NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2024 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2024

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Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. J.Lo or J-Law

7-letter answer Answer: ALISTER

Clue #2: 8. Brief

6-letter answer Answer: INFORM

Word Help: Synonyms: inform

Clue #3: 14. Target of a seasonal shot

3-letter answer Answer: FLU

Word Help: Synonyms: influenza, grippe, flu

Clue #4: 17. Harmful algal blooms

8-letter answer Answer: REDTIDES

Clue #5: 19. Liqueur sharing its name with an island

7-letter answer Answer: CURACAO

Word Help: Synonyms: curacao, curacoa, Curacao

Clue #6: 21. Actor Somerhalder

3-letter answer Answer: IAN

Clue #7: 22. Rock group clashes over album art?

17-letter answer Answer: CDCASEDIVIDESACDC

Clue #8: 25. Common allergen

3-letter answer Answer: NUT

Word Help: Synonyms: testicle, ballock, screwball

Clue #9: 26. Possessive in the Lord's Prayer

3-letter answer Answer: THY

Clue #10: 27. Picked up on

7-letter answer Answer: NOTICED

Word Help: Synonyms: noticed, discover, comment
Antonyms: unnoticed, ignore

Clue #11: 28. Cartoonist Chast

3-letter answer Answer: ROZ

Clue #12: 29. Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #13: 30. "Veni, vidi, ___"

4-letter answer Answer: VICI

Clue #14: 32. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar

3-letter answer Answer: EEL

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Clue #15: 33. "So cute!"

8-letter answer Answer: ADORABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: endearing, lovely, adorable

Clue #16: 36. Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player?

19-letter answer Answer: PACERSSELFLESSRECAP

Clue #17: 42. Celebration whose name literally means "taro leaf"

4-letter answer Answer: LUAU

Word Help: Synonyms: luau

Clue #18: 43. Salve targets

5-letter answer Answer: SORES

Word Help: Synonyms: sore

Clue #19: 44. You might go for a spin in one

4-letter answer Answer: TUTU

Word Help: Synonyms: Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt

Clue #20: 45. Doohickey

4-letter answer Answer: ITEM

Word Help: Synonyms: item, detail, token

Clue #21: 48. "Secret Celebrity Renovation" airer

3-letter answer Answer: CBS

Clue #22: 50. Word with high or secret

7-letter answer Answer: SOCIETY

Word Help: Synonyms: social_club, companionship, company

Clue #23: 54. Top score in a dunk contest

3-letter answer Answer: TEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ten-spot, tenner, ten

Clue #24: 55. Director Burton

3-letter answer Answer: TIM

Clue #25: 56. Doohickey

6-letter answer Answer: THINGY

Clue #26: 59. Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

5-letter answer Answer: STEED

Word Help: Synonyms: steed

Clue #27: 61. Buffalo hockey player

5-letter answer Answer: SABRE

Word Help: Synonyms: sabre, saber, cavalry_sword

Clue #28: 63. Slangy request to a German to play it cool?

15-letter answer Answer: KLAUSACTCASUALK

Clue #29: 70. Big brand in the frozen aisle

6-letter answer Answer: OREIDA

Clue #30: 72. Greta of "Grand Hotel"

5-letter answer Answer: GARBO

Word Help: Synonyms: Greta_Garbo, Greta_Louisa_Gustafsson, Garbo

Clue #31: 73. Brisket cooker

6-letter answer Answer: SMOKER

Word Help: Synonyms: tobacco_user, smoking_carriage, smoker
Antonyms: nonsmoker

Clue #32: 74. What happened when the bust went sideways?

15-letter answer Answer: NARCINAPANICRAN

Clue #33: 79. Comment that breaks the fourth wall

5-letter answer Answer: ASIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: divagation, digression, parenthesis

Clue #34: 80. "You're ___ luck, my friend"

5-letter answer Answer: OUTTA

Clue #35: 81. Place with swinging doors, stereotypically

6-letter answer Answer: SALOON

Word Help: Synonyms: pothouse, saloon, bar

Clue #36: 83. "The Great Gatsby" antagonist

3-letter answer Answer: TOM

Word Help: Synonyms: tom, tomcat, Uncle_Tom

Clue #37: 84. "That's gotta hurt!"

