No 27388 Sat Nov 02, 2024 NYT Crossword by Blake Slonecker

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 02, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

27388 Sat Nov 02, 2024 NYT Crossword by Blake Slonecker

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Early electric lights. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ARCLAMPS




• The clue is 9. Modest home in Modesto, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: CASITA




• The clue is 15. Direct marketing tactic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: COLDCALL




• The clue is 16. First act. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: OPENER

  Possible Answer : opener, unfastener, untier, undoer




• The clue is 17. Sub's reference. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: CLASSROOMROSTER




• The clue is 19. What always ends well?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELS

  Possible Answer : elevated_railroad, elevated_railway, EL, overhead_railway, el, ALT, elevated, altitude, elevation




• The clue is 20. Spendy. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STEEP

  Possible Answer : plunge, soak_up, outrageous, usurious, steep, extortionate, absorb, infuse, immerse, exorbitant, unconscionable, engross, engulf

  Possible Opposite Answer : gradual




• The clue is 21. ___ May Gaskin, author of "Spiritual Midwifery". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: INA




• The clue is 22. Puzzle (out). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SUSS

  Possible Answer : genus_Sus, Sus




• The clue is 24. Fly traps?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: MITTS

  Possible Answer : baseball_mitt, paw, mitt, baseball_glove, hand, glove, manus




• The clue is 25. Fed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GMAN




• The clue is 26. Ward off bad luck, in a Greek tradition. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SPIT

  Possible Answer : skewer, spit, expectoration, spue, spit_out, saliva, sprinkle, patter, ptyalize, pitter-patter, spittle, spew, ptyalise, tongue, spitting, spatter




• The clue is 27. Noted name in lithographs. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IVES

  Possible Answer : Ives, James_Ives, James_Merritt_Ives, Charles_Edward_Ives




• The clue is 28. English folk singer Billy. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BRAGG

  Possible Answer : Bragg, Braxton_Bragg




• The clue is 29. Inveigled. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: COAXED

  Possible Answer : sweet-talk, inveigle, coax, wheedle, blarney, palaver, cajole




• The clue is 31. Just so. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TOATEE




• The clue is 32. They're not afraid to take charge. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: FEARLESSLEADERS




• The clue is 35. Media-based learning sites, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: AVLABS




• The clue is 36. Word on many "No Trespassing" signs. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: POSTED

  Possible Answer : carry, post, stake, station, put_up, mail, brand, send, posted, place




• The clue is 37. Hanes brand once sold in ovoid packaging. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LEGGS




• The clue is 38. 90°. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EAST

  Possible Answer : East, eastward, Orient, east, E, eastern_United_States, due_east

  Possible Opposite Answer : west




• The clue is 39. Team that briefly changed its name during the 1950s to appease McCarthyites. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: REDS

  Possible Answer : loss, bolshy, Bolshevik, redness, red_ink, Red_River, red, Marxist, Red, bolshie

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain




• The clue is 42. The case, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TRUE

  Possible Answer : straight, dead_on_target, true_up, on-key, dependable, truthful, reliable, admittedly, confessedly, lawful, true, honest, genuine, rightful, avowedly, unfeigned

  Possible Opposite Answer : untruthful, false




• The clue is 43. Jumps from one foot to the other. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: JETES

  Possible Answer : gush, jet




• The clue is 44. Break off. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: STOP

  Possible Answer : hold_on, point, layover, occlusive, stop_over, stoppage, cease, contain, hold_back, blockage, stop_consonant, halt, kibosh, full_stop, diaphragm, terminate, quit, block_up, turn_back, closure, block_off, bar, hitch, full_point, break, plosive, barricade, plosive_speech_sound, end, blockade, check, plosive_consonant, break_off, give_up, arrest, finish, occlusion, lay_off, stopover, intercept, block, catch, period, stay, stop, discontinue

  Possible Opposite Answer : continue, begin, start, continuant_consonant




• The clue is 45. Record company behind (and inside) Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EMI




• The clue is 46. 1988 Summer Olympics host. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SEOUL

