0918 NYT Crossword Wednesday, Sept 18, 2024 | Puzzle Answers

Complete Guide to NYT Crossword Tuesday, Sept 18, 2024 | Puzzle Answers

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

NYT Connections answers and clues for wednesday, September 18, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. When les Jeux Olympiques de Paris took place. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETE




• The clue is 4. Jewelry fastener. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLASP

  Possible Answer : clench, clasp, hold, grasp, grip, clutch, brooch, buckle, clutches

  Possible Opposite Answer : unbuckle, unclasp




• The clue is 9. Like the watches in Dali's "The Persistence of Memory". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIMP

  Possible Answer : gimp, limp, wilted, hitch, hobble




• The clue is 13. Lawless princess. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XENA




• The clue is 15. Meal with matzo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEDER

  Possible Answer : Seder, Passover_supper




• The clue is 16. Roughly 75% of Russia is in it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIA

  Possible Answer : Asia




• The clue is 17. House of worship at the top of 67-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRINITADEIMONTI




• The clue is 20. Largest arboreal mammal, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORANG

  Possible Answer : orangutan, orang, Pongo_pygmaeus, orangutang




• The clue is 21. Head honcho at a barbecue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PITMASTER




• The clue is 22. Unfilled space. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LACUNA

  Possible Answer : blank, caisson, coffer, lacuna




• The clue is 24. Half of a Dashiell Hammett detective couple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NORA




• The clue is 25. Subreddit overseer, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOD

  Possible Answer : modernistic, modern, mod




• The clue is 26. 24th and final letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEGAS

  Possible Answer : Z, omega




• The clue is 31. Gum ball, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAD

  Possible Answer : compact, jampack, sight, deal, pile, spate, mass, wad, quid, muckle, plug, tidy_sum, great_deal, chaw, mountain, jam, peck, bundle, mess, ram, mickle, raft, chew, batch, passel, good_deal, pot, hatful, mint, lot, chock_up, plenty, flock, heap, cud, cram, slew, stack, pack, quite_a_little




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

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

  The answer: BOSOMS

  Possible Answer : knocker, squeeze, embrace, breast, bosom, boob, hug, heart, tit, titty




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

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

  The answer: CITE

  Possible Answer : cite, summon, citation, quote, adduce, mention, quotation, acknowledgment, name, abduce, summons, refer, advert, reference, bring_up, credit




• The clue is 39. Disney daughter of King Triton. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARIEL




• The clue is 41. Gave it one's all. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIEDHARD




• The clue is 43. Cutesy term for a swap. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRADESIES




• The clue is 45. Region of ancient Greece. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONIA

  Possible Answer : Ionia




• The clue is 46. ___ Basil, singer of the 1982 hit "Mickey". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TONI




• The clue is 47. Source of saffron. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CROCUS

  Possible Answer : crocus




• The clue is 49. Color similar to hazelnut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAN

  Possible Answer : topaz, suntan, burn, tangent, bronze, sunburn, tan




• The clue is 50. Fabric sample. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWATCH

  Possible Answer : swatch




• The clue is 52. Govt. agency that investigates, among other things, arson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATF

  Possible Answer : ATF, Bureau_of_Alcohol_Tobacco_and_Firearms




• The clue is 54. TV personality Kotb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HODA




• The clue is 57. Beethoven's Third. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EROICA




• The clue is 61. Classic comedy that often plays during holiday movie marathons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOMEALONE




• The clue is 66. Black-and-white predators. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORCAS

  Possible Answer : sea_wolf, grampus, killer, orca, Orcinus_orca, killer_whale




• The clue is 67. Architectural attraction in Rome depicted by this puzzle's grid?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THESPANISHSTEPS




• The clue is 69. Money maker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINT

  Possible Answer : sight, deal, pile, spate, mass, wad, muckle, coin, tidy_sum, great_deal, mountain, peck, mess, mickle, raft, batch, passel, good_deal, pot, hatful, mint, mint_candy, lot, plenty, flock, strike, heap, slew, stack, quite_a_little




