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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (57 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (79 clues)
- Down Clues - Detailed Hints
- Expert Solving Strategies
- Today's Puzzle Statistics
Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging
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. Meter in a video game showing a character's health | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Relative of a gazelle | 6 |
| 3A | 14. Office square | 6 |
| 4A | 20. Food additive named one of Time's 50 Worst Inventions | 7 |
| 5A | 21. Keep cruising, say | 6 |
| 6A | 22. On which Apple Pay can be used | 6 |
| 7A | 23. Canio in "Pagliacci," e.g.? | 14 |
| 8A | 25. Noxious atmosphere | 6 |
| 9A | 26. Prefix with business | 4 |
| 10A | 27. "My house, my rules" | 6 |
| 11A | 28. QB Drew whom Tom Brady ultimately replaced | 7 |
| 12A | 29. Get tuckered out | 9 |
| 13A | 32. Indian wedding wear | 4 |
| 14A | 34. School subj. | 3 |
| 15A | 35. Grab the chips and dip? | 6 |
| 16A | 37. News hound? | 10 |
| 17A | 40. Atomic bond, essentially? | 18 |
| 18A | 45. Many visitors to national parks | 6 |
| 19A | 46. Nearsighted person | 5 |
| 20A | 47. Messing up on the big screen | 5 |
| 21A | 51. Italy's third-largest island (after Sicily and Sardinia) | 4 |
| 22A | 52. Subterranean adventurer | 5 |
| 23A | 54. "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" show tune) | 3 |
| 24A | 57. Great number | 4 |
| 25A | 58. Cute, cutesily | 6 |
| 26A | 61. Dropbox and Roblox | 4 |
| 27A | 62. Hailed vehicle | 3 |
| 28A | 64. Show interruptions | 3 |
| 29A | 65. Some electrolysis targets? | 19 |
| 30A | 71. Partner of vigor | 3 |
| 31A | 72. Letter symbolizing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius | 3 |
| 32A | 73. "Downton Abbey" countess | 4 |
| 33A | 74. Warm winter coats | 6 |
| 34A | 76. Like some early education, for short | 4 |
| 35A | 78. W.C. sign | 3 |
| 36A | 80. City where LeBron James was born | 5 |
| 37A | 81. Blemish | 4 |
| 38A | 82. Bit of a character? | 5 |
| 39A | 84. Conspiring (with) | 5 |
| 40A | 86. Spice Girl alongside Baby, Ginger, Scary and Posh | 6 |
| 41A | 88. "Mainsail hoisted, check! Hatches battened, check!"? | 18 |
| 42A | 94. Shark's singing rival in "West Side Story"? | 10 |
| 43A | 97. Corral | 6 |
| 44A | 98. Yankee great Gehrig | 3 |
| 45A | 99. Something a judge shouldn't have | 4 |
| 46A | 100. Very rude email, informally | 9 |
| 47A | 105. Never mind? | 7 |
| 48A | 108. Neglectful | 6 |
| 49A | 111. Bank (on) | 4 |
| 50A | 112. Two-___ schooner | 6 |
| 51A | 113. Frozen treat for Bruins fans? | 14 |
| 52A | 117. Lacking scruples | 6 |
| 53A | 118. Storm, say | 6 |
| 54A | 119. Noted early riser | 7 |
| 55A | 120. With a level head | 6 |
| 56A | 121. Thickets | 6 |
| 57A | 122. Embarrassing items to have revealed on an airport X-ray | 7 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Meter in a video game showing a character's health"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LIFEBAR
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2A: "8. Relative of a gazelle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that african antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
- Similar words include: Aepyceros melampus
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IMPALA
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3A: "14. Office square"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: POSTIT
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4A: "20. Food additive named one of Time's 50 Worst Inventions"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OLESTRA
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5A: "21. Keep cruising, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SAILON
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6A: "22. On which Apple Pay can be used"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: IPHONE
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7A: "23. Canio in "Pagliacci," e.g.?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: CLASSICALCLOWN
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8A: "25. Noxious atmosphere"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an unwholesome atmosphere
- Similar words include: miasm
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MIASMA
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9A: "26. Prefix with business"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AGRI
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10A: "27. "My house, my rules""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISAYSO
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11A: "28. QB Drew whom Tom Brady ultimately replaced"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BLEDSOE
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12A: "29. Get tuckered out"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOSESTEAM
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13A: "32. Indian wedding wear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Similar words include: saree
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SARI
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14A: "34. School subj."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENG
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15A: "35. Grab the chips and dip?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CASHIN
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16A: "37. News hound?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: TOPICALDOG
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17A: "40. Atomic bond, essentially?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: TWOPARTICLEHARMONY
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18A: "45. Many visitors to national parks"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
- Similar words include: tramper, hiker, tramp
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: HIKERS
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19A: "46. Nearsighted person"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person with myopia; a nearsighted person
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MYOPE
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20A: "47. Messing up on the big screen"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DEBRA
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21A: "51. Italy's third-largest island (after Sicily and Sardinia)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELBA
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22A: "52. Subterranean adventurer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAVER
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23A: "54. "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" show tune)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that term of address for a man
