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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Today's Puzzle Difficulty
- Across Clues Table (63 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: Medium
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. They need fans to stay cool | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Philippine marinades | 6 |
| 3A | 12. Second first lady, after Martha | 7 |
| 4A | 19. Cheap cigar | 6 |
| 5A | 20. Philippine capital | 6 |
| 6A | 21. Contrition | 7 |
| 7A | 22. Prime-time time | 6 |
| 8A | 23. We're literally giving away our rental cars! | 14 |
| 9A | 25. Resembling bone | 7 |
| 10A | 27. Overnight option | 3 |
| 11A | 28. Pull some strings? | 5 |
| 12A | 29. Phony social media follower | 3 |
| 13A | 30. It hurts how much we're overcharging for this detergent! | 12 |
| 14A | 34. ___ Constitution | 3 |
| 15A | 37. Winter measure | 8 |
| 16A | 40. "Nostalgia is a seductive ___": George W. Ball | 4 |
| 17A | 41. Spider's pouch | 6 |
| 18A | 43. Inappropriately appropriated | 7 |
| 19A | 45. Crush a test | 5 |
| 20A | 48. Muse depicted with a lyre | 5 |
| 21A | 49. Like raw footage | 5 |
| 22A | 51. Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state | 4 |
| 23A | 53. Competition with clowns, maybe | 5 |
| 24A | 55. Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly | 4 |
| 25A | 56. Scrooge's shout | 3 |
| 26A | 57. Our planes don't have seats! | 13 |
| 27A | 61. Social worker? | 3 |
| 28A | 62. Undertake, as a journey | 7 |
| 29A | 64. College admissions fig. | 3 |
| 30A | 65. Whence St. Francis | 6 |
| 31A | 67. Quite spirited | 6 |
| 32A | 68. Bulletin board addition | 7 |
| 33A | 71. A chair might cover one | 6 |
| 34A | 74. Place to store magazines | 6 |
| 35A | 76. Broody genre | 3 |
| 36A | 77. First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team | 7 |
| 37A | 78. Bump on the head, say? | 3 |
| 38A | 80. Our tech products fall apart easily! | 13 |
| 39A | 84. However, in texts | 3 |
| 40A | 85. Sportsbook figures | 4 |
| 41A | 87. Grinning Face With Sweat, for one | 5 |
| 42A | 88. Winnow | 4 |
| 43A | 89. Some exits in Exeter | 5 |
| 44A | 91. Japanese healing discipline | 5 |
| 45A | 93. Hägar the Horrible's dog | 5 |
| 46A | 95. Like a wrung-out mop | 7 |
| 47A | 97. Some commotion in a sheepfold | 6 |
| 48A | 99. Rep | 4 |
| 49A | 101. Most ridiculous | 8 |
| 50A | 104. Monopolist's portion | 3 |
| 51A | 105. Our cable channel is devoted to censorship! | 12 |
| 52A | 109. Dripping, say | 3 |
| 53A | 110. White's longtime co-host | 5 |
| 54A | 111. Many a book fair sponsor, for short | 3 |
| 55A | 112. [Look below for more info] | 7 |
| 56A | 115. Go ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans! | 14 |
| 57A | 121. Bolts (down) | 6 |
| 58A | 122. Home country of the Center for Civil Liberties, jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize | 7 |
| 59A | 123. Monkey's place, maybe | 6 |
| 60A | 124. Article of jewelry worn around the biceps | 6 |
| 61A | 125. Erudite | 7 |
| 62A | 126. Stylishly elegant | 6 |
| 63A | 127. Shoe leather for Elvis | 5 |
Across Clues - Strategic Hints
1A: "1. They need fans to stay cool"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
- Similar words include: graven image, matinee idol, perfection
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDOLS
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2A: "6. Philippine marinades"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice
- Similar words include: adobo
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ADOBOS
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3A: "12. Second first lady, after Martha"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ABIGAIL
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4A: "19. Cheap cigar"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a cheap cigar
- Similar words include: stogy
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: STOGIE
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5A: "20. Philippine capital"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. manila hemp
- Similar words include: manilla, manila paper, capital of the Philippines
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: MANILA
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6A: "21. Contrition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- Similar words include: compunction, self-reproach
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: REMORSE
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7A: "22. Prime-time time"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NINEPM
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8A: "23. We're literally giving away our rental cars!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: FREEENTERPRISE
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9A: "25. Resembling bone"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: OSTEOID
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10A: "27. Overnight option"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Similar words include: lodge, auberge, hostelry
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: INN
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11A: "28. Pull some strings?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that undo the ties of
- Similar words include: unlace, unbrace, undo
- Opposite of: tie
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Answer: UNTIE
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12A: "29. Phony social media follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BOT
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13A: "30. It hurts how much we're overcharging for this detergent!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: NOPAINNOGAIN
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14A: "34. ___ Constitution"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: US, United States of America, United States
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: USS
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15A: "37. Winter measure"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
- Similar words include: snow
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: SNOWFALL
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16A: "40. "Nostalgia is a seductive ___": George W. Ball"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- Similar words include: prevaricator
- Opposite of: square shooter
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Answer: LIAR
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17A: "41. Spider's pouch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: EGGSAC
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18A: "43. Inappropriately appropriated"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- Similar words include: assume, usurp, arrogate
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: USURPED
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19A: "45. Crush a test"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ACEIT
