27414 Fri Nov 29, 2024 NYT by Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock

Across Clues :

1. "Never mind", 12. Hosp. care providers, 15. Question that can't possibly be answered "No", 16. Solid :: glace : liquid :: ___, 17. Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022, 18. Fender product, 19. Water bottle confiscator, for short, 20. Merely, 21. Chemistry research centers?, 23. Unchanged, 25. Light lager variety, casually, 28. Anti-apartheid activist Alan, 29. Makes into a soft fabric, as wool, 31. Mohawk culture, 33. Number of U.S. states starting with "B", 34. Mystic associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls, 36. Ghastly, 38. Certain lifelike sculpture … or what you might call 26-Down?, 40. Gather together, 42. They might be down for a ski trip, 46. Fill up, 47. Sullies, 49. Big name in water filters, 50. Where burnt offerings are placed, 52. ___ review, 54. War head?, 55. Ransacked, 57. Ones receiving free room and board, for short, 59. Bit of wit, 60. "The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time"), 61. Illustrative example, 65. Coastal waterway, 66. Facing big trouble, 67. Coin with cherry blossoms on its front, 68. Juuuuuuust about done

Down Clues :

1. U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet), 2. XXX, in a way, 3. Goes (for), 4. Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah, 5. Napoleon's is found at Paris's Hôtel des Invalides, 6. Put on deck, 7. Polite gesture of acknowledgment, 8. Something indicated with the index and middle fingers, 9. Bore, 10. Analogous, 11. Begin a hole, 12. One whose hard work is showing?, 13. Skeptic's retort, 14. Lying face up, 22. World capital at roughly the same latitude as Montevideo, 24. Protein source in a hearty meal, 26. Cogsworth's compatriot in "Beauty and the Beast", 27. Bump in the road, 30. Clothing fastener, 32. Branded coffee pod, 35. Script directive, 37. Like most practitioners of Druzism, 39. Piece of a children's book, perhaps, 40. Burn unit?, 41. Hassock, by another name, 43. Sautéed-and-simmered Japanese dish, 44. Made harmonious, 45. Simply divine, 46. Pay, 48. Hit podcast beginning in 2014, 51. Gather some intel, 53. Passed in a flash, 56. Half of a noted arcade pair, 58. Go a few rounds, 62. Geographical feature sometimes named for a color, 63. Stray, 64. Chalcocyanite, for example

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 29, 2024

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

New York Times, Friday, November 29, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. "Never mind". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SCRATCHTHAT




• The clue is 12. Hosp. care providers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RNS

  Possible Answer : registered_nurse, Rn, radon, RN, atomic_number_86




• The clue is 15. Question that can't possibly be answered "No". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: AREYOUAWAKE




• The clue is 16. Solid :: glace : liquid :: ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAU




• The clue is 17. Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: NOTIMETODIE




• The clue is 18. Fender product. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMP

  Possible Answer : amp, AMP, adenosine_monophosphate, ampere, adenylic_acid, A




• The clue is 19. Water bottle confiscator, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA




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

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

  The answer: BUT

  Possible Answer : simply, just, but, only, merely




• The clue is 21. Chemistry research centers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUCLEI

  Possible Answer : core, karyon, nucleus, core_group, lens_nucleus, cell_nucleus




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

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

  The answer: ASIS




• The clue is 25. Light lager variety, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PILS




• The clue is 28. Anti-apartheid activist Alan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATON

  Possible Answer : Alan_Paton, Alan_Stewart_Paton, Paton




• The clue is 29. Makes into a soft fabric, as wool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FELTS

  Possible Answer : felt, mat, mat_up, felt_up, matte_up, matt-up, matte




• The clue is 31. Mohawk culture. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUNK

  Possible Answer : spunk, crummy, touchwood, bum, punk_rock, cheap, sleazy, strong-armer, tinder, punk, hoodlum, chintzy, tinny, cheesy, goon, thug, punk_rocker, tough, kindling, toughie, hood




• The clue is 33. Number of U.S. states starting with "B". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONE

  Possible Answer : none




• The clue is 34. Mystic associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSENE

  Possible Answer : Essene




• The clue is 36. Ghastly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACABRE

  Possible Answer : sick, ghastly, macabre, gruesome, grim, grisly




• The clue is 38. Certain lifelike sculpture … or what you might call 26-Down?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: WAXFIGURE




• The clue is 40. Gather together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMPILE

  Possible Answer : accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, amass, compose, roll_up, pile_up




• The clue is 42. They might be down for a ski trip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARKAS

  Possible Answer : windcheater, anorak, parka, windbreaker




• The clue is 46. Fill up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATE

  Possible Answer : fill, sate, satiate, replete




• The clue is 47. Sullies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARS

  Possible Answer : pitch, sea_dog, seaman, mariner, Jack, Jack-tar, gob, old_salt, tar, seafarer




• The clue is 49. Big name in water filters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRITA




• The clue is 50. Where burnt offerings are placed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTAR

  Possible Answer : communion_table, Lord's_table, altar




• The clue is 52. ___ review. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEER

  Possible Answer : match, equal, peer, compeer




• The clue is 54. War head?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 55. Ransacked. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOTED

  Possible Answer : ransack, rifle, strip, pillage, plunder, foray, plundered, ransacked, looted, loot, despoil, reave, pillaged




• The clue is 57. Ones receiving free room and board, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAS

  Possible Answer : celestial_longitude, Re, RA, Ra, right_ascension, atomic_number_88, radium, reticular_activating_system, RAS




• The clue is 59. Bit of wit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUN

  Possible Answer : punning, pun, wordplay, paronomasia




• The clue is 60. "The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARM

  Possible Answer : limb, arm, build_up, gird, subdivision, sleeve, branch, weapon_system, weapon, fortify

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarm




• The clue is 61. Illustrative example. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: CASEINPOINT




• The clue is 65. Coastal waterway. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIA




• The clue is 66. Facing big trouble. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: OVERABARREL




• The clue is 67. Coin with cherry blossoms on its front. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEN

  Possible Answer : ache, hankering, languish, yen, yearn, pine




• The clue is 68. Juuuuuuust about done. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: NEARLYREADY

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTAFE

• The clue is 2. XXX, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CROSSES

  Possible Answer: hybridize, crosse, spoil, cover, sweep, hybridisation, frustrate, interbreed, intersect, bilk, queer, cut_through, scotch, hybridization, mark, thwart, get_across, crossbreeding, traverse, crown_of_thorns, foil, hybrid, interbreeding, span, crossbreed, track, get_over, crossing, pass_over, hybridise, cross, crisscross, hybridizing, cut_across, Cross, baffle

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncross

• The clue is 3. Goes (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RETAILS

  Possible Answer: retail

  Possible Opposite Answer : wholesale

• The clue is 4. Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYI

• The clue is 5. Napoleon's is found at Paris's Hôtel des Invalides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOMB

  Possible Answer: grave, tomb

• The clue is 6. Put on deck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUEUP

• The clue is 7. Polite gesture of acknowledgment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATTIP

• The clue is 8. Something indicated with the index and middle fingers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TWO

  Possible Answer: ii, deuce, 2, II, two

• The clue is 9. Bore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAD

  Possible Answer: receive, suffer, own, let, give, have_got, take, experience, make, give_birth, deliver, stimulate, sustain, ingest, cause, hold, bear, possess, throw, consume, induce, accept, take_in, have, birth, get, feature

  Possible Opposite Answer : refuse, abstain, lack

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

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

  The answer: AKIN

  Possible Answer: cognate, kindred, consanguineal, blood-related, consanguineous, kin, akin, consanguine

• The clue is 11. Begin a hole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEEUP

• The clue is 12. One whose hard work is showing?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REALTOR

  Possible Answer: Realtor

• The clue is 13. Skeptic's retort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAMEONE

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

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

  The answer: SUPINE

  Possible Answer: resupine, unresisting, resistless, supine

• The clue is 22. World capital at roughly the same latitude as Montevideo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANBERRA

  Possible Answer: Canberra, capital_of_Australia, Australian_capital

• The clue is 24. Protein source in a hearty meal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEWMEAT

• The clue is 26. Cogsworth's compatriot in "Beauty and the Beast". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUMIERE

• The clue is 27. Bump in the road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAG

  Possible Answer: rub, hang-up, rip, snag, hitch, rent, tear, split

• The clue is 30. Clothing fastener. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer: snarl, lose_it, shoot, snap_bean, crack, press_stud, cracking, break_down, grab, snatch_up, snatch, ginger_snap, pushover, breeze, child's_play, walkover, ginger_nut, shot, snap, snapshot, duck_soup, catch, flick, cinch, piece_of_cake, elasticity, picnic, rupture, gingersnap, centering, bust, click, tear, snap_fastener, photograph

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

• The clue is 32. Branded coffee pod. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KCUP

• The clue is 35. Script directive. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXIT

  Possible Answer: cash_in_one's_chips, get_out, pop_off, buy_the_farm, pass_away, give-up_the_ghost, departure, way_out, perish, go, loss, issue, exit, passing, go_out, croak, die, choke, drop_dead, release, conk, snuff_it, pass, expire, going, decease, outlet, leave, kick_the_bucket, expiration

  Possible Opposite Answer : enter, be_born

• The clue is 37. Like most practitioners of Druzism. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer: Arabian, Arab

• The clue is 39. Piece of a children's book, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLAP

  Possible Answer: tizzy, dither, fluttering, roll, undulate, flaps, flutter, flap, wave, beat, fuss, flapping, pother

• The clue is 40. Burn unit?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CALORIE

  Possible Answer: kilogram_calorie, small_calorie, large_calorie, Calorie, calorie, gram_calorie, kilocalorie, nutritionist's_calorie

• The clue is 41. Hassock, by another name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTTOMAN

  Possible Answer: Ottoman_Turk, pouf, tuffet, Ottoman, ottoman, pouffe, puff, hassock, footrest, Osmanli, Ottoman_dynasty, footstool

• The clue is 43. Sautéed-and-simmered Japanese dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KINPIRA

• The clue is 44. Made harmonious. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATTUNED

  Possible Answer: attune

• The clue is 45. Simply divine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAINTLY

  Possible Answer: saintly, sainted, saintlike, angelic, beatific, angelical

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

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

  The answer: SALARY

  Possible Answer: pay, wage, earnings, salary, remuneration

• The clue is 48. Hit podcast beginning in 2014. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERIAL

  Possible Answer: serial, in_series, nonparallel, serial_publication, sequential, series, successive, consecutive, sequent

• The clue is 51. Gather some intel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECON

• The clue is 53. Passed in a flash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANBY

• The clue is 56. Half of a noted arcade pair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAVE

• The clue is 58. Go a few rounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAR

  Possible Answer: sparring, spar

• The clue is 62. Geographical feature sometimes named for a color. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEA

  Possible Answer: sea, ocean

• The clue is 63. Stray. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

  Possible Answer: slip, stray, drift, mistake, err

• The clue is 64. Chalcocyanite, for example. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORE

  Possible Answer: ore

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LA Times Crossword September 05, 2024 