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIR
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24A: "57. Great number"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Similar words include: batch, spate, deal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLEW
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25A: "58. Cute, cutesily"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADORBS
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26A: "61. Dropbox and Roblox"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: APPS
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27A: "62. Hailed vehicle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- Similar words include: hack, taxi, cabriolet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAB
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28A: "64. Show interruptions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
- Similar words include: ad, advertising, advertizing
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ADS
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29A: "65. Some electrolysis targets?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: FOLLICLESONONESFACE
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30A: "71. Partner of vigor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- Similar words include: vigor, vitality, energy
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VIM
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31A: "72. Letter symbolizing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAU
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32A: "73. "Downton Abbey" countess"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) daughter of zeus and demeter; made queen of the underworld by pluto in ancient mythology; identified with roman proserpina
- Similar words include: Persephone, Kore, Despoina
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CORA
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33A: "74. Warm winter coats"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a british term)
- Similar words include: anorak, windbreaker, windcheater
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PARKAS
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34A: "76. Like some early education, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PREK
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35A: "78. W.C. sign"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the force of workers available
- Similar words include: Isle of Man, valet de chambre, military personnel
- Opposite of: civilian, woman
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Answer: MEN
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36A: "80. City where LeBron James was born"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in northeastern ohio; the heart of the united states rubber industry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AKRON
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37A: "81. Blemish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- Similar words include: German mark, commemorate, stigmatise
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: MARK
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38A: "82. Bit of a character?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
- Similar words include: seriph
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SERIF
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39A: "84. Conspiring (with)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: INBED
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40A: "86. Spice Girl alongside Baby, Ginger, Scary and Posh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- Similar words include: jazzy, sportsmanlike, showy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SPORTY
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41A: "88. "Mainsail hoisted, check! Hatches battened, check!"?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________________
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Answer: WERENAUTICALWORTHY
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42A: "94. Shark's singing rival in "West Side Story"?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: LYRICALJET
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43A: "97. Corral"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CAGEIN
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44A: "98. Yankee great Gehrig"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LOU
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45A: "99. Something a judge shouldn't have"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- Similar words include: preconception, predetermine, diagonal
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIAS
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46A: "100. Very rude email, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: NASTYGRAM
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47A: "105. Never mind?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that partial or total loss of memory
- Similar words include: blackout, memory loss
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: AMNESIA
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48A: "108. Neglectful"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that failing in what duty requires
- Similar words include: derelict, delinquent, neglectful
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REMISS
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49A: "111. Bank (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have confidence or faith in
- Similar words include: trust, swear, bank
- Opposite of: mistrust
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Answer: RELY
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50A: "112. Two-___ schooner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having or furnished with a mast; often used in combination; - s.e.morrison
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MASTED
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51A: "113. Frozen treat for Bruins fans?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: BOSTONPOPSICLE
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52A: "117. Lacking scruples"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMORAL
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53A: "118. Storm, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- Similar words include: intrude on, occupy, obtrude upon
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INVADE
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54A: "119. Noted early riser"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adult male chicken
- Similar words include: cock
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ROOSTER
