Across Clues :
1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps, 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis, 9. Cause of lens flare, 14. In a moment, 15. Shoot forth, 16. School tool, 17. Coloring implement since 1903, 19. China's Zhou ___, 20. Atop, poetically, 21. Flying mammals, 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011, 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare, 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet", 26. Blade runner?, 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up, 29. Quaint contraction, 32. Sine ___ non, 35. Film representations, 37. Kind of computer port, 40. Books with legends, 42. Jones (for), 43. Parent working behind the scenes?, 45. Bit of cream, 47. Totally bonkers, 48. Make a big to-do (over), 50. Big name in sunglasses, 54. Domesticated, 56. Move to the beat?, 59. Montmartre sweetheart, 61. Christmas tree decoration, 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do, 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g., 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle, 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson, 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g., 68. Asian soup, 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10, 70. Cyclops, for one, 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief
Down Clues :
1. Dapper sartorial choices, 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws, 3. Self-pitying lament, 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief, 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein, 6. Artificial bronze, 7. Fiery sorts, it's said, 8. B.Y.O.B. part, 9. Say hello to, 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight, 11. What a rear exit may lead to, 12. Pore over, 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves, 18. ___ Dhabi, 22. Got steamed, 24. A.S.A.P., 25. Corporate $$$ overseers, 28. Abuses the listserv, say, 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale", 31. W-9 info, 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short, 34. Bank withdrawal charge, 36. Air marshal's org., 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives, 38. Potential rescue pet, 39. Culture group, 41. Like a lime green suit, 44. They're open to interpretation, 46. Hee-haws, 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War, 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g., 52. Wedding reception cry, 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps, 55. In our ___ (among us), 57. The "U" of 71-Across, 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist, 59. Declining industry of Appalachia, 60. Strong and healthy, 61. Shark bait, 64. Jazz instrument, 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.
Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 20, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMPS
Possible Answer : adenosine_monophosphate, amp, adenylic_acid, AMP, A, ampere
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The clue is 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OSLO
Possible Answer : capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania
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The clue is 9. Cause of lens flare. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GLARE
Possible Answer : brilliance, public_eye, glare, blaze, spotlight, limelight, glower
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The clue is 14. In a moment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOON
Possible Answer : before_long, soon, shortly, presently
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The clue is 15. Shoot forth. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SPEW
Possible Answer : vomit, sick, chuck, spue, throw_up, ptyalise, purge, spew, disgorge, puke, spew_out, be_sick, cat, barf, regurgitate, upchuck, regorge, cast, vomit_up, honk, retch, ptyalize, spit, eruct
Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down
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The clue is 16. School tool. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: RULER
Possible Answer : swayer, rule, ruler
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The clue is 17. Coloring implement since 1903. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: CRAYOLACRAYON
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The clue is 19. China's Zhou ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ENLAI
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The clue is 20. Atop, poetically. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OER
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The clue is 21. Flying mammals. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BATS
Possible Answer : dotty, bats, cream, nuts, kookie, kooky, loopy, lick, clobber, batty, bonkers, loco, thrash, drub, balmy, flutter, squash_racket, whacky, wacky, barmy, cracked, loony, squash_racquet, at-bat, chiropteran, fruity, haywire, nutty, buggy, bat, cricket_bat, round_the_bend, crackers, daft, around_the_bend
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The clue is 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SECEDE
Possible Answer : secede, break_away, splinter
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The clue is 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: TEMPURA
Possible Answer : tempura
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The clue is 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CATHY
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The clue is 26. Blade runner?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLED
Possible Answer : sledge, sled, sleigh
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The clue is 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NSFW
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The clue is 29. Quaint contraction. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TWAS
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The clue is 32. Sine ___ non. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: QUA
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The clue is 35. Film representations. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: PORTRAYALS
Possible Answer : depicting, portrait, delineation, enactment, characterization, depiction, portrayal, portraiture, personation, portraying
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The clue is 37. Kind of computer port. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: USB
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The clue is 40. Books with legends. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ATLASES
Possible Answer : Atlas, map_collection, book_of_maps, atlas_vertebra, atlas, telamon
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The clue is 42. Jones (for). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: YEN
Possible Answer : yearn, ache, hankering, languish, yen, pine
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The clue is 43. Parent working behind the scenes?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: STAGEMOM
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The clue is 45. Bit of cream. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DAB
Possible Answer : swob, dab, tap, pat, splash, swab, splatter
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The clue is 47. Totally bonkers. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: CRAYCRAY
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The clue is 48. Make a big to-do (over). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FUSS
Possible Answer : tiff, ado, spat, trouble, fuss, bustle, dither, bother, niggle, overprotect, fret, squabble, hustle, mother, bickering, stir, pettifoggery, hassle, flurry, flap, pother, tizzy, bicker
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The clue is 50. Big name in sunglasses. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RAYBAN
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The clue is 54. Domesticated. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TAMED
Possible Answer : subdue, reclaim, domesticate, naturalize, tame, moderate, chasten, tone_down, naturalise, tamed, domesticize, domesticise, cultivate
Possible Opposite Answer : wild
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The clue is 56. Move to the beat?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: PULSATE
Possible Answer : pulsate, throb, pulse, quiver, beat
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The clue is 59. Montmartre sweetheart. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: CHERIE
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The clue is 61. Christmas tree decoration. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CANE
Possible Answer : flog, lambaste, cane, lambast