• The clue is 70. Posteriors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUMPS

  Possible Answer : croupe, derriere, fanny, nates, rear_end, stern, posterior, tail_end, ass, tush, prat, backside, bottom, bum, hindquarters, butt, keister, croup, fundament, can, rump, buttocks, hind_end, seat, buns, tooshie, arse, tail, rear, behind




• The clue is 71. Father. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIRE

  Possible Answer : father, engender, beget, mother, get, generate, bring_forth, forefather, sire




• The clue is 72. Mother ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LODE

  Possible Answer : lode, load




• The clue is 73. Heart vessel support. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STENT

  Possible Answer : stent




• The clue is 74. Louse egg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIT

  Possible Answer : nit

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Sing the praises of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXTOL

  Possible Answer: extol, exalt, glorify, laud, proclaim

• The clue is 2. ___ firma. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERRA

• The clue is 3. Pioneering 1940s computer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENIAC

• The clue is 4. Winter hrs. in Winnipeg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CST

  Possible Answer: Central_Time, Central_Standard_Time, CST

• The clue is 5. Go for a rebound, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAP

  Possible Answer: bounce, bound, spring, jump_off, saltation, leaping, jump, leap

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

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

  The answer: ADDIN

• The clue is 7. Make sure of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEETO

• The clue is 8. Flower on a proverbial "path". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRIMROSE

  Possible Answer: primrose, primula

• The clue is 9. Its capital is Vientiane. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAOS

  Possible Answer: Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic, Laos, Lao, Laotian

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

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

  The answer: ISNT

• The clue is 11. Small arachnid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MITE

  Possible Answer: pinch, mite, tinge, jot, hint, speck, soupcon, touch

• The clue is 12. Kings or queens, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAIR

  Possible Answer: brace, copulate, yoke, dyad, twin, couplet, duad, pair_off, couple, partner_off, pair, twosome, distich, duo, twain, mate, span, match, duet, geminate

• The clue is 14. Per ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANNUM

  Possible Answer: annum

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

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

  The answer: IGNOBLE

  Possible Answer: untitled, ungentle, ignoble

  Possible Opposite Answer : noble

• The clue is 19. Palindromic term of address. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAAM

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

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

  The answer: ADO

  Possible Answer: fuss, stir, flurry, hustle, bustle, ado

• The clue is 27. Letter between Delta and Foxtrot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer: resound, reverberation, sound_reflection, echo, repeat, Echo, replication, recall, ring, reverberate

• The clue is 28. ___ sequoia, world's most massive tree species. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIANT

  Possible Answer: giant, heavyweight, gargantuan, goliath, behemoth, hulk, whale, giant_star, elephantine, jumbo, monster, titan, colossus

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

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

  The answer: ATRIA

  Possible Answer: atrium

• The clue is 30. Car with a three-box design. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEDAN

  Possible Answer: sedan, saloon, sedan_chair

• The clue is 31. Bulb measures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WATTS

  Possible Answer: watt, Isaac_Watts, Watts, Watt, W, James_Watt

• The clue is 32. Exit sign feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARROW

  Possible Answer: pointer, arrow

• The clue is 33. ___ Prince, a.k.a. Wonder Woman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIANA

  Possible Answer: Princess_of_Wales, Princess_Diana, Diana, Lady_Diana_Frances_Spencer

• The clue is 35. Mix up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STIR

  Possible Answer: fuss, agitate, ado, shift, bring_up, hustle, budge, stimulate, touch, conjure_up, put_forward, shake, call_forth, raise, arouse, conjure, call_down, stir, flurry, shake_up, bustle, splash, invoke, excite, evoke

• The clue is 36. "Oh! Oh! ___" (onetime snack brand slogan). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OREO

  Possible Answer: oreo, oreo_cookie

• The clue is 37. Odds and ends: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISC

• The clue is 40. Correct type. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIT

  Possible Answer: redact, blue-pencil, edit, edit_out, delete, cut

• The clue is 42. Linux software packages, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISTROS

• The clue is 44. Well-read sorts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCHOLARS

  Possible Answer: student, scholar, assimilator, scholarly_person, bookman, learner

• The clue is 48. Dubai's home: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UAE

• The clue is 51. Fellow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAP

  Possible Answer: chap, bloke, feller, cranny, fella, lad, crack, cuss, blighter, gent, fissure, crevice, fellow

• The clue is 53. Some stops along the Oregon Trail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORTS

  Possible Answer: fort_up, garrison, fortress, fort, fortify

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

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

  The answer: DONUT

  Possible Answer: sinker, doughnut, donut

• The clue is 56. Japanese cartoons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANIME

  Possible Answer: anime, gum_anime, Zanzibar_copal

• The clue is 58. Entrap during a winter storm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEIN

• The clue is 59. ___ pants. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAPRI

  Possible Answer: Capri

• The clue is 60. Something of value. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSET

  Possible Answer: plus, asset

  Possible Opposite Answer : liability

• The clue is 61. Web code letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HTML

  Possible Answer: hypertext_mark-up_language, hypertext_markup_language, HTML

• The clue is 62. Home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHIO

  Possible Answer: Ohio, OH, Buckeye_State, Ohio_River

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

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

  The answer: MEND

  Possible Answer: doctor, restore, darn, repair, bushel, fix, mending, mend, fixture, touch_on, heal, fixing, furbish_up, patch, reparation

  Possible Opposite Answer : break

• The clue is 64. Sunrise direction, in San Salvador. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTE

• The clue is 65. Its website has a Fantasy section. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPN

• The clue is 68. F.D.R.'s successor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HST

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (71 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (74 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Awesome!"	3
2A	4. Many profs	4
3A	8. What a crush might make you do	5
4A	13. Predator with dermal denticles	5
5A	18. Silent film actor Jannings	4
6A	20. Reclined	4
7A	21. More intense, as an emotion	5
8A	22. Early stage of a drug trial	6
9A	23. Peace symbol	4
10A	24. Adage promoting thrift	25
11A	27. Itty-bitty	6
12A	29. Return filers, for short	4
13A	30. Barely keeps going, with "along"	5
14A	31. Fish with leaf-shaped larvae	4
15A	32. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject	14
16A	35. Start of a historic triple boast	5
17A	37. Seminole's rival, in college athletics	5
18A	38. Liturgical singer	6
19A	39. Quick cut	4
20A	40. Subtitle alternative	3
21A	43. Yogurt drink in Delhi	5
22A	45. Monklike, in a way	7
23A	48. Angle variable in geometry	5
24A	50. Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)	6
25A	53. Periodical, informally	3
26A	55. Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees	4
27A	56. Duck known for its insulating feathers	5
28A	57. Make smelly	7
29A	59. One of 12, astrologically	3
30A	61. "Balderdash!"	3
31A	62. "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short	3
32A	63. "Omigosh!"	3
33A	64. Drug enforcer, informally	4
34A	66. "When We Were Young" singer, 2015	5
35A	68. Its capital is Roma	6
36A	72. Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry	30
37A	77. A failed transaction	6
38A	78. Good, but not great, grade	5
39A	79. Tennis great Arthur	4
40A	80. ___ King Cole	3
41A	81. Fall asleep, with "off"	3
42A	82. Word with constrictor or feather	3
43A	83. Goddess of the dawn	3
44A	85. Car-pooling convenience	7
45A	88. Taco bar adjective	5
46A	91. ___ Féin	4
47A	92. ___ room	3
48A	94. Showing less bias	6
49A	95. Musical staff symbol	5
50A	96. Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing	7
51A	99. "Sounds like a blast!"	5
52A	101. Mini-gulp	3
53A	102. Some Ivy Leaguers	4
54A	104. Meeting that goes above and beyond?	6
55A	106. Intimate	5
56A	110. Bitter	5
57A	112. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject	14
58A	115. Badge-pinning site	4
59A	117. Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment	5
60A	119. Spanish for "wealthy"	4
61A	120. Get in the game?	6
62A	121. Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across	17
63A	125. D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon"	4
64A	126. Paradise	6
65A	127. Pucker producer, perhaps	5
66A	128. Modernists, informally	4
67A	129. Department store department	4
68A	130. Vikings, for example	5
69A	131. Long members of the onion family	5
70A	132. Nervous	4
71A	133. Slam	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "Awesome!""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
• Similar words include: radian
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RAD