Across Clues

• 1. From downtown, maybe: URBAN
• 6. Dream team member?: MVP
• 9. Mammal with a prehensile snout: TAPIR
• 14. Sporty car: COUPE
• 15. Avian Tootsie Pop mascot: OWL
• 16. Counters of yore: ABACI
• 17. Tons o’: LOTTA
• 18. Jazz org.: NBA
• 19. Like some comic-con attendees: CAPED
• 20. QB’s throw: ATT
• 21. Action by the Fed: RATE CUT
• 24. Commercials: ADS
• 25. Angus animal: COW
• 27. Growers in a grove: TREES
• 28. “Well, ya see … ”: ERM …
• 29. Simple path: LANE
• 30. Insurance company with a purple heart logo: AETNA
• 31. Hobart hoppers: ROOS
• 33. Getting hangry, maybe: UNFED
• 35. Ctrl-__-Del: ALT
• 36. Solve, as a problem: CRACK
• 37. Lady: GAL
• 38. Let loose: UNLEASH
• 41. Greek X: CHI
• 42. Parisian palace: ELYSEE
• 44. Big name in competitive eating?: NATHAN
• 46. “Welp, what can you do?”: ALAS
• 48. Solemn vow: OATH
• 49. 58-Across of a social crafting event: QUILTING BEE
• 52. Unit of magnetic induction: GAUSS
• 54. Poetic preposition: ERE
• 55. Color-blending technique: OMBRE
• 58. Seeming flaw that’s intentional: A FEATURE, NOT A BUG
• 61. “Succession” cousin: GREG
• 62. Coop up, say: PEN IN
• 63. Rowlands of “The Notebook”: GENA
• 64. Feeling yesterday’s workout: SORE
• 65. Briquettes: COALS
• 66. Tagged, say: IDED

Down Clues

• 1. Campus near Sunset Blvd.: UCLA
• 2. Endodontic therapy: ROOT CANAL
• 3. 58-Across of some jeans: BUTTON FLY
• 4. Spot-on: APT
• 5. In the neighborhood: NEAR
• 6. City named for the hill it surrounds: MONTREAL
• 7. 58-Across of the German auto industry: VW BEETLE
• 8. Organ that nourishes a fetus: PLACENTA
• 9. Diplomatic skill: TACT
• 10. Therapy for some individuals with autism, for short: ABA
• 11. 58-Across of 1990s rock: PAPA ROACH
• 12. Cold, chocolaty cafe order: ICED MOCHA
• 13. Frees (of): RIDS
• 22. __ glance: AT A
• 23. MA and PA home: USA
• 26. Hardly huge: WEE
• 28. Blunder: ERR
• 29. Supine winter sport: LUGE
• 32. Smartphone case: SKIN
• 34. Competitor who may be put through the paces?: DUELIST
• 36. Customer service agent unlikely to pass a captcha test: CHATBOT
• 39. National Book Award winner Shusterman: NEAL
• 40. Hitch: SNAG
• 43. McMuffin option: SAUSAGE
• 45. Crèche trio: THE MAGI
• 47. Sound system: STEREO
• 48. Result of achieving a goal?: ONE-NIL
• 49. Part of LGBTQ: QUEER
• 50. Humanitarian Sendler recognized by Yad Vashem: IRENA
• 51. Receded: EBBED
• 52. Funny bits: GAGS
• 53. Natural style: AFRO
• 56. Ancient character: RUNE
• 57. “Heavens to Betsy!”: EGAD!
• 59. Checkout lines?: UPC
• 60. Word with come or carry: -ONS