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55A: "120. With a level head"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
- Similar words include: reasonably, sensibly
- Opposite of: unreasonably, insanely
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Answer: SANELY
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56A: "121. Thickets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dense growth of bushes
- Similar words include: coppice, brushwood, copse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: COPSES
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57A: "122. Embarrassing items to have revealed on an airport X-ray"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEXTOYS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Person from the neighborhood | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Volunteer's offer | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Bogeymen | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Maker of Bikini So Teeny nail polish | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Breakthrough K-pop group | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Horror director Aster | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Most suggestive | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Like the Eid al-Fitr festival | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Department store eponym | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Pale lager, informally | 4 |
| 11D | 11. ___ gobi (Indian potato dish) | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Feeling down | 3 |
| 13D | 13. ___ Taylor (fashion retailer) | 3 |
| 14D | 14. Home of the Preakness Stakes | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Early TV role for Ron Howard | 4 |
| 16D | 16. Atlantic fish | 4 |
| 17D | 17. Like Frisbees and some salads | 6 |
| 18D | 18. Not stereo | 6 |
| 19D | 19. Hard-boiled Chinese snack | 6 |
| 20D | 24. Sapporo competitor | 5 |
| 21D | 28. Bowler's edge | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Blemish | 4 |
| 23D | 31. Fixes, as a driveway | 4 |
| 24D | 32. Cake not to be eaten | 4 |
| 25D | 33. French for "after" | 5 |
| 26D | 36. Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short | 6 |
| 27D | 37. Hammer wielder | 4 |
| 28D | 38. Furthermore | 3 |
| 29D | 39. Caustic solutions | 4 |
| 30D | 40. Mother of Helios, in myth | 4 |
| 31D | 41. Metaphor for a runaway success | 8 |
| 32D | 42. Gen Z put-down of an elder | 8 |
| 33D | 43. Bit of wisdom | 5 |
| 34D | 44. Orbit | 9 |
| 35D | 48. Arcane technique | 8 |
| 36D | 49. Iron-rich variety of fertile soil | 8 |
| 37D | 50. Exclamations in nurseries | 3 |
| 38D | 52. Lead-in to "tech" | 3 |
| 39D | 53. Primatologist's interest | 3 |
| 40D | 55. Give the cold shoulder, with "out" | 3 |
| 41D | 56. Grating voice | 4 |
| 42D | 59. Common diner order | 3 |
| 43D | 60. Rodgers and Hammerstein musical setting | 4 |
| 44D | 63. Photog's undergrad degree | 3 |
| 45D | 66. Stick on a table | 3 |
| 46D | 67. Like Volvo and Nokia, by origin | 6 |
| 47D | 68. Gold, in Guadalajara | 3 |
| 48D | 69. London granny | 3 |
| 49D | 70. Standard battle wear | 5 |
| 50D | 71. No. 2's | 3 |
| 51D | 75. Vodka in blue bottles | 4 |
| 52D | 77. New Zealander | 4 |
| 53D | 79. One studied in the art of invisibility | 5 |
| 54D | 80. Touch | 4 |
| 55D | 83. Govt. campaign watchdog | 3 |
| 56D | 85. Scottish refusals | 4 |
| 57D | 86. Loretta of "M*A*S*H" | 4 |
| 58D | 87. Small keg size | 4 |
| 59D | 89. With zeal | 7 |
| 60D | 90. Director Kazan | 4 |
| 61D | 91. Neighbors of premolars | 7 |
| 62D | 92. Audibly shocked | 5 |
| 63D | 93. Landlords, more formally | 7 |
| 64D | 94. Pack carriers | 6 |
| 65D | 95. Crack open? | 6 |
| 66D | 96. Is fueled by | 6 |
| 67D | 101. Fill in a mill | 5 |
| 68D | 102. Right-hand page | 5 |
| 69D | 103. Strike zone? | 5 |
| 70D | 104. Mike or Michael in movies | 5 |
| 71D | 106. Raison d'___ | 4 |
| 72D | 107. Close up tight | 4 |
| 73D | 108. Invitation letters | 4 |
| 74D | 109. Uber predictions, in brief | 4 |
| 75D | 110. Style | 4 |
| 76D | 113. Zippo competitor | 3 |
| 77D | 114. Co-producer of the documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" | 3 |
| 78D | 115. "The Bells" poet | 3 |
| 79D | 116. Fenway team, familiarly | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Person from the neighborhood"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
- Similar words include: local anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic
- Opposite of: general, express
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Answer: LOCAL
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2D: "2. Volunteer's offer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ILLGO
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3D: "3. Bogeymen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- Similar words include: fright, awe, fearfulness
- Opposite of: fearlessness
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Answer: FEARS
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4D: "4. Maker of Bikini So Teeny nail polish"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ESSIE
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5D: "5. Breakthrough K-pop group"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BTS
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6D: "6. Horror director Aster"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARI
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7D: "7. Most suggestive"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that full of zest or vigor
- Similar words include: naughty, full-bodied, spicy
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RACIEST
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8D: "8. Like the Eid al-Fitr festival"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to or supporting islamism
- Similar words include: Moslem, Muslim
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ISLAMIC
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9D: "9. Department store eponym"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MACY
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10D: "10. Pale lager, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PILS
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11D: "11. ___ gobi (Indian potato dish)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALOO
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12D: "12. Feeling down"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- Similar words include: abject, depression, small
- Opposite of: high
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Answer: LOW
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13D: "13. ___ Taylor (fashion retailer)"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANN
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14D: "14. Home of the Preakness Stakes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the preakness