  Possible Answer : capital_of_South_Korea, Seoul




• The clue is 47. Word that's a homophone of its middle letter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ARE

  Possible Answer : equal, are, make_up, personify, live, cost, represent, be, ar, embody, exist, constitute, follow, comprise

  Possible Opposite Answer : differ




• The clue is 48. Spin right round?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ROTATECLOCKWISE




• The clue is 53. What might remove all of your problems?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ERASER

  Possible Answer : eraser




• The clue is 54. Went after. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ASSAILED

  Possible Answer : assault, snipe, assail, round, lash_out, set_on, attack

  Possible Opposite Answer : defend




• The clue is 55. Cleans up like the Pied Piper. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DERATS




• The clue is 56. Band aids. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SETLISTS

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. What passwords unlock. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ACCESS

  Possible Answer: approach, admission, memory_access, accession, get_at, access_code, admittance, access, entree

• The clue is 2. Arrive curbside. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ROLLUP

• The clue is 3. Andrés Segovia won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for it. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: CLASSICALGUITAR

• The clue is 4. Temple Square letters. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LDS

• The clue is 5. Window installations, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ACS

  Possible Answer: alternating_electric_current, Ac, actinium, atomic_number_89, AC, alternating_current

  Possible Opposite Answer : direct_current

• The clue is 6. Sully. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MAR

  Possible Answer: impair, blemish, vitiate, mutilate, deflower, Mar, March, defect, spoil, mar

• The clue is 7. P, B, D, T, K and G. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: PLOSIVES

  Possible Answer: occlusive, plosive, plosive_speech_sound, stop_consonant, plosive_consonant, stop

  Possible Opposite Answer : continuant_consonant

• The clue is 8. Kitchen flippers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: SLOTTEDSPATULAS

• The clue is 9. De-centers?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: CORES

  Possible Answer: marrow, heart_and_soul, substance, nub, CORE, essence, centre, nucleus, core_group, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, center, kernel, inwardness, effect, pith, sum, heart, magnetic_core, burden, core, gist, meat, nitty-gritty

• The clue is 10. Per. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: APOP

• The clue is 11. Its in French. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SES

  Possible Answer: randomness, S, southward, south, atomic_number_34, selenium, atomic_number_16, Se, sou'-east, s, due_south, sulfur, sulphur, reciprocal_ohm, southeast, SE, southeastward, siemens, second, mho, entropy, sec

• The clue is 12. Juicy stuff. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: INTIMATEDETAILS

• The clue is 13. Outspoken parenting critic, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: TEENAGER

  Possible Answer: adolescent, teen, stripling, teenager

• The clue is 14. Sets up. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ARRANGES

  Possible Answer: coiffure, coiffe, put, dress, arrange, set, coif, fix_up, set_up, do, order, stage, format

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarrange

• The clue is 18. Subject of the 2021 documentary "Once Upon a Time in Queens". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: METS

• The clue is 23. Cyber space?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: STORAGE

  Possible Answer: reposition, storage, computer_memory, storehouse, warehousing, memory, repositing, depot, computer_storage, store, memory_board, entrepot

• The clue is 24. Socializes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: MIXES

  Possible Answer: meld, shuffle, admixture, combine, mixture, conflate, desegregate, mix_in, ruffle, intermixture, premix, flux, mingle, commixture, coalesce, mix, commix, immix, integrate, blend, merge, commingle, unify, amalgamate, mixing, fuse

  Possible Opposite Answer : segregate

• The clue is 25. Teaching assistants, often. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: GRADERS

  Possible Answer: grader

• The clue is 28. Certain Thanksgiving dish. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BOAT

  Possible Answer: boat, gravy_boat, sauceboat, gravy_holder

• The clue is 30. Mass apparel. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALBS

  Possible Answer: alb

• The clue is 31. Pilots, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TESTS

  Possible Answer: screen, run, exam, mental_test, test, examination, psychometric_test, try_out, trial_run, try, prove, examine, essay, quiz, mental_testing, trial, tryout

• The clue is 32. Had a hiccup. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: FALTERED

