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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (67 clues)
- Across Clues - Detailed Hints
- Down Clues Table (75 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. Supply for Hershey | 5 |
| 2A | 6. State home to the only public diamond mine in the U.S.: Abbr. | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Move awkwardly (up) | 7 |
| 4A | 16. Sources of fur in some luxury clothing | 11 |
| 5A | 17. "The Sopranos" airer | 3 |
| 6A | 18. Carpool home from the bar, say | 9 |
| 7A | 20. Piece of junk? | 9 |
| 8A | 22. Eldest of a trio of musical brothers | 10 |
| 9A | 24. Bush family member | 5 |
| 10A | 25. "Sorry to say ..." | 4 |
| 11A | 27. No-goodniks | 8 |
| 12A | 29. Is in Montreal? | 3 |
| 13A | 30. Like Buffalo, N.Y., about 167 days a year, typically | 5 |
| 14A | 33. Prophet | 4 |
| 15A | 35. Prefix meaning everything | 4 |
| 16A | 36. Job for a detective | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Cartoon being that lives in a mushroom | 5 |
| 18A | 39. Wolf (down) | 5 |
| 19A | 42. Valley of the Kings viper | 3 |
| 20A | 43. Employ | 3 |
| 21A | 44. 2013 film whose titular character is captured by Somali pirates | 15 |
| 22A | 46. Halloween-themed event | 5 |
| 23A | 48. Imaging procedures that measure metabolism | 8 |
| 24A | 51. Tri-, tripled | 4 |
| 25A | 53. Philippine seaport with a repetitive name | 6 |
| 26A | 56. Cougar | 4 |
| 27A | 57. Staying power, informally | 4 |
| 28A | 59. Large mall space | 8 |
| 29A | 61. Typical marketing expense | 5 |
| 30A | 63. Hold on to | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Rn : radon :: Sn : ___ | 3 |
| 32A | 65. Radar abnormalities | 5 |
| 33A | 66. Athlete who's the subject of a museum in Louisville | 3 |
| 34A | 67. Certain fallacy ... or what's indicated by every "sign" in this puzzle's grid | 13 |
| 35A | 71. Bed on a base | 3 |
| 36A | 72. Spawn | 5 |
| 37A | 74. Crestfallen | 3 |
| 38A | 75. Air Max maker | 4 |
| 39A | 76. Hall's musical partner | 5 |
| 40A | 78. Old coin worth 1/20 of a pound | 15 |
| 41A | 80. Composer Zimmer | 4 |
| 42A | 81. Godly-minded | 4 |
| 43A | 82. Connect | 6 |
| 44A | 83. Popular surfing destination | 4 |
| 45A | 85. It might be at the end of the road | 8 |
| 46A | 89. Request from | 5 |
| 47A | 91. Very quickly pop in and out? | 8 |
| 48A | 94. Member of la familia | 3 |
| 49A | 95. Symbol of wisdom | 3 |
| 50A | 97. Hindu teacher | 5 |
| 51A | 99. What might support an arm | 5 |
| 52A | 100. Hairstyle that lasts only several months, despite its name | 4 |
| 53A | 101. Groups of whales | 4 |
| 54A | 103. Lavish care (on) | 4 |
| 55A | 105. Eerie and then some | 12 |
| 56A | 107. Cool, old-style | 3 |
| 57A | 108. Mouthful after a wipeout, maybe | 8 |
| 58A | 111. Polynesian party | 4 |
| 59A | 113. Sam who co-starred in "Jurassic Park" | 5 |
| 60A | 115. Insignias often seen on the letterheads of representatives | 10 |
| 61A | 117. Mockumentary band with the real-life album "Break Like the Wind" | 9 |
| 62A | 121. Pertaining to conflict, in behavioral science | 9 |
| 63A | 122. Bulb type, for short | 3 |
| 64A | 123. Staticky laundry phenomenon | 5 |
| 65A | 124. Postscript | 7 |
| 66A | 125. Bovine found in high-altitude regions | 3 |
| 67A | 126. Drums up interest in | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. Supply for Hershey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
- Similar words include: chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: COCOA
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2A: "6. State home to the only public diamond mine in the U.S.: Abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Similar words include: Ark of the Covenant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARK
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3A: "9. Move awkwardly (up)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an awkward climb
- Similar words include: sputter, shinny, shin
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CLAMBER
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4A: "16. Sources of fur in some luxury clothing"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- Similar words include: Chinchilla laniger, chinchilla
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: CHINCHILLAS
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5A: "17. "The Sopranos" airer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HBO
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6A: "18. Carpool home from the bar, say"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SHAREACAB
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7A: "20. Piece of junk?"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPAMEMAIL
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8A: "22. Eldest of a trio of musical brothers"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: KEVINJONAS
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9A: "24. Bush family member"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LAURA
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10A: "25. "Sorry to say ...""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Similar words include: regrettably, unluckily, unfortunately
- Opposite of: fortunately, luckily
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Answer: ALAS
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11A: "27. No-goodniks"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SOANDSOS
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12A: "29. Is in Montreal?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Similar words include: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EST
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13A: "30. Like Buffalo, N.Y., about 167 days a year, typically"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (of weather) wet by periods of rain
- Similar words include: showery
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RAINY
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14A: "33. Prophet"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
- Similar words include: oracle, prophet, illusionist
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEER
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15A: "35. Prefix meaning everything"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OMNI
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16A: "36. Job for a detective"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an occurrence of something
- Similar words include: pillow slip, font, lawsuit
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CASE
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17A: "37. Cartoon being that lives in a mushroom"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMURF
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18A: "39. Wolf (down)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make off with belongings of others
- Similar words include: pilfer, abstract, filch
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNARF
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19A: "42. Valley of the Kings viper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Similar words include: asp viper, Egyptian cobra, Vipera aspis
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASP
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20A: "43. Employ"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of using
- Similar words include: enjoyment, utilise, expend
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE
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21A: "44. 2013 film whose titular character is captured by Somali pirates"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: CAPTAINPHILLIPS
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22A: "46. Halloween-themed event"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a frequently visited place
- Similar words include: hangout, resort, stalk
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAUNT
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23A: "48. Imaging procedures that measure metabolism"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: PETSCANS
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24A: "51. Tri-, tripled"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NONA
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25A: "53. Philippine seaport with a repetitive name"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ILOILO
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26A: "56. Cougar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large american feline resembling a lion
- Similar words include: painter, mountain lion, Felis concolor
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PUMA
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27A: "57. Staying power, informally"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that staying power
- Similar words include: wooden leg, peg, pegleg
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LEGS
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28A: "59. Large mall space"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a genus of pyralidae
- Similar words include: genus Galleria
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GALLERIA
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29A: "61. Typical marketing expense"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADFEE
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30A: "63. Hold on to"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- Similar words include: keep, redeem, deliver
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: SAVE
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31A: "64. Rn : radon :: Sn : ___"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Similar words include: tin can, can, canister
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIN
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32A: "65. Radar abnormalities"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- Similar words include: blip, radar target, pip
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BLIPS
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33A: "66. Athlete who's the subject of a museum in Louisville"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALI
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34A: "67. Certain fallacy ... or what's indicated by every "sign" in this puzzle's grid"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: SLIPPERYSLOPE
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35A: "71. Bed on a base"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sheath worn to protect a finger
- Similar words include: fingerstall, camp bed, crib
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: COT
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36A: "72. Spawn"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make children
- Similar words include: bring forth, mother, father
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BEGET
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37A: "74. Crestfallen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
- Similar words include: sorry, deplorable, pitiful
- Opposite of: glad
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Answer: SAD
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38A: "75. Air Max maker"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with roman victoria
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NIKE
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39A: "76. Hall's musical partner"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that english conspirator who claimed that there was a jesuit plot to assassinate charles ii (1649-1705)
- Similar words include: Titus Oates, Joyce Carol Oates
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OATES
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40A: "78. Old coin worth 1/20 of a pound"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______________
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Answer: BRITISHSHILLING
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41A: "80. Composer Zimmer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Similar words include: Han dynasty, Han
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HANS
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42A: "81. Godly-minded"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that free of extraneous elements of any kind
- Similar words include: gross, staring, sodding
- Opposite of: impure, unsaturated
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Answer: PURE
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43A: "82. Connect"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to be attached
- Similar words include: bond, sequester, impound
- Opposite of: detach
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Answer: ATTACH
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44A: "83. Popular surfing destination"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the second largest of the hawaiian islands
- Similar words include: Maui Island
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: MAUI
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45A: "85. It might be at the end of the road"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CULDESAC
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46A: "89. Request from"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASKOF
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47A: "91. Very quickly pop in and out?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: TELEPORT
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48A: "94. Member of la familia"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
- Similar words include: transient ischemic attack
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIA
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49A: "95. Symbol of wisdom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- Similar words include: hooter, bird of Minerva, bird of night
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWL
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50A: "97. Hindu teacher"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWAMI
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51A: "99. What might support an arm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- Similar words include: catapult, slingback, triangular bandage
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SLING
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52A: "100. Hairstyle that lasts only several months, despite its name"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a city in the european part of russia
- Similar words include: permanent wave, Molotov, permanent
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PERM
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53A: "101. Groups of whales"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Similar words include: seedcase, fuel pod, seedpod
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PODS
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54A: "103. Lavish care (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that be foolish or senile due to old age
