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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (64 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (74 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. First person, in Austria | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Pressing activity, for short? | 3 |
| 3A | 7. Cleared to proceed | 4 |
| 4A | 11. Perched on | 7 |
| 5A | 18. Place for pigs to wallow | 7 |
| 6A | 20. Shawarma wrap | 4 |
| 7A | 21. "I'm here to learn" | 7 |
| 8A | 22. In sync | 7 |
| 9A | 23. Moisture barrier supplies | 13 |
| 10A | 26. 23-Across, oddly? | 10 |
| 11A | 28. Vert. counterpart | 3 |
| 12A | 29. Geological layers | 6 |
| 13A | 30. They got the votes | 3 |
| 14A | 31. Saint Barthélemy, par exemple | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Sugar suffix | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Father of Deimos | 4 |
| 17A | 35. A hard job | 10 |
| 18A | 40. 35-Across, oddly? | 10 |
| 19A | 43. Catch in a sting | 6 |
| 20A | 44. Cleveland-to-Akron dir. | 3 |
| 21A | 45. Ryder of "Stranger Things" | 6 |
| 22A | 46. Office memo starter | 4 |
| 23A | 48. Leprechaun's land | 4 |
| 24A | 50. Conflict-averse | 7 |
| 25A | 55. Fictional diary writer | 12 |
| 26A | 60. 55-Across, oddly? | 8 |
| 27A | 61. A as in Austria | 3 |
| 28A | 62. Lock lips, in London | 4 |
| 29A | 63. Drive-___ menu | 4 |
| 30A | 65. Like the best bets | 6 |
| 31A | 66. Abandoned | 4 |
| 32A | 68. Off-center | 4 |
| 33A | 70. Time gone by | 4 |
| 34A | 72. Ending with the name Ann or Nan | 4 |
| 35A | 73. "Reason" given in a parental "explanation" | 6 |
| 36A | 76. Spots for grazing | 4 |
| 37A | 78. Pond scum, e.g. | 4 |
| 38A | 80. Craven behind the camera | 3 |
| 39A | 81. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author | 8 |
| 40A | 83. 81-Across, oddly? | 12 |
| 41A | 87. Political understanding | 7 |
| 42A | 88. ___ Ed | 4 |
| 43A | 89. Book before Nehemiah | 4 |
| 44A | 90. Boot camp shout | 6 |
| 45A | 92. Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024 | 3 |
| 46A | 95. From the heart, in a way | 6 |
| 47A | 99. Conan and others | 10 |
| 48A | 103. 99-Across, oddly? | 10 |
| 49A | 105. "Essays of ___" (19th-century collection) | 4 |
| 50A | 106. Summer hours in N.Y.C. | 3 |
| 51A | 107. You smelt it! | 3 |
| 52A | 108. Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re | 3 |
| 53A | 109. Luxor Temple deity | 6 |
| 54A | 112. Take an ax to | 3 |
| 55A | 114. Client's sales agent, in brief | 10 |
| 56A | 118. 114-Across, oddly? | 13 |
| 57A | 121. Unspoken set of rules between dudes | 7 |
| 58A | 122. N next to the gearshift | 7 |
| 59A | 123. Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home" | 4 |
| 60A | 124. More dimwitted | 7 |
| 61A | 125. Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain | 7 |
| 62A | 126. "Glad that's over!" | 4 |
| 63A | 127. Spot for charity, say, in brief | 3 |
| 64A | 128. Newsroom staffers, for short | 3 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. First person, in Austria"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICH
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2A: "4. Pressing activity, for short?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
- Similar words include: cardiac resuscitation, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CPR
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3A: "7. Cleared to proceed"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OKED
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4A: "11. Perched on"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SATATOP
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5A: "18. Place for pigs to wallow"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MUDHOLE
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6A: "20. Shawarma wrap"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
- Similar words include: pocket bread
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PITA
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7A: "21. "I'm here to learn""
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEACHME
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8A: "22. In sync"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
- Similar words include: attune
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ATTUNED
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9A: "23. Moisture barrier supplies"
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- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: PLASTICSHEETS
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10A: "26. 23-Across, oddly?"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: GIVESADARN
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11A: "28. Vert. counterpart"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HOR
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12A: "29. Geological layers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
- Similar words include: socio-economic class, level, social class
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STRATA
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13A: "30. They got the votes"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Similar words include: In, atomic number 49, inch
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INS
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14A: "31. Saint Barthélemy, par exemple"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ILE
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15A: "32. Sugar suffix"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OSE
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16A: "34. Father of Deimos"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
- Similar words include: ar, are
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARES
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17A: "35. A hard job"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: NOEASYTASK
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18A: "40. 35-Across, oddly?"
