CrosswordDictionary2024May Flashcards
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Rope fiber (5)
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SISAL
2
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Stand-up comedian Marc (5)
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MARON
3
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Martian who wears a green helmet and skirt (6)
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MARVIN
4
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Some carry-ons (7)
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VALISES
5
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Pip’s love in “Great Expectations” (7)
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ESTELLA
6
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Syd who co-founded Pink Floyd (7)
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BARRETT
7
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Russian country house (5)
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DACHA
8
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Elfin folk (3)
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FAY
9
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Japanese aesthetic that embraces imperfection (8)
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WABISABI
10
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Poet Rainer Maria ___ (5)
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RILKE
11
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“Bob’s Burgers” daughter (4)
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TINA
12
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Rapper-activist who had a “Moment” in the 1992 Clinton campaign (13)
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SISTERSOULJAH
13
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___ Yung (founder of modern Taiwanese Buddhism) (5)
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HSING
14
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Valencia visionary? (3)
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OJO
15
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___ Collins, Parliament-Funkadelic bass guitarist (6)
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BOOTSY
16
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___ spectrum (community of orientations) (3)
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ACE
17
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Director eponym of the “lifetime achievement” Golden Globe (7)
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DEMILLE
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Door-to-door salesman in a classic Arthur Miller play (10)
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WILLYLOMAN
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Charles Wilson ___, George Washington portraitist (5)
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PEALE
20
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Lee ___, Republican political strategist of the 1980s (7)
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ATWATER
21
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Feature of deerstalker hats (7)
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EARLAPS
22
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Capital of Zambia (6)
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LUSAKA
23
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Cartoonish Hoff who wrote “Danny and the Dinosaur” (3)
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SYD
24
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Waterproof overshoes (7)
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ARCTICS
25
Coward (7)
MILKSOP
26
Bassist Meyer (5)
EDGAR
27
“___ and the Deterctives” (1929 novel) (4)
EMIL
28
Abnormally deep sleep (5)
SOPOR
29
Hall-of-Fame pitcher Warren (5)
SPAHN
30
German direction (3)
OST
31
Fishing basket (5)
CREEL
32
Mitchell & ___ (sports apparel company) (4)
NESS
33
Pigeon dish (5)
SQUAB
34
Collectible doll (6)
KEWPIE
35
Scotland’s Firth of ___ (3)
TAY
36
Love note acronym (4)
SWAK
37
“Of the,” abroad (3)
DES
38
Swimmer also known as a moonfish (4)
OPAH
39
Actress ___ Grace Moritz (5)
CHLOE
40
Italian seaport that’s home to Miramare Castle (7)
TRIESTE
41
___ Meyer, the V.P. on “Veep” (6)
SELINA
42
Lie, in slang (3)
CAP
43
Metal ring that holds a pencil’s eraser (7)
FERRULE
44
Dr. ___, talk show host with the catchphrase “Get some” (4)
RUTH
45
Programming language used in government and banking (5)
COBOL
46
Mountain nymph (5)
OREAD
47
Civil rights activist Baker (4)
ELLA
48
___ O’Malley Dillon of the Biden White House (3)
JEN
49
Celebrity chef Roy (4)
CHOI
50
Al ___, discus thrower in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (6)
OERTER
51
___ Joliot-Curie, chemist daughter of Marie (5)
IRENE
52
Have ___ (freak out) (4)
ACOW
53
Young-adult novelist whose works include “Legend” and “The Young Elites” (7)
MARIELU
54
Violinist’s stroke indicated by a “V” (5)
UPBOW
55
“Jesus & ___” (late-night show that ended in 2022) (4)
MERO
56
Dance style that developed in Oakland (9)
BOOGALOO
57
Psychologist Alfred who researched the measurement of intelligence (5)
BINET
58
“Survival in Auschwitz” and “The Periodic Table” author Primo (4)
LEVI
59
“Finnegans Wake” character ___ Livia Plurabelle (4)
ANNA
60