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (72 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (71 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. Some Arctic transports	9
2A	10. S.E.C. football powerhouse, for short	4
3A	14. 1950s hangout with a jukebox	8
4A	20. Game piece made of four squares	9
5A	21. "The Kite Runner" protagonist	4
6A	22. Skulks	6
7A	23. Joins gradually	9
8A	24. "Doggone it!"	4
9A	25. Treatment	6
10A	26. Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant	4
11A	27. Wrangler alternative	3
12A	28. Brightly colored Mediterranean flowers	8
13A	30. Rap's Run-___	3
14A	31. Course catalog?	4
15A	32. When Aries transitions to Taurus	5
16A	34. Sweetly, on scores	5
17A	35. "I'll pass"	3
18A	36. Input of certain mining	4
19A	38. Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"	7
20A	40. Timer setting	4
21A	42. Areas of influence	7
22A	45. Mental health org.	3
23A	46. Fraudulently make seem like	9
24A	48. Covers completely	5
25A	49. Wyoming peak	5
26A	51. Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps	9
27A	54. Comment from someone caught in the rain	8
28A	56. Yellow avenue in Monopoly	7
29A	58. A bit off, say	6
30A	59. Hyatt alternative	4
31A	60. Hard-boiled genre	4
32A	62. TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for example	7
33A	64. Dark side	3
34A	65. Former big name in browsers	8
35A	67. U.F.O.-watching org.	4
36A	68. By way of, informally	4
37A	70. Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)	4
38A	71. Sailor's patron	6
39A	72. Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess	8
40A	76. Daddy	3
41A	79. Eponymous British financier James ___	7
42A	81. By saying this you mean well	4
43A	82. Wrap seller	4
44A	83. Adopted, as a pet	6
45A	85. Wasn't folded in a suitcase, say	7
46A	87. Developed, as baby teeth	6
47A	89. Sci-fi miniaturizer	9
48A	91. Emanations	5
49A	93. Boldly face	5
50A	94. Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g.	6
51A	95. Guardians, on a scoreboard	3
52A	96. Bit of birdspeak	7
53A	98. Damp, mildewy quality	4
54A	99. They hold water	7
55A	102. Silence	4
56A	103. Lying faceup	6
57A	104. ___ Park, Calif.	5
58A	105. Air	5
59A	107. Disney subsidiary	4
60A	111. A little help?	3
61A	112. Evaded, as a sensitive issue	12
62A	114. Some pings, in brief	3
63A	115. "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry)	4
64A	116. Skips over	6
65A	118. Few and far between	4
66A	119. Regulars at parks with ramps, informally	9
67A	121. Reply after having one's memory jogged	6
68A	122. Some time ago	4
69A	123. "What's done is done!"	9
70A	124. Stick (to)	6
71A	125. Garden interloper	4
72A	126. Church parts crossing naves	9

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Some Arctic transports"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SKIPLANES

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2A: "10. S.E.C. football powerhouse, for short"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BAMA

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3A: "14. 1950s hangout with a jukebox"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SODASHOP

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4A: "20. Game piece made of four squares"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TETROMINO

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5A: "21. "The Kite Runner" protagonist"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Similar words include: ameer, emir, emeer
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AMIR

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6A: "22. Skulks"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
• Similar words include: lurch, prowl
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PROWLS

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7A: "23. Joins gradually"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: EASESINTO

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8A: "24. "Doggone it!""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something of little value
• Similar words include: shucks, damn, hoot
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DARN

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9A: "25. Treatment"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
• Similar words include: cure, redress, remediate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REMEDY

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10A: "26. Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
• Similar words include: indigo, Indigofera anil, indigotin
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ANIL

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11A: "27. Wrangler alternative"

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, Robert E. Lee, Bruce Lee
• Opposite of: windward

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Answer: LEE

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12A: "28. Brightly colored Mediterranean flowers"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any plant of the genus helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
• Similar words include: helianthemum, sunrose, sun rose
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SUNROSES

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13A: "30. Rap's Run-___"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DMC

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14A: "31. Course catalog?"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Similar words include: carte du jour, card, fare
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MENU

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15A: "32. When Aries transitions to Taurus"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
• Similar words include: Apr
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: APRIL

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16A: "34. Sweetly, on scores"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gently and sweetly
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DOLCE

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17A: "35. "I'll pass""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAH

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18A: "36. Input of certain mining"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Similar words include: datum, information, data point
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DATA

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19A: "38. Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan""

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823)
• Similar words include: David Ricardo
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: RICARDO

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20A: "40. Timer setting"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OVEN

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21A: "42. Areas of influence"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particular environment or walk of life
• Similar words include: field, empyrean, sphere
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SPHERES

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22A: "45. Mental health org."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APA

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23A: "46. Fraudulently make seem like"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: PALMOFFAS

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24A: "48. Covers completely"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
• Similar words include: coat, surface, pelage
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: COATS

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25A: "49. Wyoming peak"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the large western branch of sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
• Similar words include: Teton Sioux, Lakota, Teton Dakota
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TETON

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26A: "51. Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: REBRANDED

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27A: "54. Comment from someone caught in the rain"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: IMSOAKED

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28A: "56. Yellow avenue in Monopoly"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: VENTNOR

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29A: "58. A bit off, say"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ONSALE

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30A: "59. Hyatt alternative"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OMNI

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31A: "60. Hard-boiled genre"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOIR

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32A: "62. TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for example"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FANSITE

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33A: "64. Dark side"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the dark negative feminine principle in chinese dualistic cosmology
• Opposite of: yang
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YIN

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34A: "65. Former big name in browsers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a commercial browser
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: NETSCAPE

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35A: "67. U.F.O.-watching org."