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOTE
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55A: "105. Eerie and then some"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: BONECHILLING
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56A: "107. Cool, old-style"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that informed about the latest trends
- Similar words include: hip to, hip
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEP
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57A: "108. Mouthful after a wipeout, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that water containing salts
- Similar words include: saltwater, brine
- Opposite of: fresh water
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Answer: SEAWATER
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58A: "111. Polynesian party"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LUAU
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59A: "113. Sam who co-starred in "Jurassic Park""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEILL
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60A: "115. Insignias often seen on the letterheads of representatives"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
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Answer: STATESEALS
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61A: "117. Mockumentary band with the real-life album "Break Like the Wind""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: SPINALTAP
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62A: "121. Pertaining to conflict, in behavioral science"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient greece
- Similar words include: strained, combative, agonistical
- Pattern: _________
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Answer: AGONISTIC
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63A: "122. Bulb type, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Similar words include: conduce, head, take
- Opposite of: follow
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Answer: LED
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64A: "123. Staticky laundry phenomenon"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
- Similar words include: hang, cleave, clingstone
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CLING
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65A: "124. Postscript"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENDNOTE
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66A: "125. Bovine found in high-altitude regions"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
- Similar words include: gab, cackle, chatter
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YAK
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67A: "126. Drums up interest in"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that blatant or sensational promotion
- Similar words include: hype, plug, hoopla
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: HYPES
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Includes in a chain, in a way | 3 |
| 2D | 2. "Give me a break!" | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Mole, maybe | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Unable to be heard, in a Zoom call | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Taiwan-based computer company | 4 |
| 6D | 6. "I've got it!" | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Stat after hitting a triple with someone on base | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Source of caffeine | 7 |
| 9D | 9. It's all there in black and white | 5 |
| 10D | 10. British bathroom | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Out of bed | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Hanukkah candle holder | 7 |
| 13D | 13. ___ California | 4 |
| 14D | 14. "Micro" or "macro" class | 4 |
| 15D | 15. Stranger, informally | 5 |
| 16D | 18. Music that's a little offbeat? | 3 |
| 17D | 19. Common accompaniment for butter chicken | 11 |
| 18D | 21. Deface | 3 |
| 19D | 23. ___ of Liberty (American Revolution group) | 4 |
| 20D | 26. Constellation shaped like a harp | 4 |
| 21D | 28. Nurse | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Sanskrit word for "sitting posture" | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Little demons | 4 |
| 24D | 34. TV giant with a Deportes channel | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Curve together, as one's hands | 3 |
| 26D | 38. They might be head-scratching | 11 |
| 27D | 40. Commuter travel method | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Notable feature of Hagrid or Gandalf | 9 |
| 29D | 44. Bumpy ride? | 5 |
| 30D | 45. Denials | 3 |
| 31D | 47. Season in December | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Inits. on a tanning lotion bottle | 3 |
| 33D | 50. Pool implements | 9 |
| 34D | 52. Spry | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Fat-removing procedures, in brief | 5 |
| 36D | 55. Kiln on a hops farm | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Org. on TV's "9-1-1" | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Day before a big day | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Year in Portugal | 3 |
| 40D | 61. [Mayday! Mayday!] | 5 |
| 41D | 62. What's stored in the cloud | 11 |
| 42D | 63. Issue for a dehydrated muscle | 5 |
| 43D | 64. Expressions of shame | 4 |
| 44D | 66. "Fernando" group, 1976 | 4 |
| 45D | 68. "Somewhat" | 3 |
| 46D | 69. Dark half of a famous duality | 3 |
| 47D | 70. Young turkey | 5 |
| 48D | 73. GPS guesses, for short | 4 |
| 49D | 77. Begin, with "off" | 3 |
| 50D | 79. Display | 4 |
| 51D | 80. Selection at a paint store, perhaps | 3 |
| 52D | 81. Completely rid (of) | 5 |
| 53D | 84. In the middle of a tussle | 4 |
| 54D | 85. ___ Smythe Trophy (award for the N.H.L. playoff M.V.P.) | 4 |
| 55D | 86. Sturdy boot feature | 8 |
| 56D | 87. The sky is its limit | 8 |
| 57D | 88. GoPro, e.g., informally | 3 |
| 58D | 90. Slowly appears on scene | 7 |
| 59D | 92. Exile locale for Napoleon | 4 |
| 60D | 93. With devotion | 7 |
| 61D | 95. Special ___ | 3 |
| 62D | 96. Sources of distress | 4 |
| 63D | 98. To a greater degree | 6 |
| 64D | 100. Where Benjamin Franklin is buried, familiarly | 6 |
| 65D | 102. Metal-shaping tool | 5 |
| 66D | 104. Singer Goulding with the 2015 hit "Love Me Like You Do" | 5 |
| 67D | 106. Division of Warner Bros. Discovery | 3 |
| 68D | 109. Loads | 4 |
| 69D | 110. Operate, as a bar | 4 |
| 70D | 112. Sch. about 10 miles from the Hollywood Bowl | 3 |
| 71D | 114. ___ other | 4 |
| 72D | 116. QB's stat: Abbr. | 3 |
| 73D | 118. Tiny projectile in a food fight | 3 |
| 74D | 119. Texter's "Not sure" | 3 |
| 75D | 120. Book divisions: Abbr. | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. Includes in a chain, in a way"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
- Similar words include: mil, cc, millilitre
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CCS
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2D: "2. "Give me a break!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: OHPLEASE
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3D: "3. Mole, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: CIAASSET
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4D: "4. Unable to be heard, in a Zoom call"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONMUTE
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5D: "5. Taiwan-based computer company"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- Similar words include: genus Acer
