“➡At ____, private: Ease

➡Avoids like the plague: Eschews

➡Bring up, or what you can bring up: Rear

➡Brownish green: Hazel

➡Button on a DVD player: Eject

➡Carbon … (greenhouse gas): Dioxide

➡Challenge that was to raise money for ALS research: Icebucket

➡Contends resolutely: Struggles

➡Fake A Smile When…Ha-ha elicitor: Joke

➡Fake A Smile When…One may be called by a manager: Meeting

➡Fake A Smile When…Pic from a stick: Selfie

➡Fake A Smile When…Reporter’s quest: Interview

➡Fake A Smile When…Supply the food: Serve

➡Fake A Smile When…What a model strikes: Pose

➡Free gifts: Giveaways

➡Jagger of the Rolling Stones: Mick

➡Kevlar ____ (body armor): Vest

➡Mark up with a red pencil, say: Edit

➡Mineral in some supplements: Iron

➡No denim may be part of one: Dresscode

➡Parts of makeup kits: Eyeliners

➡Piano Man: Billy …: Joel

➡Pizza crust option: Thin

➡Prepare for use, as a pencil: Sharpen

➡Put on a hook: Hang

➡Scientific samples: Specimens

➡Space Oddity rocker David: Bowie

➡Space series genre: Scifi

➡The Old Guitarist artist: Picasso

➡Usually nocturnal insect: Moth

➡What you would expect: Norm
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“➡Megacorporation, like Facebook: GIANT

➡Pleased with oneself: SMUG

➡Wrecking Ball singer Miley: CYRUS
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“➡A Little Nightmare Music composer P.D.Q. ____: Bach

➡Bombard with noise: Deafen

➡Coffee brewing choice: Drip

➡Extinct relative of the Nicobar pigeon: Dodo

➡Greg’s TV partner or cosmic order in Buddhism: Dharma

➡Hairless on top: Bald

➡Predicament metaphor: Boat

➡Reason out; use logic: Deduce

➡Refuse to admit: Deny

➡Start up a computer: Boot

➡Swan Lake, for one: Ballet

➡Takes the first step: Begins

➡The moon is ____; I have not heard the clock: “Macbeth”: Down

➡Things Make The Fire Stronger: Campfire piece: Log

➡Things Make The Fire Stronger: Lighter filler: Butane

➡Things Make The Fire Stronger: Locomotive fuel: Coal

➡Things Make The Fire Stronger: Renewable power source: Wind

➡Word with baby or schuss: Boomer
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“➡A contest for a particular position or prize: Competition

➡A federal republic in central Europe: Switzerland

➡A light cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere: Mist

➡A loud sound: NOISE

➡A person who is small of stature and is often endearingly humorous: Dwarf

➡A person who teaches in a college or university: Professor

➡A polite or formal term of address to a man: Gentleman

➡A request for employment, admission to a school or institution, or the like: Application

➡A room in which classes or lessons are held: Classroom

➡A slow-moving mollus: Snail

➡A subject or situation that people are talking about or that is currently being dealt with: Issue

➡A thin piece of wood, stem, or stemlike structure: Stick

➡An account of a person’s life, written by someone else: Biography

➡An ancient city in southern Mesopotamia (now in Iraq): Babylon

➡An artistic movement or style that depicts life as it actually is: Realism

➡An object surviving from an earlier time: Relic

➡From a particular point in time until now: Since

➡Moderately warm or moderate in intensity or temperature: Mild

➡Optimum; most favorable: Optimal

➡Relating to or producing milk: DAIRY

➡Soft, pliable leather: SHEEPSKIN

➡Stand For A Long Time During Work: People who care for the sick or injured: Nurses

➡Stand For A Long Time During Work: People who construct something: BUILDERS

➡Stand For A Long Time During Work: People who make and sell baked goods: Bakers

➡Stand For A Long Time During Work: People who perform illusions: MAGICIANS

➡Stand For A Long Time During Work: People who travel to new or unfamiliar places: EXPLORERS

