CrosswordDictionary2024June Flashcards

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Kiwi or cassowary (6)

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RATITE

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2
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Norse goddess of death (3)

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HEL

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3
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___ fritas (Cuban French fries) (5)

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PAPAS

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4
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Portrayer of the show creator in “The Truman Show” (8)

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EDHARRIS

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5
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Sole survivor in “Reservoir Dogs” (6)

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MRPINK

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6
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Younger Jetson kid (5)

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ELROY

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7
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“Lovergirl” singer Marie (5)

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TEENA

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8
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Roman farewell (3)

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AVE

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9
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Kind of kick in football (5)

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SQUIB

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10
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Big name in motor oil (3)

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STP

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11
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Looney Tunes turtle (5)

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CECIL

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12
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First sultan of both Syria and Egypt (7)

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SALADIN

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13
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Cap worn by dervishes (3)

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TAJ

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14
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Person cleaning a horse’s stable (6)

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MUCKER

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15
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Nine, in Italian (4)

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NOVE

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16
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Titular character in a Menotti opera (5)

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AMAHL

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17
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What’s generated by solar panels (7)

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DCPOWER

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18
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Rap’s ___ Sweatshirt (4)

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EARL

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19
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Arrangement following a union agreement, perhaps (7)

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BACKPAY

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20
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Title woman in a 1968 Turtles hit (7)

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ELENORE

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21
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Small appetizer in Turkish cuisine (4)

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MEZE

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22
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Coach’s first name on “Cheers” (5)

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ERNIE

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23
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Queen’s style (9)

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ARENAROCK

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24
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Philosopher David who wrote “A Treatise of Human Nature” (4)