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PIMLICO
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15D: "15. Early TV role for Ron Howard"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OPIE
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16D: "16. Atlantic fish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of atlantic coast
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHAD
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17D: "17. Like Frisbees and some salads"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that throw or toss with a light motion
- Similar words include: dispose, thresh about, discard
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOSSED
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18D: "18. Not stereo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INMONO
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19D: "19. Hard-boiled Chinese snack"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEAEGG
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20D: "24. Sapporo competitor"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASAHI
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21D: "28. Bowler's edge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the top edge of a vessel or other container
- Similar words include: rim, lip
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BRIM
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22D: "30. Blemish"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- Similar words include: pit, cicatrice, pock
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCAR
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23D: "31. Fixes, as a driveway"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Similar words include: sea dog, pitch, Jack
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TARS
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24D: "32. Cake not to be eaten"
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- Think of something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- Similar words include: max, Georgia home boy, easy lay
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SOAP
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25D: "33. French for "after""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: APRES
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26D: "36. Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NLMVPS
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27D: "37. Hammer wielder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THOR
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28D: "38. Furthermore"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AND
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29D: "39. Caustic solutions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- Similar words include: lye
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYES
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30D: "40. Mother of Helios, in myth"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the titaness who was mother of helios and selene and eos in ancient mythology
- Similar words include: Theia
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THEA
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31D: "41. Metaphor for a runaway success"
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- Think of something that a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: WILDFIRE
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32D: "42. Gen Z put-down of an elder"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OKBOOMER
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33D: "43. Bit of wisdom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
- Similar words include: bead, bone, drop
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PEARL
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34D: "44. Orbit"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: EYESOCKET
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35D: "48. Arcane technique"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: BLACKART
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36D: "49. Iron-rich variety of fertile soil"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: REDEARTH
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37D: "50. Exclamations in nurseries"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AWS
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38D: "52. Lead-in to "tech""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAL
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39D: "53. Primatologist's interest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Similar words include: anthropoid, caricature, copycat
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: APE
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40D: "55. Give the cold shoulder, with "out""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
- Similar words include: internal-combustion engine, glass, shabu
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICE
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41D: "56. Grating voice"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that uttering in an irritated tone
- Similar words include: rasping, wood file
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASP
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42D: "59. Common diner order"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BLT
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43D: "60. Rodgers and Hammerstein musical setting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a country of southeastern asia that extends southward along the isthmus of kra to the malay peninsula
- Similar words include: Kingdom of Thailand, Thailand
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIAM
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44D: "63. Photog's undergrad degree"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BFA
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45D: "66. Stick on a table"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Similar words include: pool stick, pool cue, cue stick
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUE
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46D: "67. Like Volvo and Nokia, by origin"
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- Think of something that the northern family of germanic languages that are spoken in scandinavia and iceland
- Similar words include: North Germanic, Scandinavian, Norse
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NORDIC
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47D: "68. Gold, in Guadalajara"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORO
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48D: "69. London granny"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that your grandmother