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20A: "48. Muse depicted with a lyre"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ERATO
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21A: "49. Like raw footage"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that not trimmed
- Similar words include: rough, untrimmed, full-length
- Opposite of: cut, mown
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Answer: UNCUT
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22A: "51. Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: HAIG
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23A: "53. Competition with clowns, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an exhibition of cowboy skills
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: RODEO
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24A: "55. Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: EGOT
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25A: "56. Scrooge's shout"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: BAH
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26A: "57. Our planes don't have seats!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: UNITEDWESTAND
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27A: "61. Social worker?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Similar words include: emmet, pismire
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ANT
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28A: "62. Undertake, as a journey"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate)
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: ENTERON
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29A: "64. College admissions fig."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- Similar words include: grade point average
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GPA
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30A: "65. Whence St. Francis"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ASSISI
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31A: "67. Quite spirited"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: RAHRAH
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32A: "68. Bulletin board addition"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- Similar words include: card, post, mail
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POSTING
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33A: "71. A chair might cover one"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- Similar words include: schedule, order of business, agendum
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: AGENDA
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34A: "74. Place to store magazines"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a collection of resources
- Similar words include: arsenal, inventory, armoury
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARMORY
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35A: "76. Broody genre"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO
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36A: "77. First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CLEMSON
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37A: "78. Bump on the head, say?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- Similar words include: hickey, pimple
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ZIT
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38A: "80. Our tech products fall apart easily!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____________
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Answer: APPLECRUMBLES
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39A: "84. However, in texts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a branch of the tai languages
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: THO
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40A: "85. Sportsbook figures"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Similar words include: betting odds
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ODDS
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41A: "87. Grinning Face With Sweat, for one"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMOJI
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42A: "88. Winnow"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Similar words include: skin, peel, trim
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: PARE
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43A: "89. Some exits in Exeter"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TATAS
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44A: "91. Japanese healing discipline"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: REIKI
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45A: "93. Hägar the Horrible's dog"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNERT
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46A: "95. Like a wrung-out mop"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that slightly wet
- Similar words include: moist, damp
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DAMPISH
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47A: "97. Some commotion in a sheepfold"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cry plaintively
- Similar words include: blate, bleat, blat
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BAAING
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48A: "99. Rep"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
- Similar words include: street credibility, street cred
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: CRED
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49A: "101. Most ridiculous"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that ludicrous, foolish
- Similar words include: whacky, silly, sappy
- Pattern: ________
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Answer: GOOFIEST
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50A: "104. Monopolist's portion"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- Similar words include: wholly, whole, totally
- Opposite of: some, partly
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Answer: ALL
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51A: "105. Our cable channel is devoted to censorship!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____________
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Answer: LIFETIMEBANS
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52A: "109. Dripping, say"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that wetness caused by water
- Similar words include: crocked, soaked, squiffy
- Opposite of: dry
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Answer: WET
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53A: "110. White's longtime co-host"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SAJAK