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HUME

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Hindi film star __ Rukh Khan (4)
SHAH
26
Nobel-winning physicist Paul (5)
DIRAC
27
"River Spirit" author Aboulela (5)
LEILA
28
Kelly of "3 Body Problem" (5)
MARLO
29
U.K. mil. branch (3)
RAF
30
Princess raised on Alderaan (4)
LEIA
31
Esoteric knowledge (6)
ARCANA
32
___ Patrol, DC Comics superhero team (4)
DOOM
33
Desert valley (4)
WADI
34
__ rata (3)
PRO
35
Trixie and ___, drag queen comedy duo (5)
KATYA
36
Actress Wiley of "Orange Is the New Black" (6)
SAMIRA
37
Patrick ___, villainous protagonist of "American Psycho" (7)
BATEMAN
38
"I'm sorry, Dave" speaker of sci-fi (3)
HAL
39
Director Preminger (4)
OTTO
40
Thin cigar (8)
PANATELA
41
Surrounding area (7)
PURLIEU
42
The Swinging ___, robe-wearing mascot for the Padres (5)
FRIAR
43
"Lovely" lady in a Beatles hit (4)
RITA
44
Founder of the American Shakers (6)
ANNLEE
45
"A ___ Went By" (classic children's book) (3)
FLY
46
What manatees graze on (8)
SEAGRASS
47
“S.N.L.” alum who played Dr. Marcus on “Entourage” (8)
NORADUNN
48
Pitcher Don with a perfect game in the 1956 World Series (6)
LARSEN
49
Tree-lined promenade (7)
ALAMEDA
50
Countess Olenska in “The Age of Innocence” (5)
ELLEN
51
Beat poet Kandel who wrote “The Love Book” (6)
LENORE
52
 “The Bell of ___” (Longfellow poem) (4)
ATRI
53
Hang ___ Index (Hong Kong stock-market measure) (4)
SENG
54
___-majesté (insult to the dignity of a head of state) (4)
LESE
55
“But,” to Brecht (4)
ABER
56
Hirsch of “Into the Wild” (5)
EMILE
57
Rhea’s role on “Cheers” (5)
CARLA
58
Skin-care mogul Adrien (5)
ARPEL
59
“Tombstone” lawman (4)
EARP
60
Marcel Marceau character (3)
BIP
61
Ease, as thirst (5)
SLAKE
62
One who might say “I don’t mean to pry . . .” and then proceed to pry (9)
BUTTINSKY
63
Cutesy palindromic emoticon face (3)
UWU
64
One of the Three Musketeers (5)
ATHOS
65
“Almost Famous” character who shares her name with a Beatles song (9)
PENNYLANE
66
Samantha’s mother, on “Bewitched” (6)
ENDORA
67
West Bengal’s capital (7)
KOLKATA
68
Actor Brynner whose name sounds like a holiday season (3)
YUL
69
“The Power of the ___” (2021 film) (3)
DOG
70
Wall St. trader (3)
ARB
71
Lunch option, jocularly (7)
SAMMICH
72
“Is Anybody Goin’ to San ___” (Charley Pride song) (6)
ANTONE
73
Judo rank (3)
DAN
74
Philip of "Kung Fu" (3)
AHN
75
Harp-shaped constellation (4)
LYRA
76
Bygone kingdom of ancient Britain (6)
WESSEX
77
“Cocaine Bear” actor ___ Jackson Jr. (5)
OSHEA
78
“Octopus’s Garden” singer (5)
STARR
79
Collection of Jewish oral tradition (7)
MISHNAH
80
Ballet company that premiered "Swan Lake" (7)
BOLSHOI
81
Makeshift money (5)
SCRIP
82
Art style associated with Henri Rousseau (5)
NAIVE
83
Traditional Mexican stew (6)
POSOLE
84
Expressionist painter Nolde (4)
EMIL
85
Org. seeking alien life (4)
SETI
86
Oxford figure (3)
DON
87
Inits. in some church names (3)
AME
88
___ Romana (time of prosperity in the Roman Empire) (3)
PAX
89
Gear for making close calls on a diamond (5)
LOUPE
90
Stack of coins (7)
ROULEAU
91
Actor Joseph who plays George in “Beef” (3)
LEE
92
Actor Paul of “Sound of Metal” (4)
RACI
93
Mononymous folk and blues artist called “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement” (6)
ODETTA
94
Late Sudanese writer Salih ___ (5)
TAYEB
95
___ Auditore da Firenze (Assassin’s Creed protagonist) (4)
EZIO
96
Korean BBQ short ribs (5)
GALBI
97
Person who’s low on the corporate ladder (4)
PEON
98
It doesn’t come from the top brass (6)
OOMPAH
99
Feature of many haute couture dresses (7)
BIASCUT
100
___ St. Brown, N.F.L. star nicknamed "Sun God" (7)
AMONRA
101
Actor McLaughlin of "Stranger Things" (5)
CALEB
102
King Arthur's father (5)
UTHER
103
Novelist Jaffe (4)
RONA
104
Pro ___ (4)
RATA
105
Western Hemisphere grp. since 1948 (3)
OAS
106
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Cam (5)
NEELY
107
Work diligently at (3)
PLY
108