  Possible Answer: stammer, bumble, stutter, falter, stumble, waver

• The clue is 33. Till the end of time. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: EVERMORE

  Possible Answer: evermore, forever, everlastingly, forevermore, eternally

• The clue is 34. Doubly disadvantageous. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: LOSELOSE

• The clue is 38. Fair-hiring agcy.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EEOC

• The clue is 40. Home to England's Jurassic Coast. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DORSET

• The clue is 41. Fan settings. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SPEEDS

  Possible Answer: hurry, stop_number, hurrying, accelerate, rush_along, quicken, hie, pep_pill, focal_ratio, zip, step_on_it, swiftness, speed, speed_up, race, bucket_along, travel_rapidly, fastness, pelt_along, velocity, f_number, cannonball_along, hasten, hotfoot, belt_along, upper, rush, speeding, amphetamine

  Possible Opposite Answer : linger, decelerate

• The clue is 43. Unhappy chorus. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: JEERS

  Possible Answer: mockery, barrack, jeer, flout, gibe, scoff, scoffing, jeering

• The clue is 46. Galley command. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: STET

  Possible Answer: stet

• The clue is 49. Arkansas pol Hutchinson. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ASA

• The clue is 50. New Orleans setting: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: CST

  Possible Answer: Central_Time, Central_Standard_Time, CST

• The clue is 51. Carrier to 46-Across, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: KAL

• The clue is 52. Device sold with a remote. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: WII

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (61 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (79 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Crafty sort	7
2A	8. Vegetables that should typically be sliced lengthwise before washing	5
3A	13. Cowboy on the pampas	6
4A	19. "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" sculptor	7
5A	20. Supplement	6
6A	22. Get in on the game	6
7A	23. Scrunchie, e.g.	14
8A	25. "Oh, cruel fate!"	6
9A	26. Autocorrect target	4
10A	27. Classification	4
11A	28. Sports franchises, e.g.	5
12A	30. Fine-grained wood in some woodwind instruments	4
13A	31. Social norms	5
14A	34. Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison nickname)	5
15A	35. Disney heroine based on New Orleans chef Leah Chase	5
16A	36. USA, e.g.	7
17A	39. Title for William beginning in 2022	13
18A	42. Hawk homes	6
19A	43. In view	4
20A	44. Money in rock 'n' roll	5
21A	45. Nonprofit group behind Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog	12
22A	48. Patron of sailors	6
23A	52. Work with a needle	3
24A	53. Position in basketball	5
25A	54. ___ Kippur	3
26A	57. Looks through someone's phone, say	6
27A	59. Pointers for a fencer?	5
28A	61. Slacken	6
29A	64. [Bo-o-oring!]	5
30A	65. Pop, to a tot	4
31A	67. Explicit command	11
32A	71. One-named singer with four Grammys	4
33A	72. Relative of a heron	5
34A	74. Sirenlike	6
35A	75. What a sad person might break into	5
36A	77. 1987 Dreyfuss/DeVito comedy	6
37A	79. "!!!"	3
38A	80. Philosopher Kierkegaard	5
39A	82. Dig up dirt?	3
40A	85. It typically has a string attached	6
41A	87. Bright shade similar to magenta	12
42A	91. "Things Fall ___" (Chinua Achebe novel)	5
43A	94. "Oh, cruel fate!"	4
44A	95. Canadian coin featuring a polar bear, informally	6
45A	96. Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist	13
46A	101. Weasel relatives	7
47A	102. A water molecule contains three of these	5
48A	103. Vexillologist's subject	5
49A	104. Stone measure	5
50A	105. Explorer with her monkey friend Boots	4
51A	106. Bud of baseball	5
52A	107. What Excedrin relieves	4
53A	109. Strawberry ___ Refresher (Starbucks drink)	4
54A	113. Stir up	6
55A	115. Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle's groups of circled letters	14
56A	119. Place for a shoelace	6
57A	120. Manning with two Super Bowl rings	6
58A	121. "You can count on me!"	7
59A	122. Talks back to	6
60A	123. Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde"	5
61A	124. Patronized, as a restaurant	7