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The clue is 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ROW
Possible Answer : rowing, words, quarrel, dustup, wrangle, row, run-in, course
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The clue is 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OARED
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The clue is 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: SHRINKRAY
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The clue is 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALIAS
Possible Answer : also_known_as, false_name, a.k.a., alias, assumed_name
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The clue is 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AUTO
Possible Answer : car, automobile, machine, motorcar, auto
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The clue is 68. Asian soup. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MISO
Possible Answer : miso
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The clue is 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LEAST
Possible Answer : to_the_lowest_degree, least
Possible Opposite Answer : most
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The clue is 70. Cyclops, for one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: XMAN
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The clue is 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOTU
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Dapper sartorial choices. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ASCOTS
Possible Answer: ascot
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The clue is 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: MORAYEEL
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The clue is 3. Self-pitying lament. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: POORME
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The clue is 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SNL
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The clue is 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OSCAR
Possible Answer: Oscar, Academy_Award
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The clue is 6. Artificial bronze. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SPRAYTAN
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The clue is 7. Fiery sorts, it's said. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LEOS
Possible Answer: Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion
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The clue is 8. B.Y.O.B. part. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OWN
Possible Answer: have, own, possess, ain
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The clue is 9. Say hello to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GREET
Possible Answer: recognize, recognise, greet
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The clue is 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: LUNCHTRAY
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The clue is 11. What a rear exit may lead to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: ALLEYWAY
Possible Answer: back_street, alleyway, alley
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The clue is 12. Pore over. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: READ
Possible Answer: translate, scan, study, take, show, learn, record, read, understand, register, say, interpret
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The clue is 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ERIE
Possible Answer: Lake_Erie, Erie
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The clue is 18. ___ Dhabi. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ABU
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The clue is 22. Got steamed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SAWRED
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The clue is 24. A.S.A.P.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PDQ
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The clue is 25. Corporate $$$ overseers. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CFOS
Possible Answer: CFO, chief_financial_officer
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The clue is 28. Abuses the listserv, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPAMS
Possible Answer: Spam, spam, junk_e-mail
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The clue is 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ALE
Possible Answer: ale
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The clue is 31. W-9 info. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SSN
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The clue is 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: UAE
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The clue is 34. Bank withdrawal charge. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ATMFEE
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The clue is 36. Air marshal's org.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TSA
Possible Answer: TSA, Transportation_Security_Administration
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The clue is 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: USC
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The clue is 38. Potential rescue pet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: STRAY
Possible Answer: swan, divagate, wander, roll, stray, range, rove, roam, vagabond, drift, err, isolated, tramp, ramble, cast, digress
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The clue is 39. Culture group. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BACTERIA
Possible Answer: bacteria, bacterium
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The clue is 41. Like a lime green suit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LOUD
Possible Answer: flashy, tawdry, loudly, garish, meretricious, brassy, loud, forte, cheap, tacky, tatty, aloud, gaudy, gimcrack, trashy, flash
Possible Opposite Answer : soft, piano, softly
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The clue is 44. They're open to interpretation. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: GRAYAREAS
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The clue is 46. Hee-haws. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BRAYS
Possible Answer: mash, bray, hee-haw, grind, crunch, comminute
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The clue is 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SPARTA
Possible Answer: Sparta
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The clue is 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BARRIO
Possible Answer: barrio
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The clue is 52. Wedding reception cry. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ATOAST
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The clue is 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NEWYOU
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The clue is 55. In our ___ (among us). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MIDST
Possible Answer: thick, midst
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The clue is 57. The "U" of 71-Across. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: UNION
Possible Answer: wedlock, coupling, trades_union, labor_union, union, conglutination, spousal_relationship, North, uniting, Union, jointure, unification, sum, marriage, matrimony, mating, trade_union, join, brotherhood, conjugation, pairing, sexual_union, Federal
Possible Opposite Answer : nonunion, separation, disunion
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The clue is 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LEN
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The clue is 59. Declining industry of Appalachia. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: COAL
Possible Answer: char, coal, ember
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The clue is 60. Strong and healthy. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HALE
Possible Answer: drag, Edward_Everett_Hale, Nathan_Hale, George_Ellery_Hale, coerce, squeeze, pressure, force, Hale, whole, hale, haul, cart
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The clue is 61. Shark bait. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CHUM
Possible Answer: Oncorhynchus_keta, crony, buddy, brother, pal, sidekick, chum, chum_salmon
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The clue is 64. Jazz instrument. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SAX
Possible Answer: sax, Adolphe_Sax, Sax, saxophone
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The clue is 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: KMS
Possible Answer: kilometer, klick, km, kilometre