➡Strong, heavy rope, especially one used to moor a ship: CABLE

➡The act or process of admitting: ADMISSION

➡The first meal of the day: Breakfast

➡The numerical symbol 0: ZERO

➡The process of being born: Birth

➡To burst forth suddenly and violently: Erupt

➡To cut or wound with the teeth: Bite

➡To emit: Utter

➡To examine or inspect closely or thoroughly: Examine

➡To explain or translate the meaning of (something): Interpret

➡To give a brief summary or overall picture of: Summarize

➡To have the same opinion as someone else: Agree

➡To interfere in or obstruct the actions or plans of others: Interfere

➡To make a chirping sound: Cheep

➡Waste material, especially metal suitable for reusing: Scrap

➡Well-founded; having a basis in fact or reality: Valid
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“➡Animal variety: Breed

➡Banana cluster: Bunch

➡Bibliophile’s love: Books

➡Cavalry sword: Saber

➡City whose name anagrams to “Tokyo”: Kyoto

➡Club sandwich ingredient: Bacon

➡Command following a countdown: Begin

➡December mall figure: Santa

➡Go on and off, as a light: Blink

➡Keep in stock: Carry

➡Like some potential saves: Blown

➡Like the math problem 1 + 1: Basic

➡Major river of North America: Mississippi

➡Not working today: Off

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Apple tablet: Ipad

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Between-meals noshes: Snacks

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Disney creation: Cartoon

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Picnic or hike, e.g.: Outing

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Soda in a red can, informally: Coke

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Some of it comes from Mars: Candy

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Something to take into account: Money

➡Parents Set Limits For Kids On: Weight watcher’s plan: Diet

➡Place for illegal trading: Blackmarket

➡Play at full volume: Blast

➡Rash or itch cause, say: Dermatitis

➡Reluctantly disclose: Admit

➡Seller’s need: Buyer

➡Show one’s embarrassment: Blush

➡Some meteorological data collectors: Buoys

➡Sound eliciting a “Who’s there?”: Knock

➡Vampires’ marks: Bites

➡Way to get in: Entry

➡Wheel tooth: Cog

➡Where to view game results: Scoreboard

➡Word before and after “say”: Never

➡You got that right!: Bingo
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“➡____ against the clock: Race

➡____ put (remain, don’t move): Stay

➡Baby cats or other felines: Kittens

➡Basic part of plant: Root

➡Blender setting: Mix

➡Collection of investments: Portfolio

➡Country leader: President

➡Cut a little off the top: Trim

➡Edible hard-shelled seed: Nut

➡Half a fortnight: Week

➡Hedge or trees grown as shelter: Windbreak

➡In a bad ____ (pouting): Mood

➡It Can Carry Big Load Goods: Channel crosser: Ferry

➡It Can Carry Big Load Goods: Dune transport: Camel

➡It Can Carry Big Load Goods: Girder lifter: Crane

➡It Can Carry Big Load Goods: Highway hauler: Truck

➡It Can Carry Big Load Goods: Mule’s father: Donkey

➡It Can Carry Big Load Goods: Stakes racer: Horse

➡It heats a house: Furnace

➡It might unfold into a bed: Sofa

➡O ____ Night (Christmas song): Holy

➡One in the script: Line

➡Personal assistant; Head of State, e.g.: Secretary

➡Plato’s pupil; tutor to Alexander the Great: Aristotle

➡Purse, belt or hat; useful added item: Accessory

➡To ____! (“L’chaim!”): Life

➡Write using keyboard: Type
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“➡Accepted college applicant: Admit