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Crafty sort"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
• Similar words include: artificer, craftsman, journeyman
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ARTISAN

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2A: "8. Vegetables that should typically be sliced lengthwise before washing"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
• Similar words include: scallion, Allium porrum, leek
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEEKS

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3A: "13. Cowboy on the pampas"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cowboy of the south american pampas
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GAUCHO

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4A: "19. "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" sculptor"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680)
• Similar words include: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BERNINI

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5A: "20. Supplement"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make better or improve in quality
• Opposite of: impoverish, deprive
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ENRICH

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6A: "22. Get in on the game"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANTEUP

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7A: "23. Scrunchie, e.g."

14 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: ELASTICHAIRTIE

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8A: "25. "Oh, cruel fate!""

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POORME

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9A: "26. Autocorrect target"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Similar words include: erratum, typographical error, misprint
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TYPO

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10A: "27. Classification"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• Similar words include: sort, variety, tolerant
• Opposite of: unkind

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Answer: KIND

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11A: "28. Sports franchises, e.g."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
• Similar words include: team up, team, squad
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEAMS

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12A: "30. Fine-grained wood in some woodwind instruments"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
• Similar words include: pear tree, Pyrus communis
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEAR

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13A: "31. Social norms"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
• Similar words include: Sir Thomas More, Thomas More, More
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MORES

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14A: "34. Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison nickname)"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MENLO

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15A: "35. Disney heroine based on New Orleans chef Leah Chase"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TIANA

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16A: "36. USA, e.g."

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a path over which electrical signals can pass
• Similar words include: line, distribution channel, canal
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CHANNEL

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17A: "39. Title for William beginning in 2022"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: PRINCEOFWALES

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18A: "42. Hawk homes"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
• Similar words include: eyry, eyrie, aerie
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AERIES

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19A: "43. In view"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• Similar words include: picture, date, view
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEEN

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20A: "44. Money in rock 'n' roll"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDDIE

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21A: "45. Nonprofit group behind Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog"

12 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: THEADCOUNCIL

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22A: "48. Patron of sailors"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STELMO

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23A: "52. Work with a needle"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Similar words include: tailor, sew together, run up
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEW

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24A: "53. Position in basketball"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who keeps watch over something or someone
• Similar words include: safeguard, safety device, hold
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GUARD

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25A: "54. ___ Kippur"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YOM

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26A: "57. Looks through someone's phone, say"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
• Similar words include: sleuth, snooper, spy
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SNOOPS

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27A: "59. Pointers for a fencer?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Similar words include: epee
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EPEES

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28A: "61. Slacken"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EASEUP

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29A: "64. [Bo-o-oring!]"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the rattling noise produced when snoring
• Similar words include: saw wood, snoring, saw logs
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SNORE

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30A: "65. Pop, to a tot"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Similar words include: pappa, dadaism, pop
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DADA

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31A: "67. Explicit command"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: DIRECTORDER

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32A: "71. One-named singer with four Grammys"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ENYA

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33A: "72. Relative of a heron"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large mostly old world wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STORK

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34A: "74. Sirenlike"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that utter a shrill cry
• Similar words include: pipe, pipe up, sharp
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHRILL

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35A: "75. What a sad person might break into"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
• Similar words include: bout, shoot down, displume
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEARS

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36A: "77. 1987 Dreyfuss/DeVito comedy"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TINMEN

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37A: "79. "!!!""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OMG

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38A: "80. Philosopher Kierkegaard"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SOREN

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39A: "82. Dig up dirt?"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HOE

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40A: "85. It typically has a string attached"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TEABAG

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41A: "87. Bright shade similar to magenta"

12 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: SHOCKINGPINK

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42A: "91. "Things Fall ___" (Chinua Achebe novel)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
• Similar words include: isolated, obscure, aside
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APART

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43A: "94. "Oh, cruel fate!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Similar words include: regrettably, unfortunately, ala
• Opposite of: luckily, fortunately

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Answer: ALAS

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44A: "95. Canadian coin featuring a polar bear, informally"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOONIE

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45A: "96. Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: LIFEBEFOREMAN

