CrosswordDictionary2024Apr Flashcards

1
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First-and-second bet (6)

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EXACTA

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2
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Martini & ___ (beverage brand) (5)

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ROSSI

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3
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Mythical bird (3)

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ROC

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4
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Mozart’s “Cosi Fan ___” (5)

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TUTTE

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5
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Senator Joni of Iowa (5)

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ERNST

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6
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Some U.K. Lords (3)

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MPS

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7
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City in San Bernardino County (9)

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LOMALINDA

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8
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Smith who wrote “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” (5)

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BETTY

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9
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Phillip II of ___, father of Alexander the Great (7)

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MACEDON

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10
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Actress Rowlands (4)

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GENA

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11
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Cape Colony settlers (5)

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BOERS

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12
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Pro wrestler ___ Luger (3)

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LEX

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13
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Food products wholesaler (5)

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SYSCO

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14
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Mother of Balder (5)

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FRIGG

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15
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Anthropomorphic blue vacuum cleaner of “Teletubbies” (6)

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NOONOO

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16
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“Kossuth” composer Bartok (4)

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BELA

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17
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Papal emissary (6)

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NUNCIO

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18
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Grammy winning “Java” trumpeter Al (4)

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HIRT

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19
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“Passing” actress Ruth (5)

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NEGGA

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20
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New Guinea port (3)

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LAE

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21
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1920 play by Karel Capek (3)

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RUR

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22
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“Othello” character who laments “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!” (6)

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CASSIO

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23
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Dances for which girls do the asking, informally (6)

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SADIES

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24
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Bound for the big stage? (4)

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JETE

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25
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Gardner of “Saturday Night Live” (5)

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HEIDI

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26
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Swedish city where Scandinavia’s first university was founded (1425) (4)

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LUND

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27
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TV journalist ___ Tur (4)

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KATY

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28
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Dystopian sci-fi film of 1997 (7)

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GATTACA

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29
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Sister of Sol, in myth (4)

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LUNA

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30
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1999 comedy in which Alanis Morissette plays god (5)

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DOGMA

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31
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AMC car known as “The Flying Fishbowl” (5)

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PACER

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32
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Goldin of “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (3)

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NAN

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33
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Long-horned grasshopper (7)

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KATYDID

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34
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Daisy known as the “Rosa Parks of the North” (5)

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MYERS

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35
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Food with a national holiday in El Salvador (7)

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PUPUSAS

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36
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Reflective effect in some gemstones (7)

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CATSEYE

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37
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French press? (7)

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LEMONDE

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38
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“___ volat proprils” (Oregon’s motto) (4)

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ALIS

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39
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Toby ___, “Twelfth Night” character who says “Thou’rt a scholar; let us therefore eat and drink” (5)

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BELCH

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40
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Mythical figure who sacrificed an eye in order to drink from the well of knowledge (4)

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ODIN

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41
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Creatures inspired by George Lucas’s dog (8)

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WOOKIEES

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42
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Conductor Seiji (5)

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OZAWA

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43
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Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-___ Parks (4)

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LORI

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44
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Singer Rawls with the hit “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” (3)

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LOU

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45
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German tech and manufacturing conglomerate (7)

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SIEMENS

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46
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Champion boxer Errol ___ Jr. (6)

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SPENCE

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47
Q

Shakespearean misanthrope (5)

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TIMON

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48
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Small Southwestern birds of prey (7)

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ELFOWLS

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49
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Role for Michelle Williams in “The Fabelmans” (5)

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MITZI

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50
Q

Mythical Buddhist text (6)

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TANTRA

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51
Q

Speculative fiction subgenre that envisions a sustainable energy future (9)

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SOLARPUNK

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52
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Sophisticated (6)

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URBANE

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53
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1916 battle site, with “the” (5)

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SOMME

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54
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“Here’s looking at you, kid”? (3)

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MAA

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55
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“Need You Tonight” band, 1987 (4)

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INXS

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56
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Lena of “Chocolat” (4)

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OLIN

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57
Q

Cariou who played Sweeney Todd (3)

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LEN

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58
Q

Botches badly (8)

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LOUSESUP

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59
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Hydroxyacetone, familiarly (6)

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ACETOL

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60
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Engraver of “Beer Street” and “Gin Lane” (7)

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GOGARTH

61
Q

Flow: prefix (4)

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RHEO

62
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Small moon, in British English (5)

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LUNET

63
Q

Hold of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork (6)

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USENET

64
Q

Da Mayor portrayed Davis in “Do the Right Thing” (5)

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OSSIE

65
Q

Actor Don of “Trading Places” (6)

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AMECHE

66
Q

___ de mer (3)

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MAL

67
Q

Gloppy fare (5)

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SWILL

68
Q

Ibsen’s “___ Gabler” (5)

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HEDDA

69
Q

Profound shift: 2 wds (9)

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SEACHANGE

70
Q

9 to 5 actor Coleman (6)

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DABNEY

71
Q

Japanese conceptual artist Yayoi (6)

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KUSAMA

72
Q

Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora (6)

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RICHIE

73
Q

Reframing of past events to fix a plot hole (6)

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RETCON

74
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Bestselling Neil Gaiman graphic novel whose title character is also known as Dream or Morpheus, among other names: 2 wds (7)