- Similar words include: Nan River, nanna, grandma
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAN
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49D: "70. Standard battle wear"
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- Think of something that protective covering made of metal and used in combat
- Similar words include: armour
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARMOR
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50D: "71. No. 2's"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: VPS
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51D: "75. Vodka in blue bottles"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SKYY
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52D: "77. New Zealander"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- Similar words include: Actinidia chinensis, kiwi vine, Chinese gooseberry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KIWI
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53D: "79. One studied in the art of invisibility"
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- Think of something that a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NINJA
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54D: "80. Touch"
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- Think of something that lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- Similar words include: march, adjoin, butt against
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABUT
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55D: "83. Govt. campaign watchdog"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: FEC
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56D: "85. Scottish refusals"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAES
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57D: "86. Loretta of "M*A*S*H""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SWIT
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58D: "87. Small keg size"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a range horse of the western united states
- Similar words include: crib, trot, jigger
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PONY
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59D: "89. With zeal"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: RABIDLY
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60D: "90. Director Kazan"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english essayist (1775-1834)
- Similar words include: Charles Lamb, Lamb
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELIA
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61D: "91. Neighbors of premolars"
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- Think of something that one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
- Similar words include: cuspid, dogtooth, canid
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CANINES
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62D: "92. Audibly shocked"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGASP
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63D: "93. Landlords, more formally"
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- Think of something that someone who grants a lease
- Similar words include: lessor, lease giver
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LESSORS
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64D: "94. Pack carriers"
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- Think of something that wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- Similar words include: llama
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: LLAMAS
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65D: "95. Crack open?"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YOMAMA
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66D: "96. Is fueled by"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RUNSON
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67D: "101. Fill in a mill"
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- Think of something that grain intended to be or that has been ground
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: GRIST
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68D: "102. Right-hand page"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that right-hand page
- Opposite of: verso
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RECTO
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69D: "103. Strike zone?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a narrow street with walls on both sides
- Similar words include: back street, bowling alley, skittle alley
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALLEY
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70D: "104. Mike or Michael in movies"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MYERS
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71D: "106. Raison d'___"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETRE
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72D: "107. Close up tight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Similar words include: cachet, Navy SEAL, sealing wax
- Opposite of: unseal
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Answer: SEAL
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73D: "108. Invitation letters"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RSVP
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74D: "109. Uber predictions, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, ETA
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAS
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75D: "110. Style"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
- Similar words include: modality, manner, modal value
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MODE
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76D: "113. Zippo competitor"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BIC
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77D: "114. Co-producer of the documentary "The Beatles: Get Back""
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- Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Similar words include: Yoko Ono
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ONO
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78D: "115. "The Bells" poet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states writer and poet (1809-1849)
- Similar words include: Edgar Allan Poe
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: POE
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79D: "116. Fenway team, familiarly"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOX
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57 Across Clues
79 Down Clues
136 Total Clues
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