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54A: "111. Many a book fair sponsor, for short"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: PTA
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55A: "112. [Look below for more info]"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEENOTE
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56A: "115. Go ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______________
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Answer: JUSTTAKEAGUESS
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57A: "121. Bolts (down)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
- Similar words include: scarf, scarf joint
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SCARFS
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58A: "122. Home country of the Center for Civil Liberties, jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a republic in southeastern europe; formerly a european soviet; the center of the original russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
- Similar words include: Ukrayina
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: UKRAINE
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59A: "123. Monkey's place, maybe"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
- Similar words include: cask, drum, barrelful
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BARREL
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60A: "124. Article of jewelry worn around the biceps"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a band worn around the arm for decoration
- Similar words include: arm band
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARMLET
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61A: "125. Erudite"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that gain knowledge or skills
- Similar words include: instruct, check, erudite
- Opposite of: unconditioned
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Answer: LEARNED
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62A: "126. Stylishly elegant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
- Similar words include: swish, posh
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: CLASSY
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63A: "127. Shoe leather for Elvis"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that leather with a napped surface
- Similar words include: suede leather, suede cloth
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SUEDE
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Down Clues - Complete List
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "This. Means. War!" | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Our soap is deadly! | 17 |
| 3D | 3. Serpentine shape in architecture | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Certain cosmetic surgery, familiarly | 4 |
| 5D | 5. High class? | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Big letters in bowling | 3 |
| 7D | 7. "Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Common soccer score | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Two-year periods | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Common soccer cheer | 3 |
| 11D | 11. With 44-Down, home of the U.S.'s most-visited municipal zoo | 3 |
| 12D | 12. ___ rock (music genre) | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII | 6 |
| 14D | 14. Encroach (on) | 7 |
| 15D | 15. Horror movie staple | 4 |
| 16D | 16. Grande's perfume line | 3 |
| 17D | 17. Major research lab for astronauts, for short | 3 |
| 18D | 18. Actress Jamie ___ Curtis | 3 |
| 19D | 19. Highfalutin sorts | 5 |
| 20D | 24. Yank | 3 |
| 21D | 26. Creature with a signature whistle it can use to identify itself | 7 |
| 22D | 31. Accordion fold | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Iridescent shell material | 5 |
| 24D | 33. Dirt pie ingredients | 5 |
| 25D | 34. Our magazine hates everything and everyone! | 17 |
| 26D | 35. Squelched | 5 |
| 27D | 36. Michael ___, Steve Carell's role on "The Office" | 5 |
| 28D | 38. Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu" | 3 |
| 29D | 39. Animated TV series set in the 31st century | 8 |
| 30D | 42. LSAT alternative, for some law schools | 3 |
| 31D | 44. See 11-Down | 5 |
| 32D | 46. Lab label | 5 |
| 33D | 47. Afternoon socials | 4 |
| 34D | 49. It'll take you for a ride | 4 |
| 35D | 50. Mama's mama | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Natl. economic yardsticks | 4 |
| 37D | 54. Discounted | 6 |
| 38D | 58. Zero chance | 6 |
| 39D | 59. Something well-taken? | 5 |
| 40D | 60. Chartreuse or brandy, e.g. | 8 |
| 41D | 63. Mess up | 3 |
| 42D | 66. Part of a sch. year | 3 |
| 43D | 68. Orange cone, say | 5 |
| 44D | 69. "No cause for alarm!"? | 4 |
| 45D | 70. Land rover | 5 |
| 46D | 72. Home of Qatar Airways | 4 |
| 47D | 73. A long time, in Spain | 4 |
| 48D | 75. Tach stats | 4 |
| 49D | 77. Sax player Clarence | 7 |
| 50D | 78. "The Greek" in a 1964 film | 5 |
| 51D | 79. Optimal | 5 |
| 52D | 81. Emergency option for a fighter pilot | 5 |
| 53D | 82. High, wispy clouds | 5 |
| 54D | 83. Alice of TV's "Queen of the South" | 5 |
| 55D | 86. Manage moguls, say | 3 |
| 56D | 90. "___ expected" | 3 |
| 57D | 92. Like many legal phrases | 7 |
| 58D | 94. Fried Japanese fare | 7 |
| 59D | 96. Impersonates | 7 |
| 60D | 98. 1997 Demi Moore military drama | 6 |
| 61D | 100. Hampers | 6 |
| 62D | 102. Fixed rate | 6 |
| 63D | 103. Statistics tool used to find significant differences | 5 |
| 64D | 106. Not real | 5 |
| 65D | 107. ___ out an existence | 3 |
| 66D | 108. They might be loaded or stolen | 5 |
| 67D | 110. Headliner | 4 |
| 68D | 113. Neutral tone | 4 |
| 69D | 114. April or May, e.g. | 4 |
| 70D | 115. Q3 starter: Abbr. | 3 |
| 71D | 116. Luau instrument, in brief | 3 |
| 72D | 117. Mme., across the Pyrenees | 3 |
| 73D | 118. "The Bachelor" network | 3 |
| 74D | 119. Actress Gadot | 3 |
| 75D | 120. Foxy | 3 |
Down Clues - Strategic Hints
1D: "1. "This. Means. War!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ITISON
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2D: "2. Our soap is deadly!"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _________________
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Answer: DONTTOUCHTHATDIAL
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3D: "3. Serpentine shape in architecture"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a molding that (in section) has the shape of an s with the convex part above and the concave part below
- Similar words include: cyma reversa
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: OGEE
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4D: "4. Certain cosmetic surgery, familiarly"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: LIPO
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5D: "5. High class?"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any meeting for an exchange of ideas
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: SEMINAR