3-letter answer Answer: OOF

Clue #38: 87. Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser

7-letter answer Answer: METGALA

Clue #39: 91. Origami, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: prowess, graphics, artistic_production

Clue #40: 92. Early invader of Britain

4-letter answer Answer: DANE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dane

Clue #41: 93. Event inspiring many TikTok proposals

4-letter answer Answer: PROM

Word Help: Synonyms: prom, promenade

Clue #42: 95. Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure

5-letter answer Answer: ATARI

Clue #43: 97. Calf-length dress

4-letter answer Answer: MIDI

Word Help: Synonyms: Midi, midi, MIDI
Antonyms: maxi

Clue #44: 99. Headline regarding a children's author controversy?

19-letter answer Answer: SEUSSIGNITINGISSUES

Clue #45: 106. Player in a baseball stadium

8-letter answer Answer: ORGANIST

Word Help: Synonyms: organist

Clue #46: 107. Sucker

3-letter answer Answer: SAP

Word Help: Synonyms: saphead, muggins, fool

Clue #47: 108. Post-workout feeling

4-letter answer Answer: ACHE

Word Help: Synonyms: yen, pine, languish

Clue #48: 110. Femur-to-tibia connector, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ACL

Clue #49: 111. Barbecue coating

3-letter answer Answer: RUB

Word Help: Synonyms: snag, wipe, hang-up

Clue #50: 112. Rile up

7-letter answer Answer: AGITATE

Word Help: Synonyms: stir_up, push, campaign
Antonyms: calm

Clue #51: 116. Progressive competitor

3-letter answer Answer: AIG

Clue #52: 117. Java

3-letter answer Answer: JOE

Clue #53: 118. Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread?

17-letter answer Answer: IRISHSIDEDISHSIRI

Clue #54: 123. Actress Ortiz

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ana, ana

Clue #55: 124. Hard to pin down

7-letter answer Answer: ELUSIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: subtle, problematic, elusive

Clue #56: 125. Mammal seen in Monterey Bay

8-letter answer Answer: SEAOTTER

Clue #57: 126. Traveling caller, perhaps

3-letter answer Answer: REF

Word Help: Synonyms: referee, ref

Clue #58: 127. Pair in a telescope

6-letter answer Answer: LENSES

Word Help: Synonyms: electron_lens, crystalline_lens, lens

Clue #59: 128. Subjects of many evening photographs

7-letter answer Answer: SUNSETS

Word Help: Synonyms: sunset, sundown
Antonyms: sunrise

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. Character's development path

3-letter answer Answer: ARC

Word Help: Synonyms: arc, curve, spark

Clue #2: 2. Certain flat-screen, for short

5-letter answer Answer: LEDTV

Clue #3: 3. Aid in recovering a lost pet

6-letter answer Answer: IDCHIP

Clue #4: 4. "Don't freak out!"

8-letter answer Answer: STAYCALM

Clue #5: 5. "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius

3-letter answer Answer: TIS

Word Help: Synonyms: titanium, te, Ti

Clue #6: 6. Idyllic spot for two

4-letter answer Answer: EDEN

Word Help: Synonyms: nirvana, heaven, Garden_of_Eden

Clue #7: 7. Try again from the top

4-letter answer Answer: REDO

Word Help: Synonyms: make_over, refashion, remodel

Clue #8: 8. They might hang around the house during the holidays

7-letter answer Answer: ICICLES

Word Help: Synonyms: icicle

Clue #9: 9. In the buff

4-letter answer Answer: NUDE

Word Help: Synonyms: nude_statue, nude_sculpture, nude_person

Clue #10: 10. Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers

4-letter answer Answer: FRED

Clue #11: 11. Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica

3-letter answer Answer: OAS

Word Help: Synonyms: Organization_of_American_States, OAS

Clue #12: 12. Pioneer in color TV

3-letter answer Answer: RCA

Clue #13: 13. Keyboard shortcuts

6-letter answer Answer: MACROS

Word Help: Synonyms: macro, macro_instruction

Clue #14: 14. Version shown at the movie theater

8-letter answer Answer: FINALCUT

Clue #15: 15. Nobel honoree

8-letter answer Answer: LAUREATE

Word Help: Synonyms: laureate

Clue #16: 16. Biblical preposition

4-letter answer Answer: UNTO

Clue #17: 18. Google search results

5-letter answer Answer: SITES

Word Help: Synonyms: posture, sit, internet_site
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #18: 20. Nose wrinklers