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46A: "101. Weasel relatives"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that musteline mammal of prairie regions of united states; nearly extinct
• Similar words include: black-footed ferret, ferret out, Mustela nigripes
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FERRETS

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47A: "102. A water molecule contains three of these"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Similar words include: mote, speck, corpuscle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATOMS

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48A: "103. Vexillologist's subject"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
• Similar words include: flag, iris, masthead
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FLAGS

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49A: "104. Stone measure"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
• Similar words include: kt, karat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CARAT

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50A: "105. Explorer with her monkey friend Boots"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DORA

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51A: "106. Bud of baseball"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SELIG

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52A: "107. What Excedrin relieves"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
• Similar words include: infliction, hurt, pain in the neck
• Opposite of: pleasure

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Answer: PAIN

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53A: "109. Strawberry ___ Refresher (Starbucks drink)"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACAI

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54A: "113. Stir up"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give an incentive for action
• Similar words include: prod, prompt, egg on
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: INCITE

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55A: "115. Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle's groups of circled letters"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: UNDERCOVERBOSS

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56A: "119. Place for a shoelace"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
• Similar words include: eyehole, grommet, grummet
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EYELET

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57A: "120. Manning with two Super Bowl rings"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PEYTON

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58A: "121. "You can count on me!""

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: IMALLIN

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59A: "122. Talks back to"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an impudent or insolent rejoinder
• Similar words include: mouth, back talk, sass
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SASSES

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60A: "123. Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: REESE

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61A: "124. Patronized, as a restaurant"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DINEDAT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Words on either side of "___ is ___"	4
2D	2. Bank (on)	4
3D	3. Sting operation	4
4D	4. Trouble with Z's?	8
5D	5. Take a load off	3
6D	6. Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records	3
7D	7. Small change	6
8D	8. Tilt	4
9D	9. Werewolf on TV's "Wednesday"	4
10D	10. Slip up	3
11D	11. Wee mewer	6
12D	12. Prestigious academic journal since 1880	7
13D	13. Résumé problems, at times	4
14D	14. 365 días	3
15D	15. More ideal?	6
16D	16. Trix or Kix	6
17D	17. ___ society	6
18D	18. Performances at Paris's Palais Garnier	6
19D	21. Well again	6
20D	24. Quick hellos	3
21D	29. Vibes	5
22D	32. Jumpy	6
23D	33. What many a shelter animal hopes to be	7
24D	34. BMW offering since 2000	4
25D	35. Many boy band fans	6
26D	36. 2019 film that one reviewer called "purr-fectly dreadful"	4
27D	37. Villainous chortle	4
28D	38. "Can I go now?"	9
29D	39. Await settlement, as a payment	4
30D	40. Partner of Parks, informally	3
31D	41. Goes well with	4
32D	43. California's Big ___	3
33D	46. Band with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall"	5
34D	47. Clorox competitor	5
35D	49. Individualist	5
36D	50. Drink from a tub?	9
37D	51. Concert broadcast that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with "the"	4
38D	55. The Who's "Love, Reign ___ Me"	3
39D	56. Makeup of some face masks	3
40D	58. Vast amount	3
41D	60. Italian city known for its cheese	5
42D	61. Vapes	5
43D	62. Georgia airport, for short	3
44D	63. ___ dish	5
45D	65. Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr.	3
46D	66. Fighting	4
47D	68. Pi follower	3
48D	69. "Uhh ...," to Brits	3
49D	70. Come back in	7
50D	73. Alternatives to gyro platters	6
51D	76. Variety of rabbit or goat	6
52D	78. What a tall collar covers	4
53D	80. Read quickly	4
54D	81. Gives the green light	3
55D	83. "I've got this"	4
56D	84. Barely scrapes (by)	4
57D	86. Social blunder	5
58D	88. Amateur radio devotees	4
59D	89. Greeting in Brazil	3
60D	90. Easily moved	8
61D	92. Arrive by car	6
62D	93. Gym staff member	7
63D	96. Set of nine dancing in "The 12 Days of Christmas"	6
64D	97. 2017 figure skating biopic	6
65D	98. Compels	6
66D	99. Things that typically build up during vacation	6
67D	100. Easter purchase	6
68D	101. Social media tribute to a celeb, say	6
69D	104. Tech company exec	3
70D	106. Hollywood workplaces	4
71D	107. Major-leaguers	4
72D	108. Something hard to face?	4
73D	110. Small bug?	4
74D	111. ___ Minor	4
75D	112. Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely"	4
76D	114. Vex, with "off"	3
77D	116. Summer on the Riviera	3
78D	117. Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records	3
79D	118. Led	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Words on either side of "___ is ___""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ABET

