CrosswordDictionaryA Flashcards
(119 cards)
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Swiss river (4)
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AARE
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Harlem Renaissance artist Douglas (5)
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AARON
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Iranian port near the Iraq border (6)
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ABADAN
4
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Fathers, in Hebrew (5)
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ABBAS
5
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French clerics (5)
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ABBES
6
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Supreme Court appointee before Thurgood Marshall (9)
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ABEFORTAS
7
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Countenance (5)
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ABIDE
8
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French and Saunders Britcom, familiarly (5)
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ABFAB
9
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Roughs up? (7)
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ABRADES
10
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___ acid, essential component of vinegar (6)
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ACETIC
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Vita ___ (philosopher Hannah Arendt’s alternative to contemplation) (6)
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ACTIVA
12
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___ Twist (best-selling picture book) (3)
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ADA
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Nathan’s beloved in “Guys and Dolls” (8)
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ADELAIDE
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“The Story of ___” (1975 film by Francois Truffaut) (6)
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ADELEH
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Chicago’s ___ Planetarium (5)
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ADLER
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___ Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. (6)
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ADRIAN
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Mythological shield (5)
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AEGIS
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Some Saab convertibles (5)
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AEROS
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Nestle bars filled with tiny bubbles (5)
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AEROS
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Norse pantheon (5)
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AESIR
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Big workers’ group (6)
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AFLCIO
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Turkish title (3)
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AGA
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Opposin’ (4)
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AGIN
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Fit for a sweater (4)
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AGUE
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“Game of Thrones” actor Gillen (5)
AIDAN
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“The Hobbit” actor Turner (5)
AIDAN
27
River isle (3)
AIT
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“Something Like an Autobiography” author Kurosawa (5)
AKIRA
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Supermodel Adut (5)
AKECH
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Wings: Lat. (4)
ALAE
31
Hail of “Licorice Pizza” (5)
ALANA
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Dress for the clergy (3)
ALB
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“Three Tall Women” playwright (5)
ALBEE
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“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright Edward (5)
ALBEE
35
Alaska’s Unangam Tung language, by another name (5)
ALEUT
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Freezing cold (5)
ALGID
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Actress Shawkat of “Search Party” (4)
ALIA
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___ Waters, pioneering farm-to-table chef (5)
ALICE
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Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N. (4)
ALIG
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___ B. Lattimer, civil rights activist in the National Women’s Hall of Fame (5)
ALLIE
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Shipwrecked king in “The Tempest” (6)
ALONSO
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Brightest star in the Eagle constellation (6)
ALTAIR
43
“Gosford Park” director, 2001 (6)
ALTMAN
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“Insecure” actress Seales (6)
AMANDA
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Audrey Tautou role (6)
AMELIE
46
Bon (3)
AMI
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Titular woman in a 1975 Pure Prairie League hit (4)
AMIE
48
Nitrogen-containing compounds (6)
AMINES
49
Gas brand bought out by BP in 1998 (5)
AMOCO
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Tony and Grammy winner Mitchell (5)
ANAIS
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Three-syllable foot, as in “bada-bing” (7)
ANAPEST
52
French France (7)
ANATOLE
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Candy brand with a mountain logo (5)
ANDES
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Actor Braugher of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (5)
ANDRE
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Chef Jose ___, founder of the relief organization World Central Kitchen (6)
ANDRES
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MacDowell of “Maid” (5)
ANDIE
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Resident of the U.S.’s second-largest city (8)
ANGELENO
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White, in Mexico (5)
ANGLO
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Inner self, to Jung (5)
ANIMA
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Ouzo component (7)
ANISEED
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Loos who wrote “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (5)
ANITA
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One of the Pointer Sisters (5)
ANITA
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___ Bonny (pirate whose execution was stayed on the grounds of pregnancy) (4)
ANNE
64
Strengthen, as metal (6)
ANNEAL
65
Years, in Latin (4)
ANNI
66
___ mundide (4)
ANNO
67
Social breakdown (6)
ANOMIE
68
Composer Bruckner (5)
ANTON
69
“The Empire of the ___” (H.G. Wells short story) (4)
ANTS
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Influential early heavy metal band (5)
ANVIL
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“Neon Future” DJ Steve (4)
AOKI
72
So-called “missing links” (6)
APEMEN
73
Honeybees’ genus (4)
APIS
74
Traditional crustless fruit pie (10)
APPLEBETTY
75
Jordanian port city (5)
AQABA
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Constellation known as “The Altar” (3)
ARA
77
Old Testament peak (6)
ARARAT
78
Chile de (5)
ARBOL
79
Dizzy (5)
AREEL
80
Rocky glacial ridge (5)
ARETE
81
Odysseus’ faithful dog in the “Odyssey” (5)
ARGOS
82
Insider language (5)
ARGOT
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Nirvana achiever (5)
ARHAT
84
“Empire” actress Nicole (3)
ARI
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Stand-up comedian Shaffir (3)
ARI
86
Sprite in “The Tempest” (5)
ARIEL
87
Seed cover (4)
ARIL
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Former Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand (8)
ARISTIDE
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Pink-furred cat in “Garfield” (6)
ARLENE
90
HBO comedy about a sports agent (6)
ARLISS
91
Janis’s partner in the comics (4)
ARLO
92
Identity for one who doesn’t feel certain kinds of attraction, informally (3)
ARO
93
Elvis’s middle name (4)
ARON
94
Dada pioneer (3)
ARP
95
___ Nova (3)
ARS
96
Horace’s “___ Poëtica” (3)
ARS
97
Moreno who owns the MLB’s Angels (4)
ARTE
98
Jazz great Shaw (5)
ARTIE
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Al Jolson’s actual first name (3)
ASA
100
Hedonist’s opposite (7)
ASCETIC
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Yiddish language author Sholem (4)
ASCH
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Metal receptacle by the fireplace (6)
ASHCAN
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Syrian strongman (5)
ASSAD
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Home to the world’s largest population of Indian rhinos (5)
ASSAM
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Colorful, conical candy on a stick (8)
ASTROPOP
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Taiwanese computer company (4)
ASUS
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Org. Whose initials omit its “E” (for “Explosives”) (3)
ATF
108
Thick masa-based drink (5)
ATOLE
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Perfume ingredient (5)
ATTAR
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“The Plains of Passage” novelist Jean (4)
AUEL
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Actress Cravalho who voiced Moana (5)
AULII
112
“La Cage ___ Folles” (3)
AUX
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“The Night of the Iguana” star Gardner (3)
AVA
114
Nautical direction (5)
AVAST
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Lincoln Center philanthropist (5)
AVERY
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City known for its walls (5)
AVILA
117
Grain beard (3)
AWN
118
Salamander named after an Aztec deity (7)
AXOLOTL
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Psychoanalyst Alfred (5)
ADLER