5-letter answer Answer: ODORS

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, smell, olfactory_sensation

Clue #19: 23. Contests

4-letter answer Answer: VIES

Word Help: Synonyms: compete, vie, contend

Clue #20: 24. Foe of the Bolsheviks

4-letter answer Answer: CZAR

Word Help: Synonyms: tzar, tsar, czar

Clue #21: 31. R.N.'s assignment, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: ICU

Word Help: Synonyms: ICU, intensive_care_unit

Clue #22: 33. Knighted Guinness

4-letter answer Answer: ALEC

Clue #23: 34. Stop it

6-letter answer Answer: DESIST

Word Help: Synonyms: refrain, abstain, desist
Antonyms: consume

Clue #24: 35. Use DraftKings or FanDuel

3-letter answer Answer: BET

Word Help: Synonyms: stake, count, look

Clue #25: 37. A person

4-letter answer Answer: EACH

Word Help: Synonyms: each, to_each_one, for_each_one

Clue #26: 38. Inventor who wrote "Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All"

5-letter answer Answer: RUBIK

Clue #27: 39. ___ Blancos, nickname for soccer's Real Madrid

3-letter answer Answer: LOS

Clue #28: 40. To's counterpart

3-letter answer Answer: FRO

Clue #29: 41. Many a dad joke

3-letter answer Answer: PUN

Word Help: Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, punning

Clue #30: 45. "OK, the gloves are off!"

5-letter answer Answer: ITSON

Clue #31: 46. Diadem lookalike

5-letter answer Answer: TIARA

Word Help: Synonyms: tiara

Clue #32: 47. After burner?

5-letter answer Answer: EMBER

Word Help: Synonyms: coal, ember

Clue #33: 49. Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #34: 51. Abbr. after a series

3-letter answer Answer: ETC

Clue #35: 52. Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches

4-letter answer Answer: TEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: teatime, tea, afternoon_tea

Clue #36: 53. Overly agreeable sort

6-letter answer Answer: YESMAN

Clue #37: 56. Monotony

6-letter answer Answer: TEDIUM

Word Help: Synonyms: tedium, ennui, tediousness

Clue #38: 57. Mad (about)

4-letter answer Answer: GAGA

Word Help: Synonyms: gaga, senile, dotty

Clue #39: 58. Chinese dollar

4-letter answer Answer: YUAN

Word Help: Synonyms: kwai, yuan, Yuan_dynasty

Clue #40: 60. Pairs

4-letter answer Answer: DUOS

Word Help: Synonyms: twain, pair, yoke

Clue #41: 62. Having mucho dinero

4-letter answer Answer: RICO

Word Help: Synonyms: RICO, anti-racketeering_law, Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act

Clue #42: 64. Indian honorific

3-letter answer Answer: SRI

Clue #43: 65. Basics

4-letter answer Answer: ABCS

Word Help: Synonyms: ABCs, alphabet, ABC

Clue #44: 66. ___ Felton, title detective of "The Puzzle Lady Mysteries"

4-letter answer Answer: CORA

Word Help: Synonyms: Despoina, Persephone, Cora

Clue #45: 67. Japanese dog breed

5-letter answer Answer: AKITA

Clue #46: 68. Unfairly enticed

5-letter answer Answer: LEDON

Clue #47: 69. Krispy ___

5-letter answer Answer: KREME

Clue #48: 71. Money paid for a hand

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #49: 75. A.B.A. member: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: ATT

Clue #50: 76. Early polytheists

6-letter answer Answer: PAGANS

Word Help: Synonyms: infidel, heathen, pleasure_seeker

Clue #51: 77. In the style of

3-letter answer Answer: ALA

Word Help: Synonyms: ala

Clue #52: 78. Conventions

5-letter answer Answer: NORMS

Word Help: Synonyms: average, norm

Clue #53: 82. First name in soul

4-letter answer Answer: OTIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Otis, genus_Otis, Elisha_Graves_Otis