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SETI

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36A: "68. By way of, informally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THRU

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37A: "70. Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SABE

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38A: "71. Sailor's patron"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: STELMO

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39A: "72. Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RHIANNON

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40A: "76. Daddy"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Similar words include: pour down, toss off, dad
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: POP

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41A: "79. Eponymous British financier James ___"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BARCLAY

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42A: "81. By saying this you mean well"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BIEN

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43A: "82. Wrap seller"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
• Similar words include: food shop, delicatessen
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DELI

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44A: "83. Adopted, as a pet"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOOKIN

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45A: "85. Wasn't folded in a suitcase, say"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: LAYFLAT

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46A: "87. Developed, as baby teeth"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GREWIN

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47A: "89. Sci-fi miniaturizer"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SHRINKRAY

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48A: "91. Emanations"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Similar words include: aura, halo, atmosphere
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AURAS

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49A: "93. Boldly face"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a north american indian warrior
• Similar words include: dauntless, endure, weather
• Opposite of: cowardly, timid

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Answer: BRAVE

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50A: "94. Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g."

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that conqueror of gaul and master of italy (100-44 bc)
• Similar words include: Gaius Julius Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CAESAR

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51A: "95. Guardians, on a scoreboard"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CLE

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52A: "96. Bit of birdspeak"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
• Similar words include: twitter
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CHITTER

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53A: "98. Damp, mildewy quality"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a necessary or essential thing
• Similar words include: mustiness, moldiness
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MUST

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54A: "99. They hold water"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tube in which a body fluid circulates
• Similar words include: vessel, vas, watercraft
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: VESSELS

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55A: "102. Silence"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (poetic) tranquil silence
• Similar words include: quiesce, hush up, quieten
• Opposite of: louden

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HUSH

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56A: "103. Lying faceup"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lying face upward
• Similar words include: resupine, resistless, unresisting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SUPINE

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57A: "104. ___ Park, Calif."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MENLO

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58A: "105. Air"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
• Similar words include: ethyl ether, vinyl ether, ethoxyethane
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ETHER

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59A: "107. Disney subsidiary"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ESPN

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60A: "111. A little help?"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Similar words include: pixy, hob, extremely low frequency
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELF

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61A: "112. Evaded, as a sensitive issue"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: DANCEDAROUND

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62A: "114. Some pings, in brief"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IMS

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63A: "115. "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry)"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: THEE

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64A: "116. Skips over"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that leave or strike out
• Similar words include: elide
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ELIDES

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65A: "118. Few and far between"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Similar words include: uncommon, rarified, rarefied
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RARE

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66A: "119. Regulars at parks with ramps, informally"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SKATERATS

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67A: "121. Reply after having one's memory jogged"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YESYES

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68A: "122. Some time ago"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on one occasion
• Similar words include: one time, erst, at one time
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ONCE

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69A: "123. "What's done is done!""

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: GETOVERIT

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70A: "124. Stick (to)"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be compatible or in accordance with
• Similar words include: cohere, bind, stick to
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ADHERE

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71A: "125. Garden interloper"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
• Similar words include: locoweed, Mary Jane, sens
• Opposite of: cultivated plant