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2D: "2. Bank (on)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have confidence or faith in
• Similar words include: swear, bank, trust
• Opposite of: mistrust

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Answer: RELY

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3D: "3. Sting operation"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• Similar words include: ambuscade, sand trap, pin down
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRAP

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4D: "4. Trouble with Z's?"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness
• Opposite of: hypersomnia
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: INSOMNIA

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5D: "5. Take a load off"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
• Similar words include: sit around, model, seat
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: SIT

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6D: "6. Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANI

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7D: "7. Small change"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
• Similar words include: atomic number 28, Ni, nickel note
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NICKEL

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8D: "8. Tilt"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• Similar words include: inclination, tend, incline
• Opposite of: fat, rich

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Answer: LEAN

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9D: "9. Werewolf on TV's "Wednesday""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a town in north central oklahoma
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ENID

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10D: "10. Slip up"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Similar words include: drift, stray, slip
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERR

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11D: "11. Wee mewer"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that young domestic cat
• Similar words include: kitty
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: KITTEN

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12D: "12. Prestigious academic journal since 1880"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular branch of scientific knowledge
• Similar words include: skill, scientific discipline
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SCIENCE

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13D: "13. Résumé problems, at times"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
• Similar words include: break, disruption, crack
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GAPS

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14D: "14. 365 días"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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: Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Arab Revolutionary Brigades
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANO

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15D: "15. More ideal?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a book written by sir thomas more (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
• Similar words include: Sion, Zion
• Opposite of: dystopia

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Answer: UTOPIA

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16D: "16. Trix or Kix"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
• Similar words include: cereal grass, grain, food grain
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CEREAL

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17D: "17. ___ society"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
• Similar words include: humanistic, humanist
• Opposite of: inhumane

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Answer: HUMANE

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18D: "18. Performances at Paris's Palais Garnier"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• Similar words include: Opera, opera house, opera
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OPERAS

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19D: "21. Well again"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that heal or recover
• Similar words include: cure, cured, bring around
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: HEALED

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20D: "24. Quick hellos"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HIS

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21D: "29. Vibes"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• Similar words include: humour, climate, humor
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MOODS

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22D: "32. Jumpy"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ONEDGE

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23D: "33. What many a shelter animal hopes to be"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that free from harm or evil
• Similar words include: reclaimed, deliver, rescue
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RESCUED

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24D: "34. BMW offering since 2000"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very short skirt
• Similar words include: miniskirt
• Opposite of: midi

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Answer: MINI

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25D: "35. Many boy band fans"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TWEENS

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26D: "36. 2019 film that one reviewer called "purr-fectly dreadful""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• Similar words include: hombre, computed tomography, true cat
• Opposite of: keep down

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Answer: CATS

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27D: "37. Villainous chortle"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HEHE

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28D: "38. "Can I go now?""

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: AREWEDONE

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29D: "39. Await settlement, as a payment"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEND

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30D: "40. Partner of Parks, informally"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REC

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31D: "41. Goes well with"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a display of bad temper
• Similar words include: equip, paroxysm, tantrum
• Opposite of: disagree

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Answer: FITS

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32D: "43. California's Big ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Similar words include: Tyre
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SUR

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33D: "46. Band with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall""

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
• Similar words include: haven
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OASIS

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34D: "47. Clorox competitor"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LYSOL

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35D: "49. Individualist"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
• Similar words include: lone hand, lone wolf
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LONER