Clue #54: 84. Covert ___

3-letter answer Answer: OPS

Word Help: Synonyms: Ops

Clue #55: 85. Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies

8-letter answer Answer: OREOCONE

Clue #56: 86. Unlike a shamrock

8-letter answer Answer: FOURLEAF

Clue #57: 88. Fighting

4-letter answer Answer: ATIT

Clue #58: 89. Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short

3-letter answer Answer: LAT

Word Help: Synonyms: lat, latissimus_dorsi

Clue #59: 90. Shapiro of NPR

3-letter answer Answer: ARI

Clue #60: 92. Forms from a mold

8-letter answer Answer: DIECASTS

Clue #61: 94. Flavor enhancer, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MSG

Word Help: Synonyms: monosodium_glutamate, MSG

Clue #62: 96. Guts

7-letter answer Answer: INSIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: interior, inside
Antonyms: outside

Clue #63: 98. Singer ___ Lipa

3-letter answer Answer: DUA

Clue #64: 100. Garment worn with a choli

4-letter answer Answer: SARI

Word Help: Synonyms: sari, saree

Clue #65: 101. Harden (to)

5-letter answer Answer: INURE

Word Help: Synonyms: harden, inure, indurate

Clue #66: 102. Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944

6-letter answer Answer: GIBILL

Clue #67: 103. Airport area

4-letter answer Answer: GATE

Word Help: Synonyms: gate, logic_gate

Clue #68: 104. Devices that often get swiped

5-letter answer Answer: IPADS

Clue #69: 105. Certain Muslim

6-letter answer Answer: SHIITE

Word Help: Synonyms: Shia_Muslim, Shi'ite, Shiite_Muslim

Clue #70: 109. "Great" or "snowy" bird

5-letter answer Answer: EGRET

Word Help: Synonyms: egret

Clue #71: 110. Just barely open

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #72: 112. "The way things are going ..."

4-letter answer Answer: ASIS

Clue #73: 113. Cry "Uncle!"

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: make, fall_in, leave
Antonyms: take, starve

Clue #74: 114. Skinny pieces of clothing

4-letter answer Answer: TIES

Word Help: Synonyms: necktie, affiliation, attach
Antonyms: disconnect, untie

Clue #75: 115. Son of Isaac and Rebecca

4-letter answer Answer: ESAU

Word Help: Synonyms: Esau

Clue #76: 119. Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles

3-letter answer Answer: SUE

Word Help: Synonyms: action, process, Eugene_Sue

Clue #77: 120. QVC alternative

3-letter answer Answer: HSN

Clue #78: 121. Snookums

3-letter answer Answer: HON

Clue #79: 122. Org. with a return policy?

3-letter answer Answer: IRS

Word Help: Synonyms: Internal_Revenue_Service, IRS

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (65 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (73 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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. Classic target of a troll	9
2A	10. Prized steed	4
3A	14. Little hellions	4
4A	18. Hard to understand	10
5A	20. Latvian capital	4
6A	21. Kindle competitor	4
7A	22. Sailor who drinks only the finest grog?	11
8A	24. Knockoff version of a sweet treat?	9
9A	26. ID on a credit check	3
10A	27. End-of-level showdown	9
11A	29. "When in the ___ of human events ..."	6
12A	30. Bridges	5
13A	32. Vote for	3
14A	33. Paint carelessly	4
15A	34. Alternative to kale	5
16A	35. Projectionist's item	8
17A	38. "If you ask me nicely …"	4
18A	42. Game with players known as "shooters"	5
19A	43. Convenient spot for a cat nap?	10
20A	45. Singer Rita	3
21A	46. Official hand gesture of Hawaii 🤙	5
22A	47. "Darn it!"	4
23A	48. 1950s political nickname	3
24A	49. Wild	5
25A	51. The 4,765-year-old "Methuselah" is one	4
26A	52. Zilch	4
27A	53. Prominent feature of dubstep music	4
28A	55. Wrap up tight	6
29A	56. Press coverage	3
30A	57. Scorching	7
31A	59. Agent's good news	7
32A	60. Cryptographers' needs	4
33A	62. Suitable for the middle-aged?	11
34A	65. "Oh, dear!"	4
35A	66. Flies the coop	7
36A	68. Pain-relieving drug	7
37A	69. The Chiffons' "___ So Fine"	3
38A	70. Knitted cap	6
39A	71. Pop icon with a Best Actress award	4
40A	73. Huff and puff?	4
41A	74. "Look what I did!"	4
42A	75. Bewildered	5
43A	76. Polynesian staple	3
44A	77. Twisted do	4
45A	78. Global currency market, for short	5
46A	79. Martial artist Bruce	3
47A	80. Suspicious absence from school?	10
48A	84. Taps on the snoot	5
49A	85. Places	4
50A	87. Snuggle	8
51A	88. Stooge who said "Soitenly!"	5
52A	89. Poses	4
53A	91. "What's up, ___?"	3
54A	92. Wise guys	5
55A	93. Crudely built shack	6
56A	96. Purple fruit with a distinctive inner shape	9
57A	99. Barista or barrister	3
58A	102. "How sad. You actually think you can win," e.g.?	9
59A	104. A locksmith getting stuck in bedroom handcuffs, say?	11
60A	107. Present opener?	4
61A	108. Unlike a cover: Abbr.	4
62A	109. Something parents may try to limit for their kids	10
63A	110. See 95-Down	4
64A	111. Creole staple	4
65A	112. In which actors barely go through the motions?	9