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2A: "4. Many profs"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
• Similar words include: Ph.D., PhD
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PHDS

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3A: "8. What a crush might make you do"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
• Similar words include: play, mash, chat up
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FLIRT

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4A: "13. Predator with dermal denticles"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SHARK

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5A: "18. Silent film actor Jannings"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EMIL

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6A: "20. Reclined"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
• Similar words include: dwell, lie in, lie
• Opposite of: stand, arise

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Answer: LAIN

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7A: "21. More intense, as an emotion"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
• Similar words include: bare-assed, unsanded, natural
• Opposite of: cooked

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAWER

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8A: "22. Early stage of a drug trial"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PHASEI

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9A: "23. Peace symbol"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous small pigeons
• Similar words include: Columba, plunk, dive
• Opposite of: hawk

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Answer: DOVE

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10A: "24. Adage promoting thrift"

25 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________________

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Answer: APENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED

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11A: "27. Itty-bitty"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used informally) very small
• Similar words include: wee, itsy-bitsy, bitty
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TEENSY

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12A: "29. Return filers, for short"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Similar words include: CPA, certified public accountant
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CPAS

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13A: "30. Barely keeps going, with "along""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Similar words include: limp, hitch, hobble
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIMPS

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14A: "31. Fish with leaf-shaped larvae"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Similar words include: eel
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EELS

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15A: "32. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: ABRAHAMLINCOLN

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16A: "35. Start of a historic triple boast"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ICAME

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17A: "37. Seminole's rival, in college athletics"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
• Similar words include: alligator
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GATOR

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18A: "38. Liturgical singer"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the musical director of a choir
• Similar words include: precentor, choirmaster, hazan
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CANTOR

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19A: "39. Quick cut"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• Similar words include: clipping, lop, nip off
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SNIP

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20A: "40. Subtitle alternative"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the new sounds added by dubbing
• Similar words include: nickname, knight
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DUB

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21A: "43. Yogurt drink in Delhi"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LASSI

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22A: "45. Monklike, in a way"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
• Similar words include: abstainer, austere, spartan
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ASCETIC

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23A: "48. Angle variable in geometry"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 8th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THETA

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24A: "50. Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: USMINT

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25A: "53. Periodical, informally"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
• Similar words include: magazine
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAG

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26A: "55. Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
• Similar words include: churl, boor, barbarian
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GOTH

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27A: "56. Duck known for its insulating feathers"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
• Similar words include: eider duck
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EIDER

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28A: "57. Make smelly"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: STINKUP

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29A: "59. One of 12, astrologically"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Similar words include: Leo the Lion, Lion
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LEO

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30A: "61. "Balderdash!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Similar words include: bunk, hogwash, buncombe
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ROT

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31A: "62. "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WSJ

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32A: "63. "Omigosh!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EEK

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33A: "64. Drug enforcer, informally"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
• Similar words include: nark, narcotics agent
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NARC

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34A: "66. "When We Were Young" singer, 2015"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADELE

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35A: "68. Its capital is Roma"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in southern europe on the italian peninsula; was the core of the roman republic and the roman empire between the 4th century bc and the 5th century ad
• Similar words include: Italy, Italian Republic
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ITALIA

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36A: "72. Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry"

30 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________________________

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Answer: ONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS

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37A: "77. A failed transaction"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NOSALE

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38A: "78. Good, but not great, grade"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BPLUS

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39A: "79. Tennis great Arthur"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Similar words include: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASHE

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40A: "80. ___ King Cole"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAT

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41A: "81. Fall asleep, with "off""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOD

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42A: "82. Word with constrictor or feather"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Similar words include: feather boa
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BOA