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACER
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6D: "6. "I've got it!""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AHA
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7D: "7. Stat after hitting a triple with someone on base"
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- Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- Similar words include: run batted in
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: RBI
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8D: "8. Source of caffeine"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: KOLANUT
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9D: "9. It's all there in black and white"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- Similar words include: cheat, Bromus secalinus, chess game
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CHESS
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10D: "10. British bathroom"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- Similar words include: can, bathroom, toilet
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: LAV
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11D: "11. Out of bed"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
- Similar words include: go up, spring up, stand up
- Opposite of: sit down, go to bed
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Answer: ARISEN
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12D: "12. Hanukkah candle holder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: MENORAH
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13D: "13. ___ California"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: BAJA
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14D: "14. "Micro" or "macro" class"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECON
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15D: "15. Stranger, informally"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RANDO
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16D: "18. Music that's a little offbeat?"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKA
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17D: "19. Common accompaniment for butter chicken"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: BASMATIRICE
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18D: "21. Deface"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
- Similar words include: vitiate, mutilate, deflower
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: MAR
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19D: "23. ___ of Liberty (American Revolution group)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a male human offspring
- Similar words include: Son, Logos, boy
- Opposite of: daughter, girl
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Answer: SONS
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20D: "26. Constellation shaped like a harp"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near cygnus and draco; contains the star vega
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LYRA
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21D: "28. Nurse"
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- Think of something that a small drink
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SIP
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22D: "31. Sanskrit word for "sitting posture""
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- Think of something that (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ASANA
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23D: "32. Little demons"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Similar words include: gremlin, pixy, scallywag
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMPS
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24D: "34. TV giant with a Deportes channel"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ESPN
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25D: "36. Curve together, as one's hands"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- Similar words include: transfuse, cupful, loving cup
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CUP
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26D: "38. They might be head-scratching"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the nail at the end of a finger
- Similar words include: fingernail
- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FINGERNAILS
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27D: "40. Commuter travel method"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- Similar words include: revile, vituperate, vilify
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RAIL
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28D: "41. Notable feature of Hagrid or Gandalf"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: FULLBEARD
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29D: "44. Bumpy ride?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CAMEL
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30D: "45. Denials"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- Similar words include: atomic number 102, no, No
- Opposite of: yes
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Answer: NOS
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31D: "47. Season in December"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
- Similar words include: Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NOEL
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32D: "49. Inits. on a tanning lotion bottle"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
- Similar words include: sun protection factor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPF
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33D: "50. Pool implements"
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- Pattern: _________
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Answer: CUESTICKS
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34D: "52. Spry"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
- Similar words include: nimble, spry, quick
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGILE
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35D: "54. Fat-removing procedures, in brief"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: LIPOS
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36D: "55. Kiln on a hops farm"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a kiln for drying hops
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OAST
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37D: "57. Org. on TV's "9-1-1""
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAPD
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38D: "58. Day before a big day"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Similar words include: evening, even, eventide
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EVE
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39D: "60. Year in Portugal"
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- Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
- Similar words include: Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Abu Nidal Organization, Fatah-RC
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANO
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40D: "61. [Mayday! Mayday!]"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
- Similar words include: watchful, spanking, alarum
- Opposite of: unalert