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Classic target of a troll"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BILLYGOAT

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2A: "10. Prized steed"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Similar words include: Arabian
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARAB

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3A: "14. Little hellions"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Similar words include: scamp, rascal, scallywag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMPS

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4A: "18. Hard to understand"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: CLEARASMUD

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5A: "20. Latvian capital"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
• Similar words include: capital of Latvia
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RIGA

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6A: "21. Kindle competitor"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sheltered and secluded place
• Similar words include: corner
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOOK

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7A: "22. Sailor who drinks only the finest grog?"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CLASSYMATEY

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8A: "24. Knockoff version of a sweet treat?"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: GOODYCOPY

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9A: "26. ID on a credit check"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SSN

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10A: "27. End-of-level showdown"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BOSSFIGHT

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11A: "29. "When in the ___ of human events ...""

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
• Similar words include: form, course of action, row
• Opposite of: unnaturally

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Answer: COURSE

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12A: "30. Bridges"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the complete duration of something
• Similar words include: dyad, sweep, traverse
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPANS

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13A: "32. Vote for"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Similar words include: yeah
• Opposite of: nay

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Answer: YEA

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14A: "33. Paint carelessly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that material used to daub walls
• Similar words include: smear, blot, plaster
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DAUB

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15A: "34. Alternative to kale"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
• Similar words include: chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla, leaf beet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHARD

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16A: "35. Projectionist's item"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FILMREEL

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17A: "38. "If you ask me nicely …""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMAY

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18A: "42. Game with players known as "shooters""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
• Similar words include: take a shit, ca-ca, turd
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CRAPS

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19A: "43. Convenient spot for a cat nap?"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: HANDYBELLY

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20A: "45. Singer Rita"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Similar words include: OS, os, bone
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORA

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21A: "46. Official hand gesture of Hawaii 🤙"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHAKA

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22A: "47. "Darn it!""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DANG

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23A: "48. 1950s political nickname"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Similar words include: Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IKE

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24A: "49. Wild"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that frenzied as if possessed by a demon
• Similar words include: demoniacal, murderously, amok
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AMUCK

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25A: "51. The 4,765-year-old "Methuselah" is one"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a coniferous tree
• Similar words include: true pine, languish, ache
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PINE

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26A: "52. Zilch"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of no importance
• Similar words include: nil, nothing, zero
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NADA

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27A: "53. Prominent feature of dubstep music"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the lowest part of the musical range
• Similar words include: bass part, sea bass, basso
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BASS

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28A: "55. Wrap up tight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an enveloping bandage
• Similar words include: wrapping, swaddle
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SWATHE

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29A: "56. Press coverage"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INK

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30A: "57. Scorching"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: OVERHOT

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31A: "59. Agent's good news"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ITSAHIT

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32A: "60. Cryptographers' needs"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Similar words include: identify, name, winder
• Opposite of: atonality