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Answer: WEED

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72A: "126. Church parts crossing naves"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles
• Similar words include: transept
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TRANSEPTS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Make furious	5
2D	2. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___	5
3D	3. Tennis line judge's ruling	5
4D	4. Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you"	14
5D	5. West side of L.A.?	3
6D	6. "Is there still time for me to join you?"	7
7D	7. 51 to the hour	8
8D	8. Stage direction	5
9D	9. Phillipa of Broadway	3
10D	10. Grammy winner Erykah	4
11D	11. ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet	6
12D	12. Copy	6
13D	13. Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments	13
14D	14. Spending romp	5
15D	15. Output of certain mining	4
16D	16. Counterpart of a sub	3
17D	17. Fast start?	12
18D	18. Father, familiarly	6
19D	19. Mentally overpower, with "out"	5
20D	28. Like most moccasins	6
21D	29. Great Dane of cartoons, informally	5
22D	33. More livid	6
23D	37. Keister, in Leicester	4
24D	39. 2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd	14
25D	40. Symbolic for its time	7
26D	41. Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard design	4
27D	42. Descendant	5
28D	43. Apple: Fr.	5
29D	44. Is without	5
30D	47. Rabid in appearance	8
31D	50. Woman's nickname that sounds like two letters	4
32D	51. Rice-A-___	4
33D	52. "Borderlands" director ___ Roth	3
34D	53. Hiding place	3
35D	55. Gene pools?	8
36D	57. Org. with its own alphabet	4
37D	61. Abbr. not found on most smartphones	4
38D	63. "Aren't ___ lucky one?!"	4
39D	66. It has a lot of secretaries	7
40D	67. Shirt collar stiffener	4
41D	69. Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle?	12
42D	71. Knock 'em dead	4
43D	72. Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy"	4
44D	73. Just getting started with	5
45D	74. Green shade	5
46D	75. What Joe Montana was in the '80s	5
47D	76. A TD scores six of these	3
48D	77. "Fancy, that!"	3
49D	78. Prickly denizen of coral reefs	13
50D	80. Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial	14
51D	81. Most minimal	6
52D	84. Some Korean exports	4
53D	86. Calmed deceptively	6
54D	88. Baseball slugger's stat	4
55D	90. Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones"	5
56D	92. Blueprints	8
57D	97. Author Zora Neale ___	7
58D	98. Noodled on, with "over"	6
59D	100. Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"	6
60D	101. Informant	6
61D	103. "Ta-ta!"	5
62D	104. Tricky pool shot	5
63D	106. Someone enjoying a walk in the park	5
64D	108. Mentally with it	5
65D	109. ___ four	5
66D	110. Fits one inside the other	5
67D	112. Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___	4
68D	113. Essential	4
69D	117. It might be good for a change	3
70D	119. One who knows the drill?: Abbr.	3
71D	120. Teslas, e.g., for short	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Make furious"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
• Similar words include: steam clean, steamer
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STEAM

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2D: "2. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KEANE

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3D: "3. Tennis line judge's ruling"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ITSIN

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4D: "4. Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you""

14 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: PRELUDETOAKISS

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5D: "5. West side of L.A.?"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LOS

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6D: "6. "Is there still time for me to join you?""

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: AMILATE

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7D: "7. 51 to the hour"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: NINEPAST

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8D: "8. Stage direction"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to come or go into
• Similar words include: inscribe, move into, accede
• Opposite of: drop out, exit

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Answer: ENTER

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9D: "9. Phillipa of Broadway"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOO

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10D: "10. Grammy winner Erykah"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BADU

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11D: "11. ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AMANDA

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12D: "12. Copy"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MIRROR

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13D: "13. Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments"

13 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: ARNOLDPALMERS

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14D: "14. Spending romp"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a brief indulgence of your impulses
• Similar words include: fling
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SPREE

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15D: "15. Output of certain mining"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Similar words include: ore
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ORES

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16D: "16. Counterpart of a sub"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOM

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17D: "17. Fast start?"

12 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASHWEDNESDAY

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18D: "18. Father, familiarly"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLDMAN

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19D: "19. Mentally overpower, with "out""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PSYCH

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20D: "28. Like most moccasins"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLIPON

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21D: "29. Great Dane of cartoons, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SCOOB

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22D: "33. More livid"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that feeling or showing extreme anger
• Similar words include: ireful, irate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IRATER

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23D: "37. Keister, in Leicester"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Similar words include: stern, asshole, derriere
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARSE

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24D: "39. 2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd"

14 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: CANTFEELMYFACE

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25D: "40. Symbolic for its time"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: OFANERA

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26D: "41. Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard design"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
• Similar words include: vanguard, avant-garde, caravan
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VANS

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27D: "42. Descendant"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that a descendent or heir
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SCION

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28D: "43. Apple: Fr."