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6D: "6. Big letters in bowling"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: AMF
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7D: "7. "Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DARIA
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8D: "8. Common soccer score"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONENIL
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9D: "9. Two-year periods"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: BIENNIA
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10D: "10. Common soccer cheer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: OLE
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11D: "11. With 44-Down, home of the U.S.'s most-visited municipal zoo"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SAN
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12D: "12. ___ rock (music genre)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Similar words include: stadium, bowl, sports stadium
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ARENA
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13D: "13. Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
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Answer: BERTIE
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14D: "14. Encroach (on)"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that impinge or infringe upon
- Similar words include: encroach, infringe, entrench
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: IMPINGE
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15D: "15. Horror movie staple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that vice president of the united states under bill clinton (born in 1948)
- Similar words include: Albert Gore Jr., bloodshed, panel
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GORE
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16D: "16. Grande's perfume line"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARI
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17D: "17. Major research lab for astronauts, for short"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISS
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18D: "18. Actress Jamie ___ Curtis"
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- Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Similar words include: Robert Edward Lee, Tsung Dao Lee, Bruce Lee
- Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE
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19D: "19. Highfalutin sorts"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- Similar words include: snob, snot, snoot
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SNOBS
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20D: "24. Yank"
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- Think of something that a sudden abrupt pull
- Similar words include: jerk, tower, lug
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: TUG
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21D: "26. Creature with a signature whistle it can use to identify itself"
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- Think of something that large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around hawaii)
- Similar words include: mahimahi, dolphinfish
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: DOLPHIN
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22D: "31. Accordion fold"
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- Think of something that any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
- Similar words include: ruffle, plicate, plait
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLEAT
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23D: "32. Iridescent shell material"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- Similar words include: mother-of-pearl
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NACRE
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24D: "33. Dirt pie ingredients"
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- Think of something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Similar words include: oreo, oreo cookie
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: OREOS
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25D: "34. Our magazine hates everything and everyone!"
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- Pattern: _________________
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Answer: USAGAINSTTHEWORLD
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26D: "35. Squelched"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SATON
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27D: "36. Michael ___, Steve Carell's role on "The Office""
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- Think of something that award-winning united states film actor (1928-1999)
- Similar words include: Dred Scott, Robert Falcon Scott, Walter Scott
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: SCOTT
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28D: "38. Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: WSU
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29D: "39. Animated TV series set in the 31st century"
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: FUTURAMA
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30D: "42. LSAT alternative, for some law schools"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GRE
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31D: "44. See 11-Down"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: DIEGO
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32D: "46. Lab label"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDTAG
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33D: "47. Afternoon socials"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Similar words include: afternoon tea, teatime, tea
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: TEAS
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34D: "49. It'll take you for a ride"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: UBER
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35D: "50. Mama's mama"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NANA
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36D: "52. Natl. economic yardsticks"
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- Think of something that the measure of an economy adopted by the united states in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)
- Similar words include: gross domestic product, GDP
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: GDPS
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37D: "54. Discounted"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONSALE
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38D: "58. Zero chance"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: NOHOPE
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39D: "59. Something well-taken?"