Bing Crosby’s record label (5)
DECCA
61
Budweiser beer is aged using this wood (5)
BEECH
62
Beldame (5)
CRONE
63
Bacterium requiring oxygen (6)
AEROBE
64
Battery type (5)
NICAD
65
Basic drum (6)
TOMTOM
66
Burns books? (5)
POESY
67
Bivalve mollusks (7)
COCKLES
68
Byrd’s rank: Abbr. (3)
ADM
69
___ anglais (3)
COR
70
Radio confirmation (5)
WILCO
71
Hong Kong megastar (3)
LAU
72
Yesterday, in Spanish (4)
AYER
73
Japan, in Japanese (5)
NIHON
74
“Shirt Front and Fork” sculptor, 1922 (3)
ARP
75
Colorful variety of lettuce (7)
REDLEAF
76
Stag (4)
HART
77
Archer’s wife on “All in the Family” (5)
EDITH
78
“The Resident” actor Malcolm-___ Warner (5)
JAMAL
79
Actress McClanahan of “The Golden Girls” (3)
RUE
80
Largest teachers’ union in the U.S. (3)
NEA
81
Actress Swenson (4)
INGA
82
Bluey and Bingo’s parent (3)
MUM
83
U.S./Canada military acronym (5)
NORAD
84
Believe that all beings have a spirit (7)
ANIMISM
85
Al or Bobby of auto racing (5)
UNSER
86
Dano of “The Fabelmans” (4)
PAUL
87
Coast Guard rank: Abbr. (3)
ENS
88
It's wool is the rarest natural fiber (6)
VICUÑA
89
Prominent stegosaurus features (6)
PLATES
90
Soprano Tebaldi (6)
RENATA
91
Actress Cuthbert (6)
ELISHA
92
Daughter of Muhammad (6)
FATIMA
93
Dot above an i or j (6)
TITTLE
94
River of Ukraine (6)
DONETS
95
Millie Bobby Brown’s Stranger Things role (6)
ELEVEN
96
James of the original Star Trek (6)
DOOHAN
97
Big name in travel guides (6)
FODORS
98
Thrash (6)
LARRUP
99
Felt (5)
BAIZE
100
Comic actress Martha (4)
RAYE
101
Cheat sheets (9)
CRIBNOTES
102
Big name in public opinion research (3)
PEW
103
Noggins (4)
NOBS
104
Kind of motor used in robotics (5)
SERVO
105
Mafia code of silence (6)
OMERTA
106
“The Time Machine” race (4)
ELOI
107
___ Domini (4)
ANNO
108
Paul who directed "Bridesmaids" (4)
FEIG
109
___ Maar, muse of Pablo Picasso (4)
DORA
110
Repetition of self-calming movements, such as finger-tapping or hair-twirling (8)
STIMMING
111
Soft leather variety (7)
DOESKIN
112
Informant, informally (7)
STOOLIE
113
Batman adversary ___ al Ghul (3)
RAS
114
Bond villain with an island lair (4)
DRNO
115
2007 Literature Nobelist Lessing (5)
DORIS
116
Drummer Neil of Rush (5)
PEART
117
Jurisdiction (5)
AMBIT
118
___ tatin (5)
TARTE
119
Film critic André to whom Francois Truffaut dedicated “The 400 Blows" (5)
BAZIN
120
Café cup (5)
TASSE
121
Primordial deity of Greek myth (4)
GAIA
122
French legislative body (5)
SENAT
123
“Roots” actor John (4)
AMOS
124
Title character played by Rosalind Russell onscreen and Angela Lansbury on Broadway (4)
MAME
125
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Hayes (5)
ISAAC
126
Kwame who said, “In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience” (4)
TURE
127
“Bessie” co-writer and director Rees (3)
DEE
128
“salt.” poet Nayyirah (6)
WAHEED
129
Multimedia artist ___ Red Star (5)
WENDY
130
Org. that asks if we’re alone (4)
SETI
131
Bane of one’s existence (9)
BETENOIRE
132
Viva ___ (4)
VOCA
133
Japanese porcelain (5)
IMARI
134
Actress Skye of “Say Anything…” (4)
IONE
135
Heroic action (9)
DERRINGDO
136
Excessively, in a score (6)
TROPPO
137
Extreme point in an orbit (5)
APSIS
138
Nonsense (5)
BILGE
139
Keyboard instrument (7)
CELESTA
140
Hit with a club (6)
CUDGEL
141
Trash-collecting vehicle, in Britain (8)
DUSTCART
142
One of the "Gilligan's Island" castaways (7)
MARYANN
143
Jimmy of "NYPD Blue" (5)
SMITS
144
Broadway composer Jule ___ (5)
STYNE
145
Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy" (3)
APU
146
"99 Luftballoons" singer (4)
NENA
147
Singer Sands of the '60s (4)
EVIE
148
Flying adversary of Godzilla (5)
RODAN
149
Dry steamed (4)
WADI
150
Follow, as orders (5)
HEWTO
151
Soft leather variety (7)
DOESKIN
152
Opera singer Norman with a National Medal of Arts (6)
JESSYE
153
Navajo dwelling (5)
HOGAN
154
Space on a CD track where a hidden song can be placed (6)
PREGAP
155
One way to prepare crepes (7)
SUZETTE
156
Beetle such as a zyzzyva (6)
WEEVIL
157
Connective organ tissue (6)
STROMA
158
Actor Judd (6)
HIRSCH
159
Ma dubbed "Mother of the Blues" (6)
RAINEY
160
Chewing gum ingredient (6)
TRYPAN
161
Dora's foxing nemesis (6)
SWIPER
162
Rogues (10)
REPROBATES
163
I Dream of Jennie star: 2 words
BARBARAEDEN
164
Pamper (6)
COSSET
165
Onetime center of Italian winemaking (7)
CREMONA
166
One of Lear's daughters (5)
REGAN
167
Artwork carved on bones (9)
SCRIMSHAW
168
She's "got a gun" in an Aerosmith hit (5)
JANIE
169
Declining mental state (6)
DOTAGE
170
Cosa ___ (Mafia) (6)
NOSTRA
171
Italian "dear" (4)
CARA
172
Voice of Bugs Bunny and Barney Rubble (9)
MELBLANCH
173
Very quickly (8)
INATRICE
174
Blues great who wrote "Smokestack Lightning" (10)
HOWLINWOLF
175
___ Holmes, founder of the website Jezebel (4)
ANNA
176
Hankering, slangily (8)
FIENDING
177
"The Tempest" king (6)
ALONSO
178
___ Holmes, founder of the website Jezebel (4)
ANNA
179
Buck inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 (5)
ONEIL
180
Coral reef builder (5)
POLYP
181
___ Marbles (thing in the British Museum that you absolutely cannot roll around on the table) (5)
ELGIN
182
Garfield’s girlfriend (6)
ARLENE
183
Guru’s place of retreat (6)
ASHRAM
184
South American grassland (5)
PAMPA
185
Hungarian poet József (6)
ATTILA
186
“The Last of Us” actor Anna (4)
TORV
187
“Filthy” funds (5)
LUCRE
188
Detective game set in Golden Age Hollywood (7)
LANOIRE
189
Gender designation initialism (4)
MAMA
190
Dionne Warwick, for one (9)
CHANTEUSE