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- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STICKYPADS
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19A: "43. Catch in a sting"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- Similar words include: frame, ensnare, snare
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ENTRAP
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20A: "44. Cleveland-to-Akron dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between south and southeast
- Similar words include: sou'-sou'-east, south southeast
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SSE
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21A: "45. Ryder of "Stranger Things""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: WINONA
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22A: "46. Office memo starter"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: INRE
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23A: "48. Leprechaun's land"
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- Think of something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIN
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24A: "50. Conflict-averse"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: NODRAMA
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25A: "55. Fictional diary writer"
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- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BRIDGETJONES
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26A: "60. 55-Across, oddly?"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOWDIGIT
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27A: "61. A as in Austria"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EIN
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28A: "62. Lock lips, in London"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
- Similar words include: buss, osculate, kiss
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SNOG
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29A: "63. Drive-___ menu"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: THRU
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30A: "65. Like the best bets"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free from danger or the risk of harm
- Similar words include: dependable, secure, safe
- Opposite of: out, dangerous
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Answer: SAFEST
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31A: "66. Abandoned"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- Similar words include: provide, remaining, left over
- Opposite of: disinherit, enter
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Answer: LEFT
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32A: "68. Off-center"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
- Similar words include: cockeyed, skew-whiff, haywire
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AWRY
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33A: "70. Time gone by"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that time long past
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: YORE
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34A: "72. Ending with the name Ann or Nan"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETTE
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35A: "73. "Reason" given in a parental "explanation""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ISAYSO
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36A: "76. Spots for grazing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of length of thread or yarn
- Similar words include: pasture, ley, pastureland
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEAS
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37A: "78. Pond scum, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- Similar words include: shoot, celluloid, pic
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: FILM
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38A: "80. Craven behind the camera"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WES
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39A: "81. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: KENKESEY
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40A: "83. 81-Across, oddly?"
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- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: CHILDSUPPORT
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41A: "87. Political understanding"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an informal alliance between countries
- Similar words include: entente cordiale
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENTENTE
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42A: "88. ___ Ed"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PHYS
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43A: "89. Book before Nehemiah"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a jewish priest and scribe sent by the persian king to restore jewish law and worship in jerusalem
- Similar words include: Book of Ezra
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EZRA
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44A: "90. Boot camp shout"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TENHUT
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45A: "92. Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the united states air force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
- Similar words include: Air Combat Command
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACC
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46A: "95. From the heart, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to the aorta
- Similar words include: aortic
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AORTAL
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47A: "99. Conan and others"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a member of an uncivilized people
- Similar words include: churl, Goth, boor
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: BARBARIANS
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48A: "103. 99-Across, oddly?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: THINKPIECE
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49A: "105. "Essays of ___" (19th-century collection)"
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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50A: "106. Summer hours in N.Y.C."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDT
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51A: "107. You smelt it!"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORE
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52A: "108. Inits. fittingly filling the blanks of Obam_ _ _re"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ACA
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53A: "109. Luxor Temple deity"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AMONRA
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54A: "112. Take an ax to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make or shape as with an axe
- Similar words include: hew out
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEW
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55A: "114. Client's sales agent, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: ACCOUNTREP
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56A: "118. 114-Across, oddly?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: NOTQUITERIGHT
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57A: "121. Unspoken set of rules between dudes"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BROCODE
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58A: "122. N next to the gearshift"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
- Similar words include: inert, indifferent, electroneutral
- Opposite of: positive, chromatic
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Answer: NEUTRAL
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59A: "123. Ozzy Osbourne's "___, I'm Coming Home""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informal terms for a mother
- Similar words include: mummy, ma, mom
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAMA
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60A: "124. More dimwitted"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- Similar words include: obtuse, purblind, slow
- Opposite of: acute
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Answer: OBTUSER
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61A: "125. Make more appealing, as something otherwise plain"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DRESSUP
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62A: "126. "Glad that's over!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PHEW
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63A: "127. Spot for charity, say, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
- Similar words include: prostate specific antigen
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PSA
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64A: "128. Newsroom staffers, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
- Similar words include: explosive detection system, male erecticle dysfunction, erectile dysfunction
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDS
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "Just picture this!" | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Man cave fixture | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Snow jobs | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Heartfelt ask | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Website with an alien logo | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Treat badly, in a way | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Potter's furnace | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Uber ride info, informally | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Small amount in the kitchen | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Adds with a spoon, say | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer | 3 |
| 13D | 13. U.S.S.R. news source | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Zwei quadrupled | 4 |
| 15D | 15. What one might take or beat | 6 |
| 16D | 16. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark | 6 |
| 17D | 17. Caressed | 6 |
| 18D | 19. Sector of a color wheel | 3 |
| 19D | 24. "Yer darn ___!" | 6 |
| 20D | 25. Pert blurt | 4 |
| 21D | 27. Cry often accompanied by a sigh | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Cut-rate, in brand names | 5 |
| 23D | 36. Parched | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Named names | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Belgian battle site in W.W. I | 5 |
| 26D | 39. "Neato!" | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Sounding like taffeta, say | 6 |
| 28D | 41. More than suspects | 5 |
| 29D | 42. When tripled, "You get the picture" | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Sicilian spewer | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. | 3 |
| 32D | 51. Loaded (with) | 4 |
| 33D | 52. When teething might end | 6 |
| 34D | 53. Produce aisle device | 6 |
| 35D | 54. Swear | 6 |
| 36D | 55. Mimic | 6 |
| 37D | 56. Chewy chocolate candy brand | 6 |
| 38D | 57. One sporting a onesie | 6 |
| 39D | 58. Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff | 5 |
| 40D | 59. Fantastic beast | 4 |
| 41D | 60. Jarringly sensational | 5 |
| 42D | 64. "u slay me" | 4 |
| 43D | 67. Day care charge | 4 |
| 44D | 69. Blue blood vessels? | 6 |
| 45D | 71. "What ___ can I say?" | 4 |
| 46D | 74. German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades | 5 |
| 47D | 75. Big name in blenders | 5 |
| 48D | 77. Reluctant to mingle, say | 3 |
| 49D | 79. Classic elevator tunes | 5 |
| 50D | 82. Start of a choosing rhyme | 5 |
| 51D | 84. "The time ___ hand" | 4 |
| 52D | 85. Stage item | 4 |
| 53D | 86. ___-mutuel betting | 4 |
| 54D | 88. Kick starter? | 6 |
| 55D | 91. Didn't go it alone, say | 7 |
| 56D | 93. One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes | 7 |
| 57D | 94. Magazine fig. | 4 |
| 58D | 96. Fragrant garden hybrid | 7 |
| 59D | 97. Gave consent | 7 |
| 60D | 98. The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g. | 7 |
| 61D | 99. Noggin | 4 |
| 62D | 100. Vegan milk source | 6 |
| 63D | 101. Mob scene extra | 6 |
| 64D | 102. French financial institution | 6 |
| 65D | 104. Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis | 6 |
| 66D | 110. Daily grinds | 4 |
| 67D | 111. Puts on | 4 |
| 68D | 113. Chicken (out) | 4 |
| 69D | 114. "I'm in such a fix" | 4 |
| 70D | 115. Metro regions, informally | 4 |
| 71D | 116. ___ bene | 4 |
| 72D | 117. The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth | 3 |
| 73D | 119. 19th of 24 | 3 |
| 74D | 120. "Why, why, why?!" | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "Just picture this!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- Similar words include: opine, ideate, suppose
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IMAGINE
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2D: "2. Rudely interrupt, as a dance partner"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CUTINON
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3D: "3. Man cave fixture"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HDTVSET
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4D: "4. Snow jobs"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an argument opposed to a proposal
- Similar words include: hustle, sting, confidence trick
- Opposite of: pro
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Answer: CONS
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5D: "5. Heartfelt ask"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
- Similar words include: supplication
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PLEA
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6D: "6. Website with an alien logo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: REDDIT
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7D: "7. Treat badly, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- Similar words include: crush, persecute, suppress
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OPPRESS
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8D: "8. Potter's furnace"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KILN
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9D: "9. Uber ride info, informally"
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: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETA
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10D: "10. Small amount in the kitchen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that distinctive and stylish elegance
- Similar words include: scud, style, elan
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DASH
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11D: "11. Adds with a spoon, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: STIRSIN
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12D: "12. Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the united states
- Similar words include: Atomic Energy Commission
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AEC
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13D: "13. U.S.S.R. news source"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TASS
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14D: "14. Zwei quadrupled"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACHT
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15D: "15. What one might take or beat"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: THERAP
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16D: "16. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: OMEARA
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17D: "17. Caressed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that stroke or caress gently
- Similar words include: pet
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PETTED
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18D: "19. Sector of a color wheel"
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- Think of something that the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Similar words include: chromaticity, imbue
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUE
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19D: "24. "Yer darn ___!""
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: TOOTIN
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20D: "25. Pert blurt"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- Similar words include: sassing, SAS, mouth
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SASS
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21D: "27. Cry often accompanied by a sigh"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Similar words include: ala, regrettably, unfortunately
- Opposite of: fortunately, luckily
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Answer: ALAS
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22D: "33. Cut-rate, in brand names"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ECONO
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23D: "36. Parched"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- Similar words include: desiccate, waterless, desiccated
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARID
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24D: "37. Named names"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the chinese ginseng
- Similar words include: tattle, American ginseng, spill the beans
- Opposite of: keep quiet
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Answer: SANG
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25D: "38. Belgian battle site in W.W. I"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that battle in world war i (1917); an allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of flanders; germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the allied artillery
- Similar words include: first battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YPRES
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26D: "39. "Neato!""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
- Similar words include: nifty, lancinate, sharp
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: KEEN
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27D: "40. Sounding like taffeta, say"
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- Think of something that resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SWISHY
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28D: "41. More than suspects"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
- Similar words include: have sex, eff, get laid
- Opposite of: ignore
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Answer: KNOWS
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29D: "42. When tripled, "You get the picture""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: YADDA
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30D: "47. Sicilian spewer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Similar words include: bunsen, bunsen burner, Mount Etna
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETNA
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31D: "49. Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr."