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SANDMAN

75
Q

Parsonages (6)

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MANSES

76
Q

Cowers in fear (6)

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QUAILS

77
Q

Magnetized neutron star that emits very regular periodic bursts of radiation (6)

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PULSAR

78
Q

Surname of the family in Long Day’s Journey into Night (6)

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TYRONE

79
Q

Titular Marvel villain voiced by James Spader (6)

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ULTRON

80
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Cartoonish known for a character with a 33-Across (6)

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SCHULZ

81
Q

Knicks legend “___ the Pearl” Monroe (4)

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EARL

82
Q

Camaro named for a race acronym (4)

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IROC

83
Q

TV monitors, in brief (3)

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FCC

84
Q

Smith of “Doctor Who” (4)

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MATT

85
Q

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” creator Robin (5)

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THEDE

86
Q

One of Lear’s daughters (5)

A

REGAN

87
Q

Artwork carved on bones (9)

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SCRIMSHAW

88
Q

Post-coup group (5)

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JUNTA

89
Q

Pan’s domain, in Greek myth (7)

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ARCADIA

90
Q

Designer Saab (4)

A

ELIE

91
Q

Bottomless pit (5)

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ABYSM

92
Q

Currency of Laos (3)

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KIP

93
Q

“Doesn’t matter to me” (6)

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NOLOSS

94
Q

Jazz singer Carmen (5)

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MCRAE

95
Q

Detroit ___, nickname for Malcolm X (3)

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RED

96
Q

Spider-Man adversary played by Jamie Foxx (7)

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ELECTRO

97
Q

Journalist Tarbell (3)

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IDA

98
Q

Entrepreneur ___ C.J. Walker (5)

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MADAM

99
Q

Small surgical knife (6)

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LANCET

100
Q

Bunch of hair (4)

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HANK

101
Q

___ the Lucky, nickname of a noted explorer (4)

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LEIF

102
Q

Singer Ocasek (3)

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RIC

103
Q

Sports analyst Kimes (4)

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MINA

104
Q

Some chess tactics (4)

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PINS

105
Q

“___ vous” (polite French phrase) (5)

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APRES

106
Q

Pistol used by James Bond (10)

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WALTHERPPK

107
Q

Excited outburst (5)

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SQUEE

108
Q

Unfair, to Brits (10)

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NOTCRICKET

109
Q

Trackgoer’s aids (10)

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DOPESHEETS

110
Q

NASA rocket name since 1957 (5)

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ATLAS

111
Q

Hybrid shape with straight edges and rounded corners (8)

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SQUIRCLE

112
Q

___-Cover (Paris basilica) (5)

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SACRE

113
Q

Cartoondom’s “Princess of Power” (5)

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SHERA

114
Q

Bumpkin (5)

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YOKEL

115
Q

Locale for one leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsport (6)

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LEMANS

116
Q

___ Smith, drummer for Alice Cooper (4)

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NEAL

117
Q

New wave’s Adam ___ (3)

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ANT

118
Q

Robert Matthew Van ___, real name of rap’s Vanilla Ice (6)

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WINKLE

119
Q

Sweetened cornmeal in Mexican cuisine (6)

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PINOLE

120
Q

Hats worn by Napoleon (8)

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BICORNES

121
Q

Marsalis family patriarch (5)

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ELLIS

122
Q

Mark who played Luke Skywalker (6)

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HAMILL

123
Q

Suspicious, informally (5)

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HINKY

124
Q

Doing mess hall duties, for short (4)

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ONKP

125
Q

One of a trio of famous Catherines (4)

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PARR

126
Q

Some Olds of old (6)

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CIERAS

127
Q

Eldest of the Three Musketeers (5)

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ATHOS

128
Q

Comic pianist known as “The Clown Prince of Denmark” (5)

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BORGE

129
Q

Org. that funds PBS (3)

A

NEA

130
Q

Former queen of Jordan (4)

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NOOR

131
Q

Pollutants banned in the ‘70s, inbrief (4)

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PCBS

132
Q

Romanian currency (3)

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LEU

133
Q

Susan of “L.A. Law” (3)

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DEY

134
Q

Talk idly (6)

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NATTER

135
Q

Tracy, to his Hollywood friends (6)

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SPENCE

136
Q

Hardwood stick used for percussion (5)

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CLAVE

137
Q

“Mountains and Sea” painter Frankenthaler (5)

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HELEN

138
Q

Hindu thunder deity (5)

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INDRA

139
Q

“Jeanus” rapper Jean ___ (4)

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GRAE

140
Q

Developer of the oral polio vaccine (5)

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SABIN

141
Q

Indigenous people of Eastern Canada (4)

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INNU

142
Q

Wishful longing, in Portuguese culture (7)

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SAUDADE

143
Q

Cozens (6)

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TRICKS

144
Q

Bambi author Felix (6)

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SALTEN

145
Q

Historical Muslim leader (6)

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CALIPH

146
Q

Notre Dame coaching great Knute (6)

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ROCKNE

147
Q

Queen of detective fiction (6)

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ELLERY

148
Q

Heavy silk fabric (6)

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SAMITE

149
Q

Trees or shrubs in the cashew family (6)

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SUMACS