |
| 7D | 7. Actress Reneé of "The Sex Lives of College Girls" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. MSN, for one | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Trample | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Palindromic title | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Superficial | 8 |
| 12D | 12. One who said "I do" | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Knocked for a loop | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Pizza ___ | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Relating to part of the heart | 6 |
| 16D | 16. Doesn't stick to the plan | 9 |
| 17D | 17. River through Orsk | 4 |
| 18D | 18. Get in on a deal | 4 |
| 19D | 24. Race that's too close to call | 8 |
| 20D | 26. Desperate final effort | 8 |
| 21D | 30. Words traced on a dirty car | 6 |
| 22D | 33. Evil counterpart in an 1886 novella | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Flanders neighbor | 7 |
| 24D | 35. More fraught | 6 |
| 25D | 36. Book before Proverbs | 6 |
| 26D | 37. Get ready to skate | 6 |
| 27D | 38. Elk | 6 |
| 28D | 40. Roman à ___ | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Request in billiards or beer pong | 6 |
| 30D | 42. Watch over | 4 |
| 31D | 43. Office building abbr. | 3 |
| 32D | 49. Milliner's handiwork | 3 |
| 33D | 50. Mowing, mulching, raking, etc. | 8 |
| 34D | 51. Decorator | 7 |
| 35D | 52. Basset hounds have big ones | 5 |
| 36D | 54. One-named sports legend | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Some jeans | 5 |
| 38D | 61. Three or four, say | 4 |
| 39D | 63. Extract said to promote relaxation | 6 |
| 40D | 64. Ton of cargo | 8 |
| 41D | 65. It contains all of (and all the letters of) Toronto | 7 |
| 42D | 66. One who's screen-sharing | 6 |
| 43D | 68. Congrats from across the room | 11 |
| 44D | 69. Ghostly being | 6 |
| 45D | 70. Dismissive response on movie night | 6 |
| 46D | 72. Parish leader | 6 |
| 47D | 74. Bouvier ___ Flandres (Belgian dog breed) | 3 |
| 48D | 75. Crown and ___ (alliterative bar order) | 4 |
| 49D | 76. "Can't wait!" | 9 |
| 50D | 78. Linear, for short | 4 |
| 51D | 79. Eponymous hypnotist | 6 |
| 52D | 80. Entrances and exits of camp dwellings | 9 |
| 53D | 82. Alma mater for Marvel's Tony Stark and DC Comics's Lex Luthor, in brief | 3 |
| 54D | 84. Cadbury confection | 8 |
| 55D | 85. Nickname that omits -lin | 4 |
| 56D | 89. Prestigious trophy name | 7 |
| 57D | 91. Loathes | 6 |
| 58D | 92. Where "The Four Agreements" and "The Five Love Languages" may be shelved | 8 |
| 59D | 93. Fernet-___ (Italian digestif brand) | 6 |
| 60D | 94. Most merchandise at Ace and True Value | 8 |
| 61D | 97. Rely on | 5 |
| 62D | 99. Ill-humored | 4 |
| 63D | 100. Fallopian conduit | 4 |
| 64D | 101. Really long yarn | 4 |
| 65D | 102. The New York Times's "T," on a phone screen | 4 |
| 66D | 103. Actress Ward | 4 |
| 67D | 105. Landed | 4 |
| 68D | 106. World capital that's home to the Kon-Tiki Museum | 4 |
| 69D | 108. Slang term for a recording studio | 3 |
| 70D | 110. Genre for Cypress Hill or the Sugarhill Gang | 3 |
| 71D | 111. Alex and ___ (jewelry company) | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Locks up?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
- Similar words include: hair's-breadth, pilus, tomentum
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAIR
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2D: "2. Thereabouts"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ORSO
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3D: "3. "Mamma mia!""