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Answer: KEYS

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33A: "62. Suitable for the middle-aged?"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: FORTYWORTHY

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34A: "65. "Oh, dear!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MYMY

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35A: "66. Flies the coop"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of escaping physically
• Similar words include: escapism, get out, fly the coop
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ESCAPES

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36A: "68. Pain-relieving drug"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a synthetic narcotic drug (trade name demerol) used to treat pain
• Similar words include: meperidine hydrochloride, meperidine
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: DEMEROL

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37A: "69. The Chiffons' "___ So Fine""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
• Similar words include: he, He, helium
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HES

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38A: "70. Knitted cap"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
• Similar words include: beany
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BEANIE

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39A: "71. Pop icon with a Best Actress award"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHER

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40A: "73. Huff and puff?"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VAPE

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41A: "74. "Look what I did!""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TADA

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42A: "75. Bewildered"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATSEA

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43A: "76. Polynesian staple"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: POI

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44A: "77. Twisted do"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LOCS

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45A: "78. Global currency market, for short"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FOREX

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46A: "79. Martial artist Bruce"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Similar words include: Henry Lee, leeward, Shelton Jackson Lee
• Opposite of: windward

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Answer: LEE

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47A: "80. Suspicious absence from school?"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: FISHYHOOKY

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48A: "84. Taps on the snoot"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BOOPS

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49A: "85. Places"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Similar words include: place, pose, position
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LAYS

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50A: "87. Snuggle"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fondle or pet affectionately
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CANOODLE

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51A: "88. Stooge who said "Soitenly!""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of hair) having curls or waves
• Opposite of: straight
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CURLY

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52A: "89. Poses"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that inquire about
• Similar words include: need, expect, inquire
• Opposite of: obviate

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Answer: ASKS

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53A: "91. "What's up, ___?""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
• Similar words include: physician, Dr., Commerce
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOC

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54A: "92. Wise guys"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
• Similar words include: droop, sag, salvia
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SAGES

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55A: "93. Crudely built shack"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that small crude shelter used as a dwelling
• Similar words include: sea chantey, chanty, hutch
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SHANTY

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56A: "96. Purple fruit with a distinctive inner shape"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STARAPPLE

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57A: "99. Barista or barrister"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
• Similar words include: caper, business, problem
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: JOB

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58A: "102. "How sad. You actually think you can win," e.g.?"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: COCKYPITY

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59A: "104. A locksmith getting stuck in bedroom handcuffs, say?"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: STEAMYIRONY

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60A: "107. Present opener?"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OMNI

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61A: "108. Unlike a cover: Abbr."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ORIG

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62A: "109. Something parents may try to limit for their kids"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: SCREENTIME

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63A: "110. See 95-Down"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
• Similar words include: teenager, teenage, teenaged
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TEEN

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64A: "111. Creole staple"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentus, okra plant
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OKRA

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65A: "112. In which actors barely go through the motions?"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SEXSCENES