Ancient region once conquered by Julius Caesar (4)
GAUL
109
Priory of ___, guardians of a monumental secret in "The Da Vinci Code" (4)
SION
110
Fashion designer Anna (3)
SUI
111
Updo hairstyle (4)
POUF
112
Grier of "Foxy Brown" (3)
PAM
113
Chick of jazz (5)
COREA
114
Chinese gambling game with dominoes (6)
PAIGOW
115
Yale of Yale University (5)
ELIHU
116
MGM co-founder Marcus (4)
LOEW
117
Alias (6)
ANONYM
118
State-owned Russian news outlet (4)
TASS
119
Pivots, as a plane (4)
YAWS
120
“The Invention of Love” playwright (8)
STOPPARD
121
“Supergirl” star Benoist (7)
MELISSA
122
Eurasian duck species with dapper-looking drakes (4)
SMEW
123
Co. cofounded by Gary Gygax (3)
TSR
124
New York building historically associated with songwriting (5)
BRILL
125
Home of Parmenides and Zeno (4)
ELEA
126
Composer who died three months after “Carmen” premiered, convinced it was a failure (5)
BIZET
127
___ flow (fluid dynamics concept) (7)
LAMINAR
128
Amiri Baraka, aka ___ Jones (5)
LEROI
129
Anime category “boys’ love,” by another name (4)
YAOI
130
“History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the ___ People” (children’s book) (5)
TAINO
131
“Tiny Bubbles” singer (5)
DONHO
132
Actress Keenan of “My Two Dads” (5)
STACI
133
“Casablanca” star, familiarly (5)
BOGIE
134
Dustin Hoffman’s role in “Midnight Cowboy” (5)
RATSO
135
“Mr. Mom” actress (8)
TERIGARR
136
Emergency flight (7)
MEDEVAC
137
Poet Frank who led the 1950s-'60s "New York School" (5)
OHARA
138
Fastener used in securing pipes (5)
UBOLT
139
___ knots (hairstyle) (5)
BANTU
140
Trumpet flourish (6)
TUCKET
141
N, on a French map (4)
NORD
142
"Peanuts" character in a cloud of dirt (6)
PIGPEN
143
Pulitzer-winning novelist Welty (6)
EUDORA
144
Pied-à-__: secondary residence (5)
TERRE
145
French evening (4)
SOIR
146
Actor Holbrook (3)
HAL
147
Troop entertainment grp (3)
USO
148
Newspaper editor Bradlee (3)
BEN
149
Draped neckline (4)
COWL
150
Type of financial arrangement used in many real-estate transactions (6)
ESCROW
151
Flemish painter Pieter ___ the Younger (8)
BREUGHEL
152
Spanish lakes (5)
LAGOS
153
Racer Kitty known as "the fastest woman in the world" (5)
ONEIL
154
King in Disney's "The Jungle Book" (5)
LOUIE
155
Muscle protein (5)
ACTIN
156
Light craft material (5)
BALSA
157
Discharge, as waste (5)
EGEST
158
New York resort region where Sid Caesar and Jackie Mason got their start (11)
BORSCHTBELT
159
Like the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (6)
TRIUNE
160
Kept in a manuscript (7)
STETTED
161
Floor, in French (5)
ETAGE
162
Joanna who wrote the 1975 science-fiction novel “The Female Man” (4)
RUSS
163
“Dubliners” character who plans to escape to Buenos Aires with her lover (7)
EVELINE
164
Monique who wrote “The Straight Mind” and “The Lesbian Body” (6)
WITTIG
165
Illusory hopes (8)
CHIMERAS
166
"Fantasia" conductor Stokowski (7)
LEOPOLD
167
Subject of Obi-Wan's line "That's no moon. It's a space station" (9)
DEATHSTAR
168
Actress Barrymore with an eponymous Broadway theater (5)
ETHEL
169
Sailing vessel (5)
SLOOP
170
"____ Honey," debut album for Radiohead (5)
PABLO
171
Memento ___ (4)
MORI
172
Mouthful for a cow (3)
CUD
173
Hymn whose final couplet is known as “Pie Jesu” (8)
DIESIRAE
174
Marching band syllable (3)
PAH
175
Anita nicknamed the "Jezebel of Jazz" (4)
ODAY
176
Rafael ___, All-Star third baseman for the Red Sox (6)
DEVERS
177
Head of the Corleone family (7)
DONVITO
178
Extremely damaged, in military lingo (5)
FUBAR
179
Understands, informally (5)
GROKS
180
Name from the Latin word for faithful (4)
FIDO
181
Dog resembling a mop (4)
PULI
182
Horror director Ari (5)
ASTER
183
Nickname for Empress Elisabeth of Austria (4)
SISI
184
Tuckered out (6)
BUSHED
185
___ & Mariam (musical duo) (6)
AMADOU
186
Root used in perfumery (5)
ORRIS
187
Conductance units (4)
MHOS
188
Leader in the Cuban War of Independence (5)
MARTI
189
Lin Ching-___, icon of Chinese-language cinema (4)
HSIA
190
Loretta of "M*A*S*H" (4)