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: HOLYCANNOLI
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4D: "4. Women's World Cup powerhouse"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: America, US, US Army
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USA
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5D: "5. Counselor's charges"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MENTEES
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6D: "6. Elaborate invitation from a senior, maybe"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: PROMPOSAL
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7D: "7. Actress Reneé of "The Sex Lives of College Girls""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAPP
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8D: "8. MSN, for one"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISP
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9D: "9. Trample"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STEPON
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10D: "10. Palindromic title"
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- Think of something that a woman of refinement
- Similar words include: lady, brothel keeper, dame
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MADAM
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11D: "11. Superficial"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SKINDEEP
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12D: "12. One who said "I do""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
- Similar words include: married woman
- Opposite of: husband
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Answer: WIFE
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13D: "13. Knocked for a loop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that inspire awe in
- Similar words include: awful, awe, awestruck
- Opposite of: unawed
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Answer: AWED
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14D: "14. Pizza ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PIE
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15D: "15. Relating to part of the heart"
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- Think of something that of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart)
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATRIAL
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16D: "16. Doesn't stick to the plan"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: GOESROGUE
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17D: "17. River through Orsk"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URAL
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18D: "18. Get in on a deal"
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- Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTE
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19D: "24. Race that's too close to call"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DEADHEAT
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20D: "26. Desperate final effort"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LASTGASP
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21D: "30. Words traced on a dirty car"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WASHME
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22D: "33. Evil counterpart in an 1886 novella"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HYDE
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23D: "34. Flanders neighbor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states divorcee whose marriage to edward viii created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
- Similar words include: Duchess of Windsor, Mrs. Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SIMPSON
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24D: "35. More fraught"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- Similar words include: tense
- Opposite of: relaxed, lax
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Answer: TENSER
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25D: "36. Book before Proverbs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an old testament book consisting of a collection of 150 psalms
- Similar words include: Psalm, Book of Psalms, psalm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PSALMS
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26D: "37. Get ready to skate"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LACEUP
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27D: "38. Elk"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large north american deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
- Similar words include: elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WAPITI
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28D: "40. Roman à ___"
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- Think of something that a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CLEF
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29D: "41. Request in billiards or beer pong"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RERACK
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30D: "42. Watch over"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- Similar words include: incline, run, lean
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEND
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31D: "43. Office building abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: STE
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32D: "49. Milliner's handiwork"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- Similar words include: chapeau, lid
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HAT
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33D: "50. Mowing, mulching, raking, etc."
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: YARDCARE
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34D: "51. Decorator"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ADORNER
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35D: "52. Basset hounds have big ones"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- Similar words include: submaxilla, mandibula, lower jawbone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JOWLS
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36D: "54. One-named sports legend"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PELE
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37D: "58. Some jeans"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a popular brand of jeans
- Similar words include: Saint Matthew, St. Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LEVIS
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38D: "61. Three or four, say"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFEW
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39D: "63. Extract said to promote relaxation"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CBDOIL
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40D: "64. Ton of cargo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
- Similar words include: shipload, carload
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BOATLOAD
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41D: "65. It contains all of (and all the letters of) Toronto"
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- Think of something that the smallest of the great lakes
- Similar words include: Lake Ontario
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ONTARIO
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42D: "66. One who's screen-sharing"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COSTAR
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43D: "68. Congrats from across the room"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: AIRHIGHFIVE
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44D: "69. Ghostly being"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mental representation of some haunting experience
- Similar words include: ghost, specter, shade
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WRAITH
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45D: "70. Dismissive response on movie night"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SEENIT
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46D: "72. Parish leader"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- Similar words include: parson, pastor, minister
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RECTOR
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47D: "74. Bouvier ___ Flandres (Belgian dog breed)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- Similar words include: Delaware, stilboestrol, diethylstilboestrol
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: DES
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48D: "75. Crown and ___ (alliterative bar order)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- Similar words include: Coca Cola, nose candy, C
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: COKE
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49D: "76. "Can't wait!""
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SOEXCITED
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50D: "78. Linear, for short"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ONED
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51D: "79. Eponymous hypnotist"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
- Similar words include: Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MESMER
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52D: "80. Entrances and exits of camp dwellings"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: TENTFLAPS
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53D: "82. Alma mater for Marvel's Tony Stark and DC Comics's Lex Luthor, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an engineering university in cambridge
- Similar words include: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MIT
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54D: "84. Cadbury confection"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CREMEEGG
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55D: "85. Nickname that omits -lin"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CAIT
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56D: "89. Prestigious trophy name"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HEISMAN
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57D: "91. Loathes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that find repugnant
- Similar words include: loathe, abominate, execrate
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ABHORS
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58D: "92. Where "The Four Agreements" and "The Five Love Languages" may be shelved"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SELFHELP
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59D: "93. Fernet-___ (Italian digestif brand)"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BRANCA
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60D: "94. Most merchandise at Ace and True Value"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
- Similar words include: computer hardware, ironware
- Opposite of: software
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Answer: HARDWARE
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61D: "97. Rely on"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- Similar words include: combine, trustingness, believe
- Opposite of: distrust, mistrust
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Answer: TRUST
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62D: "99. Ill-humored"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- Similar words include: off-key, work, saturnine
- Opposite of: sweet, sweeten
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Answer: SOUR
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63D: "100. Fallopian conduit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- Similar words include: thermionic vacuum tube, electron tube, pipe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUBE
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64D: "101. Really long yarn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAGA
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65D: "102. The New York Times's "T," on a phone screen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
- Similar words include: picture, image, ikon
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ICON
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66D: "103. Actress Ward"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SELA
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67D: "105. Landed"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALIT
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68D: "106. World capital that's home to the Kon-Tiki Museum"
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- Think of something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
- Similar words include: Christiania, capital of Norway
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OSLO
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69D: "108. Slang term for a recording studio"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Similar words include: research laboratory, science laboratory, science lab
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAB
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70D: "110. Genre for Cypress Hill or the Sugarhill Gang"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Similar words include: pink, knap, rap music
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAP
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71D: "111. Alex and ___ (jewelry company)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANI
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69 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
140 Total Clues
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