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Surreptitiously loops in, for short	4
2D	2. Troubles	4
3D	3. Low-fat	4
4D	4. ___ Américas	3
5D	5. Many, many mos.	3
6D	6. Venues like New York City's Stonewall Inn	7
7D	7. Donny or Marie	6
8D	8. Stockpile	5
9D	9. Light rebukes	4
10D	10. "For crying out loud!"	4
11D	11. Hoot	4
12D	12. Before	3
13D	13. Referee's mistake	7
14D	14. Nighttime demons	6
15D	15. "Wuthering Heights" setting	4
16D	16. Is visually striking	4
17D	17. Portree is the capital of this isle	4
18D	19. Death-___	7
19D	23. Triangular sign	5
20D	25. Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army	3
21D	28. Like wild meat, sometimes	4
22D	30. Manage to lose, as a tail	5
23D	31. He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic	4
24D	33. Proofreader's mark	4
25D	34. Actor Affleck when he needs a nap?	11
26D	35. Some nonlicensed tributes	6
27D	36. Sluggers' stats	4
28D	37. Startled cries	4
29D	39. Half-woman, half-bird, all attitude?	11
30D	40. "Eureka!" shouter	10
31D	41. Benny Hill theme song	9
32D	42. Oolong or lapsang souchong	10
33D	43. Actor Bill of "Barry"	5
34D	44. Twists side-to-side	4
35D	46. Hybrid sport played with a trampoline-like net	9
36D	47. Swiss locale of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum	5
37D	50. Old-fashioned term of address	4
38D	52. Gratis	5
39D	53. Garden shelter	5
40D	54. Discovery of chemist John Dalton	4
41D	55. "You're cramping my ___"	5
42D	58. Evil alter ego of literature	4
43D	59. Waffle House alternatives	5
44D	61. Sound	4
45D	63. Not follow suit, in bridge	6
46D	64. Frequent on-screen partner of Hepburn	5
47D	67. "La Vie en rose" singer	4
48D	71. Sports journalist Linda	4
49D	72. "___ Silver!"	4
50D	74. Gimlets and screwdrivers	5
51D	76. Ad Council spots, for short	4
52D	77. Some memes of the 2000s	7
53D	78. Driver's warning	4
54D	81. Disgusting, in totspeak	7
55D	82. TV journalist Kotb	4
56D	83. What wavy lines in comic strips represent	5
57D	84. "I can't believe what I'm seeing!" facial reaction	7
58D	86. Became real, as bad news	6
59D	88. Southwestern culinary fusion	6
60D	90. Pigpen	3
61D	92. Extra	5
62D	93. Macbeth or Macduff	4
63D	94. Bygone iPhone button	4
64D	95. Common 110-Across stressor	4
65D	96. Move around and around	4
66D	97. Rapper with a feline-sounding name	4
67D	98. Chest muscles, for short	4
68D	99. Knit	4
69D	100. "This round's ___"	4
70D	101. Effortless ways to advance	4
71D	103. Vex	3
72D	105. Close of business?	3
73D	106. 66, for example: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Surreptitiously loops in, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BCCS

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2D: "2. Troubles"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Similar words include: ill, ailment, complaint
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ILLS

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3D: "3. Low-fat"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: LEAN

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4D: "4. ___ Américas"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Similar words include: La, atomic number 57, lanthanum
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAS

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5D: "5. Many, many mos."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
• Similar words include: year, twelvemonth, yr
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YRS

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6D: "6. Venues like New York City's Stonewall Inn"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: GAYBARS

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7D: "7. Donny or Marie"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OSMOND

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8D: "8. Stockpile"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that collect or gather
• Similar words include: conglomerate, pile up, roll up
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AMASS

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9D: "9. Light rebukes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Similar words include: tsk, tut, tut-tut
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TUTS

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10D: "10. "For crying out loud!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARGH

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11D: "11. Hoot"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Similar words include: debauch, debauchery, rioting
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RIOT

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12D: "12. Before"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gone by; or in the past
• Similar words include: agone
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AGO

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13D: "13. Referee's mistake"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BADCALL

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14D: "14. Nighttime demons"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
• Similar words include: nightmare, incubus
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: INCUBI

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15D: "15. "Wuthering Heights" setting"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Similar words include: moorland, tie up, berth
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MOOR

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16D: "16. Is visually striking"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: POPS

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17D: "17. Portree is the capital of this isle"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SKYE

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18D: "19. Death-___"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that resist or confront with resistance
• Similar words include: withstand, refuse, hold up
• Opposite of: lend oneself

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEFYING

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19D: "23. Triangular sign"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that production of a certain amount
• Similar words include: knuckle under, generate, give
• Opposite of: stand, survive

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Answer: YIELD

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20D: "25. Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YOU

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21D: "28. Like wild meat, sometimes"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that suggestive of sexual impropriety
• Similar words include: blue, risque, mettlesome
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GAMY

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22D: "30. Manage to lose, as a tail"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that building material used as siding or roofing
• Similar words include: handshake, shiver, milk shake
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHAKE

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23D: "31. He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: PAPA

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24D: "33. Proofreader's mark"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELE

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25D: "34. Actor Affleck when he needs a nap?"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CRANKYCASEY

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26D: "35. Some nonlicensed tributes"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FANART

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27D: "36. Sluggers' stats"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a run that is the result of the batter's performance
• Similar words include: run batted in, rbi
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RBIS

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28D: "37. Startled cries"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EEKS

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29D: "39. Half-woman, half-bird, all attitude?"