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36D: "50. Drink from a tub?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the light of the moon
• Similar words include: corn liquor, moonlight, bootleg
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MOONSHINE

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37D: "51. Concert broadcast that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with "the""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OPRY

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38D: "55. The Who's "Love, Reign ___ Me""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OER

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39D: "56. Makeup of some face masks"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that water soaked soil; soft wet earth
• Similar words include: mire, clay, muck up
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MUD

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40D: "58. Vast amount"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Similar words include: ocean
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEA

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41D: "60. Italian city known for its cheese"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PARMA

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42D: "61. Vapes"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ECIGS

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43D: "62. Georgia airport, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATL

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44D: "63. ___ dish"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PETRI

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45D: "65. Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DST

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46D: "66. Fighting"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATIT

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47D: "68. Pi follower"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RHO

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48D: "69. "Uhh ...," to Brits"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERM

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49D: "70. Come back in"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: REENTER

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50D: "73. Alternatives to gyro platters"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
• Similar words include: kabob, shish kebab, kebab
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: KEBABS

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51D: "76. Variety of rabbit or goat"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that the capital of turkey; located in west-central turkey; it was formerly known as angora and is the home of angora goats
• Similar words include: Angora cat, Angora goat, Angora rabbit
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANGORA

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52D: "78. What a tall collar covers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that the back side of the neck
• Similar words include: scruff, nucha
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NAPE

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53D: "80. Read quickly"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• Similar words include: glance over, skim, rake
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SCAN

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54D: "81. Gives the green light"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that a state in south central united states
• Similar words include: OK, okey, O.K.
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OKS

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55D: "83. "I've got this""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONIT

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56D: "84. Barely scrapes (by)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EKES

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57D: "86. Social blunder"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a socially awkward or tactless act
• Similar words include: gaucherie, slip, solecism
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GAFFE

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58D: "88. Amateur radio devotees"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Similar words include: Ham, jambon, overact
• Opposite of: underact

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Answer: HAMS

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59D: "89. Greeting in Brazil"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
• Similar words include: olla
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OLA

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60D: "90. Easily moved"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
• Opposite of: unportable
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PORTABLE

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61D: "92. Arrive by car"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ROLLUP

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62D: "93. Gym staff member"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that one who trains other persons or animals
• Similar words include: flight simulator
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRAINER

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63D: "96. Set of nine dancing in "The 12 Days of Christmas""

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a polite name for any woman
• Similar words include: dame, peeress, noblewoman
• Opposite of: Lord, nobleman

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Answer: LADIES

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64D: "97. 2017 figure skating biopic"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ITONYA

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65D: "98. Compels"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a powerful effect or influence
• Similar words include: force play, storm, personnel
• Opposite of: pull, push

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Answer: FORCES

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66D: "99. Things that typically build up during vacation"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
• Similar words include: netmail, e-mail, electronic mail
• Opposite of: snail mail

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Answer: EMAILS

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67D: "100. Easter purchase"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EGGDYE

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68D: "101. Social media tribute to a celeb, say"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FANVID

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69D: "104. Tech company exec"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a federation of north american industrial unions that merged with the american federation of labor in 1955
• Similar words include: Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CIO

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70D: "106. Hollywood workplaces"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Similar words include: band, position, lay
• Opposite of: rise

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Answer: SETS

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71D: "107. Major-leaguers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that an athlete who plays for pay
• Similar words include: pro, professional
• Opposite of: amateur, con

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Answer: PROS

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72D: "108. Something hard to face?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACNE

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73D: "110. Small bug?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
• Similar words include: common cold, cold-blooded, low temperature
• Opposite of: hotness, hot

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Answer: COLD

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74D: "111. ___ Minor"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASIA

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75D: "112. Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISNT

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76D: "114. Vex, with "off""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Similar words include: teeing ground, tee up, football tee
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TEE

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77D: "116. Summer on the Riviera"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ETE

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78D: "117. Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EMI

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79D: "118. Led"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Similar words include: operate, work, lam
• Opposite of: idle, malfunction

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Answer: RAN

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61 Across Clues

79 Down Clues

140 Total Clues

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