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- Think of something that place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RET
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32D: "51. Loaded (with)"
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- Think of something that most frequent or common
- Similar words include: plethoric, predominant, prevailing
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RIFE
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33D: "52. When teething might end"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AGETWO
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34D: "53. Produce aisle device"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a form of address for a man
- Similar words include: Mr, Mr.
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MISTER
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35D: "54. Swear"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- Similar words include: take the stand, manifest, bear witness
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ATTEST
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36D: "55. Mimic"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that with considerable certainty; without much doubt
- Similar words include: in all likelihood, in all probability, probably
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BELIKE
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37D: "56. Chewy chocolate candy brand"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIESEN
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38D: "57. One sporting a onesie"
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- Think of something that a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- Similar words include: baby, babe
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: INFANT
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39D: "58. Loose-cheeked, as a mastiff"
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- Think of something that having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
- Similar words include: loose-jowled, double-chinned
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: JOWLY
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40D: "59. Fantastic beast"
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- Think of something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Similar words include: monster, demon, devil
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGRE
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41D: "60. Jarringly sensational"
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- Think of something that horrible in fierceness or savagery
- Similar words include: shocking
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LURID
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42D: "64. "u slay me""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROFL
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43D: "67. Day care charge"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a native of yorkshire
- Similar words include: shaver, tiddler, kid
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TYKE
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44D: "69. Blue blood vessels?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- Similar words include: racing yacht, yacht
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: YACHTS
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45D: "71. "What ___ can I say?""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELSE
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46D: "74. German actress Berger with a career spanning eight decades"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SENTA
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47D: "75. Big name in blenders"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OSTER
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48D: "77. Reluctant to mingle, say"
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- Think of something that a quick throw
- Similar words include: timid, diffident, unsure
- Opposite of: confident
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Answer: SHY
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49D: "79. Classic elevator tunes"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: MUZAK
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50D: "82. Start of a choosing rhyme"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EENIE
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51D: "84. "The time ___ hand""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISAT
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52D: "85. Stage item"
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- Think of something that a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
- Similar words include: shore, airplane propeller, shore up
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PROP
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53D: "86. ___-mutuel betting"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARI
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54D: "88. Kick starter?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who propels a boat with a pole
- Similar words include: wagerer, bettor, better
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PUNTER
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55D: "91. Didn't go it alone, say"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: HADHELP
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56D: "93. One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes"
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- Think of something that a member of the muskhogean people formerly living in alabama
- Similar words include: Chahta
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CHOCTAW
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57D: "94. Magazine fig."
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CIRC
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58D: "96. Fragrant garden hybrid"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEAROSE
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59D: "97. Gave consent"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that yield to another's wish or opinion
- Similar words include: submit, give in, acquiesce
- Opposite of: dissent
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Answer: ACCEDED
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60D: "98. The lords in "The 12 Days of Christmas," e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
- Similar words include: leaper, bounder
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: LEAPERS
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61D: "99. Noggin"
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- Think of something that any of various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
- Similar words include: edible bean, attic, bean plant
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BEAN
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62D: "100. Vegan milk source"
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- Think of something that small bushy deciduous tree native to asia and north africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern australia and california
- Similar words include: Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus, sweet almond
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALMOND
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63D: "101. Mob scene extra"
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- Think of something that troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RIOTER
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64D: "102. French financial institution"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BANQUE
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65D: "104. Jazz subgenre for Wynton Marsalis"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEOBOP
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66D: "110. Daily grinds"
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- Think of something that a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
- Similar words include: groove, oestrus, rut
- Opposite of: anestrus
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Answer: RUTS
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67D: "111. Puts on"
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- Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
- Similar words include: gentle wind, melody, aura
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AIRS
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68D: "113. Chicken (out)"
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- Think of something that a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- Similar words include: chicken, weakly interacting massive particle, crybaby
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WIMP
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69D: "114. "I'm in such a fix""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: AHME
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70D: "115. Metro regions, informally"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: URBS
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71D: "116. ___ bene"
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Answer: NOTA
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72D: "117. The Horned Frogs of Ft. Worth"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TCU
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73D: "119. 19th of 24"
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- Think of something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAU
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74D: "120. "Why, why, why?!""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAH
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Today's Puzzle Stats
64 Across Clues
74 Down Clues
138 Total Clues
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