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- Think of something that binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- Similar words include: piss, urine, water supply
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: WATER
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40D: "60. Chartreuse or brandy, e.g."
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- Pattern: ________
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Answer: DIGESTIF
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41D: "63. Mess up"
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- Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Similar words include: mistake, slip, drift
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERR
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42D: "66. Part of a sch. year"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEM
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43D: "68. Orange cone, say"
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- Think of something that a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
- Similar words include: power pylon
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: PYLON
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44D: "69. "No cause for alarm!"?"
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- Pattern: ____
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Answer: IMUP
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45D: "70. Land rover"
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- Think of something that a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: NOMAD
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46D: "72. Home of Qatar Airways"
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- Think of something that the capital and chief port of qatar
- Similar words include: El Beda, capital of Qatar, Bida
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: DOHA
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47D: "73. A long time, in Spain"
Solving Hints:
- 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: Arab Revolutionary Brigades, ANO, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANOS
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48D: "75. Tach stats"
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- Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Similar words include: rev, rpm, revolutions per minute
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: RPMS
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49D: "77. Sax player Clarence"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: CLEMONS
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50D: "78. "The Greek" in a 1964 film"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZORBA
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51D: "79. Optimal"
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- Think of something that the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
- Similar words include: saint, idealistic, apotheosis
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: IDEAL
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52D: "81. Emergency option for a fighter pilot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that put out or expel from a place
- Similar words include: force out, chuck out, discharge
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: EJECT
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53D: "82. High, wispy clouds"
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- Think of something that usually coiled
- Similar words include: cirrus, cirrhus, cirrus cloud
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: CIRRI
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54D: "83. Alice of TV's "Queen of the South""
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- Think of something that an ancient city in northern portugal
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRAGA
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55D: "86. Manage moguls, say"
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- Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SKI
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56D: "90. "___ expected""
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASI
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57D: "92. Like many legal phrases"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: INLATIN
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58D: "94. Fried Japanese fare"
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- Think of something that vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
- Pattern: _______
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Answer: TEMPURA
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59D: "96. Impersonates"
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- Pattern: _______
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Answer: POSESAS
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60D: "98. 1997 Demi Moore military drama"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: GIJANE
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61D: "100. Hampers"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
- Similar words include: deter, dissuade, discourage
- Opposite of: persuade
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Answer: DETERS
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62D: "102. Fixed rate"
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- Pattern: ______
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Answer: SETFEE
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63D: "103. Statistics tool used to find significant differences"
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- Pattern: _____
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Answer: TTEST
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64D: "106. Not real"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- Similar words include: fake, bull, manipulate
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: FAKED
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65D: "107. ___ out an existence"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: EKE
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66D: "108. They might be loaded or stolen"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that installation from which a military force initiates operations
- Similar words include: foundation, Base, groundwork
- Pattern: _____
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Answer: BASES
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67D: "110. Headliner"
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- Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Similar words include: wiz, asterisk, mavin
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAR
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68D: "113. Neutral tone"
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- Think of something that a very light brown
- Similar words include: beige
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: ECRU
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69D: "114. April or May, e.g."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- Similar words include: distinguish, advert, call
- Pattern: ____
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Answer: NAME
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70D: "115. Q3 starter: Abbr."
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: JUL
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71D: "116. Luau instrument, in brief"
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- Think of something that a small guitar having four strings
- Similar words include: ukulele
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: UKE
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72D: "117. Mme., across the Pyrenees"
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- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SRA
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73D: "118. "The Bachelor" network"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Similar words include: ABC's, first rudiment, rudiment
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: ABC
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74D: "119. Actress Gadot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
- Similar words include: gallon
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAL
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75D: "120. Foxy"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that marked by skill in deception
- Similar words include: guileful, tricksy, crafty
- Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLY
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63 Across Clues
75 Down Clues
138 Total Clues
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