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: POMME

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29D: "44. Is without"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HASNT

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30D: "47. Rabid in appearance"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become bubbly or frothy or foaming
• Similar words include: effervesce, sparkle, foam
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FROTHING

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31D: "50. Woman's nickname that sounds like two letters"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EVIE

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32D: "51. Rice-A-___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RONI

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33D: "52. "Borderlands" director ___ Roth"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ELI

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34D: "53. Hiding place"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: hideaway, lair, hideout
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DEN

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35D: "55. Gene pools?"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DNABANKS

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36D: "57. Org. with its own alphabet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
• Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NATO

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37D: "61. Abbr. not found on most smartphones"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OPER

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38D: "63. "Aren't ___ lucky one?!""

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ITHE

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39D: "66. It has a lot of secretaries"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
• Similar words include: storage locker, locker, console
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CABINET

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40D: "67. Shirt collar stiffener"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that continuing or remaining in a place or state
• Similar words include: stay put, outride, persist
• Opposite of: change, depart

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Answer: STAY

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41D: "69. Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle?"

12 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: UNDERTHETREE

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42D: "71. Knock 'em dead"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
• Similar words include: polish off, murder, off
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLAY

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43D: "72. Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RITA

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44D: "73. Just getting started with"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEWAT

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45D: "74. Green shade"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that small ovoid fruit of the european olive tree; important food and source of oil
• Similar words include: Olea europaea, European olive tree
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OLIVE

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46D: "75. What Joe Montana was in the '80s"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Similar words include: IX, ix, nine
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NINER

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47D: "76. A TD scores six of these"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
• Similar words include: platinum, atomic number 78, Pt
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PTS

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48D: "77. "Fancy, that!""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Similar words include: aah
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OOH

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49D: "78. Prickly denizen of coral reefs"

13 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
• Similar words include: Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish
• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: PORCUPINEFISH

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50D: "80. Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial"

14 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: CLARENCEDARROW

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51D: "81. Most minimal"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that completely unclothed
• Similar words include: unsheathed, simple, bleak
• Opposite of: sheathed, covered

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Answer: BAREST

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52D: "84. Some Korean exports"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KIAS

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53D: "86. Calmed deceptively"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that calm by deception
• Similar words include: tranquillise, calm, quieten
• Opposite of: agitate

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Answer: LULLED

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54D: "88. Baseball slugger's stat"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: RBIS

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55D: "90. Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
• Similar words include: devour, Corvus corax, pig
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAVEN

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56D: "92. Blueprints"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
• Similar words include: schema, outline, scheme
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SCHEMATA

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57D: "97. Author Zora Neale ___"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HURSTON

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58D: "98. Noodled on, with "over""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reflect deeply on a subject
• Similar words include: mull, reflect, ponder
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MULLED

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59D: "100. Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLOANE

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60D: "101. Informant"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the place where something begins, where it springs into being
• Similar words include: author, seed, origin
• Opposite of: sink

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Answer: SOURCE

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61D: "103. "Ta-ta!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEEYA

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62D: "104. Tricky pool shot"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
• Similar words include: masse shot
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MASSE

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63D: "106. Someone enjoying a walk in the park"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
• Similar words include: tramp, tramper
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HIKER

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64D: "108. Mentally with it"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
• Similar words include: penetrating, discriminating, penetrative
• Opposite of: flat, dull

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Answer: SHARP

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65D: "109. ___ four"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PETIT

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66D: "110. Fits one inside the other"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Similar words include: nest, snuggle, nestle
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NESTS

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67D: "112. Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that distinguished from bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
• Similar words include: cervid
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DEER

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68D: "113. Essential"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition requiring relief
• Similar words include: pauperization, necessitate, involve
• Opposite of: obviate

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Answer: NEED

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69D: "117. It might be good for a change"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Similar words include: dyestuff
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DYE

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70D: "119. One who knows the drill?: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SGT

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71D: "120. Teslas, e.g., for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
• Similar words include: eV, electron volt
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EVS

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72 Across Clues

71 Down Clues

143 Total Clues

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