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43A: "83. Goddess of the dawn"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EOS

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44A: "85. Car-pooling convenience"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HOVLANE

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45A: "88. Taco bar adjective"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASADA

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46A: "91. ___ Féin"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SINN

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47A: "92. ___ room"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REC

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48A: "94. Showing less bias"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
• Similar words include: just, middling, bonny
• Opposite of: unfair, foul

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Answer: FAIRER

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49A: "95. Musical staff symbol"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CCLEF

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50A: "96. Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: KNEEING

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51A: "99. "Sounds like a blast!""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OHFUN

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52A: "101. Mini-gulp"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small drink
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIP

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53A: "102. Some Ivy Leaguers"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELIS

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54A: "104. Meeting that goes above and beyond?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a meeting of spiritualists
• Similar words include: session, sitting
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SEANCE

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55A: "106. Intimate"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GETAT

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56A: "110. Bitter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strong and sharp
• Similar words include: blistering, sulfurous, virulent
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ACRID

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57A: "112. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: THEUNIONSHIELD

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58A: "115. Badge-pinning site"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
• Similar words include: window sash, cincture, waistcloth
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SASH

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59A: "117. Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BODHI

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60A: "119. Spanish for "wealthy""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
• Similar words include: RICO Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, anti-racketeering law
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RICO

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61A: "120. Get in the game?"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ANTEUP

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62A: "121. Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across"

17 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________________

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Answer: PUTINYOURTWOCENTS

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63A: "125. D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EMMA

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64A: "126. Paradise"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: UTOPIA

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65A: "127. Pucker producer, perhaps"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
• Similar words include: maize, lemon yellow, gamboge
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LEMON

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66A: "128. Modernists, informally"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NEOS

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67A: "129. Department store department"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the force of workers available
• Similar words include: workforce, hands, manpower
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MENS

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68A: "130. Vikings, for example"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inhabitant of scandinavia
• Similar words include: Norwegian, Norseman, Nordic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NORSE

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69A: "131. Long members of the onion family"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: LEEKS

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70A: "132. Nervous"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being in a tense state
• Similar words include: high-strung, jumpy, overstrung
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDGY

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71A: "133. Slam"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
• Similar words include: Orcus
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Discount merchandise indicator	6
2D	2. Organism that moves using pseudopodia	6
3D	3. Change the course of	6
4D	4. ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)	5
5D	5. Two farthings, informally	7
6D	6. Deny responsibility for	8
7D	7. Like certain easy-to-install hardware components	6
8D	8. Much of Diego Rivera's work	7
9D	9. Young Scot	3
10D	10. "You can count on me"	5
11D	11. It can become amber	5
12D	12. Streetcar	4
13D	13. Doo-wop's ___ Na Na	3
14D	14. Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire	5
15D	15. If necessary	8
16D	16. Scottish dance	4
17D	17. Offspring	4
18D	19. "Enemies, a Love Story" actress	8
19D	22. "GoodFellas" Oscar winner	5
20D	25. Perspective	7
21D	26. Demonstrate frugality, in a way	10
22D	28. Got tinier	6
23D	33. Hosts, in brief	3
24D	34. Tolkien monster	3
25D	36. Exams for ambtious H.S. students	7
26D	39. Date night bookings	7
27D	41. Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau	3
28D	42. Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon	3
29D	44. Having impeded growth	7
30D	46. Bird with an S-shaped neck	5
31D	47. Place for pliers	8
32D	49. Muslim head scarf	5
33D	50. Target with, as a pickup line	5
34D	51. Scribe in a courtroom, in brief	5
35D	52. Prepares for an interview, say	5
36D	54. Notorious Chicago bootlegger	8
37D	58. What a dog uses to shake	3
38D	60. Island location of Iolani Palace	4
39D	62. Say something fresh	7
40D	65. Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"	7
41D	67. Information in a prescription	4
42D	69. Out of this world?	5
43D	70. Silly	5
44D	71. Fall bloomer	5
45D	73. "Hoarders" network	5
46D	74. Shoe originally known as a "Weejun"	11
47D	75. Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song	9
48D	76. "Wow!"	3
49D	84. Like many farm stand purchases	7
50D	86. "Dodgeball" star Vince	6
51D	87. Specific charge on an invoice	8
52D	88. Cooling units, in brief	3
53D	89. Poli-___	3
54D	90. Pork-based taco option	8
55D	91. Snowmobile brand	6
56D	93. Made cozy	8
57D	97. Suffix in British English	3
58D	98. Makeup of a nervous system, largely	7
59D	100. Layer of a farm	3
60D	103. Locale for camel racing	5
61D	105. Christians' ___ Creed	6
62D	107. Overflowed (with)	6
63D	108. Reunion attendees	6
64D	109. Cause for a QB's celebration	6
65D	111. Fries in England	5
66D	112. Deuce topper	5
67D	113. "I'll take another card"	5
68D	114. Cheeky	5
69D	115. Like cotton candy	4
70D	116. Lead-in to pilot or pay	4
71D	118. Grayish, say	4
72D	122. Emphatic refusal in Germany	3
73D	123. Stir-fry staple	3
74D	124. Dress (up)	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Discount merchandise indicator"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: REDTAG