11 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: MOUTHYHARPY

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30D: "40. "Eureka!" shouter"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 bc)
• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ARCHIMEDES

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31D: "41. Benny Hill theme song"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: YAKETYSAX

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32D: "42. Oolong or lapsang souchong"

10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: CHINESETEA

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33D: "43. Actor Bill of "Barry""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HADER

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34D: "44. Twists side-to-side"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
• Similar words include: yawn, framboesia, gape
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YAWS

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35D: "46. Hybrid sport played with a trampoline-like net"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPIKEBALL

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36D: "47. Swiss locale of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DAVOS

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37D: "50. Old-fashioned term of address"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MAAM

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38D: "52. Gratis"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOFEE

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39D: "53. Garden shelter"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a framework that supports climbing plants
• Similar words include: embower, pergola, arbour
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BOWER

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40D: "54. Discovery of chemist John Dalton"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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: corpuscle, mote, particle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ATOM

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41D: "55. "You're cramping my ___""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
• Similar words include: mode, flair, expressive style
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STYLE

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42D: "58. Evil alter ego of literature"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HYDE

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43D: "59. Waffle House alternatives"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IHOPS

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44D: "61. Sound"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Similar words include: reasonable
• Opposite of: insane

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Answer: SANE

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45D: "63. Not follow suit, in bridge"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
• Similar words include: vacate, countermand, renege
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REVOKE

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46D: "64. Frequent on-screen partner of Hepburn"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that united states film actor who appeared in many films with katharine hepburn (1900-1967)
• Similar words include: Spencer Tracy
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRACY

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47D: "67. "La Vie en rose" singer"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french cabaret singer (1915-1963)
• Similar words include: Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PIAF

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48D: "71. Sports journalist Linda"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that german botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
• Similar words include: Ferdinand Julius Cohn
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COHN

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49D: "72. "___ Silver!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HIYO

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50D: "74. Gimlets and screwdrivers"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that an implement used in the practice of a vocation
• Similar words include: cock, dick, instrument
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOOLS

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51D: "76. Ad Council spots, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Similar words include: prostate specific antigen, PSA
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PSAS

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52D: "77. Some memes of the 2000s"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: LOLCATS

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53D: "78. Driver's warning"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Similar words include: prow, forward, stem
• Opposite of: aft

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Answer: FORE

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54D: "81. Disgusting, in totspeak"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ICKYPOO

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55D: "82. TV journalist Kotb"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HODA

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56D: "83. What wavy lines in comic strips represent"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: smell, olfactory property, olfactory sensation
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ODORS

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57D: "84. "I can't believe what I'm seeing!" facial reaction"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BUGEYES

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58D: "86. Became real, as bad news"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SANKIN

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59D: "88. Southwestern culinary fusion"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CALMEX

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60D: "90. Pigpen"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Similar words include: pigpen, hordeolum, pigsty
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: STY

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61D: "92. Extra"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
• Similar words include: dispense with, bare, scanty
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPARE

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62D: "93. Macbeth or Macduff"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Similar words include: Scotsman, Scotchman
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SCOT

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63D: "94. Bygone iPhone button"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that where you live at a particular time
• Similar words include: rest home, plate, domicile
• Opposite of: away

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Answer: HOME

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64D: "95. Common 110-Across stressor"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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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65D: "96. Move around and around"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Similar words include: fuss, conjure, shake
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STIR

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66D: "97. Rapper with a feline-sounding name"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TYGA

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67D: "98. Chest muscles, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either of two large muscles of the chest
• Similar words include: pectoral muscle, musculus pectoralis, pectoralis
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PECS

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68D: "99. Knit"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
• Similar words include: connect, link, juncture
• Opposite of: disjoin

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Answer: JOIN

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69D: "100. "This round's ___""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONME

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70D: "101. Effortless ways to advance"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
• Similar words include: good-bye, so long, sayonara
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BYES

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71D: "103. Vex"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that irritate or vex
• Similar words include: gall
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRK

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72D: "105. Close of business?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
• Similar words include: Iraqi National Congress
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: INC

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73D: "106. 66, for example: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RTE

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Today's Puzzle Stats

65 Across Clues

73 Down Clues

138 Total Clues

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