➡Arnold’s Terminator, e.g.: Cyborg

➡Count of stars on a U.S. flag: Fifty

➡Dentist Related Words: Back tooth: Molar

➡Dentist Related Words: It’s a matter of taste: Palate

➡Dentist Related Words: One who might give you a shot: Nurse

➡Dentist Related Words: Put in stitches: Suture

➡Dentist Related Words: Use mouthwash: Gargle

➡Dentist Related Words: What a filling fills: Cavity

➡Evoke something from the past: Ringabell

➡Fashion designer, … Klein: Calvin

➡Food chain group: Herbivores

➡Hydroelectric facility: Dam

➡Hyperlink feature: Underline

➡KFC choice: Leg

➡Knowledgeable about: Upon

➡Like mercury at room temperature: Liquid

➡Malodorous Malaysian fruit: Durian

➡Move more quickly: Accelerate

➡Move to your previous place: Backspace

➡Natural eye cleaner: Tear

➡Nullified, negated: Invalidated

➡Part of DNA: Acid

➡Pop the question: Ask

➡Quick-witted, ingenious: Clever

➡Red + yellow =?: Orange

➡Savage uncivilized person: Barbarian

➡Small, medium or large: Size

➡Sound from the pasture: Moo

➡TALK LIKE THIS: Yell

➡Talked in the library: Whispered

➡That isn’t it: This

➡Underground shelter: Burrow

➡V.I.P. accompanier: Bodyguard

➡What catchers do: Crouch

➡What may help break the ice: Pick

➡Word with jacket or belt: Life
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“➡Best player ever: Goat

➡Chocolate ingredient: Cocoa

➡Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry: Flavor

➡Chop-chop!: Asap

➡Hogwarts garb: Robe

➡Ice cream dessert with a yellow fruit: Bananasplit

➡In A Fish Tank: Beach makeup: Sand

➡In A Fish Tank: Inflating device: Pump

➡In A Fish Tank: Paving stone: Cobble

➡In A Fish Tank: Purification aid: Filter

➡In A Fish Tank: Sows seeds: Plants

➡In A Fish Tank: Sprinkler liquid: Water

➡Lasting indefinitely: Permanently

➡On top of: Above

➡Oyster jewel: Pearl

➡Place for a milk bath: Spa

➡Planet between Mars and Saturn: Jupiter

➡Popularly accepted tale: Legend

➡Put on the brakes: Stop

➡Shaking with fear: Trembling

➡Sheep’s coat: Wool

➡Shocked, staggered: Stunned

➡Stuff in sticky sticks: Glue

➡Three-sided shapes: Triangles

➡To swallow liquid: Drink

➡Use unwisely, as time: Waste

➡Very amusing: Funny

➡Water faucet: Tap
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“➡… and ____ the next!: Onto

➡… Channing in “2 Broke Girls”: Caroline

➡Assuming that’s true…: Ifso

➡Gambling game akin to bingo: Keno

➡General summary: Overview

➡Getting some shut-eye: Asleep

➡Home to Bollywood: Mumbai

➡Jogger’s challenge: Hill

➡Like movie rental stores: Outdated

➡Mice and lice: Vermin

➡Milk sources: Cows

➡Not at all advanced; unobtrusive, restrained: Lowlevel

➡Obeys a “+” sign: Adds

➡People may paint their faces at this musical event: Concert

➡People paint their faces in this frightening festival: Halloween

➡People paint their faces in this traveling show: Carnival

➡Pilgrimage to Mecca: Hadj

➡Spreads divisions: Branches

➡The “C” of I.C.U.: Care

➡The … Play (“Macbeth”): Scottish

➡The Da Vinci Code priory: Sion

➡This batman enemy paints his face: Joker

➡This circus performer paints his face: Clown

➡This division member paint his face: Soldier

➡This entertainer in a kimono paints her face: Geisha

➡This role player paints his face: Actor

➡Thrust forward: Protrude

➡Tiny bird call: Peep

➡Trojan War hero: Achilles

➡Venom dispenser: Fang

➡Where to keep a pet parrot, e.g.: Birdcage

➡Word between “once” and “twice”: Bitten

➡Year-end purchase: Calendar
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➡TV show “____ Betty”: UGLY

➡Virginia Woolf’s “___ Dalloway”: Mrs

➡You lucky ___!: Dog