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2D: "2. Organism that moves using pseudopodia"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Similar words include: ameba
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: AMOEBA

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3D: "3. Change the course of"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that turn aside; turn away from
• Similar words include: deviate, hive off, disport
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: DIVERT

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4D: "4. ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PLAYA

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5D: "5. Two farthings, informally"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAPENNY

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6D: "6. Deny responsibility for"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that renounce a legal claim or title to
• Opposite of: claim
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DISCLAIM

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7D: "7. Like certain easy-to-install hardware components"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SNAPIN

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8D: "8. Much of Diego Rivera's work"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
• Similar words include: fresco
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FRESCOS

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9D: "9. Young Scot"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a boy or man
• Similar words include: gent, fellow, cub
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAD

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10D: "10. "You can count on me""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IWILL

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11D: "11. It can become amber"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
• Similar words include: rosin
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RESIN

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12D: "12. Streetcar"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• Similar words include: trolley, streetcar, tramway
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TRAM

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13D: "13. Doo-wop's ___ Na Na"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SHA

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14D: "14. Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a muslim household
• Similar words include: serail, hareem, seraglio
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HAREM

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15D: "15. If necessary"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ASNEEDED

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16D: "16. Scottish dance"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Similar words include: bobbin, careen, spin
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REEL

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17D: "17. Offspring"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a young person of either sex
• Similar words include: nestling, minor, child
• Opposite of: parent

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Answer: KIDS

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18D: "19. "Enemies, a Love Story" actress"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: LENAOLIN

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19D: "22. "GoodFellas" Oscar winner"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PESCI

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20D: "25. Perspective"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
• Similar words include: advantage
• Opposite of: disadvantage

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Answer: VANTAGE

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21D: "26. Demonstrate frugality, in a way"

10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: PENNYPINCH

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22D: "28. Got tinier"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wither, as with a loss of moisture
• Similar words include: shrink, funk, shrivel up
• Opposite of: stretch, expand

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Answer: SHRANK

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23D: "33. Hosts, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one million periods per second
• Similar words include: megahertz, MHz, megacycle
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MCS

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24D: "34. Tolkien monster"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORC

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25D: "36. Exams for ambtious H.S. students"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: APTESTS

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26D: "39. Date night bookings"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
• Similar words include: baby-sitter, broody hen, sitter
• Opposite of: stander

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Answer: SITTERS

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27D: "41. Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UTE

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28D: "42. Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Similar words include: taproom, debar, relegate
• Opposite of: unbar

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Answer: BAR

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29D: "44. Having impeded growth"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that check the growth or development of
• Similar words include: scrubby, scrawny, stunt
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: STUNTED

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30D: "46. Bird with an S-shaped neck"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EGRET

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31D: "47. Place for pliers"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOOLCASE

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32D: "49. Muslim head scarf"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a headscarf worn by muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HIJAB