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Answer: ALERT
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41D: "62. What's stored in the cloud"
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- Pattern: ___________
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Answer: DIGITALDATA
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42D: "63. Issue for a dehydrated muscle"
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- Think of something that a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- Similar words include: cramp, muscle spasm
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SPASM
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43D: "64. Expressions of shame"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Similar words include: tut-tut, tsk, tut
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TSKS
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44D: "66. "Fernando" group, 1976"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABBA
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45D: "68. "Somewhat""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISH
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46D: "69. Dark half of a famous duality"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the dark negative feminine principle in chinese dualistic cosmology
- Opposite of: yang
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: YIN
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47D: "70. Young turkey"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: POULT
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48D: "73. GPS guesses, for short"
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 Fatherland and Liberty, ETA
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETAS
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49D: "77. Begin, with "off""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Similar words include: tee up, teeing ground, golf tee
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEE
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50D: "79. Display"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
- Similar words include: testify, establish, present
- Opposite of: disprove, hide
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Answer: SHOW
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51D: "80. Selection at a paint store, perhaps"
Solving Hints:
- 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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52D: "81. Completely rid (of)"
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- Think of something that the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- Similar words include: chuck, sanctify, throw up
- Opposite of: rehabilitate, keep down
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Answer: PURGE
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53D: "84. In the middle of a tussle"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATIT
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54D: "85. ___ Smythe Trophy (award for the N.H.L. playoff M.V.P.)"
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- Think of something that conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CONN
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55D: "86. Sturdy boot feature"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: STEELTIP
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56D: "87. The sky is its limit"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- Similar words include: aeroplane, plane
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: AIRPLANE
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57D: "88. GoPro, e.g., informally"
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- Think of something that a river in east central england that flows past cambridge to join the ouse river
- Similar words include: Cam River, River Cam
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CAM
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58D: "90. Slowly appears on scene"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: FADESIN
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59D: "92. Exile locale for Napoleon"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ELBA
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60D: "93. With devotion"
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- Think of something that in a devout and pious manner
- Similar words include: devoutly
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: PIOUSLY
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61D: "95. Special ___"
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- Think of something that (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OPS
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62D: "96. Sources of distress"
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- Think of something that misery resulting from affliction
- Similar words include: woefulness, suffering, woe
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: WOES
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63D: "98. To a greater degree"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MORESO
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64D: "100. Where Benjamin Franklin is buried, familiarly"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: PHILLY
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65D: "102. Metal-shaping tool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- Similar words include: upset
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWAGE
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66D: "104. Singer Goulding with the 2015 hit "Love Me Like You Do""
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ELLIE
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67D: "106. Division of Warner Bros. Discovery"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: CNN
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68D: "109. Loads"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Similar words include: Aten
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ATON
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69D: "110. Operate, as a bar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- Similar words include: be given, run, incline
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEND
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70D: "112. Sch. about 10 miles from the Hollywood Bowl"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USC
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71D: "114. ___ other"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
- Similar words include: to each one, apiece, for each one
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EACH
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72D: "116. QB's stat: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATT
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73D: "118. Tiny projectile in a food fight"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Similar words include: pea plant
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PEA
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74D: "119. Texter's "Not sure""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: IDK
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75D: "120. Book divisions: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PGS
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67 Across Clues
75 Down Clues
142 Total Clues
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