SWIT
191
Chuck who performed “Feels So Good” (7)
MANGIONE
192
Squalid (5)
SEAMY
193
Flintstone family pet (4)
DINO
194
D-Day craft, for short (3)
LST
195
Actress Leachman (6)
CLORIS
196
Muslim law (6)
SHARIA
197
Employees who do the firing (10)
HATCHETMEN
198
Old country music channel (3)
TNN
199
“Book em, ___!” (5)
DANNO
200
1930s public works program, for short (3)
TVA
201
Prez, to G.I.s (3)
CIC
202
Jean, of prehistoric novels (4)
AUEL
203
Indian master (5)
SAHIB
204
Architect Saarinen (4)
EERO
205
Comic Riggle (3)
ROB
206
Mitchell of NBC News (6)
ANDREA
207
Private chat (9)
TETEATETE
208
Dee of rock’s Twisted Sister (6)
SNIDER
209
Heroin, slangily (4)
SCAG
210
Comedian Vulcano of “Impractical Jokers” (3)
SAL
211
Relating to the diaphragm (7)
PHRENIC
212
Ready to breed, as a stallion (6)
ATSTUD
213
Ancient capital of Syria (7)
ANTIOCH
214
Michael of R.E.M. (5)
STIPE
215
Striped antelope (4)
KUDU
216
Verdi title bandit (6)
ERNANI
217
TV equine of the ‘60s (4)
MRED
218
Perlman of “Cheers” (4)
RHEA
219
Together, in music (4)
ADUE
220
Fashion designer ___ Oliver (6)
SHAYNE
221
En ___ (chess move) (7)
PASSANT
222
Big maker of checkout devices (3)
NCR
223
___ terrible (6)
ENFANT
224
Rock guitarist Lofgren (4)
NILS
225
Brothel head (4)
BAWD
226
Power tool brand (4)
SKIL
227
Fashion designer Gernreich (4)
RUDI
228
These, to Thérèse (3)
CES
229
German candy brand (6)
RIESEN
230
Prized violin (5)
AMATI
231
One-person dances (8)
PASSEULS
232
John or Tom of Credence Clearwater Revival (7)
FOGERTY
233
Noted Roman censor (4)
CATO
234
Arm of the Arctic Ocean (7)
KARASEA
235
Noted Roman censor (4)
CATO
236
French for “words” (4)
MOTS
237
Pedantic “Cheers” character (5)
DIANE
238
Greek (8)
HELLENIC
239
___ bourguignon (5)
BEOUF
240
Literally, "our thing" (10)
COSANOSTRA
241
Colorado's ___ Mountains (3)
ELK
242
Dummies : pacifiers :: ___ : diapers (7)
NAPPIES
243
First Stuart king of England (6)
JAMESI
244
Home of a 20th-century art colony (4)
TAOS
245
___ Burks, N.B.A. shooting guard since 2011 (4)
ALEC
246
Some theatrical transitions (9)
ENTRACTES
247
Emmy winner Uzo (5)
ADUBA
248
___Plus (pharmacy brand) (4)
ATRA
249
French family members (5)
PERES
250
"A Doll's House" protagonist (4)
NORA
251
Mechanical catch (4)
PAWL
252
TV host Joy (4)
REID
253
Crazy Horse and kin (7)
OGLALAS
254
Too much, musically (6)
TROPPO
255
Shin armor (7)
GREAVES
256
"Oliver Twist" antagonist (5)
FAGIN
257
Actress Graff of "Mr. Belvedere" (5)
ILENE
258
Vocalist Vikki (4)
CARR
259
Supermarket chain inits. (3)
IGA
260
Two farthings, colloquially (7)
HAPENNY
261
Politico Gallego (5)
RUBEN
262
Japanese vegetable (3)
UDO
263
Japanese art of flower arranging (7)
IKEBANA
264
Michigan congresswoman Slotkin (6)
ELISSA
265
Elegant shorebird (5)
STILT
266
Small drum (5)
TABOR
267
Songwriter Warren with an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy (5)
DIANE
268
Emanuel who served as the mayor of Chicago (4)
RAHM
269
The Green Hornet’s sidekick (4)
KATO
270
British mil. award just below the Victoria Cross (3)
DSO
271
Psychiatrist’s ref. book (3)
DSM
272
Touristy district of Rome (5)
TREVI
273
Sight in suburbia (9)
MCMANSION
274
Robbins who co-wrote the "Rocky" theme "Gonna Fly Now" (3)
AYN
275
"Saturday Night Live" cast member from 2012 to 2022 (6)
BRYANT
276
Parsons who worked on "Abbey Road" and "The Dark Side of the Moon" (4)
ALAN
277
Actress Merrill (4)
DINA
278
Cajole (7)
WHEEDLE
279
Stuntwoman and racer Kitty (5)
ONEIL
280
“PEN15” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” actress Maya (7)
ERSKINE
281
Bow application (5)
ROSIN
282
Bread, in Portuguese (3)
PAO
283
Tribe whose community was centered around a lake in New Hampshire (7)
OSSIPEE
284
Justice org. headquartered in The Hague (3)
ICC
285
“The Legend of Korra” character ___ Beifong (3)
LIN
286
“Siluetas” artist Mendieta (3)
ANA
287
Gillian’s role on “The X-Files” (4)
DANA
288
Like some muscle contractions (7)
TETANIC