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33D: "50. Target with, as a pickup line"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: USEON

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34D: "51. Scribe in a courtroom, in brief"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STENO

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35D: "52. Prepares for an interview, say"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
• Similar words include: microphone, mike
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MIKES

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36D: "54. Notorious Chicago bootlegger"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ALCAPONE

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37D: "58. What a dog uses to shake"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Similar words include: mitt, hand, manus
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAW

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38D: "60. Island location of Iolani Palace"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Similar words include: Oahu Island
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OAHU

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39D: "62. Say something fresh"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: WISEOFF

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40D: "65. Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues""

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to broadway musicals (1918-1998)
• Similar words include: Jerome Robbins
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ROBBINS

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41D: "67. Information in a prescription"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
• Similar words include: social disease, sexually transmitted disease, venereal disease
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DOSE

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42D: "69. Out of this world?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that of or relating to or associated with the moon
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LUNAR

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43D: "70. Silly"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that devoid of intelligence
• Similar words include: asinine, mindless, fatuous
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INANE

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44D: "71. Fall bloomer"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ASTER

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45D: "73. "Hoarders" network"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AANDE

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46D: "74. Shoe originally known as a "Weejun""

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: PENNYLOAFER

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47D: "75. Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: PENNYLANE

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48D: "76. "Wow!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OHH

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49D: "84. Like many farm stand purchases"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
• Similar words include: constituent, constitutional, organic fertiliser
• Opposite of: inorganic, functional

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Answer: ORGANIC

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50D: "86. "Dodgeball" star Vince"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: VAUGHN

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51D: "87. Specific charge on an invoice"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: LINEITEM

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52D: "88. Cooling units, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
• Similar words include: AC, alternating electric current, alternating current
• Opposite of: direct current

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Answer: ACS

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53D: "89. Poli-___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SCI

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54D: "90. Pork-based taco option"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ALPASTOR

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55D: "91. Snowmobile brand"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SKIDOO

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56D: "93. Made cozy"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment
• Similar words include: cocoon
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: COCOONED

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57D: "97. Suffix in British English"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ISE

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58D: "98. Makeup of a nervous system, largely"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
• Similar words include: nerve cell, neuron
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: NEURONS

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59D: "100. Layer of a farm"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that adult female chicken
• Similar words include: biddy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HEN

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60D: "103. Locale for camel racing"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a military dictatorship in northern africa on the mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
• Similar words include: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIBYA

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61D: "105. Christians' ___ Creed"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or relating to the ancient city of nicaea in asia minor
• Similar words include: Nicaean
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NICENE

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62D: "107. Overflowed (with)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be teeming, be abuzz
• Similar words include: swarm, teem, stream
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TEEMED

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63D: "108. Reunion attendees"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
• Similar words include: alumnus, graduate, alum
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALUMNI

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64D: "109. Cause for a QB's celebration"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TDPASS

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65D: "111. Fries in England"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strips of potato fried in deep fat
• Similar words include: fries, splintering, chip
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CHIPS

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66D: "112. Deuce topper"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: iii, trio, ternary
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THREE

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67D: "113. "I'll take another card""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HITME

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68D: "114. Cheeky"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that improperly forward or bold
• Similar words include: fresh, saucy, impudent
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SASSY

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69D: "115. Like cotton candy"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
• Similar words include: birl, spin out, spin
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SPUN

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70D: "116. Lead-in to pilot or pay"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: car, machine, automobile
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AUTO

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71D: "118. Grayish, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make dull in appearance
• Similar words include: muted, boring, obtuse
• Opposite of: sharpen, sharp

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Answer: DULL

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72D: "122. Emphatic refusal in Germany"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NIE

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73D: "123. Stir-fry staple"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in chinese cooking
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WOK

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74D: "124. Dress (up)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that provide with clothes or put clothes on
• Similar words include: fit out, garment, habilitate
• Opposite of: undress

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Answer: TOG

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Today's Puzzle Stats

71 Across Clues

74 Down Clues

145 Total Clues

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